Editorial:

Cancer Prevention: The Importance of Accurate Risk Assessment

Powel H. Brown and Asma Rashid
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1357-1358 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-14-6-ED [Full Text] [PDF]  

Commentaries: Genetic Variation and Cancer:

Note from the Editors

Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1359 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-14-6-NOTE [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genetic Association Studies: Time for a New Paradigm?

Alice S. Whittemore
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1359 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0403 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Publication Environment and Broad Investigation of the Genome

Sholom Wacholder
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1361 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0404 [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Reliable Identification of Disease-Gene Associations

Paul D.P. Pharoah, Alison M. Dunning, Bruce A.J. Ponder, and Douglas F. Easton
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1362 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0405 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Publication Policy or Publication Bias?

Graham Byrnes, Lyle Gurrin, James Dowty, and John L. Hopper
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1363 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0406 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reflections on Publication Criteria for Genetic Association Studies

Colin B. Begg
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1364-1365 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0407 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hypothesis/Commentary:

Diet and Cancer: The Disconnect Between Epidemiology and Randomized Clinical Trials

Frank L. Meyskens, Jr. and Eva Szabo
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1366-1369 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-04-0666 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Research Articles:

Smoking Topography, Brand Switching, and Nicotine Delivery: Results from an In vivo Study

David Hammond, Geoffrey T. Fong, K. Michael Cummings, and Andrew Hyland
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1370-1375 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-04-0498 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carcinogen Exposure during Short-term Switching from Regular to "Light" Cigarettes

Neal L. Benowitz, Peyton Jacob, III, John T. Bernert, Margaret Wilson, Langing Wang, Faith Allen, and Delia Dempsey
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1376-1383 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-04-0667 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Catechol-O-Methyl-Transferase Functional Polymorphism and Nicotine Dependence: an Evaluation of Nonreplicated Results

David T. Redden, Peter G. Shields, Leonard Epstein, E. Paul Wileyto, Stanislav O. Zakharkin, David B. Allison, and Caryn Lerman
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1384-1389 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-04-0649 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Family History of Cancer, Its Combination with Smoking and Drinking, and Risk of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus

Werner Garavello, Eva Negri, Renato Talamini, Fabio Levi, Paola Zambon, Luigino Dal Maso, Cristina Bosetti, Silvia Franceschi, and Carlo La Vecchia
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1390-1393 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-04-0911 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Variation in Plasma Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 and Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein-3: Genetic Factors

Libby M. Morimoto, Polly A. Newcomb, Emily White, Jeannette Bigler, and John D. Potter
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1394-1401 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-04-0694 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Associations between Plasma Insulin-Like Growth Factor Proteins and C-Peptide and Quality of Life in Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

Jeffrey A. Meyerhardt, Jeffrey A. Sloan, Daniel J. Sargent, Richard M. Goldberg, Michael Pollak, Roscoe F. Morton, Ramesh K. Ramanathan, Stephen K. Williamson, Brian P. Findlay, and Charles S. Fuchs
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1402-1410 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-04-0862 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Associations among Circulating Sex Hormones, Insulin-Like Growth Factor, Lipids, and Mammographic Density in Postmenopausal Women

Erin J. Aiello, Shelley S. Tworoger, Yutaka Yasui, Frank Z. Stanczyk, John Potter, Cornelia M. Ulrich, Melinda Irwin, and Anne McTiernan
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1411-1417 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-04-0920 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

-Methylacyl-CoA Racemase Protein Expression Is Associated with the Degree of Differentiation in Breast Cancer Using Quantitative Image Analysis

Agnieszka K. Witkiewicz, Sooryanarayana Varambally, Ronglai Shen, Rohit Mehra, Michael S. Sabel, Debashis Ghosh, Arul M. Chinnaiyan, Mark A. Rubin, and Celina G. Kleer
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1418-1423 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-04-0607 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Decreased -Methylacyl CoA Racemase Expression in Localized Prostate Cancer is Associated with an Increased Rate of Biochemical Recurrence and Cancer-Specific Death

Mark A. Rubin, Tarek A. Bismar, Ove Andrén, Lorelei Mucci, Robert Kim, Ronglai Shen, Debashis Ghosh, John T. Wei, Arul M. Chinnaiyan, Hans-Olov Adami, Philip W. Kantoff, and Jan-Erik Johansson
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1424-1432 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-04-0801 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fruit and Vegetable Intake during Pregnancy and Risk for Development of Sporadic Retinoblastoma

Manuela A. Orjuela, Lina Titievsky, Xinhua Liu, Marco Ramirez-Ortiz, Veronica Ponce-Castaneda, Evelia Lecona, Evelyn Molina, Katherine Beaverson, David H. Abramson, and Nancy E. Mueller
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1433-1440 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-04-0427 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Hodgkin's Lymphoma Incidence in California

