Editorials:

Mathematical Modeling: Epidemiology Meets Systems Biology

Cornelia M. Ulrich, H. Frederik Nijhout, and Michael C. Reed
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 827-829 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0252 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Understanding Population and Individual Risk Assessment: The Case of Polychlorinated Biphenyls

Peter G. Shields
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 830-839 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0222 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Review:

Uptake Rates for Breast Cancer Genetic Testing: A Systematic Review

Mary E. Ropka, Jennifer Wenzel, Elayne K. Phillips, Mir Siadaty, and John T. Philbrick
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 840-855 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0002 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Research Articles:

Difference in the Incidence Trend of Nasopharyngeal and Oropharyngeal Carcinomas in Taiwan: Implication from Age-Period-Cohort Analysis

Chiun Hsu, Ying-Chun Shen, Chia-Chi Cheng, Ruey-Long Hong, Chee-Jen Chang, and Ann-Lii Cheng
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 856-861 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0821 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary Data  

Sequence Variants in Toll-Like Receptor 10 Are Associated with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Risk

Xin-Xi Zhou, Wei-Hua Jia, Guo-Ping Shen, Hai-de Qin, Xing-Juan Yu, Li-Zhen Chen, Qi-Sheng Feng, Yin Yao Shugart, and Yi-Xin Zeng
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 862-866 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0874 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Perinatal Risk Factors for Cancer of the Esophagus and Gastric Cardia: A Nested Case-Control Study

Olof Akre, Lina Forssell, Magnus Kaijser, Ingrid Norén-Nilsson, Jesper Lagergren, Olof Nyrén, and Anders Ekbom
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 867-871 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0590 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Body Mass Index and Adenocarcinomas of the Esophagus or Gastric Cardia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Ai Kubo and Douglas A. Corley
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 872-878 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0860 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anthropometry, Physical Activity, and the Risk of Pancreatic Cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

Amy Berrington de González, Elizabeth A. Spencer, H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, Andrew Roddam, Rachel Stolzenberg-Solomon, Jytte Halkjær, Anne Tjønneland, Kim Overvad, Francoise Clavel-Chapelon, Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault, Heiner Boeing, Tobias Pischon, Jakob Linseisen, Sabine Rohrmann, Antonia Trichopoulou, Vassiliki Benetou, Aristoteles Papadimitriou, Valeria Pala, Domenico Palli, Salvatore Panico, Rosario Tumino, Paolo Vineis, Hendriek C. Boshuizen, Marga C. Ocke, Petra H. Peeters, Eiliv Lund, Carlos A. Gonzalez, Nerea Larrañaga, Carmen Martinez-Garcia, Michelle Mendez, Carmen Navarro, J. Ramón Quirós, María-José Tormo, Göran Hallmans, Weimin Ye, Sheila A. Bingham, Kay-Tee Khaw, Naomi Allen, Tim J. Key, Mazda Jenab, Teresa Norat, Pietro Ferrari, and Elio Riboli
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 879-885 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0800 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

DNMT3b Polymorphism and Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer Age of Onset

J. Shawn Jones, Christopher I. Amos, Mala Pande, Xiangjun Gu, Jinyun Chen, Imelda M. Campos, Qingyi Wei, Miguel Rodriguez-Bigas, Patrick M. Lynch, and Marsha L. Frazier
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 886-891 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0644 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Incidence of Colorectal Cancer in Relation to Glycemic Index and Load in a Cohort of Women

Mary McCarl, Lisa Harnack, Paul J. Limburg, Kristin E. Anderson, and Aaron R. Folsom
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 892-896 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0700 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary Data  

Tobacco Smoking and Colorectal Hyperplastic and Adenomatous Polyps

Bu-Tian Ji, Joel L. Weissfeld, Wong-Ho Chow, Wen-Yi Huang, Robert E. Schoen, Richard B. Hayes for the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Trial Team
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 897-901 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0883 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gender-Specific Protective Effect of Hemoglobin on Arsenic-Induced Skin Lesions

