CEBP Focus: Nicotine and Tobacco-Control Research:

Why Smoking Prevention Programs Sometimes Fail. Does Effectiveness Depend on Sociocultural Context and Individual Characteristics?

C. Anderson Johnson, Steven Cen, Peggy Gallaher, Paula H. Palmer, Lin Xiao, Anamara Ritt-Olson, and Jennifer B. Unger
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1043-1049 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0067 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Intermediate Outcomes from Project MYTRI: Mobilizing Youth for Tobacco-Related Initiatives in India

Melissa H. Stigler, Cheryl L. Perry, Monika Arora, Radhika Shrivastav, Charu Mathur, and K. Srinath Reddy
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1050-1056 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0929 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genetic and Environmental Sources of Variation in Heart Rate Response to Infused Nicotine in Twins

Gary E. Swan, Christina N. Lessov-Schlaggar, Ruth E. Krasnow, Kirk C. Wilhelmsen, Peyton Jacob, III, and Neal L. Benowitz
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1057-1064 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-1093 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Association of COMT Val^108/158Met Genotype with Smoking Cessation in a Nicotine Replacement Therapy Randomized Trial

Elaine C. Johnstone, Katherine M. Elliot, Sean P. David, Michael F.G. Murphy, Robert T. Walton, and Marcus R. Munafò
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1065-1069 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0936 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Cigarette Controversy

K. Michael Cummings, Anthony Brown, and Richard O'Connor
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1070-1076 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0912 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Future of Tobacco-Control Research

Glen D. Morgan, Cathy L. Backinger, and Scott J. Leischow
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1077-1080 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0928 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Commentaries:

Parkinson's Disease and Cancer

Roberto Zanetti, Stefano Rosso, and Dora I. Loria
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1081 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0377 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Heightened Risk of Breast Cancer Following Pregnancy: Could Lasting Systemic Immune Alterations Contribute?

Keren Shakhar, Heiddis B. Valdimarsdottir, and Dana H. Bovbjerg
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1082-1086 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0014 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Review:

The Role of Osteopontin in Tumor Progression and Metastasis in Breast Cancer

Lígia R. Rodrigues, José A. Teixeira, Fernando L. Schmitt, Marie Paulsson, and Helena Lindmark-Mänsson
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1087-1097 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-1008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Research Articles:

Genetic Variation in H2AFX Contributes to Risk of Non–Hodgkin Lymphoma

Karen L. Novik, John J. Spinelli, Amy C. MacArthur, Karey Shumansky, Payal Sipahimalani, Stephen Leach, Agnes Lai, Joseph M. Connors, Randy D. Gascoyne, Richard P. Gallagher, and Angela R. Brooks-Wilson
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1098-1106 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0639 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Human Papillomavirus Prevalence and Type Distribution in Male Anogenital Sites and Semen

Carrie M. Nielson, Roberto Flores, Robin B. Harris, Martha Abrahamsen, Mary R. Papenfuss, Eileen F. Dunne, Lauri E. Markowitz, and Anna R. Giuliano
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1107-1114 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0997 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Polymorphisms in Oxidative Stress–Related Genes Are Not Associated with Prostate Cancer Risk in Heavy Smokers

Ji-Yeob Choi, Marian L. Neuhouser, Matt Barnett, Matthew Hudson, Alan R. Kristal, Mark Thornquist, Irena B. King, Gary E. Goodman, and Christine B. Ambrosone
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1115-1120 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0040 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Serum Insulin-like Growth Factor (IGF)-I and IGF-Binding Protein-3 Concentrations and Prostate Cancer Risk: Results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

Naomi E. Allen, Timothy J. Key, Paul N. Appleby, Ruth C. Travis, Andrew W. Roddam, Sabina Rinaldi, Lars Egevad, Sabine Rohrmann, Jakob Linseisen, Tobias Pischon, Heiner Boeing, Nina Føns Johnsen, Anne Tjønneland, Henning Grønbæk, Kim Overvad, Lambartus Kiemeney, H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, Sheila Bingham, Kay Tee Khaw, Rosario Tumino, Franco Berrino, Amalia Mattiello, Carlotta Sacerdote, Domenico Palli, José Ramón Quirós, Eva Ardanaz, Carmen Navarro, Nerea Larrañaga, Carlos Gonzalez, Maria-José Sanchez, Antonia Trichopoulou, Cryssoula Travezea, Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Mazda Jenab, Pietro Ferrari, Elio Riboli, and Rudolf Kaaks
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1121-1127 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-1062 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Supplemental and Dietary Vitamin E Intakes and Risk of Prostate Cancer in a Large Prospective Study

