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Using lowess to remove systematic trends over time in predictor variables prior to logistic regression with quantile categoriesCraig B Borkowf
National Cancer Institute, Center for Cancer Research, Cancer Prevention Studies Branch, 6116 Executive Blvd, Suite 705, MSC 8314, Bethesda, MD 20892 8314, USA
Stat Med 22:1477-93. 2003..Conversely, using appropriate lowess methods to adjust the data tends to give nearly unbiased parameter estimates, near nominal significance levels, and improved power...
Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and risk of oropharynx and larynx cancers in Finnish menHannah Arem
Yale School of Public Health, Department ofChronic Disease Epidemiology, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 20:1178-84. 2011..Prolonged darker months in Finland are associated with lower levels of ultraviolet B radiation, raising concerns about low vitamin D levels...
Prospective study of self-reported diabetes and risk of upper gastrointestinal cancersShih Wen Lin
Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 20:954-61. 2011..Obesity increases the risks of GCA and EADC, and the associations may be partially mediated by insulin resistance. A few case-control studies have shown an association between diabetes and an increased risk of EADC...
Circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D and risk of esophageal and gastric cancer: Cohort Consortium Vitamin D Pooling Project of Rarer CancersChristian C Abnet
National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20852, USA
Am J Epidemiol 172:94-106. 2010..31, 0.96). Subgroup analyses by alcohol consumption produced opposing trends. Results do not support the hypothesis that interventions aimed at increasing vitamin D status would lead to a lower risk of these highly fatal cancers...
Aryl hydrocarbon receptor expression is associated with a family history of upper gastrointestinal tract cancer in a high-risk population exposed to aromatic hydrocarbonsMark J Roth
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7232, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18:2391-6. 2009....
Association of tooth loss and oral hygiene with risk of gastric adenocarcinomaRamin Shakeri
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD Phone 301 594 1511 Fax 301 496 6829 and Reza Malekzadeh, Professor of Medicine, Digestive Disease Research Centre, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Shariati Hospital, 1411713135, Tehran, Iran
Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 6:477-82. 2013..Cancer Prev Res; 6(5); 477-82. ©2013 AACR...
Genotypic variants at 2q33 and risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in China: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studiesChristian C Abnet
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 7236, USA
Hum Mol Genet 21:2132-41. 2012..Future studies of esophageal and other cancers should focus on comprehensive sequencing of this 2q33 locus and functional analysis of rs13016963 and rs10201587 and other strongly correlated variants...
Higher urine 1-hydroxy pyrene glucuronide (1-OHPG) is associated with tobacco smoke exposure and drinking maté in healthy subjects from Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilRenato B Fagundes
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Departamento de Clinica Medica, Centro de Ciencias da Saude, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
BMC Cancer 6:139. 2006..The aims of the current study were to investigate the degree and sources of PAH exposure of the inhabitants of this region of southern Brazil...
Carcinogenic food contaminantsChristian C Abnet
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA
Cancer Invest 25:189-96. 2007..This review presents a summary of the evidence for the carcinogenicity of these and other agents and the ranks provided by two important assessment programs...
Tooth loss is associated with increased risk of total death and death from upper gastrointestinal cancer, heart disease, and stroke in a Chinese population-based cohortChristian C Abnet
Cancer Prevention Studies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Int J Epidemiol 34:467-74. 2005..Tooth loss has previously been associated with a higher risk of cancer, heart disease, and stroke, but the role of confounding by smoking remains an issue...
Zinc concentration in esophageal biopsy specimens measured by x-ray fluorescence and esophageal cancer riskChristian C Abnet
Cancer Prevention Studies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 6116 Executive Blvd, Rm 705, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 97:301-6. 2005....
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and risk of gastric and oesophageal adenocarcinomas: results from a cohort study and a meta-analysisC C Abnet
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Br J Cancer 100:551-7. 2009..64 (0.52-0.80), 0.82 (0.65-1.04), and 0.64 (0.52-0.79), respectively. The corresponding numbers for other NSAIDs were 0.68 (0.57-0.81), 0.80 (0.67-0.95), and 0.65 (0.50-0.85), respectively...
