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Examining stools for colon cancer prevention: what are we really looking for?Tim Byers
Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, 80045, USA
Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 4:1531-3. 2011..Even if advanced adenomas did commonly bleed, low compliance with repeat annual testing will seriously erode the benefit of FIT...- Two decades of declining cancer mortality: progress with disparityTim Byers
Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA
Annu Rev Public Health 31:121-32. 2010..This article reviews the trends in risk factors for cancer mortality and discusses the persistent problem of disparities by race and social class... - Targeting cancer prevention and screening practices for older adultsTim Byers
Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Comprehensive Cancer Center, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 57:S243-5. 2009.... - Does intentional weight loss reduce cancer risk?T Byers
Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, USA
Diabetes Obes Metab 13:1063-72. 2011..Because both cancer incidence and levels of circulating cancer biomarkers drop fairly rapidly following weight loss, intentional weight loss may well lead to meaningful reductions in cancer risk with a short latency time... 
Bronchial epithelial Ki-67 index is related to histology, smoking, and gender, but not lung cancer or chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseYork E Miller
Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, Colorado 80220, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 16:2425-31. 2007..To determine whether increased bronchial epithelial proliferation is associated with histology, smoking status, gender, age, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), or lung cancer...- A midpoint assessment of the American Cancer Society challenge goal to decrease cancer incidence by 25% between 1992 and 2015Rebecca L Sedjo
Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, CO, USA
CA Cancer J Clin 57:326-40. 2007.... - Lack of association between insulin sensitivity and colorectal adenoma riskRebecca L Sedjo
Department of Community and Behavioral Health, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA
Nutr Cancer 63:6-11. 2011..93; 95% CI 0.50-1.71 and ∼5 yr prior to colonscopy OR(adj) 0.74; 95% CI, 0.38-1.46]. These results suggest that factors other than insulin sensitivity mediate the relationship between obesity and colorectal neoplasia... 
The detection of chromosomal aneusomy by fluorescence in situ hybridization in sputum predicts lung cancer incidenceMarileila Varella-Garcia
University of Colorado Denver, 12801 East 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 3:447-53. 2010..The apparent promise of CA-FISH in sputum for assessing lung cancer risk and/or for lung cancer early detection now needs to be validated in a clinical screening trial...- Sputum cytologic atypia predicts incident lung cancer: defining latency and histologic specificityTim Byers
School of Medicine, University of Colorado Comprehensive Cancer Center, 13001 East 17th Place, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:158-62. 2008..Radiologic imaging may be more sensitive for peripheral cancers than for cancers arising in the central airways, from which bronchial epithelial cells are exfoliated into the sputum... - Complementary approaches to assessing risk factors for interval breast cancerJan T Lowery
Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA
Cancer Causes Control 22:23-31. 2011..To examine risk factors for interval breast cancer among women screened in a population-based mammography program... - Complement activation fragment Bb in early pregnancy and spontaneous preterm birthAnne M Lynch
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO 80045, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 199:354.e1-8. 2008.... - Differential expression of prognostic biomarkers between interval and screen-detected breast cancers: does age or family history matter?Jan T Lowery
Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO 80045 0508, USA
Breast Cancer Res Treat 129:211-9. 2011..Future studies to confirm this finding and to elucidate novel markers for characterizing interval cancers may be more beneficial to this subgroup... - Cardiovascular disease competes with breast cancer as the leading cause of death for older females diagnosed with breast cancer: a retrospective cohort studyJennifer L Patnaik
Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, 80045, USA
Breast Cancer Res 13:R64. 2011..This study was undertaken to assess factors that are related to breast cancer mortality versus mortality from other causes and to describe the leading causes of death among older women diagnosed with breast cancer... - Chromosomal aneusomy in bronchial high-grade lesions is associated with invasive lung cancerSteinn Jonsson