Margaret E. Wright, Stephanie J. Weinstein, Karla A. Lawson, Demetrius Albanes, Amy F. Subar, L. Beth Dixon, Traci Mouw, Arthur Schatzkin, and Michael F. Leitzmann
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1128-1135 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-1071 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effect of Delays in Processing Blood Samples on Measured Endogenous Plasma Sex Hormone Levels in Women

Michael E. Jones, Elizabeth J. Folkerd, Deborah A. Doody, Jhangir Iqbal, Mitch Dowsett, Alan Ashworth, and Anthony J. Swerdlow
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1136-1139 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0028 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Association of Polymorphisms in One-Carbon Metabolism Genes and Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Incidence

Victoria L. Stevens, Marjorie L. McCullough, Alexandre L. Pavluck, Jeffrey T. Talbot, Heather S. Feigelson, Michael J. Thun, and Eugenia E. Calle
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1140-1147 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-1037 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Comparison of a New and Existing Method of Mammographic Density Measurement: Intramethod Reliability and Associations with Known Risk Factors

Valerie A. McCormack, Ralph Highnam, Nicholas Perry, and Isabel dos Santos Silva
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1148-1154 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0085 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Associations of Circulating C-Reactive Protein and Interleukin-6 with Survival in Women with and without Cancer: Findings from the British Women's Heart and Health Study

Katriina Heikkilä, Shah Ebrahim, Ann Rumley, Gordon Lowe, and Debbie A. Lawlor
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1155-1159 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0093 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Different Risk Factor Profiles for Mucinous and Nonmucinous Ovarian Cancer: Results from the Danish MALOVA Study

Marie Soegaard, Allan Jensen, Estrid Høgdall, Lise Christensen, Claus Høgdall, Jan Blaakær, and Susanne K. Kjaer
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1160-1166 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0089 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Exposure to Magnetic Fields and Survival after Diagnosis of Childhood Leukemia: A German Cohort Study

Anne Louise Svendsen, Thomas Weihkopf, Peter Kaatsch, and Joachim Schüz
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1167-1171 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0887 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MDR1 Gene Variants, Indoor Insecticide Exposure, and the Risk of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Kevin Y. Urayama, John K. Wiencke, Patricia A. Buffler, Anand P. Chokkalingam, Catherine Metayer, and Joseph L. Wiemels
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1172-1177 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Promoter Hypermethylation of Tumor Suppressor Genes in Urine from Patients with Cervical Neoplasia

Qinghua Feng, Stephen E. Hawes, Joshua E. Stern, Amadou Dem, Papa Salif Sow, Birama Dembele, Papa Toure, Pavel Sova, Peter W. Laird, and Nancy B. Kiviat
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1178-1184 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0694 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Triallelic Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Genotyping Error in Genetic Epidemiology Studies: MDR1 (ABCB1) G2677/T/A as an Example

Claudia Hüebner, Ivonne Petermann, Brian L. Browning, Andrew N. Shelling, and Lynnette R. Ferguson
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1185-1192 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0759 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Path Analysis of Biomarkers of Exposure and Early Biological Effects among Coke-Oven Workers Exposed to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Li Qiu, Shuguang Leng, Zhongxu Wang, Yufei Dai, Yuxin Zheng, and Zengzhen Wang
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1193-1199 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0001 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Biology of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma after Surgery Is Influenced by Nuclear Factor-B Expression

Julie G. Izzo, Usha Malhotra, Tsung-Teh Wu, Rajalakshmi Luthra, Arlene M. Correa, Stephen G. Swisher, Wayne Hofstetter, K.S. Clifford Chao, Mien-Chie Hung, and Jaffer A. Ajani
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1200-1205 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-1083 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Angiotensin II/Angiotensin II Receptor System Correlates with Nodal Spread in Intestinal Type Gastric Cancer

