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| Chun ChaoSummaryAffiliation: Kaiser Permanente Country: USA Publications
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Alcohol consumption and risk of lung cancer in the VITamins And Lifestyle StudyChun Chao
Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, California 91101, USA
Nutr Cancer 63:880-8. 2011..54, 95% CI: 1.36-4.73, P value for linear trend = 0.002) but not for adenocarcinoma. Alcohol intake at age 30 was not associated with lung cancer risk...
Evaluation of autoimmune safety signal in observational vaccine safety studiesChun Chao
Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA, USA
Hum Vaccin Immunother 8:1302-4. 2012..Finally, we recommend an accompanying vaccine uptake study to understand the potential selection bias and confounding in a given study population that should be addressed with data collection and analytical techniques...- Risk factors for short-term virologic outcomes among HIV-infected patients undergoing regimen switch of combination antiretroviral therapyChun Chao
Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 28:1630-6. 2012..Antiretroviral regimen-level factors and immunodeficiency were significantly associated with virologic failure after a recent therapy switch and should be considered when making treatment change decisions... 
Epstein-Barr virus infection and expression of B-cell oncogenic markers in HIV-related diffuse large B-cell LymphomaChun Chao
Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, 100 S Los Robles Ave, 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 91101, USA
Clin Cancer Res 18:4702-12. 2012..We investigated the hypothesis that EBV infection is associated with expression of specific B-cell oncogenic markers in HIV-related diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and examined the prognostic use of detecting EBV infection...- Surveillance of autoimmune conditions following routine use of quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccineC Chao
Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
J Intern Med 271:193-203. 2012..This report presents findings from autoimmune surveillance. Design. Subjects were followed for 180days after each HPV4 dose for new diagnoses of 16 prespecified autoimmune conditions... - HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) use and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in HIV-positive personsChun Chao
Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, USA
AIDS 25:1771-7. 2011..Experimental studies suggested that HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors ('statins') may have antilymphoma properties. We investigated whether statin use is associated with reduced risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) in HIV-positive persons... - Survival of non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients with and without HIV infection in the era of combined antiretroviral therapyChun Chao
Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, California 91101, USA
AIDS 24:1765-70. 2010..uninfected patients from the same integrated healthcare system, and to identify prognostic factors for HIV-related NHL in the era of combined antiretroviral therapy... - Correlates for human papillomavirus vaccination of adolescent girls and young women in a managed care organizationChun Chao
Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, 100 S Los Robles, 2nd Floor, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
Am J Epidemiol 171:357-67. 2010..These findings are helpful for interpreting the results of observational safety studies and providing insights for developing targeted HPV vaccination programs... - Correlates for completion of 3-dose regimen of HPV vaccine in female members of a managed care organizationChun Chao
Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
Mayo Clin Proc 84:864-70. 2009..To examine the rate and correlates of completion of the quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV4) 3-dose regimen because nonadherence to the regimen may adversely affect vaccine efficacy... - Red wine consumption not associated with reduced risk of colorectal cancerChun Chao
Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, 100 S Los Robles Ave, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
Nutr Cancer 62:849-55. 2010..Moderate red wine consumption was not associated with reduced risk of colorectal cancer in this population of middle-aged men... - Associations between beer, wine, and liquor consumption and lung cancer risk: a meta-analysisChun Chao
Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, California 91101 2453, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 16:2436-47. 2007..We conducted dose-specific meta-analyses and dose-response meta-regression to summarize findings from the current literature on the association between consumption of beer, wine, or liquor and lung cancer risk... - Type 2 diabetes mellitus and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a systematic review and meta-analysisChun Chao
Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA 91101 2453, USA
Am J Epidemiol 168:471-80. 2008..More prospective studies with improved control of confounding are needed to confirm these findings... - Alcoholic beverage intake and risk of lung cancer: the California Men's Health StudyChun Chao
Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, 100 South Los Robles Avenue, Suite 201, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:2692-9. 2008..We investigated the effect of alcoholic beverage consumption on the risk of lung cancer using the California Men's Health Study... - Recreational amphetamine use and risk of HIV-related non-Hodgkin lymphomaChun Chao
Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente, 100 S Los Robles, 2nd Floor, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
