Commentaries:

Is Sunlight Important to Melanoma Causation?

Margaret A. Tucker
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 467-468 Published Online First March 4, 2008. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2743 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Are We Overemphasizing Sun Avoidance in Protection from Melanoma?

David Wartman and Martin Weinstock
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 469-470 Published Online First March 4, 2008. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0301 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hypothesis/Commentary:

Ancestry Estimation and Correction for Population Stratification in Molecular Epidemiologic Association Studies

Jill S. Barnholtz-Sloan, Brian McEvoy, Mark D. Shriver, and Timothy R. Rebbeck
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 471-477 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0491 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Prostate Cancer, Serum Parathyroid Hormone, and the Progression of Skeletal Metastases

Gary G. Schwartz
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 478-483 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2747 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Review:

Issues of Diagnostic Review in Brain Tumor Studies: From the Brain Tumor Epidemiology Consortium

Faith G. Davis, Beatrice S. Malmer, Ken Aldape, Jill S. Barnholtz-Sloan, Melissa L. Bondy, Thomas Brännström, Janet M. Bruner, Peter C. Burger, V. Peter Collins, Peter D. Inskip, Carol Kruchko, Bridget J. McCarthy, Roger E. McLendon, Siegal Sadetzki, Tarik Tihan, Margaret R. Wrensch, and Patricia A. Buffler
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 484-489 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0725 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Minireview:

Genetic Polymorphisms and Head and Neck Cancer Outcomes: A Review

Jessica Hopkins, David W. Cescon, Darren Tse, Penelope Bradbury, Wei Xu, Clement Ma, Paul Wheatley-Price, John Waldron, David Goldstein, Francois Meyer, Isabelle Bairati, and Geoffrey Liu
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 490-499 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2714 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Research Articles:

Cancer Risk in Children with Birth Defects and in Their Families: A Population Based Cohort Study of 5.2 Million Children from Norway and Sweden

Tone Bjørge, Sven Cnattingius, Rolv Terje Lie, Steinar Tretli, and Anders Engeland
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 500-506 Published Online First February 22, 2008. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2630 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

DNA Repair Gene XPD Polymorphisms and Cancer Risk: A Meta-analysis Based on 56 Case-Control Studies

Fan Wang, Dong Chang, Fu-lan Hu, Hong Sui, Bing Han, Dan-dan li, and Ya-shuang Zhao
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 507-517 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2507 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Urinary 8-Oxo-7,8-Dihydro-2'-Deoxyguanosine in Patients with Parasite Infection and Effect of Antiparasitic Drug in Relation to Cholangiocarcinogenesis

Raynoo Thanan, Mariko Murata, Somchai Pinlaor, Paiboon Sithithaworn, Narong Khuntikeo, Walaluk Tangkanakul, Yusuke Hiraku, Shinji Oikawa, Puangrat Yongvanit, and Shosuke Kawanishi
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 518-524 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2717 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Polymorphisms of Genes in the Lipid Metabolism Pathway and Risk of Biliary Tract Cancers and Stones: A Population-Based Case-Control Study in Shanghai, China

Gabriella Andreotti, Jinbo Chen, Yu-Tang Gao, Asif Rashid, Bingshu E. Chen, Philip Rosenberg, Lori C. Sakoda, Jie Deng, Ming-Chang Shen, Bing-Sheng Wang, Tian-Quan Han, Bai-He Zhang, Meredith Yeager, Robert Welch, Stephen Chanock, Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr., and Ann W. Hsing
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 525-534 Published Online First February 22, 2008. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2704 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Decreased Expression of UK114 Is Related to the Differentiation Status of Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Chin-Liew Chong, Shiu-Feng Huang, Cheng-po Hu, Ya-Ling Chen, Hsin-Ying Chou, Gar-Yang Chau, Jin-Yuh Shew, Yue-Lin Tsai, Chiung-Tong Chen, Chungming Chang, and Mong-Liang Chen
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 535-542 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0506 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Meta-analysis of Colorectal Cancer Gene Expression Profiling Studies Identifies Consistently Reported Candidate Biomarkers

Simon K. Chan, Obi L. Griffith, Isabella T. Tai, and Steven J.M. Jones
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 543-552 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2615 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Appendices, Chan et al  

Flavonoid Intake and Risk of Pancreatic Cancer in Male Smokers (Finland)

Gerd Bobe, Stephanie J. Weinstein, Demetrius Albanes, Tero Hirvonen, Jason Ashby, Phil R. Taylor, Jarmo Virtamo, and Rachael Z. Stolzenberg-Solomon
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 553-562 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2523 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

UGT1A1 Genetic Polymorphisms, Endogenous Estrogen Exposure, Soy Food Intake, and Endometrial Cancer Risk

