DCEG News Updates
The latest news and research findings from the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics.
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Rena Jones Appointed as Tenure-Track Investigator for Environmental Exposure Assessment
Rena Jones Appointed as Tenure-Track Investigator for Environmental Exposure Assessment
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Eric Engels Appointed Acting Branch Chief
Eric Engels Appointed Acting Chief, Infections and Immunoepidemiology Branch
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Increasing Thyroid Cancer Incidence and Mortality in the United States
A new analysis of thyroid cancer trends found significant increases in both incidence and mortality overall and for advanced-stage papillary thyroid cancer.
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Melissa Friesen Awarded Scientific Tenure by the NIH
Melissa Friesen Awarded Scientific Tenure by the NIH
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Bin Zhu Explores Germline Variants and Somatic Mutations in Tumors
Bin Zhu in the Biostatistics Branch Explores Germline Variants and Somatic Mutations in Tumors
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Sonja Berndt Awarded Scientific Tenure by the NIH
Sonja Berndt Awarded Scientific Tenure by the NIH
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From India, first evidence of common genetic variation associated with gallbladder cancer risk
In the first-ever large genome-wide association study (GWAS) of gallbladder cancer, researchers have identified common genetic changes associated with elevated risk of the often fatal malignancy.
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No increased risk of death among U.S. physicians who perform fluoroscopy-guided interventional procedures compared to psychiatrists
U.S. physicians who performed fluoroscopy-guided interventional procedures (FGI MDs) found no increased risk of death (total and cause-specific), compared to physicians who did not perform these types of tests (psychiatrists).
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2017 Diversity Career Development Program Selections
DCEG fellows, including Tracy Layne, Maryam Hashemian, Moara Machado, Brittany Davis Lynn, and Hyuna Sung, were selected for the Diversity Career Development Program for 2017.
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DCEG Postdocs Receive 2017 Sallie Rosen Kaplan Fellowships
2017 Sallie Rosen Kaplan Postdoctoral Fellowship for Women Scientists--Winners
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2017 Representatives to Fellows' Committees
DCEG fellows were appointed to serve as representatives in 2017 to the DCEG Fellows Committee (DFel), the DCEG Fellows Editorial Board (DFEB), and the Career Development Seminar Series.
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DCEG Establishes Integrative Tumor Epidemiology Branch
DCEG Establishes Integrative Tumor Epidemiology Branch
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Lydia Louis Selected to Present at NIH Symposium
Lydia Louis, a fellow in the Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch is selected to present at NIH Symposium
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Unexpected Findings Reveal Genetic Mosaicism as Possible Early Marker for Disease
DCEG scientists have made surprising observations that a substantial number of adults—individuals who did not have cancer at the time their DNA was scanned—have large structural chromosomal abnormalities, known as mosaicism. In addition, they found that the number of abnormalities an individual may carry appear to increase as they age. Some proportion may be related to environmental exposures, including smoking. These unexpected findings are exciting for a number of reasons; they could lead to new insights on how and why the risk of cancer increases with age, and they might eventually help identify people at higher-than-average risk of developing certain cancers.
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Second Annual Celebration of Women and Girls in Science
Second Annual Celebration of Women and Girls in Science
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Laufey Amundadottir Awarded Scientific Tenure by the NIH
Laufey Amundadottir Awarded Scientific Tenure by the NIH
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Special issue of Preventive Medicine argues the case for HPV testing to prevent cervical cancer
In February 2017, DCEG experts and colleagues from around the world presented the evidence in favor of phasing out cytology-based screening in favor of the more sensitive HPV testing.
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Using Geographic Information Systems to Improve Exposure Assessment in Epidemiological Studies of Cancer
Description of epidemiologic studies that are using geographic information system (GIS) technology, recently-available data resources, and novel analytic methods to home in on environmental causes of cancer.
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Study Finds Premature Death Rates Diverge in the United States by Race and Ethnicity
Premature death rates have declined among Hispanic, Black, and Asian/Pacific Islander—but increased among White and American Indian/Alaska Native adults, according to a comprehensive study of premature death rates for the entire U.S. population from 1999 to 2014.
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Silvia Franceschi Delivers Division Seminar, Discusses Research with DCEG Investigators
Silvia Franceschi from IARC Delivers Division Seminar, Discusses Research with DCEG Investigators