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Previous pulmonary diseases and risk of lung cancer in Gansu Province, ChinaA V Brenner
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20892, USA
Int J Epidemiol 30:118-24. 2001..Although active smoking is well established as the main cause of lung cancer, there is accumulating evidence that history of prior lung diseases may be an independent risk factor for lung cancer...
Single-nucleotide polymorphisms in selected cytokine genes and risk of adult gliomaA V Brenner
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD 20892 7238, USA
Carcinogenesis 28:2543-7. 2007..07 and 0.22, respectively). Our results underscore the importance of pooled analyses in genetic association studies and suggest that SNPs in cytokine genes may influence susceptibility to glioma...
Season of birth and risk of brain tumors in adultsA V Brenner
Radiation Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services, 6120 Executive Blvd, Bethesda, MD 20892 7238, USA
Neurology 63:276-81. 2004..Recent studies demonstrated an excess of winter births in children with brain tumors and in adults with various neurologic or psychiatric diseases relative to the general population...
Polio vaccination and risk of brain tumors in adults: no apparent associationAlina V Brenner
Radiation Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7362, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 12:177-8. 2003
I-131 dose response for incident thyroid cancers in Ukraine related to the Chornobyl accidentAlina V Brenner
Radiation Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 7238, USA
Environ Health Perspect 119:933-9. 2011..Current knowledge about Chornobyl-related thyroid cancer risks comes from ecological studies based on grouped doses, case-control studies, and studies of prevalent cancers...
History of allergies and autoimmune diseases and risk of brain tumors in adultsAlina V Brenner
Radiation Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 7362, USA
Int J Cancer 99:252-9. 2002..The basis of the associations is not clear, but they might imply a role of immunologic factors in the development of brain tumors. Published 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc...
Handedness and risk of brain tumors in adultsPeter D Inskip
Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 12:223-5. 2003..These findings require confirmation but raise the possibility that early neurodevelopmental events or genetic factors related to handedness also influence the risk of glioma among adults...
Common variation in genes related to innate immunity and risk of adult gliomaPreetha Rajaraman
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18:1651-8. 2009..We have identified a promising set of innate immunity-related genetic regions for further investigation...
Cooking oil fumes and risk of lung cancer in women in rural Gansu, ChinaCatherine Metayer
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Rockville EPS/7044, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Lung Cancer 35:111-7. 2002..09). Women exposed to cooking fumes from rapeseed oil appeared to be at increased risk of lung cancer, and there was some evidence that fumes from linseed oil may have also contributed to the risk...
Reproductive and hormonal factors and the risk of nonsmall cell lung cancerCari L Meinhold
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Int J Cancer 128:1404-13. 2011..Other reproductive and hormonal exposures, including menopausal hormone therapy use, were not associated with risk...
[Influence of menstrual and reproductive factors on the risk of lung cancer]Alina V Brenner
Radiation Epidemiology Branch, Divison of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, USA
Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 25:590-3. 2004..015) and later ages at menopause (trend, P = 0.074). CONCLUSION: Despite limitations, these findings suggested a possible role related to hormones in the etiology of lung cancer in females...
Lung cancer and indoor exposure to coal and biomass in rural ChinaRuth A Kleinerman
Radiation Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Boulevard, EPS 7044, MSC 7238, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Occup Environ Med 44:338-44. 2002..The risk for lung cancer increased relative to the percentage of time that coal was used over the past 30 years (P = 0.02). Our findings suggest that coal may contribute to the risk of lung cancer in this rural area of China...
Risk of meningioma and common variation in genes related to innate immunityPreetha Rajaraman
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Neuro Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services, 6120 Executive Boulevard, EPS Room 7058, Bethesda, MD 20892 7238, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 19:1356-61. 2010..The etiology of meningioma, the second most common type of adult brain tumor in the United States, is largely unknown. Prior studies indicate that history of immune-related conditions may affect the risk of meningioma...
Menstrual and reproductive factors and risk of lung cancer among Chinese women, Eastern Gansu Province, 1994-1998Alina V Brenner
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, EPS, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Epidemiol 13:22-8. 2003..Odds ratios were lower for later ages at menarche (trend, P = 0.015) and later ages at menopause (trend, P = 0.074). Despite limitations, these findings suggest a possible role of hormones in the etiology of lung cancer in females...
Instrumental measurements of skin color and skin ultraviolet light sensitivity and risk of cutaneous malignant melanoma: a case-control study in an Italian populationAlina V Brenner
Radiation Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892-7362, USA
Am J Epidemiol 156:353-62. 2002..Epidemiologic studies of CMM may benefit from the inclusion of colorimetric and MED measurements along with traditional risk factors to obtain more accurate, quantitative, and objective information...
Clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of first primary tumors of the central nervous system and related organs among atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 1958-1995Shuji Yonehara
Department of Pathology and Research Laboratory, Welfare Association Onomichi General Hospital, Japan
Cancer 101:1644-54. 2004..The secular rise in incidence of all clinically diagnosed CNS and pituitary gland tumors is most likely to be attributable to the increased use of new imaging techniques...
