Editorials:

Genetic Variation and Cancer: Improving the Environment for Publication of Association Studies

Timothy R. Rebbeck, María Elena Martínez, Thomas A. Sellers, Peter G. Shields, Christopher P. Wild, and John D. Potter
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 1985-1986 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nutrition and Cancer Prevention: Small-scale Human Studies for the 21st Century

Johanna W. Lampe
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 1987-1988 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Minireview:

Utilization of Screening and Preventive Surgery Among Unaffected Carriers of a BRCA1 or BRCA2 Gene Mutation

Sara Wainberg and Janice Husted
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 1989-1995 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Research Articles:

Nuclear Morphometry and Molecular Biomarkers of Actinic Keratosis, Sun-Damaged, and Nonexposed Skin

Philip M. Carpenter, Kenneth G. Linden, Christine E. McLaren, Kuo-Tung Li, Shehla Arain, Ronald J. Barr, Pamela Hite, Joannie D. Sun, and Frank L. Meyskens, Jr.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 1996-2002 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sex Differences in Numbers of Nevi on Body Sites of Young European Children: Implications for the Etiology of Cutaneous Melanoma

Philippe Autier, Mathieu Boniol, Gianluca Severi, Remy Pedeux, André-Robert Grivegnée, Jean-François Doré, and European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Melanoma Group
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2003-2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

UV Dose Determines Key Characteristics of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer

Juan Ramos, Jaime Villa, Abigail Ruiz, Roy Armstrong, and Jaime Matta
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2006-2011 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Meta-Analysis of the Efficacy of Tobacco Counseling by Health Care Providers

Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin and Julia E. Heck
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2012-2022 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Identifying and Characterizing Adolescent Smoking Trajectories

Janet Audrain-McGovern, Daniel Rodriguez, Kenneth P. Tercyak, Jocelyn Cuevas, Kelli Rodgers, and Freda Patterson
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2023-2034 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Relative Risks of a Low-Nitrosamine Smokeless Tobacco Product Compared with Smoking Cigarettes: Estimates of a Panel of Experts

David T. Levy, Elizabeth A. Mumford, K. Michael Cummings, Elizabeth A. Gilpin, Gary Giovino, Andrew Hyland, David Sweanor, and Kenneth E. Warner
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2035-2042 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evaluation of Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Techniques: A Cost-effectiveness Analysis

Elissa M. Ozanne and Laura J. Esserman
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2043-2052 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Polymorphism in the DNA Repair Gene XPD, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon-DNA Adducts, Cigarette Smoking, and Breast Cancer Risk

Mary Beth Terry, Marilie D. Gammon, Fang Fang Zhang, Sybil M. Eng, Sharon K. Sagiv, Andrea B. Paykin, Qiao Wang, Sharon Hayes, Susan L. Teitelbaum, Alfred I. Neugut, and Regina M. Santella
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2053-2058 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ERCC2 Genotypes and a Corresponding Haplotype Are Linked with Breast Cancer Risk in a German Population

Christina Justenhoven, Ute Hamann, Beate Pesch, Volker Harth, Sylvia Rabstein, Christian Baisch, Caren Vollmert, Thomas Illig, Yon-Dschun Ko, Thomas Brüning, Hiltrud Brauch for the Interdisciplinary Study Group on Gene Environment Interactions and Breast Cancer in Germany Network
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2059-2064 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Synergistic Effects of STK15 Gene Polymorphisms and Endogenous Estrogen Exposure in the Risk of Breast Cancer

Qi Dai, Qiu-Yin Cai, Xiao-Ou Shu, Amanda Ewart-Toland, Wan-Qing Wen, Allan Balmain, Yu-Tang Gao, and Wei Zheng
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2065-2070 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MTHFR Polymorphisms, Diet, HRT, and Breast Cancer Risk: The Multiethnic Cohort Study

Loïc Le Marchand, Christopher A. Haiman, Lynne R. Wilkens, Laurence N. Kolonel, and Brian E. Henderson
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2071-2077 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Prevalence of BRCA1 Mutation Carriers among U.S. Non-Hispanic Whites

Alice S. Whittemore, Gail Gong, Esther M. John, Valerie McGuire, Frederick P. Li, Kimberly L. Ostrow, Richard DiCioccio, Anna Felberg, and Dee W. West
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2078-2083 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Plasma Enterolactone and Breast Cancer Incidence by Estrogen Receptor Status

Anja Olsen, Knud Erik Bach Knudsen, Birthe L. Thomsen, Steffen Loft, Connie Stripp, Kim Overvad, Susanne Møller, and Anne Tjønneland
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2084-2089 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mammographic Density and Estrogen Receptor Status of Breast Cancer

Elad Ziv, Jeffrey Tice, Rebecca Smith-Bindman, John Shepherd, Steven Cummings, and Karla Kerlikowske
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2090-2095 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Prospective Study of Perceived Susceptibility to Breast Cancer and Nonadherence to Mammography Screening Guidelines in African American and White Women Ages 40 to 79 Years