Christoph Röcken, Friedrich-Wilhelm Röhl, Eva Diebler, Uwe Lendeckel, Matthias Pross, Stacy Carl-McGrath, and Matthias P.A. Ebert
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1206-1212 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0934 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Acceleration to Death from Liver Cancer in People with Hepatitis B Viral Mutations Detected in Plasma by Mass Spectrometry

Jian Guo Chen, Shuang Yuan Kuang, Patricia A. Egner, Jian Hua Lu, Yuan Rong Zhu, Jin Bing Wang, Bao Chu Zhang, Tao Yang Chen, Alvaro Muñoz, Thomas W. Kensler, and John D. Groopman
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1213-1218 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0905 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Prospective Cohort Study of Green Tea Consumption and Colorectal Cancer Risk in Women

Gong Yang, Xiao-Ou Shu, Honglan Li, Wong-Ho Chow, Bu-Tian Ji, Xianglan Zhang, Yu-Tang Gao, and Wei Zheng
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1219-1223 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0097 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Low-Positive Antibody Titer against Helicobacter pylori Cytotoxin-Associated Gene A (CagA) May Predict Future Gastric Cancer Better Than Simple Seropositivity against H. pylori CagA or against H. pylori

Gen Suzuki, Harry Cullings, Saeko Fujiwara, Nobuaki Hattori, Shinsuke Matsuura, Masayuki Hakoda, Masazumi Akahoshi, Kazunori Kodama, and Eiichi Tahara
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1224-1228 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-1048 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Allergy-Related Polymorphisms Influence Glioma Status and Serum IgE Levels

Joseph L. Wiemels, John K. Wiencke, Karl T. Kelsey, Michelle Moghadassi, Terri Rice, Kevin Y. Urayama, Rei Miike, and Margaret Wrensch
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1229-1235 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0041 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Associations between Smoking, Polymorphisms in Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Metabolism and Conjugation Genes and PAH-DNA Adducts in Prostate Tumors Differ by Race

Nora L. Nock, Deliang Tang, Andrew Rundle, Christine Neslund-Dudas, Adnan T. Savera, Cathryn H. Bock, Kristin G. Monaghan, Allison Koprowski, Nicoleta Mitrache, James J. Yang, and Benjamin A. Rybicki
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1236-1245 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0736 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Phase I Dose Escalation Pharmacokinetic Study in Healthy Volunteers of Resveratrol, a Potential Cancer Chemopreventive Agent

David J. Boocock, Guy E.S. Faust, Ketan R. Patel, Anna M. Schinas, Victoria A. Brown, Murray P. Ducharme, Tristan D. Booth, James A. Crowell, Marjorie Perloff, Andreas J. Gescher, William P. Steward, and Dean E. Brenner
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1246-1252 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0022 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Serum and Dietary Vitamin E in Relation to Prostate Cancer Risk

Stephanie J. Weinstein, Margaret E. Wright, Karla A. Lawson, Kirk Snyder, Satu Männistö, Philip R. Taylor, Jarmo Virtamo, and Demetrius Albanes
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1253-1259 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-1084 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Prospective Cohort Study of Cancer Incidence Following the Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease

Jane A. Driver, Giancarlo Logroscino, Julie E. Buring, J. Michael Gaziano, and Tobias Kurth
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1260-1265 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0038 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Risk of Germ Cell Tumors among Men with HIV/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

James J. Goedert, Mark P. Purdue, Timothy S. McNeel, Katherine A. McGlynn, Eric A. Engels for the HIV/AIDS Cancer Match Study
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1266-1269 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0042 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Arsenic Metabolism, Genetic Susceptibility, and Risk of Premalignant Skin Lesions in Bangladesh

Habibul Ahsan, Yu Chen, Muhammad G. Kibriya, Vesna Slavkovich, Faruque Parvez, Farzana Jasmine, Mary V. Gamble, and Joseph H. Graziano
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1270-1278 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0676 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Short Communications:

Blood Folate Levels and Risk of Liver Damage and Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Prospective High-Risk Cohort

Tania M. Welzel, Hormuzd A. Katki, Lori C. Sakoda, Alison A. Evans, W. Thomas London, Gang Chen, Sean O'Broin, Fu-Min Shen, Wen-Yao Lin, and Katherine A. McGlynn
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1279-1282 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0853 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sun Exposure and Prostate Cancer Risk: Evidence for a Protective Effect of Early-Life Exposure