Tooth loss is associated with increased risk of gastric non-cardia adenocarcinoma in a cohort of Finnish smokersChristian C Abnet
Cancer Prevention Studies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Scand J Gastroenterol 40:681-7. 2005..pylori seropositivity...
Tooth loss and lack of regular oral hygiene are associated with higher risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinomaChristian C Abnet
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Executive Plaza South, Room 320, 6120 Executive Boulevard, MSC 7232, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:3062-8. 2008..Our results are consistent with several previous analyses in other high-risk populations...
The influence of genetic polymorphisms in Ahr, CYP1A1, CYP1A2, CYP1B1, GST M1, GST T1 and UGT1A1 on urine 1-hydroxypyrene glucuronide concentrations in healthy subjects from Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilChristian C Abnet
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Boulevard, EPS 320, MSC 7232, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Carcinogenesis 28:112-7. 2007..10; and a model combining both exposure and genotype information had a total r2 of 0.33. Our results suggest that CYP1B1 genotypes are strongly associated with urine 1-OHPG concentrations in this population...
Self-reported goiter is associated with a significantly increased risk of gastric noncardia adenocarcinoma in a large population-based Chinese cohortChristian C Abnet
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Int J Cancer 119:1508-10. 2006..37 (0.97, 1.94). Our findings are consistent with the hypothesis that iodine deficiency is associated with an increased risk of gastric cancer...
A prospective study of BMI and risk of oesophageal and gastric adenocarcinomaChristian C Abnet
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD 20852, United States
Eur J Cancer 44:465-71. 2008..84 (0.50-1.42). Using non-linear models, we found that higher BMI was associated with increased risk of EADC even within the normal BMI. Increased adiposity was associated with higher risk of EADC even within the normal weight range...
Serum 25(OH)-vitamin D concentration and risk of esophageal squamous dysplasiaChristian C Abnet
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, 6120 Executive Boulevard, EPS 320, MSC 7232, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 16:1889-93. 2007..Previous studies using a variety of measures for vitamin D exposure have reached different conclusions about the association between vitamin D and the risk of developing esophageal cancer...
A cross-sectional study of human serum sphingolipids, diet and physiologic parametersC C Abnet
Cancer Prevention Studies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
J Nutr 131:2748-52. 2001..This study represents the largest report of human serum sphingolipid concentrations to date and provides insight into potential explanatory variables that can be incorporated into future studies...
A shared susceptibility locus in PLCE1 at 10q23 for gastric adenocarcinoma and esophageal squamous cell carcinomaChristian C Abnet
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Nat Genet 42:764-7. 2010..19 x 10(-15); OR = 1.57), and for those in the noncardia stomach it was absent (P = 0.44; OR = 1.05). Our findings at 10q23 could provide insight into the high incidence of both cancers in China...
Sphingolipids as biomarkers of fumonisin exposure and risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in chinaC C Abnet
National Cancer Institute, Center for Cancer Research, Cancer Prevention Studies Branch, Bethesda, MD 20892 7058, USA
Cancer Causes Control 12:821-8. 2001..We conducted a prospective nested case-control study to examine the relationship between serum sphingolipids and ESCC incidence...
Prospective study of serum retinol, beta-carotene, beta-cryptoxanthin, and lutein/zeaxanthin and esophageal and gastric cancers in ChinaChristian C Abnet
Cancer Prevention Studies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7058, USA
Cancer Causes Control 14:645-55. 2003....
Reliability and validity of opiate use self-report in a population at high risk for esophageal cancer in Golestan, IranChristian C Abnet
Cancer Prevention Studies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 13:1068-70. 2004..To assess the reliability and validity of self-reported opium use in a rural Iranian population at high risk for esophageal cancer in preparation for a large cohort study...
Plasma pepsinogens, antibodies against Helicobacter pylori, and risk of gastric cancer in the Shanghai Women's Health Study CohortC C Abnet
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Executive Plaza South, Room 320, 6120 Executive Boulevard, MSC 7232, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Br J Cancer 104:1511-6. 2011..We tested the association between gastric cancer and plasma pepsinogens and antibodies against Helicobacter pylori in a case-control study nested in a prospective cohort...
