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Dietary intake of selected B vitamins in relation to risk of major cancers in women by Kabat, G C, Miller, A B, Jain, M, Rohan, T E

“…Although folic acid has been investigated for its potential to inhibit carcinogenesis, few epidemiologic studies have assessed the effects of intake of…”
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A cohort study of dietary iron and heme iron intake and risk of colorectal cancer in women by KABAT, G. C, MILLER, A. B, JAIN, M, ROHAN, T. E

“…In a cohort study of 49,654 Canadian women, we assessed the association of colorectal cancer with total iron and heme iron intake, excluding iron supplements…”
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Optimal scaling of weight and waist circumference to height for maximal association with DXA-measured total body fat mass by sex, age and race/ethnicity by Heo, M, Kabat, G C, Gallagher, D, Heymsfield, S B, Rohan, T E

“…BACKGROUND: Body mass index (BMI; weight (Wt)/height (Ht) (in kg m −2 ) and waist circumference (WC) are widely used as proxy anthropometric measures for total…”
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The associations of CD4 count, CD4/CD8 ratio, and HIV viral load with survival from non-small cell lung cancer in persons living with HIV by Klugman, M., Fazzari, M., Xue, X., Ginsberg, M., Rohan, T. E., Halmos, B., Hanna, D. B., Shuter, J., Hosgood, H. D.

“…HIV status may influence survival from non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Among NSCLC patients in the Bronx, NY, we assessed (1) associations of CD4 count,…”
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Obesity and colorectal cancer risk in women by Terry, P D, Miller, A B, Rohan, T E

“…Background: Several large studies of obesity and colorectal cancer risk have found no association among women but a reasonably consistent positive association…”
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Repeated measurements of serum carotenoid, retinol and tocopherol levels in relation to colorectal cancer risk in the Women's Health Initiative by Kabat, G C, Kim, M Y, Sarto, G E, Shikany, J M, Rohan, T E

“…Background/Objective: Previous cohort studies examining the association of serum antioxidant levels and risk of colorectal cancer have used a single (baseline)…”
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US pediatric population-level associations of DXA-measured percentage of body fat with four BMI metrics with cutoffs by Heo, M, Wylie-Rosett, J, Pietrobelli, A, Kabat, G C, Rohan, T E, Faith, M S

“…Objective: Four body mass index (BMI) metrics—BMI, BMI z-score, BMI percentile and BMI%—are commonly used as proxy measures for children’s adiposity. We sought…”
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Biomarkers of body iron stores and risk of developing type 2 diabetes by Rajpathak, S.N, Wylie-Rosett, J, Gunter, M.J, Negassa, A, Kabat, G.C, Rohan, T.E, Crandall, J

“…Iron may contribute to the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) by inducing oxidative stress and interfering with insulin secretion. Elevated ferritin…”
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A longitudinal study of serum insulin and glucose levels in relation to colorectal cancer risk among postmenopausal women by Kabat, G C, Kim, M Y, Strickler, H D, Shikany, J M, Lane, D, Luo, J, Ning, Y, Gunter, M J, Rohan, T E

“…Background: It is unclear whether circulating insulin or glucose levels are associated with increased risk of colorectal cancer. Few prospective studies have…”
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Circulating insulin-like growth factor axis and the risk of pancreatic cancer in four prospective cohorts by WOLPIN, B. M, MICHAUD, D. S, FUCHS, C. S, GIOVANNUCCI, E. L, SCHERNHAMMER, E. S, STAMPFER, M. J, MANSON, J. E, COCHRANE, B. B, ROHAN, T. E, MA, J, POLLAK, M. N

“…Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I induces growth in pancreatic cancer cells and blockade of the IGF-I receptor has antitumour activity. The association of…”
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Dairy Foods, Calcium, and Colorectal Cancer: A Pooled Analysis of 10 Cohort Studies by Cho, Eunyoung, Smith-Warner, Stephanie A., Spiegelman, Donna, Beeson, W. Lawrence, van den Brandt, Piet A., Colditz, Graham A., Folsom, Aaron R., Fraser, Gary E., Freudenheim, Jo L., Giovannucci, Edward, Goldbohm, R. Alexandra, Graham, Saxon, Miller, Anthony B., Pietinen, Pirjo, Potter, John D., Rohan, Thomas E., Terry, Paul, Toniolo, Paolo, Virtanen, Mikko J., Willett, Walter C., Wolk, Alicja, Wu, Kana, Yaun, Shiaw-Shyuan, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Anne, Hunter, David J.

