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Volume 17, Issue 12
1 December 2008
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention Cover Image for Volume 17, Issue 12
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ISSN 1055-9965
EISSN 1538-7755

Editorial

Are Clinical Trials the “Gold Standard” for Cancer Prevention Research?
Alan R. Kristal
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Hypothesis/Commentary

Perils in the Use of Linkage Disequilibrium for Fine Gene Mapping: Simple Insights from Population Genetics
Prakash Gorroochurn
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Reviews

Target Sequence Polymorphism of Human Manganese Superoxide Dismutase Gene and Its Association with Cancer Risk: A Review
Arundhati Bag; Niladri Bag
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Melatonin as a Biomarker of Circadian Dysregulation
Dana K. Mirick; Scott Davis
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Research Articles

Recreational Physical Activity Modifies the Association Between a Common GH1 Polymorphism and Colorectal Cancer Risk
Sana Khoury-Shakour; Stephen B. Gruber; Flavio Lejbkowicz; Hedy S. Rennert; Leon Raskin; Mila Pinchev; Gad Rennert
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Triple-Negative Breast Cancer and Obesity in a Rural Appalachian Population
Linda Vona-Davis; David P. Rose; Hannah Hazard; Marissa Howard-McNatt; Farrell Adkins; Jessica Partin; Gerald Hobbs
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Methylation of the TWIST1 Promoter, TWIST1 mRNA Levels, and Immunohistochemical Expression of TWIST1 in Breast Cancer
Eelke H. Gort; Karijn P.M. Suijkerbuijk; Suzan M. Roothaan; Venu Raman; Marc Vooijs; Elsken van der Wall; Paul J. van Diest
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Nicotine Intake in Cigarette Smokers in England: Distribution and Demographic Correlates
Jennifer A. Fidler; Martin J. Jarvis; Jennifer Mindell; Robert West
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Exposure to a Tobacco-Specific Lung Carcinogen in Adolescent versus Adult Smokers
Louise A. Hertsgaard; Karen Hanson; Stephen S. Hecht; Bruce R. Lindgren; Xianghua Luo; Steven G. Carmella; William T. Riley; Emily B. Zylla; Sharon E. Murphy; Dorothy K. Hatsukami
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Influence of Evolution in Tumor Biobanking on the Interpretation of Translational Research
Rebecca O. Barnes; Michelle Parisien; Leigh C. Murphy; Peter H. Watson
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Effects on Chinese Restaurant Workers of Exposure to Cooking Oil Fumes: A Cautionary Note on Urinary 8-Hydroxy-2′-Deoxyguanosine
Chih-Hong Pan; Chang-Chuan Chan; Kuen-Yuh Wu
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Green Tea, Soy, and Mammographic Density in Singapore Chinese Women
Anna H. Wu; Giske Ursin; Woon-Puay Koh; Renwei Wang; Jian-Min Yuan; Kei-Siong Khoo; Mimi C. Yu
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Levels of Tobacco-Specific Nitrosamines and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Mainstream Smoke from Different Tobacco Varieties
Yan S. Ding; Liqin Zhang; Ram B. Jain; Ntasha Jain; Richard Y. Wang; David L. Ashley; Clifford H. Watson
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Anthocyanin/Polyphenolic–Rich Fruit Juice Reduces Oxidative Cell Damage in an Intervention Study with Patients on Hemodialysis
Thomas M. Spormann; Franz W. Albert; Thomas Rath; Helmut Dietrich; Frank Will; Jean-Pierre Stockis; Gerhard Eisenbrand; Christine Janzowski
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Repeated Measurements of Urinary Methylated/Oxidative DNA Lesions, Acute Toxicity, and Mutagenicity in Coke Oven Workers
Mu-Rong Chao; Chien-Jen Wang; Ming-Tsang Wu; Chih-Hong Pan; Chung-Yih Kuo; Hao-Jan Yang; Louis W. Chang; Chiung-Wen Hu
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Correlation between the Urine Profile of 4-(Methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-Pyridyl)-1-Butanone Metabolites and N7-Methylguanine in Urothelial Carcinoma Patients
Hui-Ling Lee; Yu-Mei Hsueh; Chi-Jung Chung; Yeong-Shiau Pu; Louis W. Chang; Dennis Paul Hsientang Hsieh; Saou-Hsing Liou; Pinpin Lin
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Effect of Physical Activity on Breast Cancer Risk: Findings of the Japan Collaborative Cohort Study
Sadao Suzuki; Masayo Kojima; Shinkan Tokudome; Mitsuru Mori; Fumio Sakauchi; Yoshihisa Fujino; Kenji Wakai; Yingsong Lin; Shogo Kikuchi; Koji Tamakoshi; Hiroshi Yatsuya; Akiko Tamakoshi; for the Japan Collaborative Cohort Study Group
