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Fruit and vegetable intakes and risk of colorectal cancer in the NIH-AARP diet and health studyYikyung Park
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20852, USA
Am J Epidemiol 166:170-80. 2007..the lowest = 0.86, 95% confidence interval: 0.74, 0.99). Intake of fruits was not related to risk of colorectal cancer in men or women...
Dietary fiber intake and mortality in the NIH-AARP diet and health studyYikyung Park
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA
Arch Intern Med 171:1061-8. 2011..Dietary fiber has been hypothesized to lower the risk of coronary heart disease, diabetes, and some cancers. However, little is known of the effect of dietary fiber intake on total death and cause-specific deaths...- Dietary fiber intake and risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women: the National Institutes of Health-AARP Diet and Health StudyYikyung Park
Divisions of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics and Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 90:664-71. 2009..Although dietary fiber has been hypothesized to lower risk of breast cancer by modulating estrogen metabolism, the association between dietary fiber intake and risk of breast cancer by hormone receptor status is unclear... - Calcium, dairy foods, and risk of incident and fatal prostate cancer: the NIH-AARP Diet and Health StudyYikyung Park
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20852, USA
Am J Epidemiol 166:1270-9. 2007..04). Although the authors cannot definitively rule out a weak association for aggressive prostate cancer, their findings do not provide strong support for the hypothesis that calcium and dairy foods increase prostate cancer risk... - Dairy food, calcium, and risk of cancer in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health StudyYikyung Park
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Blvd, Bethesda, MD 20852, USA
Arch Intern Med 169:391-401. 2009..Dairy food and calcium intakes have been hypothesized to play roles that differ among individual cancer sites, but the evidence has been limited and inconsistent. Moreover, their effect on cancer in total is unclear... - 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... - Alcohol and risk of breast cancer by histologic type and hormone receptor status in postmenopausal women: the NIH-AARP Diet and Health StudyJasmine Q Lew
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Am J Epidemiol 170:308-17. 2009..13 (95% CI: 0.73, 1.77) for >20 g versus 0 g/day, and 1.21 (95% CI: 0.79, 1.84) for >20 g versus 0 g/day, respectively. Moderate consumption of alcohol was associated with breast cancer, specifically hormone receptor-positive tumors... - Caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee and tea intakes and risk of colorectal cancer in a large prospective studyRashmi Sinha
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 96:374-81. 2012..Epidemiologic data for coffee and tea intakes in relation to colorectal cancer remain unclear. Despite differences in gut physiology, few studies have conducted investigations by anatomic subsites... - Prediagnosis body mass index, physical activity, and mortality in endometrial cancer patientsHannah Arem
MHS, 6120 Executive Blvd, EPS 3029, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 105:342-9. 2013..Intervention studies of the effect of these modifiable lifestyle factors on mortality are needed... - Endometrial cancer risk factors by 2 main histologic subtypes: the NIH-AARP Diet and Health StudyHannah P Yang
Hormonal and Reproductive Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Department of Human Services, Bethesda, USA
Am J Epidemiol 177:142-51. 2013..Because of the limited number of Type II cancers, additional evaluation of risk factors will benefit from consortial efforts... - Is estrogen plus progestin menopausal hormone therapy safe with respect to endometrial cancer risk?Britton Trabert
Hormonal and Reproductive Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20852, USA
Int J Cancer 132:417-26. 2013..Risks were highest among thin-to-normal weight women, presumably reflecting their lower endogenous estrogen levels, suggesting that menopausal hormones and obesity increase endometrial cancer through common etiologic pathways... - Adolescent and mid-life diet: risk of colorectal cancer in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health StudyElizabeth H Ruder
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 94:1607-19. 2011..Colorectal cancer has a natural history of several decades; therefore, the diet consumed decades before diagnosis may aid in understanding this malignancy... - 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... - Coffee intake and breast cancer risk in the NIH-AARP diet and health study cohortGretchen L Gierach
Hormonal and Reproductive Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 6120 Executive Blvd, Suite 550, Rockville, MD, USA
Int J Cancer 131:452-60. 2012..Null findings persisted for risk of both HR-positive and -negative breast cancers. These findings from a large prospective cohort do not support a role of coffee intake in breast carcinogenesis... - Body mass index and risk of lung cancer among never, former, and current smokersLlewellyn Smith
