Research Highlights - News Updates
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Hormone therapy and age of menopause associated with basal cell carcinoma risk
New data on use of hormone therapy, age at menopause and risk for skin cancer (basal cell carcinoma)
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HPV vaccine effective against infection at multiple sites
HPV vaccine effective against infection at multiple sites
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Long-term study finds no increased risk of miscarriage after HPV vaccination
Long-term study finds no increased risk of miscarriage after HPV vaccination
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Changing patterns in survival for U.S. women with invasive breast cancer
Descriptive epidemiology study of survival among U.S. women with invasive breast cancer
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Exploring the Causes and Course of Lung Cancer in Northern Italy
DCEG genetic epidemiologists and collaborators from the University of Milan in Italy have been working to uncover critical steps that lead to lung cancer development and identify opportunities to interrupt that progression.
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Benefit of fewer than three doses of HPV vaccine reported
NCI Clinical trial of HPV vaccine demonstrates benefit from fewer than three doses.
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Study reports peak longevity benefit with an hour of daily exercise
People who engage in three to five times the recommended minimum level of leisure-time physical activity derive the greatest benefit in terms of mortality reduction.
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Donor telomere length and survival after hematopoietic cell transplantation in patients with severe aplastic anemia
Patients with severe aplastic anemia who received a hematopoietic cell transplant from an unrelated donor whose white blood cells had longer telomeres had higher 5-year survival rates than those whose donor's white blood cells had shorter telomeres.
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DCEG Gains Two New Earl Stadtman Investigators
Lisa Mirabello, Ph.D., M.S., and Steven C. Moore, Ph.D., M.P.H., have been selected as NIH Earl Stadtman Investigators. Named after a noted biochemist at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the Stadtman program is a trans-NIH recruitment initiative designed to attract the most talented early career scientists to NIH.
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Translational Research Fulfilling the Promise of Genome-Wide Association Studies
Newsletter article discusses examples of the use of genome-wide association studies in translational cancer research
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Lindsay Morton: Making the Most of Consortia
In almost all of her research, Lindsay M. Morton, Ph.D., has used either formal consortia or extensive networks of scientific collaborators in the search for clues to the causes of cancer. A tenure-track investigator in DCEG’s Radiation Epidemiology Branch (REB), Dr. Morton has focused her research on areas of cancer epidemiology that require large numbers of subjects: rare outcomes, histologic subtypes, and gene-environment interactions. July 2013 Linkage Newsletter
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Tenure-Track Investigators Develop New Methods for Genetic Analyses
Tenure-Track Investigators Develop New Methods for Genetic Analyses, March 2013 Linkage
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Diesel Methodology Papers Earn 2012 Thomas Bedford Memorial Prize
The British Occupational Hygiene Society awarded the 2012 Thomas Bedford Memorial Prize to four papers describing the methods used to estimate occupational exposures in the DCEG Diesel Exhaust in Miners Study.
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Understanding the Risks of Medical Radiation
DCEG investigators in the Radiation Epidemiology Branch led new studies that shed further light on cancer risks related to low-dose diagnostic and screening procedures and to high-dose radiation therapy. March 2013 Linkage newsletter
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Joseph Fraumeni's Contributions to the Scientific Literature
Joseph Fraumeni's Contributions to the Scientific Literature - December 2012 Linkage Newsletter
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Reflections on the Past and Future of Epidemiology
DCEG was privileged to hold a panel discussion titled Cancer Epidemiology over the Last Half-century and Thoughts on the Future, featuring Dr. Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr., and Dr. David Schottenfeld, University of Michigan, co-editors of multiple editions of the indispensable textbook Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention. Dr. Robert N. Hoover, Director of DCEG’s Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program, moderated the discussion and posed questions on the major influences that affected the careers of Drs. Fraumeni and Schottenfeld, the key contributors and seminal discoveries in the field of cancer epidemiology, and advice for young epidemiologists. December 2012 Linkage Newsletter
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The Public Health Impact of DCEG Research
The Public Health Impact of DCEG Research - December 2012 Linkage newsletter
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From Early Research Themes to the Present
For a majority of scientific themes under study across the Division, Dr. Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr. conducted seminal work showing the promise of that particular line of research for yielding clues to cancer etiology and prevention. November 2012 Linkage newsletter
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How a Hereditary Multicancer Syndrome Was Discovered
Li-Fraumeni Syndrome (LFS) is a rare, inherited disorder which leads to a higher risk of certain cancers. NCI has evaluated families with LFS since the syndrome was first recognized in 1969 by Dr. Fred Li and Dr. Joseph Fraumeni. DCEG is now expanding this research through a clinical study and participation in a multi-institutional collaboration. November 2012 Linkage newsletter