Lisa Calvocoressi, Stanislav V. Kasl, Carol H. Lee, Marilyn Stolar, Elizabeth B. Claus, and Beth A. Jones
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2096-2105 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alcohol Exposure and Breast Cancer: Results of the Women's Contraceptive and Reproductive Experiences Study

Jill A. McDonald, Michele G. Mandel, Polly A. Marchbanks, Suzanne G. Folger, Janet R. Daling, Giske Ursin, Michael S. Simon, Leslie Bernstein, Brian L. Strom, Sandra A. Norman, Kathleen E. Malone, Linda K. Weiss, Ronald T. Burkman, Anita L. Weber, and Robert Spirtas
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2106-2116 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Body Size and Composition and Risk of Postmenopausal Breast Cancer

Robert J. MacInnis, Dallas R. English, Dorota M. Gertig, John L. Hopper, and Graham G. Giles
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2117-2125 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Economic Impact of False-Positive Cancer Screens

Jennifer Elston Lafata, Janine Simpkins, Lois Lamerato, Laila Poisson, George Divine, and Christine Cole Johnson
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2126-2132 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Short Tandem Repeat Polymorphism and Cancer Risk: Influence of Laboratory Analysis on Epidemiologic Findings

Nguyet Tran, Bupinder S. Bharaj, Eleftherios P. Diamandis, Mylinh Smith, Benjamin D. L. Li, and Herbert Yu
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2133-2140 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Progesterone Receptor Promoter +331A Polymorphism is Associated with a Reduced Risk of Endometrioid and Clear Cell Ovarian Cancers

Andrew Berchuck, Joellen M. Schildkraut, Robert M. Wenham, Brian Calingaert, Shazia Ali, Amy Henriott, Susan Halabi, Gustavo C. Rodriguez, Dorota Gertig, David M. Purdie, Livia Kelemen, Amanda B. Spurdle, Jeffrey Marks, and Georgia Chenevix-Trench
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2141-2147 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Low-Dose Topical Delivery of All-Trans Retinoic Acid for Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia II and III

Mack T. Ruffin, Joanne M. Bailey, Daniel P. Normolle, Claire W. Michael, Mary E. Bieniasz, David C. Kmak, Elizabeth R. Unger, and Dean E. Brenner
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2148-2152 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Distribution and Prevalence of Human Papillomavirus Genotypes in Routine Pap Smear of 2,470 Korean Women Determined by DNA Chip

Hyo-Sung Hwang, Misun Park, Sei-Young Lee, Kyung-Hun Kwon, and Myung-Geol Pang
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2153-2156 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Testicular Cancer Incidence in Eight Northern European Countries: Secular and Recent Trends

Lorenzo Richiardi, Rino Bellocco, Hans-Olov Adami, Anna Torrång, Lotti Barlow, Timo Hakulinen, Mati Rahu, Aivars Stengrevics, Hans Storm, Steinar Tretli, Juozas Kurtinaitis, Jerzy E. Tyczynski, and Olof Akre
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2157-2166 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Analysis of Phenanthrols in Human Urine by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry: Potential Use in Carcinogen Metabolite Phenotyping

Steven G. Carmella, Menglan Chen, Haruhiko Yagi, Donald M. Jerina, and Stephen S. Hecht
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2167-2174 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Colorectal Cancer and the Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase 677C T and Methionine Synthase 2756A G Polymorphisms: A Study of 2,168 Case-Control Pairs from the JANUS Cohort

Arve Ulvik, Stein Emil Vollset, Svein Hansen, Randi Gislefoss, Egil Jellum, and Per Magne Ueland
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2175-2180 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Association of Genetic Variants in the Calcium-Sensing Receptor with Risk of Colorectal Adenoma

Ulrike Peters, Nilanjan Chatterjee, Meredith Yeager, Stephen J. Chanock, Robert E. Schoen, Katherine A. McGlynn, Timothy R. Church, Joel L. Weissfeld, Arthur Schatzkin, and Richard B. Hayes
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2181-2186 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Amount, Type, and Timing of Recreational Physical Activity in Relation to Colon and Rectal Cancer in Older Adults: the Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Cohort

Ann Chao, Cari J. Connell, Eric J. Jacobs, Marjorie L. McCullough, Alpa V. Patel, Eugenia E. Calle, Vilma E. Cokkinides, and Michael J. Thun
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2187-2195 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effect of Black Tea Intake on the Excretion of Mutagens in the Urine of Volunteers Taking a Beef Meal

Vikki R. Yoxall, Jacquie Bishop, and Costas Ioannides
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2196-2202 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Estrogen and Risk of Gastric Cancer: A Protective Effect in a Nationwide Cohort Study of Patients with Prostate Cancer in Sweden

Mats Lindblad, Weimin Ye, Carlos Rubio, and Jesper Lagergren
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2203-2207 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Longitudinal Associations of Age, Anthropometric and Lifestyle Factors with Serum Total Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I and IGF Binding Protein-3 Levels in Black and White Men: the CARDIA Male Hormone Study

