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Helicobacter pylori testing prior to or at gastric cancer diagnosis and survival in a diverse US patient population
Gastric cancer (GC) accounts for the greatest disparity in cancer mortality between Black and White Americans. Although clinical trials have shown that Helicobacter pylori (Hp) treatment reduces risk of GC, Hp te...
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3D PET/CT 82Rb PET myocardial blood flow quantification: comparison of half-dose and full-dose protocols
Quantification of myocardial blood flow (MBF) has become central in the clinical application of Rubidium-82 (82Rb) PET myocardial perfusion scans. Current recommendations suggest injections of 1100–1500 MBq of 82
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Benign gynecologic conditions are associated with ovarian cancer risk in African-American women: a case–control study
The association between common benign gynecologic conditions and ovarian cancer remains under-studied in African Americans. Therefore, we examine the association between self-reported history of benign gynecol...
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Lifetime number of ovulatory cycles and epithelial ovarian cancer risk in African American women
Incessant ovulation has been consistently linked to epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). Although reproductive characteristics differ substantially by race, the association between incessant ovulation and EOC has ...
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Open AccessAnalgesic medication use and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer in African American women
Existing literature examining analgesic medication use and epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) risk has been inconsistent, with the majority of studies reporting an inverse association. Race-specific effects of th...
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Open AccessPiwi-Interacting RNAs (piRNAs) Are Dysregulated in Renal Cell Carcinoma and Associated with Tumor Metastasis and Cancer-Specific Survival
Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are a distinct group of small noncoding RNAs (sncRNAs) that silence transposable genetic elements to protect genome integrity. Because of their limited expression in gonads and s...
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Open AccessA multi-center population-based case–control study of ovarian cancer in African-American women: the African American Cancer Epidemiology Study (AACES)
Ovarian cancer (OVCA) is the leading cause of death from gynecological cancer, with poorer survival for African American (AA) women compared to whites. However, little is known about risk factors for OVCA in A...
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Open AccessPaternal obesity is associated with IGF2hypomethylation in newborns: results from a Newborn Epigenetics Study (NEST) cohort
Data from epidemiological and animal model studies suggest that nutrition during pregnancy may affect the health status of subsequent generations. These transgenerational effects are now being explained by dis...
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Open AccessAccuracy of Physician Self-Report of Spanish Language Proficiency
As health systems strive to meet the needs of linguistically diverse patient populations, determining a physician’s non-English language proficiency is becoming increasingly important. However, brief, validate...
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Individual responses to chemotherapy-induced oxidative stress
Differences in redox homeostatic control between cancer patients may underlie predisposition to drug resistance and toxicities. To evaluate interindividual differences in redox response among newly diagnosed b...
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Evaluation of established breast cancer risk factors as modifiers of BRCA1 or BRCA2: a multi-center case-only analysis
The incomplete penetrance of mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 suggests that some combination of environmental and genetic factors modifies the risk of breast cancer in mutation carriers. This study sought to identify...
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Positive and Negative Reinforcement Underlying Risk Behavior in Early Adolescents
The goal of the current study was to examine the combined influence of positive reinforcement processes using a behavioral task measuring risk taking propensity (RTP) and negative reinforcement processes using...