Hormonal and Reproductive Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20852 7234, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 104:778-89. 2012..These studies are difficult to interpret because of potential confounding by cigarette smoking, a major risk factor for lung cancer that is associated with lower BMI... - Socioeconomic deprivation impact on meat intake and mortality: NIH-AARP Diet and Health StudyJacqueline M Major
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Cancer Causes Control 22:1699-707. 2011..This study examined the impact of area socioeconomic deprivation on the association between meat intake and all-cause and cause-specific mortality after accounting for individual-level risk factors... - Dietary fiber and whole-grain consumption in relation to colorectal cancer in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health StudyArthur Schatzkin
Division of Cancer Epidemiology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 85:1353-60. 2007..Whether the intake of dietary fiber can protect against colorectal cancer is a long-standing question of considerable public health import, but the epidemiologic evidence has been inconsistent... 
An aggregated analysis of hormonal factors and endometrial cancer risk by paritySara J Schonfeld
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Cancer 119:1393-401. 2013....- Age-specific physical activity and prostate cancer risk among white men and black menSteven C Moore
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Cancer 115:5060-70. 2009..The authors investigated physical activity, including activity during different age periods and of various intensities, in relation to prostate cancer incidence among white men and black men... - 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... - 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... - Prospective study of dietary fiber, whole grain foods, and small intestinal cancerArthur Schatzkin
Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20852, USA
Gastroenterology 135:1163-7. 2008..We conducted a prospective cohort study to determine the relationship between intake of dietary fiber/whole grains and the incidence of small intestinal cancer... - Leisure time physical activity of moderate to vigorous intensity and mortality: a large pooled cohort analysisSteven C Moore
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
PLoS Med 9:e1001335. 2012..Our objective was to determine the years of life gained after age 40 associated with various levels of physical activity, both overall and according to body mass index (BMI) groups, in a large pooled analysis... - Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use, chronic liver disease, and hepatocellular carcinomaVikrant V Sahasrabuddhe
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 6120 Executive Blvd, EPS 5032, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 104:1808-14. 2012.... - Dietary fiber and grain consumption in relation to head and neck cancer in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health StudyTram Kim Lam
Genetic Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Cancer Causes Control 22:1405-14. 2011..Dietary fiber and grain consumption may reduce the risk of head and neck cancer; however, the epidemiological evidence is limited. We investigated this relationship in the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-AARP Diet and Health Study... - Large prospective investigation of meat intake, related mutagens, and risk of renal cell carcinomaCarrie R Daniel
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 95:155-62. 2012..The evidence for meat intake and renal cell carcinoma (RCC) risk is inconsistent. Mutagens related to meat cooking and processing, and variation by RCC subtype may be important to consider... - Neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation and mortality: NIH-AARP diet and health studyJacqueline M Major
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
PLoS ONE 5:e15538. 2010.... - Alcoholic beverages and prostate cancer in a prospective US cohort studyJoanne L Watters
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Am J Epidemiol 172:773-80. 2010..These findings suggest that higher alcohol consumption modestly increases nonadvanced prostate cancer risk... - Body mass index, effect modifiers, and risk of pancreatic cancer: a pooled study of seven prospective cohortsLi Jiao
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Cancer Causes Control 21:1305-14. 2010..To investigate whether the positive association of body mass index (BMI, kg/m(2)) with risk of pancreatic cancer is modified by age, sex, smoking status, physical activity, and history of diabetes... - 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... - The association between self-reported diabetes and cancer incidence in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health StudyGabriel Y Lai
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Suite 320, MSC 7232, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 98:E497-502. 2013.... - Ovarian cancer risk factors by histologic subtypes in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health StudyHannah P Yang
