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Genomes and Genes | Susan E SteckSummaryAffiliation: University of South Carolina Country: USA Publications
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Conjugated linoleic acid supplementation for twelve weeks increases lean body mass in obese humansSusan E Steck
Department of Nutrition, Schools of Medicine and Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
J Nutr 137:1188-93. 2007..In conclusion, whereas CLA may increase lean body mass in obese humans, it may also increase markers of inflammation in the short term...
GST polymorphism and excretion of heterocyclic aromatic amine and isothiocyanate metabolites after Brassica consumptionSusan E Steck
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health and Statewide Cancer Prevention and Control Program, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
Environ Mol Mutagen 50:238-46. 2009....- Polymorphisms in methionine synthase, methionine synthase reductase and serine hydroxymethyltransferase, folate and alcohol intake, and colon cancer riskSusan E Steck
Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, N C, USA
J Nutrigenet Nutrigenomics 1:196-204. 2008..We examined associations among folate and alcohol intake, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in genes involved in one-carbon metabolism, and colon cancer risk... - GSTM1, GSTT1, GSTP1, and GSTA1 polymorphisms and urinary isothiocyanate metabolites following broccoli consumption in humansSusan E Steck
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
J Nutr 137:904-9. 2007..03). These results are in agreement with another feeding study, and lend support to the idea of alternative routes of ITC metabolism... - Cooked meat and risk of breast cancer--lifetime versus recent dietary intakeSusan E Steck
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Epidemiology 18:373-82. 2007..Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and heterocyclic amines (HCAs) are carcinogens formed in or on the surface of well-done meat, cooked at high temperature... - Dietary flavonoid intake and breast cancer survival among women on Long IslandBrian N Fink
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 16:2285-92. 2007..However, the effects of flavonoids on survival are not known. In a population-based cohort of breast cancer patients, we investigated whether dietary flavonoid intake before diagnosis is associated with subsequent survival... - PAH-DNA adducts, cigarette smoking, GST polymorphisms, and breast cancer riskKathleen M McCarty
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Environ Health Perspect 117:552-8. 2009..Few breast cancer studies have investigated the joint effects of multiple GSTs and a PAH biomarker... 
Nutrient pathways and breast cancer risk: the Long Island Breast Cancer Study ProjectPatrick T Bradshaw
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
Nutr Cancer 65:345-54. 2013..Our study emphasizes the importance of accounting for multiple nutrient pathways when examining associations between dietary intake and breast cancer...- Obesity and prostate cancer aggressiveness among African and Caucasian Americans in a population-based studyL Joseph Su
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, School of Public Health, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 20:844-53. 2011..This study evaluated obesity and prostate cancer aggressiveness relationship in a population-based incident prostate cancer study... - Dietary flavonoid intake and breast cancer risk among women on Long IslandBrian N Fink
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Am J Epidemiol 165:514-23. 2007..These results suggest that US women can consume sufficient levels of flavonoids to benefit from their potential chemopreventive effects... - Mapping cancer mortality-to-incidence ratios to illustrate racial and sex disparities in a high-risk populationJames R Hebert
South Carolina Statewide Cancer Prevention and Control Program, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
Cancer 115:2539-52. 2009..In the US, and particularly in South Carolina, these largely disfavor African Americans (AAs). Computed from readily available data sources, the mortality-to-incidence rate ratio (MIR) provides a population-based indicator of survival... - Construction of a flavonoid database for assessing intake in a population-based sample of women on Long Island, New YorkBrian N Fink
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Nutr Cancer 56:57-66. 2006..Each class of flavonoids and lignans exhibited a wide range of intake levels. This database is useful to quantify flavonoid and lignan intake for other observational studies conducted in the United States that utilize the Block FFQ... - Creating a cadre of junior investigators to address the challenges of cancer-related health disparities: lessons learned from the community networks programTisha M Felder
South Carolina Statewide Cancer Prevention and Control Program, University of South Carolina, 915 Greene Street, Suite 200, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA
J Cancer Educ 27:409-17. 2012..This study provides support for the success of the CNP's training program, especially effort directed at underrepresented investigators... - Intake of grains and dietary fiber and prostate cancer aggressiveness by raceFred Tabung
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Prostate Cancer 2012:323296. 2012..44; 95% CI, 0.23-0.87) and the 2nd tertile of intake for AA (OR = 0.57; 95% CI, 0.35-0.95). Conclusions. Dietary fiber intake was inversely associated with aggressive prostate cancer among both AA and EA men... - Racial disparities in colorectal cancer incidence by type 2 diabetes mellitus statusPhilip P Cavicchia
South Carolina Statewide Cancer Prevention and Control Program, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Cancer Causes Control 24:277-85. 2013..Though T2DM is known to be associated with colorectal cancer (CRC), information on racial differences in the relationship between T2DM and CRC is limited... - Polymorphisms in oxidative stress genes, physical activity, and breast cancer riskLauren E McCullough
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, CB 7435, McGavran Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7435, USA
Cancer Causes Control 23:1949-58. 2012..Given the paradoxical effects of physical activity, the oxidative stress pathway is of interest. Genetic variation in CAT or antioxidant-related polymorphisms may mediate the physical activity-breast cancer association... - A diet, physical activity, and stress reduction intervention in men with rising prostate-specific antigen after treatment for prostate cancerJames R Hebert
South Carolina Statewide Cancer Prevention and Control Program, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Cancer Epidemiol 36:e128-36. 2012..Diet, physical activity, and stress reduction may affect tumor promotion and disease progression... - A new dietary inflammatory index predicts interval changes in serum high-sensitivity C-reactive proteinPhilip P Cavicchia
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
J Nutr 139:2365-72. 2009.... - Interdisciplinary, translational, and community-based participatory research: finding a common language to improve cancer researchJames R Hebert
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18:1213-7. 2009.... - Associations between polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-related exposures and p53 mutations in breast tumorsIrina Mordukhovich
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7435, USA
Environ Health Perspect 118:511-8. 2010..Objectives: We hypothesized that associations of PAH-related exposures with breast cancer would differ according to tumor p53 mutation status, effect, type, and number... - Carbohydrate intake and overweight and obesity among healthy adultsAnwar T Merchant
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 109:1165-72. 2009..Little is known about the dietary habits of people with optimal body weight in communities with high overweight and obesity prevalence... - Intestinal inflammatory cytokine response in relation to tumorigenesis in the Apc(Min/+) mouseJamie L McClellan
Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29209, USA
Cytokine 57:113-9. 2012..Further, these data may be relevant in the design of future investigations of therapeutic interventions to effectively target inflammatory processes in rodent models... - Breast cancer disparities in South Carolina: early detection, special programs, and descriptive epidemiologySwann Arp Adams
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, The University of South Carolina, 2221 Devine Street, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA
J S C Med Assoc 102:231-9. 2006..g. older age, African-American ethnicity, dense breasts) must be identified and other screening methods promoted within these populations. The above-mentioned mammography registry would support this type of research...
Research Grants
- Gene-Nutrient Interactions and Breast CancerSUSAN STECK; Fiscal Year: 2007..abstract_text> ..