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Nutritional strategies for breast cancer prevention: what have we learned and where do we go from here?Michele R Forman
Cancer 98:1782-5. 2003- Changes in dietary fat and fiber and serum hormone concentrations: nutritional strategies for breast cancer prevention over the life courseMichele R Forman
Department of Epidemiology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
J Nutr 137:170S-174S. 2007..The goal is to formulate an integrative approach to dietary intervention, taking into consideration ethnic group differences in energy expenditure that modulate weight and hormones influencing breast cancer risk over the life course... 
The effects of depression and use of antidepressive medicines during pregnancy on the methylation status of the IGF2 imprinted control regions in the offspringA Soubry
Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
Clin Epigenetics 3:2. 2011..05%, p = 0.01). In conclusion, our findings suggest a race-dependent response related to maternal use of antidepressants at one of the IGF2 DMRs in the offspring...- Folic acid supplementation before and during pregnancy in the Newborn Epigenetics STudy (NEST)Cathrine Hoyo
Department of Community and Family Medicine and Program of Cancer Detection, Prevention and Control, Duke University, PO Box 104006, Durham, NC 27710, USA
BMC Public Health 11:46. 2011..The primary objective is to estimate the proportion of women taking folic acid (FA) doses exceeding the TUL before and during pregnancy, and to identify correlates of high FA use... 
Bioinformatics: Tools to accelerate population science and disease control researchMichele R Forman
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77230 1439, USA
Am J Prev Med 38:646-51. 2010..The purpose of this paper is to describe how the application of bioinformatics systems can accelerate population health research across the continuum from prevention to detection, diagnosis, treatment, and outcome...- Components of variation in serum carotenoid concentrations: the Polyp Prevention TrialM R Forman
Laboratory of Biosystems and Cancer, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
Eur J Clin Nutr 63:763-70. 2009..The intra- and interindividual variations and season and center effects were estimated from a series of serum carotenoid concentrations in the Polyp Prevention Trial (PPT) participants... - Effect of menstrual cycle phase on the concentration of individual carotenoids in lipoproteins of premenopausal women: a controlled dietary studyM R Forman
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7326, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 67:81-7. 1998..The cyclic fluctuations of these carotenoids in lipoprotein fractions add another dimension to the understanding of their transport and physiologic function... - Dietary boron and hormone replacement therapy as risk factors for lung cancer in womenS Mahabir
Department of Epidemiology, University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Am J Epidemiol 167:1070-80. 2008..07 (95% CI: 1.53, 2.81). Boron intake was inversely associated with lung cancer in women, whereas women who consumed low boron and did not use HRT were at substantial increased odds... - Joint effects of dietary trace metals and DNA repair capacity in lung cancer riskSomdat Mahabir
Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer, 1155 Pressler Boulevard, CPB4 3247, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 16:2756-62. 2007..No significant joint associations were seen for Se or Ca and DRC. Our joint associations between Cu-DRC, Zn-DRC and Fe-DRC and lung cancer risk require confirmation in prospective studies... - Dietary magnesium and DNA repair capacity as risk factors for lung cancerSomdat Mahabir
Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Unit 1340, CPB4 3241, 1155 Pressler Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Carcinogenesis 29:949-56. 2008..These intriguing results need to be confirmed in prospective studies... - Saturated fat intake predicts biochemical failure after prostatectomySara S Strom
Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Int J Cancer 122:2581-5. 2008..001). Understanding the interplay between modifiable factors, such as diet and obesity, and disease characteristics may lead to the development of behavioral and/or targeted interventions for patients at increased risk of progression... - Pooling dietary data using questionnaires with open-ended and predefined responses: implications for comparing mean intake or estimating odds ratiosMichael D Swartz
Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Am J Epidemiol 171:682-90. 2010..Therefore, if pooling data cannot be restricted to the same type of response, inferences should focus on odds ratio estimation to minimize bias... - Dietary zinc, copper and selenium, and risk of lung cancerSomdat Mahabir
Department of Epidemiology, University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Int J Cancer 120:1108-15. 2007..Given the known limitations of case-control studies, these findings must be interpreted with caution and warrant further investigation... - Conference Report: Eighth Annual AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention ResearchAbenaa M Brewster
The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, 77030, USA
Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 3:1044-8. 2010.... - Dietary alpha-, beta-, gamma- and delta-tocopherols in lung cancer riskSomdat Mahabir
Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Int J Cancer 123:1173-80. 2008..Given the limitations with case-control studies, these findings need to be confirmed in further investigations... - Serum tocopherols, selenium and lung cancer risk among tin miners in ChinaD Ratnasinghe
Cancer Prevention Studies Branch, Division of Clinical Sciences, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda 20892 7058, MD, USA
Cancer Causes Control 11:129-35. 2000..To evaluate the association of prediagnostic serum antioxidants and lung cancer risk we conducted a case-control study nested in an occupational cohort of tin miners... - Serum estrogen and tumor-positive estrogen receptor-alpha are strong prognostic classifiers of non-small-cell lung cancer survival in both men and womenSusan E Olivo-Marston
Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, Center for Cancer Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Carcinogenesis 31:1778-86. 2010..Understanding the genetic control of estrogen biosynthesis and response in lung cancer could lead to improved prognosis and therapy... - Through the looking glass at early-life exposures and breast cancer riskMichele R Forman
