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Insulin-like growth factor 1 and musculoskeletal pain among breast cancer patients on aromatase inhibitor therapy and women without a history of cancerLisa Gallicchio
The Prevention and Research Center, The Weinberg Center for Women s Health and Medicine, Mercy Medical Center, 227 St Paul Place, 6th Floor, Baltimore, MD, 21202, USA
J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 139:837-43. 2013..Thus, the goal of this study was to examine whether changes in the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) axis were associated with pain among women initiating AI therapy or a comparison group of women without a history of cancer...- Changes in bone biomarker concentrations and musculoskeletal symptoms among breast cancer patients initiating aromatase inhibitor therapy and women without a history of cancerLisa Gallicchio
The Prevention and Research Center The Weinberg Center for Women s Health and Medicine, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
J Bone Miner Res 27:1959-66. 2012..Breast cancer patients initiating AI therapy should be assessed and monitored for fracture risk using known clinical risk factors, including bone density, and managed appropriately... 
Single nucleotide polymorphisms in inflammation-related genes and mortality in a community-based cohort in Washington County, MarylandLisa Gallicchio
Prevention and Research Center, Weinberg Center for Women s Health and Medicine, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
Am J Epidemiol 167:807-13. 2008..The authors' findings from this community-based prospective cohort study suggest that the selected SNPs are not associated with overall or cause-specific death, although CRP genotypes may be associated with systemic inflammation...
Flame-broiled food, NAT2 acetylator phenotype, and breast cancer risk among women with benign breast diseaseLisa Gallicchio
Department of Epidemiology, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
Breast Cancer Res Treat 99:229-33. 2006..The variation of the association by acetylation phenotype, as determined by the genotypes of selected N-acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2) enzymes, was also examined...- Sleep duration and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysisLisa Gallicchio
The Prevention and Research Center, The Weinberg Center for Women s Health and Medicine, 227 St Paul Place, 6th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
J Sleep Res 18:148-58. 2009..Our findings indicate that both short sleepers and long sleepers are at increased risk of all-cause mortality. Further research using objective measures of sleep duration is needed to fully characterize these associations... - Polymorphisms in estrogen-metabolizing and estrogen receptor genes and the risk of developing breast cancer among a cohort of women with benign breast diseaseLisa Gallicchio
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
BMC Cancer 6:173. 2006.... - The relationship between gender, social support, and health-related quality of life in a community-based study in Washington County, MarylandLisa Gallicchio
Prevention and Research Center, Weinberg Center for Women s Health and Medicine Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
Qual Life Res 16:777-86. 2007..The purpose of this study was to determine the factors associated with HRQOL, especially levels of social support, and variation by gender... - Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and the risk of developing breast cancer in a population-based prospective cohort study in Washington County, MDLisa Gallicchio
Prevention and Research Center, Weinberg Center for Women s Health and Medicine, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
Int J Cancer 121:211-15. 2007..Overall, findings from this study indicate that NSAID use is associated with a decrease in breast cancer risk and that the reduction in risk is similar for ER-positive and ER-negative tumors... - Body mass, polymorphisms in obesity-related genes, and the risk of developing breast cancer among women with benign breast diseaseLisa Gallicchio
Prevention and Research Center, The Weinberg Center for Women s Health and Medicine, Mercy Medical Center, 227 St Paul Place, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
Cancer Detect Prev 31:95-101. 2007.... - Non-cancer adverse health conditions and perceived health and function among cancer survivors participating in a community-based cohort study in Washington County, MarylandLisa Gallicchio
Prevention and Research Center, Weinberg Center for Women s Health and Medicine, Mercy Medical Center, 227 St Paul Place, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
J Cancer Surviv 2:12-9. 2008.... - Single nucleotide polymorphisms in obesity-related genes and all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a prospective cohort studyLisa Gallicchio
The Prevention and Research Center, The Weinberg Center for Women s Health and Medicine, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, USA
BMC Med Genet 10:103. 2009..We also examined the associations between the SNPs and body mass index (BMI) and change in BMI over time... - Hot flashes and blood pressure in midlife womenLisa Gallicchio
The Prevention and Research Center, Weinberg Center for Women s Health and Medicine, Mercy Medical Center, 227 St Paul Place, 6th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
