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| Joanne F DorganSummaryAffiliation: Fox Chase Cancer Center Country: USA Publications
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Sources of elevated serum androgens in postmenopausal women who develop breast cancerJ F Dorgan
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 10:407-10. 2001..2 (95% CI, 0.4-3.5) for Delta4A:11betaOHA. Our results suggest that neither the ovaries nor adrenals are the predominant source of elevated serum Delta4A in postmenopausal women who develop breast cancer, but rather both may contribute...
Serum carotenoids and alpha-tocopherol and risk of nonmelanoma skin cancerJoanne F Dorgan
Fox Chase Cancer Center, 333 Cottman Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 13:1276-82. 2004..Carotenoids and tocopherols have been hypothesized to protect against cancer...
Diet and sex hormones in girls: findings from a randomized controlled clinical trialJoanne F Dorgan
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 95:132-41. 2003..We evaluated whether an intervention to lower fat intake among adolescent girls altered their serum concentrations of sex hormones that, in adults, are related to breast cancer development...
Measurement of steroid sex hormones in serum: a comparison of radioimmunoassay and mass spectrometryJoanne F Dorgan
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Steroids 67:151-8. 2002..Relative power of studies using radioimmunoassay and mass spectrometry will depend on the hormones measured and their serum concentrations...
Serum hormones and the alcohol-breast cancer association in postmenopausal womenJ F Dorgan
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 93:710-5. 2001..To determine whether alcohol consumption by postmenopausal women elevates serum levels of hormones associated with an increased risk of breast cancer, we performed a controlled feeding study...
Diet and sex hormones in boys: findings from the dietary intervention study in childrenJoanne F Dorgan
Fox Chase Cancer Center, 333 Cottman Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 91:3992-6. 2006..Diet reportedly alters serum sex hormone concentrations in adults, but little is known about the influence of diet during puberty on these hormones...
Adolescent diet and subsequent serum hormones, breast density, and bone mineral density in young women: results of the Dietary Intervention Study in Children follow-up studyJoanne F Dorgan
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 19:1545-56. 2010..Adolescent diet is hypothesized to influence breast cancer risk. We evaluated the long-term effects of an intervention to lower fat intake among adolescent girls on biomarkers that are related to breast cancer risk in adults...
Effects of alcohol on insulin-like growth factor I and insulin-like growth factor binding protein 3 in postmenopausal womenJackie A Lavigne
National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 4264, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 81:503-7. 2005..Studies have suggested that alcohol may affect IGF-I or IGFBP-3; however, controlled feeding studies to assess alcohol's effects on IGF-I or IGFBP-3 have not been conducted...
Birth characteristics and female sex hormone concentrations during adolescence: results from the Dietary Intervention Study in ChildrenElizabeth H Ruder
Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Suite 320, MSC 7236, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Cancer Causes Control 22:611-21. 2011..Birth characteristics and adult hormone concentrations influence breast cancer risk, but little is known about the influence of birth characteristics on hormone concentrations, particularly during adolescence...
Adolescent diet and metabolic syndrome in young women: results of the Dietary Intervention Study in Children (DISC) follow-up studyJoanne F Dorgan
Fox Chase Cancer Center, 333 Cottman Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 96:E1999-2008. 2011..Childhood diet is hypothesized to influence development of chronic disease in adulthood...
Prospective case-control study of premenopausal serum estradiol and testosterone levels and breast cancer riskJoanne F Dorgan
Fox Chase Cancer Center, hiladelphia, PA 19111, USA
Breast Cancer Res 12:R98. 2010..The objective of this study was to determine whether estradiol and testosterone levels in serum collected before menopause are associated with subsequent breast cancer risk...
Prospective case-control study of serum mullerian inhibiting substance and breast cancer riskJoanne F Dorgan
Fox Chase Cancer Center, 333 Cottman Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 101:1501-9. 2009..The objective of this study was to determine whether serum MIS levels are associated with breast cancer risk...
Depressive symptoms and serum lipid levels in young adult womenCarolyn Y Fang
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Robert C Young Pavilion, 4th Floor, 333 Cottman Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA
J Behav Med 36:143-52. 2013..The present findings suggest that depressive symptoms are inversely associated with serum LDL-C levels in young adult women, but that these associations are not likely mediated by adverse lifestyle behaviors...