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Physical Activity and Postmenopausal Breast Cancer: Effect Modification by Breast Cancer Subtypes and Effective Periods in Life
Martina E. Schmidt; Karen Steindorf; Elke Mutschelknauss; Tracy Slanger; Silke Kropp; Nadia Obi; Dieter Flesch-Janys; Jenny Chang-Claude
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A Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Method for the Simultaneous Measurement of 15 Urinary Estrogens and Estrogen Metabolites: Assay Reproducibility and Interindividual Variability
Roni T. Falk; Xia Xu; Larry Keefer; Timothy D. Veenstra; Regina G. Ziegler
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Human Papillomavirus-16 Modifies the Association between Fruit Consumption and Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Mara S. Meyer; Katie M. Applebaum; C. Sloane Furniss; Edward S. Peters; Brian G. Luckett; Judith F. Smith; Janine Bryan; Michael D. McClean; Carmen Marsit; Karl T. Kelsey
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Reproductive Factors, Age at Maximum Height, and Risk of Three Histologic Types of Breast Cancer
Elisabeth F. Beaber; Victoria L. Holt; Kathleen E. Malone; Peggy L. Porter; Janet R. Daling; Christopher I. Li
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Risk Factors for Classical Kaposi Sarcoma in a Population-based Case-control Study in Sicily
Lesley A. Anderson; Carmela Lauria; Nino Romano; Elizabeth E. Brown; Denise Whitby; Barry I. Graubard; Yan Li; Angelo Messina; Lorenzo Gafà; Francesco Vitale; James J. Goedert
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Folate Intake and Risk of Breast Cancer by Estrogen and Progesterone Receptor Status in a Swedish Cohort
Susanna C. Larsson; Leif Bergkvist; Alicja Wolk
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Reproducibility and Correlations of Multiplex Cytokine Levels in Asymptomatic Persons
Hui-Lee Wong; Ruth M. Pfeiffer; Thomas R. Fears; Roel Vermeulen; Shaoquan Ji; Charles S. Rabkin
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Genetic Variation in CYP19A1 and Risk of Breast Cancer and Fibrocystic Breast Conditions among Women in Shanghai, China
Chu Chen; Lori C. Sakoda; Jennifer A. Doherty; Melissa M. Loomis; Sherianne Fish; Roberta M. Ray; Ming Gang Lin; Wenhong Fan; Lue Ping Zhao; Dao Li Gao; Helge Stalsberg; Ziding Feng; David B. Thomas
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Effect of Insulin-Like Growth Factor Gene Polymorphisms Alone or In Interaction with Diabetes on the Risk of Pancreatic Cancer
Hideo Suzuki; Yanan Li; Xiaoqun Dong; Manal M. Hassan; James L. Abbruzzese; Donghui Li
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Predictors of Mammographic Density: Insights Gained from a Novel Regression Analysis of a Twin Study
Gillian S. Dite; Lyle C. Gurrin; Graham B. Byrnes; Jennifer Stone; Anoma Gunasekara; Margaret R.E. McCredie; Dallas R. English; Graham G. Giles; Jennifer Cawson; Robert A. Hegele; Anna M. Chiarelli; Martin J. Yaffe; Norman F. Boyd; John L. Hopper
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Common Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms in DNA Double-Strand Break Repair Genes and Breast Cancer Risk
Karen A. Pooley; Caroline Baynes; Kristy E. Driver; Jonathan Tyrer; Elizabeth M. Azzato; Paul D.P. Pharoah; Douglas F. Easton; Bruce A.J. Ponder; Alison M. Dunning
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Identification of Common Variants in the SHBG Gene Affecting Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin Levels and Breast Cancer Risk in Postmenopausal Women
Deborah J. Thompson; Catherine S. Healey; Caroline Baynes; Bolot Kalmyrzaev; Shahana Ahmed; Mitch Dowsett; Elizabeth Folkerd; Robert N. Luben; David Cox; Dennis Ballinger; Paul D.P. Pharoah; Bruce A.J. Ponder; Alison M. Dunning; Douglas F. Easton; The Studies in Epidemiology and Risks of Cancer Heredity Team
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Whole-Genome Amplification Enables Accurate Genotyping for Microarray-Based High-Density Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Array
Farzana Jasmine; Habibul Ahsan; Irene L. Andrulis; Esther M. John; Jenny Chang-Claude; Muhammad G. Kibriya
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Mammographic Breast Density—Evidence for Genetic Correlations with Established Breast Cancer Risk Factors
Julie A. Douglas; Marie-Hélène Roy-Gagnon; Chuan Zhou; Braxton D. Mitchell; Alan R. Shuldiner; Heang-Ping Chan; Mark A. Helvie