Laboratory of Biosystems and Cancer, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Cancer Invest 23:609-24. 2005..Events and secular trends influencing birth cohorts may not be adequately addressed, thereby limiting the interpretation and implications of the findings. Research in nonhuman primates may help uncover underlying mechanisms... - Comparison of birth weight corrected for gestational age and birth weight alone in prediction of development of childhood leukemia and central nervous system tumorsMichael R Sprehe
Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children s Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Pediatr Blood Cancer 54:242-9. 2010..The purpose of this study was to evaluate if birth weight (BW) corrected-for-gestational age is a better predictor than BW alone for occurrence of ALL and other malignancies in children... - No association between fatty acid intake and adenomatous polyp recurrence in the polyp prevention trialMarie M Cantwell
Center Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, 6116 Executive Boulevard, Suite 702, Room 7218, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:2059-60. 2005 - Nutrition and cancer prevention: targets, strategies, and the importance of early life interventionsStephen D Hursting
Laboratory of Biosystems and Cancer, Center for Cancer Research, Bethesda, MD, USA
Nestle Nutr Workshop Ser Pediatr Program 57:153-202. 2006 - Maternal BMI and country of birth as indicators of childhood obesity in children of Mexican originMariá A Hernández Valero
Department of Epidemiology, Unit 1340, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, 1155 Pressler Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:2512-9. 2007.... - 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... - Gender-specific differences in birthweight and the odds of puberty: NHANES III, 1988-94Susan Olivo-Marston
The Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, Division of Cancer Prevention, The National Cancer Institute, The National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 24:222-31. 2010..Our findings need replication in prospective longitudinal studies, and research to understand the mechanisms underlying the relation of early life exposures to cancer risk... - Energy balance, the PI3K-AKT-mTOR pathway genes, and the risk of bladder cancerJie Lin
Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, 1155 Hermann Pressler Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 3:505-17. 2010.... - Dietary intake of vegetables and fruits and the modification effects of GSTM1 and NAT2 genotypes on bladder cancer riskJie Lin
Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18:2090-7. 2009..Our data strongly support that high vegetable consumption, especially cruciferous vegetable intake, may protect against bladder cancer and that genetic variants of GSTM1 and NAT2 may modify the association... - N-nitroso compounds: assessing agreement between food frequency questionnaires and 7-day food recordsJanice E Stuff
Baylor College of Medicine, US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Children s Nutrition Research Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 109:1179-83. 2009..Accurate assessment of N-nitroso intake is fundamental to advancing research regarding its role with cancer. Previous studies have not used a quantitative database to estimate the intake of these compounds in a US population... - Nutrition and cancer prevention: a multidisciplinary perspective on human trialsM R Forman
Basic Research Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Annu Rev Nutr 24:223-54. 2004.... - Maternal sensitivity concerning aetiological research into childhood cancer: results of preliminary focus groupsMartha S Linet
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Baethesda, MD 20892 7238, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 21:169-78. 2007..We conclude that the focus group approach can contribute to a broad strategy for improving questionnaires and methods for conducting paediatric cancer epidemiological research... - Extreme obesity reduces bone mineral density: complementary evidence from mice and womenNomeli P Nunez
Laboratory of Biosystems and Cancer, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:1980-7. 2007..To evaluate the effects of body adiposity on bone mineral density in the presence and absence of ovarian hormones in female mice and postmenopausal women... - Higher parity and shorter breastfeeding duration: association with triple-negative phenotype of breast cancerShivani S Shinde
Department of Pathology, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Cancer 116:4933-43. 2010.... - Dietary fiber intake: assessing the degree of agreement between food frequency questionnaires and 4-day food recordsTamaro S Hudson
Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-8329, USA
J Am Coll Nutr 25:370-81. 2006.... - Gynecologic and hormonal effects of raloxifene in premenopausal womenAhalya Premkumar
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Warren G Magnuson Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Fertil Steril 88:1637-44. 2007..To assess the effects of raloxifene on the ovaries, uterus, and serum hormone levels in premenopausal women... - Birthplace, years of residence in the United States, and obesity among Mexican-American adultsCarlos H Barcenas
Department of Internal Medicine of the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, and Boston VA Healthcare System, MA, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:1043-52. 2007..To evaluate the association between birthplace (Mexico or U.S.) and obesity in men and women and to analyze the relationship between duration of U.S. residency and prevalence of obesity in Mexican immigrants... - Carotenoids, vitamin A and risk of adenomatous polyp recurrence in the polyp prevention trialSusan Steck-Scott
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 57299, USA
Int J Cancer 112:295-305. 2004..Thus, alpha-carotene and vitamin A may protect against recurrence in nonsmokers and nondrinkers or be indicative of compliance or another healthy lifestyle factor that reduces risk... - Parental characteristics as predictors of birthweightFei Xue
Obstetrics and Gynecology Epidemiology Center, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 221 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Hum Reprod 23:168-77. 2008..Previous studies provided conflicting results on the relevance of parental characteristics for offspring's size at birth. The objective of this study was to investigate parental predictors of birthweight... - Birthweight by gestational age and childhood cancerJoachim Schüz
Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society, Strandboulevarden 49, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
Cancer Causes Control 18:655-63. 2007.... - Calcium plus vitamin D3 supplementation and colorectal cancer in womenMichele R Forman
N Engl J Med 354:752-4. 2006