Carrie V. Breton, E. Andres Houseman, Molly L. Kile, Quazi Quamruzzaman, Mahmuder Rahman, Golam Mahiuddin, and David C. Christiani
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 902-907 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0859 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Human Papillomavirus Testing Following Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure Identifies Women at Risk for Posttreatment Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia Grade 2 or 3 Disease

Aimée R. Kreimer, Richard S. Guido, Diane Solomon, Mark Schiffman, Sholom Wacholder, José Jeronimo, Cosette M. Wheeler, Philip E. Castle for the ASCUS-LSIL Triage Study (ALTS) Group
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 908-914 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0845 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Smokers at Higher Risk for Undetected Antibody for Oncogenic Human Papillomavirus Type 16 Infection

Dorothy J. Wiley, Edward Wiesmeier, Emmanuel Masongsong, Karen H. Gylys, Laura A. Koutsky, Daron G. Ferris, Eliav Barr, Jian Yu Rao The Proof of Principle Study Investigative Group
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 915-920 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0963 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Statin Use and Risk of Lymphoid Neoplasms: Results from the European Case-Control Study EPILYMPH

Joan Fortuny, Sílvia de Sanjosé, Nikolaus Becker, Marc Maynadié, Pier Luigi Cocco, Anthony Staines, Lenka Foretova, Martine Vornanen, Paul Brennan, Alexandra Nieters, Tomàs Alvaro, and Paolo Boffetta
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 921-925 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0866 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Associations of Classic Kaposi Sarcoma with Common Variants in Genes that Modulate Host Immunity

Elizabeth E. Brown, Daniele Fallin, Ingo Ruczinski, Amy Hutchinson, Brian Staats, Francesco Vitale, Carmela Lauria, Diego Serraino, Giovanni Rezza, Georgina Mbisa, Denise Whitby, Angelo Messina, James J. Goedert, Stephen J. Chanock Kaposi Sarcoma Working Group
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 926-934 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0791 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary Data  

Role of the Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome 1 Gene in Familial and Sporadic Prostate Cancer

Scott J. Hebbring, Henna Fredriksson, Kirsten A. White, Christiane Maier, Charles Ewing, Shannon K. McDonnell, Steven J. Jacobsen, James Cerhan, Daniel J. Schaid, Tarja Ikonen, Ville Autio, Teuvo L.J. Tammela, Kathleen Herkommer, Thomas Paiss, Walther Vogel, Marta Gielzak, Jurga Sauvageot, Johanna Schleutker, Kathleen A. Cooney, William Isaacs, and Stephen N. Thibodeau
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 935-938 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0910 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Plasma Antibodies against Trichomonas vaginalis and Subsequent Risk of Prostate Cancer

Siobhan Sutcliffe, Edward Giovannucci, John F. Alderete, Te-Hung Chang, Charlotte A. Gaydos, Jonathan M. Zenilman, Angelo M. De Marzo, Walter C. Willett, and Elizabeth A. Platz
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 939-945 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0781 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Relationship between Established Breast Cancer Risk Factors and Risk of Seven Different Histologic Types of Invasive Breast Cancer

Christopher I. Li, Janet R. Daling, Kathleen E. Malone, Leslie Bernstein, Polly A. Marchbanks, Jonathan M. Liff, Brian L. Strom, Michael S. Simon, Michael F. Press, Jill A. McDonald, Giske Ursin, Ronald T. Burkman, Dennis Deapen, and Robert Spirtas
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 946-954 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0881 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Value for the Future and Breast Cancer–Preventive Health Behavior

Andrea Gurmankin Levy, Ellyn Micco, Mary Putt, and Katrina Armstrong
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 955-960 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0169 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mammographic Density as a Surrogate Marker for the Effects of Hormone Therapy on Risk of Breast Cancer

