2023
Relationship between ABO Blood Group Alleles and Pancreatic Cancer Is Modulated by Secretor (FUT2) Genotype, but Not Lewis Antigen (FUT3) Genotype.
Kim J, Yuan C, Amundadottir L, Wolpin B, Klein A, Risch H, Kraft P. Relationship between ABO Blood Group Alleles and Pancreatic Cancer Is Modulated by Secretor (FUT2) Genotype, but Not Lewis Antigen (FUT3) Genotype. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2023, 32: 1242-1248. PMID: 37342060, PMCID: PMC10527950, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-23-0009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-O blood typeABO blood groupSecretor statusBlood typeBlood groupNon-O blood groupMultivariable logistic regressionConfidence intervalsPancreatic cancer riskO blood typeABO blood typeABO blood group allelesPancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) riskAdenocarcinoma riskAntigen genotypesPancreatic cancerEffect modificationSecretor genotypesCancer riskPDAC riskCancer ConsortiumBlood group allelesLogistic regressionLewis antigensWestern populations
2015
Body Mass Index Genetic Risk Score and Endometrial Cancer Risk
Prescott J, Setiawan VW, Wentzensen N, Schumacher F, Yu H, Delahanty R, Bernstein L, Chanock SJ, Chen C, Cook LS, Friedenreich C, Garcia-Closas M, Haiman CA, Le Marchand L, Liang X, Lissowska J, Lu L, Magliocco AM, Olson SH, Risch HA, Shu XO, Ursin G, Yang HP, Kraft P, De Vivo I. Body Mass Index Genetic Risk Score and Endometrial Cancer Risk. PLOS ONE 2015, 10: e0143256. PMID: 26606540, PMCID: PMC4659592, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143256.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndometrial cancer riskBody mass indexGenotype risk scoreCancer riskRisk scoreHigher body mass indexRisk allelesIndependent risk factorEndometrial cancer casesExcess body weightRisk factor dataGenetic risk scoreGenome-wide association studiesEndometrial cancerMass indexBMI riskRisk factorsEffect modificationCancer casesRisk lociBody weightCancer shareExploratory analysisStudy designControl participantsPleiotropic Analysis of Cancer Risk Loci on Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Risk
Lee E, Stram DO, Ek WE, Onstad LE, MacGregor S, Gharahkhani P, Ye W, Lagergren J, Shaheen NJ, Murray LJ, Hardie LJ, Gammon MD, Chow WH, Risch HA, Corley DA, Levine DM, Whiteman DC, Bernstein L, Bird NC, Vaughan TL, Wu AH. Pleiotropic Analysis of Cancer Risk Loci on Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Risk. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2015, 24: 1801-1803. PMID: 26364162, PMCID: PMC4648999, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-15-0596.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of EACBody mass indexBarrett's esophagusEsophageal adenocarcinomaCommon cancerEffect modificationEsophageal adenocarcinoma riskMultiple cancer sitesRisk variantsGenome-wide association studiesGenetic susceptibility studiesCase patientsAdenocarcinoma riskMass indexCancer sitesGenetic risk variantsEsophagusPleiotropic genetic associationsControl participantsCancerHeartburnRiskMultiple testingGenetic associationCancer risk lociVitamin D Metabolic Pathway Genes and Pancreatic Cancer Risk
Arem H, Yu K, Xiong X, Moy K, Freedman ND, Mayne ST, Albanes D, Arslan AA, Austin M, Bamlet WR, Beane-Freeman L, Bracci P, Canzian F, Cotterchio M, Duell EJ, Gallinger S, Giles GG, Goggins M, Goodman PJ, Hartge P, Hassan M, Helzlsouer K, Henderson B, Holly EA, Hoover R, Jacobs EJ, Kamineni A, Klein A, Klein E, Kolonel LN, Li D, Malats N, Männistö S, McCullough ML, Olson SH, Orlow I, Peters U, Petersen GM, Porta M, Severi G, Shu XO, Visvanathan K, White E, Yu H, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Zheng W, Tobias GS, Maeder D, Brotzman M, Risch H, Sampson JN, Stolzenberg-Solomon RZ. Vitamin D Metabolic Pathway Genes and Pancreatic Cancer Risk. PLOS ONE 2015, 10: e0117574. PMID: 25799011, PMCID: PMC4370655, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117574.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPancreatic cancer riskVitamin D statusCancer riskD statusSingle nucleotide polymorphismsVitamin DPancreatic cancerVitamin D metabolic pathway genesVitamin D metabolic pathwayVitamin D concentrationsUnconditional logistic regressionPancreatic cancer casesVitamin D.Cohort casesCUBN geneEffect modificationPancreatic adenocarcinomaCancer casesD concentrationsLogistic regressionProduct StatisticsRiskTop single nucleotide polymorphismsMultiple comparisonsCancer
2012
Body mass index in relation to oesophageal and oesophagogastric junction adenocarcinomas: a pooled analysis from the International BEACON Consortium
