Hypothesis/Commentary:

Design Considerations for Genomic Association Studies: Importance of Gene-Environment Interactions

Loïc Le Marchand and Lynne R. Wilkens
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 263-267 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0402 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Commentary:

UV or Not UV: Metals Are The Answer

Frank L. Meyskens, Jr. and Marianne Berwick
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 268-270 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0653 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Research Articles:

Baseline Prostate-Specific Antigen Level and Risk of Prostate Cancer and Prostate-Specific Mortality: Diagnosis Is Dependent on the Intensity of Investigation

David Connolly, Amanda Black, Anna Gavin, Patrick F. Keane, and Liam J. Murray
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 271-278Published Online First February 4, 2008. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0515 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Circulating Concentrations of Folate and Vitamin B₁₂ in Relation to Prostate Cancer Risk: Results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition Study

Mattias Johansson, Paul N. Appleby, Naomi E. Allen, Ruth C. Travis, Andrew W. Roddam, Lars Egevad, Mazda Jenab, Sabina Rinaldi, Lambertus A. Kiemeney, H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, Stein Emil Vollset, Per M. Ueland, Maria-José Sánchez, J. Ramón Quirós, Carlos A. González, Nerea Larrañaga, María Dolores Chirlaque, Eva Ardanaz, Sabina Sieri, Domenico Palli, Paolo Vineis, Rosario Tumino, Jakob Linseisen, Rudolf Kaaks, Heiner Boeing, Tobias Pischon, Theodora Psaltopoulou, Antonia Trichopoulou, Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Kay-Tee Khaw, Sheila Bingham, Göran Hallmans, Elio Riboli, Pär Stattin, and Timothy J. Key
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 279-285 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0657 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

V89L Polymorphism of the 5-Reductase Type II Gene (SRD5A2), Endogenous Sex Hormones, and Prostate Cancer Risk

Inbal Boger-Megiddo, Noel S. Weiss, Matt J. Barnett, Gary E. Goodman, and Chu Chen
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 286-291 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0238 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Effect of Difluoromethylornithine on Decreasing Prostate Size and Polyamines in Men: Results of a Year-Long Phase IIb Randomized Placebo-Controlled Chemoprevention Trial

Anne R. Simoneau, Eugene W. Gerner, Ray Nagle, Argyrios Ziogas, Sharon Fujikawa-Brooks, Hagit Yerushalmi, Thomas E. Ahlering, Ronald Lieberman, Christine E. McLaren, Hoda Anton-Culver, and Frank L. Meyskens, Jr.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 292-299 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0658 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Plasma Insulin-Like Growth Factor I Is Inversely Associated with Colorectal Adenoma Recurrence: A Novel Hypothesis

Elizabeth T. Jacobs, María Elena Martínez, David S. Alberts, Erin L. Ashbeck, Susan M. Gapstur, Peter Lance, and Patricia A. Thompson
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 300-305Published Online First February 4, 2008. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0764 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Apoptosis in Normal Rectal Mucosa, Baseline Adenoma Characteristics, and Risk of Future Adenomas

Temitope O. Keku, Ahmad Amin, Joseph Galanko, Christopher Martin, Barbara Schliebe, and Robert S. Sandler
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 306-310 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0066 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Large-Scale Evaluation of Genetic Variants in Candidate Genes for Colorectal Cancer Risk in the Nurses' Health Study and the Health Professionals' Follow-up Study

Aditi Hazra, Stephen Chanock, Edward Giovannucci, David G. Cox, Tianhua Niu, Charles Fuchs, Walter C. Willett, and David J. Hunter
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 311-319 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0195 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Meat Intake, Heterocyclic Amine Exposure, and Metabolizing Enzyme Polymorphisms in Relation to Colorectal Polyp Risk

Aesun Shin, Martha J. Shrubsole, Jeffrey M. Rice, Qiuyin Cai, Mark A. Doll, Jirong Long, Walter E. Smalley, Yu Shyr, Rashmi Sinha, Reid M. Ness, David W. Hein, and Wei Zheng
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 320-329 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0615 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