Department of Health and Human Services, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Int J Cancer 131:938-48. 2012..83 (serous). Obesity was a significant risk factor only for endometrioid cancers (RR = 1.64; 95% CI: 1.00, 2.70). Our findings support a link between etiological factors and histological heterogeneity in ovarian carcinoma... - Meat intake is not associated with risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in a large prospective cohort of U.S. men and womenCarrie R Daniel
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD, USA
J Nutr 142:1074-80. 2012..In this large U.S. cohort, meat intake was not associated with NHL or any histologic subtypes of NHL. Contrary to findings in animal models and other cancer sites, meat-cooking and -processing compounds did not increase NHL risk... - Unopposed estrogen and estrogen plus progestin menopausal hormone therapy and lung cancer risk in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study CohortLouise A Brinton
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Cancer Causes Control 23:487-96. 2012..Previous studies have reported that lung cancer risk may be decreased, increased, or unaffected by prior use of menopausal hormone therapy (MHT)... - Amount of time spent in sedentary behaviors and cause-specific mortality in US adultsCharles E Matthews
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 95:437-45. 2012..Sedentary behaviors predominate modern life, yet we do not fully understand the adverse effects of these behaviors on mortality after considering the benefits of moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA)... - Hormone-related risk factors and postmenopausal breast cancer among nulliparous versus parous women: An aggregated studySara J Schonfeld
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7238, USA
Am J Epidemiol 173:509-17. 2011..Although the baseline risk is higher for nulliparous women compared with parous women, these results suggest that the associations between hormone-related factors and breast cancer do not differ by parity... - Waist circumference as compared with body-mass index in predicting mortality from specific causesMichael F Leitzmann
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, U S Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
PLoS ONE 6:e18582. 2011..Whether waist circumference provides clinically meaningful information not delivered by body-mass index regarding prediction of cause-specific death is uncertain... - A large prospective study of meat consumption and colorectal cancer risk: an investigation of potential mechanisms underlying this associationAmanda J Cross
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Biostatistics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Department of Health and Human Services, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Rockville, Maryland, USA
Cancer Res 70:2406-14. 2010..In conclusion, we found a positive association for red and processed meat intake and colorectal cancer; heme iron, nitrate/nitrite, and heterocyclic amines from meat may explain these associations... - Effect of changing breast cancer incidence rates on the calibration of the Gail modelSara J Schonfeld
Biostatistics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, 6120 Executive Blvd, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Clin Oncol 28:2411-7. 2010..Motivated by changes in breast cancer incidence during the 1990s, we evaluated the model's calibration in two recent cohorts... - 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... - Association of coffee drinking with total and cause-specific mortalityNeal D Freedman
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
N Engl J Med 366:1891-904. 2012..Coffee is one of the most widely consumed beverages, but the association between coffee consumption and the risk of death remains unclear... - 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... - Body mass index, physical activity, and bladder cancer in a large prospective studyCorinna Koebnick
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:1214-21. 2008..358), respectively. In conclusion, these findings provide support for a modest adverse effect of adiposity on risk for bladder cancer. In contrast, our results do not suggest a relation between physical activity and bladder cancer... - Physical activity in relation to total, advanced, and fatal prostate cancerSteven C Moore
Division of Cancer Epidemiology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:2458-66. 2008..96; 95% CI, 0.67-1.36; P(trend) = 0.99). Neither vigorous exercise at baseline nor exercise during adolescence was related to risk of total, advanced, or fatal prostate cancer in this large prospective cohort... - Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug use and ovarian cancer risk: findings from the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study and systematic reviewMegan A Murphy
