Meeting Report:

Current Research Promises and Challenges in Behavioral Oncology: Report from the American Society of Preventive Oncology Annual Meeting, 2002

Suzanne M. Miller, Deborah J. Bowen, Marci K. Campbell, Michael A. Diefenbach, Ellen R. Gritz, Paul B. Jacobsen, Michael Stefanek, Carolyn Y. Fang, DeAnn Lazovich, Kerry A. Sherman, and Catharine Wang
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 171-180 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-463-2 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Research Articles:

BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations in Women from Shanghai China

Nicola M. Suter, Roberta M. Ray, Yong Wei Hu, Ming Gang Lin, Peggy Porter, Dao Li Gao, Renata E. Zaucha, Lori M. Iwasaki, Leah P. Sabacan, Mariela C. Langlois, David B. Thomas, and Elaine A. Ostrander
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 181-189 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-03-0196 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MTHFR Polymorphisms, Dietary Folate Intake, and Breast Cancer Risk: Results from the Shanghai Breast Cancer Study

Martha J. Shrubsole, Yu-Tang Gao, Qiuyin Cai, Xiao Ou Shu, Qi Dai, James R. Hébert, Fan Jin, and Wei Zheng
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 190-196 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-03-0273 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genetic Polymorphisms in GSTM1, GSTP1, and GSTT1 and the Risk for Breast Cancer: Results from the Shanghai Breast Cancer Study and Meta-Analysis

Kathleen M. Egan, Qiuyin Cai, Xiao-Ou Shu, Fan Jin, Tian-Li Zhu, Qi Dai, Yu-Tang Gao, and Wei Zheng
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 197-204 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-03-0294 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Increased Prevalence of the HFE C282Y Hemochromatosis Allele in Women with Breast Cancer

Asha R. Kallianpur, Lynn D. Hall, Meeta Yadav, Brian W. Christman, Robert S. Dittus, Jonathan L. Haines, Fritz F. Parl, and Marshall L. Summar
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 205-212 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-03-0188 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

HSD17B1 Gene Polymorphisms and Risk of Endometrial and Breast Cancer

Veronica Wendy Setiawan, Susan E. Hankinson, Graham A. Colditz, David J. Hunter, and Immaculata De Vivo
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 213-219 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-03-0241 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Weight Gain, Body Mass Index, Hormone Replacement Therapy, and Postmenopausal Breast Cancer in a Large Prospective Study

Heather Spencer Feigelson, Carolyn R. Jonas, Lauren R. Teras, Michael J. Thun, and Eugenia E. Calle
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 220-224 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-03-0301 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evaluating Organized Breast Cancer Screening Implementation: The Prevention of Late-Stage Disease?

Stephen H. Taplin, Laura Ichikawa, Diana S. M. Buist, Deborah Seger, and Emily White
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 225-234 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-03-0206 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Monitoring of Intracellular Enzyme Kinetic Characteristics of Peripheral Mononuclear Cells in Breast Cancer Patients

Elena Afrimzon, Naomi Zurgil, Yana Shafran, Judith Sandbank, Ruben Orda, Shlomo Lalchuk, and Mordechai Deutsch
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 235-241 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-03-0153 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effect of a 4-Month Tea Intervention on Oxidative DNA Damage among Heavy Smokers: Role of Glutathione S-Transferase Genotypes

Iman A. Hakim, Robin B. Harris, H-H. Sherry Chow, Michael Dean, Sylvia Brown, and Iqbal Unnisa Ali
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 242-249 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-03-0193 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peptic Ulcer Disease and the Risk of Bladder Cancer in a Prospective Study of Male Health Professionals

Dominique S. Michaud, Pauline A. Mysliwiec, Walid Aldoori, Walter C. Willett, and Edward Giovannucci
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 250-254 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-03-0174 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Inverse Association between Prostate Cancer and the Use of Calcium Channel Blockers

Jose D. Debes, Rosebud O. Roberts, Debra J. Jacobson, Cynthia J. Girman, Michael M. Lieber, Donald J. Tindall, and Steven J. Jacobsen
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 255-259 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-03-0093 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Plasma and Dietary Carotenoids, and the Risk of Prostate Cancer: A Nested Case-Control Study

