M M Lee

Summary

Affiliation: University of California
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Case-control study of diet and prostate cancer in China
    M M Lee
    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco 94143 0560, USA
    Cancer Causes Control 9:545-52. 1998
  2. ncbi Cancer screening practices among primary care physicians serving Chinese Americans in San Francisco
    M M Lee
    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco 94143 0560, USA
    West J Med 170:148-55. 1999
  3. ncbi Alternative therapies used by women with breast cancer in four ethnic populations
    M M Lee
    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco 94143 0560, USA
    J Natl Cancer Inst 92:42-7. 2000
  4. ncbi Dietary fat and breast cancer
    M M Lee
    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
    Annu Rev Nutr 20:221-48. 2000
  5. ncbi Complementary and alternative medicine use among men with prostate cancer in 4 ethnic populations
    Marion M Lee
    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California-San Francisco, Box 560, San Francisco, CA 94143-0560, USA
    Am J Public Health 92:1606-9. 2002
  6. ncbi Breast cancer in Asian women
    Marion M Lee
    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
    West J Med 176:91-2. 2002
  7. ncbi Breast cancer risk in women with abnormal cytology in nipple aspirates of breast fluid
    M R Wrensch
    Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Box 1215, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
    J Natl Cancer Inst 93:1791-8. 2001
  8. ncbi Immigration and acculturation in relation to health and health-related risk factors among specific Asian subgroups in a health maintenance organization
    Scarlett L Gomez
    Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
    Am J Public Health 94:1977-84. 2004
  9. ncbi Breast cancer and dietary factors in Taiwanese women
    Marion M Lee
    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California at San Francisco, MU 420 West, San Francisco, CA 94143 0560, USA
    Cancer Causes Control 16:929-37. 2005
  10. ncbi Socioeconomic status, immigration/acculturation, and ethnic variations in breast conserving surgery, San Francisco Bay area
    Scarlett L Gomez
    Northern California Cancer Center, Union City, CA 94587, USA
    Ethn Dis 14:134-40. 2004

