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Quitlines and nicotine replacement for smoking cessation: do we need to change policy?John P Pierce
Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
Annu Rev Public Health 33:341-56. 2012..Some policies actively discourage unassisted smoking cessation despite the documented high success rates of this approach. There is an urgent need to revisit public policy on smoking cessation...- What public health strategies are needed to reduce smoking initiation?John P Pierce
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0901, USA
Tob Control 21:258-64. 2012..These case studies provide strong additional evidence of the importance of countries implementing the provisions of the Framework Treaty on Tobacco Control... 
A qualitative investigation of breast cancer survivors' experiences with breastfeedingJessica R Gorman
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0901, USA
J Cancer Surviv 3:181-91. 2009..Previous studies have focused on the physiology of lactation after surgery and treatment, but have not explored factors influencing breastfeeding decisions and behavior...- Physical activity, additional breast cancer events, and mortality among early-stage breast cancer survivors: findings from the WHEL StudyLisa A Cadmus Bertram
Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California, 3855 Health Sciences Drive, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 94305 5411, USA
Cancer Causes Control 22:427-35. 2011..The aim of this study was to determine whether baseline activity and 1-year change in activity are associated with breast cancer events or mortality... - Telephone counseling helps maintain long-term adherence to a high-vegetable dietary patternJohn P Pierce
Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
J Nutr 137:2291-6. 2007..This large change will allow testing of hypotheses on the role of dietary change in preventing additional breast cancer events... 
Tobacco industry price-subsidizing promotions may overcome the downward pressure of higher prices on initiation of regular smokingJohn P Pierce
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Centre, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093 0645, USA
Health Econ 14:1061-71. 2005..g. young smokers not yet addicted), countering the depressing effect of general price increases on smoking. Thus, we find that the relationship of cigarette price to smoking behavior is more complex than previously described...- Telephone counseling intervention increases intakes of micronutrient- and phytochemical-rich vegetables, fruit and fiber in breast cancer survivorsJohn P Pierce
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
J Nutr 134:452-8. 2004.... - Telephone counseling to implement best parenting practices to prevent adolescent problem behaviorsJohn P Pierce
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0901, USA
Contemp Clin Trials 29:324-34. 2008.... - Dietary change and reduced breast cancer events among women without hot flashes after treatment of early-stage breast cancer: subgroup analysis of the Women's Healthy Eating and Living StudyJohn P Pierce
Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 89:1565S-1571S. 2009.... - Changing age-specific patterns of cigarette consumption in the United States, 1992-2002: association with smoke-free homes and state-level tobacco control activityJohn P Pierce
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Moores UCSD Cancer Center, 3855 Health Sciences Drive 0901, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0901, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 11:171-7. 2009..During the 1990s, both prevalence and average cigarette consumption declined in the United States, but age-specific changes have not been reported... - Tobacco industry marketing, population-based tobacco control, and smoking behaviorJohn P Pierce
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093 0901, USA
Am J Prev Med 33:S327-34. 2007..For each program, there was a positive association with reduced smoking. The evidence supporting the conclusion that tobacco-control programs reduce smoking behavior is evaluated as strong... - Greater survival after breast cancer in physically active women with high vegetable-fruit intake regardless of obesityJohn P Pierce
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Moores University of California, San Diego Cancer Center, La Jolla, CA 92093 0901, USA
J Clin Oncol 25:2345-51. 2007..Single-variable analyses have associated physical activity, diet, and obesity with survival after breast cancer. This report investigates interactions among these variables... - Adolescent smoking decline during California's tobacco control programmeJ P Pierce
Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0645, USA
Tob Control 14:207-12. 2005..This study examines whether adolescent smoking declined over this period, whether any decline carried through to young adulthood, and whether it was specific to California... - Diet and breast cancer prognosis: making sense of the Women's Healthy Eating and Living and Women's Intervention Nutrition Study trialsJohn P Pierce
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, MooresUCSD Cancer Center, University of California, SanDiego, La Jolla, California 92093 0901, USA
Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol 21:86-91. 2009..To clarify the role of dietary pattern on prognosis in breast cancer survivors... - A minimum 6-month prolonged abstinence should be required for evaluating smoking cessation trialsJohn P Pierce
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Center University of California San Diego La Jolla CA 92093-0645, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 5:151-3. 2003 - Camel No. 9 cigarette-marketing campaign targeted young teenage girlsJohn P Pierce
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0901, USA
Pediatrics 125:619-26. 2010..The 1998 Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) restricted tobacco industry advertising practices that targeted teens... - Forty years of faster decline in cigarette smoking in California explains current lower lung cancer ratesJohn P Pierce
Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0901, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 19:2801-10. 2010..Declining lung cancer rates in California have been attributed to the California Tobacco Control Program, but may reflect earlier declines in smoking... - Tobacco industry promotion of cigarettes and adolescent smokingJ P Pierce
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093 0901, USA
JAMA 279:511-5. 1998..Whether tobacco advertising and promotion increases the likelihood that youths will begin smoking has important public policy implications... - Can strategies used by statewide tobacco control programs help smokers make progress in quitting?J P Pierce
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093 0901, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 7:459-64. 1998..4% for one factor, and 40.6% for two or more. These results suggest but do not prove that strategies promoted by statewide tobacco control programs can potentially be effective and that these efforts should be continued and expanded... - Has the California tobacco control program reduced smoking?J P Pierce
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093, USA
JAMA 280:893-9. 1998..Comprehensive community-wide tobacco control programs are considered appropriate public health approaches to reduce population smoking prevalence... - Sharing the blame: smoking experimentation and future smoking-attributable mortality due to Joe Camel and Marlboro advertising and promotionsJ P Pierce
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093 0901, USA
Tob Control 8:37-44. 1999..Recent longitudinal evidence suggests that 34% of new experimentation occurs because of advertising and promotions... - News media coverage of smoking and health is associated with changes in population rates of smoking cessation but not initiationJ P Pierce
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093 0645, USA
Tob Control 10:145-53. 2001..To determine whether changes in news media coverage of smoking and health issues are associated with changes in smoking behaviour in the USA... - Increases in plasma carotenoid concentrations in response to a major dietary change in the women's healthy eating and living studyJohn P Pierce
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, UCSD Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, Dept 0901, La Jolla, CA 92093 0901, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:1886-92. 2006..Other intervention studies have not achieved the level of change in circulating carotenoids required to properly test this hypothesis... - Prevalence of heavy smoking in California and the United States, 1965-2007John P Pierce
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0901, USA
JAMA 305:1106-12. 2011..The intensity of smoking, not just prevalence, is associated with future health consequences... - Does tobacco marketing undermine the influence of recommended parenting in discouraging adolescents from smoking?John P Pierce
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Center, University of California San Diego Pierce, Distefan, White, Gilpin, San Diego, California 92093 0645, USA
Am J Prev Med 23:73-81. 2002..Our objective was to examine whether tobacco-industry marketing practices undermine the protective effect of recommended authoritative parenting against adolescent smoking... - Impact of over-the-counter sales on effectiveness of pharmaceutical aids for smoking cessationJohn P Pierce
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Center, 0645, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0645, USA
JAMA 288:1260-4. 2002..Nicotine replacement therapy is heavily promoted to the general population by both the pharmaceutical industry and tobacco control advocates... - A randomized trial of the effect of a plant-based dietary pattern on additional breast cancer events and survival: the Women's Healthy Eating and Living (WHEL) StudyJohn P Pierce
Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093 0645, USA
Control Clin Trials 23:728-56. 2002..We will assess evidence of effectiveness by the length of the breast cancer event-free interval, as well as by overall survival separately in all the women in the study as well as specifically in women under and over the age of 55 years... - Feasibility of a randomized trial of a high-vegetable diet to prevent breast cancer recurrenceJ P Pierce
