Linkage Newsletter - DCEG News Updates
Longer-format articles that go in-depth on DCEG research or profile investigators. These articles are distributed three times each year as the DCEG Newsletter, Linkage.
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The Changing Role of Tobacco in Cancer
Patterns of tobacco use and the design and construction of cigarettes and other tobacco products have changed over time. DCEG has a broad-based research program focusing on how these changes have altered associations between tobacco and cancer.
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Neal Freedman: Investigating the Role of Lifestyle and Metabolism in Cancer
Profile of Neal Freedman, Ph.D., as he investigates the role of lifestyle and metabolism in cancer.
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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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Cervical Cancer Screening and Clinical Management in the HPV Era
DCEG scientists provided key evidence for the formulation of new risk-based guidelines for the clinical management of women with abnormal cervical cancer screening tests, in collaboration with Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KPNC). Published in a 2013 supplement of the Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease.
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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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DCEG Investigators Discuss Cancer Precursor Lesions in Special CEPB Feature
DCEG investigators contributed to a special feature section on cancer precursor lesions in the April 2013 issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention (CEBP).
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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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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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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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Joseph Fraumeni's Contributions to the Scientific Literature
Joseph Fraumeni's Contributions to the Scientific Literature - December 2012 Linkage Newsletter
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Margaret Tucker Appointed as DCEG Acting Director
Margaret Tucker Appointed as DCEG Acting Director, December 2012 Linkage Newsletter
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Training the Next Generation of Scientists
Training the Next Generation of Scientists - 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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Collaboration and Consortia
DCEG partners with the NCI Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS) to foster and support large-scale extramural-intramural consortial initiatives to assemble the substantial quantity of data and biospecimens necessary to conduct a wide range of epidemiologic studies.
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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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Legend for Fig 1: Hereditary Multicancer Syndrome
Legend for Fig 1: Hereditary Multicancer Syndrome
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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
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Measuring the Impact of Publications by Joseph Fraumeni
Several indices have been developed as benchmarks to estimate the overall impact of a scientist’s work. The two most commonly used are the Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge Science Citation Index (SCI) and the h-index. By any of these measures, the contributions of Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr., M.D., are remarkable. December 2012 Linkage Newsletter.