Recent publications on Cancer

Carney PA, Abraham LA, Miglioretti DL, Yabroff KR, Sickles EA, Buist DS, Kasales CJ, Geller BM, Rosenberg RD, Dignan MB, Weaver DL, Kerlikowske K. Factors associated with imaging and procedural events used to detect breast cancer after screening mammography. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2007;188(2):385-92. PubMed

Carney PA, Yi JP, Abraham LA, Miglioretti DL, Aiello EJ, Gerrity MS, Reisch L, Berns EA, Sickles EA, Elmore JG. Reactions to uncertainty and the accuracy of diagnostic mammography. J Gen Intern Med. 2007;22(2):234-41. PubMed

Rulyak SJ, Lieberman DA, Wagner EH, Mandelson MT. Outcome of follow-up colon examination among a population-based cohort of colorectal cancer patients. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007;5(4):470-6; quiz 407. Epub 2007 Jan 31. PubMed

Irwin ML, Aiello EJ, McTiernan A, Bernstein L, Gilliland FD, Baumgartner RN, Baumgartner KB, Ballard-Barbash R. Physical activity, body mass index, and mammographic density in postmenopausal breast cancer survivors. J Clin Oncol. 2007;25(9):1061-6. Epub 2007 Jan 29. PubMed

Geiger AM, Thwin SS, Lash TL, Buist DS, Prout MN, Wei F, Field TS, Ulcickas Yood M, Frost FJ, Enger SM, Silliman RA. Recurrences and second primary breast cancers in older women with initial early-stage disease. Cancer. 2007;109(5):966-74. Epub 2007 Jan 22. PubMed

Haneuse S, Wakefield J, Sheppard L. The interpretation of exposure effect estimates in chronic air pollution studies.  Stat Med. 2007;26(16):3172-87. Epub 2007 Jan 15. PubMed

Morris AM, Baldwin LM, Matthews B, Dominitz JA, Barlow WE, Dobie SA, Billingsley KG. Reoperation as a quality indicator in colorectal surgery: a population-based analysis.  Ann Surg. 2007;245(1):73-9. PubMed

Billingsley KG, Morris AM, Dominitz JA, Matthews B, Dobie S, Barlow W, Wright GE, Baldwin LM. Surgeon and hospital characteristics as predictors of major adverse outcomes following colon cancer surgery: understanding the volume-outcome relationship.  Arch Surg. 2007;142(1):23-31; discussion 32. PubMed

Velicer CM, Dublin S, White E. Diabetes and the risk of prostate cancer: the role of diabetes treatment and complications.  Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. 2007;10(1):46-51. Epub 2006 Oct 10. PubMed

Doubeni CA, Field TS, Buist DS, Korner EJ, Bigelow C, Lamerato L, Herrinton L, Quinn VP, Hart G, Hornbrook MC, Gurwitz JH, Wagner EH. Racial differences in tumor stage and survival for colorectal cancer in an insured population. Cancer. 2007;109(3):612-20. Epub 2006 Dec 21. PubMed

Wong YN, Mitra N, Hudes G, Localio R, Schwartz JS, Wan F, Montagnet C, Armstrong K. Survival associated with treatment vs observation of localized prostate cancer in elderly men. JAMA. 2006 Dec 13;296(22):2683-93. PubMed

Porter PL, Barlow WE, Yeh IT, Lin MG, Yuan XP, Donato E, Sledge GW, Shapiro CL, Ingle JN, Haskell CM, Albain KS, Roberts JM, Livingston RB, Hayes DF. p27(Kip1) and cyclin E expression and breast cancer survival after treatment with adjuvant chemotherapy. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2006;98(23):1723-31. PubMed

Aiello EJ, Buist DS, White E. Do breast cancer risk factors modify the association between hormone therapy and mammographic breast density? (United States). Cancer Causes Control. 2006;17(10):1227-35. PubMed

Taplin SH, Rutter CM, Lehman CD. Testing the effect of computer-assisted detection on interpretive performance in screening mammography. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2006;187(6):1475-82. PubMed

Velicer CM, Dublin S, White E. Cimetidine use and the risk for prostate cancer: results from the VITAL cohort study. Ann Epidemiol. 2006;16(12):895-900. Epub 2006 Jul 12. PubMed

Geiger AM, Nekhlyudov L, Herrinton LJ, Rolnick SJ, Greene SM, West CN, Harris EL, Elmore JG, Altschuler A, Liu IA, Fletcher SW, Emmons KM. Quality of life after bilateral prophylactic mastectomy. Ann Surg Oncol. 2007;14(2):686-94. Epub 2006 Nov 11. PubMed

Buist DS, Aiello EJ, Miglioretti DL, White E. Mammographic breast density, dense area, and breast area differences by phase in the menstrual cycle. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2006;15(11):2303-6. PubMed

Reed SD, Newton KM, Thompson LB, McCrummen BA, Warolin AK. The incidence of repeat uterine surgery following myomectomy. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2006;15(9):1046-52. PubMed

Shors AR, Kim S, White E, Argenyi Z, Barnhill RL, Duray P, Erickson L, Guitart J, Horenstein MG, Lowe L, Messina J, Rabkin MS, Schmidt B, Shea CR, Trotter MJ, Piepkorn MW. Dysplastic naevi with moderate to severe histological dysplasia: a risk factor for melanoma.  Br J Dermatol. 2006;155(5):988-93. PubMed

Abrahamson PE, Tworoger SS, Aiello EJ, Bernstein L, Ulrich CM, Gilliland FD, Stanczyk FZ, Baumgartner R, Baumgartner K, Sorensen B, Ballard-Barbash R, McTiernan A. Associations between the CYP17, CYPIB1, COMT and SHBG polymorphisms and serum sex hormones in post-menopausal breast cancer survivors. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2007 Sep;105(1):45-54. Epub 2006 Nov 1. PubMed