Kathy B Baumgartner

Summary

Affiliation: University of New Mexico
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Is alcohol intake associated with breast cancer in Hispanic women? The New Mexico Women's Health Study
    Kathy B Baumgartner
    Department of Internal Medicine, Epidemiology and Cancer Control, New Mexico Tumor Registry, Cancer Research and Treatment Center, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
    Ethn Dis 12:460-9. 2002
  2. ncbi Association of body composition and weight history with breast cancer prognostic markers: divergent pattern for Hispanic and non-Hispanic White women
    K B Baumgartner
    Department of Internal Medicine, Cancer Research and Treatment Center, Epidemiology and Cancer Prevention Program, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 160:1087-97. 2004
  3. ncbi Dietary fiber is associated with serum sex hormones and insulin-related peptides in postmenopausal breast cancer survivors
    Sharon J Wayne
    New Mexico Tumor Registry, MSC 11 620, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 0001, USA
    Breast Cancer Res Treat 112:149-58. 2008
  4. ncbi Diet patterns and breast cancer risk in Hispanic and non-Hispanic white women: the Four-Corners Breast Cancer Study
    Maureen A Murtaugh
    Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Provo, UT, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 87:978-84. 2008
  5. ncbi Association between alcohol intake and serum sex hormones and peptides differs by tamoxifen use in breast cancer survivors
    Sharon Wayne
    New Mexico Tumor Registry, University of New Mexico, MSC 11 6020, Albuquerque, NM 87131 0001, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:3224-32. 2008
  6. ncbi Recruiting Hispanic women for a population-based study: validity of surname search and characteristics of nonparticipants
    Carol Sweeney
    Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 166:1210-9. 2007
  7. ncbi Diet composition and risk of overweight and obesity in women living in the southwestern United States
    Maureen A Murtaugh
    Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
    J Am Diet Assoc 107:1311-21. 2007
  8. ncbi Telomere DNA content predicts breast cancer-free survival interval
    Christopher M Heaphy
    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131 0001, USA
    Clin Cancer Res 13:7037-43. 2007
  9. ncbi Genomic instability demonstrates similarity between DCIS and invasive carcinomas
    Christopher M Heaphy
    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 87131 0001, USA
    Breast Cancer Res Treat 117:17-24. 2009
  10. ncbi Breast cancer survivors who use estrogenic botanical supplements have lower serum estrogen levels than non users
    Sharon J Wayne
    University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 87131 0001, USA
    Breast Cancer Res Treat 117:111-9. 2009