Cancer Causes Control 20:509-16. 2009..Given these observations, the impact of amphetamines on lymphomagenesis among HIV-infected populations should be assessed more thoroughly... - Papanicolaou screening behavior in mothers and human papillomavirus vaccine uptake in adolescent girlsChun Chao
Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
Am J Public Health 99:1137-42. 2009.... - Red wine consumption and risk of prostate cancer: the California men's health studyChun Chao
Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
Int J Cancer 126:171-9. 2010..16 (0.83-1.63). Neither red wine nor total alcohol consumption were associated with prostate cancer risk in this population of moderate drinkers... - Exposure to antiretroviral therapy and risk of cancer in HIV-infected personsChun Chao
Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA, USA
AIDS 26:2223-31. 2012..Studies are needed to directly evaluate the effect of ART use on cancer risk... - Clinical effectiveness of pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in men: California Men's Health StudyRulin C Hechter
Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA 91101, United States
Vaccine 30:5625-30. 2012..To examine the effectiveness of pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV) among approximately 40,000 community-dwelling men aged 45 years and older in the California Men's Health Study (CMHS) cohort... - Recreational drug use and risk of Kaposi's sarcoma in HIV- and HHV-8-coinfected homosexual menChun Chao
Department of Epidemiology and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California at Los Angeles, 650 Charles E Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 25:149-56. 2009..46 (1.01-2.13)]. However, no clear dose-response relationship was observed. These findings do not support a biological association between use of these substances and KS development in HIV- and HHV-8-coinfected homosexual men... - Correlates for second-dose varicella vaccination in school-age children in a managed care organization in CaliforniaRulin C Hechter
Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 31:752-5. 2012..To identify correlates of nonadherence to the recommendation for routine second-dose varicella vaccination in a diverse sample of school-age children... - Recreational drug use and T lymphocyte subpopulations in HIV-uninfected and HIV-infected menChun Chao
Department of Epidemiology and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1772, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 94:165-71. 2008..These results indicate that use of these substances does not adversely affect the numbers and percentages of circulating CD4 or CD8 T cells in either HIV-uninfected or -infected MSM... - Racial and ethnic differences in time to treatment for patients with localized prostate cancerKimberly R Porter
Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
Urology 81:283-7. 2013..To investigate the racial/ethnic differences in the time to treatment among patients with prostate cancer... - Second-dose varicella vaccination coverage in children and adolescents in a managed care organization in California, 2006-2009Rulin C Hechter
Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 30:705-7. 2011..However, non-Hispanic White race/ethnicity and living in a neighborhood with higher education level were inversely associated with the second-dose uptake... - HIV infection and the risk of cancers with and without a known infectious causeMichael J Silverberg
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, 2000 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
AIDS 23:2337-45. 2009..To evaluate the risk of cancers with and without a known infectious cause in HIV-infected persons... - Use of statins and prostate cancer recurrence among patients treated with radical prostatectomyChun Chao
Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena
BJU Int 111:954-62. 2013.... - The lack of utility of circulating biomarkers of inflammation and endothelial dysfunction for type 2 diabetes risk prediction among postmenopausal women: the Women's Health Initiative Observational StudyChun Chao
Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, USA
Arch Intern Med 170:1557-65. 2010..Recent studies have linked plasma markers of inflammation and endothelial dysfunction to type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) development. However, the utility of these novel biomarkers for type 2 DM risk prediction remains uncertain... - Chronic comorbid conditions associated with risk of febrile neutropenia in breast cancer patients treated with chemotherapyVictoria M Chia
Center for Observational Research, Amgen Inc, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
Breast Cancer Res Treat 138:621-31. 2013..This information, if confirmed by others, may aid clinical decision making with respect to use of prophylactic G-CSF during chemotherapy treatment... - NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) Pro187Ser polymorphism and the risk of lung, bladder, and colorectal cancers: a meta-analysisChun Chao
Gene Environment Epidemiology Group, IARC, 150, cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon Cedex 08, France
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:979-87. 2006..Such effects of the NQO1 polymorphism seem to be modified by ethnicity and smoking status...
Research Grants
- Prognostic Markers for HIV-Postive Diffuse Large B-Cell LymphomaChun Chao; Fiscal Year: 2009..Our results may also help to identify new molecular therapeutic targets for resistant tumor and assist with the building of an outcome prediction equation for risk-stratified patient management. ..
- Prognostic Markers for HIV-Postive Diffuse Large B-Cell LymphomaChun Chao; Fiscal Year: 2010..Our results may also help to identify new molecular therapeutic targets for resistant tumor and assist with the building of an outcome prediction equation for risk-stratified patient management. ..