Control region mutations and the 'common deletion' are frequent in the mitochondrial DNA of patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinomaChristian C Abnet
Cancer Prevention Studies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
BMC Cancer 4:30. 2004..We wished to examine the prevalence of mtDNA mutation and polymorphism in subjects from this high risk area of China...
Prospective study of tooth loss and incident esophageal and gastric cancers in ChinaC C Abnet
Cancer Prevention Studies Branch, Division of Clinical Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7058, USA
Cancer Causes Control 12:847-54. 2001..To determine the association between tooth loss and the risk of developing esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, gastric cardia adenocarcinoma, or gastric non-cardia adenocarcinoma in a prospective study...
Opposing risks of gastric cardia and noncardia gastric adenocarcinomas associated with Helicobacter pylori seropositivityFarin Kamangar
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Blvd, Rm 3034, Bethesda, MD 20892 7232, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 98:1445-52. 2006..pylori strain differences are less clear. We conducted a prospective nested case-control study of H. pylori serology to address these questions...
Polymorphic variation of Cyp1A1 is associated with the risk of gastric cardia cancer: a prospective case-cohort study of cytochrome P-450 1A1 and GST enzymesMark J Roth
NIH, NCI, CCR, Cancer Prevention Studies Branch, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Cancer Causes Control 15:1077-83. 2004..To determine if genetic polymorphisms of CYP1A1, GSTM1, GSTP1, or GSTT1 are associated with an increased risk of developing esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), gastric cardia cancer (GCC), or either in a high-risk Asian population...
Serum pepsinogens and Helicobacter pylori in relation to the risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in the alpha-tocopherol, beta-carotene cancer prevention studyMichael B Cook
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health DHHS, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20852 7234, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 19:1966-75. 2010..Helicobacter pylori can induce gastric atrophy in humans, which in turn increases gastric cancer risk. Whether H. pylori and gastric atrophy also affect the risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), however, remains unresolved...
Polymorphisms in inflammation-related genes and risk of gastric cancer (Finland)Farin Kamangar
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, US National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7232, USA
Cancer Causes Control 17:117-25. 2006..Our results do not support the hypothesis that polymorphisms in genes involved in the inflammatory response confer differences in gastric cancer risk among different individuals...
The relationship between serum ghrelin and the risk of gastric and esophagogastric junctional adenocarcinomasGwen Murphy
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Blvd, EPS 3034, Rockville, MD 20892, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 103:1123-9. 2011..However, the relationship between ghrelin and the risk of gastric and esophagogastric junctional cancers has not been investigated...
Physical activity and head and neck cancer riskMichael F Leitzmann
Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Cancer Causes Control 19:1391-9. 2008..To investigate the relation of physical activity to head and neck cancer...
Serum ghrelin is inversely associated with risk of subsequent oesophageal squamous cell carcinomaGwen Murphy
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Blvd, Rockville, MD 20892, USA
Gut 61:1533-7. 2012..Ghrelin, a hormone which, is also produced in the gastric fundic glands may be a marker of gastric atrophy, but its association with OSCC is not known...
Polymorphisms in interleukin -2, -6, and -10 are not associated with gastric cardia or esophageal cancer in a high-risk chinese populationSharon A Savage
Pediatric Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 13:1547-9. 2004
Prospective study of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration and mortality in a Chinese populationShih Wen Lin
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Am J Epidemiol 176:1043-50. 2012..Results were similar for men and women. This study showed that prediagnostic serum 25(OH)D concentrations were not associated with all-cause or cause-specific mortality rates in this Chinese population who had low levels of vitamin D...
Serum pepsinogens and risk of esophageal squamous dysplasiaFarin Kamangar
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7232, USA
Int J Cancer 124:456-60. 2009..03. Lower serum PGI/II ratio was linearly associated with higher risk of ESD. This result is consistent with recent findings that gastric atrophy may increase the risk of ESCC...
High exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons may contribute to high risk of esophageal cancer in northeastern IranFarin Kamangar
Cancer Prevention Studies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 21218, USA
Anticancer Res 25:425-8. 2005..The northeastern region of Iran has some of the highest rates of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) in the world...