Norman F. Boyd, Lisa J. Martin, Qing Li, Limei Sun, Anna M. Chiarelli, Greg Hislop, Martin J. Yaffe, and Salomon Minkin
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 961-966 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0762 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Association of Plasma DHEA and DHEA Sulfate with Breast Cancer Risk in Predominantly Premenopausal Women

Shelley S. Tworoger, Stacey A. Missmer, A. Heather Eliassen, Donna Spiegelman, Elizabeth Folkerd, Mitch Dowsett, Robert L. Barbieri, and Susan E. Hankinson
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 967-971 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0976 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reproducibility of Plasma Steroid Hormones, Prolactin, and Insulin-like Growth Factor Levels among Premenopausal Women over a 2- to 3-Year Period

Stacey A. Missmer, Donna Spiegelman, Elizabeth R. Bertone-Johnson, Robert L. Barbieri, Michael N. Pollak, and Susan E. Hankinson
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 972-978 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0848 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NAD(P)H:Quinone Oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) Pro187Ser Polymorphism and the Risk of Lung, Bladder, and Colorectal Cancers: a Meta-analysis

Chun Chao, Zuo-Feng Zhang, Julien Berthiller, Paolo Boffetta, and Mia Hashibe
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 979-987 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0899 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

4-(Methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-Pyridyl)-1-Butanol and its Glucuronides in the Urine of Infants Exposed to Environmental Tobacco Smoke

Stephen S. Hecht, Steven G. Carmella, Ky-Anh Le, Sharon E. Murphy, Angela J. Boettcher, Chap Le, Joseph Koopmeiners, Larry An, and Deborah J. Hennrikus
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 988-992 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0596 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Comparison of Carotenoids, Retinoids, and Tocopherols in the Serum and Buccal Mucosa of Chronic Cigarette Smokers versus Nonsmokers

Helen E. Gabriel, Zhenhua Liu, Jimmy W. Crott, Sang-Woon Choi, Byeng Chun Song, Joel B. Mason, and Elizabeth J. Johnson
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 993-999 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0664 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Estimating the Effect of Human Base Excision Repair Protein Variants on the Repair of Oxidative DNA Base Damage

Bahrad A. Sokhansanj and David M. Wilson, III
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 1000-1008 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0817 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alcohol Dehydrogenase 2 His⁴⁷Arg Polymorphism Influences Drinking Habit Independently of Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2 Glu⁴⁸⁷Lys Polymorphism: Analysis of 2,299 Japanese Subjects

Keitaro Matsuo, Kenji Wakai, Kaoru Hirose, Hidemi Ito, Toshiko Saito, and Kazuo Tajima
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 1009-1013 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0911 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mesothelin Variant 1 Is Released from Tumor Cells as a Diagnostic Marker

Ingegerd Hellstrom, John Raycraft, Sandra Kanan, Niranjan Y. Sardesai, Thorsten Verch, Yi Yang, and Karl Erik Hellstrom
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 1014-1020 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0334 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Short Communications:

Common Genetic Variation at PTEN and Risk of Sporadic Breast and Prostate Cancer

Christopher A. Haiman, Daniel O. Stram, Iona Cheng, Elena E. Giorgi, Loreall Pooler, Kathryn Penney, Loïc Le Marchand, Brian E. Henderson, and Matthew L. Freedman
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 1021-1025 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0896 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary Data  

The Influence of Statin Use on Breast Density

Denise M. Boudreau, Carolyn M. Rutter, and Diana S.M. Buist
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 1026-1029 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0802 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Phase II Study with Antioxidants, Both in the Diet and Supplemented, Pharmaconutritional Support, Progestagen, and Anti-Cyclooxygenase-2 Showing Efficacy and Safety in Patients with Cancer-Related Anorexia/Cachexia and Oxidative Stress

Giovanni Mantovani, Antonio Macciò, Clelia Madeddu, Giulia Gramignano, Maria Rita Lusso, Roberto Serpe, Elena Massa, Giorgio Astara, and Laura Deiana
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 1030-1034 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0538 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Reproducibility Study for a Fluoride Assay in Bone