Hormonal and Reproductive Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Department of Health and Human Services, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Cancer Causes Control 23:1839-52. 2012..Chronic inflammation has been proposed as a risk factor for ovarian cancer. Some data suggest that anti-inflammatory medications may be protective against ovarian cancer; however, results have been inconsistent... - Prospective investigation of poultry and fish intake in relation to cancer riskCarrie R Daniel
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services, 6120 Executive Blvd, Suite 320, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 4:1903-11. 2011..Simply increasing fish or poultry intake, without reducing red meat intake, may be less beneficial for cancer prevention... - Body-mass index and mortality among 1.46 million white adultsAmy Berrington de Gonzalez
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
N Engl J Med 363:2211-9. 2010.... - Reproductive and hormonal factors and lung cancer risk in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study cohortLouise A Brinton
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 20:900-11. 2011..Inconsistent findings about hormonal factors on risk may reflect incomplete control for confounding, misclassification of exposures, or insufficient attention to variation by histology... - Lifestyle factors and risk for new-onset diabetes: a population-based cohort studyJared P Reis
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
Ann Intern Med 155:292-9. 2011..Epidemiologic data on the combined influence of several lifestyle factors on diabetes risk are rare, particularly among older adults... - Prospective study of body mass index, physical activity and thyroid cancerMichael F Leitzmann
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health DHHS, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Int J Cancer 126:2947-56. 2010..Based on only 15 cases, adiposity was unrelated to medullary thyroid cancers. Physical activity was unrelated to total thyroid cancer... - Physical activity recommendations and decreased risk of mortalityMichael F Leitzmann
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Arch Intern Med 167:2453-60. 2007..Whether national physical activity recommendations are related to mortality benefit is incompletely understood... - Cigarette smoking and prostate cancer in a prospective US cohort studyJoanne L Watters
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18:2427-35. 2009..These findings suggest that current and former smokers may be at decreased risk of being diagnosed with prostate cancer and current smokers are at an increased risk of dying from prostate cancer... - Physical activity during adulthood and adolescence in relation to renal cell cancerSteven C Moore
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Am J Epidemiol 168:149-57. 2008..82 (95% CI: 0.68, 1.00; p(trend) = 0.05) for activity during adolescence. The authors conclude that increased physical activity, including activity during adolescence, is associated with reduced risk of renal cell cancer... - Physical activity, sedentary behavior, and the risk of colon and rectal cancer in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health StudyRegan A Howard
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Radiation Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
Cancer Causes Control 19:939-53. 2008..In order to prospectively investigate physical activity at varying intensities and sedentary behavior in relation to colorectal cancer... - Alcohol and endometrial cancer risk in the NIH-AARP diet and health studyHannah P Yang
Hormonal and Reproductive Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20852, USA
Int J Cancer 128:2953-61. 2011..Our results do not support that alcohol is a strong contributor to endometrial cancer risk, but slight risk increases may prevail among some users or for selected tumor characteristics... - Dietary nitrate and nitrite and the risk of thyroid cancer in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health StudyBriseis A Kilfoy
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD 20852 7244, USA
Int J Cancer 129:160-72. 2011..74; 95%CI: 0.86-8.77; p-trend = 0.04) among men. Our results support a role of nitrate in thyroid cancer risk and suggest that further studies to investigate these exposures are warranted... - Observational epidemiologic studies of nutrition and cancer: the next generation (with better observation)Arthur Schatzkin
National Cancer Institute, Bethseda, MD, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18:1026-32. 2009.... - Alcohol consumption, folate intake, hepatocellular carcinoma, and liver disease mortalityE Christina Persson
Hormonal and Reproductive Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, 6120 Executive Blvd, EPS Suite 550 Room 5008, Bethesda, MD 20852, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 22:415-21. 2013..In the current study, we investigate the effect of alcohol consumption and folate intake on HCC incidence and liver disease mortality in the NIH-American Association of Retired Persons Diet and Health Study... - Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and glioma in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study cohortSarah E Daugherty