Association of meat and fat intake with liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma in the NIH-AARP cohortNeal D Freedman
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, 6120 Executive Blvd, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 102:1354-65. 2010..Several plausible mechanisms, including fat, iron, heterocyclic amines, and N-nitroso compounds, link meat intake with chronic liver disease (CLD) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Few studies have investigated these associations...
Is opium a real risk factor for esophageal cancer or just a methodological artifact? Hospital and neighborhood controls in case-control studiesRamin Shakeri
Digestive Disease Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
PLoS ONE 7:e32711. 2012..Control selection is a major challenge in epidemiologic case-control studies. The aim of our study was to evaluate using hospital versus neighborhood control groups in studying risk factors of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC)...
Patterns of food and nutrient consumption in northern Iran, a high-risk area for esophageal cancerFarhad Islami
Digestive Disease Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Nutr Cancer 61:475-83. 2009....
The importance of exposure rate on odds ratios by cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption for esophageal adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma in the Barrett's Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma ConsortiumJay H Lubin
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH DHHS, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Cancer Epidemiol 36:306-16. 2012..e., the impact on the OR for a fixed total exposure of high exposure rate for short duration compared with low exposure rate for long duration...
Promoter methylation in cytology specimens as an early detection marker for esophageal squamous dysplasia and early esophageal squamous cell carcinomaLisa Adams
Genetics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 1:357-61. 2008....
Physical activity and esophageal and gastric carcinoma in a large prospective studyMichael F Leitzmann
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Am J Prev Med 36:112-9. 2009..Few studies have investigated the relationship of physical activity to esophageal and gastric carcinoma according to histology and anatomic site...
Variants of the IL8 and IL8RB genes and risk for gastric cardia adenocarcinoma and esophageal squamous cell carcinomaSharon A Savage
Section on Genomic Variation, Pediatric Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Advanced Technology Center, 8717 Grovemont Circle, Gaithersburg, MD 20892 4605, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 13:2251-7. 2004..These variants could confer an altered IL8 expression pattern or interact with environmental factors to increase the risk for inflammation and GCC...
Prospective study of serum vitamin E levels and esophageal and gastric cancersPhilip R Taylor
Cancer Prevention Studies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 8314, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 95:1414-6. 2003..89 to 4.75) for GNCC. Serum gamma-tocopherol level was not associated with the incidence of any of these cancers. Our findings provide support for the role of alpha-tocopherol in the etiology of upper gastrointestinal cancers...
Esophageal and gastric cardia cancer risk and folate- and vitamin B(12)-related polymorphisms in Linxian, ChinaRachael Z Stolzenberg-Solomon
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 12:1222-6. 2003..59; 95% CI, 1.04-2.42). No association was observed for GCA. Our results suggest that the MTHFR C677T and MTRR A66G polymorphisms influence the risk of ESCC and GCA in this population...
Meat consumption and risk of esophageal and gastric cancer in a large prospective studyAmanda J Cross
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA
Am J Gastroenterol 106:432-42. 2011..Although there have been multiple studies of meat and colorectal cancer, other gastrointestinal malignancies are understudied...
Fruit and vegetable intake and esophageal cancer in a large prospective cohort studyNeal D Freedman
Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Int J Cancer 121:2753-60. 2007..A significant inverse association between EAC and Chenopodiaceae (spinach) intake was observed. Results from our study suggest that the relation of fruit and vegetable intake and esophageal cancer risk may vary by histologic type...
Fruit and vegetable intake and head and neck cancer risk in a large United States prospective cohort studyNeal D Freedman
Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Int J Cancer 122:2330-6. 2008..Results from this large prospective observational study are consistent with previous case-control studies and support the hypothesis that total fruit and vegetable intake is associated with reduced risk of head and neck cancer...
Genetic polymorphisms in three Iranian populations with different risks of esophageal cancer, an ecologic comparisonAlireza Sepehr
The US National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
Cancer Lett 213:195-202. 2004..We conclude that it is unlikely that variations in these polymorphic genes are major contributors to the high incidence of EC among Turkomans in Iran...
Tea drinking habits and oesophageal cancer in a high risk area in northern Iran: population based case-control studyFarhad Islami
Digestive Disease Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 14117 Tehran, Iran
BMJ 338:b929. 2009..To investigate the association between tea drinking habits in Golestan province, northern Iran, and risk of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma...