Maturitas 65:69-74. 2010..The purpose of this study was to examine the associations between hot flashes and blood pressure among women aged 45-54 years who had never used hormone therapy... - Health outcomes of children born to cosmetologists compared to children of women in other occupationsLisa Gallicchio
The Prevention and Research Center, The Weinberg Center for Women s Health and Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
Reprod Toxicol 29:361-5. 2010..The findings indicate that cosmetologists are not at increased risk of having a child with medical problems compared to women in other occupations... - Androgens and musculoskeletal symptoms among breast cancer patients on aromatase inhibitor therapyLisa Gallicchio
The Prevention and Research Center, The Weinberg Center for Women s Health and Medicine, Mercy Medical Center, 227 St Paul Place, 6th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
Breast Cancer Res Treat 130:569-77. 2011..Findings from this study suggest that higher DHEAS concentrations are associated with less AI-associated pain and should be further investigated... - Circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D and the risk of rarer cancers: Design and methods of the Cohort Consortium Vitamin D Pooling Project of Rarer CancersLisa Gallicchio
Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, USA
Am J Epidemiol 172:10-20. 2010..This consortium approach permits estimation of the association between 25(OH)D and several rarer cancers with high accuracy and precision across a wide range of 25(OH)D concentrations... - Circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D and risk of kidney cancer: Cohort Consortium Vitamin D Pooling Project of Rarer CancersLisa Gallicchio
Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, USA
Am J Epidemiol 172:47-57. 2010..The findings from this consortium-based study do not support the hypothesis that vitamin D is inversely associated with the risk of kidney cancer overall or with renal cell carcinoma specifically... - Overview of the Cohort Consortium Vitamin D Pooling Project of Rarer CancersKathy J Helzlsouer
Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
Am J Epidemiol 172:4-9. 2010..The results of this study have application for the planning and conduct of intervention trials, especially in determining potential risks... - Cytochrome gene polymorphisms, serum estrogens, and hot flushes in midlife womenKala Visvanathan
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
Obstet Gynecol 106:1372-81. 2005..The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether genetic polymorphisms in selected cytochrome P450 enzymes (CYPc17alpha, CYP1A1, and CYP1B1), estradiol (E2) levels, and estrone levels were associated with hot flushes... - Race and health-related quality of life in midlife women in Baltimore, MarylandLisa Gallicchio
The Prevention and Research Center, Weinberg Center for Women s Health and Medicine, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21202, United States
Maturitas 63:67-72. 2009..Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine this association in the context of a population-based study of Caucasian and African-American women aged 45-54 years... - Genetic polymorphisms, hormone levels, and hot flashes in midlife womenChrissy Schilling
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Maturitas 57:120-31. 2007..Thus, the objective of this study was to examine whether sex steroid hormone levels and genetic polymorphisms in hormone biosynthesis and degradation enzymes are associated with the risk of hot flashes... - A prospective cohort study of bladder cancer risk in relation to active cigarette smoking and household exposure to secondhand cigarette smokeAnthony J Alberg
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Am J Epidemiol 165:660-6. 2007..9, 95% CL: 0.4, 2.3). This study further solidifies the evidence that active smoking is causally associated with bladder cancer. Additional studies are needed to determine whether passive smoking is a risk factor for bladder cancer... - Cigarette smoking, estrogen levels, and hot flashes in midlife womenLisa Gallicchio
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Maturitas 53:133-43. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: These findings indicate that smoking is associated with the occurrence of any and more severe hot flashes, independent of estrogen levels... - Adverse health outcomes among cosmetologists and noncosmetologists in the Reproductive Outcomes of Salon Employees (ROSE) studyLisa Gallicchio
Weinberg Center for Women s Health and Medicine, Mercy Medical Center, The Prevention and Research Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Toxicol Environ Health A 74:52-61. 2011..Future study needs to be conducted to examine specific chemical exposures in the salon. This will help to provide information required for the development of best occupational safety practices among salon workers... - Alcohol consumption and the risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a systematic reviewLiwei Chen
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Nutr Cancer 61:1-15. 2009..Considered in total, the quantitative summaries of the case-control evidence suggest that heavy alcohol consumption is associated with an increased risk of NPC... - Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs, cyclooxygenase polymorphisms, and the risk of developing breast carcinoma among women with benign breast diseaseLisa Gallicchio
Department of Epidemiology, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
Cancer 106:1443-52. 2006.... - Cruciferous vegetable consumption and lung cancer risk: a systematic reviewTram Kim Lam
Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, Office of Preventive Oncology, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18:184-95. 2009..We carried out a systematic review to characterize the association between cruciferous vegetable intake and lung cancer risk, with an emphasis on the potential interaction between cruciferous vegetables and GSTM1 and GSTT1 gene variants... - Body mass, estrogen levels, and hot flashes in midlife womenLisa Gallicchio
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 193:1353-60. 2005..Estrogen levels may partly explain this relationship; however, other mechanisms appear to be involved as well... - Correlates of depressive symptoms among women undergoing the menopausal transitionLisa Gallicchio
Prevention and Research Center, Weinberg Center for Women s Health and Medicine, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Psychosom Res 63:263-8. 2007.... - Menstrual cycle abnormalities among cosmetologists: the Reproductive Outcomes in Salon Employees (ROSE) studyLisa Gallicchio
The Prevention and Research Center, The Weinberg Center for Women s Health and Medicine, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Reprod Sci 17:20-8. 2010..Further studies using detailed salon exposure and work task data in relation to menstrual cycle outcomes should be conducted... - Endogenous hormones, participant characteristics, and symptoms among midlife womenLisa Gallicchio
The Prevention and Research Center, Weinberg Center for Women s Health and Medicine, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21202, United States
Maturitas 59:114-27. 2008..The primary aim of this study was to examine the associations between endogenous hormone levels and symptoms other than hot flashes in a sample of midlife women... - Somatic symptoms among cosmetologists compared to women in other occupationsLisa Gallicchio
The Prevention and Research Center, The Weinberg Center for Women s Health and Medicine, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 20:605-15. 2011..Thus, the purpose of this study was to determine if cosmetologists of reproductive age are at increased risk of self-reported symptoms compared to women of the same age working in other occupations... - Current alcohol use is associated with a reduced risk of hot flashes in midlife womenChrissy Schilling
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Program in Toxicology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 660 West Redwood Street, Howard Hall Room 133, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Alcohol Alcohol 40:563-8. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest that current alcohol use is associated with a reduced risk of any, severe, and frequent hot flashes in midlife women by a mechanism that may not include changes in sex steroid hormone levels... - Cigarette smoking, androgen levels, and hot flushes in midlife womenChrissy J Cochran
Division of Reproductive Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Obstet Gynecol 112:1037-44. 2008..To test the hypothesis that cigarette smoking is associated with hot flushes through a mechanism involving androgen levels, progesterone levels, sex hormone-binding globulin levels, or the ratio of androgens to estrogens... - Medication use, tamoxifen (TAM), and TAM metabolite concentrations in women with breast cancerLisa Gallicchio
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 660 W. Redwood Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Cancer Lett 211:57-67. 2004..This suggests that diuretic or an arthritis/pain medication may affect TAM metabolism... - Relations among menopausal symptoms, sleep disturbance and depressive symptoms in midlifeJessica P Brown
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Maturitas 62:184-9. 2009..To investigate the relations among hot flashes, other menopausal symptoms, sleep quality and depressive symptoms in midlife women... - A prospective cohort study of rectal cancer risk in relation to active cigarette smoking and passive smoke exposureCraig M Hooker
Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Ann Epidemiol 18:28-35. 2008..The present investigation prospectively examined active cigarette smoking and household passive smoke exposure and the risk of developing rectal cancer... - Profiles of tamoxifen-related side effects by race and smoking status in women with breast cancerMin Zhan
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Cancer Detect Prev 31:384-90. 2007..The goal of this study was to investigate TAM-related side effects, and determine profiles of side effects by race and by smoking status... - Active cigarette smoking, household passive smoke exposure, and the risk of developing pancreatic cancerLisa Gallicchio
Department of Epidemiology, Room E6132, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Prev Med 42:200-5. 2006..Our results also indicate that household passive smoke exposure is not associated with pancreatic cancer risk, although our risk estimates lacked precision... - Type of menopause, patterns of hormone therapy use, and hot flashesLisa Gallicchio
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Fertil Steril 85:1432-40. 2006.... - Carotenoids and the risk of developing lung cancer: a systematic reviewLisa Gallicchio
The Prevention and Research Center, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 88:372-83. 2008..Carotenoids are thought to have anti-cancer properties, but findings from population-based research have been inconsistent... - Cosmetologists and reproductive outcomesLisa Gallicchio