Department of Medicine Medical Oncology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Campus Box 6511, Mail Box 8117, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 177:342-7. 2008..The development of lung cancer (LC) is accompanied by field changes in the airway mucosa that may have prognostic importance... - Lack of association between sputum atypia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease mortalityYork E Miller
Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Denver, Colorado 80220 3808, USA
J Thorac Oncol 1:302-7. 2006..The authors hypothesized that sputum atypia would reflect the processes leading to progressive airflow obstruction and might be a novel biomarker of more rapidly progressive COPD... - Ethnicity, body size, and estrogen levels in postmenopausal Hispanic and non-Hispanic white womenMichael Wacker
University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 18:487-91. 2009..Likewise, according to most research, the ratio of 2-hydroxyestrone/16alpha-hydroxyestrone is, therefore, inversely associated with breast cancer risk... - The influence of comorbidities on overall survival among older women diagnosed with breast cancerJennifer L Patnaik
Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 103:1101-11. 2011..However, less is known about associations between specific comorbid conditions on the survival of breast cancer patients... - Church-based breast cancer screening education: impact of two approaches on Latinas enrolled in public and private health insurance plansAngela Sauaia
Department of Medicine, Division of Health Care Policy and Research, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 13611 East Colfax Ave, Ste 100, Aurora, CO 80011, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 4:A99. 2007..Previous reports evaluated the project among Medicare and Medicaid enrollees in the state. In this report, we evaluate the program among enrollees in the state's five major insurance plans... - Change in body size and the risk of colorectal adenomasRebecca L Sedjo
Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, P O Box 6508, 13001 East 17th Place, MS F519, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 16:526-31. 2007..Stronger associations were observed when obesity was measured at the time of colonoscopy, suggesting that obesity may be a promoting factor in the growth of colorectal adenomas... - Discovery and verification of protein differences between Er positive/Her2/neu negative breast tumor tissue and matched adjacent normal breast tissueLindsay Rae B Weitzel
Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
Breast Cancer Res Treat 124:297-305. 2010..All 18 gels were replicated by another technician and 32% of the differentially abundant proteins were verified by the duplicate analysis. Follow-up studies are now examining these proteins as biomarkers in blood... - A midpoint assessment of the American Cancer Society challenge goal to halve the U.S. cancer mortality rates between the years 1990 and 2015Tim Byers
University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado 80045, USA
Cancer 107:396-405. 2006..S. to reduce cancer mortality rates 50% over the 25 years from 1990 to 2015. The current report is an analysis and commentary on progress toward that goal through 2002, the midpoint of the challenge period... - The impact of direct-to-consumer marketing of cancer genetic testing on women according to their genetic riskJan T Lowery
Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health Denver, Aurora, Colorado 80045 0508, USA
Genet Med 10:888-94. 2008..To assess the impact of direct-to-consumer marketing for genetic testing among women of varying genetic risk for breast and ovarian cancer... - Population-based estimate of the contribution of TP53 mutations to subgroups of early-onset breast cancer: Australian Breast Cancer Family StudyJudy Mouchawar
Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Denver, Colorado, USA
Cancer Res 70:4795-800. 2010..Germline TP53 mutations play a larger role in early-onset breast cancer than previously thought, and in this context, can be evident outside clinically defined Li-Fraumeni families... - Randomized controlled trial with low-dose spiral CT for lung cancer screening: feasibility study and preliminary resultsKavita Garg
Department of Radiology, University of Colorado, Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center, USA
Radiology 225:506-10. 2002..To assess the feasibility of conducting a randomized controlled trial for lung cancer screening... - Characteristics associated with mammography screening among both Hispanic and non-Hispanic white womenEvelinn A Borrayo
Department of Psychology, University of Colorado Denver, Colorado 80217, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 18:1585-894. 2009..This study explores whether certain population characteristics are associated with adherence to mammography screening guidelines among Hispanic and non-Hispanic white (NHW) women living in the southwestern United States... - First-degree relatives of patients with advanced colorectal adenomas have an increased prevalence of colorectal cancerKathryn L Lynch