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use reduces risk of adenocarcinomas of the esophagus and esophagogastric junction in a pooled analysisLinda M Liao
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20852, USA
Gastroenterology 142:442-452.e5; quiz e22-3. 2012..However, individual studies have been too small to accurately assess the effects of medication type, frequency, or duration of use. We performed a pooled analysis to investigate these associations...
Prospective study of risk factors for esophageal and gastric cancers in the Linxian general population trial cohort in ChinaGina D Tran
Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892-8314, USA
Int J Cancer 113:456-63. 2005..General socioeconomic status (SES) is a common denominator in many of these factors and improving SES is a promising approach for reducing the tremendous burden of upper gastrointestinal cancers in Linxian...
The gastric cardia is not a target for human papillomavirus-induced carcinogenesisJill Koshiol
Infections and Immunoepidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Room 7070, Rockville, MD 20852 7248, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 19:1137-9. 2010..Given the availability of an effective HPV vaccine and its potential to prevent HPV-associated cancer, we decided to evaluate the prevalence of HPV DNA in GCA...
Prospective study of serum cysteine levels and oesophageal and gastric cancers in ChinaGwen Murphy
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Gut 60:618-23. 2011..To examine the relationship between serum cysteine concentration and risk of these cancers we conducted a nested case-cohort study within the General Population Nutrition Intervention Trial in Linxian, China...
The association of menstrual and reproductive factors with upper gastrointestinal tract cancers in the NIH-AARP cohortNeal D Freedman
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, 6120 Executive Blvd, EPS 320, MSC 7232, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Cancer 116:1572-81. 2010..Established risk factors do not appear to explain these differences, suggesting a possible role for sex hormones...
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure in oesophageal tissue and risk of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma in north-eastern IranBehnoush Abedi-Ardekani
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Rm 3018, Bethesda, MD 20892 7232, USA
Gut 59:1178-83. 2010....
Socio-economic status and oesophageal cancer: results from a population-based case-control study in a high-risk areaFarhad Islami
Digestive Disease Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Int J Epidemiol 38:978-88. 2009..We examined a wide range of SES indicators to investigate the association between different SES components and risk of OSCC in the region...
Fruit and vegetable intake and gastric cancer risk in a large United States prospective cohort studyNeal D Freedman
Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Cancer Causes Control 19:459-67. 2008..Fruit and vegetable intake may protect against gastric cancer incidence. Results from case-control studies have indicated an inverse association, but results from cohort studies are inconsistent...
Human papillomavirus serology and the risk of esophageal and gastric cancers: results from a cohort in a high-risk region in ChinaFarin Kamangar
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
Int J Cancer 119:579-84. 2006..4). For HPV 73, these figures were 1.3 (0.6-2.5), 1.2 (0.6-2.3) and 0.9 (0.4-2.1). The results of this study do not support a major role for HPV 16, HPV 18 and HPV 73 in the etiology of esophageal and gastric cancers in Linxian, China...
Urinary prostaglandin E2 metabolite and gastric cancer risk in the Shanghai women's health studyLinda M Dong
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18:3075-8. 2009..pylori status, and for cases diagnosed within 46 months after study enrollment. Our findings suggest that higher levels of urinary PGE-M, a marker of inflammation, may be associated with gastric cancer risk...
Lung cancer chemoprevention: a randomized, double-blind trial in Linxian, ChinaFarin Kamangar
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Room 3034, Bethesda, MD 10892 7232, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:1562-4. 2006..Supplementation with combinations of vitamins and minerals at nutrient-repletion levels for 5.25 years did not reduce lung cancer mortality in this nutrient-inadequate population in Linxian, China...
Vitamin D-related genes, serum vitamin D concentrations and prostate cancer riskJiyoung Ahn
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Carcinogenesis 30:769-76. 2009..Results from the most comprehensive evaluation of serum vitamin D and its related genes to date suggest that tag SNPS in the 3' UTR of VDR may be associated with risk of prostate cancer in men with low vitamin D status...
