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| Brenda Y HernandezSummaryAffiliation: University of Hawaii Country: USA Publications
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Relationship of body mass, height, and weight gain to prostate cancer risk in the multiethnic cohortBrenda Y Hernandez
Epidemiology Department, Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18:2413-21. 2009..Ethnic differences in risk may be explained by variation in the distribution of accumulated body fat that could differentially affect prostate carcinogenesis...- Burden of invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the penis in the United States, 1998-2003Brenda Y Hernandez
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, USA
Cancer 113:2883-91. 2008..Although human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is an established etiologic agent in at least 40% of penile SCCs, relatively little is known about the epidemiology of this malignancy... - Reduced clearance of penile human papillomavirus infection in uncircumcised menBrenda Y Hernandez
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, 1236 Lauhala St, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
J Infect Dis 201:1340-3. 2010..04). Circumcision may protect against HPV-associated disease by enhancing the resolution of infection... - Transmission of human papillomavirus in heterosexual couplesBrenda Y Hernandez
University of Hawaii, Manoa, HI 96813, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 14:888-94. 2008..Couples who transmitted HPV were more sexually active and used condoms less frequently. These results have implications for HPV prevention and control strategies, including the targeting of prophylactic vaccines... - Circumcision and human papillomavirus infection in men: a site-specific comparisonB Y Hernandez
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
J Infect Dis 197:787-94. 2008..Lack of circumcision has been identified as a risk factor for male genital human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, although this association has not been consistently supported... - Acceptability of prophylactic human papillomavirus vaccination among adult menBrenda Y Hernandez
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA
Hum Vaccin 6:467-75. 2010..HPV vaccine acceptability was examined as part of a cohort study of HPV infection among adult males... - Comparison of physician- and self-collected genital specimens for detection of human papillomavirus in menBrenda Y Hernandez
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, 1236 Lauhala Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
J Clin Microbiol 44:513-7. 2006..The emery paper-swab method offers an efficient sampling method for genital HPV DNA detection in men that could be used both within and outside of the clinical setting... - Anal human papillomavirus infection in women and its relationship with cervical infectionBrenda Y Hernandez
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, 1236 Lauhala Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:2550-6. 2005..The relationship of anal to cervical infection as described in this study has implications for the development of anal malignancies in women... 
Diet and premalignant lesions of the cervix: evidence of a protective role for folate, riboflavin, thiamin, and vitamin B12Brenda Y Hernandez
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, 1236 Lauhala Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, USA
Cancer Causes Control 14:859-70. 2003..A case-control study was conducted among a population of multiethnic women identified from clinics on Oahu, Hawaii between 1992 and 1996 to explore the relationship between diet and cervical dysplasia...- CK20 and CK7 protein expression in colorectal cancer: demonstration of the utility of a population-based tissue microarrayBrenda Y Hernandez
Hawaii Tumor Registry Etiology Program, Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, Honolulu 96813, USA
Hum Pathol 36:275-81. 2005..This well-characterized TMA offers a powerful tool for testing hypotheses regarding colorectal carcinogenesis, including the identification of potential markers of neoplastic development and progression... 
Acquisition of anal human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in women: the Hawaii HPV Cohort studyMarc T Goodman
Etiology Program, Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, USA
J Infect Dis 197:957-66. 2008..The majority of anal cancer is associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, yet little is known about women's risk of acquisition of anal HPV infection...- Sequential acquisition of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection of the anus and cervix: the Hawaii HPV Cohort StudyMarc T Goodman
Epidemiology Program, Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, 1236 Lauhala St, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
J Infect Dis 201:1331-9. 2010..Relatively little is known about the epidemiology of anal human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in healthy women and its association with cervical HPV infection... - Plasma micronutrients and the acquisition and clearance of anal human papillomavirus infection: the Hawaii HPV cohort studyYurii B Shvetsov
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, USA
Cancer Res 70:9787-97. 2010..Our findings suggest that several carotenoids can reduce the risk and clearance of anal HPV infections that contribute to anal cancer... - Prevalence, acquisition, and clearance of cervical human papillomavirus infection among women with normal cytology: Hawaii Human Papillomavirus Cohort StudyMarc T Goodman
Epidemiology Program, Cancer Research Center of Hawaii and University Health Services, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, USA
Cancer Res 68:8813-24. 2008..Our data suggest several viral and nonviral determinants of cervical HPV acquisition and clearance that might be used in cervical cancer prevention programs... - Duration and clearance of anal human papillomavirus (HPV) infection among women: the Hawaii HPV cohort studyYurii B Shvetsov
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, USA
Clin Infect Dis 48:536-46. 2009..We investigated patterns of duration and clearance of anal HPV infection in a cohort of healthy women in Hawaii... - The influence of multiple human papillomavirus types on the risk of genotype-concordant incident infections of the anus and cervix: the Hawaii HPV cohort studyMarc T Goodman
Epidemiology Program, Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, HI 96813, USA
J Infect Dis 203:335-40. 2011..Potential synergy in acquisition of cervical and anal HPV infections has implications for prophylactic vaccine effectiveness... - Hawaii cohort study of serum micronutrient concentrations and clearance of incident oncogenic human papillomavirus infection of the cervixMarc T Goodman
