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    Risk factors for endometrial cancer in Black women

    The incidence of endometrial cancer (EC) has been increasing faster among Black women than among other racial/ethnic groups in the United States. Although the mortality rate is nearly twice as high among Black...

    Todd R. Sponholtz, Julie R. Palmer, Lynn Rosenberg, Chu Chen… in Cancer Causes & Control (2023)

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    Influence of obesity-related risk factors in the aetiology of glioma

    Obesity and related factors have been implicated as possible aetiological factors for the development of glioma in epidemiological observation studies. We used genetic markers in a Mendelian randomisation fram...

    Linden Disney-Hogg, Amit Sud, Philip J. Law, Alex J. Cornish… in British Journal of Cancer (2018)

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    Adult height is associated with increased risk of ovarian cancer: a Mendelian randomisation study

    Observational studies suggest greater height is associated with increased ovarian cancer risk, but cannot exclude bias and/or confounding as explanations for this. Mendelian randomisation (MR) can provide evid...

    Suzanne C. Dixon-Suen, Christina M. Nagle, Aaron P. Thrift… in British Journal of Cancer (2018)

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    The oral microbiota in patients with pancreatic cancer, patients with IPMNs, and controls: a pilot study

    Poor oral health appears to be a risk factor for pancreatic cancer, possibly implicating the oral microbiota. In this pilot study, we evaluated the characteristics of the oral microbiota in patients with pancr...

    Sara H. Olson, Jaya Satagopan, Youming Xu, Lilan Ling… in Cancer Causes & Control (2017)

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    Risk factors for endometrial cancer in black and white women: a pooled analysis from the epidemiology of endometrial cancer consortium (E2C2)

    Endometrial cancer (EC) is the most common gynecologic cancer in the USA. Over the last decade, the incidence rate has been increasing, with a larger increase among blacks. The aim of this study was to compare...

    Michele L. Cote, Tala Alhajj, Julie J. Ruterbusch… in Cancer Causes & Control (2015)

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    Consumption of sugary foods and drinks and risk of endometrial cancer

    Consumption of foods high in sugar promotes insulin production, which has been linked to endometrial carcinogenesis. We evaluated the impact of dietary intake of sugary foods and beverages, as well as added su...

    Melony G. King, Urmila Chandran, Sara H. Olson, Kitaw Demissie… in Cancer Causes & Control (2013)

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    Cigarette smoking and risk of ovarian cancer: a pooled analysis of 21 case–control studies

    The majority of previous studies have observed an increased risk of mucinous ovarian tumors associated with cigarette smoking, but the association with other histological types is unclear. In a large pooled an...

    Mette T. Faber, Susanne K. Kjær, Christian Dehlendorff… in Cancer Causes & Control (2013)

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    Polymorphisms in genes related to one-carbon metabolism are not related to pancreatic cancer in PanScan and PanC4

    The evidence of a relation between folate intake and one-carbon metabolism (OCM) with pancreatic cancer (PanCa) is inconsistent. In this study, the association between genes and single-nucleotide polymorphisms...

    Max Leenders, Samsiddhi Bhattacharjee, Paolo Vineis… in Cancer Causes & Control (2013)

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    Comorbidities and endometrial cancer survival in Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites

    We investigated comorbidities and endometrial cancer survival by ethnicity because Hispanic whites (HWs) have worse survival than non-Hispanic whites (NHWs).

    Linda S. Cook, Harold E. Nelson, Myles Cockburn, Sara H. Olson… in Cancer Causes & Control (2013)

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    Total and individual antioxidant intake and endometrial cancer risk: results from a population-based case–control study in New Jersey

    We evaluated the role of total dietary antioxidant capacity and of individual antioxidants on endometrial cancer risk in a population-based case–control study in New Jersey, including 417 cases and 395 control...

    Dina Gifkins, Sara H. Olson, Kitaw Demissie, Shou-En Lu… in Cancer Causes & Control (2012)

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    Healthy eating index and ovarian cancer risk

    The evidence for a role of diet on ovarian cancer prevention remains inconclusive. While many studies have evaluated individual foods and food groups, the evaluation of a comprehensive dietary quality index fo...

    Urmila Chandran, Elisa V. Bandera, Melony G. Williams-King… in Cancer Causes & Control (2011)

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    Adherence to the dietary guidelines for Americans and endometrial cancer risk

    The Healthy Eating Index (HEI) was developed by the US Department of Agriculture with the goal of quantifying adherence to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the im...

    Urmila Chandran, Elisa V. Bandera, Melony G. Williams-King… in Cancer Causes & Control (2010)

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    Erratum to: Survey of familial glioma and role of germline p16 INK4A /p14 ARF and p53 mutation

    Lindsay B. Robertson, Georgina N. Armstrong, Bianca D. Olver… in Familial Cancer (2010)

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    Coffee and tea consumption and endometrial cancer risk in a population-based study in New Jersey

    We evaluated the role of tea and coffee and substances added (sugar/honey, creamers, and milk) on endometrial cancer risk in a population-based case–control study in six counties in New Jersey, including 417 c...

    Elisa V. Bandera, Melony G. Williams-King, Camelia Sima… in Cancer Causes & Control (2010)

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    Survey of familial glioma and role of germline p16 INK4A /p14 ARF and p53 mutation

    There is increasing recognition of familial propensity to glioma as a distinct clinical entity beyond a few rare syndromes; however its genetic basis is poorly understood. The role of p16

    Lindsay B. Robertson, Georgina N. Armstrong, Bianca D. Olver… in Familial Cancer (2010)

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    Phytoestrogen consumption and endometrial cancer risk: a population-based case–control study in New Jersey

    Phytoestrogens have been shown to exert anti-estrogenic and estrogenic effects in some tissues, including the breast. However, only a few studies have evaluated their role in endometrial cancer risk. We evalua...

    Elisa V. Bandera, Melony G. Williams, Camelia Sima… in Cancer Causes & Control (2009)

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    Maximizing resources to study an uncommon cancer: E2C2—Epidemiology of Endometrial Cancer Consortium

    Endometrial cancer affects more than 40,000 women a year in the U.S. While the association of this disease with high body mass index and sex steroid hormones is well known, there are many questions about etiol...

    Sara H. Olson, Chu Chen, Immaculata De Vivo, Jennifer A. Doherty… in Cancer Causes & Control (2009)

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    Variants in hormone biosynthesis genes and risk of endometrial cancer

    We investigated the risk associated with variants in three genes involved in estrogen biosynthesis, CYP11A1, CYP17A1, and CYP19A1, in the population-based case–control study of Estrogen, Diet, Genetics, and Endom...

    Sara H. Olson, Irene Orlow, Sharon Bayuga, Camelia Sima… in Cancer Causes & Control (2008)