Nancy Medina, Chester W. Douglass, Gary M. Whitford, Robert N. Hoover, and Thomas R. Fears
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 1035-1037 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0796 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Effects of GSTM1 and GSTT1 Polymorphisms on Micronucleus Frequencies in Human Lymphocytes In vivo

Micheline Kirsch-Volders, Raluca Antonina Mateuca, Mathieu Roelants, Annie Tremp, Errol Zeiger, Stefano Bonassi, Nina Holland, Wushou Peter Chang, Peter Vande Aka, Marlies DeBoeck, Lode Godderis, Vincent Haufroid, Hitoshi Ishikawa, Blanca Laffon, Ricardo Marcos, Lucia Migliore, Hannu Norppa, Joao Paulo Teixeira, Andrea Zijno, and Michael Fenech
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 1038-1042 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0487 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Null Results in Brief:

No Association between Polymorphisms in CYP2E1, GSTM1, NAT1, NAT2 and the Risk of Gastric Adenocarcinoma in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

Antonio Agudo, Núria Sala, Guillem Pera, Gabriel Capellá, Antonio Berenguer, Nadia García, Domenico Palli, Heiner Boeing, Giuseppe Del Giudice, Calogero Saieva, Fatima Carneiro, Franco Berrino, Carlotta Sacerdote, Rosario Tumino, Salvatore Panico, Göran Berglund, Henrik Simán, Roger Stenling, Göran Hallmans, Carmen Martínez, Pilar Amiano, Aurelio Barricarte, Carmen Navarro, Jose R. Quirós, Naomi Allen, Tim Key, Sheila Bingham, Kay-Tee Khaw, Jakob Linseisen, Gabriele Nagel, Kim Overvad, Anne Tjonneland, Anja Olsen, H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, Hendriek C. Boshuizen, Petra H. Peeters, Mattijs E. Numans, Françoise Clavel-Chapelon, Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault, Antonia Trichopoulou, Eiliv Lund, Hendrik Bläker, Mazda Jenab, Pietro Ferrari, Teresa Norat, Elio Riboli, and Carlos A. González
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 1043-1045 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0073 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Selenomethionine Treatment Does Not Alter Gene Expression in Normal Squamous Esophageal Mucosa in a High-Risk Chinese Population

Nina Joshi, Laura Lee Johnson, Wen-Qiang Wei, Christian C. Abnet, Zhi-Wei Dong, Philip R. Taylor, Paul J. Limburg, Sanford M. Dawsey, Ernest T. Hawk, You-Lin Qiao, and Ilan R. Kirsch
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 1046-1047 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0135 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genetic Polymorphisms in the DNA Double-Strand Break Repair Genes XRCC3, XRCC2, and NBS1 Are Not Associated with Acute Side Effects of Radiotherapy in Breast Cancer Patients

Odilia Popanda, Xiang-Lin Tan, Christine B. Ambrosone, Silke Kropp, Irmgard Helmbold, Dietrich von Fournier, Wulf Haase, Marie Luise Sautter-Bihl, Frederik Wenz, Peter Schmezer, and Jenny Chang-Claude
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 1048-1050 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0046 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dietary Factors and Cancers of the Renal Pelvis and Ureter

Kaye E. Brock, Gloria Gridley, Linda Morris Brown, Mimi C. Yu, Janet B. Schoenberg, Charles F. Lynch, and Joseph K. McLaughlin
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 1051-1053 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0056 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Food Frequency Questionnaires: Not Irrelevant Yet

Linda E. Kelemen
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 1054 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0077 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Is There a Right-Sided Shift for Colorectal Cancer in Women Compared with Men?

Gianluigi Ferretti, Alessandra Felici, Francesco Cognetti, and Mario Mandala
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 1054 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0039 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correction:

Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 15: 1056 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-15-5-COR [Full Text] [PDF]  

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