• Absolute Risk of Oropharyngeal Cancer After an HPV16-E6 Serology Test and Potential Implications for Screening: Results From the Human Papillomavirus Cancer Cohort Consortium 

      Robbins, Hilary A.; Ferreiro-Iglesias, Aida; Waterboer, Tim; Brenner, Nicole; Nygård, Mari; Bender, Noemi; Schroeder, Lea; Hildesheim, Allan; Pawlita, Michael; D'Souza, Gypsyamber; Visvanathan, Kala; Langseth, Hilde; Schlecht, Nicolas F.; Tinker, Lesley F.; Agalliu, Ilir; Wassertheil-Smoller, Sylvia; Ness-Jensen, Eivind; Hveem, Kristian; Grioni, Sara; Kaaks, Rudolf; Sánchez, Maria-Jose; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Giles, Graham G.; Milne, Roger L.; Cai, Qiuyin; Blot, William J.; Zheng, Wei; Weinstein, Stephanie J.; Albanes, Demetrius; Huang, Wen-Yi; Freedman, Neal D.; Kreimer, Aimée R; Johansson, Mattias; Brennan, Paul (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      PURPOSE Seropositivity for the HPV16-E6 oncoprotein is a promising marker for early detection of oropharyngeal cancer (OPC), but the absolute risk of OPC after a positive or negative test is unknown. METHODS We ...
    • The blood proteome of imminent lung cancer diagnosis 

      Albanes, Demetrius; Alcala, Karine; Alcala, Nicolas; Amos, Christopher I.; Arslan, Alan A.; Bassett, Julie K.; Brennan, Paul; Cai, Qiuyin; Chen, Chu; Feng, Xiaoshuang; Freedman, Neal D.; Guida, Florence; Hung, Rayjean J.; Hveem, Kristian; Johansson, Mikael; Johansson, Mattias; Koh, Woon-Puay; Langhammer, Arnulf; Milne, Roger L.; Muller, David; Onwuka, Justina; Sørgjerd, Elin Pettersen; Robbins, Hilary A.; Sesso, Howard D.; Severi, Gianluca; Shu, Xiao-Ou; Sieri, Sabina; Smith-Byrne, Karl; Stevens, Victoria; Tinker, Lesley; Tjønneland, Anne; Visvanathan, Kala; Wang, Ying; Wang, Renwei; Weinstein, Stephanie; Yuan, Jian-Min; Zahed, Hana; Zhang, Xuehong; Zheng, Wei (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Identification of risk biomarkers may enhance early detection of smoking-related lung cancer. We measured between 392 and 1,162 proteins in blood samples drawn at most three years before diagnosis in 731 smoking-matched ...
    • Breast cancer risk after recent childbirth: A pooled analysis of 15 prospective studies 

      Nichols, Hazel B.; Schoemaker, Minouk J.; Cai, Jianwen; Xu, Jiawei; Wright, Lauren B.; Brook, Mark N.; Jones, Michael E.; Adami, Hans Olov; Baglietto, Laura; Bertrand, Kimberly A.; Blot, William J.; Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine; Dorronsoro, Miren; Dossus, Laure; Eliassen, A. Heather; Giles, Graham G.; Gram, Inger Torhild; Hankinson, Susan E.; Hoffman-Bolton, Judy; Kaaks, Rudolf; Key, Timothy J.; Kitahara, Cari M.; Larsson, Susanna C.; Linet, Martha; Merritt, Melissa A.; Milne, Roger L.; Pala, Valeria; Palmer, Julie R.; Peeters, Petra H.; Riboli, Elio; Sund, Malin; Tamimi, Rulla M.; Tjønneland, Anne; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Ursin, Giske; Vatten, Lars Johan; Visvanathan, Kala; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Wolk, Alicja; Zheng, Wei; Weinberg, Clarice R.; Swerdlow, Anthony J.; Sandler, Dale P. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Background: Parity is widely recognized as protective for breast cancer, but breast cancer risk may be increased shortly after childbirth. Whether this risk varies with breastfeeding, family history of breast cancer, or ...
    • Circulating concentrations of biomarkers and metabolites related to Vitamin status, one-carbon and the kynurenine pathways in US, Nordic, Asian, and Australian populations 

