DCEG News Updates
The latest news and research findings from the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics.
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Cari Kitahara Receives Van Meter Award from American Thyroid Association
Cari Kitahara receives the 2019 Van Meter Award from the American Thyroid Association.
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Increased Risk of Treatment-related Breast Cancer after Childhood Cancer
Study finds combination radiotherapy and anthracycline chemotherapy to treat childhood cancer may increase risk of treatment-related breast cancer.
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Horner elected Women Scientist Advisor
In October 2019, Marie-Josephe Horner, Ph.D., a staff scientist in the Infections and Immunoepidemiology Branch, was elected to serve as a Women Scientist Advisor (WSA) for a term of three years.
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Fellowship Experience at DCEG (Video)
In 2018, current and former DCEG fellows described their training experiences at the NCI.
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Obesity and Overweight Associated with Rise in Papillary Thyroid Cancer Rates
Overweight and obesity may have contributed to the rapid rise in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) incidence according to findings published Oct 22, 2019 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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Life-Gained Approach to Lung Cancer Screening May Increase Life Expectancy
Life-gained approach to lung cancer screening resulted in the greatest increase in life expectancy compared to risk-based strategies and current guidelines, according to findings published in Annals of Internal Medicine on October 22, 2019.
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Jiyeon Choi Appointed as Earl Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigator
In summer 2019, Jiyeon Choi, Ph.D., M.S., was appointed Earl Stadtman tenure-track investigator in the Laboratory of Translational Genomics.
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NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study Reaches Milestone
Nearly 25 years ago, NCI investigators mailed over three million members of the AARP a food frequency questionnaire to examine the relationship between diet, lifestyle, and cancer risk among older Americans. With the response of over half a million people, the NCI launched the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study, a cohort that was, and remains, the largest prospective in-depth study on diet and health.
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Molecular and Digital Pathology Laboratory Expands Capacity for DCEG Studies
The Molecular and Digital Pathology Laboratory is an extension of the Cancer Genomics Research Laboratory that integrates histological and molecular tissue profiling with analyses of environmental and genetic risk factors in epidemiologic studies.
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Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcoma Risk Patterns Among Survivors of Hereditary Retinoblastoma
Long-term risk of bone and soft tissue sarcomas after treatment for hereditary retinoblastoma varies by age, location and sex, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology on October 17, 2019.
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Cook Awarded Scientific Tenure by the NIH
Dr. Michael B. Cook was awarded scientific tenure by the NIH and promoted to senior investigator in the Metabolic Epidemiology Branch.
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Aspirin Use Associated with Increased Survival in Biliary Tract Cancer
Aspirin use after biliary tract cancer (BTC) diagnosis was associated with increased patient survival, according to a study by DCEG investigators published in JAMA Oncology on October 17, 2019.
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New Reports Highlight the Critical Role of Physical Activity for Cancer Prevention, Treatment, and Survival
Roundtable on Exercise and Cancer updates the evidence on physical activity for the prevention of multiple cancer types, and the importance of exercise for cancer patients and survivors to improve their physical and psychological health.
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HPV Vaccine May Provide Men with Herd Immunity against Oral HPV Infections
Oral HPV infections among unvaccinated men dropped 37% in 2009-2016 which may be a result of herd immunity by the HPV vaccine.
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Clarice Weinberg Delivers 2019 Wacholder Lecture
Clarice Weinberg delivered the 2019 Sholom Wacholder Distinguished Lecture on Evidence for Familial Clustering of Breast Cancer Age at Onset.
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Borrego and Davis Lynn Become Independent Research Scholars
David Borrego and Brittny Davis Lynn were inducted into the inaugural cohort of the Independent Research Scholar Program in the NIH Office of Intramural Research in August 2019.
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Catherine Schairer Retires from DCEG
Catherine Schairer, Ph.D., M.S., senior staff scientist in the Metabolic Epidemiology Branch, retired from DCEG in September 2019, after 37 years of service.
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Sir John Burn Delivers Seminar on Prediction and Prevention of Colorectal Cancer in Patients with Lynch Syndrome
In July 2019, Sir John Burn spent two days with DCEG staff and fellows as a Visiting Scholar during which time he delivered an informative seminar on prediction and prevention of colorectal cancer in patients with Lynch Syndrome.
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Scientific Highlights July - October 2019
Selected scientific papers published by DCEG scientists July - October 2019
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Trabert Granted DoD Investigator-Initiated Research Award
Britton Trabert received a Department of Defense Investigator-Initiated Research Award for her proposal titled “Making the CASE: Chemopreventive use of ASpirin for ovarian cancer—integrating Epidemiological data to evaluate population subgroups and tumor expression.”