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Development and validation of an index of musculoskeletal functional limitationsJeffrey N Katz
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Division of Rheumatology, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 10:62. 2009..This paper reports on the development and preliminary validation of a self administered musculoskeletal functional limitations index...
The epidemiology of peripheral fracturesJ A Baron
Department of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755 3861, USA
Bone 18:209S-213S. 1996..In each limb, the most proximal fractures tend to have the most pronounced age-related increases in risk...- Cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, and risk of hip fracture in womenJ A Baron
7927 Rubin Bldg, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
Arch Intern Med 161:983-8. 2001..The effect of alcohol intake on fracture risk is puzzling: moderate alcohol intake appears to increase bone density, and its association with hip fracture is not clear... - Calcium supplements and colorectal adenomas. Polyp Prevention Study GroupJ A Baron
Department of Medicine, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 889:138-45. 1999..No toxicity was associated with supplementation. These findings indicate that calcium supplementation has a modest protective effect against colorectal adenomas, precursors of most colorectal cancers... - Venous thromboembolism and cancerJ A Baron
Department of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hannover, NH, USA
Lancet 351:1077-80. 1998..To clarify these relations, we carried out a large, population-based analysis of VTE and cancer risk... - Folate intake, alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking, and risk of colorectal adenomasJ A Baron
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, and the Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Hanover, NH, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 90:57-62. 1998..We used data from an adenoma prevention trial to investigate the occurrence of colorectal adenomas (possible precursors of colorectal cancer) in association with folate intake, alcohol consumption, and cigarette smoking... - Menstrual and reproductive factors in relation to ovarian cancer riskL Titus Ernstoff
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and the Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
Br J Cancer 84:714-21. 2001..Overall, our findings offer some support to current hypotheses of ovarian pathogenesis, and show aetiologic differences among the tumour subtypes... - Design of an epidemiologic study of drinking water arsenic exposure and skin and bladder cancer risk in a U.S. populationM R Karagas
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Environ Health Perspect 106:1047-50. 1998..Based on our projected sample size, we expect at least 80% power to detect a 2-fold risk of basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer or bladder cancer among individuals with the highest 5% toenail concentrations of arsenic... - Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and cancer preventionJ A Baron
Department of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA
Annu Rev Med 51:511-23. 2000..The mechanisms underlying any chemopreventive effect of NSAIDs are not clear. Inhibition of cyclooxygenase is one possibility, but pathways independent of cyclooxygenase and prostaglandins are also possible... - Effects of 4 y of oral supplementation with beta-carotene on serum concentrations of retinol, tocopherol, and five carotenoidsD W Nierenberg
Department of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH
Am J Clin Nutr 66:315-9. 1997..The findings also indicate that beta-carotene supplementation, which results in a moderate increase in serum beta-carotene concentration, does not significantly change serum concentrations of other carotenoids... - Metabolic disorders and breast cancer risk (United States)J A Baron
Department of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755-3861, USA
Cancer Causes Control 12:875-80. 2001..52 (95% 0.25-1.1), while diabetes diagnosed at a later age was associated with an increased risk (OR = 1.2, 95% CI 1.0-1.4). CONCLUSIONS: Androgen-related phenomena are likely to be important in the etiology of breast cancer... - Intermediate effect markers for colorectal cancerJ A Baron
Department of Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 03767, USA
IARC Sci Publ 154:113-29. 2001..However, rectal mucosal proliferation may be suitable for studies in single institutions, or in consortia with very aggressive quality control... - Peptic ulcer and bleeding events associated with rofecoxib in a 3-year colorectal adenoma chemoprevention trialAngel Lanas
Department of Medicine, University Clinic Hospital, Instituto Aragones de Ciencias de la Salud CIBER HEPAD Zaragoza, Spain
Gastroenterology 132:490-7. 2007.... - Neighborhoods matter: use of hospitals with worse outcomes following total knee replacement by patients from vulnerable populationsElena Losina
Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Arch Intern Med 167:182-7. 2007.... - Prolonged effect of calcium supplementation on risk of colorectal adenomas in a randomized trialMaria V Grau
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 99:129-36. 2007..Calcium supplementation has been shown to decrease the risk of recurrence of colorectal adenomas in randomized trials. However, the duration of this protective effect after cessation of active supplementation is not known... - Aspirin may be more effective in preventing colorectal adenomas in patients with higher BMI (United States)Sangmi Kim
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7555, USA
Cancer Causes Control 17:1299-304. 2006..The more pronounced effect of 325 mg aspirin in individuals with higher BMI suggests a possible protective role of anti-inflammatory aspirin against increased adipose-driven cytokines among obese subjects... - A randomized trial of rofecoxib for the chemoprevention of colorectal adenomasJohn A Baron
Department of Medicine, The Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Gastroenterology 131:1674-82. 2006..We conducted a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial to assess whether use of the selective COX-2 inhibitor rofecoxib would reduce the risk of colorectal adenomas... - Ornithine decarboxylase polymorphism modification of response to aspirin treatment for colorectal adenoma preventionElizabeth L R Barry
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, 46 Centerra Parkway, Ste 300, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 98:1494-500. 2006..Previous research suggests that the G315A single-nucleotide polymorphism in the ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) gene may be a genetic marker for risk of colorectal neoplasia and may also modify the association of aspirin use with risk... - Bilateral total knee replacement: staging and pulmonary embolismJane Barrett
Department of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, 46 Centerra Parkway, Evergreen Building, Suite 300, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA
J Bone Joint Surg Am 88:2146-51. 2006..A greater risk of pulmonary embolism after simultaneous total knee replacement has been reported by some authors, but little national data are available... - (Nutritional) chemoprevention of cancer: what's up?John A Baron
J Natl Cancer Inst 98:945-6. 2006 - Chemoprevention in gastrointestinal cancers: current statusMaria V Grau
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA
Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 98:281-7. 2006..TJ-9, polyprenoic acid and anti-aflatoxin compounds are also possible avenues that deserve future research... - Effect of NSAIDs on the recurrence of nonmelanoma skin cancerMaria V Grau
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA
Int J Cancer 119:682-6. 2006..There were some indications of a modest, nonsignificant reduction on the number of BCCs and SCCs with NSAID use. Our data suggest a weak and inconsistent chemopreventive effect of NSAIDs on BCC and SCC... - K-ras mutations in incident sporadic colorectal adenomasElizabeth L R Barry
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03766, USA
Cancer 106:1036-40. 2006..In the current study, the authors investigated associations with K-ras mutation in incident sporadic colorectal adenomas that occurred during a chemoprevention trial of calcium supplementation... - Fat, fiber, meat and the risk of colorectal adenomasDouglas J Robertson
Veterans Hospital, White River Junction, Vermont, and Department of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Am J Gastroenterol 100:2789-95. 2005..98). CONCLUSION: The inverse associations between fiber intake and risk of adenoma recurrence we observed are weak, and not statistically significant. Our data indicate that intake of specific meats may have different effects on risk... - Fever of unknown origin and cancer: a population-based studyHenrik Toft Sørensen
Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
Lancet Oncol 6:851-5. 2005..We aimed to assess the risk of cancer and survival after hospital admission for fever of unknown origin in a nationwide Danish follow-up study... - Can aspirin keep mortality at bay?John A Baron
Arch Intern Med 167:535-6. 2007 - Folic acid for the prevention of colorectal adenomas: a randomized clinical trialBernard F Cole
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA
JAMA 297:2351-9. 2007..Laboratory and epidemiological data suggest that folic acid may have an antineoplastic effect in the large intestine... - MTHFR genotype and colorectal adenoma recurrence: data from a double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trialA Joan Levine
Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:2409-15. 2008..Our findings indicate that the MTHFR genotype does not change adenoma risk in a manner similar to its effect on colorectal cancer, and does not modify the effect of folate supplementation on metachronous adenoma risk... 
