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Outdoor light at night and risk of liver cancer in the NIH-AARP diet and health study
Accumulating evidence suggests that light at night (LAN) disrupts circadian rhythms and may increase risk of liver cancer. However, there is no population-based study that examined LAN and liver cancer risk. T...
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Comorbidity and stage at diagnosis among lung cancer patients in the US military health system
We investigated the association between comorbidities and stage at diagnosis among NSCLC patients in the US Military Health System (MHS), which provides universal health care to its beneficiaries.
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Comparability of serum, plasma, and urinary estrogen and estrogen metabolite measurements by sex and menopausal status
The comparability between serum, plasma, and urinary measurements of estrogen metabolites via liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) has not been largely explored, and it is unclear if urina...
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Tooth loss and liver cancer incidence in a Finnish cohort
Periodontal disease, a major cause of tooth loss in adults, may have systemic effects and has been associated with higher risk of several cancer types. However, the associations of periodontal disease or tooth...
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Survival among Black and White patients with renal cell carcinoma in an equal-access health care system
Unequal access to health care may be a reason for shorter survival among Black patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) than among their White counterparts. No studies have investigated survival disparity amon...
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Racial/ethnic differences in breast cancer survival by inflammatory status and hormonal receptor status: an analysis of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results data
Compared to non-inflammatory breast cancer (non-IBC), inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) has less favorable survival and is more likely to be estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) negative. ER−/...
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Diabetes mellitus as a risk factor for gastrointestinal cancers among postmenopausal women
While diabetes has been linked to several cancers in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, findings have been mixed for sites other than colorectal and liver cancer. We used the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) data...
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Relationship of sex steroid hormones with body size and with body composition measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in US men
To evaluate the association of body size—captured via whole-body dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and physical measurement—with serum sex steroid hormones and sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG), we util...
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Significant calendar period deviations in testicular germ cell tumors indicate that postnatal exposures are etiologically relevant
The current working model of type II testicular germ cell tumor (TGCT) pathogenesis states that carcinoma in situ arises during embryogenesis, is a necessary precursor, and always progresses to cancer. An impl...
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Placental characteristics as a proxy measure of serum hormone and protein levels during pregnancy with a male fetus
In utero exposure to steroid hormones may be related to risk of some cancers such as testicular germ cell tumors (TGCT). To determine whether placental characteristics are good surrogate measures of maternal b...
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Genetic variation in hormone metabolizing genes and risk of testicular germ cell tumors
Testicular germ cell tumors (TGCT) that arise in young men are composed of two histologic types, seminomas and nonseminomas. Risk patterns for the two types appear to be similar and may be related to either en...
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Folate Intake, MTHFR C677T Polymorphism, Alcohol Consumption, and Risk for Sporadic Colorectal Adenoma (United States)
Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether folate intake is associated with risk for incident sporadic colorectal adenoma, and whether the association differs according to methylenetetrahydr...