Search Results - "Pfeiffer, Ruth M"

Impact of Overweight and Obesity on US Papillary Thyroid Cancer Incidence Trends (1995–2015) by Kitahara, Cari M, Pfeiffer, Ruth M, Sosa, Julie A, Shiels, Meredith S

“…Abstract Background Since the early 1980s, papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) incidence rates and the prevalence of obesity, a risk factor for PTC, have increased…”
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The Association of Telomere Length and Cancer: a Meta-analysis by WENTZENSEN, Ingrid M, MIRABELLO, Lisa, PFEIFFER, Ruth M, SAVAGE, Sharon A

“…Telomeres shorten with each cell division and are essential for chromosomal stability. Short telomeres in surrogate tissues (e.g., blood cells) are associated…”
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Epidemiologic contributions to recent cancer trends among HIV-infected people in the United States by Robbins, Hilary A, Shiels, Meredith S, Pfeiffer, Ruth M, Engels, Eric A

“…OBJECTIVE:HIV-infected people have elevated risk for some cancers. Changing incidence of these cancers over time may reflect changes in three factorsHIV…”
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Excess cancers among HIV-infected people in the United States by Robbins, Hilary A, Pfeiffer, Ruth M, Shiels, Meredith S, Li, Jianmin, Hall, H Irene, Engels, Eric A

“…Nearly 900 000 people in the United States are living with diagnosed human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and therefore increased cancer risk. The…”
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Trends in primary central nervous system lymphoma incidence and survival in the U.S by Shiels, Meredith S., Pfeiffer, Ruth M., Besson, Caroline, Clarke, Christina A., Morton, Lindsay M., Nogueira, Leticia, Pawlish, Karen, Yanik, Elizabeth L., Suneja, Gita, Engels, Eric A.

“…Summary It is suspected that primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) rates are increasing among immunocompetent people. We estimated PCNSL trends in…”
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Human Papillomavirus and Rising Oropharyngeal Cancer Incidence in the United States by CHATURVEDI, Anil K, ENGELS, Eric A, LIHUA LIU, LYNCH, Charles F, WENTZENSEN, Nicolas, JORDAN, Richard C, ALTEKRUSE, Sean, ANDERSON, William F, ROSENBERG, Philip S, GILLISON, Maura L, PFEIFFER, Ruth M, HERNANDEZ, Brenda Y, WEIHONG XIAO, KIM, Esther, BO JIANG, GOODMAN, Marc T, SIBUG-SABER, Maria, COZEN, Wendy

“…Recent increases in incidence and survival of oropharyngeal cancers in the United States have been attributed to human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, but…”
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Using deep convolutional neural networks to identify and classify tumor-associated stroma in diagnostic breast biopsies by Ehteshami Bejnordi, Babak, Mullooly, Maeve, Pfeiffer, Ruth M., Fan, Shaoqi, Vacek, Pamela M., Weaver, Donald L., Herschorn, Sally, Brinton, Louise A., van Ginneken, Bram, Karssemeijer, Nico, Beck, Andrew H., Gierach, Gretchen L., van der Laak, Jeroen A. W.M., Sherman, Mark E.

“…The breast stromal microenvironment is a pivotal factor in breast cancer development, growth and metastases. Although pathologists often detect morphologic…”
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Cumulative incidence of cancer after solid organ transplantation by Hall, Erin C., Pfeiffer, Ruth M., Segev, Dorry L., Engels, Eric A.

“…BACKGROUND Solid organ transplantation recipients have elevated cancer incidence. Estimates of absolute cancer risk after transplantation can inform prevention…”
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Cancer Burden in the HIV-Infected Population in the United States by SHIELS, Meredith S, PFEIFFER, Ruth M, ENGELS, Eric A, GAIL, Mitchell H, IRENE HALL, H, JIANMIN LI, CHATURVEDI, Anil K, BHATIA, Kishor, ULDRICK, Thomas S, YARCHOAN, Robert, GOEDERT, James J

“…Effective antiretroviral therapy has reduced the risk of AIDS and dramatically prolonged the survival of HIV-infected people in the United States…”
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Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) consistently precedes multiple myeloma: a prospective study by Landgren, Ola, Kyle, Robert A., Pfeiffer, Ruth M., Katzmann, Jerry A., Caporaso, Neil E., Hayes, Richard B., Dispenzieri, Angela, Kumar, Shaji, Clark, Raynell J., Baris, Dalsu, Hoover, Robert, Rajkumar, S. Vincent

“…Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) is a premalignant plasma-cell proliferative disorder associated with a life-long risk of progression…”
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Frequentist model averaging for analysis of dose-response in epidemiologic studies with complex exposure uncertainty by Kwon, Deukwoo, Simon, Steven L, Hoffman, F Owen, Pfeiffer, Ruth M