Sandra L. Deming, Wei Zheng, Wang-Hong Xu, Qiuyin Cai, Zhixian Ruan, Yong-Bing Xiang, and Xiao-Ou Shu
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 563-570 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0752 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen Expression Is a Potential Prognostic Marker in Endometrial Adenocarcinoma

Paulette Mhawech-Fauceglia, Dominic J. Smiraglia, Wiam Bshara, Christopher Andrews, Juerg Schwaller, Stacey South, Donald Higgs, Shashikant Lele, Francois Herrmann, and Kunle Odunsi
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 571-577 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0511 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Progestin Treatment Induces Apoptosis and Modulates Transforming Growth Factor-β in the Uterine Endometrium

Gustavo C. Rodriguez, B.J. Rimel, William Watkin, Jane M. Turbov, Cathy Barry, Hongyan Du, George L. Maxwell, and J.M. Cline
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 578-584 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0551 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cyclin E Overexpression in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Characterizes an Etiologic Subgroup

Joellen M. Schildkraut, Patricia G. Moorman, Amy E. Bland, Susan Halabi, Brian Calingaert, Regina Whitaker, Paula S. Lee, Tyler Elkins-Williams, Rex C. Bentley, Jeffrey R. Marks, and Andrew Berchuck
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 585-593 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0596 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Prospective Study of Risk-Reducing Salpingo-oophorectomy and Longitudinal CA-125 Screening among Women at Increased Genetic Risk of Ovarian Cancer: Design and Baseline Characteristics: A Gynecologic Oncology Group Study

Mark H. Greene, Marion Piedmonte, Dave Alberts, Mitchell Gail, Martee Hensley, Zoe Miner, Phuong L. Mai, Jennifer Loud, Gustavo Rodriguez, Jack Basil, John Boggess, Peter E. Schwartz, Joseph L. Kelley, Katie E. Wakeley, Lori Minasian, and Stephen Skates
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 594-604 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2703 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Multiple Diagnostic X-rays for Spine Deformities and Risk of Breast Cancer

Cécile M. Ronckers, Michele M. Doody, John E. Lonstein, Marilyn Stovall, and Charles E. Land
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 605-613 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2628 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reproductive Steroid Hormones and Recurrence-Free Survival in Women with a History of Breast Cancer

Cheryl L. Rock, Shirley W. Flatt, Gail A. Laughlin, Ellen B. Gold, Cynthia A. Thomson, Loki Natarajan, Lovell A. Jones, Bette J. Caan, Marcia L. Stefanick, Richard A. Hajek, Wael K. Al-Delaimy, Frank Z. Stanczyk, and John P. Pierce for the Women's Healthy Eating and Living Study Group
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 614-620 Published Online First March 6, 2008. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0761 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Does Breast Size Modify the Association between Mammographic Density and Breast Cancer Risk?

Anne Stuedal, Huiyan Ma, Leslie Bernstein, Malcolm C. Pike, and Giske Ursin
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 621-627 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2554 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Glycemic Status and Risk of Prostate Cancer

Jeanne A. Darbinian, Assiamira M. Ferrara, Stephen K. Van Den Eeden, Charles P. Quesenberry, Jr., Bruce Fireman, and Laurel A. Habel
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 628-635 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2610 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Use of the Prostate-Specific Antigen Test among U.S. Men: Findings from the 2005 National Health Interview Survey

Louie E. Ross, Zahava Berkowitz, and Donatus U. Ekwueme
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 636-644 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2709 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

DNA Methylation in Tumor and Matched Normal Tissues from Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients

Qinghua Feng, Stephen E. Hawes, Joshua E. Stern, Linda Wiens, Hiep Lu, Zhao Ming Dong, C. Diana Jordan, Nancy B. Kiviat, and Hubert Vesselle
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 645-654 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2518 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy and Lung Cancer Risk in the Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Cohort

Carmen Rodriguez, Heather Spencer Feigelson, Anusila Deka, Alpa V. Patel, Eric J. Jacobs, Michael J. Thun, and Eugenia E. Calle
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 655-660 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2683 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NAT2*7 Allele Is a Potential Risk Factor for Adult Brain Tumors in Taiwanese Population

H. Eugene Liu, Pei-Yu Hsiao, Ching-Chen Lee, Jen-Ai Lee, and Hsiang-Yin Chen
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 661-665 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2647 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effect of Tissue Shipping on Plasma Cell Isolation, Viability, and RNA Integrity in the Context of a Centralized Good Laboratory Practice–Certified Tissue Banking Facility

Gregory J. Ahmann, Wee Joo Chng, Kimberly J. Henderson, Tammy L. Price-Troska, Roberta W. DeGoey, Michael M. Timm, Angela Dispenzieri, Philip R. Greipp, Alicia Sable-Hunt, Leif Bergsagel, and Rafael Fonseca
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 666-673 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2649 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Comparative Bioavailability of Sulindac in Capsule and Tablet Formulations