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093 0901, USA
Nutr Cancer 28:282-8. 1997..Results of this study demonstrate that telephone counseling can be a useful approach in diet intervention and that breast cancer survivors can adopt and maintain a high-vegetable, reduced-fat dietary pattern... - Influence of a diet very high in vegetables, fruit, and fiber and low in fat on prognosis following treatment for breast cancer: the Women's Healthy Eating and Living (WHEL) randomized trialJohn P Pierce
Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0901, USA
JAMA 298:289-98. 2007..Evidence is lacking that a dietary pattern high in vegetables, fruit, and fiber and low in total fat can influence breast cancer recurrence or survival... - The role of curiosity in smoking initiationJohn P Pierce
Cancer Prevention and Control, Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0645, United States
Addict Behav 30:685-96. 2005.... - The impact of a long-term reduction in dietary energy density on body weight within a randomized diet trialNazmus Saquib
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0901, USA
Nutr Cancer 60:31-8. 2008..Our study showed that reducing dietary energy density did not result in a reduction in total energy intake and suggests that this strategy alone is not sufficient to promote long-term weight loss in a free-living population... - Do favorite movie stars influence adolescent smoking initiation?Janet M Distefan
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093 0645, USA
Am J Public Health 94:1239-44. 2004..We sought to determine whether adolescents whose favorite movie stars smoke on-screen are at increased risk of tobacco use... - Changes in youth smoking participation in California in the 1990sElizabeth A Gilpin
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0645, USA
Cancer Causes Control 14:985-93. 2003..Intensified public health measures to curb adolescent smoking beginning in the mid 1990s may have been responsible... - The California Tobacco Control Program's effect on adult smokers: (3) Similar effects for African Americans across statesDennis R Trinidad
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, 3855 Health Sciences Drive, La Jolla, California 92093 0901, USA
Tob Control 16:96-100. 2007..To compare trends in African-American (AA) and non-Hispanic white (NHW) smoking between states categorised as having three different levels of tobacco control practice in the 1990s... - Does a healthy diet help weight management among overweight and obese people?Nazmus Saquib
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0901, USA
Health Educ Behav 36:518-31. 2009..10) among overweight members of either study group. Without specific efforts to reduce total energy intake, dietary modification does not reduce obesity or result in long-term weight loss... - The effect of smoke-free homes on smoking behavior in the U.SKaren Messer
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093 0901, USA
Am J Prev Med 35:210-6. 2008..Evidence from longitudinal population surveys is needed to establish whether smoke-free homes might influence smoking behavior... - On the importance of using multiple methods of dietary assessmentLoki Natarajan
Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, California 92093-0645, USA
Epidemiology 15:738-45. 2004..CONCLUSION: These findings underscore the importance of using multiple measures of dietary assessment in studies examining diet-disease associations... - The California Tobacco Control Program's effect on adult smokers: (1) Smoking cessationKaren Messer
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, 3855 Health Sciences Drive, La Jolla, California 92093 0901, USA
Tob Control 16:85-90. 2007..To estimate national population trends in long-term smoking cessation by age group and to compare cessation rates in California (CA) with those of two comparison groups of states... - Dietary factors and vasomotor symptoms in breast cancer survivors: the WHEL StudyEllen B Gold
Division of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Menopause 13:423-33. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: High dietary fiber intakes, premenopausal, and high social support were related to decreased severity of VMS 1 year after study enrollment in women recently treated for breast cancer... - Population effectiveness of pharmaceutical aids for smoking cessation: what is associated with increased success?Elizabeth A Gilpin
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Rebecca and John Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0901, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 8:661-9. 2006.... - A population study of low-rate smokers: quitting history and instability over timeShu Hong Zhu
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093 0905, USA
Health Psychol 22:245-52. 2003..The overall trend is an increasing proportion of low-consumption smokers while smoking prevalence declines. The dynamic process has implications for tobacco control efforts and for addiction theory... - The California Tobacco Control Program and potential harm reduction through reduced cigarette consumption in continuing smokersElizabeth A Gilpin
