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A genome-wide association study of prostate cancer in West African men by Cook, Michael Blaise, Wang, Zhaoming, Yeboah, Edward D., Tettey, Yao, Biritwum, Richard B., Adjei, Andrew A., Tay, Evelyn, Truelove, Ann, Niwa, Shelley, Chung, Charles C., Chokkalingam, Annand P., Chu, Lisa W., Yeager, Meredith, Hutchinson, Amy, Yu, Kai, Rand, Kristin A., Haiman, Christopher A., Hoover, Robert N., Hsing, Ann W., Chanock, Stephen J.

“…Age-adjusted mortality rates for prostate cancer are higher for African-American men compared with those of European ancestry. Recent data suggest that West…”
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Ovulation-inducing drugs and ovarian cancer risk: results from an extended follow-up of a large United States infertility cohort by Trabert, Britton, Ph.D, Lamb, Emmet J., M.D, Scoccia, Bert, M.D, Moghissi, Kamran S., M.D, Westhoff, Carolyn L., M.D, Niwa, Shelley, M.A, Brinton, Louise A., Ph.D

“…Objective To examine the relationship of ovulation-inducing drugs and ovarian cancer. Design Retrospective cohort study, with additional follow-up since…”
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Effects of fertility drugs on cancers other than breast and gynecologic malignancies by Brinton, Louise A., Ph.D, Moghissi, Kamran S., M.D, Scoccia, Bert, M.D, Lamb, Emmet J., M.D, Trabert, Britton, Ph.D, Niwa, Shelley, M.A, Ruggieri, David, B.S, Westhoff, Carolyn L., M.D

“…Objective To examine the relationship of ovulation-stimulating drugs to risk of cancers other than breast and gynecologic malignancies. Design Retrospective…”
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Hepatitis B and C virus infection and the risk of biliary tract cancer: A population‐based study in China by Hsing, Ann W., Zhang, Mingdong, Rashid, Asif, McGlynn, Katherine A., Wang, Bing‐Shen, Niwa, Shelley, Ortiz‐Conde, Betty A., Goedert, James J., Fraumeni, Joseph F., O'Brien, Thomas R., Gao, Yu‐Tang

“…Emerging data suggest that chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections may also play a role in extrahepatic bile duct cancers. To…”
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Variants in inflammation genes and the risk of biliary tract cancers and stones: a population-based study in China by Hsing, Ann W, Sakoda, Lori C, Rashid, Asif, Andreotti, Gabriella, Chen, Jinbo, Wang, Bin-Shen, Shen, Ming-Chang, Chen, Bingshu E, Rosenberg, Philip S, Zhang, Mingdong, Niwa, Shelley, Chu, Lisa, Welch, Robert, Yeager, Meredith, Fraumeni, Jr, Joseph F, Gao, Yu-Tang, Chanock, Stephen J

“…To evaluate the role of chronic inflammation in the development of gallstones and biliary tract cancer, we examined the risk associated with 62 single…”
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Inflammatory gene variants and the risk of biliary tract cancers and stones: a population-based study in China by Castro, Felipe A, Koshiol, Jill, Hsing, Ann W, Gao, Yu-Tang, Rashid, Asif, Chu, Lisa W, Shen, Ming-Chang, Wang, Bing-Shen, Han, Tian-Qua, Zhang, Bai-He, Niwa, Shelley, Yu, Kai, Zhang, Hong, Chanock, Stephen, Andreotti, Gabriella

“…Genetic variants in inflammation-related genes have been associated with biliary stones and biliary tract cancers in previous studies. To follow-up on these…”
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Body mass index and risk of adenocarcinomas of the esophagus and gastric cardia by CHOW, W.-H, BLOT, W. J, AHSAN, H, WEST, A. B, ROTTERDAM, H, NIWA, S, FRAUMENI, J. F, VAUGHAN, T. L, RISCH, H. A, GAMMON, M. D, STANFORD, J. L, DUBROW, R, SCHOENBERG, J. B, MAYNE, S. T, FARROW, D. C