DNA Methyltransferase and Alcohol Dehydrogenase: Gene-Nutrient Interactions in Relation to Risk of Colorectal Polyps

Audrey Y. Jung, Elizabeth M. Poole, Jeanette Bigler, John Whitton, John D. Potter, and Cornelia M. Ulrich
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 330-338 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2608 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Common 8q24 Variant and the Risk of Colon Cancer: A Population-Based Case-Control Study

Li Li, Sarah J. Plummer, Cheryl L. Thompson, Alona Merkulova, Louise S. Acheson, Thomas C. Tucker, and Graham Casey
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 339-342 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0713 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Plasma Tea Polyphenols and Gastric Cancer Risk: A Case-Control Study Nested in a Large Population-Based Prospective Study in Japan

Shizuka Sasazuki, Manami Inoue, Tsutomu Miura, Motoki Iwasaki, Shoichiro Tsugane for the Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study Group
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 343-351 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0428 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Abdominal Obesity and the Risk of Esophageal and Gastric Cardia Carcinomas

Douglas A. Corley, Ai Kubo, and Wei Zhao
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 352-358 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0748 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pancreatic Cancer and Factors Associated with the Insulin Resistance Syndrome in the Korean Cancer Prevention Study

Amy Berrington de Gonzalez, Ji Eun Yun, Sang-Yi Lee, Alison P. Klein, and Sun Ha Jee
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 359-364 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0507 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

GATA-3 Expression in Breast Cancer Has a Strong Association with Estrogen Receptor but Lacks Independent Prognostic Value

David Voduc, Maggie Cheang, and Torsten Nielsen
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 365-373 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-1090 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Relative Weight at Age 12 and Risk of Postmenopausal Breast Cancer

Aditya Bardia, Celine M. Vachon, Janet E. Olson, Robert A. Vierkant, Alice H. Wang, Lynn C. Hartmann, Thomas A. Sellers, and James R. Cerhan
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 374-378Published Online First February 4, 2008. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0389 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Physical Activity and Survival after Diagnosis of Invasive Breast Cancer

Crystal N. Holick, Polly A. Newcomb, Amy Trentham-Dietz, Linda Titus-Ernstoff, Andrew J. Bersch, Meir J. Stampfer, John A. Baron, Kathleen M. Egan, and Walter C. Willett
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 379-386Published Online First February 4, 2008. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0771 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vegetables and Fruits in Relation to Cancer Risk: Evidence from the Greek EPIC Cohort Study

Vassiliki Benetou, Philippos Orfanos, Pagona Lagiou, Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Paolo Boffetta, and Antonia Trichopoulou
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 387-392 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2665 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Comprehensive Evaluation of ESR2 Variation and Ovarian Cancer Risk

Celeste Leigh Pearce, Aimee M. Near, Johannah L. Butler, David Van Den Berg, Philip Bretsky, David V. Conti, Daniel O. Stram, Malcolm C. Pike, Joel N. Hirschhorn, and Anna H. Wu
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 393-396 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2512 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Association of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Glycosylation Genes with Risk of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

Thomas A. Sellers, Yifan Huang, Julie Cunningham, Ellen L. Goode, Rebecca Sutphen, Robert A. Vierkant, Linda E. Kelemen, Zachary S. Fredericksen, Mark Liebow, V. Shane Pankratz, Lynn C. Hartmann, Jeff Myer, Edwin S. Iversen, Jr., Joellen M. Schildkraut, and Catherine Phelan
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 397-404 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0565 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Assessment of Interactions between PAH Exposure and Genetic Polymorphisms on PAH-DNA Adducts in African American, Dominican, and Caucasian Mothers and Newborns

Shuang Wang, Stephen Chanock, Deliang Tang, Zhigang Li, Wieslaw Jedrychowski, and Frederica P. Perera
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 405-413 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0695 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary Data  