Detail Information

Publications31

  1. ncbi Is alcohol intake associated with breast cancer in Hispanic women? The New Mexico Women's Health Study
    Kathy B Baumgartner
    Department of Internal Medicine, Epidemiology and Cancer Control, New Mexico Tumor Registry, Cancer Research and Treatment Center, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
    Ethn Dis 12:460-9. 2002
    ..The alcohol/breast cancer association was investigated in a New Mexico (NM) statewide bi-ethnic study...
  2. ncbi Association of body composition and weight history with breast cancer prognostic markers: divergent pattern for Hispanic and non-Hispanic White women
    K B Baumgartner
    Department of Internal Medicine, Cancer Research and Treatment Center, Epidemiology and Cancer Prevention Program, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 160:1087-97. 2004
    ..76, 95% CI: 1.45, 5.26). These findings suggest that Hispanics may have a different breast cancer phenotype than non-Hispanic Whites, which associates differently with body composition and weight history...
  3. ncbi Dietary fiber is associated with serum sex hormones and insulin-related peptides in postmenopausal breast cancer survivors
    Sharon J Wayne
    New Mexico Tumor Registry, MSC 11 620, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 0001, USA
    Breast Cancer Res Treat 112:149-58. 2008
    ..To measure the association between dietary fiber intake and eleven hormones and peptides in postmenopausal breast cancer survivors...
  4. ncbi Diet patterns and breast cancer risk in Hispanic and non-Hispanic white women: the Four-Corners Breast Cancer Study
    Maureen A Murtaugh
    Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Provo, UT, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 87:978-84. 2008
    ..There is a lower incidence of breast cancer among Hispanic women than among non-Hispanic white women. Little is known about the role of diet in this difference...
  5. ncbi Association between alcohol intake and serum sex hormones and peptides differs by tamoxifen use in breast cancer survivors
    Sharon Wayne
    New Mexico Tumor Registry, University of New Mexico, MSC 11 6020, Albuquerque, NM 87131 0001, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:3224-32. 2008
    ..To measure the association between alcohol intake and 11 hormones and peptides in postmenopausal breast cancer survivors and to evaluate whether this association differs by tamoxifen use...
  6. ncbi Recruiting Hispanic women for a population-based study: validity of surname search and characteristics of nonparticipants
    Carol Sweeney
    Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 166:1210-9. 2007
    ..Recruitment of Hispanic cases and controls does not appear to be affected by selection bias related to community characteristics...
  7. ncbi Diet composition and risk of overweight and obesity in women living in the southwestern United States
    Maureen A Murtaugh
    Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
    J Am Diet Assoc 107:1311-21. 2007
    ..We assessed the association of dietary patterns and macronutrient composition with overweight and obesity in Hispanic and non-Hispanic white women...
  8. ncbi Telomere DNA content predicts breast cancer-free survival interval
    Christopher M Heaphy
    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131 0001, USA
    Clin Cancer Res 13:7037-43. 2007
    ..The objective of this investigation was to evaluate the hypothesis that telomere DNA content (TC) in breast tumor tissues predicts breast cancer-free survival interval...
  9. ncbi Genomic instability demonstrates similarity between DCIS and invasive carcinomas
    Christopher M Heaphy
    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 87131 0001, USA
    Breast Cancer Res Treat 117:17-24. 2009
    ..To assess telomere DNA content (TC) and the number of sites of allelic imbalance (AI) as a function of breast cancer progression...
  10. ncbi Breast cancer survivors who use estrogenic botanical supplements have lower serum estrogen levels than non users
    Sharon J Wayne
    University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 87131 0001, USA
    Breast Cancer Res Treat 117:111-9. 2009
    ..Considering the high use of these supplements among breast cancer patients, further research is needed to clarify the relative estrogenicity/antiestrogenicity of these compounds and their relation with prognosis...
  11. ncbi Changes in dietary intake after diagnosis of breast cancer
    Sharon J Wayne
    Aging and Genetic Epidemiology Program, Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
    J Am Diet Assoc 104:1561-8. 2004
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  12. ncbi Posttraumatic growth in non-Hispanic White and Hispanic women with cervical cancer
    Bruce W Smith
    Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 85131 1161, USA
    J Psychosoc Oncol 26:91-109. 2008
    ..HISP women reported higher levels of PTG than NHW women, and greater spirituality in the HISP women partially accounted for the difference...
  13. ncbi Telomere content correlates with stage and prognosis in breast cancer
    Colleen A Fordyce
    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA
    Breast Cancer Res Treat 99:193-202. 2006
    ..CONCLUSIONS: TC in breast cancer tissue is an independent predictor of clinical outcome and survival interval, and may discriminate by stage...
  14. ncbi Insulin-like growth factor pathway polymorphisms associated with body size in Hispanic and non-Hispanic white women
    Carol Sweeney
    Health Research Center, Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Utah, Suite A, 375 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:1802-9. 2005
    ..These results provide evidence that IGF pathway polymorphisms have functional effects on growth and central obesity and indicate that genotype-phenotype relationships are ethnic specific...
  15. ncbi Influence of pre- and postdiagnosis physical activity on mortality in breast cancer survivors: the health, eating, activity, and lifestyle study
    Melinda L Irwin
    Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale School of Medicine, P O Box 208034, New Haven, CT 06520 8034, USA
    J Clin Oncol 26:3958-64. 2008
    ..To investigate the association between pre- and postdiagnosis physical activity (as well as change in prediagnosis to postdiagnosis physical activity) and mortality among women with breast cancer...
