Chronic disease epidemiology, cancer and mobile global approaches to disease preventionF Linkov
Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Science, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, 5150 Centre Ave, Suite 4 C, Room 466, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA
Public Health 126:206-9. 2012
..It also highlighted several components of the Supercourse library, including the former Soviet Union network, the Latin American network, and some other initiatives...
- Longitudinal evaluation of cancer-associated biomarkers before and after weight loss in RENEW study participants: implications for cancer risk reduction
Faina Linkov
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Gynecol Oncol 125:114-9. 2012
..The goal of this study was to explore longitudinal biomarker changes in obese women who underwent weight loss intervention, testing the hypothesis biomarker levels can be altered through intentional weight loss...
- Global Networking of Cancer and NCD professionals using internet technologies: the Supercourse and mHealth applications
Faina Linkov
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
J Prev Med Public Health 43:472-8. 2010
..In this paper, we highlight the need for the development of Cancer Supercourse with Satellite in Asia and encourage faculty members from Asia to join the network...
- Multilayer and multimetric quality control: the Supercourse
Faina Linkov
Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Science, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, 5150 Centre Ave, Suite 4 C, Room 466, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA
J Cancer Educ 25:478-83. 2010
..We hope that future scientific research on peer review as well as on emerging multilayer QC methodologies will help us to determine best measures of QC, especially in the field of rapidly developing cancer education...
- Factors influencing endometrial cancer mortality: the Western Pennsylvania Registry
Faina Linkov
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, 5150 Centre Ave, Suite 4 C, Room 466, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA
Future Oncol 4:857-65. 2008
..The purpose of this study was to analyze factors associated with endometrial cancer mortality in the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Magee Cancer Registry (PA, USA)...
- Factors associated with mortality after breast cancer metastasis
Su Yon Jung
Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, 130 DeSoto Street, 714 Parran Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Cancer Causes Control 23:103-12. 2012
..The purpose of the present study was to identify factors related to survival in breast cancer patients after diagnosis with metastatic disease...
- Comorbidity as a mediator of survival disparity between younger and older women diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer
Su Yon Jung
Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Hypertension 59:205-11. 2012
..The study findings suggest that hypertension should be included in the comorbidity information for decision-making support programs...
- Comparison of survival outcomes between patients with malignant mixed mullerian tumors and high-grade endometrioid, clear cell, and papillary serous endometrial cancers
Ashley Sinclair Felix
Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Science, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecologic Oncology, Magee Women s Hospital of UPMC Health System, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA
Int J Gynecol Cancer 21:877-84. 2011
..The goal of this study was to compare recurrence-free survival (RFS), disease-specific survival (DSS), and overall survival (OS) among EC subtypes...
Web quality control for lectures: Supercourse and Amazon.comFaina Linkov
University of Pittsburgh, Department of Epidemiology, 3512 Fifth Ave, Room 312, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Croat Med J 46:875-8. 2005
..Rapid explosion of internet technologies could be leveraged to produce better, more cost effective systems for quality control in the biomedical publications and across all sciences...
Reliability of tumor markers, chemokines, and metastasis-related molecules in serumFaina Linkov
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Science, 5150 Centre Ave, Room 466, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA
Eur Cytokine Netw 20:21-6. 2009
..55, indicating that a single serum measurement can be used in prospective epidemiological studies using the xMAPTM method...
- Factors associated with Type I and Type II endometrial cancer
Ashley S Felix
Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Science, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, 5150 Centre Avenue, Suite 4 C, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA
Cancer Causes Control 21:1851-6. 2010
..We investigated risk factors for Type II (n = 176) vs. Type I (n = 1,576) endometrial cancer (EC) in cases treated at Magee-Womens Hospital between 1996 and 2008...
- The Supercourse of fisheries: importance of sharing educational materials and implications for cancer and chronic disease research
Faina Linkov
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, 5150 Centre Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA
Nutr Health 20:31-40. 2009
..This article outlines the importance of creating easily accessible educational modules on the issues of nutrition, environmental health challenges, and fisheries...
