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Cancers of the prostate and breast among Japanese and white immigrants in Los Angeles County by SHIMIZU, H, ROSS, R. K, BERNSTEIN, L, YATANI, R, HENDERSON, B. E, MACK, T. M

“…Using age-adjusted incidence rates and proportional incidence ratios, the risks of prostate cancer and breast cancer in three racial/ethnic groups -…”
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High constant incidence in twins and other relatives of women with breast cancer by Peto, Julian, Mack, Thomas M

“…The incidence of breast cancer rises steeply between ages 25 and 50, and more slowly thereafter. In contrast, the incidence in the unaffected (contralateral)…”
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Menopausal estrogen therapy and hip fractures by Paganini-Hill, A, Ross, R K, Gerkins, V R, Henderson, B E, Arthur, M, Mack, T M

“…The association between menopausal estrogen therapy and hip fracture was studied in a retirement community. Ninety-one hip fracture cases during a 5-year…”
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Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies reveals genetic overlap between Hodgkin lymphoma and multiple sclerosis by Khankhanian, Pouya, Cozen, Wendy, Himmelstein, Daniel S, Madireddy, Lohith, Din, Lennox, van den Berg, Anke, Matsushita, Takuya, Glaser, Sally L, Moré, Jayaji M, Smedby, Karin E, Baranzini, Sergio E, Mack, Thomas M, Lizée, Antoine, de Sanjosé, Silvia, Gourraud, Pierre-Antoine, Nieters, Alexandra, Hauser, Stephen L, Cocco, Pierluigi, Maynadié, Marc, Foretová, Lenka, Staines, Anthony, Delahaye-Sourdeix, Manon, Li, Dalin, Bhatia, Smita, Melbye, Mads, Onel, Kenan, Jarrett, Ruth, McKay, James D, Oksenberg, Jorge R, Hjalgrim, Henrik

“…Based on epidemiological commonalities, multiple sclerosis (MS) and Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), two clinically distinct conditions, have long been suspected to be…”
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Puberty and Genetic Susceptibility to Breast Cancer in a Case–Control Study in Twins by Hamilton, Ann S, Mack, Thomas M

“…This study involved more than 1900 pairs of twins in which one or both women had breast cancer. In monozygotic pairs in which both women had breast cancer,…”
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Polymorphism of Xeroderma Pigmentosum group G and the risk of lung cancer and squamous cell carcinomas of the oropharynx, larynx and esophagus by Cui, Yan, Morgenstern, Hal, Greenland, Sander, Tashkin, Donald P., Mao, Jenny, Cao, Wei, Cozen, Wendy, Mack, Thomas M., Zhang, Zuo‐Feng

“…We investigated the effects of XPG His1104Asp polymorphism (rs17655) on the risk of lung cancer and squamous cell carcinomas of the oropharynx, larynx and…”
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IL-6 levels and genotype are associated with risk of young adult Hodgkin lymphoma by Cozen, Wendy, Gill, Parkash S., Ingles, Sue Ann, Masood, Rizwan, Martínez-Maza, Otoniel, Cockburn, Myles G., Gauderman, W. James, Pike, Malcolm C., Bernstein, Leslie, Nathwani, Bharat N., Salam, Muhammad T., Danley, Kathleen Lackerdas, Wang, Wei, Gage, Julia, Gundell-Miller, Susan, Mack, Thomas M.

“…Identical twins of young adult Hodgkin lymphoma case subjects are much more likely to develop the disease compared with fraternal twins of case subjects,…”
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The ghost of pandemics past by Mack, Thomas M

“…SARS will probably reappear, and there is a remote chance that smallpox will be introduced by a terrorist act (but not with 74000 first-generation cases). An…”
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Sarcomas and other malignancies of soft tissue, retroperitoneum, peritoneum, pleura, heart, mediastinum, and spleen by Mack, T M

“…Malignant neoplasms of the structural tissues, consisting mostly of soft tissue sarcomas, are morphologically diverse and rarely treated for epidemiologic…”
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Risk Factors for Anal Cancer: Results of a Population-Based Case-Control Study by Tseng, Hung-Fu, Morgenstern, Hal, Mack, Thomas M., Peters, Ruth K.

“…Objective: Although the incidence of anal cancer is higher in women than in men, the reasons for this gender difference are not clear. The purpose of this…”
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Estrogen-Progestin Replacement Therapy and Endometrial Cancer by Pike, Malcolm C., Peters, Ruth K., Cozen, Wendy, Probst-Hensch, Nicole M., Wan, Peggy C., Mack, Thomas M., Felix, Juan C.

“…Background: It has been known for more than 20 years that estrogen replacement therapy substantially increases a woman's risk of developing endometrial cancer…”
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The new pan-asian paan problem by Mack, TM

“…Because tobacco is commonly included in the quid in most areas, control of paan usage is generally subsumed under programmes aimed at other forms of smokeless…”
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The risk of angiosarcoma following primary breast cancer by COZEN, W, BERNSTEIN, L, WANG, F, PRESS, M. F, MACK, T. M

“…Lymphangiosarcoma of the upper extremity is a rare and aggressive tumour reported to occur following post-mastectomy lymphoedema (Stewart-Treves syndrome)…”
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Th1 and Th2 cytokines and IgE levels in identical twins with varying levels of cigarette consumption by Cozen, Wendy, Diaz-Sanchez, David, James Gauderman, W, Zadnick, John, Cockburn, Myles G, Gill, Parkash S, Masood, Rizwan, Hamilton, Ann S, Jyrala, Minna, Mack, Thomas M

“…Some have suggested that tobacco smoke may skew the immune system toward a Th2 pattern, however the effects of genetics or childhood exposures could explain…”
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An estimate of physical activity prevalence in a large population-based cohort by HAWKINS, Steven A, COCKBURN, Myles G, HAMILTON, Ann S, MACK, Thomas M

“…The purpose of this study was to describe the prevalence of self-reported moderate and vigorous physical activity (PA) among 40,261 native Californians in…”
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Concordance for Hodgkin's Disease in Identical Twins Suggesting Genetic Susceptibility to the Young-Adult Form of the Disease by Mack, Thomas M, Cozen, Wendy, Shibata, Darryl K, Weiss, Lawrence M, Nathwani, Bharat N, Hernandez, Antonio M, Taylor, Clive R, Hamilton, Ann S, Deapen, Dennis M, Rappaport, Edward B

“…Hodgkin's disease is likely to have different causes in young adulthood and old age. 1 The characteristic clinical presentation and histopathological…”
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Heritable breast cancer in twins by MACK, T. M, HAMILTON, A. S, PRESS, M. F, DIEP, A, RAPPAPORT, E. B

“…Known major mutations such as BRCA1/2 and TP53 only cause a small proportion of heritable breast cancers. Co-dominant genes of lower penetrance that regulate…”
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A prospective study of pancreatic cancer in the elderly by Shibata, A, Mack, T M, Paganini-Hill, A, Ross, R K, Henderson, B E

“…Risk factors for pancreatic cancer were examined in a cohort study of 13,979 residents of a retirement community. After 9 years of follow-up, 65 incident cases…”
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Diet and Colon Cancer in Los Angeles County, California by Peters, Ruth K., Pike, Malcolm C., Garabrant, David, Mack, Thomas M.

“…The diets of 746 colon cancer cases in Los Angeles County, California (USA) were compared with those of 746 controls matched on age, sex, race, and…”
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Risks and benefits of long-term treatment with estrogens by Mack, T M, Ross, R K

“…The goal of contemporary hormone replacement is to minimize net predictable lifetime risk; success therefore depends upon quantitative assessments of the net…”
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