Joel M. Reid, Sumithra J. Mandrekar, Elsa C. Carlson, W. Scott Harmsen, Erin M. Green, Renee M. McGovern, Eva Szabo, Matthew M. Ames, Daniel Boring, Paul J. Limburg for the Cancer Prevention Network
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 674-679 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2510 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug Use and Serum Total Estradiol in Postmenopausal Women

Alana G. Hudson, Gretchen L. Gierach, Francesmary Modugno, Jennifer Simpson, John W. Wilson, Rhobert W. Evans, Victor G. Vogel, and Joel L. Weissfeld
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 680-687 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2739 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Association between Tortilla Consumption and Human Urinary Fumonisin B1 Levels in a Mexican Population

Yun Yun Gong, Luisa Torres-Sanchez, Lizbeth Lopez-Carrillo, Jian He Peng, Anne E. Sutcliffe, Kay L. White, Hans-Ulrich Humpf, Paul C. Turner, and Christopher P. Wild
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 688-694 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2534 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gilbert's Syndrome and Irinotecan Toxicity: Combination with UDP-Glucuronosyltransferase 1A7 Variants Increases Risk

Tim O. Lankisch, Christoph Schulz, Thomas Zwingers, Thomas J. Erichsen, Michael P. Manns, Volker Heinemann, and Christian P. Strassburg
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 695-701 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2517 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Short Communications:

Association of Genetic Variants at 8q24 with Breast Cancer Risk

Olivia Fletcher, Nichola Johnson, Lorna Gibson, Ben Coupland, Agnes Fraser, Angela Leonard, Isabel dos Santos Silva, Alan Ashworth, Richard Houlston, and Julian Peto
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 702-705 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2564 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Is Mammography Adequate for Screening Women with Inherited BRCA Mutations and Low Breast Density?

Rachel Z. Bigenwald, Ellen Warner, Anoma Gunasekara, Kimberley A. Hill, Petrina A. Causer, Sandra J. Messner, Andrea Eisen, Donald B. Plewes, Steven A. Narod, Liying Zhang, and Martin J. Yaffe
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 706-711 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0509 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Coffee, Tea, Colas, and Risk of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

Yoon Ju Song, Alan R. Kristal, Kristine G. Wicklund, Kara L. Cushing-Haugen, and Mary Anne Rossing
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 712-716 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2511 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

International Correlation between Human Papillomavirus Prevalence and Cervical Cancer Incidence

Delphine Maucort-Boulch, Silvia Franceschi, Martyn Plummer the IARC HPV Prevalence Surveys Study Group
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 717-720 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2691 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Risk of Testicular Germ Cell Tumors and Polymorphisms in the Insulin-Like Growth Factor Genes

Victoria M. Chia, Lori C. Sakoda, Barry I. Graubard, Mark V. Rubertone, Stephen J. Chanock, Ralph L. Erickson, and Katherine A. McGlynn
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 721-726 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0768 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cyclooxygenase-2 and Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene Polymorphisms and Risk of Reflux Esophagitis, Barrett's Esophagus, and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

Heather R. Ferguson, Christopher P. Wild, Lesley A. Anderson, Seamus J. Murphy, Brian T. Johnston, Liam J. Murray, R.G. Peter Watson, Jim McGuigan, John V. Reynolds, and Laura J. Hardie
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 727-731 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2570 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Metabolism of the Tobacco-Specific Carcinogen 4-(Methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-Pyridyl)-1-Butanone to Its Biomarker Total NNAL in Smokeless Tobacco Users

Stephen S. Hecht, Steven G. Carmella, Irina Stepanov, Joni Jensen, Amanda Anderson, and Dorothy K. Hatsukami
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 732-735 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2843 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Null Results in Brief:

No Association between hOGG1, XRCC1, and XPD Polymorphisms and Risk of Reflux Esophagitis, Barrett's Esophagus, or Esophageal Adenocarcinoma: Results from the Factors Influencing the Barrett's Adenocarcinoma Relationship Case-Control Study

Heather R. Ferguson, Christopher P. Wild, Lesley A. Anderson, Seamus J. Murphy, Brian T. Johnston, Liam J. Murray, R.G. Peter Watson, Jim McGuigan, John V. Reynolds, and Laura J. Hardie
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 736-739 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2832 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

"Intention to Analyze" in Pharmacogenomics Studies

Marta Gwinn, Idris Guessous, and Muin Khoury
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 740 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2929 [Full Text] [PDF]  

"Intention to Analyze" in Pharmacogenomics Studies

Marcus R. Munafò, Elaine C. Johnstone, Michael F.G. Murphy, and Paul Aveyard
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 740-741 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-08-0099 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Changes in Breast Cancer Incidence Rates

Neill Patani, Fadi Jouhra, Kefah Mokbel, and Kefah Mokbel
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 742 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2951 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correction:

Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 17: 743 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-17-3-COR [Full Text] [PDF]  

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