The epidemiology of environmental perchlorate exposure and thyroid function: a comprehensive reviewRobert E Tarone
International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
J Occup Environ Med 52:653-60. 2010
..To review the epidemiological literature relevant to evaluating the risk of adverse effects on thyroid function associated with environmental perchlorate exposure...
- Cancer among Scandinavian women with cosmetic breast implants: a pooled long-term follow-up study
Loren Lipworth
International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Int J Cancer 124:490-3. 2009
..The results provide no evidence of an association between breast implants and any type of cancer...
Risk of soft tissue sarcomas by individual subtype in survivors of hereditary retinoblastomaRuth A Kleinerman
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, EPS 7044, 6120 Executive Blvd, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 99:24-31. 2007
..Survivors of hereditary retinoblastoma have an increased risk for second malignancies, especially soft tissue sarcomas. However, the risks of individual histologic subtypes of soft tissue sarcomas have not been evaluated...
- Long-term cancer risk among Swedish women with cosmetic breast implants: an update of a nationwide study
Joseph K McLaughlin
International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 98:557-60. 2006
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- Tobacco use in adult long-term survivors of retinoblastoma
Meredith C Foster
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services, EPS 7044, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:1464-8. 2006
..Smoking did not account for the increased risk of lung cancer among hereditary Rb patients, and this may point to an enhanced sensitivity to the carcinogenic effects of tobacco. Adult survivors of Rb should be encouraged to stop smoking...
Renal cell cancer among African Americans: an epidemiologic reviewLoren Lipworth
International Epidemiology Institute, 1455 Research Boulevard, Suite 550, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
BMC Cancer 11:133. 2011
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- The epidemiology of renal cell carcinoma
Loren Lipworth
International Epidemiology Institute, 1455 Research Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
J Urol 176:2353-8. 2006
..Special attention should be focused on black Americans since their incidence rate recently increased to significantly surpass that in white Americans...
- Excess mortality from suicide and other external causes of death among women with cosmetic breast implants
Loren Lipworth
International Epidemiology Institute, 1455 Research Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Ann Plast Surg 59:119-23; discussion 124-5. 2007
..Thus, screening for pre-implant psychiatric morbidity and post-implant monitoring among women seeking cosmetic breast implants may be warranted...
- Cancer mortality among aircraft manufacturing workers: an extended follow-up
Loren Lipworth
International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
J Occup Environ Med 53:992-1007. 2011
..Extended cancer follow-up among 77,943 aircraft workers...
- A nationwide study of connective tissue disease and other rheumatic conditions among Danish women with long-term cosmetic breast implantation
Jon P Fryzek
International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Ann Epidemiol 17:374-9. 2007
..Numerous epidemiologic studies have demonstrated that breast implants are not associated with connective tissue diseases (CTDs). However, many CTDs are rare, and continued follow-up of women with breast implants is warranted...
- A nationwide epidemiologic study of breast cancer incidence following breast reduction surgery in a large cohort of Swedish women
Jon P Fryzek
Department of Medicine, International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Breast Cancer Res Treat 97:131-4. 2006
..As the evidence from large-scale cohort studies accumulates, direct testing of this reduction in risk through clinical trials should be considered...
- Renal cancer paradox: higher incidence but not higher mortality among African-Americans
Loren Lipworth
International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA
Eur J Cancer Prev 20:331-3. 2011
..Further research into the enigmatic descriptive epidemiology and the biology and natural history of renal cell cancer may shed light on the etiology of this malignancy and its more frequent occurrence among black Americans...
- Racial differences in serum cotinine levels of smokers
Lisa B Signorello
International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Dis Markers 27:187-92. 2009
..We conclude that differences in cotinine levels among smokers suggest racial variation in exposure to and/or metabolism of tobacco smoke constituents, but our findings do not support a role for menthol preference in this disparity...
- Cancer incidence among workers at a satellite manufacturing facility
Joseph K McLaughlin
International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
J Occup Environ Med 54:1500-5. 2012
..To evaluate cancer incidence overall and renal cancer in particular among workers at the Valley Forge satellite manufacturing complex in Pennsylvania. A previous mortality study observed a slightly elevated risk estimate for brain cancer...
