2019
Serum gamma-glutamyltransferase and the overall survival of metastatic pancreatic cancer
Xiao Y, Yang H, Lu J, Li D, Xu C, Risch HA. Serum gamma-glutamyltransferase and the overall survival of metastatic pancreatic cancer. BMC Cancer 2019, 19: 1020. PMID: 31664937, PMCID: PMC6819453, DOI: 10.1186/s12885-019-6250-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaMetastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaOverall survivalSerum GGTSignificant dose-response associationCox proportional hazards modelMetastatic PDAC patientsDose-response associationMetastatic pancreatic cancerPancreatic cancer survivalSpecialized cancer hospitalBlood glucose levelsProportional hazards modelHazard ratioPrognostic roleCancer HospitalPDAC patientsCancer survivalSubgroup analysisPancreatic cancerDuctal adenocarcinomaMetastatic PCCancer occurrenceGlucose levelsMortality risk
2013
Cigarette smoking and risk of ovarian cancer: a pooled analysis of 21 case–control studies
Faber MT, Kjær SK, Dehlendorff C, Chang-Claude J, Andersen KK, Høgdall E, Webb PM, Jordan SJ, The Australian Cancer Study (Ovarian Cancer), Australian Ovarian Cancer Study Group, Rossing MA, Doherty JA, Lurie G, Thompson PJ, Carney ME, Goodman MT, Ness RB, Modugno F, Edwards RP, Bunker CH, Goode EL, Fridley BL, Vierkant RA, Larson MC, Schildkraut J, Cramer DW, Terry KL, Vitonis AF, Bandera EV, Olson SH, King M, Chandran U, Kiemeney LA, Massuger LF, van Altena AM, Vermeulen SH, Brinton L, Wentzensen N, Lissowska J, Yang HP, Moysich KB, Odunsi K, Kasza K, Odunsi-Akanji O, Song H, Pharaoh P, Shah M, Whittemore AS, McGuire V, Sieh W, Sutphen R, Menon U, Gayther SA, Ramus SJ, Gentry-Maharaj A, Pearce CL, Wu AH, Pike MC, Risch HA, Jensen A, On behalf of the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium. Cigarette smoking and risk of ovarian cancer: a pooled analysis of 21 case–control studies. Cancer Causes & Control 2013, 24: 989-1004. PMID: 23456270, PMCID: PMC3818570, DOI: 10.1007/s10552-013-0174-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMucinous ovarian tumorsCigarette smokingCase-control studyHistological typeOvarian cancerOvarian tumorsOdds ratioPooled analysisBorderline mucinous ovarian tumorConsistent dose-response associationStudy-specific odds ratiosClear cell ovarian cancerBorderline serous ovarian tumorsLarge pooled analysisDose-response associationEndometrioid ovarian cancerEpithelial ovarian cancerConfidence intervalsPooled odds ratioSerous ovarian tumorsRandom-effects modelLogistic regression modelsFormer smokingDecreased riskDifferent etiologies
2010
Cigarette Smoking and Adenocarcinomas of the Esophagus and Esophagogastric Junction: A Pooled Analysis From the International BEACON Consortium
Cook MB, Kamangar F, Whiteman DC, Freedman ND, Gammon MD, Bernstein L, Brown LM, Risch HA, Ye W, Sharp L, Pandeya N, Webb PM, Wu AH, Ward MH, Giffen C, Casson AG, Abnet CC, Murray LJ, Corley DA, Nyrén O, Vaughan TL, Chow WH. Cigarette Smoking and Adenocarcinomas of the Esophagus and Esophagogastric Junction: A Pooled Analysis From the International BEACON Consortium. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 2010, 102: 1344-1353. PMID: 20716718, PMCID: PMC2935475, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djq289.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSummary odds ratiosRisk of adenocarcinomaCigarette smokingSmoking cessationOdds ratioEsophagogastric junctional adenocarcinomaEsophagogastric junctionJunctional adenocarcinomaEsophageal adenocarcinomaPopulation-based case-control studyStrong dose-response associationStudy-specific odds ratiosMultivariable logistic regression modelInternational BEACON ConsortiumDose-response associationBody mass indexCigarette smoking cessationCase-control studyWhite non-Hispanic menEsophageal Adenocarcinoma ConsortiumNon-Hispanic menLogistic regression modelsGastroesophageal refluxCohort studyCurrent smokers