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Pediatric Melanoma: Risk Factor and Survival Analysis of the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results Database by STROUSE, John J, FEARS, Thomas R, TUCKER, Margaret A, WAYNE, Alan S

“…To evaluate risk factors for the development of and factors influencing survival in pediatric melanoma. We evaluated 1,255 children (age < 20 years) and 2,673…”
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Deep vein thrombosis after monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance and multiple myeloma by Kristinsson, Sigurdur Y., Fears, Thomas R., Gridley, Gloria, Turesson, Ingemar, Mellqvist, Ulf-Henrik, Björkholm, Magnus, Landgren, Ola

“…Patients with multiple myeloma (MM) have an increased risk of deep venous thrombosis (DVT), particularly when treated with immunomodulatory drugs. Recently, 2…”
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Reproducibility and Correlations of Multiplex Cytokine Levels in Asymptomatic Persons by Wong, Hui-Lee, Pfeiffer, Ruth M, Fears, Thomas R, Vermeulen, Roel, Ji, Shaoquan, Rabkin, Charles S

“…Rationale: Cytokines are humoral regulatory molecules that act together in immunologic pathways underlying pathogenesis. Grossly elevated blood levels…”
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Reproducibility of Serum Sex Steroid Assays in Men by RIA and Mass Spectrometry by HSING, Ann W, STANCZYK, Frank Z, BELANGER, Alain, SCHROEDER, Paul, CHANG, Lilly, FALK, Roni T, FEARS, Thomas R

“…There is an increasing trend to apply gas chromatography combined with mass spectrometry (GC-MS) or liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)…”
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Identifying Individuals at High Risk of Melanoma: A Practical Predictor of Absolute Risk by FEARS, Thomas R, GUERRY, Dupont, PFEIFFER, Ruth M, SAGEBIEL, Richard W, ELDER, David E, HALPERN, Allan, HOLLY, Elizabeth A, HARTGE, Patricia, TUCKER, Margaret A

“…We developed a model to estimate the 5-year absolute risk of melanoma to efficiently identify individuals at increased risk of melanoma for potential…”
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Endogenous sex hormones and the risk of prostate cancer: A prospective study by Weiss, Jocelyn M., Huang, Wen‐Yi, Rinaldi, Sabina, Fears, Thomas R., Chatterjee, Nilanjan, Hsing, Ann W., Crawford, E. David, Andriole, Gerald L., Kaaks, Rudolf, Hayes, Richard B.

“…Sex steroid hormones influence prostate development and maintenance through their roles in prostate cellular proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis…”
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Assessment of Lifetime Cumulative Sun Exposure Using a Self-Administered Questionnaire: Reliability of Two Approaches by YU, Chu-Ling, YAN LI, LINET, Martha S, FREEDMAN, D. Michal, FEARS, Thomas R, KWOK, Richard, CHODICK, Gabriel, ALEXANDER, Bruce, KIMLIN, Michael G, KRICKER, Anne, ARMSTRONG, Bruce K

“…Few studies have evaluated the reliability of lifetime sun exposure estimated from inquiring about the number of hours people spent outdoors in a given period…”
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Measurement of steroid sex hormones in serum: a comparison of radioimmunoassay and mass spectrometry by Dorgan, Joanne F, Fears, Thomas R, McMahon, Robert P, Aronson Friedman, Lisa, Patterson, Blossom H, Greenhut, Susan F

“…Concern has been raised about the adequacy of radioimmunoassays to measure steroid sex hormones in population studies. We compared steroid sex hormone…”
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Risk of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) and subsequent multiple myeloma among African American and white veterans in the United States by Landgren, Ola, Gridley, Gloria, Turesson, Ingemar, Caporaso, Neil E., Goldin, Lynn R., Baris, Dalsu, Fears, Thomas R., Hoover, Robert N., Linet, Martha S.