Serum concentrations of 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane (DDT) and 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethylene (DDE) and risk of primary liver cancerKatherine A McGlynn
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, EPS 7060, 6120 Executive Blvd, Rockville, MD 20852 7234, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 98:1005-10. 2006..Whether DDT and DDE are associated with hepatocarcinogenesis in humans is not clear...
Opium use and mortality in Golestan Cohort Study: prospective cohort study of 50,000 adults in IranHooman Khademi
Digestive Disease Research Centre, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
BMJ 344:e2502. 2012..To investigate the association between opium use and subsequent risk of death...
Ecologic study of serum selenium and upper gastrointestinal cancers in IranMehdi Nouarie
Digestive Disease Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
World J Gastroenterol 10:2544-6. 2004..CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest that selenium deficiency is not a major contributor to the high incidence of EC seen in northeastern Iran, but it may play a role in the high incidence of GC in Ardabil Province...
Serum thyroglobulin, a biomarker for iodine deficiency, is not associated with increased risk of upper gastrointestinal cancers in a large Chinese cohortShih Wen Lin
Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Int J Cancer 129:2284-9. 2011..Our results do not support the hypothesis that iodine deficiency, as assessed by serum Tg, is associated with an increased risk of UGI cancers...
Vitamin E intake and risk of esophageal and gastric cancers in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health StudySarah Carman
NEB DCEG, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7232, USA
Int J Cancer 125:165-70. 2009..An increase of 71 mg/day (half the interquartile range) in supplemental vitamin E had an hazard ratio (95% confidence interval) of 0.92 (0.85-1.00) and the p value for trend in the quartile analysis was 0.015...
Cellular immune response is not associated with incident cancer or total mortality: a prospective follow-upMark J Roth
NIH, NCI, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Bethesda, Maryland 20852, USA
Eur J Cancer Prev 15:548-50. 2006..This implies that immune competence, as measured by these stimulation indices, is not associated with incident cancer or total mortality in this population...
A prospective study of tobacco, alcohol, and the risk of esophageal and gastric cancer subtypesNeal D Freedman
Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, USA
Am J Epidemiol 165:1424-33. 2007..93, 95% CI: 2.69, 9.03) but not risk for esophageal, gastric cardia, or gastric noncardia adenocarcinoma...
Poor oral health as a risk factor for esophageal squamous dysplasia in northeastern IranAlireza Sepehr
Cancer Prevention Studies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 21218, USA
Anticancer Res 25:543-6. 2005..01). CONCLUSION: Our results are consistent with two other published studies that have shown oral health as a risk factor for ESCC. The high incidence of ESCC in northeastern Iran may be partly attributable to poor oral health...
Alcohol intake and risk of oesophageal adenocarcinoma: a pooled analysis from the BEACON ConsortiumNeal D Freedman
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Gut 60:1029-37. 2011..Therefore, the association of alcohol intake with OSCC, OA, and OGJA was determined in nine case-control studies and two cohort studies of the Barrett's Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Consortium (BEACON)...
Prospective investigation of the cigarette smoking-head and neck cancer association by sexNeal D Freedman
Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA
Cancer 110:1593-601. 2007..Very few prospective studies have examined the association between cigarette smoking and cancers of the head and neck in women, even though the rates of smoking in women are increasing rapidly worldwide...
Gene expression differences in normal esophageal mucosa associated with regression and progression of mild and moderate squamous dysplasia in a high-risk Chinese populationNina Joshi
Genetics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute/NIH, EPS, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Cancer Res 66:6851-60. 2006..These data suggest that local and systemic immune responses may influence the natural history of esophageal squamous dysplasia...
Cigarette smoking and subsequent risk of lung cancer in men and women: analysis of a prospective cohort studyNeal D Freedman
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, 6120 ExecutiveBoulevard, MSC 7232, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Lancet Oncol 9:649-56. 2008..To address this question, we aimed to compare incidence rates of lung cancer by stratum of smoking use in men and women of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-AARP cohort...
Fruits, vegetables, and antioxidants and risk of gastric cancer among male smokersMehdi Nouraie
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892-7232, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:2087-92. 2005..Tocopherols were associated with higher risk of GCC, whereas dietary intake of fruits, vitamin C, tocopherols, and lycopene seemed protective for GNCC...