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 4:S157-66. 2002.... - Clean indoor air: advances in California, 1990-1999Elizabeth A Gilpin
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, Calif 92093-0645, USA
Am J Public Health 92:785-91. 2002..In 1999, 82.2% (95% CI = 81.5, 82.9) of children and adolescents (0-17 years) had smoke-free homes, up from 38.0% (95% CI = 35.1, 40.9) in 1992. CONCLUSIONS: California's advances highlight an important opportunity for tobacco control... - Correlates of physical activity level in breast cancer survivors participating in the Women's Healthy Eating and Living (WHEL) StudySuzi Hong
Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Breast Cancer Res Treat 101:225-32. 2007..The purpose of this study was to examine factors that are associated with physical activity or inactivity among breast cancer survivors... - Depressive symptoms among young breast cancer survivors: the importance of reproductive concernsJessica R Gorman
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0901, USA
Breast Cancer Res Treat 123:477-85. 2010..Reported reproductive concerns after breast cancer treatment were a significant contributor to consistent depressive symptoms. Younger survivors would benefit from additional information and support related to reproductive issues... - Smoking cessation rates in the United States: a comparison of young adult and older smokersKaren Messer
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0901, USA
Am J Public Health 98:317-22. 2008..We compared smoking quit rates by age in a nationally representative sample to determine differences in cessation rates among younger and older adults... - Dietary pattern influences breast cancer prognosis in women without hot flashes: the women's healthy eating and living trialEllen B Gold
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
J Clin Oncol 27:352-9. 2009..To determine whether a low-fat diet high in vegetables, fruit, and fiber differentially affects prognosis in breast cancer survivors with hot flashes (HF) or without HF after treatment... - Timing of dietary change in response to a telephone counseling intervention: evidence from the WHEL studyLisa Madlensky
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, California, USA
Health Psychol 27:539-47. 2008..Social-cognitive theory asserts that early successes in achieving behavior change increase self-efficacy, leading to longer-term success... - Is there a simple correction factor for comparing adolescent tobacco-use estimates from school- and home-based surveys?Michael Biglan
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, 92093, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 6:427-37. 2004..Social desirability bias of self-reported behavior in the different settings may account in part for the observed mode effects... - What contributed to the major decline in per capita cigarette consumption during California's comprehensive tobacco control programme?Elizabeth A Gilpin
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093 0901, USA
Tob Control 15:308-16. 2006.... - What fraction of young adults are at risk for future smoking, and who are they?Elizabeth A Gilpin
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0645, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 7:747-59. 2005..We conclude that the group of young adults at risk for future smoking is sizable and presents a fertile target for tobacco industry efforts to promote smoking. Counter-efforts might include promotion of smoke-free environments... - Receptivity to tobacco advertising and promotions among young adolescents as a predictor of established smoking in young adulthoodElizabeth A Gilpin
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, Calif 92093 0901, USA
Am J Public Health 97:1489-95. 2007..We investigated whether receptivity to tobacco advertising and promotions during young adolescence predicts young adult smoking 6 years later... - Concurrent use of tobacco products by California adolescentsElizabeth A Gilpin
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Prev Med 36:575-84. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: Adolescent smokers who use other tobacco products may be prone to risky behavior and such use may hasten the development of nicotine tolerance... - Reproductive steroid hormones and recurrence-free survival in women with a history of breast cancerCheryl L Rock
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, 3855 Health Sciences Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093 0901, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:614-20. 2008.... - Improvement in self-reported physical health predicts longer survival among women with a history of breast cancerRuth E Patterson
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California, La Jolla, San Diego, CA 92093 0901, USA
Breast Cancer Res Treat 127:541-7. 2011..38 (95% CI, 0.16-0.85) for all-cause mortality. These results appear to support testing an intervention to improve physical health in breast cancer patients among patients after the acute stage of treatment... - Is family history related to preventive health behaviors and medical management in breast cancer patients?Lisa Madlensky
