2018
Disparities by race, age, and sex in the improvement of survival for lymphoma: Findings from a population-based study
Mukhtar F, Boffetta P, Dabo B, Park JY, Tran CTD, Tran TV, Tran HT, Whitney M, Risch HA, Le LC, Zheng W, Shu XO, Luu HN. Disparities by race, age, and sex in the improvement of survival for lymphoma: Findings from a population-based study. PLOS ONE 2018, 13: e0199745. PMID: 29995909, PMCID: PMC6040734, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0199745.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLymphoma patientsHodgkin's lymphomaAge groupsHazard ratioDisease-specific mortalityFive-year survivalHodgkin's lymphoma patientsImprovement of survivalPopulation-based studyProportional hazards regressionConfidence intervalsCause-specific mortalityIncident lymphoma casesSEER cancer registryYears of ageOlder age groupsPatients 20Surveillance EpidemiologyCancer RegistrySurvival improvementHazards regressionLymphoma casesNHL survivalPatientsLymphoma
2017
Survival predictors of Burkitt's lymphoma in children, adults and elderly in the United States during 2000–2013
Mukhtar F, Boffetta P, Risch HA, Park JY, Bubu OM, Womack L, Tran TV, Zgibor JC, Luu HN. Survival predictors of Burkitt's lymphoma in children, adults and elderly in the United States during 2000–2013. International Journal Of Cancer 2017, 140: 1494-1502. PMID: 28006853, PMCID: PMC6919213, DOI: 10.1002/ijc.30576.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPredictors of survivalBurkitt's lymphomaSurvival predictorsMultiple primariesAge groupsCox proportional hazards regression modelFive-year relative survivalProportional hazards regression modelsStage II diseaseStage IV diseaseEnd Results (SEER) databaseAfrican American raceHazards regression modelsBL patientsElderly patientsPrognostic factorsResults databaseWorse outcomesElderly groupStage IIIAmerican raceRelative survivalHigh mortalityLymphomaDisease
2015
Age‐specific risk factor profiles of adenocarcinomas of the esophagus: A pooled analysis from the international BEACON consortium
Drahos J, Xiao Q, Risch HA, Freedman ND, Abnet CC, Anderson LA, Bernstein L, Brown L, Chow W, Gammon MD, Kamangar F, Liao LM, Murray LJ, Ward MH, Ye W, Wu AH, Vaughan TL, Whiteman DC, Cook MB. Age‐specific risk factor profiles of adenocarcinomas of the esophagus: A pooled analysis from the international BEACON consortium. International Journal Of Cancer 2015, 138: 55-64. PMID: 26175109, PMCID: PMC4607633, DOI: 10.1002/ijc.29688.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexNonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugsRecurrent gastroesophageal refluxGastroesophageal refluxOlder age groupsAge groupsOdds ratioInternational BEACON ConsortiumRisk factor profileMultivariable logistic regressionEsophagogastric junction adenocarcinomaConfidence intervalsCase-control studyAge-specific associationsAge-specific riskAnti-inflammatory drugsEsophageal Adenocarcinoma ConsortiumIndividual participant dataInternational Barrett'sNSAID useJunction adenocarcinomaMass indexSmoking statusCigarette smokingEA patients
1998
Body Mass Index and Risk of Adenocarcinomas of the Esophagus and Gastric Cardia
Chow W, Blot W, Vaughan T, Risch H, Gammon M, Stanford J, Dubrow R, Schoenberg J, Mayne S, Farrow D, Ahsan H, West A, Rotterdam H, Niwa S, Fraumeni J. Body Mass Index and Risk of Adenocarcinomas of the Esophagus and Gastric Cardia. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 1998, 90: 150-155. PMID: 9450576, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/90.2.150.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexEsophageal squamous cell carcinomaNoncardia gastric adenocarcinomaSquamous cell carcinomaGastric cardia adenocarcinomaAdult body mass indexOdds ratioCell carcinomaGastric adenocarcinomaCardia adenocarcinomaGastric cardiaCase patientsMass indexEsophageal adenocarcinomaPopulation-based case-control studyAge groupsRisk of adenocarcinomaAdenocarcinoma of esophagusAnthropometric risk factorsPrevalence of obesityHealthy control subjectsCase-control studyYounger age groupsMagnitude of associationUnited States population
1994
Dietary lactose intake, lactose intolerance, and the risk of epithelial ovarian cancer in southern Ontario (Canada)
Risch H, Jain M, Marrett L, Howe G. Dietary lactose intake, lactose intolerance, and the risk of epithelial ovarian cancer in southern Ontario (Canada). Cancer Causes & Control 1994, 5: 540-548. PMID: 7827241, DOI: 10.1007/bf01831382.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOral contraceptive useOvarian cancerContraceptive useLactose intoleranceTotal daily caloric intakeFull-term pregnancyEpithelial ovarian cancerCase-control studyDaily caloric intakeQuantitative diet historyDietary factorsLactose intakeCaloric intakeProtective effectDiet historyAge groupsCancerDaily consumptionIntoleranceIntakeTotal durationIntake valuesPopulation controlsRiskMore evidence