Decreased cancer risk after iron reduction in patients with peripheral arterial disease: results from a randomized trialLeo R Zacharski
Research Service 151, White River Junction VA Medical Center, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 215 North Hartland Road, White River Junction, VT 05009, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 100:996-1002. 2008..Excess iron has been implicated in cancer risk through increased iron-catalyzed free radical-mediated oxidative stress...- Effect of calcium supplementation on fracture risk: a double-blind randomized controlled trialHeike A Bischoff-Ferrari
Department of Rheumatology and Institute of Physical Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Am J Clin Nutr 87:1945-51. 2008..The effect of supplementation with calcium alone on risk fractures in a healthy population is not clear... - Prediagnostic use of hormone therapy and mortality after breast cancerPolly A Newcomb
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:864-71. 2008..Due to the high prevalence of past and current hormone use, it is important to investigate whether these preparations are related to breast cancer mortality... - Physical activity and survival after diagnosis of invasive breast cancerCrystal N Holick
Cancer Prevention Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:379-86. 2008..This study provides support for reduced overall mortality and mortality from breast cancer among women who engage in physical activity after breast cancer diagnosis... - Calcium intake and hip fracture risk in men and women: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies and randomized controlled trialsHeike A Bischoff-Ferrari
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 86:1780-90. 2007..The role of total calcium intake in the prevention of hip fracture risk has not been well established... - Variants on 9p24 and 8q24 are associated with risk of colorectal cancer: results from the Colon Cancer Family RegistryJenny N Poynter
Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, 1441 Eastlake Avenue, NOR4411A, Los Angeles, CA 90089 9175, USA
Cancer Res 67:11128-32. 2007..These data suggest that common variants may play important roles in the risk of CRC... - Reduction of iron stores and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with peripheral arterial disease: a randomized controlled trialLeo R Zacharski
White River Junction VA Medical Center, Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, White River Junction, VT 05001, USA
JAMA 297:603-10. 2007..Accumulation of iron in excess of physiologic requirements has been implicated in risk of cardiovascular disease because of increased iron-catalyzed free radical-mediated oxidative stress... - Metabolic and hormonal effects of caffeine: randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trialTodd MacKenzie
Department of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
Metabolism 56:1694-8. 2007..This study provides evidence that daily caffeine intake reduces insulin sensitivity; the effect persists for at least a week and is evident up to 12 hours after administration... - Folate and colo-rectal cancer riskPeter Sanderson
Nutrition Division, Food Standards Agency, London WC2 6NH, UK
Br J Nutr 98:1299-304. 2007..Also, the need to study further the influence of genetically defined subgroups was highlighted for future research... - Accuracy of colorectal polyp self-reports: findings from the colon cancer family registryLisa Madlensky
Moores UCSD Cancer Center, 3855 Health Sciences Drive, MC0901, La Jolla, CA 92093 0901, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 16:1898-901. 2007..However, it is not known how accurately patients are able to self-report the presence or absence of adenomas following colonoscopy... - Proton pump inhibitor use and risk of colorectal cancer: a population-based, case-control studyDouglas J Robertson
VA Medical Center, White River Junction, VT 05009, USA
Gastroenterology 133:755-60. 2007.... - Cholecystectomy and the risk of recurrent colorectal adenomasLisa C Vinikoor
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7555, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 16:1523-5. 2007..34; 95% CI, 0.97-1.85) but the 95% CIs included the null in both cases. We conclude that the increased risk for colorectal cancer following cholecystectomy seems to be due to a biological process occurring after the adenoma has developed... - Variants of the adiponectin (ADIPOQ) and adiponectin receptor 1 (ADIPOR1) genes and colorectal cancer riskVirginia G Kaklamani
Cancer Genetics Program, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine and Robert H Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
JAMA 300:1523-31. 2008..While there is evidence of an association between circulating adiponectin levels and colorectal cancer risk, no association between genes of the adiponectin pathway and colorectal cancer have been reported to date... - Survival after hip fractureBahman Y Farahmand
Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Box 210, 17177, Stockholm, Sweden
Osteoporos Int 16:1583-90. 2005..Hip fracture patients have a substantially increased risk of death that persists for at least 6 years post-fracture. The relative excess mortality is independent of comorbidity and known hip fracture risk factors... - Vitamin D, calcium supplementation, and colorectal adenomas: results of a randomized trialMaria V Grau
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 95:1765-71. 2003..Although these nutrients are inter-related metabolically in bone and in the normal intestine, their potential interactions in large-bowel carcinogenesis are not well understood... - Mortality and pulmonary embolism after fracture in the elderlyJane A Barrett
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