Cancer Prevention and Control, Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California, SanDiego, 95000 Gilman Drive, San Diego, California 92093 0901, USA
Breast Cancer Res Treat 90:47-54. 2005..We investigated whether a relationship exists between family history and health behaviors in a cross-sectional study of breast cancer survivors... - Achieving substantial changes in eating behavior among women previously treated for breast cancer--an overview of the interventionVicky A Newman
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0901, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 105:382-91; quiz 488. 2005..To report baseline to 12-month dietary change and investigate whether cooking-class attendance influenced adherence to the study's dietary targets... - How have smoking risk factors changed with recent declines in California adolescent smoking?Elizabeth A Gilpin
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Addiction 100:117-25. 2005..To compare predictors of smoking initiation in two longitudinal studies in California conducted during periods when adolescent smoking prevalence was increasing (1993-96) and decreasing (1996-99)... - Young adult smoking behavior: implications for future population healthElizabeth A Gilpin
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Am J Health Behav 33:569-80. 2009..To qualitatively project the future health burden of tobacco from present-day young adult smoking behavior... - Effects of a high-fiber, low-fat diet intervention on serum concentrations of reproductive steroid hormones in women with a history of breast cancerCheryl L Rock
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California San Diego, CA 92093 0901, USA
J Clin Oncol 22:2379-87. 2004..Diet intervention trials are testing whether postdiagnosis dietary modification can influence breast cancer recurrence and survival. One possible mechanism is an effect on reproductive steroid hormones. Participants and.. - Does adolescent perception of difficulty in getting cigarettes deter experimentation?Elizabeth A Gilpin
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0645, USA
Prev Med 38:485-91. 2004..In California, access-law enforcement increased substantially in 1996 compared to earlier in the decade... - Physical activity, diet, adiposity and female breast cancer prognosis: a review of the epidemiologic literatureRuth E Patterson
Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0901, USA
Maturitas 66:5-15. 2010.... - Plasma triacylglycerol and HDL cholesterol concentrations confirm self-reported changes in carbohydrate and fat intakes in women in a diet intervention trialCheryl L Rock
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Reproductive Medicine, and Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
J Nutr 134:342-7. 2004..The degree of change in these lipid concentrations was small and does not suggest increased cardiovascular disease risk... - Validity and systematic error in measuring carotenoid consumption with dietary self-report instrumentsLoki Natarajan
Division of Biostatistics, University of California, La Jolla, CA, USA
Am J Epidemiol 163:770-8. 2006..The use of either self-report method alone in diet-disease studies could lead to substantial bias and error. Multiple methods of dietary assessment may provide more accurate estimates of true dietary intake... - Post-diagnosis weight gain and breast cancer recurrence in women with early stage breast cancerBette J Caan
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, 2000 Broadway, 94612 Oakland, CA, USA
Breast Cancer Res Treat 99:47-57. 2006..To examine whether weight gain after diagnosis of breast cancer affects the risk of breast cancer recurrence... - The relative importance of specific risk factors for insomnia in women treated for early-stage breast cancerWayne A Bardwell
Rebecca and John Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093, USA
Psychooncology 17:9-18. 2008..Many individual risk factors for insomnia have been identified for women with a history of breast cancer. We assessed the relative importance of a wide range of risk factors for insomnia in this population... - Why does adult African-American smoking prevalence in California remain higher than for non-Hispanic whites?Dennis R Trinidad
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0645, USA
Ethn Dis 15:505-11. 2005..To explain why, contrary to national trends, adult California African-American (AA) smoking prevalence remains higher than for non-Hispanic Whites (W) and to explore how future rates might change... - Adolescents' perceptions about quitting and nicotine replacement therapy: findings from the California Tobacco SurveyWael K Al-Delaimy
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093 0645, USA
J Adolesc Health 38:465-8. 2006.... - Responsiveness of homocysteine concentrations to food and supplemental folate intakes in smokers and never-smokers enrolled in a diet intervention trialArchana Jaiswal McEligot
