Joanne Kotsopoulos

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Affiliation: Harvard University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Coffee intake, variants in genes involved in caffeine metabolism, and the risk of epithelial ovarian cancer
    Joanne Kotsopoulos
    Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Cancer Causes Control 20:335-44. 2009
  2. ncbi Reproducibility of plasma and urine biomarkers among premenopausal and postmenopausal women from the Nurses' Health Studies
    Joanne Kotsopoulos
    Channing Laboratory, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 19:938-46. 2010
  3. ncbi Anthropometric measures and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer: results from the nurses' health study
    Joanne Kotsopoulos
    Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 18:1625-31. 2010
  4. ncbi Dietary betaine and choline intake are not associated with risk of epithelial ovarian cancer
    J Kotsopoulos
    Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    Eur J Clin Nutr 64:111-4. 2010
  5. ncbi Relationship between dietary and supplemental intake of folate, methionine, vitamin B6 and folate receptor alpha expression in ovarian tumors
    Joanne Kotsopoulos
    Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Int J Cancer 126:2191-8. 2010
  6. ncbi +331G/A variant in the progesterone receptor gene, postmenopausal hormone use and risk of breast cancer
    Joanne Kotsopoulos
    Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Int J Cancer 125:1685-91. 2009
  7. ncbi Relationship between caffeine intake and plasma sex hormone concentrations in premenopausal and postmenopausal women
    Joanne Kotsopoulos
    Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Cancer 115:2765-74. 2009
  8. ncbi Risk factors for ductal and lobular breast cancer: results from the nurses' health study
    Joanne Kotsopoulos
    Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Breast Cancer Res 12:R106. 2010
  9. ncbi Duarte galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase genotypes are not associated with ovarian cancer risk
    Melissa A Merritt
    Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Fertil Steril 98:687-91. 2012
  10. ncbi Validation of tissue microarray technology in ovarian cancer: results from the Nurses' Health Study
    Jonathan L Hecht
    Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:3043-50. 2008

Detail Information

Publications11

  1. ncbi Coffee intake, variants in genes involved in caffeine metabolism, and the risk of epithelial ovarian cancer
    Joanne Kotsopoulos
    Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Cancer Causes Control 20:335-44. 2009
    ..Furthermore, we did not observe any clear gene-environment interactions between caffeine metabolizing genes and ovarian cancer. Future studies evaluating mechanisms by which coffee mediates this relationship are warranted...
  2. ncbi Reproducibility of plasma and urine biomarkers among premenopausal and postmenopausal women from the Nurses' Health Studies
    Joanne Kotsopoulos
    Channing Laboratory, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 19:938-46. 2010
    ..Temporal variability of biomarkers should be evaluated before their use in epidemiologic studies...
  3. ncbi Anthropometric measures and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer: results from the nurses' health study
    Joanne Kotsopoulos
    Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 18:1625-31. 2010
    ..The differential effect of hip circumference based on menopausal status requires further confirmation...
  4. ncbi Dietary betaine and choline intake are not associated with risk of epithelial ovarian cancer
    J Kotsopoulos
    Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    Eur J Clin Nutr 64:111-4. 2010
    ..These data provide little evidence for a role of these nutrients in ovarian cancer etiology...
  5. ncbi Relationship between dietary and supplemental intake of folate, methionine, vitamin B6 and folate receptor alpha expression in ovarian tumors
    Joanne Kotsopoulos
    Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Int J Cancer 126:2191-8. 2010
    ..Our data do not support the hypothesis that the relationship between factors involved in one-carbon metabolism and ovarian cancer risk differs by FRalpha status of the tumor...
  6. ncbi +331G/A variant in the progesterone receptor gene, postmenopausal hormone use and risk of breast cancer
    Joanne Kotsopoulos
    Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Int J Cancer 125:1685-91. 2009
    ..This finding adds to the evidence that the PR has an important etiologic role in breast cancer and should be evaluated in future studies...
  7. ncbi Relationship between caffeine intake and plasma sex hormone concentrations in premenopausal and postmenopausal women
    Joanne Kotsopoulos
    Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Cancer 115:2765-74. 2009
    ..Caffeine intake may decrease risk of breast and ovarian cancer, although the data are not entirely consistent. Whether or not caffeine affects cancer risk by altering sex hormone levels is currently unknown...
  8. ncbi Risk factors for ductal and lobular breast cancer: results from the nurses' health study
    Joanne Kotsopoulos
    Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Breast Cancer Res 12:R106. 2010
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  9. ncbi Duarte galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase genotypes are not associated with ovarian cancer risk
    Melissa A Merritt
    Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Fertil Steril 98:687-91. 2012
    ..To investigate whether galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase (GALT) variant genotypes were associated with epithelial ovarian cancer risk, and to determine if this association was modified by lactose intake...
  10. ncbi Validation of tissue microarray technology in ovarian cancer: results from the Nurses' Health Study
    Jonathan L Hecht
    Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:3043-50. 2008
    ..Tissue microarrays (TMAs) allow high-throughput evaluation of protein expression from archived tissue samples. We identified characteristics specific to ovarian cancer that may influence TMA interpretation...
  11. ncbi Relationship between epidemiologic risk factors and hormone receptor expression in ovarian cancer: results from the Nurses' Health Study
    Jonathan L Hecht
    Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18:1624-30. 2009
    ..Reproductive and hormonal risk factors are associated with subgroups of ovarian cancer defined by histologic subtype or ERalpha and PR status. These finding support specific models of hormone mediated triggers of ovarian cancer...