Christina A. Clarke, Sally L. Glaser, Theresa H.M. Keegan, and Antoinette Stroup
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1441-1447 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-04-0567 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Markers of Past Infection with Simian Virus 40 (SV40) and Risk of Incident Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in a Maryland Cohort

Dana E. Rollison, Kathy J. Helzlsouer, Neal A. Halsey, Keerti V. Shah, and Raphael P. Viscidi
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1448-1452 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-04-0674 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Project PREVENT: A Randomized Trial to Reduce Multiple Behavioral Risk Factors for Colon Cancer

Karen M. Emmons, Colleen M. McBride, Elaine Puleo, Kathryn I. Pollak, Elizabeth Clipp, Karen Kuntz, Bess H. Marcus, Melissa Napolitano, Jane Onken, Frank Farraye, and Robert Fletcher
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1453-1459 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-04-0620 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evidence for an Association between Compound Heterozygosity for Germ Line Mutations in the Hemochromatosis (HFE) Gene and Increased Risk of Colorectal Cancer

James P. Robinson, Victoria L. Johnson, Pauline A. Rogers, Richard S. Houlston, Earmonn R. Maher, D.Timothy Bishop, D.Gareth R. Evans, Huw J.W. Thomas, Ian P.M. Tomlinson, Andrew R.J. Silver Colorectal Cancer Gene Identification (CORGI) consortium
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1460-1463 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-04-0672 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Intestinal Helminthiasis in Colombian Children Promotes a Th2 Response to Helicobacter pylori: Possible Implications for Gastric Carcinogenesis

Mark T. Whary, Nataliya Sundina, Luis E. Bravo, Pelayo Correa, Francisco Quinones, Fanny Caro, and James G. Fox
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1464-1469 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0095 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

5,10-Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase Polymorphisms and the Risk of Pancreatic Cancer

Donghui Li, Maha Ahmed, Yanan Li, Li Jiao, Ta-Hsu Chou, Robert A. Wolff, Renato Lenzi, Douglas B. Evans, Melissa L. Bondy, Peter W. Pisters, James L. Abbruzzese, and Manal M. Hassan
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1470-1476 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-04-0894 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sex Differences in Risk of Lung Cancer Associated with Methylene-tetrahydrofolate Reductase Polymorphisms

Qiuling Shi, Zhendong Zhang, Guojun Li, Patricia C. Pillow, Ladia M. Hernandez, Margaret R. Spitz, and Qingyi Wei
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1477-1484 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-04-0905 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Behavioral Consequences of Testing for Obesity Risk

Dominick L. Frosch, Paul Mello, and Caryn Lerman
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1485-1489 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-04-0913 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Physical Activity and the Risk of Prostate Cancer in The Netherlands Cohort Study, Results after 9.3 Years of Follow-up

Maurice P.A. Zeegers, Miranda J.M. Dirx, and Piet A. van den Brandt
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1490-1495 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-04-0771 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Energy Balance and Breast Cancer Risk

Alecia Malin, Charles E. Matthews, Xiao-Ou Shu, Hui Cai, Qi Dai, Fan Jin, Yu-Tang Gao, and Wei Zheng
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1496-1501 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-04-0880 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Prenatal and Perinatal Correlates of Adult Mammographic Breast Density

James R. Cerhan, Thomas A. Sellers, Carol A. Janney, V. Shane Pankratz, Kathy R. Brandt, and Celine M. Vachon
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1502-1508 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-04-0762 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Menstrual Cycle Characteristics and Incidence of Premenopausal Breast Cancer

Kathryn L. Terry, Walter C. Willett, Janet W. Rich-Edwards, David J. Hunter, and Karin B. Michels
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1509-1513 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0051 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pregnancy Hormone Concentrations Across Ethnic Groups: Implications for Later Cancer Risk

Nancy Potischman, Rebecca Troisi, Ravi Thadhani, Robert N. Hoover, Kevin Dodd, William W. Davis, Patrick M. Sluss, Chung-Cheng Hsieh, and Rachel Ballard-Barbash
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1514-1520 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-04-0869 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Association of Genetic Polymorphisms with Serum Estrogens Measured Multiple Times During a 2-Year Period in Premenopausal Women

Galina Lurie, Gertraud Maskarinec, Rudolf Kaaks, Frank Z. Stanczyk, and Loïc Le Marchand
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1521-1527 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-04-0746 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Acquisition and Persistence of Human Papillomavirus Infection in Younger Men: A Prospective Follow-up Study among Danish Soldiers

Susanne Krüger Kjaer, Christian Munk, Jeanette Falck Winther, Hans Ole Jørgensen, Chris J.L.M. Meijer, and Adriaan J.C. van den Brule
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1528-1533 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-04-0754 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Comparison of Bilateral Breast Cancers in BRCA Carriers

