Recent publications on Cancer

Edlefsen KL, Mandelson MT, McIntosh MW, Andersen MR, Wagner EH, Urban N. Prostate-specific antigen for prostate cancer screening: Do physician characteristics affect its use? Am J Prev Med. 1999;17(1):87-90. PubMed

Jacobs EJ, White E, Weiss NS, Heckbert SR, LaCroix A, Barlow WE. Hormone replacement therapy and colon cancer among members of a health maintenance organization. Epidemiology. 1999;10(4):445-51. PubMed

Ludman EJ, Curry SJ, Hoffman E, Taplin S. Women's knowledge and attitudes about genetic testing for breast cancer susceptibility. Eff Clin Pract. 1999;2(4):158-62. PubMed

Tu SP, Taplin SH, Barlow WE, Boyko EJ. Breast cancer screening by Asian-American women in a managed care environment. Am J Prev Med. 1999;17(1):55-61. PubMed

Bonomi AE, Ajax M, Shikiar R, Halpern M. Cancer pain management: barriers, trends, and the role of pharmacists. J Am Pharm Assoc (Wash). 1999;39(4):558-66. PubMed

Merrill RM, Brown ML, Potosky AL, Riley G, Taplin SH, Barlow W, Fireman BH. Survival and treatment for colorectal cancer medicare patients in two group/staff health maintenance organizations and the fee-for-service setting. Med Care Res Rev. 1999;56(2):177-96. PubMed

Potosky AL, Merrill RM, Riley GF, Taplin SH, Barlow W, Fireman BH, Lubitz JD. Prostate cancer treatment and ten-year survival among group/staff HMO and fee-for-service Medicare patients. Health Serv Res. 1999;34(2):525-46. PubMed

Zhu K, McKnight B, Stergachis A, Daling JR, Levine RS. Comparison of self-report data and medical records data: results from a case-control study on prostate cancer. Int J Epidemiol. 1999;28(3):409-17. PubMed

Barton MB, Elmore JG, Fletcher SW. Breast symptoms among women enrolled in a health maintenance organization: frequency, evaluation, and outcome. Ann Intern Med. 1999;130(8):651-7. PubMed

Desnick L,Taplin S, Taylor V, Coole D, Urban N. Clinical breast examination in primary care: perceptions and predictors among three specialties. J Womens Health. 1999;8(3):389-97. PubMed

Codori AM, Petersen GM, Miglioretti DL, Larkin EK, Bushey MT, Young C, Brensinger JD, Johnson K, Bacon JA, Booker SV. Attitudes toward colon cancer gene testing: factors predicting test uptake. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 1999;8(4 Pt 2):345-51. PubMed

Shapiro JA, Williams MA, Weiss NS, Stergachis A, LaCroix AZ, Barlow WE. Hypertension, antihypertensive medication use, and risk of renal cell carcinoma. Am J Epidemiol. 1999;149(6):521-30. PubMed

Shapiro JA, Williams MA, Weiss NS. Body mass index and risk of renal cell carcinoma.  Epidemiology. 1999;10(2):188-91. PubMed

Peacock SL, White E, Daling JR, Voigt LF, Malone KE. Relation between obesity and breast cancer in young women.  Am J Epidemiol. 1999;149(4):339-46. PubMed

Baranowski T, Koehly L, Cullen K, Prokhorov AZ, Wetter D, Basen-Enquist K, Anderson C, Hergenroeder A. Ethnic differences in cancer risk behaviors through the transition out of high school. Ethn Dis. 1999;9:94(1)-103. PubMed

Mantzoros CS, Bohlke K, Moschos S, Cramer DW. Leptin in relation to carcinoma in situ of the breast: a study of premenopausal cases and controls. Int J Cancer. 1999;80(4):523-6. PubMed

Bonomi AE, Palmer CS, Ajax M, Peeples P, Jackson SE. Cost of managing mucositis and xerostomia in head and neck cancer patients undergoing chemoradiotherapy (CRT) and radiation (RT). Value Health. 1999;2(3):197. PubMed

Zhu K, Weiss NS, Stanford JL, Daling JR, Stergachis A, McKnight B, Brawer MK, Levine RS. Prostate cancer in relation to the use of electric blanket or heated water bed. Epidemiology. 1999;10(1):83-5. PubMed

Weiss NS. Case-control studies of the efficacy of screening tests designed to prevent the incidence of cancer. Am J Epidemiol. 1999;149(1):1-4. PubMed

Elmore JG, Moceri VM, Carter D, Larson EB. Breast carcinoma tumor characteristics in black and white women. Cancer. 1998;83(12):2509-15. PubMed