- Development of multimarker panel for early detection of endometrial cancer. High diagnostic power of prolactin
Zoya Yurkovetsky
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Hillman Cancer Center, 5117 Centre Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Gynecol Oncol 107:58-65. 2007
..Therefore, prevention and early detection may further reduce the burden of this challenging disease...
- Biomarker approaches to the development of cancer screening tests: can cancer blood tests become a routine health check-up?
Faina Linkov
Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 5117 Centre Avenue, Suite 1 19, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Future Oncol 3:295-8. 2007
..A large number of research teams are investigating the role of biomarkers in cancer detection and progression, making the dream of early and painless cancer detection become a reality...
- Endometrial hyperplasia, endometrial cancer and prevention: gaps in existing research of modifiable risk factors
Faina Linkov
Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States
Eur J Cancer 44:1632-44. 2008
..This review paper presents the existing knowledge about modifiable risk factors leading to endometrial hyperplasia and endometrial cancer and highlights the need for more studies in this area...
- Papyrus to PowerPoint (P 2 P): metamorphosis of scientific communication
Ronald E LaPorte
Global Health Network, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, 3512 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
BMJ 325:1478-81. 2002
- Quality control of epidemiological lectures online: scientific evaluation of peer review
Faina Linkov
Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Croat Med J 48:249-55. 2007
..To examine the feasibility of using peer review for the quality control of online materials...
- Hormones as biomarkers: practical guide to utilizing luminex technologies for biomarker research
Faina Linkov
Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Methods Mol Biol 520:129-41. 2009
..St. Louis, MO). Human Pituitary LINCOplex Kit is utilized for simultaneous quantification of six pituitary hormones in serum, plasma, tissue lysate, and culture supernatant samples: Prolactin, FSH, LH, TSH, GH, and ACTH...
- Endometrial cancer: multiplexed Luminex approaches for early detection
Faina Linkov
Research Assistant Professor University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Science, 5150 Centre Avenue, 4th Floor, Room 466, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA 1 412 303 0394
Expert Opin Med Diagn 2:527-37. 2008
..Additionally, the role of lifestyle factors in the endometrial cancer development and prevention is discussed...
- Public awareness and disaster risk reduction: just-in-time networks and learning
Ali Ardalan
Health in Emergency and Disaster Department, Institute of Public Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Prehosp Disaster Med 23:286-8. 2008
..The core materials can be prepared for disasters resulting from events such as earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, floods, and bioterrorism...
- Maternal and child health supercourse for the former Soviet Union countries
Saida Karimova
UCIS, University of Pittsburgh, 399 Ocean Pkwy, 7F, New York, NY 11218, USA
Matern Child Health J 11:628-33. 2007
..Currently, an increasing number of lectures in the Supercourse library are dedicated to the theme of MCH. Low cost, high impact projects such as Supercourse are needed to improve and deploy MCH education worldwide...
- Advancements in the use of blood tests for cancer screening in women at high risk for endometrial and breast cancer
Erica Ambeba
Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Future Oncol 7:1399-414. 2011
..The overall purpose of this manuscript is to provide an overview of screening techniques and to identified barriers and alternate biomarker-based approaches for improvement of endometrial and breast cancer screening in obese women...
- Early detection of head and neck cancer: development of a novel screening tool using multiplexed immunobead-based biomarker profiling
Faina Linkov
Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 16:102-7. 2007
..The data presented show that simultaneous testing using a multiplexed panel of serum biomarkers may present a promising new approach for the early detection of head and neck cancer...
- The effect of delays in treatment for breast cancer metastasis on survival
Su Yon Jung
Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, Epidemiology Data Coordinating Center, University of Pittsburgh, 130 DeSoto Street, 127 Parran Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Breast Cancer Res Treat 130:953-64. 2011
..The findings of this study support targeted efforts to ensure prompt treatment initiation in patients diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer...
- Whisking research into the classroom
Ronald E LaPorte
WHO Collaborating Center, 3512 Fifth Avenue, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
BMJ 324:99. 2002