      Midttun, Øivind; Theofylaktopoulou, Despoina; Mccann, Adrian; Fanidi, Anouar; Muller, David C.; Meyer, Klaus; Ulvik, Arve; Zheng, Wei; Shu, Xiao-Ou; Xiang, Yong-Bing; Prentice, Ross; Thomson, Cynthia A.; Pettinger, Mary; Giles, Graham G.; Hodge, Allison; Cai, Qiuyin; Blot, William J.; Wu, Jie; Johansson, Mikael; Hultdin, Johan; Grankvist, Kjell; Stevens, Victoria L.; McCullough, Marjorie L.; Weinstein, Stephanie J.; Albanes, Demetrius; Langhammer, Arnulf; Hveem, Kristian; Næss, Marit; Sesso, Howard D.; Gaziano, J. Michael; Buring, Julie E.; Lee, I-Min; Severi, Gianluca; Zhang, Xuehong; Han, Jiali; Stampfer, Meir J.; Smith-Warner, Stephanie A.; Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Anne; Le Marchand, Loic; Yuan, Jian-Min; Butler, Lesley M.; Koh, Woon-Puay; Wang, Renwei; Gao, Yu-Tang; Ericson, Ulrika; Sonestedt, Emily; Ziegler, Regina G.; Freedman, Neal D.; Visvanathan, Kala; Jones, Miranda R.; Relton, Caroline; Brennan, Paul; Johansson, Mattias; Ueland, Per Magne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Background: Circulating concentrations of biomarkers that are related to vitamin status vary by factors such as diet, fortification, and supplement use. Published biomarker concentrations have also been influenced by the ...
    • Circulating cotinine concentrations and lung cancer risk in the Lung Cancer Cohort Consortium (LC3) 

      Larose, Tricia L; Guida, Florence; Anouar, Fanidi; Langhammer, Arnulf; Hveem, Kristian; Stevens, Victoria L.; Jacobs, Eric J.; Smith-Warner, Stephanie A.; Giovannucci, Edward; Albanes, Demetrius; Weinstein, Stephanie J.; Freedman, Neal D.; Prentice, Ross; Pettinger, Mary; Thomson, Cynthia A.; Cai, Qiuyin; Wu, Jie; Blot, William J; Arslan, Alan A.; Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Anne; Le Marchand, Loic; Wilkens, Lynne R.; Haiman, Christopher A.; Zhang, Xuehong; Stampfer, Meir J; Hodge, Allison M.; Giles, Graham G.; Severi, Gianluca; Johansson, Mikael; Grankvist, Kjell; Wang, Renwei; Yuan, Jian-Min; Gao, Yu-Tang; Koh, Woon-Puay; Shu, Xiao-Ou; Zheng, Wei; Xiang, Yong-Bing; Li, Honglan; Lan, Qing; Visvanathan, Kala; Hoffman Bolton, Judith; Ueland, Per Magne; Midttun, Øivind; Caporaso, Neil; Purdue, Mark; Sesso, Howard D.; Buring, Julie E.; Lee, I-Min; Gaziano, J. Michael; Manjer, Jonas; Brunnström, Hans; Brennan, Paul; Johansson, Mattias (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Background Self-reported smoking is the principal measure used to assess lung cancer risk in epidemiological studies. We evaluated if circulating cotinine—a nicotine metabolite and biomarker of recent tobacco exposure—provides ...
    • Circulating high sensitivity C reactive protein concentrations and risk of lung cancer: Nested case-control study within Lung Cancer Cohort Consortium 

      Muller, David C.; Larose, Tricia L; Hodge, Allison; Guida, Florence; Langhammer, Arnulf; Grankvist, Kjell; Meyer, Klaus; Cai, Qiuyin; Arslan, Alan A.; Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Anne; Albanes, Demetrius; Giles, Graham G.; Sesso, Howard D.; Lee, I-Min; Gaziano, J. Michael; Yuan, Jian-Min; Hoffman Bolton, Judith; Buring, Julie E.; Visvanathan, Kala; Le Marchand, Loic; Purdue, Mark P.; Caporaso, Neil E.; Midttun, Øivind; Ueland, Per Magne; Prentice, Ross L.; Weinstein, Stephanie J.; Stevens, Victoria L.; Zheng, Wei; Blot, William J.; Shu, Xiao-Ou; Zhang, Xuehong; Xiang, Yong-Bing; Koh, Woon-Puay; Hveem, Kristian; Thomson, Cynthia A.; Pettinger, Mary; Engström, Gunnar; Brunnström, Hans; Milne, Roger L.; Stampfer, Meir J.; Han, Jiali; Johansson, Mikael; Brennan, Paul; Severi, Gianluca; Johansson, Mattias (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Objectives: Inflammation may play an important role in lung cancer pathogenesis. Previous studies have suggested an association between C-reactive protein (CRP) as a marker of inflammation, and risk of lung cancer, but ...
    • Circulating markers of cellular immune activation in pre-diagnostic blood sample and lung cancer risk in the Lung Cancer Cohort Consortium (LC3) 

