Renal cell carcinoma

JJ Hsieh, MP Purdue, S Signoretti, C Swanton… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2017 - nature.com
… in epigenetic regulatory genes and demonstrated marked intra-tumour heterogeneity, which
… However, over the past decade, marked advances in the treatment of metastatic RCC have …

Interaction between tobacco and alcohol use and the risk of head and neck cancer: pooled analysis in the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology …

…, J Muscat, J Eluf-Neto, AF Olshan, M Purdue… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2009 - AACR
Background: The magnitude of risk conferred by the interaction between tobacco and alcohol
use on the risk of head and neck cancers is not clear because studies have used various …

[HTML][HTML] Colorectal-cancer incidence and mortality with screening flexible sigmoidoscopy

…, P Wright, TL Riley, MP Purdue… - … England Journal of …, 2012 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The benefits of endoscopic testing for colorectal-cancer screening are uncertain.
We evaluated the effect of screening with flexible sigmoidoscopy on colorectal-cancer …

Genome-wide association study of circulating vitamin D levels

…, Q Li, SJ Weinstein, M Purdue… - Human molecular …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
The primary circulating form of vitamin D, 25-hydroxy-vitamin D [25(OH)D], is associated with
multiple medical outcomes, including rickets, osteoporosis, multiple sclerosis and cancer. …

Human oral microbiome and prospective risk for pancreatic cancer: a population-based nested case-control study

…, J Wu, BA Peters, EJ Jacobs, SM Gapstur, MP Purdue… - Gut, 2018 - gut.bmj.com
Objective A history of periodontal disease and the presence of circulating antibodies to selected
oral pathogens have been associated with increased risk of pancreatic cancer; however…

Sexual behaviours and the risk of head and neck cancers: a pooled analysis in the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology (INHANCE) consortium

…, O Shan'gina, SM Schwartz, MP Purdue… - International journal …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Background Sexual contact may be the means by which head and neck cancer patients are
exposed to human papillomavirus (HPV). Methods We undertook a pooled analysis of four …

A multi-stage genome-wide association study of bladder cancer identifies multiple susceptibility loci

…, P Vineis, I De Vivo, D Albanes, MP Purdue… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
We conducted a multi-stage, genome-wide association study of bladder cancer with a
primary scan of 591,637 SNPs in 3,532 affected individuals (cases) and 5,120 controls of …

Cigarette smoking and the oral microbiome in a large study of American adults

…, Y Zhang, Z Pei, L Yang, Y Ma, MP Purdue… - The ISME …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Oral microbiome dysbiosis is associated with oral disease and potentially with systemic
diseases; however, the determinants of these microbial imbalances are largely unknown. In a …

[HTML][HTML] Association between Class III Obesity (BMI of 40–59 kg/m2) and Mortality: A Pooled Analysis of 20 Prospective Studies

…, MS Linet, Y Park, AV Patel, MP Purdue… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background The prevalence of class III obesity (body mass index [BMI]≥40 kg/m 2 ) has
increased dramatically in several countries and currently affects 6% of adults in the US, with …

Cessation of alcohol drinking, tobacco smoking and the reversal of head and neck cancer risk

…, SM Schwartz, P Rudnai, MP Purdue… - International journal …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Background Quitting tobacco or alcohol use has been reported to reduce the head and neck
cancer risk in previous studies. However, it is unclear how many years must pass following …