Interleukin-1B polymorphisms and gastric cancer risk--a meta-analysisFarin Kamangar
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Room 3034, Bethesda, MD 20892 7232, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:1920-8. 2006..The overall associations between IL-1B or IL-1RN proinflammatory polymorphisms and gastric cancer were null but several studies showed an association. The sources of this variation are unclear...
Association between smoking and risk of bladder cancer among men and womenNeal D Freedman
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, 6120 Executive Blvd, EPS 320, MSC 7232, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
JAMA 306:737-45. 2011..2 per 100,000 person-years) and women (32.5 per 100,000 person-years to 33.2 per 100,000 person-years); however, changing smoking prevalence and cigarette composition warrant revisiting risk estimates for smoking and bladder cancer...
Real-time telomerase assay of less-invasively collected esophageal cell samplesBrenna M McGruder
Biochemical Science Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, MS 8311, 20899, Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Cancer Lett 244:91-100. 2006..These findings demonstrate the feasibility of using the RTTRAP assay in EBC samples and suggest that individuals from high-risk populations can be screened for telomerase activity...
Prospective study of physical activity and lung cancer by histologic type in current, former, and never smokersMichael F Leitzmann
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
Am J Epidemiol 169:542-53. 2009..The inverse findings among former and current smokers in combination with the null results for physical activity among never smokers may point toward residual confounding by cigarette smoking as an explanation for the relations observed...
Polymorphisms in estrogen- and androgen-metabolizing genes and the risk of gastric cancerNeal D Freedman
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Carcinogenesis 30:71-7. 2009..These findings should be interpreted cautiously until replicated in other studies...
No role for human papillomavirus in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in ChinaJill Koshiol
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Department of Health and Human Services, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20852 7248, USA
Int J Cancer 127:93-100. 2010..HPV DNA contamination cannot be ruled out as an explanation for high HPV prevalence in ESCC tissue studies with less stringent tissue procurement and processing protocols...
Mendelian randomization: how it can--and cannot--help confirm causal relations between nutrition and cancerArthur Schatzkin
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA
Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 2:104-13. 2009..We conclude that Mendelian randomization is not universally applicable, but, under the right conditions, can complement evidence for causal associations from conventional epidemiologic studies...
Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and cancer mortality in the NHANES III study (1988-2006)D Michal Freedman
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 7238, USA
Cancer Res 70:8587-97. 2010..These findings argue for caution before increasing 25(OH)D levels to prevent cancer...
p16, MGMT, RARbeta2, CLDN3, CRBP and MT1G gene methylation in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and its precursor lesionsMark J Roth
National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Blvd, EPS 320, MSC 7232, Rockville, MD 20892, USA
Oncol Rep 15:1591-7. 2006..Balloon cytology may be able to screen the length of the esophagus effectively for a subset of cells with abnormal methylation, and may be useful in a primary screening test for ESCC and its precursor lesions...
Menstrual and reproductive factors and gastric cancer risk in a large prospective study of womenNeal D Freedman
Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Gut 56:1671-7. 2007..Gastric cancer incidence rates are consistently lower in women than men in both high and low-risk regions worldwide. Sex hormones, such as progesterone and estrogen, may protect women against gastric cancer...
Cigarette smoking and adenocarcinomas of the esophagus and esophagogastric junction: a pooled analysis from the international BEACON consortiumMichael B Cook
Hormonal and Reproductive Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health DHHS, 6120 Executive Blvd, Bethesda, MD 20852 7234, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 102:1344-53. 2010....
Coffee intake is associated with lower rates of liver disease progression in chronic hepatitis CNeal D Freedman
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Hepatology 50:1360-9. 2009..Tea intake was not associated with outcomes. CONCLUSION: In a large prospective study of participants with advanced hepatitis C-related liver disease, regular coffee consumption was associated with lower rates of disease progression...
Environmental causes of esophageal cancerFarin Kamangar
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute NIH, 6120 Executive Blvd, Bethesda, MD 20892 7232, USA
Gastroenterol Clin North Am 38:27-57, vii. 2009..Results of studies investigating other factors are also discussed...