“…In epidemiologic studies, association estimates of an exposure with disease outcomes are often biased when the uncertainties of exposure are ignored…”
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Breast cancer risk factors, survival and recurrence, and tumor molecular subtype: analysis of 3012 women from an indigenous Asian population by Abubakar, Mustapha, Sung, Hyuna, Bcr, Devi, Guida, Jennifer, Tang, Tieng Swee, Pfeiffer, Ruth M, Yang, Xiaohong R

“…Limited evidence, mostly from studies in Western populations, suggests that the prognostic effects of lifestyle-related risk factors may be molecular…”
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Spectrum of Cancer Risk Among US Solid Organ Transplant Recipients by Engels, Eric A, Pfeiffer, Ruth M, Fraumeni, Joseph F, Kasiske, Bertram L, Israni, Ajay K, Snyder, Jon J, Wolfe, Robert A, Goodrich, Nathan P, Bayakly, A. Rana, Clarke, Christina A, Copeland, Glenn, Finch, Jack L, Fleissner, Mary Lou, Goodman, Marc T, Kahn, Amy, Koch, Lori, Lynch, Charles F, Madeleine, Margaret M, Pawlish, Karen, Rao, Chandrika, Williams, Melanie A, Castenson, David, Curry, Michael, Parsons, Ruth, Fant, Gregory, Lin, Monica

“…CONTEXT Solid organ transplant recipients have elevated cancer risk due to immunosuppression and oncogenic viral infections. Because most prior research has…”
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Prediction error estimation: a comparison of resampling methods by Molinaro, Annette M., Simon, Richard, Pfeiffer, Ruth M.

“…Motivation: In genomic studies, thousands of features are collected on relatively few samples. One of the goals of these studies is to build classifiers to…”
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Circulating Inflammation Markers and Prospective Risk for Lung Cancer by SHIELS, Meredith S, PFEIFFER, Ruth M, PINTO, Ligia A, CHATURVEDI, Anil K, HILDESHEIM, Allan, ENGELS, Eric A, KEMP, Troy J, PARK, Ju-Hyun, KATKI, Hormuzd A, KOSHIOL, Jill, SHELTON, Gloriana, CAPORASO, Neil E

“…Despite growing recognition of an etiologic role for inflammation in lung carcinogenesis, few prospective epidemiologic studies have comprehensively…”
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Menopausal hormone therapy and risk of biliary tract cancers by Jackson, Sarah S., Pfeiffer, Ruth M., Gabbi, Chiara, Anderson, Lesley, Gadalla, Shahinaz M., Koshiol, Jill

“…Background and Aims Gallbladder cancer (GBC) has a female predominance, whereas the other biliary tract cancers (BTCs) have a male predominance, suggesting…”
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Adverse Health Outcomes in Women Exposed In Utero to Diethylstilbestrol by Hoover, Robert N, Hyer, Marianne, Pfeiffer, Ruth M, Adam, Ervin, Bond, Brian, Cheville, Andrea L, Colton, Theodore, Hartge, Patricia, Hatch, Elizabeth E, Herbst, Arthur L, Karlan, Beth Y, Kaufman, Raymond, Noller, Kenneth L, Palmer, Julie R, Robboy, Stanley J, Saal, Robert C, Strohsnitter, William, Titus-Ernstoff, Linda, Troisi, Rebecca

“…This study, involving long-term follow-up of women exposed in utero to diethylstilbestrol (DES) and unexposed controls, showed increased risks of adverse…”
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Addition of polygenic risk score to a risk calculator for prediction of breast cancer in US Black women by Zirpoli, Gary R, Pfeiffer, Ruth M, Bertrand, Kimberly A, Huo, Dezheng, Lunetta, Kathryn L, Palmer, Julie R

“…Previous work in European ancestry populations has shown that adding a polygenic risk score (PRS) to breast cancer risk prediction models based on…”
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Host, reproductive, and lifestyle factors in relation to quantitative histologic metrics of the normal breast by Abubakar, Mustapha, Klein, Alyssa, Fan, Shaoqi, Lawrence, Scott, Mutreja, Karun, Henry, Jill E, Pfeiffer, Ruth M, Duggan, Maire A, Gierach, Gretchen L

“…Abstract Background Emerging data indicate that variations in quantitative epithelial and stromal tissue composition and their relative abundance in benign…”
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Risk of acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes after multiple myeloma and its precursor disease (MGUS) by Mailankody, Sham, Pfeiffer, Ruth M., Kristinsson, Sigurdur Y., Korde, Neha, Bjorkholm, Magnus, Goldin, Lynn R., Turesson, Ingemar, Landgren, Ola

“…Using population-based data from Sweden, we identified all multiple myeloma (MM) patients (n = 8740) and 5652 monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined…”
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