Table of Contents

Design Considerations for Genomic Association Studies: Importance of Gene-Environment Interactions

• Loïc Le Marchand and
• Lynne R. Wilkens

UV or Not UV: Metals Are The Answer

• Frank L. Meyskens, Jr. and
• Marianne Berwick

Circulating Concentrations of Folate and Vitamin B₁₂ in Relation to Prostate Cancer Risk: Results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition Study

• Mattias Johansson,
• Paul N. Appleby,
• Naomi E. Allen,
• Ruth C. Travis,
• Andrew W. Roddam,
• Lars Egevad,
• Mazda Jenab,
• Sabina Rinaldi,
• Lambertus A. Kiemeney,
• H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita,
• Stein Emil Vollset,
• Per M. Ueland,
• Maria-José Sánchez,
• J. Ramón Quirós,
• Carlos A. González,
• Nerea Larrañaga,
• María Dolores Chirlaque,
• Eva Ardanaz,
• Sabina Sieri,
• Domenico Palli,
• Paolo Vineis,
• Rosario Tumino,
• Jakob Linseisen,
• Rudolf Kaaks,
• Heiner Boeing,
• Tobias Pischon,
• Theodora Psaltopoulou,
• Antonia Trichopoulou,
• Dimitrios Trichopoulos,
• Kay-Tee Khaw,
• Sheila Bingham,
• Göran Hallmans,
• Elio Riboli,
• Pär Stattin,
• and Timothy J. Key

V89L Polymorphism of the 5α-Reductase Type II Gene (SRD5A2), Endogenous Sex Hormones, and Prostate Cancer Risk

• Inbal Boger-Megiddo,
• Noel S. Weiss,
• Matt J. Barnett,
• Gary E. Goodman,
• and Chu Chen

The Effect of Difluoromethylornithine on Decreasing Prostate Size and Polyamines in Men: Results of a Year-Long Phase IIb Randomized Placebo-Controlled Chemoprevention Trial

• Anne R. Simoneau,
• Eugene W. Gerner,
• Ray Nagle,
• Argyrios Ziogas,
• Sharon Fujikawa-Brooks,
• Hagit Yerushalmi,
• Thomas E. Ahlering,
• Ronald Lieberman,
• Christine E. McLaren,
• Hoda Anton-Culver,
• and Frank L. Meyskens, Jr.

Apoptosis in Normal Rectal Mucosa, Baseline Adenoma Characteristics, and Risk of Future Adenomas

• Temitope O. Keku,
• Ahmad Amin,
• Joseph Galanko,
• Christopher Martin,
• Barbara Schliebe,
• and Robert S. Sandler

Large-Scale Evaluation of Genetic Variants in Candidate Genes for Colorectal Cancer Risk in the Nurses' Health Study and the Health Professionals' Follow-up Study

• Aditi Hazra,
• Stephen Chanock,
• Edward Giovannucci,
• David G. Cox,
• Tianhua Niu,
• Charles Fuchs,
• Walter C. Willett,
• and David J. Hunter

Meat Intake, Heterocyclic Amine Exposure, and Metabolizing Enzyme Polymorphisms in Relation to Colorectal Polyp Risk

• Aesun Shin,
• Martha J. Shrubsole,
• Jeffrey M. Rice,
• Qiuyin Cai,
• Mark A. Doll,
• Jirong Long,
• Walter E. Smalley,
• Yu Shyr,
• Rashmi Sinha,
• Reid M. Ness,
• David W. Hein,
• and Wei Zheng

DNA Methyltransferase and Alcohol Dehydrogenase: Gene-Nutrient Interactions in Relation to Risk of Colorectal Polyps

• Audrey Y. Jung,
• Elizabeth M. Poole,
• Jeanette Bigler,
• John Whitton,
• John D. Potter,
• and Cornelia M. Ulrich

A Common 8q24 Variant and the Risk of Colon Cancer: A Population-Based Case-Control Study

• Li Li,
• Sarah J. Plummer,
• Cheryl L. Thompson,
• Alona Merkulova,
• Louise S. Acheson,
• Thomas C. Tucker,
• and Graham Casey

Plasma Tea Polyphenols and Gastric Cancer Risk: A Case-Control Study Nested in a Large Population-Based Prospective Study in Japan