Esther M. John, Jocelyn Koo, and Gary G. Schwartz
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1283-1286 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-1053 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Family History and the Risk of Kidney Cancer: a Multicenter Case-control Study in Central Europe

Rayjean J. Hung, Lee Moore, Paolo Boffetta, Bing-Jian Feng, Jorge R. Toro, Nathanial Rothman, David Zaridze, Marie Navratilova, Vladimir Bencko, Vladimir Janout, Helena Kollarova, Neonila Szeszenia-Dabrowska, Dana Mates, Wong-Ho Chow, and Paul Brennan
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1287-1290 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0963 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Within-Individual Stability of Obesity-Related Biomarkers among Women

Robert C. Kaplan, Gloria Y.F. Ho, XiaoNan Xue, Swapnil Rajpathak, Mary Cushman, Thomas E. Rohan, Howard D. Strickler, Philipp E. Scherer, and Kathryn Anastos
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1291-1293 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-1089 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Association between Germline Variation in the FHIT Gene and Prostate Cancer in Caucasians and African Americans

Albert M. Levin, Anna M. Ray, Kimberly A. Zuhlke, Julie A. Douglas, and Kathleen A. Cooney
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1294-1297 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-1054 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Multifaceted Intervention to Increase Cervical Cancer Screening among Underserved Korean Women

Carolyn Y. Fang, Grace X. Ma, Yin Tan, and Nungja Chi
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1298-1302 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0091 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Null Results in Brief:

Lack of Association of Transforming Growth Factor-ß1 Polymorphisms and Haplotypes with Prostate Cancer Risk in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Trial

Daehee Kang, Kyoung-Mu Lee, Sue Kyung Park, Sonja I. Berndt, Douglas Reding, Nilanjan Chatterjee, Robert Welch, Stephen Chanock, Wen-Yi Huang, and Richard B. Hayes
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1303-1305 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0895 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dietary Iron and Heme Iron Intake and Risk of Breast Cancer: A Prospective Cohort Study

Geoffrey C. Kabat, Anthony B. Miller, Meera Jain, and Thomas E. Rohan
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1306-1308 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0086 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MIC1 and IL1RN Genetic Variation and Advanced Prostate Cancer Risk

Iona Cheng, Lisa M. Krumroy, Sarah J. Plummer, Graham Casey, and John S. Witte
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1309-1311 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0165 [Full Text] [PDF]  

CYP2B6 Genotype Does Not Alter Nicotine Metabolism, Plasma Levels, or Abstinence with Nicotine Replacement Therapy

Anna M. Lee, Christopher Jepson, Peter G. Shields, Neal Benowitz, Caryn Lerman, and Rachel F. Tyndale
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1312-1314 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0188 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Insulin Resistance–Related Gene Polymorphisms and Risk of Prostate Cancer

Steven C. Moore, Michael F. Leitzmann, Stephanie J. Weinstein, Kirk Snyder, Demetrius Albanes, Jarmo Virtamo, Barry I. Graubard, Susan T. Mayne, Herbert Yu, Ulrike Peters, and Marc J. Gunter
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1315-1317 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0191 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lack of Effect Modification between Estrogen Metabolism Genotypes and Combined Hormone Replacement Therapy in Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Risk

Timothy R. Rebbeck, Andrea B. Troxel, Ekaterina G. Shatalova, Rebecca Blanchard, Sandra Norman, Greta Bunin, Angela DeMichele, Rita Schinnar, Jesse A. Berlin, and Brian L. Strom
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1318-1320 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0084 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editors:

Abandon neither the Food Frequency Questionnaire nor the Dietary Fat-Breast Cancer Hypothesis

Laurence S. Freedman, Arthur Schatzkin, Anne C.M. Thiebaut, Nancy Potischman, Amy F. Subar, Frances E. Thompson, and Victor Kipnis
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1321-1322 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0179 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antibiotics and Breast Cancer

Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1322 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-1036 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antibiotics and Breast Cancer

Gary D. Friedman and Laurel A. Habel
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 16: 1323 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0440 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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