Detail Information

Publications19

  1. ncbi Case-control study of diet and prostate cancer in China
    M M Lee
    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco 94143 0560, USA
    Cancer Causes Control 9:545-52. 1998
    ..Studies in high-risk populations have suggested that dietary fat may play a role in enhancing the risk of developing prostate cancer. However, limited epidemiologic study has never examined the role of diet in low risk populations...
  2. ncbi Cancer screening practices among primary care physicians serving Chinese Americans in San Francisco
    M M Lee
    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco 94143 0560, USA
    West J Med 170:148-55. 1999
    ..Cancer screening rates may be improved by targeting the barriers to screening identified among these physicians. Strategies to help physicians overcome these barriers are discussed...
  3. ncbi Alternative therapies used by women with breast cancer in four ethnic populations
    M M Lee
    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco 94143 0560, USA
    J Natl Cancer Inst 92:42-7. 2000
    ....
  4. ncbi Dietary fat and breast cancer
    M M Lee
    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
    Annu Rev Nutr 20:221-48. 2000
    ..More comprehensive and multiple approaches to studying dietary factors and breast cancer are recommended...
  5. ncbi Complementary and alternative medicine use among men with prostate cancer in 4 ethnic populations
    Marion M Lee
    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California-San Francisco, Box 560, San Francisco, CA 94143-0560, USA
    Am J Public Health 92:1606-9. 2002
  6. ncbi Breast cancer in Asian women
    Marion M Lee
    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
    West J Med 176:91-2. 2002
  7. ncbi Breast cancer risk in women with abnormal cytology in nipple aspirates of breast fluid
    M R Wrensch
    Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Box 1215, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
    J Natl Cancer Inst 93:1791-8. 2001
    ..3 to 3.3). CONCLUSION: The results obtained with the newly followed women independently confirmed previous findings that women with abnormal cytology in nipple aspirates of breast fluid have an increased risk of breast cancer...
  8. ncbi Immigration and acculturation in relation to health and health-related risk factors among specific Asian subgroups in a health maintenance organization
    Scarlett L Gomez
    Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
    Am J Public Health 94:1977-84. 2004
    ..We sought to determine how risk factors for disease vary among Asian subgroups...
  9. ncbi Breast cancer and dietary factors in Taiwanese women
    Marion M Lee
    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California at San Francisco, MU 420 West, San Francisco, CA 94143 0560, USA
    Cancer Causes Control 16:929-37. 2005
    ..To examine the effect of the consumption of dietary factors on the risk of breast cancer in a case-control study in Taiwan...
  10. ncbi Socioeconomic status, immigration/acculturation, and ethnic variations in breast conserving surgery, San Francisco Bay area
    Scarlett L Gomez
    Northern California Cancer Center, Union City, CA 94587, USA
    Ethn Dis 14:134-40. 2004
    ..This study explored the joint influences of socioeconomic, immigration/acculturation, and clinical factors on ethnic differences in breast cancer surgery for early-stage disease...
  11. ncbi Phytoestrogen intake and endometrial cancer risk
    Pamela L Horn-Ross
    Northern California Cancer Center, Union City, CA 94587, USA
    J Natl Cancer Inst 95:1158-64. 2003
    ..We evaluated the associations between dietary intake of seven specific compounds representing three classes of phytoestrogens (isoflavones, coumestans, and lignans) and the risk of endometrial cancer...
  12. ncbi Soy and isoflavone consumption in relation to prostate cancer risk in China
    Marion M Lee
    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California at San Francisco, 94143 0560, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 12:665-8. 2003
    ..Our results indicate a reduced risk of prostate cancer associated with consumption of soy foods and isoflavones. These findings should be confirmed in longitudinal follow-up studies in populations with varying risk of prostate cancer...
  13. ncbi Phytoestrogens and thyroid cancer risk: the San Francisco Bay Area thyroid cancer study
    Pamela L Horn-Ross
    Northern California Cancer Center, 32960 Alvarado Niles Road, Suite 600, Union City, CA 94587, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 11:43-9. 2002
    ..Our findings suggest that thyroid cancer prevention via dietary modification of soy and/or phytoestrogen intake in other forms may be possible but warrants further research at this time...
  14. ncbi Dietary patterns using Traditional Chinese Medicine principles in epidemiological studies
    Marion M Lee
    University of California, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 185 Berry St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA
    Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 17:79-81. 2008
    ..Our ultimate goal is to design an intervention strategy for disease prevention and health promotion that is culturally appropriate for specific populations...
  15. ncbi Bias in completeness of birthplace data for Asian groups in a population-based cancer registry (United States)
    Scarlett L Gomez
    Northern California Cancer Center, 32960 Alvarado Niles Road, Suite 600, Union City, CA 94587, USA
    Cancer Causes Control 15:243-53. 2004
    ..4, 95% CI = 1.9-459.9). These results suggest that cancer registry birthplace data for Asians should not be used if they continue to be differentially incomplete for a large proportion of the subjects...
  16. ncbi We are what we eat: is this true?
    Marion M Lee
    Menopause 9:303-5. 2002
  17. ncbi Inconsistencies between self-reported ethnicity and ethnicity recorded in a health maintenance organization
    Scarlett L Gomez
    Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
    Ann Epidemiol 15:71-9. 2005
    ..We examined agreement between ethnicity in records of a sample of members of five Northern California Kaiser Permanente medical centers with self-reported ethnicity...
  18. ncbi Improved survival of Asians with corpus cancer compared with whites: an analysis of underlying factors
    Mallory M Zhang
    Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford Cancer Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA 94305, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 107:329-35. 2006
    ..level of evidence: ii-2...
  19. ncbi Lifestyle factors and survival in women with breast cancer
    Lawrence H Kushi
    Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA, USA
    J Nutr 137:236S-242S. 2007
    ..This and other studies promise to provide some of the first objective information regarding diet and breast cancer prognosis and serve as models for studies of diet and prognosis of other cancers...