Hoyo C, Cook MB, Kamangar F, Freedman ND, Whiteman DC, Bernstein L, Brown LM, Risch HA, Ye W, Sharp L, Wu AH, Ward MH, Casson AG, Murray LJ, Corley DA, Nyrén O, Pandeya N, Vaughan TL, Chow WH, Gammon MD. Body mass index in relation to oesophageal and oesophagogastric junction adenocarcinomas: a pooled analysis from the International BEACON Consortium. International Journal Of Epidemiology 2012, 41: 1706-1718. PMID: 23148106, PMCID: PMC3535758, DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys176.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOesophagogastric junction adenocarcinomaBody mass indexGERD symptomsOdds ratioMass indexGastro-oesophageal reflux symptomsStudy-specific odds ratiosInternational BEACON ConsortiumRisk of oesophagealEffect of obesityConfidence intervalsIndividual participant dataReflux symptomsJunction adenocarcinomaOesophagogastric junctionPooled analysisControl subjectsOA casesEffect modificationBMIEpidemiological studiesOesophagealSymptomsPreventive effortsLogistic regressionAge at Last Birth in Relation to Risk of Endometrial Cancer: Pooled Analysis in the Epidemiology of Endometrial Cancer Consortium
Setiawan VW, Pike MC, Karageorgi S, Deming SL, Anderson K, Bernstein L, Brinton LA, Cai H, Cerhan JR, Cozen W, Chen C, Doherty J, Freudenheim JL, Goodman MT, Hankinson SE, Lacey JV, Liang X, Lissowska J, Lu L, Lurie G, Mack T, Matsuno RK, McCann S, Moysich KB, Olson SH, Rastogi R, Rebbeck TR, Risch H, Robien K, Schairer C, Shu XO, Spurdle AB, Strom BL, Thompson PJ, Ursin G, Webb PM, Weiss NS, Wentzensen N, Xiang YB, Yang HP, Yu H, Horn-Ross PL, De Vivo I, Group T. Age at Last Birth in Relation to Risk of Endometrial Cancer: Pooled Analysis in the Epidemiology of Endometrial Cancer Consortium. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2012, 176: 269-278. PMID: 22831825, PMCID: PMC3491967, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws129.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndometrial Cancer ConsortiumEndometrial cancerLast birthCancer ConsortiumLarge pooled analysisTumor histologic subtypeEndometrial cancer riskExogenous hormone useBody mass indexPooled odds ratioCase-control studyYears of ageHormone useHistologic subtypeMass indexPooled analysisRisk factorsEffect modificationOdds ratioDiagnosis groupsProtective associationCancer riskLower riskNumber of birthsOlder ageThe importance of exposure rate on odds ratios by cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption for esophageal adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma in the Barrett's Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Consortium
Lubin JH, Cook MB, Pandeya N, Vaughan TL, Abnet CC, Giffen C, Webb PM, Murray LJ, Casson AG, Risch HA, Ye W, Kamangar F, Bernstein L, Sharp L, Nyrén O, Gammon MD, Corley DA, Wu AH, Brown LM, Chow WH, Ward MH, Freedman ND, Whiteman DC. The importance of exposure rate on odds ratios by cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption for esophageal adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma in the Barrett's Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Consortium. Cancer Epidemiology 2012, 36: 306-316. PMID: 22504051, PMCID: PMC3489030, DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2012.03.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEsophagogastric junctional adenocarcinomaBody mass indexSquamous cell carcinomaEsophageal adenocarcinomaEsophageal Adenocarcinoma ConsortiumCigarette smokingAlcohol consumptionAcid refluxCell carcinomaBarrett's esophagusInverse associationEffect modificationYounger ageCigarettes/dayDrinks/dayExposure rateSignificant effect modificationCase-control studyTotal exposureHigh exposure rateEvaluated effect modificationJunctional adenocarcinomaMass indexSmoking effectsOdds ratio
2011
A Population-Based Case-Control Study of Occupational Exposure to Acids and the Risk of Lung Cancer: Evidence for Specificity of Association
Soskolne CL, Jhangri GS, Scott HM, Brenner DR, Siemiatycki J, Lakhani R, Gérin M, Dewar R, Miller AB, Risch HA. A Population-Based Case-Control Study of Occupational Exposure to Acids and the Risk of Lung Cancer: Evidence for Specificity of Association. International Journal Of Occupational And Environmental Health 2011, 17: 1-8. PMID: 21344813, DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2011.17.1.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCase-control studyLung cancerOccupational exposurePopulation-based case-control studySmoking-adjusted odds ratiosStrong inorganic acid mistsCancer-specific riskOverall lung cancerLifetime occupational historyLung cancer casesConditional logistic regressionInorganic acid mistsBorough of residenceExcess riskEffect modificationOdds ratioCancer casesSecondary data analysisOccupational historyCancer effectsLifetime exposureLogistic regressionCancerConfidence intervalsExposure assessment