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Nicotinic Receptor Gene Variants Influence Susceptibility to Heavy Smoking
Victoria L. Stevens; Laura J. Bierut; Jeffrey T. Talbot; Jen C. Wang; Juzhong Sun; Anthony L. Hinrichs; Michael J. Thun; Alison Goate; Eugenia E. Calle
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Nicotine Metabolism in Three Ethnic/Racial Groups with Different Risks of Lung Cancer
Kiersten S. Derby; Kristine Cuthrell; Christian Caberto; Steven G. Carmella; Adrian A. Franke; Stephen S. Hecht; Sharon E. Murphy; Loïc Le Marchand
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Genetic and Epigenetic Alterations of Familial Pancreatic Cancers
Kieran Brune; Seung-Mo Hong; Ang Li; Shinichi Yachida; Tadayoshi Abe; Margaret Griffith; Dawei Yang; Noriyuki Omura; James Eshleman; Marcia Canto; Rich Schulick; Alison P. Klein; Ralph H. Hruban; Christine Iacobuzio-Donohue; Michael Goggins
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Alcohol Consumption and Mutations or Promoter Hypermethylation of the von Hippel–Lindau Gene in Renal Cell Carcinoma
Leo J. Schouten; Boukje A.C. van Dijk; Egbert Oosterwijk; Manon van Engeland; Christina A. Hulsbergen–van de Kaa; Lambertus A.L.M. Kiemeney; Royle Alexandra Goldbohm; Arnold Kester; Stefan de Vogel; Jack A. Schalken; Piet A. van den Brandt
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Missense Polymorphisms in Matrix Metalloproteinase Genes and Skin Cancer Risk
Hongmei Nan; Tianhua Niu; David J. Hunter; Jiali Han
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Polymorphisms in Mitochondrial Genes and Prostate Cancer Risk
Liang Wang; Shannon K. McDonnell; Scott J. Hebbring; Julie M. Cunningham; Jennifer St Sauver; James R. Cerhan; Grazia Isaya; Daniel J. Schaid; Stephen N. Thibodeau
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Polymorphism in the IL18 Gene and Epithelial Ovarian Cancer in Non-Hispanic White Women
Rachel T. Palmieri; Melanie A. Wilson; Edwin S. Iversen; Merlise A. Clyde; Brian Calingaert; Patricia G. Moorman; Charles Poole; A. Rebecca Anderson; Stephanie Anderson; Hoda Anton-Culver; Jonathan Beesley; Estrid Hogdall; Wendy Brewster; Michael E. Carney; Xiaoqing Chen; Georgia Chenevix-Trench; Jenny Chang-Claude; Julie M. Cunningham; Richard A. DiCioccio; Jennifer A. Doherty; Douglas F. Easton; Christopher K. Edlund; Simon A. Gayther; Aleksandra Gentry-Maharaj; Ellen L. Goode; Marc T. Goodman; Susanne Kruger Kjaer; Claus K. Hogdall; Michael P. Hopkins; Eric L. Jenison; Jan Blaakaer; Galina Lurie; Valerie McGuire; Usha Menon; Kirsten B. Moysich; Roberta B. Ness; Celeste Leigh Pearce; Paul D.P. Pharoah; Malcolm C. Pike; Susan J. Ramus; Mary Anne Rossing; Honglin Song; Keith Y. Terada; David VanDenBerg; Robert A. Vierkant; Shan Wang-Gohrke; Penelope M. Webb; Alice S. Whittemore; Anna H. Wu; Argyrios Ziogas; Andrew Berchuck; Joellen M. Schildkraut; On behalf of the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium; Australian Cancer Study (Ovarian Cancer Group); Australian Ovarian Cancer Study Group
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Correlates of Human Papillomavirus Viral Load with Infection Site in Asymptomatic Men
Roberto Flores; Lu Beibei; Carrie Nielson; Martha Abrahamsen; Kyle Wolf; Ji-Hyun Lee; Robin B. Harris; Anna R. Giuliano
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Flaxseed Supplementation (Not Dietary Fat Restriction) Reduces Prostate Cancer Proliferation Rates in Men Presurgery
Wendy Demark-Wahnefried; Thomas J. Polascik; Stephen L. George; Boyd R. Switzer; John F. Madden; Mack T. Ruffin, IV; Denise C. Snyder; Kouros Owzar; Vera Hars; David M. Albala; Philip J. Walther; Cary N. Robertson; Judd W. Moul; Barbara K. Dunn; Dean Brenner; Lori Minasian; Philip Stella; Robin T. Vollmer
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Psychosocial Factors Associated with an Increased Frequency of Prostate Cancer Screening in Men Ages 40 to 79 Years: The Olmsted County Study
Lauren P. Wallner; Aruna V. Sarma; Michael M. Lieber; Jennifer L. St. Sauver; Debra J. Jacobson; Michaela E. McGree; Monica E. Gowan; Steven J. Jacobsen
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DJ-1 Could Predict Worse Prognosis in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Hiu-Fung Yuen; Yuen-Piu Chan; Simon Law; Gopesh Srivastava; Mohamed El-tanani; Tak-Wah Mak; Kwok-Wah Chan
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Methylation Array Analysis of Preoperative and Postoperative Saliva DNA in Oral Cancer Patients
Chi T. Viet; Brian L. Schmidt
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Null Results in Brief