“…Incidence rates have risen rapidly for esophageal adenocarcinoma and moderately for gastric cardia adenocarcinoma, while rates have remained stable for…”
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Simultaneous Measurement of Several Cytokines Using Small Volumes of Biospecimens by HILDESHEIM, Allan, RYAN, Rick L, RINEHART, Elizabeth, NAYAK, Sonali, WALLACE, Dora, CASTLE, Philip E, NIWA, Shelley, KOPP, William

“…The role of host immunity in the development of virus-induced cancers has been difficult to elucidate, in part because of our inability to effectively measure…”
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Patient Navigation for Colonoscopy Completion: Results of an RCT by DeGroff, Amy, Schroy, Paul C., Morrissey, Kerry Grace, Slotman, Beth, Rohan, Elizabeth A., Bethel, James, Murillo, Jennifer, Ren, Weijia, Niwa, Shelley, Leadbetter, Steven, Joseph, Djenaba

“…Colorectal cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related death in the U.S. Although screening reduces colorectal cancer incidence and mortality, screening rates…”
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TMPRSS2:ERG Gene Fusions in Prostate Cancer of West African Men and a Meta-Analysis of Racial Differences by Zhou, Cindy Ke, Young, Denise, Yeboah, Edward D, Coburn, Sally B, Tettey, Yao, Biritwum, Richard B, Adjei, Andrew A, Tay, Evelyn, Niwa, Shelley, Truelove, Ann, Welsh, Judith, Mensah, James E, Hoover, Robert N, Sesterhenn, Isabell A, Hsing, Ann W, Srivastava, Shiv, Cook, Michael B

“…The prevalence of fusions of the transmembrane protease, serine 2, gene (TMPRSS2) with the erythroblast transformation-specific-related gene (ERG), or…”
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Prostate Cancer Susceptibility in Men of African Ancestry at 8q24 by Han, Ying, Rand, Kristin A, Hazelett, Dennis J, Ingles, Sue A, Kittles, Rick A, Strom, Sara S, Rybicki, Benjamin A, Nemesure, Barbara, Isaacs, William B, Stanford, Janet L, Zheng, Wei, Schumacher, Fredrick R, Berndt, Sonja I, Wang, Zhaoming, Xu, Jianfeng, Rohland, Nadin, Reich, David, Tandon, Arti, Pasaniuc, Bogdan, Allen, Alex, Quinque, Dominique, Mallick, Swapan, Notani, Dimple, Rosenfeld, Michael G, Jayani, Ranveer Singh, Kolb, Suzanne, Gapstur, Susan M, Stevens, Victoria L, Pettaway, Curtis A, Yeboah, Edward D, Tettey, Yao, Biritwum, Richard B, Adjei, Andrew A, Tay, Evelyn, Truelove, Ann, Niwa, Shelley, Chokkalingam, Anand P, John, Esther M, Murphy, Adam B, Signorello, Lisa B, Carpten, John, Leske, M Cristina, Wu, Suh-Yuh, Hennis, Anslem J M, Neslund-Dudas, Christine, Hsing, Ann W, Chu, Lisa, Goodman, Phyllis J, Klein, Eric A, Zheng, S Lilly, Witte, John S, Casey, Graham, Lubwama, Alex, Pooler, Loreall C, Sheng, Xin, Coetzee, Gerhard A, Cook, Michael B, Chanock, Stephen J, Stram, Daniel O, Watya, Stephen, Blot, William J, Conti, David V, Henderson, Brian E, Haiman, Christopher A

“…The 8q24 region harbors multiple risk variants for distinct cancers, including >8 for prostate cancer. In this study, we conducted fine mapping of the 8q24…”
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Risk factors for renal cell carcinoma in Denmark: role of medication and medical history by Mellemgaard, A, Niwa, S, Mehl, E S, Engholm, G, McLaughlin, J K, Olsen, J H

