Editorial:

Ethical, Legal, and Policy Issues: Dominating the Biospecimen Discussion

Jimmie B. Vaught, Nicole Lockhart, Karen S. Thiel, and Julie A. Schneider
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2521-2523 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2758 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hypothesis/Commentary:

Ovarian Cancer and Menopausal Hormone Therapy: More Data and New Questions

James V. Lacey, Jr.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2524-2525 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2757 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adiposity and Age are Statistically Related to Enhanced RASSF1A Tumor Suppressor Gene Promoter Methylation in Normal Autopsy Kidney Tissue

Inga Peters, Bernhard Vaske, Knut Albrecht, Markus A. Kuczyk, Udo Jonas, and Jürgen Serth
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2526-2532 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0203 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Review:

Obesity and Risk of Colorectal Cancer: A Meta-analysis of 31 Studies with 70,000 Events

Alireza Ansary Moghaddam, Mark Woodward, and Rachel Huxley
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2533-2547 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0708 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Research Articles:

Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Risk of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

Mary Anne Rossing, Kara L. Cushing-Haugen, Kristine G. Wicklund, Jennifer A. Doherty, and Noel S. Weiss
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2548-2556 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0550 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Association Between Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Hormone Metabolism and DNA Repair Genes and Epithelial Ovarian Cancer: Results from Two Australian Studies and an Additional Validation Set

Jonathan Beesley, Susan J. Jordan, Amanda B. Spurdle, Honglin Song, Susan J. Ramus, Suzanne Kruger Kjaer, Estrid Hogdall, Richard A. DiCioccio, Valerie McGuire, Alice S. Whittemore, Simon A. Gayther, Paul D.P. Pharoah, Penelope M. Webb, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Australian Ovarian Cancer Study Group, Australian Cancer Study (Ovarian Cancer) Australian Breast Cancer Family Study
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2557-2565 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0542 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vitamin D Receptor Gene Polymorphisms and Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Risk

Galina Lurie, Lynne R. Wilkens, Pamela J. Thompson, Katharine E. McDuffie, Michael E. Carney, Keith Y. Terada, and Marc T. Goodman
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2566-2571 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0753 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Six-Month Follow-up of Patient-Rated Outcomes in a Randomized Controlled Trial of Exercise Training during Breast Cancer Chemotherapy

Kerry S. Courneya, Roanne J. Segal, Karen Gelmon, Robert D. Reid, John R. Mackey, Christine M. Friedenreich, Caroline Proulx, Kirstin Lane, Aliya B. Ladha, Jeffrey K. Vallance, Qi Liu, Yutaka Yasui, and Donald C. McKenzie
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2572-2578 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0413 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Plasma Isoflavones and Fibrocystic Breast Conditions and Breast Cancer Among Women in Shanghai, China

Johanna W. Lampe, Yoshikazu Nishino, Roberta M. Ray, Chunyuan Wu, Wenjin Li, Ming-Gang Lin, Dao Li Gao, Yongwei Hu, Jackilen Shannon, Helge Stalsberg, Peggy L. Porter, Cara L. Frankenfeld, Kristiina Wähälä, and David B. Thomas
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2579-2586 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0368 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Association between Breast Density and Subsequent Breast Cancer Following Treatment for Ductal Carcinoma In situ

E. Shelley Hwang, Diana L. Miglioretti, Rachel Ballard-Barbash, Donald L. Weaver, Karla Kerlikowske for the National Cancer Institute Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2587-2593 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0458 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Results of a Randomized Trial to Increase Mammogram Usage among Samoan Women

Shiraz I. Mishra, Roshan Bastani, Catherine M. Crespi, L. Cindy Chang, Pat H. Luce, and Claudia R. Baquet
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2594-2604 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0148 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Strategies and Cost of Recruitment of Middle-aged and Older Unmarried Women in a Cancer Screening Study

Melissa A. Clark, Charles J. Neighbors, Melanie R. Wasserman, Gene F. Armstrong, Melody L. Drnach, Stephanie L. Howie, and Terri L. Hawthorne
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2605-2614 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0157 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dicarbonyl/L-Xylulose Reductase: A Potential Biomarker Identified by Laser-Capture Microdissection-Micro Serial Analysis of Gene Expression of Human Prostate Adenocarcinoma

Jeong Hee Cho-Vega, Spiridon Tsavachidis, Kim-Anh Do, Junichi Nakagawa, L. Jeffrey Medeiros, and Timothy J. McDonnell
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2615-2622 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0684 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dairy Products, Calcium Intake, and Risk of Prostate Cancer in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial

Jiyoung Ahn, Demetrius Albanes, Ulrike Peters, Arthur Schatzkin, Unhee Lim, Michal Freedman, Nilanjan Chatterjee, Gerald L. Andriole, Michael F. Leitzmann, Richard B. Hayes for the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Trial Project Team
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2623-2630 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0601 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Serum Pepsinogen Levels, Helicobacter pylori CagA Status, and Cytokine Gene Polymorphisms Associated with Gastric Premalignant Lesions in Costa Rica

Sergio A. Con, Reinaldo Con-Wong, Gil R. Con-Chin, Vicky G. Con-Chin, Hiroaki Takeuchi, Ana L. Valerín, Guillermo Echandi, Fernando Mena, Fernando Brenes, Nobufumi Yasuda, Keijiro Araki, and Tetsuro Sugiura
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2631-2636 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0215 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Decreasing Trend of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma in Hong Kong

Yuk Kei Yee, TK Cheung, Annie On On Chan, MF Yuen, and Benjamin C.Y. Wong
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2637-2640 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0421 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Longitudinal Swedish Study on Screening for Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Adenocarcinoma: Evidence of Effectiveness and Overtreatment

Anthony S. Gunnell, Nathalie Ylitalo, Sven Sandin, Pär Sparén, H.-O. Adami, and Samuli Ripatti
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2641-2648 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0278 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leukocyte Telomere Length Predicts Cancer Risk in Barrett's Esophagus

Rosa Ana Risques, Thomas L. Vaughan, Xiaohong Li, Robert D. Odze, Patricia L. Blount, Kamran Ayub, Jasmine L. Gallaher, Brian J. Reid, and Peter S. Rabinovitch
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2649-2655 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0624 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Distinctive Heavy Metal Composition of Pancreatic Juice in Patients with Pancreatic Carcinoma

Patricia E. Carrigan, Joseph G. Hentz, Gwyneth Gordon, Jennifer L. Morgan, Massimo Raimondo, Ariel D. Anbar, and Laurence J. Miller
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2656-2663 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0332 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Meat and Meat-Mutagen Intake and Pancreatic Cancer Risk in the NIH-AARP Cohort

Rachael Z. Stolzenberg-Solomon, Amanda J. Cross, Debra T. Silverman, Catherine Schairer, Frances E. Thompson, Victor Kipnis, Amy F. Subar, Albert Hollenbeck, Arthur Schatzkin, and Rashmi Sinha
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2664-2675 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0378 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cytokinesis-Block Micronucleus Cytome Assays for the Determination of Genotoxicity and Cytotoxicity of Cecal Water in Rats and Fecal Water in Humans

Bianca Benassi, Richard LeLeu, Tony Bird, Peter Clifton, and Michael Fenech
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2676-2680 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0488 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adduction of Human p53 Gene by Fecal Water: An In vitro Biomarker of Mutagenesis in the Human Large Bowel

Hazel L. Greetham, Sheila A. Bingham, and Philip A. Burns
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2681-2685 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0642 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Highly Methylated Genes in Colorectal Neoplasia: Implications for Screening

Hongzhi Zou, Jonathan J. Harrington, Abdirashid M. Shire, Rafaela L. Rego, Liang Wang, Megan E. Campbell, Ann L. Oberg, and David A. Ahlquist
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2686-2696 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0518 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leptin Concentrations, Leptin Receptor Polymorphisms, and Colorectal Adenoma Risk

Victoria M. Chia, Polly A. Newcomb, Johanna W. Lampe, Emily White, Margaret T. Mandelson, Anne McTiernan, and John D. Potter
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2697-2703 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0467 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karyometry of the Colonic Mucosa

David S. Alberts, Janine G. Einspahr, Robert S. Krouse, Anil Prasad, James Ranger-Moore, Peter Hamilton, Ayaaz Ismail, Peter Lance, Steven Goldschmid, Lisa M. Hess, Michael Yozwiak, Hubert G. Bartels, and Peter H. Bartels
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2704-2716 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0595 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MDM2 Promoter Polymorphism SNP309 Contributes to Tumor Susceptibility: Evidence from 21 Case-Control Studies

Zhibin Hu, Guangfu Jin, Lu Wang, Feng Chen, Xinru Wang, and Hongbing Shen
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2717-2723 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0634 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Time Trend and Geographic Patterns of Lung Adenocarcinoma in the United States, 1973-2002