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 4:2027-34. 2011..90; 95% CI, 0.65-1.25 and HR for glioblastoma = 0.83; 95% CI, 0.56-1.20) as compared with no use. Our findings from this large prospective study do not support an inverse association between NSAIDs and risk of all glioma or glioblastoma... - 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... - Intake of fiber and fiber-rich plant foods is associated with a lower risk of renal cell carcinoma in a large US cohortCarrie R Daniel
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD
Am J Clin Nutr 97:1036-43. 2013..Diet may play a role in the etiology of RCC directly and/or indirectly... - Prospective study of ultraviolet radiation exposure and risk of cancer in the United StatesShih Wen Lin
Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Int J Cancer 131:E1015-23. 2012..81-0.96) cancers (all p-trend < 0.05). We also found nonlinear associations for some cancer sites, including the thyroid and pancreas. Our results add to mounting evidence for the influential role of UVR exposure on cancer... - 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... - 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... - Prospective evaluation of risk factors for male breast cancerLouise A Brinton
Hormonal and Reproductive Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD 20852 7234, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 100:1477-81. 2008..Differences in risk factors may reflect unique mechanisms associated with androgens and their ratio to bioavailable estrogens... - Meat and meat-related compounds and risk of prostate cancer in a large prospective cohort study in the United StatesRashmi Sinha
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Am J Epidemiol 170:1165-77. 2009..There were no clear associations for fatal prostate cancer. Red and processed meat may be positively associated with prostate cancer via mechanisms involving heme iron, nitrite/nitrate, grilling/barbecuing, and benzo[a]pyrene... - Mineral intake and lung cancer risk in the NIH-American Association of Retired Persons Diet and Health studySomdat Mahabir
Modifiable Risk Factors Branch, Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, 6130 Executive Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 19:1976-83. 2010..Due to dietary recall bias in case-control studies, our objective was to assess whether these findings hold in a prospective cohort study... - Validation of a colorectal cancer risk prediction model among white patients age 50 years and olderYikyung Park
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Biostatistics Branch, Bethesda, MD 20852, USA
J Clin Oncol 27:694-8. 2009..Validation of an absolute risk prediction model for colorectal cancer (CRC) by using a large, population-based cohort... - Multivitamins, individual vitamin and mineral supplements, and risk of diabetes among older U.S. adultsYiqing Song
Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Diabetes Care 34:108-14. 2011..Understanding the relationship between multivitamin use and diabetes risk is important given the wide use of multivitamin supplements among U.S. adults... - Diabetes and risk of Parkinson's diseaseQun Xu
Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
Diabetes Care 34:910-5. 2011..To investigate the relationship between diabetes and future risk of Parkinson's disease (PD) among older U.S. adults... - Genome-wide association study reveals genetic risk underlying Parkinson's diseaseJavier Simon-Sanchez
Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Nat Genet 41:1308-12. 2009..14, P = 1.55 x 10(-5)). These data demonstrate an unequivocal role for common genetic variants in the etiology of typical PD and suggest population-specific genetic heterogeneity in this disease... - Intakes of fruit, vegetables, and specific botanical groups in relation to lung cancer risk in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health StudyMargaret E Wright
Department of Pathology MC 847, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, 840 South Wood Street, Room 130, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Am J Epidemiol 168:1024-34. 2008..06). These results provide support for a protective role of specific botanical subgroups of fruits and vegetables in lung cancer prevention in men, although the findings could also be due to residual confounding by smoking or chance... - Dietary fiber intake and risk of colorectal cancer: a pooled analysis of prospective cohort studiesYikyung Park
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass 02115, USA
JAMA 294:2849-57. 2005..However, after accounting for other dietary risk factors, high dietary fiber intake was not associated with a reduced risk of colorectal cancer... - Added sugar and sugar-sweetened foods and beverages and the risk of pancreatic cancer in the National Institutes of Health-AARP Diet and Health StudyYing Bao
Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 88:431-40. 2008..Although it has been hypothesized that hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia, and insulin resistance are involved in the development of pancreatic cancer, results from epidemiologic studies of added sugar intake are inconclusive...