“…The age-adjusted incidence of multiple myeloma (MM) is 2-fold higher in African Americans than in whites. A few small studies have reported a higher prevalence…”
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Serum Carotenoids and α-Tocopherol and Risk of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer by DORGAN, Joanne F, BOAKYE, Naana A, TANGREA, Joseph A, FEARS, Thomas R, SCHLEICHER, Rosemary L, HELSEL, William, ANDERSON, Christa, ROBINSON, June, GUIN, Jere D, LESSIN, Stuart, RATNASINGHE, Luke D

“…Background: Carotenoids and tocopherols have been hypothesized to protect against cancer. Methods: We prospectively evaluated associations of several…”
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A Reproducibility Study for a Fluoride Assay in Bone by MEDINA, Nancy, DOUGLASS, Chester W, WHITFORD, Gary M, HOOVER, Robert N, FEARS, Thomas R

“…Osteosarcoma is a rare malignancy of largely unknown etiology. Although there is no consistent evidence for an association between fluoridation and cancer,…”
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Nutritional and genetic inefficiencies in one-carbon metabolism and cervical cancer risk by Ziegler, Regina G, Weinstein, Stephanie J, Fears, Thomas R

“…Folate deficiency has long been postulated to play a role in the etiology of cervical cancer, the third most frequent cancer among women worldwide. In a large,…”
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Urinary Estrogen Metabolites and Their Ratio among Asian American Women by FALK, Roni T, FEARS, Thomas R, BRADLOW, H. Leon, ZIEGLER, Regina G, XIA XU, HOOVER, Robert N, PIKE, Malcolm C, WU, Anna H, NOMURA, Abraham M. Y, KOLONEL, Laurence N, WEST, Dee W, SEPKOVIC, Daniel W

“…Controversy persists regarding the role of a low ratio of 2-hydroxyestone (2-OHE 1 )/16α-hydroxyestrone (16α-OHE 1 ) as a potential estrogen metabolism marker…”
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Agreement Between Contemporaneously Recorded and Subsequently Recalled Time Spent Outdoors: Implications for Environmental Exposure Studies by Chodick, Gabriel, PhD, Freedman, Michal D., JD, MPH, PhD, Kwok, Richard K., PhD, Fears, Thomas R., PhD, Linet, Martha S., MD, MPH, Alexander, Bruce H., PhD, Kleinerman, Ruth A., MPH

“…Purpose The aim of the study is to evaluate the agreement between contemporaneously recorded and subsequently recalled time spent outdoors during 1 week among…”
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Standard Errors for Attributable Risk for Simple and Complex Sample Designs by Graubard, Barry I., Fears, Thomas R.

“…Adjusted attributable risk (AR) is the proportion of diseased individuals in a population that is due to an exposure. We consider estimates of adjusted AR…”
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IGF‐1 and IGFBP‐3: Risk of prostate cancer among men in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial by Weiss, Jocelyn M., Huang, Wen‐Yi, Rinaldi, Sabina, Fears, Thomas R., Chatterjee, Nilanjan, Chia, David, Crawford, E. David, Kaaks, Rudolf, Hayes, Richard B.

“…IGF‐1 and IGFBP‐3 may influence risk of prostate cancer through their roles in cellular growth, metabolism and apoptosis, however, epidemiologic results have…”
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Sunbeds and sunlamps: who used them and their risk for melanoma by Fears, Thomas R., Sagebiel, Richard W., Halpern, Allan, Elder, David E., Holly, Elizabeth A., Guerry IV, DuPont, Tucker, Margaret A.

“…Summary Sunbed/sunlamp use was recently classified as carcinogenic. This report considers characteristics of those who use sunbeds/sunlamps and the effect of…”
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Reproducibility Studies and Interlaboratory Concordance for Androgen Assays of Male Plasma Hormone Levels by FEARS, Thomas R, ZIEGLER, Regina G, DONALDSON, Jennifer L, FALK, Roni T, HOOVER, Robert N, STANCZYK, Frank Z, VAUGHT, Jimmie B, GAIL, Mitchell H

“…To help us identify appropriate techniques and laboratories for measuring hormones, we studied the variability and reproducibility of assay measurements of…”
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Sunscreen prevention of melanoma in man and mouse by Klug, Heather L. P., Tooze, Janet A., Graff-Cherry, Cari, Anver, Miriam R., Noonan, Frances P., Fears, Thomas R., Tucker, Margaret A., De Fabo, Edward C., Merlino, Glenn

“…View the pubcast on this paper at http://www.scivee.tv/node/25768…”
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Immune thrombocytopenic purpura does not exhibit a disparity in prevalence between African American and white veterans by Landgren, Ola, Gridley, Gloria, Fears, Thomas R., Caporaso, Neil

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