Histological precursors of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma: results from a 13 year prospective follow up study in a high risk populationG-Q Wang
Cancer Prevention Studies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, 6116 Executive Boulevard, Suite 705, Bethesda, MD 20892-8314, USA
Gut 54:187-92. 2005..Documenting these precursor lesions of OSCC should assist in the development of effective prevention, early detection, and treatment strategies for this disease...
Epstein-Barr virus serology and gastric cancer incidence and survivalJ Koshiol
Cancer Prevention Fellowship, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Blvd, MSC 7236, Bethesda, MD, USA
Br J Cancer 97:1567-9. 2007..High EBV nuclear antigen titres were associated with longer survival in cardia cancer cases, possibly due to chance...
Risk factors for oesophageal squamous dysplasia in adult inhabitants of a high risk region of ChinaW-Q Wei
Cancer Prevention Studies Branch, 6116 Executive Blvd, Rm 705, Bethesda, MD 20892-8314, USA
Gut 54:759-63. 2005..The final model did a poor job of identifying subjects who had squamous dysplasia. Other methods will need to be developed to triage individuals to endoscopy in this high risk population...
Alcohol and head and neck cancer risk in a prospective studyN D Freedman
Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Executive Plaza North, Suite 3109, 6130 Executive Boulevard, MSC 7361, Bethesda, MD 20892 7361, USA
Br J Cancer 96:1469-74. 2007..7), men (34.4). In summary, drinking >3 alcoholic beverages per day was associated with increased risk in men and women, but consumption of up to one drink per day may be associated with reduced risk relative to non-drinking...
Helicobacter pylori and oesophageal and gastric cancers in a prospective study in ChinaF Kamangar
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Blvd, Rm 3034, Bethesda, MD 20892 7232, USA
Br J Cancer 96:172-6. 2007....
Male predominance of upper gastrointestinal adenocarcinoma cannot be explained by differences in tobacco smoking in men versus womenN D Freedman
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, Rockville, MD, USA
Eur J Cancer 46:2473-8. 2010..As smoking is a well-established risk factor, we investigated the role of tobacco smoking in the male predominance of UGI adenocarcinomas in the United States NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study...
Prospective study of serum selenium concentrations and esophageal and gastric cardia cancer, heart disease, stroke, and total deathWen-Qiang Wei
Department of Epidemiology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
Am J Clin Nutr 79:80-5. 2004..96; 0.90, 1.02) or stroke (0.99; 0.88, 1.11). CONCLUSION: Population-wide selenium supplementation in the region of China with low serum selenium and high incidences of ESCC and GCC merits serious consideration...
Chemoprevention of primary liver cancer: a randomized, double-blind trial in Linxian, ChinaChen Xu Qu
Cancer Institute, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
J Natl Cancer Inst 99:1240-7. 2007..We examined the effects of supplementation with four different combinations of vitamins and minerals on primary liver cancer mortality among 29450 initially healthy adults from Linxian, China...
Selenomethionine treatment does not alter gene expression in normal squamous esophageal mucosa in a high-risk Chinese populationNina Joshi
Amgen, 1201 Amgen Court West, AW1-J 4144, Seattle, WA 98119-3105, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:1046-7. 2006....
A prospective study of polymorphisms of DNA repair genes XRCC1, XPD23 and APE/ref-1 and risk of stroke in Linxian, ChinaSomdat Mahabir
Department of Epidemiology, CPB4 3247, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Unit 1340, 1155 Pressler Blvd, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Epidemiol Community Health 61:737-41. 2007..Stroke is the leading cause of death in Linxian, China. Although there is evidence of DNA damage in experimental stroke, no data exist on DNA repair and stroke in human populations...
Cytologic detection of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and its precursor lesions using balloon samplers and liquid-based cytology in asymptomatic adults in Llinxian, ChinaQin Jing Pan
Department of Cytology, Cancer Institute, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, People s Republic of China
Acta Cytol 52:14-23. 2008..The current study tested a newly designed "mechanical" balloon and a traditional Chinese inflatable balloon, followed by liquid-based cytology, to detect biopsy-proven squamous dysplasia and early cancer...
Serum vitamin D concentration and prostate cancer risk: a nested case-control studyJiyoung Ahn
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 6120 Executive Blvd, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 100:796-804. 2008....