Validity of estimating non-sex hormone-binding globulin bound testosterone and oestradiol from total hormone measurements in boys and girlsBrian L Egleston
Fox Chase Cancer Center, 333 Cottman Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19130, USA
Ann Clin Biochem 47:233-41. 2010..However, assays to measure circulating hormone levels might not always be accessible. We sought to validate the empirical calculation of circulating bioavailable testosterone and oestradiol in children...
Assay reproducibility and within-person variation of Müllerian inhibiting substanceJoanne F Dorgan
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19012, USA
Fertil Steril 94:301-4. 2010..To assess reproducibility of a commercial müllerian inhibiting substance (MIS) assay and evaluate within-person variation in serum MIS levels...
Serum sex hormones and breast cancer risk factors in postmenopausal womenCharisee A Lamar
Extramural Program, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 12:380-3. 2003..Although BMI and parity could potentially modify breast cancer risk through hormonal mechanisms, age-related increases in breast cancer incidence do not appear to be mediated through changes in serum levels of the hormones evaluated...
Family cohesion moderates the relation between free testosterone and delinquent behaviors in adolescent boys and girlsCarolyn Y Fang
Fox Chase Cancer Center, 510 Township Line Road, Cheltenham, PA 19012, USA
J Adolesc Health 44:590-7. 2009..This study examined the associations of free testosterone and family environment with delinquent and aggressive behaviors among adolescent boys and girls with elevated low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol levels...
Birth characteristics and age at menarche: results from the dietary intervention study in children (DISC)Elizabeth H Ruder
Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Cancer Causes Control 21:1379-86. 2010..To examine whether birth weight, birth length, and gestational age are individually associated with age at menarche...
Relationship between serum leptin levels and alcohol consumption in a controlled feeding and alcohol ingestion studyMark J Roth
Cancer Prevention Studies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 95:1722-5. 2003....
Relationship between serum hormone concentrations, reproductive history, alcohol consumption and genetic polymorphisms in pre-menopausal womenMontserrat Garcia-Closas
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute NIH, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20852 7234, USA
Int J Cancer 102:172-8. 2002....
Serum levels of sex hormones and breast cancer risk in premenopausal women: a case-control study (USA)Susan R Sturgeon
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Massachusetts, 715 North Pleasant Street, Arnold House 407, Amherst, MA 01003 9304, USA
Cancer Causes Control 15:45-53. 2004..Observed differences between cases and controls subjects in serum levels of DHEA and luteal phase progesterone should be investigated further in large prospective studies...
Adiposity and sex hormones in girlsHeather J Baer
Channing Laboratory, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 16:1880-8. 2007..These findings suggest that adiposity may alter DHEAS and SHBG levels in girls. Whether and how these differences affect breast development and carcinogenesis requires further research...
Examining breast cancer growth and lifestyle risk factors: early life, childhood, and adolescenceElizabeth H Ruder
Department of Nutritional Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
Clin Breast Cancer 8:334-42. 2008..Further study is also needed to clarify the biologic mechanisms influencing the observed associations...
Bone mass and the risk of prostate cancer: the Framingham StudyYuqing Zhang
Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston, University School of Medicine, Massachusetts 02118, USA
Am J Med 113:734-9. 2002..To examine the relation of bone mass-a potential biologic marker for cumulative exposure to androgens, insulin-like growth factors, and calcium intake-to subsequent development of prostate cancer...
Alcohol consumption and risk of lung cancer: the Framingham StudyLuc Djousse
Section of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Evans Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 94:1877-82. 2002..Reports on the association between alcohol consumption and the risk of lung cancer have been inconsistent. The purpose of this study was to assess this association in a cohort study...
Usefulness of body mass index as a sufficient adiposity measurement for sex hormone concentration associations in postmenopausal womenSomdat Mahabir
Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, 1155 Pressler Boulevard, CPB4 3247, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:2502-7. 2006..In this study, we investigated the usefulness of body mass index (BMI) as a sufficient adiposity measurement to assess associations with sex hormone levels...