Susan M. Gapstur, Peter Kopp, Brian C-H. Chiu, Peter H. Gann, Laura A. Colangelo, and Kiang Liu
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2208-2216 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

p53 Codon 72 and p21 Codon 31 Polymorphisms in Prostate Cancer

Shu-Pin Huang, Wen-Jeng Wu, Wun-Shaing Wayne Chang, Ming-Tsang Wu, Yun-Yun Chen, Yun-Ju Chen, Chia-Cheng Yu, Tony T. Wu, Ying-Huei Lee, Jong-Khing Huang, and Chun-Hsiung Huang
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2217-2224 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Randomized Study of High-Dose Pulse Calcitriol or Placebo prior to Radical Prostatectomy

Tomasz M. Beer, Anne Myrthue, Mark Garzotto, Michael F. O'Hara, Raymond Chin, Bruce A. Lowe, Michelle A. Montalto, Christopher L. Corless, and W. David Henner
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2225-2232 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Physical Activity in Relation to All-Site and Lung Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Current and Former Smokers

Catherine M. Alfano, Robert C. Klesges, David M. Murray, Deborah J. Bowen, Anne McTiernan, Mark W. Vander Weg, Leslie A. Robinson, Brenda Cartmel, Mark D. Thornquist, Matt Barnett, Gary E. Goodman, and Gilbert S. Omenn
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2233-2241 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Short Communications:

Association between the Risk for Lung Adenocarcinoma and a (–4) G-to-A Polymorphism in the XPA Gene

Dorota Butkiewicz, Odilia Popanda, Angela Risch, Lutz Edler, Hendrik Dienemann, Volker Schulz, Klaus Kayser, Peter Drings, Helmut Bartsch, and Peter Schmezer
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2242-2246 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Polymorphism in the Thymidylate Synthase Promoter Enhancer Region and Risk of Colorectal Adenomas

Jia Chen, Charles Kyte, Wendy Chan, James G. Wetmur, Charles S. Fuchs, and Edward Giovannucci
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2247-2250 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Variants of the IL8 and IL8RB Genes and Risk for Gastric Cardia Adenocarcinoma and Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Sharon A. Savage, Christian C. Abnet, Steven D. Mark, You-Lin Qiao, Zhi-Wei Dong, Sanford M. Dawsey, Philip R. Taylor, and Stephen J. Chanock
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2251-2257 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Uptake of Offer to Receive Genetic Information about BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations in an Australian Population-Based Study

Louise A. Keogh, Melissa C. Southey, Judi Maskiell, Mary-Anne Young, Clara L. Gaff, Judy Kirk, Katherine M. Tucker, Doreen Rosenthal, Margaret R.E. McCredie, Graham G. Giles, and John L. Hopper
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2258-2263 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effects of Alcohol and Menstrual Cycle on Insulin-like Growth Factor-I and Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein-3

Jackie A. Lavigne, Heather H. Wimbrow, Beverly A. Clevidence, Paul S. Albert, Marsha E. Reichman, William S. Campbell, J. Carl Barrett, Stephen D. Hursting, Joseph T. Judd, and Philip R. Taylor
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2264-2267 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MTHFR Polymorphisms and Risk of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Matthew F. Rudd, Gabrielle S. Sellick, Ruth Allinson, Estella Matutes, Daniel Catovsky, and Richard S. Houlston
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2268-2270 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Population-Based Prevalence and Age Distribution of Human Papillomavirus Among Women in Santiago, Chile

Catterina Ferreccio, Rodrigo B. Prado, Amaranta V. Luzoro, Sandra Ll. Ampuero, Peter J.F. Snijders, Chris J.L.M. Meijer, Salvatore V. Vaccarella, Alejandro T. Jara, Klaus I. Puschel, Sylvia C. Robles, Rolando Herrero, Silvia F. Franceschi, and Jose M. Ojeda
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2271-2276 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Null Results in Brief:

Cohort Study of Tofu Intake and Prostate Cancer: No Apparent Association

Abraham M.Y. Nomura, Jean H. Hankin, James Lee, and Grant N. Stemmermann
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2277-2279 [Full Text] [PDF]  

No Association between a Tetranucleotide Repeat Polymorphism of CYP19 and Prostate Cancer

Li Li, Mine S. Cicek, Graham Casey, and John S. Witte
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2280-2281 [Full Text] [PDF]  

No Association of Polymorphisms in CYP17, CYP19, and HSD17-B1 with Plasma Estradiol Concentrations in 1,090 British Women

Ruth C. Travis, Michael Churchman, Sarah A. Edwards, Gillian Smith, Pia K. Verkasalo, C. Roland Wolf, Helga Wolf, and Timothy J. Key
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2282-2284 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Evidence for an Association between JC Virus and Colorectal Neoplasia

C. Richard Boland, Jeannette Bigler, Polly A. Newcomb, Johanna W. Lampe, and John D. Potter
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2285-2286 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Acknowledgment to Reviewers:

Acknowledgment to Reviewers

Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 2287-2289 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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