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| H J BaerSummaryAffiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital Country: USA Publications
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Comparison of molecular phenotypes of ductal carcinoma in situ and invasive breast cancerRulla M Tamimi
Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
Breast Cancer Res 10:R67. 2008..The purpose of this study was to compare the prevalence of these distinct molecular subtypes among cases of DCIS and invasive breast cancer...- Body size in early life and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer: results from the Nurses' Health StudiesH J Baer
Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Br J Cancer 99:1916-22. 2008..6 m=1.43, 95% CI: 1.05-1.96, P for trend=0.001). Body mass index at the age of 18 years and birthweight were not associated with risk. Further research should examine the biological mechanisms underlying the observed associations... - Risk factors for mortality in the nurses' health study: a competing risks analysisHeather J Baer
Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Epidemiol 173:319-29. 2011..In the future, this new model may be used to identify individuals at increased risk of mortality... - Body fatness at young ages and risk of breast cancer throughout lifeHeather J Baer
Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02120, USA
Am J Epidemiol 171:1183-94. 2010..86 and RR = 0.92, respectively; P(heterogeneity) = 0.03). Body fatness at young ages has a strong and independent inverse relation to breast cancer risk throughout life... - Lobule type and subsequent breast cancer risk: results from the Nurses' Health StudiesHeather J Baer
Division of General Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02120, USA
Cancer 115:1404-11. 2009..Lobules in normal breast tissue can be classified based on their degree of development, which may affect their susceptibility to carcinogenesis. However, few epidemiologic studies to date have addressed this... 
The influence of family history on breast cancer risk in women with biopsy-confirmed benign breast disease: results from the Nurses' Health StudyLaura C Collins
Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Cancer 107:1240-7. 2006..However, the influence of a positive family history (FH) on breast cancer risk among women with biopsy-confirmed BBD is less certain...- Health behaviors and racial disparity in blood pressure control in the national health and nutrition examination surveyNicole Redmond
Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women s Hospital, 1620 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02120 1613, USA
Hypertension 57:383-9. 2011.... - A prospective study of body size during childhood and early adulthood and the incidence of endometriosisAllison F Vitonis
Obstetrics and Gynecology Center, Brigham and Women s Hospital, 221 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Hum Reprod 25:1325-34. 2010..An inverse association between adult body mass index (BMI) and risk of endometriosis has frequently been reported. However, the association between body size during childhood and early adulthood and endometriosis is not as well documented... - Outcome of patients with ductal carcinoma in situ untreated after diagnostic biopsy: results from the Nurses' Health StudyLaura C Collins
Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Cancer 103:1778-84. 2005..Studies of patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) "treated" by diagnostic biopsy alone have been rare, but provide important opportunities to gain insights into the natural history of these lesions... - Adult height, age at attained height, and incidence of breast cancer in premenopausal womenHeather J Baer
Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Int J Cancer 119:2231-5. 2006..65). These results confirm previous findings that taller adult height is associated with increased risk of premenopausal breast cancer but do not provide evidence that age at attained height is related to risk... - Potential role of tissue microarrays for the study of biomarker expression in benign breast disease and normal breast tissueLaura C Collins
Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 17:438-41. 2009..Whether or not TMAs may also be a potentially useful platform for assessing biomarkers in benign proliferative breast lesions (BPBL) and normal breast tissue has not been previously studied in detail... - Adolescent diet and incidence of proliferative benign breast diseaseHeather J Baer
Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 12:1159-67. 2003..05). Vegetable fat, vitamin E, and fiber intakes during adolescence were inversely associated with risk of proliferative BBD in this population. Confirmation of these associations may suggest a means for prevention of breast cancer... - Magnitude and laterality of breast cancer risk according to histologic type of atypical hyperplasia: results from the Nurses' Health StudyLaura C Collins
Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Cancer 109:180-7. 2007..Atypical hyperplasia (AH) in a benign breast biopsy is associated with an increased breast cancer risk. However, the influence of the histologic type of AH on the magnitude and laterality of breast cancer risk is poorly defined... - Benign breast disease, recent alcohol consumption, and risk of breast cancer: a nested case-control studyRulla M Tamimi
Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Breast Cancer Res 7:R555-62. 2005.... - 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... - Measures of energy balance and mammographic density in the Nurses' Health StudyGoli Samimi
Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Breast Cancer Res Treat 109:113-22. 2008..There was no association between recent physical activity and mammographic density. These findings indicate that childhood and adult body fatness and weight change from age 18 are inversely associated with mammographic density... - Early life factors and incidence of proliferative benign breast diseaseHeather J Baer
Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:2889-97. 2005..These results indicate that premenopausal women who were heavier at young ages have lower incidence of proliferative benign breast disease, consistent with previous findings for breast cancer... - Intake of fiber and nuts during adolescence and incidence of proliferative benign breast diseaseXuefen Su
Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 181 Longwood Avenue, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Cancer Causes Control 21:1033-46. 2010..We examined the association between adolescent fiber intake and proliferative BBD, a marker of increased breast cancer risk, in the Nurses' Health Study II... - Body fatness during childhood and adolescence and incidence of breast cancer in premenopausal women: a prospective cohort studyHeather J Baer
Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Breast Cancer Res 7:R314-25. 2005..We examined prospectively the relation between body fatness during childhood and adolescence and the incidence of breast cancer in premenopausal women... 
Comparison of estrogen receptor results from pathology reports with results from central laboratory testingLaura C Collins
Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 100:218-21. 2008..78, P < .001). Thus, ER assay results from pathology reports appear to be a reasonable alternative to central laboratory ER testing for large, population-based studies of patients with breast cancer...