Epidemiology Division, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697 7555, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 8:57-66. 2006..05). These findings show that increasing supplemental folic acid can reduce homocysteine concentrations, which may have implications for lowering cardiovascular disease risk for smokers and never-smokers... - The California Tobacco Control Program's effect on adult smokers: (2) Daily cigarette consumption levelsWael K Al-Delaimy
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093 0901, California, USA
Tob Control 16:91-5. 2007..To investigate the association of the California Comprehensive Tobacco Control Program with self-reported population trends of cigarette consumption during 1992-2002... - Insulin-like growth factor I, insulin-like growth factor I binding protein 1, insulin, glucose, and leptin serum levels are not influenced by a reduced-fat, high-fiber diet interventionWael K Al-Delaimy
Cancer Prevention and Control, Moores Cancer Center, 3855 Health Sciences Drive #0901, La Jolla, CA 92093-0901, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:1238-9. 2006 - Dietary modification in patients with prostate cancer on active surveillance: a randomized, multicentre feasibility studyJ Kellogg Parsons
Moores Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 21287, USA
BJU Int 101:1227-31. 2008..To evaluate the feasibility of implementing a diet-based intervention in men with prostate cancer on active surveillance, as changes in diet might potentially inhibit the progression of prostate cancer... - Marine fatty acid intake is associated with breast cancer prognosisRuth E Patterson
Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
J Nutr 141:201-6. 2011..The investigation indicates that marine fatty acids from food are associated with reduced risk of additional breast cancer events and all-cause mortality... - IGF1 and risk of additional breast cancer in the WHEL studyWael K Al-Delaimy
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, 92093 0628, USA
Endocr Relat Cancer 18:235-44. 2011..Tamoxifen can confound analysis of IGF1 and recurrence. This supports re-evaluating significance of IGF1 to breast cancer recurrence... - Demographic differences in patterns in the incidence of smoking cessation: United States 1950-1990Elizabeth A Gilpin
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0645, USA
Ann Epidemiol 12:141-50. 2002..CONCLUSION: Incidence of quitting is a sensitive indicator of relatively short-term changes in successful quitting in population subgroups and should facilitate evaluation efforts... - Telephone counseling promotes dietary change in healthy adults: results of a pilot trialVicky A Newman
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Cancer Prevention and Control Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0901, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 108:1350-4. 2008..001) increase in total plasma carotenoids. This 3-month/eight-call telephone counseling intervention was associated with dietary change in healthy adults consuming fewer than five servings per day of vegetables and fruit at study entry... - Clinically defined type 2 diabetes mellitus and prognosis in early-stage breast cancerKirsten Erickson
Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0901, USA
J Clin Oncol 29:54-60. 2011..Self-reported diabetes has been associated with poor breast cancer outcomes. Research is needed to investigate the relationship between biologically determined glycemic control and breast cancer prognosis... - Sex hormone concentrations and the risk of breast cancer recurrence in postmenopausal women without hot flashesJennifer A Emond
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, UCSD Moores Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0901, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 20:939-45. 2011..We examined if the reduced risk of breast cancer events seen among women without baseline hot flash symptoms in the Women's Healthy Eating and Living (WHEL) dietary intervention trial was related to changes in sex hormone concentrations... - Low to moderate alcohol intake is not associated with increased mortality after breast cancerShirley W Flatt
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0901, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 19:681-8. 2010..An inverse association between alcohol intake and obesity suggests possible confounding between these variables (and perhaps other factors) with breast cancer outcomes... - Measuring dietary change in a diet intervention trial: comparing food frequency questionnaire and dietary recallsCynthia A Thomson
University of Arizona, Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
Am J Epidemiol 157:754-62. 2003.... - Increased fruit, vegetable and fiber intake and lower fat intake reported among women previously treated for invasive breast cancerCynthia A Thomson
Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Arizona, Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson 85724, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 102:801-8. 2002..Through nutrition education and counseling, dietetics professionals may be able to promote healthful and evidence-based eating habits among women previously treated for breast cancer... - Does tobacco industry marketing of 'light' cigarettes give smokers a rationale for postponing quitting?Elizabeth A Gilpin