No Association of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in One-Carbon Metabolism Genes with Prostate Cancer Risk
Victoria L. Stevens; Carmen Rodriguez; Juzhong Sun; Jeffrey T. Talbot; Michael J. Thun; Eugenia E. Calle
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No Association between Common Chemokine and Chemokine Receptor Gene Variants and Prostate Cancer Risk
Desiree C. Petersen; Gianluca Severi; Hoa N. Hoang; Emma J.D. Padilla; Melissa C. Southey; Dallas R. English; John L. Hopper; Graham G. Giles; Vanessa M. Hayes
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Hyaluronan-Mediated Motility Receptor Gene Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Risk of Breast Cancer
Bolot Kalmyrzaev; Paul D.P. Pharoah; Douglas F. Easton; Bruce A.J. Ponder; Alison M. Dunning; for the SEARCH Team
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Lack of Association between the Functional Polymorphisms in the Estrogen-Metabolizing Genes and Risk for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Xiaoyan Yuan; Gangqiao Zhou; Yun Zhai; Weimin Xie; Ying Cui; Jia Cao; Lianteng Zhi; Hongxing Zhang; Hao Yang; Xiaoai Zhang; Wei Qiu; Yong Peng; Xiumei Zhang; Ling Yu; Xia Xia; Fuchu He
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Correction

Correction
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Acknowledgment to Reviewers

Acknowledgment to Reviewers
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