Recent publications on Cancer

Wang X, Wan F, Pan J, Yu GZ, Chen Y, Wang JJ. Tumor size: a non-neglectable independent prognostic factor for gastric cancer. J Surg Oncol. 2008 Mar 1;97(3):236-40. PubMed

Bucholz TA, Lehman CD, Harris JR, Pockaj BA, Khouri N, Hylton NF, Miller MJ, Whelan T, Pierce LJ, Esserman LJ, Newman LA, Smith BL, Bear HD, Mamounas EP, Statement of the science concerning locoregional treatments after preoperative chemotherapy for breast cancer: a National Cancer Institute conference. J Clin Oncol. 2008 Feb 10;26(5):791-7. PubMed

Lehman CD, Rutter CM, Eby PR, White E, Buist DS, Taplin SH. Lesion and patient characteristics associated with malignancy after a probably benign finding on community practice mammography. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2008;190(2):511-5. PubMed

Jiang Y, Miglioretti DL, Metz CE, Schmidt RA. Letter to the editor author response to Kopans, re Designing breast screening imaging trials. Radiology. 2008;243:360-367. PubMed

Newton KM, Buist DS, Yu O, Hartsfield CL, Andrade SE, Wei F, Connelly MT, Chan KA. Hormone therapy initiation after the Women's Health Initiative. Menopause. 2008;15(3):487-93. Epub 2008 Jan 9. PubMed

Aiello Bowles EJ, Tuzzio L, Wiese CJ, Kirlin B, Greene SM, Clauser SB, Wagner EH. Understanding high-quality cancer care: a summary of expert perspectives. Cancer. 2008;112(4):934-42. Epub 2008 Jan 7. PubMed

Fenton JJ, Franks P, Reid RJ, Elmore JG, Baldwin LM. Continuity of care and cancer screening among health plan enrollees. Med Care. 2008;46(1):58-62. PubMed

Altschuler A, Nekhlyudov L, Rolnick SJ, Greene SM, Elmore JG, West CN, Herrinton LJ, Harris EL, Fletcher SW, Emmons KM, Geiger AM. Positive, negative, and disparate--women's differing long-term psychosocial experiences of bilateral or contralateral prophylactic mastectomy. Breast J. 2008;14(1):25-32. PubMed

Pocobelli G, Newcomb PA, Trenthan-Dietz A, Titus-Ernstoff L, Hampton JM, Egan KM. Statin use and risk of breast cancer. Cancer. 2008;112:27-33. PubMed

Newcomb PA, Pocobelli G, Chia V. Why hormones protect against large bowel cancer: old ideas, new evidence. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2008;617:259-69. doi: 10.1007/978-0-387-69080-3_24. PubMed

Miglioretti DL, Smith-Bindman R, Abraham L, Brenner RJ, Carney PA, Bowles EJ, Buist DS, Elmore JG. Radiologist characteristics associated with interpretive performance of diagnostic mammography. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2007;99(24):1854-63. Epub 2007 Dec 11. PubMed

Owusu C, Buist DS, Field TS, Lash TL, Thwin SS, Geiger AM, Quinn VP, Frost F, Prout M, Ulcickas Yood M, Wei F, Silliman RA. Predictors of tamoxifen discontinuation among older women with estrogen receptor positive breast cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2008;26(4):549-55. Epub 2007 Dec 10. PubMed

Chubak J, Buist DS, Boudreau DM, Rossing MA, Lumley T, Weiss NS. Breast cancer recurrence risk in relation to antidepressant use after diagnosis. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 2008;112(1):123-32. Epub 2007 Dec 6. PubMed

Jiang Y, Miglioretti DL, Metz CE, Schmidt RA. Letter to the editor author response to: Ciatto S, re Designing breast screening imaging trials. Radiology 243:360-367, 2007. [online, e-letter http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/eletters/243/2/360] (June 25, 2007). PubMed

Hwang ES, Miglioretti DL, Ballard-Barbash R, Weaver DL, Kerlikowske K. Association between breast density and subsequent breast cancer following treatment for ductal carcinoma in situ. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2007;16(12):2587-93. PubMed

Field TS, Doubeni C, Fox MP, Buist DS, Wei F, Geiger AM, Quinn VP, Lash TL, Prout MN, Yood MU, Frost FJ, Silliman RA. Under utilization of surveillance mammography among older breast cancer survivors. J Gen Intern Med. 2008;23(2):158-63. Epub 2007 Dec 1. PubMed

Chia VM, Newcomb PA, Lampe JW, White E, Mandelson MT, McTiernan A, Potter JD. Leptin concentrations, leptin receptor polymorphisms, and colorectal adenoma risk. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2007;16(12):2697-703. PubMed

Chubak J, Doherty JA, Cushing-Haugen KL, Voigt LF, Saltzman BS, Hill DA, Beresford SAA, Weiss NS. Endometrial cancer risk in estrogen users after switching to estrogen-progestin therapy. Cancer Causes Control. 2007 Nov;18(9):1001-1007. PubMed

Eby PR, DeMartini WB, Peacock S, Rosen EL, Lauro B, Lehman CD. Cancer yield of probably benign breast MR examinations. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2007 Oct;26(4):950-5. PubMed

Yood MU, Owusu C, Buist DS, Geiger AM, Field TS, Thwin SS, Lash TL, Prout MN, Wei F, Quinn VP, Frost FJ, Silliman RA. Mortality impact of less-than-standard therapy in older breast cancer patients. J Am Coll Surg. 2008;206(1):66-75. Epub 2007 Oct 3. PubMed