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Genomes and GenesSpecies | Cari M KitaharaSummaryAffiliation: National Institutes of Health Country: USA Publications
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Common obesity-related genetic variants and papillary thyroid cancer riskCari M Kitahara
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, EPS 7056, 6120 Executive Blvd, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 21:2268-71. 2012....- Association between adult height, genetic susceptibility and risk of gliomaCari M Kitahara
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
Int J Epidemiol 41:1075-85. 2012..In a pooled analysis of observational studies, we investigated the strength and consistency of this association, overall and for major sub-types, and investigated effect modification by genetic susceptibility to the disease... - Cigarette smoking, alcohol intake, and thyroid cancer risk: a pooled analysis of five prospective studies in the United StatesCari M Kitahara
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, EPS 7056, 6120 Executive Blvd, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Cancer Causes Control 23:1615-24. 2012..We examined the associations between cigarette smoking, alcohol intake, and thyroid cancer risk in a pooled analysis of five prospective studies... - Body fatness and markers of thyroid function among U.S. men and womenCari M Kitahara
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
PLoS ONE 7:e34979. 2012..S. population... - Obesity and thyroid cancer risk among U.S. men and women: a pooled analysis of five prospective studiesCari M Kitahara
Radiation Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 20:464-72. 2011..Thyroid cancer incidence has risen dramatically in the United States since the early 1980s. Although the prevalence of obesity has doubled during this time period, the relationship between obesity and thyroid cancer is uncertain... - Body fat distribution, weight change during adulthood, and thyroid cancer risk in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health StudyCari M Kitahara
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, NCI, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Int J Cancer 130:1411-9. 2012..No clear association for weight gain in later life was observed. These results support a potential role for hormonal and metabolic parameters common to central adiposity in thyroid carcinogenesis... 
Genome-wide association study of glioma and meta-analysisPreetha Rajaraman
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
Hum Genet 131:1877-88. 2012..Our findings suggest that larger studies focusing on novel approaches as well as specific tumor subtypes or subgroups will be required to identify additional common susceptibility loci for glioma risk...- Total cholesterol and cancer risk in a large prospective study in KoreaCari M Kitahara
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA
J Clin Oncol 29:1592-8. 2011..To further clarify the relationship between total cholesterol and cancer, which remains unclear... - Body mass index and mortality in non-Hispanic black adults in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health StudyYikyung Park
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
PLoS ONE 7:e50091. 2012..Although the prevalence of obesity (body mass index, kg/m(2), BMI ≥30) is higher in non-Hispanic blacks than in non-Hispanic whites, the relation of BMI to total mortality in non-Hispanic blacks is not well defined... - Ionizing radiation and the risk of brain and central nervous system tumors: a systematic reviewMelissa Z Braganza
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA
Neuro Oncol 14:1316-24. 2012....