  16. ncbi Physical activity, long-term symptoms, and physical health-related quality of life among breast cancer survivors: a prospective analysis
    Catherine M Alfano
    Comprehensive Cancer Center and School of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
    J Cancer Surviv 1:116-28. 2007
    ..This prospective study investigated physical activity (PA), occurrence of physical symptoms, and HRQOL in a large, ethnically-diverse cohort of breast cancer survivors...
  17. ncbi Modifying effects of IL-6 polymorphisms on body size-associated breast cancer risk
    Martha L Slattery
    Department of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:339-47. 2008
    ..The association between obesity and breast cancer risk is complex. We examined whether the association between body size and breast cancer risk is modified by interleukin-6 (IL6) genotype...
  18. ncbi Reproductive history in relation to breast cancer risk among Hispanic and non-Hispanic white women
    Carol Sweeney
    Division of Epidemiology, University of Utah, 30 N 1900 E, AC230, Salt Lake City, Utah 841032, USA
    Cancer Causes Control 19:391-401. 2008
    ..To evaluate reproductive history risk factors in breast cancer among Hispanic (HISP) women in the U.S. southwest, a population with approximately 33% lower breast cancer incidence than non-Hispanic whites (NHW)...
  19. ncbi IL6, aspirin, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and breast cancer risk in women living in the southwestern United States
    Martha L Slattery
    Health Research Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84117, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 16:747-55. 2007
    ..04 (for Hispanic/Native American) and SNP rs1800796 or -572G>C]. These data suggest that IL6 is associated with breast cancer risk and modifies the association between estrogen and aspirin and breast cancer risk...
  20. ncbi Population-based case-control study of diabetes and breast cancer risk in Hispanic and non-Hispanic White women living in US southwestern states
    Dana E Rollison
    Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 167:447-56. 2008
    ..54, 95% confidence interval: 0.37, 0.79). In this study, diabetes was not associated with breast cancer overall, although the inverse association with gestational diabetes warrants further investigation...
  21. ncbi Physical activity, body mass index, and mammographic density in postmenopausal breast cancer survivors
    Melinda L Irwin
    Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520 8034, USA
    J Clin Oncol 25:1061-6. 2007
    ....
  22. ncbi Genetic admixture among Hispanics and candidate gene polymorphisms: potential for confounding in a breast cancer study?
    Carol Sweeney
    Department of Internal Medicine Health Research Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 16:142-50. 2007
    ..CRRs from simulated scenarios indicated that appreciable confounding by admixture would occur only when within-group candidate SNP allele frequency differences are much larger than any that we observed...
  23. ncbi Possible socioeconomic and ethnic disparities in quality of life in a cohort of breast cancer survivors
    Deborah J Bowen
    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue N, M4 B402, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
    Breast Cancer Res Treat 106:85-95. 2007
    ..This paper describes the ethnic and socioeconomic correlates of functioning in a cohort of long-term nonrecurring breast cancer survivors...
  24. ncbi Oral, injected and implanted contraceptives and breast cancer risk among U.S. Hispanic and non-Hispanic white women
    Carol Sweeney
    Division of Epidemiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
    Int J Cancer 121:2517-23. 2007
    ..Based on a small number of users of contraceptive implants, a significantly increased breast cancer risk was observed; continued surveillance of implant users may be warranted...
  25. ncbi Fatigue in breast cancer survivors two to five years post diagnosis: a HEAL Study report
    Kathleen Meeske
    Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1444 Eastlake Avenue, Room 4449, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
    Qual Life Res 16:947-60. 2007
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  26. ncbi Physical activity and breast cancer risk among women in the southwestern United States
    Martha L Slattery
    Department of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84117, USA
    Ann Epidemiol 17:342-53. 2007
    ..01), while among postmenopausal HAI women, physical activity interacted with body mass index (p value, 0.04). These data suggest that physical activity is important in reducing risk of breast cancer in both NHW and HAI women...
  27. ncbi Changes in body fat and weight after a breast cancer diagnosis: influence of demographic, prognostic, and lifestyle factors
    Melinda L Irwin
    Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale School of Medicine, PO Box 208034, New Haven, CT 06520 8034, USA
    J Clin Oncol 23:774-82. 2005
    ....
  28. ncbi Pre-diagnosis physical activity and mammographic density in breast cancer survivors
    Melinda L Irwin
    Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520 8034, USA
    Breast Cancer Res Treat 95:171-8. 2006
    ....
  29. ncbi Psychometric evaluation of the Brief Cancer Impact Assessment among breast cancer survivors
    Catherine M Alfano
    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
    Oncology 70:190-202. 2006
    ..CONCLUSION: Including the BCIA with measures of QOL, symptoms, and functioning will allow researchers to gain a more comprehensive assessment of the biopsychosocial IOC in survivors...
  30. ncbi Psychometric properties of a tool for measuring hormone-related symptoms in breast cancer survivors
    Catherine M Alfano
    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
    Psychooncology 15:985-1000. 2006
    ..Future clinical trials and quality of life and symptom management intervention studies would benefit from accurate assessment of hormone-related symptoms with the five scales from the shortened BCPT checklist...
  31. ncbi Active and passive smoking, IL6, ESR1, and breast cancer risk
    Martha L Slattery
    Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84117, USA
    Breast Cancer Res Treat 109:101-11. 2008
    ..01). These data suggest that breast cancer risk is associated with active and passive smoking...