“…Background: Studies in animals have suggested that calcium may reduce the risk of colorectal cancer. However, results from epidemiologic studies of intake of…”
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Epidemiologic evidence and human papillomavirus infection as a necessary cause of cervical cancer by FRANCO, E. L, ROHAN, T. E, VILLA, L. L

“…Franco et al analyze the pitfalls of traditional epidemiologic approaches to distinguishing necessary fron non-necessary causes of cancer, using as a specific…”
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Dairy products and pancreatic cancer risk: a pooled analysis of 14 cohort studies by Genkinger, J.M., Wang, M., Li, R., Albanes, D., Anderson, K.E., Bernstein, L., van den Brandt, P.A., English, D.R., Freudenheim, J.L., Fuchs, C.S., Gapstur, S.M., Giles, G.G., Goldbohm, R.A., Håkansson, N., Horn-Ross, P.L., Koushik, A., Marshall, J.R., McCullough, M.L., Miller, A.B., Robien, K., Rohan, T.E., Schairer, C., Silverman, D.T., Stolzenberg-Solomon, R.Z., Virtamo, J., Willett, W.C., Wolk, A., Ziegler, R.G., Smith-Warner, S.A.

“…Pancreatic cancer has few early symptoms, is usually diagnosed at late stages, and has a high case-fatality rate. Identifying modifiable risk factors is…”
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Dietary iron and haem iron intake and risk of endometrial cancer: a prospective cohort study by Kabat, G C, Miller, A B, Jain, M, Rohan, T E

“…We used data from a large cohort study of Canadian women to assess the association of meat intake and dietary intake of iron and haem iron with risk of…”
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A cohort study of reproductive and hormonal factors and renal cell cancer risk in women by KABAT, G. C, NAVARRO SILVERA, S. A, MILLER, A. B, ROHAN, T. E

“…We examined the association of reproductive and hormonal factors with renal cell cancer risk in a cohort study of 89 835 Canadian women. Compared with…”
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Epidemiology of Acquisition and Clearance of Cervical Human Papillomavirus Infection in Women from a High-Risk Area for Cervical Cancer by Franco, Eduardo L., Villa, Luisa L., Sobrinho, João P., Prado, José M., Rousseau, Marie-Claude, Désy, Marie, Rohan, Thomas E.

“…Acquisition and clearance of cervical human papillomavirus (HPV) infection were analyzed among 1425 low-income women attending a maternal and child health…”
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Cigarette smoking and the risk of invasive epithelial ovarian cancer in a prospective cohort study by Terry, P.D., Miller, A.B., Jones, J.G., Rohan, T.E.

“…Few cohort studies have examined the association between cigarette smoking and ovarian cancer risk, either overall, or by histological subtype. In relation to…”
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Alcohol intake and ovarian cancer risk: a pooled analysis of 10 cohort studies by GENKINGER, J. M, HUNTER, D. J, LEITZMANN, M, MCCULLOUGH, M. L, MARSHALL, J, MILLER, A. B, RODRIGUEZ, C, ROHAN, T. E, SCHATZKIN, A, SCHOUTEN, L. J, WOLK, A, ZHANG, S. M, SPIEGELMAN, D, SMITH-WARNER, S. A, ANDERSON, K. E, BURING, J. E, FREUDENHEIM, J. L, GOLDBOHM, R. A, HARNACK, L, HANKINSON, S. E, LARSSON, S. C

“…Alcohol has been hypothesized to promote ovarian carcinogenesis by its potential to increase circulating levels of estrogen and other hormones; through its…”
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Cervical Coinfection with Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Types as a Predictor of Acquisition and Persistence of HPV Infection by Rousseau, Marie-Claude, Pereira, Joao S., Prado, José C. M., Villa, Luisa L., Rohan, Thomas E., Franco, Eduardo L.

“…Interest in coinfection with multiple types of human papillomavirus (HPV) has increased in response to the possibility of vaccination and the discovery that…”
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Continuous Combined Estrogen Plus Progestin and Endometrial Cancer: The Women's Health Initiative Randomized Trial by Chlebowski, R T, Anderson, G L, Sarto, G E, Haque, R, Runowicz, C D, Aragaki, A K, Thomson, C A, Howard, B V, Wactawski-Wende, J, Chen, C, Rohan, T E, Simon, M S, Reed, S D, Manson, J E

“…While progestin addition to estrogen mitigates endometrial cancer risk, the magnitude of the effect on incidence, specific endometrial cancer histologies, and…”
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