Differential Roles of p16^INK4A and p14^ARF Genes in Prognosis of Oral Carcinoma

R. Sailasree, A. Abhilash, K.M. Sathyan, K.R. Nalinakumari, Shaji Thomas, and S. Kannan
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 414-420 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0284 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Association between p53 and Human Papillomavirus in Head and Neck Cancer Survival

Elaine M. Smith, Donghong Wang, Linda M. Rubenstein, William A. Morris, Lubomir P. Turek, and Thomas H. Haugen
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 421-427 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2597 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Use of Sun-Protective Clothing at Outdoor Leisure Settings from 1992 to 2002: Serial Cross-sectional Observation Survey

Helen G. Dixon, Magdalena Lagerlund, Matthew J. Spittal, David J. Hill, Suzanne J. Dobbinson, and Melanie A. Wakefield
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 428-434Published Online First February 4, 2008. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0369 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Psychosocial Outcomes and Health-Related Quality of Life in Adult Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study

Lonnie K. Zeltzer, Qian Lu, Wendy Leisenring, Jennie C.I. Tsao, Christopher Recklitis, Gregory Armstrong, Ann C. Mertens, Leslie L. Robison, and Kirsten K. Ness
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 435-446 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2541 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Effect of Multiple Mailings on Recruitment: The Multiethnic Cohort

Alana D. Steffen, Laurence N. Kolonel, Abraham M. Nomura, Faye S. Nagamine, Kristine R. Monroe, and Lynne R. Wilkens
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 447-454 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2576 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Short Communication:

Exfoliated Cells in Stool: A Source for Reverse Transcription-PCR–Based Analysis of Biomarkers of Gastrointestinal Cancer

Ying Jie Yu, Adhip P.N. Majumdar, Jordan M. Nechvatal, Jeffrey L. Ram, Marc D. Basson, Lance K. Heilbrun, and Ikuko Kato
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 455-458 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2515 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

How Statins May Increase Prostate Cancer

Mark R. Goldstein, Luca Mascitelli, and Francesca Pezzetta
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 459 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2776 [Full Text] [PDF]  

ASPO Abstracts:

ABSTRACTS: 32nd Annual Meeting • American Society of Preventive Oncology, Bethesda, Maryland • March 16-18, 2008

RG Dumitrescu, C Marian, SS Krishnan, SL Spear, BVS Kallakury, F SeillierMoiseiwitsch, H Ressom, J Freudenheim, PG Shields, A Trentham-Dietz, PA Newcomb, HB Nichols, JM Hampton, A Bardia, JO Ebbert, RA Vierkant, AH Wang, JE Olson, P Limburg, K Anderson, JR Cerhan, SS Strom, SK Gruschkus, SD Rivas, JE Cortes, BL Sprague, A Trentham-Dietz, BEK Klein, R Klein, KJ Cruickshanks, K Lee, J Hampton, A Spelman, M Spitz, S Kelder, R Frankowski, A Wilkinson, CC Reyes-Gibby, B El Osta, M Spitz, H Parsons, R Kurzrock, S Shete, E Bruera, AM Geiger, F Camacho, R Krajenta, DSM Buist, L Bernstein, for the Cancer Research Network Chemo-Stroke Study Team, Wake Forest University, Henry Ford Health System, Group Health Cooperative, C* Marian, RG* Dumitrescu, F Seillier-Moiseiwitsc, A Millen, J Nie, J Freudenheim, PG Shields, KD Graves, VB Sheppard, LC Denis-Cooper, BK Montalvo, ME Boisvert, MD Schwartz, S Papaiahgari, JG Ford, M Lee, Loyo Brait M, S Begum, MO Hoque, S Rim, B Berkowitz, L Peipins, L Madlensky, L Wasserman, B Parker, JP Pierce, for the WHEL study group, S Red, KM Davis, MD Schwartz, RM Williams, C Ahaghotu, KL Taylor, DJ Tan, JG Chen, DS Goerlitz, R Dumitreascu, RA Orden, R Goldman, and PG Shields
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 460-465 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.ASPO-2008 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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