Osteoporos Int 14:889-94. 2003..6 to 1.8, and for patients with proximal humerus fractures the risk ratio was 1.4. All lower-limb fractures carried a higher risk of PE than any upper-limb fracture... - Postmenopausal hormone therapy and risk of breast cancer by histologic type (United States)Laura M Newcomer
Program in Epidemiology, Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109-1024, USA
Cancer Causes Control 14:225-33. 2003..Of particular interest is the association between combined hormone therapy and increased risk of lobular carcinoma. This lesion is increasingly common but, nonetheless, comprises fewer than 10% of invasive breast cancers... - Epidemiology of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and cancerJohn A Baron
Departments of Medicine, and Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, N H, USA
Prog Exp Tumor Res 37:1-24. 2003..Nonetheless, with the increased understanding of the clinical effects of NSAIDs on cancer, the development of effective chemoprevention with these drugs appears to be a real possibility... - Neoplastic and antineoplastic effects of beta-carotene on colorectal adenoma recurrence: results of a randomized trialJohn A Baron
Department of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Evergreen Center, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 95:717-22. 2003..Although beta-carotene supplementation appeared not to increase the risk of cancer generally, it is not clear if smoking and/or alcohol use alters the effect of beta-carotene on carcinogenesis at sites outside the lung... - Prediagnostic serum selenium concentration and the risk of recurrent colorectal adenoma: a nested case-control studyKristin Wallace
Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 12:464-7. 2003..50 for total selenium and P for trend = 0.20 for bound selenium). Thus, our findings do not indicate a clear association between serum selenium concentrations and adenoma recurrence... - A randomized trial of aspirin to prevent colorectal adenomasJohn A Baron
Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA
N Engl J Med 348:891-9. 2003..Laboratory and epidemiologic data suggest that aspirin has an antineoplastic effect in the large bowel... - A randomized trial of aspirin to prevent colorectal adenomas in patients with previous colorectal cancerRobert S Sandler
Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599 7555, USA
N Engl J Med 348:883-90. 2003..Experimental studies in animals and observational studies in humans suggest that regular aspirin use may decrease the risk of colorectal adenomas, the precursors to most colorectal cancers... - Rates and outcomes of primary and revision total hip replacement in the United States medicare populationNizar N Mahomed
Toronto Western Hospital, ON, Canada
J Bone Joint Surg Am 85:27-32. 2003..The objective of this study was to characterize the rates and immediate postoperative outcomes of primary and revision total hip replacement in persons sixty-five years of age and older residing in the United States... - Early life risk factors in cancer: the relation of birth weight to adult obesityNicole M Leong
Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Int J Cancer 103:789-91. 2003..76). These data suggest that both low and high birth weights are associated with higher adult BMI and support the hypothesis that fetal experience may influence adult obesity with potential consequences for risk of several major cancers... - Dietary calcium and vitamin D intake and risk of colorectal cancer: a prospective cohort study in womenPaul Terry
Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Nutr Cancer 43:39-46. 2002..Vitamin D intake was not clearly associated with risk. In sum, our data suggest that high calcium intake may lower colorectal cancer risk... - Postmenopausal estrogen and progestin use in relation to breast cancer riskPolly A Newcomb
University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 11:593-600. 2002..09; 95% CI, 1.07-4.07 for ever use versus nonuse). Estrogen-progestin use, both sequential and continuous, appears to be more strongly associated with risk of breast cancer than use of estrogen alone... - Early life factors in relation to breast cancer risk in postmenopausal womenLinda Titus-Ernstoff
Norris Cotton Cancer Center and the Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 11:207-10. 2002..Overall, our results are consistent with previous studies and suggest that these early life factors have a modest influence on breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women... - What now for aspirin and cancer prevention?John A Baron
J Natl Cancer Inst 96:4-5. 2004 - TGFBR1*6A may contribute to hereditary colorectal cancerYansong Bian
Cancer Genetics Program, Division of Hematology Oncology, Department of Medicine, Robert H Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 676 N St Clair St, Suite 880, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
J Clin Oncol 23:3074-8. 2005..To test this hypothesis, we determined whether TGFBR16A contributes to a proportion of mismatch repair (MMR) gene mutation-negative hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) patients... - Epidemiology of total knee replacement in the United States Medicare populationNizar N Mahomed
Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis Program, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, 399 Bathurst Street, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2S8, Canada
J Bone Joint Surg Am 87:1222-8. 2005..In the United States, blacks and individuals with low income undergo total knee replacement less frequently and generally have higher rates of adverse outcomes following primary knee replacement... - Survival following total hip replacementJane Barrett
Department of Medicine, Section of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Evergreen Building, Suite 300, 46 Centerra Parkway, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA
