Halcyon G Skinner

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Affiliation: Harvard University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Parity, reproductive factors, and the risk of pancreatic cancer in women
    Halcyon G Skinner
    Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 12:433-8. 2003
  2. ncbi Dietary patterns and pancreatic cancer risk in men and women
    Dominique S Michaud
    Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    J Natl Cancer Inst 97:518-24. 2005
  3. ncbi A prospective study of aspirin use and the risk of pancreatic cancer in women
    Eva S Schernhammer
    Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    J Natl Cancer Inst 96:22-8. 2004
  4. ncbi A prospective study of folate intake and the risk of pancreatic cancer in men and women
    Halcyon G Skinner
    Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 160:248-58. 2004
  5. ncbi Pancreaticobiliary cancers with deficient methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase genotypes
    Hiroyuki Matsubayashi
    Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 2196, USA
    Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 3:752-60. 2005
  6. ncbi Vitamin D intake and the risk for pancreatic cancer in two cohort studies
    Halcyon G Skinner
    Department of Preventive Medicine, 680 North Lake Shore Drive, Suite 1102, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:1688-95. 2006
  7. ncbi Vitamin D status and cancer: new insights
    Gary G Schwartz
    Departments of Cancer Biology and Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
    Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 10:6-11. 2007
  8. ncbi Sociodemographic and tumor characteristics associated with pancreatic cancer surgery in the United States
    Andrew J Gawron
    Department of Preventive Medicine, The Robert H Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
    J Surg Oncol 97:578-82. 2008
  9. ncbi Serum calcium and incident and fatal prostate cancer in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
    Halcyon G Skinner
    Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:2302-5. 2008

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Publications9

  1. ncbi Parity, reproductive factors, and the risk of pancreatic cancer in women
    Halcyon G Skinner
    Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 12:433-8. 2003
    ..Additional studies should examine the physiological or hormonal changes underlying pregnancy or childbirth that may explain this finding...
  2. ncbi Dietary patterns and pancreatic cancer risk in men and women
    Dominique S Michaud
    Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    J Natl Cancer Inst 97:518-24. 2005
    ..Dietary patterns have been associated with fasting insulin levels and risk of diabetes. To determine whether dietary patterns are associated with pancreatic cancer risk, we analyzed data from two large prospective cohort studies...
  3. ncbi A prospective study of aspirin use and the risk of pancreatic cancer in women
    Eva S Schernhammer
    Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    J Natl Cancer Inst 96:22-8. 2004
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  4. ncbi A prospective study of folate intake and the risk of pancreatic cancer in men and women
    Halcyon G Skinner
    Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 160:248-58. 2004
    ..The results from these two large prospective cohorts do not support a strong association between energy-adjusted folate intake and the risk of pancreatic cancer...
  5. ncbi Pancreaticobiliary cancers with deficient methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase genotypes
    Hiroyuki Matsubayashi
    Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 2196, USA
    Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 3:752-60. 2005
    ..Methyl group deficiency might promote carcinogenesis by inducing DNA breaks and DNA hypomethylation. We hypothesized that deficient methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) genotypes could promote pancreatic cancer development...
  6. ncbi Vitamin D intake and the risk for pancreatic cancer in two cohort studies
    Halcyon G Skinner
    Department of Preventive Medicine, 680 North Lake Shore Drive, Suite 1102, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:1688-95. 2006
    ..In two U.S. cohorts, higher intakes of vitamin D were associated with lower risks for pancreatic cancer. Our results point to a potential role for vitamin D in the pathogenesis and prevention of pancreatic cancer...
  7. ncbi Vitamin D status and cancer: new insights
    Gary G Schwartz
    Departments of Cancer Biology and Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
    Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 10:6-11. 2007
    ..The aim of this article is to describe recent developments in human studies of the role of vitamin D in the etiology and treatment of cancer...
  8. ncbi Sociodemographic and tumor characteristics associated with pancreatic cancer surgery in the United States
    Andrew J Gawron
    Department of Preventive Medicine, The Robert H Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
    J Surg Oncol 97:578-82. 2008
    ..Surgical resection is the only curative treatment for pancreatic cancer. The aim of this project was to compare risk and prognostic factors between pancreatic cancer patients treated with and without surgery...
  9. ncbi Serum calcium and incident and fatal prostate cancer in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
    Halcyon G Skinner
    Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:2302-5. 2008
    ....