Jeffrey N. Weitzel, Mark Robson, Barbara Pasini, Siranoush Manoukian, Dominique Stoppa-Lyonnet, Henry T. Lynch, Jane McLennan, William D. Foulkes, Teresa Wagner, Nadine Tung, Parviz Ghadirian, Olufunmilayo Olopade, Claudine Isaacs, Charmaine Kim-Sing, Pal Møller, Susan L. Neuhausen, Kelly Metcalfe, Ping Sun, and Steven A. Narod
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1534-1538 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0070 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genetic Variation in XPD, Sun Exposure, and Risk of Skin Cancer

Jiali Han, Graham A. Colditz, Jun S. Liu, and David J. Hunter
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1539-1544 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-04-0846 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Examining Population Stratification via Individual Ancestry Estimates versus Self-Reported Race

Jill S. Barnholtz-Sloan, Ranajit Chakraborty, Thomas A. Sellers, and Ann G. Schwartz
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1545-1551 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-04-0832 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Short Communications:

Is the Association with Fiber from Foods in Colorectal Cancer Confounded by Folate Intake?

Sheila A. Bingham, Teresa Norat, Aurelie Moskal, Pietro Ferrari, Nadia Slimani, Françoise Clavel-Chapelon, Emmanuelle Kesse, Alexandra Nieters, Heiner Boeing, Anne Tjønneland, Kim Overvad, Carmen Martinez, Miren Dorronsoro, Carlos A. González, Eva Ardanaz, Carmen Navarro, José R. Quirós, Timothy J. Key, Nicholas E. Day, Antonia Trichopoulou, Androniki Naska, Vittorio Krogh, Rosario Tumino, Domenico Palli, Salvatore Panico, Paolo Vineis, H.B. Bueno-de-Mesquita, Marga C. Ocké, Petra H.M. Peeters, Göran Berglund, Göran Hallmans, Eiliv Lund, Guri Skeie, Rudolf Kaaks, and Elio Riboli
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1552-1556 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-04-0891 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Prediagnostic Plasma Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Levels and Risk of Prostate Cancer

Haojie Li, Philip W. Kantoff, Jing Ma, Meir J. Stampfer, and Daniel J. George
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1557-1561 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-04-0456 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dietary Intake of Folate and Riboflavin, MTHFR C677T Genotype, and Colorectal Adenoma Risk: A Dutch Case-Control Study

Maureen van den Donk, Brian Buijsse, Saskia W. van den Berg, Marga C. Ocké, Jan L. Harryvan, Fokko M. Nagengast, Frans J. Kok, and Ellen Kampman
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1562-1566 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-04-0419 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genetic Polymorphisms of the Transforming Growth Factor-ß1 Gene and Breast Cancer Risk: A Possible Dual Role at Different Cancer Stages

Aesun Shin, Xiao-Ou Shu, Qiuyin Cai, Yu-Tang Gao, and Wei Zheng
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1567-1570 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0078 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Null Results in Brief:

Lack of Association of Physical Activity and Obesity with Incident Pancreatic Cancer in Elderly Women

Penny J. Sinner, Kathryn H. Schmitz, Kristin E. Anderson, and Aaron R. Folsom
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1571-1573 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0036 [Full Text] [PDF]  

No Association Between Dietary Glycemic Index or Load and Pancreatic Cancer Incidence in Postmenopausal Women

Kimberly J. Johnson, Kristin E. Anderson, Lisa Harnack, Ching-Ping Hong, and Aaron R. Folsom
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1574-1575 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0138 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Common Leptin Receptor Polymorphisms do not Modify the Effect of Alcohol Ingestion on Serum Leptin Levels in a Controlled Feeding and Alcohol Ingestion Study

Mark J. Roth, Dina N. Paltoo, Paul S. Albert, David J. Baer, Joseph T. Judd, Joseph Tangrea, and Philip R. Taylor
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1576-1578 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Subsite-Specific Colorectal Cancer in Diabetic and Nondiabetic Patients

E. Lim, I.T. Jones, P. Gibbs, S. McLaughlan, I. Faragher, I. Skinner, M.W. Chao, and J. Johns
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1579-1582 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0176 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robustness of Case-Control Studies to Population Stratification

Gary A. Heiman, Prakash Gorroochurn, Susan E. Hodge, David A. Greenberg, Myriam Khlat, and Marie-Hélène Cazes
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1579-1582 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-04-0935 [Full Text]  

Accuracy and Reproducibility of Short Tandem Repeat Assays

Jeannette Bigler and Herbert Yu
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1581-1582 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0071 [Full Text]  

Correction:

Soluble Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (sEGFR) and Cancer Antigen 125 (CA 125) as Screening and Diagnostic Tests for Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 14: 1583 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-14-6-COR [Full Text] [PDF]  

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