Kana Wu, John W. Erdman, Jr., Steven J. Schwartz, Elizabeth A. Platz, Michael Leitzmann, Steven K. Clinton, Valerie DeGroff, Walter C. Willett, and Edward Giovannucci
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 260-269 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-03-0012 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Association of SULT1A1 Phenotype and Genotype with Prostate Cancer Risk in African-Americans and Caucasians

Susan Nowell, D. Luke Ratnasinghe, Christine B. Ambrosone, Suzanne Williams, Terri Teague-Ross, Lyndsey Trimble, Gail Runnels, Alindria Carrol, Bridgett Green, Angie Stone, Don Johnson, Graham Greene, Fred F. Kadlubar, and Nicholas P. Lang
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 270-276 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-03-0047 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

No Difference in Response Rate to a Mailed Survey among Prostate Cancer Survivors Using Conditional versus Unconditional Incentives

Brian R. Evans, Bercedis L. Peterson, and Wendy Demark-Wahnefried
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 277-278 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-03-0065 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bowel Inflammation as Measured by Fecal Calprotectin: A Link between Lifestyle Factors and Colorectal Cancer Risk

Andrew Poullis, Russell Foster, Ajeya Shetty, Magne K. Fagerhol, and Michael A. Mendall
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 279-284 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-03-0160 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MTHFR C677T and A1298C Polymorphisms: Diet, Estrogen, and Risk of Colon Cancer

Karen Curtin, Jeannette Bigler, Martha L. Slattery, Bette Caan, John D. Potter, and Cornelia M. Ulrich
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 285-292 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-03-0083 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Relative Validity of a Food Frequency Questionnaire with a Meat-Cooking and Heterocyclic Amine Module

Marie Cantwell, Beth Mittl, Jane Curtin, Ray Carroll, Nancy Potischman, Neil Caporaso, and Rashmi Sinha
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 293-298 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-270-2 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effects of a High-Selenium Yeast Supplement on Celecoxib Plasma Levels: A Randomized Phase II Trial

Denise H. Frank, Denise J. Roe, H-H. Sherry Chow, Jose M. Guillen, Karin Choquette, Debra Gracie, Jennifer Francis, Airley Fish, and David S. Alberts
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 299-303 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-03-0163 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

High-Throughput Detection of Glutathione S-Transferase Polymorphic Alleles in a Pediatric Cancer Population

Phillip Barnette, Rebecca Scholl, Mary Blandford, Linda Ballard, Alexander Tsodikov, Jalene Magee, Susana Williams, Margaret Robertson, Francis Ali-Osman, Richard Lemons, and Charles Keller
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 304-313 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-03-0178 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Short Communications:

Prevalence of Colorectal Cancer Screening in a Large Medical Organization

Sarah T. Hawley, Sally W. Vernon, Bernard Levin, and Beryl Vallejo
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 314-319 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-509-2 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Exon 5 Polymorphisms in the O⁶-Alkylguanine DNA Alkyltransferase Gene and Lung Cancer Risk in Non–Smokers Exposed to Second-Hand Smoke

Catherine Cohet, Stephane Borel, Fredrik Nyberg, Anush Mukeria, Irene Brüske-Hohlfeld, Vali Constantinescu, Simone Benhamou, Paul Brennan, Janet Hall, and Paolo Boffetta
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 320-323 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-03-0120 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Seroreactivity to Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Types 16, 18, or 31 and Risk of Subsequent HPV Infection: Results from a Population-Based Study in Costa Rica

Raphael P. Viscidi, Mark Schiffman, Allan Hildesheim, Rolando Herrero, Philip E. Castle, Maria C. Bratti, Ana Cecilia Rodriguez, Mark E. Sherman, Sophia Wang, Barbara Clayman, and Robert D. Burk
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 324-327 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-03-0166 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Null Results in Brief:

Serum Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Is Not Elevated in Patients with Prostate Cancer

Anja Michael, Carsten Stephan, Dietmar Schnorr, Stephan A. Loening, and Klaus Jung
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 328-329 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-03-0368 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genetic Variations in XRCC2 and XRCC3 Are Not Associated with Endometrial Cancer Risk

Jiali Han, Susan E. Hankinson, David J. Hunter, and Immaculata De Vivo
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 330-331 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-03-0332 [Full Text] [PDF]  

ASPO Abstracts:

28th Annual Meeting • American Society of Preventive Oncology Bethesda, Maryland • March 14–16, 2004

Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 13: 332-335 [PDF]  

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