Recent publications on Cancer

Klabunde C, Bouchard F, Taplin S, Scharpantgen A, Ballard-Barbash R; International Breast Cancer Screening Network (IBSN). Quality assurance in follow-up and treatment for screening mammography in 22 countries. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2001;55(3):204-12. PubMed

Gravitt PE, Lacey JV Jr, Brinton LA, Barnes WA, Kornegay JR, Greenberg MD, Greene SM, Hadjimichael OC, McGowan L, Mortel R, Schwartz PE, Zaino R, Hildesheim A. Evaluation of self-collected cervicovaginal cell samples for human papillomavirus testing by polymerase chain reaction. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2001;10(2):95-100. PubMed

Lacey JV Jr, Frisch M, Brinton LA, Abbas FM, Barnes WA, Gravitt PE, Greenberg MD, Greene SM, Hadjimichael OC, McGowan L, Mortel R, Schwartz PE, Zaino RJ, Hildesheim A. Associations between smoking and adenocarcinomas and squamous cell carcinomas of the uterine cervix (United States). Cancer Causes Control. 2001;12(2):153-61. PubMed

Rutter CM, Mandelson MT, Laya MB, Seger DJ, Taplin S. Changes in breast density associated with initiation, discontinuation, and continuing use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT). JAMA. 2001;285(2):171-6. PubMed

Taplin SH. Clinical breast examinations performed in community settings detect breast cancer as effectively as in clinical trials. Evidence-Based Healthcare. 2001;5:3-4. PubMed

Hedeen AN, White E. Breast cancer size and stage in Hispanic American women, by birthplace: 1992-1995. Am J Public Health. 2001;91(1):122-5. PubMed

Joines JD, McNutt RA, Carey TS, Deyo RA, Rouhani R. Finding cancer in primary care outpatients with low back pain: a comparison of diagnostic strategies. J Gen Intern Med. 2001;16(1):14-23. PubMed

Kerlikowske K, Carney PA, Geller B, Mandelson MT, Taplin SH, Malvin K, Ernster V, Urban N, Cutter G, Rosenberg R, Ballard-Barbash R. Performance of screening mammography among women with and without a first-degree relative with breast cancer. Ann Intern Med. 2000;133(11):855-63. PubMed

El-Bastawissi AY, White E, Mandelson MT, Taplin SH. Reproductive and hormonal factors associated with mammographic breast density by age. Cancer Causes Control. 2000;11(10):955-63. PubMed

Rosenberg RD, Yankaskas BC, Hunt WC, Ballard-Barbash R, Urban N, Ernster VL, Kerlikowske K, Geller B, Carney PA, Taplin S. Effect of variations in operational definitions on performance estimates for screening mammography. Acad Radiol. 2000;7(12):1058-68. PubMed

Jackson LA, Wang SP, Nazar-Stewart V, Grayston JT, Vaughan TL. Association of Chlamydia pneumoniae immunoglobulin A seropositivity and risk of lung cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2000;9(11):1263-6. PubMed

Mandelson MT, Curry SJ, Anderson LA, Nadel MR, Lee NC, Rutter CM, LaCroix AZ. Colorectal cancer screening participation by older women. Am J Prev Med. 2000;19(3):149-54. PubMed

Fishman P, Taplin S, Meyer D, Barlow W. Cost-effectiveness of strategies to enhance mammography use. Eff Clin Pract. 2000;3(5):213-20. PubMed

Mandelson MT, Oestreicher N, Porter PL, White D, Finder CA, Taplin SH, White E. Breast density as a predictor of mammographic detection: comparison of interval and screen-detected cancers. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2000;92(13):1081-7. PubMed

Rutter CM. Bootstrap estimation of diagnostic accuracy with patient-clustered data. Acad Radiol. 2000;7(6):413-9. PubMed

Rutter CM, Taplin S. Assessing mammographers' accuracy. A comparison of clinical and test performance. J Clin Epidemiol. 2000;53(5):443-50. PubMed

Taplin SH, Rutter CM, Elmore JG, Seger D, White D, Brenner RJ. Accuracy of screening mammography using single versus independent double interpretation. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2000;174(5):1257-62. PubMed

Bonomi AE, Shikiar R, Legro MW. Quality-of-life assessment in acute, chronic, and cancer pain: a pharmacist's guide. J Am Pharm Assoc (Wash). 2000;40(3):402-16. PubMed

Rossing MA, Scholes D, Cushing-Haugen KL, Voigt LF. Cimetidine use and risk of prostate and breast cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2000;9(3):319-23. PubMed

Taplin SH, Barlow WE, Ludman E, MacLehos R, Meyer DM, Seger D, Herta D, Chin C, Curry S. Testing reminder and motivational telephone calls to increase screening mammography: a randomized study. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2000;92(3):233-42. PubMed