J Bone Joint Surg Am 87:1965-71. 2005..The purpose of our investigation was to assess whether the association had the characteristics of a causal relationship or whether it might appear to be due to comorbidity or other factors... - The association of physical activity and body mass index with the risk of large bowel polypsKristin Wallace
Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:2082-6. 2005..No associations were found between BMI and hyperplastic polyps, tubular adenomas, or advanced neoplastic polyps... - Reported use of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors was not associated with reduced recurrence of colorectal adenomasJeffrey T Wei
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina, Campus Box 7080, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:1026-7. 2005..Lack of statistical power from limited exposure to HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors might be responsible for the lack of association... - Risk of prostate cancer in a randomized clinical trial of calcium supplementationJohn A Baron
Department of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:586-9. 2005..CONCLUSION: In this randomized controlled clinical trial, there was no increase in prostate cancer risk associated with calcium supplementation and some suggestion of a protective effect... - Cardiovascular events associated with rofecoxib in a colorectal adenoma chemoprevention trialRobert S Bresalier
Department of Gastrointestinal Medicine and Nutrition, University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030 4009, USA
N Engl J Med 352:1092-102. 2005.... - Effect of calcium supplementation on the risk of large bowel polypsKristin Wallace
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 96:921-5. 2004..CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that calcium supplementation may have a more pronounced antineoplastic effect on advanced colorectal lesions than on other types of polyps... - Interaction of calcium supplementation and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and the risk of colorectal adenomasMaria V Grau
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hamsphire, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:2353-8. 2005..Calcium and aspirin have both been found to be chemopreventive against colorectal neoplasia. However, the joint effect of the two agents has not been well investigated... - Acute effects of nicotine on serum glucose insulin growth hormone and cortisol in healthy smokersThomas M Morgan
Dartmouth Medical School and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hannover, NH, USA
Metabolism 53:578-82. 2004..Further research is needed to determine the clinical implications of the unexpected finding that nicotine decreased growth hormone levels in female smokers... - Skin cancers and non-hodgkin lymphoma among users of systemic glucocorticoids: a population-based cohort studyHenrik Toft Sørensen
Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
J Natl Cancer Inst 96:709-11. 2004..68, 95% CI = 1.16 to 5.29). Our data suggest that use of glucocorticoids may be a shared risk factor for certain skin cancers and lymphomas... - Early failures of total hip replacement: effect of surgeon volumeElena Losina
Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health and Robert B Brigham Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Clinical Research Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
Arthritis Rheum 50:1338-43. 2004..To determine whether provider volume is associated with early failures following total hip replacement (THR) requiring revision... - Colorectal cancer in patients under close colonoscopic surveillanceDouglas J Robertson
Section of Gastroenterology, VA Medical Center, White River Junction, Vermont 05009, USA
Gastroenterology 129:34-41. 2005..We determined the incidence of CRC in patients under colonoscopic surveillance and examined the circumstances and risk factors for CRC and adenoma with high-grade dysplasia... - Incidence rates of dislocation, pulmonary embolism, and deep infection during the first six months after elective total hip replacementCharlotte B Phillips
Robert Breck Brigham Multipurpose Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Bone Joint Surg Am 85:20-6. 2003..LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Prognostic study, Level II-1 (retrospective study). See p. 2 for complete description of levels of evidence... - The age-at-diagnosis fallacyJohn A Baron
Arch Intern Med 166:1670; author reply 1671. 2006 - Postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy and risk of acute pancreatitis: a population-based case-control studyMette S Tetsche
Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
Am J Gastroenterol 102:275-8. 2007..To examine whether acute pancreatitis is associated with the use of postmenopausal hormonal replacement therapy in Danish women over 45 yr of age... - Re: Oral contraceptives and the risk of breast cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriersJohn L Hopper
J Natl Cancer Inst 95:1010-1; author reply 1012-3. 2003 - Venous thromboembolism and subsequent hospitalisation due to acute arterial cardiovascular events: a 20-year cohort studyHenrik Toft Sørensen
Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Lancet 370:1773-9. 2007..Other studies, however, do not show this association. To help clarify these discrepant findings, we aimed to investigate the risk of arterial cardiovascular events in patients who were diagnosed with venous thromboembolism...
Research Grants
- CALCIUM IN THE PREVENTION OF NEOPLASTIC POLYPSJohn Baron; Fiscal Year: 2003..Finally, we propose to conduct a pilot study in preparation for a study of calcium supplementation and apoptosis both in normal rectal mucosa and in adenomas. ..