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Small bowel cancer: epidemiological and clinical characteristics from a population-based registry by DiSario, J A, Burt, R W, Vargas, H, McWhorter, W P

“…Data on small bowel cancers are scarce, and are derived primarily from hospital series. Our aim was to examine the epidemiological and clinical characteristics…”
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Familiality of cancer in Utah by CANNON-ALBRIGHT, L. A, THOMAS, A, GOLDGAR, D. E, GHOLAMI, K, ROWE, K, JACOBSEN, M, MCWHORTER, W. P, SKOLNICK, M. H

“…The Utah Population Database allows examination of the genetic relationships among the 35.7% of all cancer cases in the state that have genealogical records…”
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Penetrance and expressivity of the chromosome 9p melanoma susceptibility locus (MLM) by CANNON-ALBRIGHT, L. A, MEYER, L. J, GOLDGAR, D. E, LEWIS, C. M, MCWHORTER, W. P, JOST, M, HARRISON, D, ANDERSON, D. E, ZONE, J. J, SKOLNICK, M. H

“…A susceptibility locus for familial melanoma has been localized to the short arm of chromosome 9. Penetrance of melanoma was estimated by calculating the…”
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Effects of age, sex steroids, and family relationships on volumes of prostate zones in men with and without prostate cancer by Meikle, A W, Stephenson, R A, McWhorter, W P, Skolnick, M H, Middleton, R G

“…Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and prostate cancer commonly occur together. This suggests that common familial, hormonal, and environmental factors…”
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Black/white differences in non-treatment of bladder cancer patients and implications for survival by Mayer, W J, McWhorter, W P

“…Analysis of 20,764 White and 882 Black bladder cancer patients diagnosed during 1978-85 indicates that Black patients were more likely than White patients to…”
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Colorectal cancers of rare histologic types compared with adenocarcinomas by DiSario, J A, Burt, R W, Kendrick, M L, McWhorter, W P

“…To examine clinical characteristics of colorectal cancers of rare histologic types compared with adenocarcinomas. Review of a population-based registry with…”
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Contribution of socioeconomic status to black/white differences in cancer incidence by McWhorter, W P, Schatzkin, A G, Horm, J W, Brown, C C

“…Blacks and Whites have very different cancer incidence rates for many sites, but this may largely be due to the racial differences in socioeconomic status…”
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Inheritance of Proliferative Breast Disease in Breast Cancer Kindreds by Skolnick, Mark H., Cannon-Albright, Lisa A., Goldgar, David E., Ward, John H., Marshall, C. Jay, Schumann, G. Berry, Hogle, Hugh, McWhorter, William P., Wright, Eileen C., Tran, Thao D., Bishop, D. Timothy, Kushner, James P., Eyre, Harmon J.

“…Previous studies have emphasized that genetic susceptibility to breast cancer is rare and is expressed primarily as premenopausal breast cancer, bilateral…”
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Breast cancer among black and white women in the 1980s. Changing patterns in the United States by race, age, and extent of disease by Swanson, G M, Ragheb, N E, Lin, C S, Hankey, B F, Miller, B, Horn-Ross, P, White, E, Liff, J M, Harlan, L C, McWhorter, W P

“…This national study of breast cancer incidence and mortality was conducted to determine whether patterns of change differ for black and white women, to…”
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A screening study of prostate cancer in high risk families by McWhorter, W P, Hernandez, A D, Meikle, A W, Terreros, D A, Smith, Jr, J A, Skolnick, M H, Cannon-Albright, L A, Eyre, H J

“…In a study of the familial risk of prostate cancer 17 sets of 2 brothers with prostate cancer were identified. A total of 34 first-degree relatives of these…”
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Allergy and risk of cancer. A prospective study using NHANESI followup data by McWhorter, W P

“…The First National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANESI), conducted in 1971-1975, included a cohort of 6913 adults for whom history of smoking,…”
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Impact of mammographic screening on breast cancer diagnosis by McWhorter, W P, Eyre, H J

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Detection of proliferative breast disease by four-quadrant, fine-needle aspiration by Ward, J H, Marshall, C J, Schumann, G B, Hogle, H, Cannon-Albright, L A, McWhorter, W P, Eyre, H J, Skolnick, M H

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Occurrence, predictors, and consequences of adult asthma in NHANESI and follow-up survey by McWhorter, W P, Polis, M A, Kaslow, R A

“…Adult asthma has been the subject of relatively few epidemiologic studies; separation from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been difficult…”
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Black/white differences in type of initial breast cancer treatment and implications for survival by McWhorter, W P, Mayer, W J

“…The relation between race, type of initial treatment, and survival with breast cancer were investigated using 36,905 cases reported to nine registries in the…”
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Microsomes, Microsomal Phospholipids, and Fatty Acid Synthesis by Foster, D W, McWhorter, W P

“…The effect of microsomes on fatty acid synthesis by the soluble fraction of rat liver cells has been studied. It was shown that the microsomes contain a…”
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Predictors of quitting smoking: the NHANES I followup experience by McWhorter, W P, Boyd, G M, Mattson, M E

“…There are no published prospective studies on the predictors of spontaneously quitting cigarette smoking in a nationally-representative U.S. population. This…”
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Black/White differences in type of initial breast cancer treatment and implications for survival by McWhorter, W P, Mayer, W J

“…The relations between race, type of initial treatment, and survival with breast cancer were investigated using 36,905 cases reported to 9 registries in the…”
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Colorectal cancers of rare histologic types compared with adenocarcinomas by DiSario, J A

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