• Shizuka Sasazuki,
• Manami Inoue,
• Tsutomu Miura,
• Motoki Iwasaki,
• and Shoichiro Tsugane

Abdominal Obesity and the Risk of Esophageal and Gastric Cardia Carcinomas

• Douglas A. Corley,
• Ai Kubo,
• and Wei Zhao

Pancreatic Cancer and Factors Associated with the Insulin Resistance Syndrome in the Korean Cancer Prevention Study

• Amy Berrington de Gonzalez,
• Ji Eun Yun,
• Sang-Yi Lee,
• Alison P. Klein,
• and Sun Ha Jee

GATA-3 Expression in Breast Cancer Has a Strong Association with Estrogen Receptor but Lacks Independent Prognostic Value

• David Voduc,
• Maggie Cheang,
• and Torsten Nielsen

Vegetables and Fruits in Relation to Cancer Risk: Evidence from the Greek EPIC Cohort Study

• Vassiliki Benetou,
• Philippos Orfanos,
• Pagona Lagiou,
• Dimitrios Trichopoulos,
• Paolo Boffetta,
• and Antonia Trichopoulou

Comprehensive Evaluation of ESR2 Variation and Ovarian Cancer Risk

• Celeste Leigh Pearce,
• Aimee M. Near,
• Johannah L. Butler,
• David Van Den Berg,
• Philip Bretsky,
• David V. Conti,
• Daniel O. Stram,
• Malcolm C. Pike,
• Joel N. Hirschhorn,
• and Anna H. Wu

Association of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Glycosylation Genes with Risk of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

• Thomas A. Sellers,
• Yifan Huang,
• Julie Cunningham,
• Ellen L. Goode,
• Rebecca Sutphen,
• Robert A. Vierkant,
• Linda E. Kelemen,
• Zachary S. Fredericksen,
• Mark Liebow,
• V. Shane Pankratz,
• Lynn C. Hartmann,
• Jeff Myer,
• Edwin S. Iversen, Jr.,
• Joellen M. Schildkraut,
• and Catherine Phelan

Assessment of Interactions between PAH Exposure and Genetic Polymorphisms on PAH-DNA Adducts in African American, Dominican, and Caucasian Mothers and Newborns

• Shuang Wang,
• Stephen Chanock,
• Deliang Tang,
• Zhigang Li,
• Wieslaw Jedrychowski,
• and Frederica P. Perera

Differential Roles of p16^INK4A and p14^ARF Genes in Prognosis of Oral Carcinoma

• R. Sailasree,
• A. Abhilash,
• K.M. Sathyan,
• K.R. Nalinakumari,
• Shaji Thomas,
• and S. Kannan

Association between p53 and Human Papillomavirus in Head and Neck Cancer Survival

• Elaine M. Smith,
• Donghong Wang,
• Linda M. Rubenstein,
• William A. Morris,
• Lubomir P. Turek,
• and Thomas H. Haugen

Psychosocial Outcomes and Health-Related Quality of Life in Adult Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study

• Lonnie K. Zeltzer,
• Qian Lu,
• Wendy Leisenring,
• Jennie C.I. Tsao,
• Christopher Recklitis,
• Gregory Armstrong,
• Ann C. Mertens,
• Leslie L. Robison,
• and Kirsten K. Ness

The Effect of Multiple Mailings on Recruitment: The Multiethnic Cohort

• Alana D. Steffen,
• Laurence N. Kolonel,
• Abraham M. Nomura,
• Faye S. Nagamine,
• Kristine R. Monroe,
• and Lynne R. Wilkens

Exfoliated Cells in Stool: A Source for Reverse Transcription-PCR–Based Analysis of Biomarkers of Gastrointestinal Cancer

• Ying Jie Yu,
• Adhip P.N. Majumdar,
• Jordan M. Nechvatal,
• Jeffrey L. Ram,
• Marc D. Basson,
• Lance K. Heilbrun,
• and Ikuko Kato

How Statins May Increase Prostate Cancer

• Mark R. Goldstein,
• Luca Mascitelli,
• and Francesca Pezzetta

ABSTRACTS: 32nd Annual Meeting • American Society of Preventive Oncology, Bethesda, Maryland • March 16-18, 2008