Department of Medicine and Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, USA
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 1:96-102. 2003..Individuals with advanced colorectal adenomas should be counseled about the increased risk of colorectal cancer among their relatives... - Mammography screening matters for young women with breast carcinoma: evidence of downstaging among 42-49-year-old women with a history of previous mammography screeningSandra Buseman
Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, USA
Cancer 97:352-8. 2003.... - Long-term weight gain among Hispanic and non-Hispanic White women with and without breast cancerRebecca L Sedjo
Department of Community and Behavioral Health, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA
Nutr Cancer 65:34-42. 2013..These results suggest that weight management approaches are needed, especially those targeted to at-risk populations such as breast cancer survivors... - What do cancer survivors believe causes cancer? (United States)Kimberly S Wold
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, University of Colorado Cancer Center, Denver, CO, USA
Cancer Causes Control 16:115-23. 2005..To describe cancer survivors' beliefs about the causes of prostate, colorectal or breast cancers... - Sputum cytological atypia as a predictor of incident lung cancer in a cohort of heavy smokers with airflow obstructionSheila A Prindiville
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 12:987-93. 2003.... - Does having insurance affect differences in clinical presentation between Hispanic and non-Hispanic white women with breast cancer?A Tyler Watlington
Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, USA
Cancer 109:2093-9. 2007..Lack of access to care has been offered as an explanation for these differences. In this study breast cancer presentation was examined in Hispanic women in a comprehensive, equal-access health care system... - High prevalence of occult endobronchial malignancy in high risk patients with moderate sputum atypiaTimothy C Kennedy
University of Colorado Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA
Lung Cancer 49:187-91. 2005..Seven additional subjects had severe dysplasia found on endobronchial biopsy. Moderate sputum atypia may be an important marker of risk for occult endobronchial malignancy in high risk subjects... - Overweight and mortality among baby boomers--now we're getting personalTim Byers
University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, USA
N Engl J Med 355:758-60. 2006 - Public health response to the obesity epidemic: too soon or too late?Tim Byers
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
J Nutr 137:488-92. 2007.... - Alternative complement pathway activation fragment Bb in early pregnancy as a predictor of preeclampsiaAnne M Lynch
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 198:385.e1-9. 2008..The purpose of this study was to determine whether elevated levels of the activation fragment Bb in early pregnancy are predictive of preeclampsia... - Underascertainment of child maltreatment fatalities by death certificates, 1990-1998Tessa L Crume
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver, Colorado 80246 1530, USA
Pediatrics 110:e18. 2002.... - Airway antioxidants and oxidative stress as predictors of sputum atypia and airflow obstructionRussell P Bowler
National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO 80206, USA
Chest 125:127S-8S. 2004 - High prevalence of endobronchial malignancy in high-risk patients with moderate dysplasia in sputumTimothy C Kennedy
Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in Lung Cancer, University of Colorado Cancer Center, Denver, CO 80218, USA
Chest 125:109S. 2004 - An evaluation of the Man to Man self-help group in Colorado and UtahRoberta L Smith
Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA
Cancer Pract 10:234-9. 2002..Most urologists were not familiar with the services offered by Man to Man. The ACS and the organizers of local Man to Man programs should target urologists in future outreach efforts... - The role of nutrition and nutrients in the prevention of chronic diseasesTim Byers
Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, University of Colorado, School of Medicine, Box C 245, 4200 East Ninth Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA
Prim Care 29:615-27, x. 2002..Physicians have many opportunities to assist their patients in reducing their nutritional risk of chronic diseases... - American Cancer Society guidelines on nutrition and physical activity for cancer prevention: Reducing the risk of cancer with healthy food choices and physical activityTim Byers
University of Colorado Health Science Center, Denver, USA
CA Cancer J Clin 52:92-119. 2002....