Fan Chen, Phillip Cole, and William F. Bina
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2724-2729 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0455 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Secondhand Smoke Exposure in Public Places in Guatemala: Comparison with other Latin American Countries

Joaquin Barnoya, Carlos Mendoza-Montano, and Ana Navas-Acien
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2730-2735 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0229 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Inherited Predisposition of Lung Cancer: A Hierarchical Modeling Approach to DNA Repair and Cell Cycle Control Pathways

Rayjean J. Hung, Meili Baragatti, Duncan Thomas, James McKay, Neonila Szeszenia-Dabrowska, David Zaridze, Jolanta Lissowska, Peter Rudnai, Eleonora Fabianova, Dana Mates, Lenka Foretova, Vladimir Janout, Vladimir Bencko, Amelie Chabrier, Norman Moullan, Federico Canzian, Janet Hall, Paolo Boffetta, and Paul Brennan
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2736-2744 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0494 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cytokine Genes and Pain Severity in Lung Cancer: Exploring the Influence of TNF--308 G/A IL6-174G/C and IL8-251T/A

Cielito C. Reyes-Gibby, Margaret Spitz, Xifeng Wu, Kelly Merriman, Carol Etzel, Eduardo Bruera, Razelle Kurzrock, and Sanjay Shete
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2745-2751 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0651 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Short Communications:

CDX2 VDR Polymorphism and Colorectal Cancer

Martha L. Slattery, Jennifer Herrick, Roger K. Wolff, Bette J. Caan, John D. Potter, and Carol Sweeney
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2752-2755 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2611 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joint Effects of Dietary Trace Metals and DNA Repair Capacity in Lung Cancer Risk

Somdat Mahabir, Michele R. Forman, Stephanie L. Barerra, Yong Q. Dong, Margaret R. Spitz, and Qingyi Wei
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2756-2762 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0324 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Predictors of Enrollment into a Familial Cancer Registry by Individuals at High Risk for BRCA1/2

Kristi D. Graves, Lisa M. Moss, Camille L. Jasper, Tiffani A. DeMarco, Beth N. Peshkin, Claudine Isaacs, and Marc D. Schwartz
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2763-2767 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0469 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Activated Checkpoint Kinase 2 Expression and Risk for Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Angela J. Yoon, Jing Shen, Regina M. Santella, David J. Zegarelli, Rongzhen Chen, and I.B. Weinstein
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2768-2772 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0659 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Changes in Breast Cancer Incidence Rates in the United States by Histologic Subtype and Race/Ethnicity, 1995 to 2004

Christopher I. Li and Janet R. Daling
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2773-2780 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0546 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Null Results in Brief:

Associations of Serum Carotenoid Levels with Serum Insulin-like Growth Factor-I and Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein-3 Levels in Black Men and White Men

Young L. Kim, David R. Jacobs, Jr., Myron D. Gross, Raymond C. Bergan, Peter H. Gann, Kiang Liu, and Susan M. Gapstur
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2781-2783 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0637 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lack of Association between Serum Levels of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and the Subsequent Risk of Prostate Cancer in Finnish Men

Jessica M. Faupel-Badger, Lena Diaw, Demetrius Albanes, Jarmo Virtamo, Karen Woodson, and Joseph A. Tangrea
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2784-2786 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0672 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nutrients Involved in One-Carbon Metabolism and Risk of Breast Cancer among Premenopausal Women

Eunyoung Cho, Michelle Holmes, Susan E. Hankinson, and Walter C. Willett
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2787-2790 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0683 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Constitutional Cytogenetic Analysis in Men with Hereditary Testicular Germ Cell Tumor: No Evidence of Disease-Related Abnormalities

Christine M. Mueller, Larissa Korde, Hormuzd A. Katki, Philip S. Rosenberg, June A. Peters, and Mark H. Greene
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2791-2794 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0521 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Effect of Soy Protein on Testosterone Levels

Mark Messina, Jill Hamilton-Reeves, Mindy Kurzer, and William Phipps
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2795 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2543 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effect of Soy Protein on Testosterone Levels

Susan Goodin, Weichung J. Shih, Michael Gallo, Joseph Aisner, and Robert S. DiPaola
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2796 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2768 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correction:

Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2797 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-16-12-COR [Full Text] [PDF]  

Acknowledgment to Reviewers:

Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 2798-2801 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-16-12-ACK [Full Text] [PDF]  

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