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 4:S147-55. 2002..By implying reduced tar or nicotine exposure, tobacco industry marketing using the labels light and ultra-light is misleading smokers. The use of such labels should be regulated... - Reliability of plasma carotenoid biomarkers and its relation to study powerWael K Al-Delaimy
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0901, USA
Epidemiology 19:338-44. 2008..We assessed reliability of plasma carotenoid levels over time and how it could influence study power through sample size and effect-size... - Increase in cruciferous vegetable intake in women previously treated for breast cancer participating in a dietary intervention trialCynthia A Thomson
Department of Nutritional Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson 85721, USA
Nutr Cancer 57:11-9. 2007..These data suggest that this study population will be the first U.S. population sample to provide ample quantity and variety in cruciferous intake to examine whether these vegetables are protective against breast cancer recurrence... - Inferring strategies for disseminating physical activity policies, programs, and practices from the successes of tobacco controlLawrence W Green
University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Am J Prev Med 31:S66-81. 2006..In the concluding section, some lessons are identified that we believe may be successfully utilized in societal attempts to increase physical activity in world populations... - Cigarette promotional offers: who takes advantage?Victoria M White
Centre for Behavioral Research in Cancer, The Cancer Council Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
Am J Prev Med 30:225-31. 2006..How effective they are in actually reaching these groups in the general population of smokers has not yet been investigated... - Plasma carotenoids and recurrence-free survival in women with a history of breast cancerCheryl L Rock
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0901, USA
J Clin Oncol 23:6631-8. 2005.... - The Men's Eating and Living (MEAL) study: a Cancer and Leukemia Group B pilot trial of dietary intervention for the treatment of prostate cancerJ Kellogg Parsons
Moores Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
Urology 72:633-7. 2008..To evaluate the feasibility of implementing a diet-based intervention in men with prostate cancer... - How do smokers control their cigarette expenditures?Victoria M White
Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, The Cancer Council Victoria, Australia
Nicotine Tob Res 7:625-35. 2005..00 US dollars/month. Whereas price-minimizing strategies appeared to save money, cutting consumption could save even more. Thus further substantial tax increases would likely have the desired effect... - Comparison of baseline dietary intake of Hispanic and matched non-Hispanic white breast cancer survivors enrolled in the Women's Healthy Eating and Living studyMariá A Hernández-Valero
Center for Research on Minority Health, Department of Health Disparities Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 108:1323-9. 2008..To assess the reported baseline dietary intake of Hispanic and non-Hispanic white breast cancer survivors in the Women's Healthy Eating and Living study, a randomized plant-based dietary intervention clinical trial... - Diet and biomarkers of oxidative damage in women previously treated for breast cancerCynthia A Thomson
Department of Nutritional Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson 85721 0038, USA
Nutr Cancer 51:146-54. 2005..The results of this nested case-controlled study provide potential mechanisms by which a high fruit and vegetable, low-fat diet might reduce the recurrence rate of or early-stage breast cancer... - Population receptivity to tobacco advertising/promotions and exposure to anti-tobacco media: effect of Master Settlement Agreement in California: 1992-2002Elizabeth A Gilpin
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine; Moores Cancer Center, San Diego, California, USA
Health Promot Pract 5:91S-98S. 2004..These trends indicate less receptivity to tobacco advertising and promotions following the MSA but leave room for additional restrictions to further reduce receptivity... - Objective cancer-related variables are not associated with depressive symptoms in women treated for early-stage breast cancerWayne A Bardwell
Department of Psychiatry, the Rebecca and John Moores University of California San Diego Cancer Center, La Jolla, CA 92093 0804, USA
J Clin Oncol 24:2420-7. 2006..The purpose was to identify and determine the relative importance of predictors of depressive symptoms in women treated for early-stage breast cancer...
Research Grants
- RCT OF PLANT-BASED DIET IN BREAST CANCER RECURRENCEJohn Pierce; Fiscal Year: 2003..Regardless of the outcome of the dietary intervention, the results of this study will have major implications for future directions of research in breast cancer control. ..
- RCT OF PLANT-BASED DIET IN BREAST CANCER RECURRENCEJohn Pierce; Fiscal Year: 2006..The study will also investigate relationships between different components of the dietary pattern, circulating carotenoids and study endpoints. ..
- Parenting To Prevent Problem BehaviorsJohn Pierce; Fiscal Year: 2005....