“…Several recent studies of risk factors for renal cell carcinoma have indicated that use of diuretics may increase risk of this cancer. It has also been…”
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Two Novel Susceptibility Loci for Prostate Cancer in Men of African Ancestry by Conti, David V, Wang, Kan, Sheng, Xin, Bensen, Jeannette T, Hazelett, Dennis J, Cook, Michael B, Ingles, Sue A, Kittles, Rick A, Strom, Sara S, Rybicki, Benjamin A, Nemesure, Barbara, Isaacs, William B, Stanford, Janet L, Zheng, Wei, Sanderson, Maureen, John, Esther M, Park, Jong Y, Xu, Jianfeng, Stevens, Victoria L, Berndt, Sonja I, Huff, Chad D, Wang, Zhaoming, Yeboah, Edward D, Tettey, Yao, Biritwum, Richard B, Adjei, Andrew A, Tay, Evelyn, Truelove, Ann, Niwa, Shelley, Sellers, Thomas A, Yamoah, Kosj, Murphy, Adam B, Crawford, Dana C, Gapstur, Susan M, Bush, William S, Aldrich, Melinda C, Cussenot, Olivier, Petrovics, Gyorgy, Cullen, Jennifer, Neslund-Dudas, Christine, Stern, Mariana C, Jarai, Zsofia-Kote, Govindasami, Koveela, Chokkalingam, Anand P, Hsing, Ann W, Goodman, Phyllis J, Hoffmann, Thomas, Drake, Bettina F, Hu, Jennifer J, Clark, Peter E, Van Den Eeden, Stephen K, Blanchet, Pascal, Fowke, Jay H, Casey, Graham, Hennis, Anselm J M, Han, Ying, Lubwama, Alexander, Thompson, Jr, Ian M, Leach, Robin, Easton, Douglas F, Schumacher, Fredrick, Van den Berg, David J, Gundell, Susan M, Stram, Alex, Wan, Peggy, Xia, Lucy, Pooler, Loreall C, Mohler, James L, Fontham, Elizabeth T H, Smith, Gary J, Taylor, Jack A, Srivastava, Shiv, Eeles, Rosalind A, Carpten, John, Kibel, Adam S, Multigner, Luc, Parent, Marie-Elise, Menegaux, Florence, Cancel-Tassin, Geraldine, Klein, Eric A, Brureau, Laurent, Stram, Daniel O, Watya, Stephen, Chanock, Stephen J, Witte, John S, Blot, William J, Henderson, Brian E, Haiman, Christopher A

“…Prostate cancer incidence is 1.6-fold higher in African Americans than in other populations. The risk factors that drive this disparity are unknown and…”
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Factors contributing to delays in diagnosis of breast cancers in Ghana, West Africa by Brinton, Louise, Figueroa, Jonine, Adjei, Ernest, Ansong, Daniel, Biritwum, Richard, Edusei, Lawrence, Nyarko, Kofi M., Wiafe, Seth, Yarney, Joel, Addai, Beatrice Wiafe, Awuah, Baffour, Clegg-Lamptey, Joe Nat

“…Background Late diagnoses and poor prognoses of breast cancer are common throughout Africa. Methods To identify responsible factors, we utilized data from a…”
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Two susceptibility loci identified for prostate cancer aggressiveness by Berndt, Sonja I., Wang, Zhaoming, Yeager, Meredith, Alavanja, Michael C., Albanes, Demetrius, Amundadottir, Laufey, Andriole, Gerald, Beane Freeman, Laura, Campa, Daniele, Cancel-Tassin, Geraldine, Canzian, Federico, Cornu, Jean-Nicolas, Cussenot, Olivier, Diver, W. Ryan, Gapstur, Susan M., Grönberg, Henrik, Haiman, Christopher A., Henderson, Brian, Hutchinson, Amy, Hunter, David J., Key, Timothy J., Kolb, Suzanne, Koutros, Stella, Kraft, Peter, Le Marchand, Loic, Lindström, Sara, Machiela, Mitchell J., Ostrander, Elaine A., Riboli, Elio, Schumacher, Fred, Siddiq, Afshan, Stanford, Janet L., Stevens, Victoria L., Travis, Ruth C., Tsilidis, Konstantinos K., Virtamo, Jarmo, Weinstein, Stephanie, Wilkund, Fredrik, Xu, Jianfeng, Lilly Zheng, S., Yu, Kai, Wheeler, William, Zhang, Han, Sampson, Joshua, Black, Amanda, Jacobs, Kevin, Hoover, Robert N., Tucker, Margaret, Chanock, Stephen J.