- Risk of new cancers after radiotherapy in long-term survivors of retinoblastoma: an extended follow-up
Ruth A Kleinerman
Radiation Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD 20852 7362, USA
J Clin Oncol 23:2272-9. 2005
..We have extended the follow-up of a large cohort of Rb patients for 7 more years to provide new information on the risk of additional cancers after radiotherapy in long-term survivors...
- Review of epidemiologic studies of dietary acrylamide intake and the risk of cancer
Loren Lipworth
International Epidemiology Institute, 1455 Research Blvd, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Eur J Cancer Prev 21:375-86. 2012
..Therefore, continued epidemiologic investigation of acrylamide and cancer risk appears to be a misguided research priority...
- Breast implants and fibromyalgia: a review of the epidemiologic evidence
Loren Lipworth
International Epidemiology Institute, 1455 Research Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Ann Plast Surg 52:284-7. 2004
..Thus, the weight of the epidemiologic evidence is remarkably consistent and reassuring in failing to support an association between breast implants and subsequent fibromyalgia...
- Silicone breast implants and connective tissue disease: an updated review of the epidemiologic evidence
Loren Lipworth
International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Ann Plast Surg 52:598-601. 2004
..Thus, the conclusions reached in earlier independent reviews have not changed based on data published during the subsequent years...
- A comparison of trends in the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma in the United States
Katherine A McGlynn
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services, EPS 7060, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20854 7234, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:1198-203. 2006
..In conclusion, the rates of HCC and ICC approximately doubled between 1976 and 2000. Trends by age, gender, ethnicity, and birth cohort suggest that heterogeneity exists in the factors influencing these rates...
- Breast implants and lymphoma risk: a review of the epidemiologic evidence through 2008
Loren Lipworth
International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 123:790-3. 2009
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- Epidemiologic characteristics and risk factors for renal cell cancer
Loren Lipworth
International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
Clin Epidemiol 1:33-43. 2009
..Novel epidemiologic approaches, including evaluation of gene-environment interactions and epigenetic mechanisms of inherited and acquired increased risk, are needed to explain the increasing incidence of renal cell cancer...
- Breast reduction surgery and breast cancer risk: does reduction mammaplasty have a role in primary prevention strategies for women at high risk of breast cancer?
Robert E Tarone
International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 113:2104-10; discussion 2111-2. 2004
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- Epidemiologic aspects of renal cell carcinoma
Joseph K McLaughlin
International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Semin Oncol 33:527-33. 2006
..Epidemiologic studies are needed to identify reasons for the increasing incidence of renal cell cancer, with particular focus on why the incidence rate for black Americans has risen to significantly surpass that of white Americans...
- Breast cancer trends among young women in the United States
Robert E Tarone
International Epidemiology Institute, 1455 Research Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Epidemiology 17:588-90. 2006
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- False positives in cancer epidemiology
Joseph K McLaughlin
International Epidemiology Institute, 1455 Research Boulevard, Suite 550, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 22:11-5. 2013
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- County mortality and cancer incidence in relation to living near two former nuclear materials processing facilities in Pennsylvania--an update
John D Boice
International Epidemiology Institute, 1455 Research Boulevard, Suite 550, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Health Phys 96:128-37. 2009
..01). Overall, no increases in cancer or nonmalignant diseases could be attributed to living in counties with nuclear materials processing and fabrication facilities...
- Self-reported electrical appliance use and risk of adult brain tumors
Ruth A Kleinerman
Radiation Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 6120 Executive Boulevard, EPS 7044, Rockville, MD 20852 7238, USA
Am J Epidemiol 161:136-46. 2005
..Overall, results indicate that extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields from commonly used household appliances are unlikely to increase the risk of brain tumors...
- Suicide among women with cosmetic breast implants: a review of the epidemiologic evidence
Joseph K McLaughlin
International Epidemiology Institute, 1455 Research Boulevard, Suite 550, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
J Long Term Eff Med Implants 13:445-50. 2003
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