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, HI 96813, USA
Cancer Res 67:5987-96. 2007..Results from this investigation support an association of micronutrients with the rapid clearance of incident oncogenic HPV infection of the uterine cervix... - Soy consumption and histopathologic markers in breast tissue using tissue microarraysGertraud Maskarinec
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, USA
Nutr Cancer 61:708-16. 2009..The results of this investigation provide some assurance that soy intake does not adversely affect markers of proliferation. TMAs were shown to be a useful tool for epidemiologic research... - Genital and extra-genital warts increase the risk of asymptomatic genital human papillomavirus infection in menBrenda Y Hernandez
Cancer Center, University of Hawaii, 1236 Lauhala Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
Sex Transm Infect 87:391-5. 2011..To evaluate the relationship of warts in different parts of the body and the risk of asymptomatic genital human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in men... - Plasma matrix metalloproteinases and postmenopausal breast cancer risk: a nested case-control study in the Multiethnic Cohort studyYeonju Kim
Epidemiology Program, University of Hawai i Cancer Center, 1236 Lauhala Street, Honolulu, HI, 96813, USA
Breast Cancer Res Treat 136:837-45. 2012..05). Few significant differences in risk by levels of the MMPs were found by any of the clinical variables. Circulating MMPs were not associated with postmenopausal breast cancer risk... - Erythrocyte membrane fatty acid composition, serum lipids, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma risk in a nested case-control study: the multiethnic cohortYukiko Morimoto
University of Hawaii Cancer Center, 1236 Lauhala Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
Cancer Causes Control 23:1693-703. 2012..Composition of dietary fatty acid intake, which influences cytokine production, may contribute to the development of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Serum lipid levels may serve as biomarkers of inflammation associated with NHL risk... - Reports: plasma and dietary phytoestrogens and risk of premalignant lesions of the cervixBrenda Y Hernandez
Cancer Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, 96813, USA
Nutr Cancer 49:109-24. 2004..The results of this investigation should be considered preliminary and need to be verified in larger, prospective studies... - Prediagnostic circulating carotenoid levels and the risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma: the Multiethnic CohortNicholas J Ollberding
University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
Blood 119:5817-23. 2012..These data provide support for a protective role of carotenoid-rich fruits and vegetables in the etiology of NHL... - Demographic and pathologic differences in the incidence of invasive penile cancer in the United States, 1995-2003Marc T Goodman
Etiology Program, Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, 1236 Lauhala Street, Honolulu, HI 96813
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 16:1833-9. 2007..The objective of this analysis was to describe the distribution of penile cancer in the United States by demographic, pathologic, and clinical features... - Mammographic Density and Matrix Metalloproteinases in Breast TissueJana S Steude
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, 1236 Lauhala Street, Honolulu, HI, 96813, USA
Cancer Microenviron . 2009..However, future investigations into activities and ratios of additional proteases and their inhibitors as well as other pathways, such as inflammation, are needed... - Intraindividual variability in serum micronutrients: effects on reliability of estimated parametersYurii B Shvetsov
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
Epidemiology 20:36-43. 2009..The extent to which multiple samples per person might improve reliability is useful information for planning studies and interpreting results... - Tissues from population-based cancer registries: a novel approach to increasing research potentialMarc T Goodman
Etiology Program, Hawaii Tumor Registry, Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
Hum Pathol 36:812-20. 2005..SEER-based tissue resources represent a step forward in true, population-based tissue repositories of tumors from US patients and may serve as a foundation for molecular epidemiology studies of cancer in this country... - Highlights of recent cancer incidence data in HawaiiBrenda Y Hernandez
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, USA
Hawaii Med J 62:17-8. 2003 - Cervical and anal human papillomavirus infection in adult women in american samoaBrenda Y Hernandez
1University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI, USA
Asia Pac J Public Health 25:19-31. 2013..In multivariate analyses, only age remained associated with cervical HPV and anal HPV. Cervical and anal HPV was more prevalent among younger women; only anal HPV was detected in older women... - A tailored multi-media campaign to promote the human papillomavirus cohort study to young womenAbigail W Bushley
Cancer Research Center, University of Hawaii, 1236 Lauhala Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
Prev Med 41:98-101. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: Although not as effective as personal recruitment during clinic visits, a media campaign which targets the desired demographic can both increase study participation as well as promote cancer prevention and health education... - Human papillomavirus (HPV) L1 and L1-L2 virus-like particle-based multiplex assays for measurement of HPV virion antibodiesBrenda Y Hernandez
University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI, USA
Clin Vaccine Immunol 19:1348-52. 2012..44). The HPV L1-L2 VLP seroassay performs well for the concurrent measurement of HPV16 and -18 antibodies in large numbers of samples and may be extended to include other HPV types... - Preview of Hawaii Cancer Facts and Figures 2010Brenda Y Hernandez
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, USA
Hawaii Med J 69:223-4. 2010..The following are highlights of years 2000-2006 (a 6-year period) data as featured in Hawaii Cancer Facts & Figures 2010... - Mammographic density and epithelial histopathologic markersMartijn Verheus
Cancer Research Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA
BMC Cancer 9:182. 2009..We explored the association of mammographic density, a breast cancer risk factor, with hormonal and proliferation markers in benign tissue from tumor blocks of pre-and postmenopausal breast cancer cases...