Prevention and Research Center, The Weinberg Center for Women s Health and Medicine, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Obstet Gynecol 113:1018-26. 2009..To test the hypothesis that cosmetologists are at increased risk of poor pregnancy outcomes compared with women of the same age who are not cosmetologists... - Current alcohol use, hormone levels, and hot flashes in midlife womenChrissy Schilling
Program in Toxicology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Fertil Steril 87:1483-6. 2007..Current alcohol use is associated with a lower risk of hot flashes through a mechanism that does not include changes in sex steroid hormone levels... - Reproductive history and hot flashes in perimenopausal womenKaren Nakano
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 21:433-9. 2012..The goal of this study was to examine the associations between reproductive history variables and midlife hot flashes... - A prospective study of aromatase inhibitor therapy, vitamin D, C-reactive protein and musculoskeletal symptomsKathy J Helzlsouer
The Prevention and Research Center, The Weinberg Center for Women s Health and Medicine, Mercy Medical Center, 227 St Paul Place, 6th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
Breast Cancer Res Treat 131:277-85. 2012..AI-associated symptoms were not associated with 25(OH)D or CRP concentrations... - Adulthood consumption of preserved and nonpreserved vegetables and the risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a systematic reviewLisa Gallicchio
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Int J Cancer 119:1125-35. 2006..Further research in high-risk areas to gain insight into the risk associated with preserved vegetables and protection associated with nonpreserved vegetables may advance understanding of NPC and yield clues for prevention... - The association between physical activity and hot flash severity, frequency, and duration in mid-life womenWilliam A Romani
Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
Am J Hum Biol 21:127-9. 2009.... - Cigarette smoking and low maternal weight gain in Medicaid-eligible pregnant womenJon P Furuno
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 13:770-7. 2004..This analysis was conducted to examine if cigarette smoking during pregnancy was associated with low maternal weight gain, as defined by the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) recommendations, independent of caloric intake... - Fear of cancer among women undergoing hysterectomy for benign conditionsLisa Gallicchio
Department of Epidemiology, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Psychosom Med 67:420-4. 2005..This study examined fear of developing gynecologic cancer among women undergoing hysterectomy for benign conditions... - Cigarette smoking and metallothionein expression in invasive breast carcinomasLisa Gallicchio
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 655 W Baltimore St, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Toxicol Lett 152:245-53. 2004..These findings suggest that among specific groups of women, smoking at the time of breast cancer diagnosis may be associated with an increase in breast tissue MT... - Association of tamoxifen (TAM) and TAM metabolite concentrations with self-reported side effects of TAM in women with breast cancerLisa Gallicchio
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Breast Cancer Res Treat 85:89-97. 2004..Future studies should assess subgroups of women with specific TAM and TAM metabolite profiles to determine whether alternate, equally effective therapies would decrease their risk of experiencing certain undesirable side effects... - Depressive symptoms and self-reported fast-food intake in midlife womenGeoffrey B Crawford
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA
Prev Med 52:254-7. 2011..To examine the association between depressive symptoms and fast-food intake in midlife women... - Shedding light on serum vitamin d concentrations and the risk of rarer cancersKathy J Helzlsouer
The Prevention and Research Center, 227 St Paul Place, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, USA
Anticancer Agents Med Chem 13:65-9. 2013..Additionally, controversy persists concerning a potential increased risk of pancreatic cancer associated with serum 25OHD levels > 100 nmol/L due to conflicting results reported by two large prospective pooling projects... - Daytime sleepiness and sleep duration in long-term cancer survivors and non-cancer controls: results from a registry-based survey studyLaura P Forsythe
Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, Center for Cancer Training, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD 20892, USA
Support Care Cancer 20:2425-32. 2012..This study examined differences in daytime sleepiness and sleep duration between long-term cancer survivors and non-cancer controls... - Gender differences in burden and depression among informal caregivers of demented elders in the communityLisa Gallicchio
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 1596, USA
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 17:154-63. 2002..Earlier studies have yielded inconsistent findings regarding gender differences with respect to burden and depression among informal community caregivers of dementia patients... - A comparison of household lead exposure assessment methods in an old, urban communityLisa Gallicchio
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
Environ Res 89:50-7. 2002....