“…Most men diagnosed with prostate cancer will experience indolent disease; hence, discovering genetic variants that distinguish aggressive from nonaggressive…”
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Comparative community outreach to increase cervical cancer screening in the Mississippi Delta by Castle, Philip E., Rausa, Alfio, Walls, Tameka, Gravitt, Patti E., Partridge, Edward E., Olivo, Vanessa, Niwa, Shelley, Morrissey, Kerry Grace, Tucker, Laura, Katki, Hormuzd, Scarinci, Isabel

“…The aim of the study was to increase participation in cervical cancer screening of under-screened women living in the Mississippi Delta, a U.S. population at…”
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Long-term Relationship of Ovulation-Stimulating Drugs to Breast Cancer Risk by BRINTON, Louise A, SCOCCIA, Bert, MOGHISSI, Kamran S, WESTHOFF, Carolyn L, NIWA, Shelley, RUGGIERI, David, TRABERT, Britton, LAMB, Emmet J

“…Although fertility drugs stimulate ovulation and raise estradiol levels, their effect on breast cancer risk remains unresolved. An extended follow-up was…”
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Discovery of structural deletions in breast cancer predisposition genes using whole genome sequencing data from > 2000 women of African-ancestry by Chen, Zhishan, Guo, Xingyi, Long, Jirong, Ping, Jie, Li, Bingshan, Fadden, Mary Kay, Ahearn, Thomas U., Stram, Daniel O., Shu, Xiao-Ou, Jia, Guochong, Figueroa, Jonine, Palmer, Julie R., Sanderson, Maureen, Haiman, Christopher A., Blot, William J., Garcia-Closas, Montserrat, Cai, Qiuyin, Zheng, Wei

“…Single germline nucleotide pathogenic variants have been identified in 12 breast cancer predisposition genes, but structural deletions in these genes remain…”
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High prevalence of screen detected prostate cancer in West Africans: implications for racial disparity of prostate cancer by Hsing, Ann W, Yeboah, Edward, Biritwum, Richard, Tettey, Yao, De Marzo, Angelo M, Adjei, Andrew, Netto, George J, Yu, Kai, Li, Yan, Chokkalingam, Anand P, Chu, Lisa W, Chia, David, Partin, Alan, Thompson, Ian M, Quraishi, Sabah M, Niwa, Shelley, Tarone, Robert, Hoover, Robert N

“…To our knowledge the reasons for the high rates of prostate cancer in black American men are unknown. Genetic and lifestyle factors have been implicated…”
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Relationships between Circulating and Intraprostatic Sex Steroid Hormone Concentrations by Cook, Michael B, Stanczyk, Frank Z, Wood, Shannon N, Pfeiffer, Ruth M, Hafi, Muhannad, Veneroso, Carmela C, Lynch, Barlow, Falk, Roni T, Zhou, Cindy Ke, Niwa, Shelley, Emanuel, Eric, Gao, Yu-Tang, Hemstreet, George P, Zolfghari, Ladan, Carroll, Peter R, Manyak, Michael J, Sesterhann, Isabell A, Levine, Paul H, Hsing, Ann W

“…Sex hormones have been implicated in prostate carcinogenesis, yet epidemiologic studies have not provided substantiating evidence. We tested the hypothesis…”
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