      Huang, Joyce Yongxu; Larose, Tricia L; Luu, Hung N; Wang, Renwei; Fanidi, Anouar; Alcala, Karine; Stevens, Victoria L.; Weinstein, Stephanie J.; Albanes, Demetrius; Caporaso, Neil E.; Purdue, Mark P.; Ziegler, Regina G.; Freedman, Neal D.; Lan, Qing; Prentice, Ross L.; Pettinger, Mary; Thomson, Cynthia A.; Cai, Qiuyin; Wu, Jie; Blot, William J.; Shu, Xiao-Ou; Zheng, Wei; Arslan, Alan A.; Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Anne; Le Marchand, Loïc; Wilkens, Lynn R; Haiman, Christopher A.; Zhang, Xuehong; Stampfer, Meir J.; Han, Jiali; Giles, Graham G.; Hodge, Allison M.; Severi, Gianluca; Johansson, Mikael; Grankvist, Kjell; Langhammer, Arnulf; Hveem, Kristian; Xiang, Yong-Bing; Li, Hong-Lan; Gao, Yu-Tang; Visvanathan, Kala; Ueland, Per Magne; Midttun, Øivind; Ulvik, Arve; Buring, Julie E.; Lee, I-Min; Sesso, Howard D.; Gaziano, J. Michael; Manjer, Jonas; Relton, Caroline; Koh, Woon-Puay; Brennan, Paul; Johansson, Mattias; Yuan, Jian-Min (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Cell‐mediated immune suppression may play an important role in lung carcinogenesis. We investigated the associations for circulating levels of tryptophan, kynurenine, kynurenine:tryptophan ratio (KTR), quinolinic acid (QA) ...
    • A cross-sectional study of inflammatory markers as determinants of circulating kynurenines in the Lung Cancer Cohort Consortium 

      Midttun, Øivind; Ulvik, Arve; Meyer, Klaus; Zahed, Hana; Giles, Graham G.; Manjer, Jonas; Sandsveden, Malte; Langhammer, Arnulf; Sørgjerd, Elin Pettersen; Behndig, Annelie F.; Johansson, Mikael; Freedman, Neal D.; Huang, Wen-Yi; Chen, Chu; Prentice, Ross; Stevens, Victoria L.; Wang, Ying; Le Marchand, Loïc; Weinstein, Stephanie J.; Cai, Qiuyin; Arslan, Alan A.; Chen, Yu; Shu, Xiao-Ou; Zheng, Wei; Yuan, Jian-Min; Koh, Woon-Puay; Visvanathan, Kala; Sesso, Howard D.; Zhang, Xuehong; Gaziano, J. Michael; Fanidi, Anouar; Robbins, Hilary A.; Brennan, Paul; Johansson, Mattias; Ueland, Per Magne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Circulating concentrations of metabolites (collectively called kynurenines) in the kynurenine pathway of tryptophan metabolism increase during inflammation, particularly in response to interferon-gamma (IFN-γ). Neopterin ...
    • Epidemiology of 40 blood biomarkers of one-carbon metabolism, vitamin status, inflammation, and renal and endothelial function among cancer-free older adults 

      Zahed, Hana; Johansson, Mattias; Ueland, Per Magne; Midttun, Øivind; Milne, Roger L.; Giles, Graham G.; Manjer, Jonas; Sandsveden, Malte; Langhammer, Arnulf; Sørgjerd, Elin Pettersen; Grankvist, Kjell; Johansson, Mikael; Freedman, Neal D.; Huang, Wen-Yi; Chen, Chu; Prentice, Ross; Stevens, Victoria L.; Wang, Ying; Le Marchand, Loic; Wilkens, Lynne R.; Weinstein, Stephanie J.; Albanes, Demetrius; Cai, Qiuyin; Blot, William J.; Arslan, Alan A.; Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Anne; Shu, Xiao-Ou; Zheng, Wei; Yuan, Jian-Min; Koh, Woon-Puay; Visvanathan, Kala; Sesso, Howard D.; Zhang, Xuehong; Gaziano, J. Michael; Fanidi, Anouar; Muller, David; Brennan, Paul; Guida, Florence; Robbins, Hilary A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Imbalances of blood biomarkers are associated with disease, and biomarkers may also vary non-pathologically across population groups. We described variation in concentrations of biomarkers of one-carbon metabolism, vitamin ...
    • The premenopausal breast cancer collaboration: A pooling project of studies participating in the national cancer institute cohort consortium 

      Nichols, Hazel B.; Schoemaker, Minouk J.; Wright, Lauren B.; McGowan, Craig; Brook, Mark N.; Mcclain, Kathleen M.; Jones, Michael E.; Adami, Hans Olov; Agnoli, Claudia; Baglietto, Laura; Bernstein, Leslie; Bertrand, Kimberly A.; Blot, William J.; Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine; Butler, Lesley; Chen, Yu; Doody, Michele M.; Dossus, Laure; Eliassen, A. Heather; Giles, Graham G.; Gram, Inger Torhild; Hankinson, Susan E.; Hoffman-Bolton, Judy; Kaaks, Rudolf; Key, Timothy J.; Kirsh, Victoria A.; Kitahara, Cari M.; Koh, Woon-Puay; Larsson, Susanna C; Lund, Eiliv; Ma, Huiyan; Merritt, Melissa A.; Milne, Roger L.; Navarro, Carmen; Overvad, Kim; Ozasa, Kotaro; Palmer, Julie R.; Peeters, Petra H.; Riboli, Elio; Rohan, Thomas E.; Sadakane, Atsuko; Sund, Malin; Tamimi, Rulla M.; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Vatten, Lars Johan; Visvanathan, Kala; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Willett, Walter C.; Wolk, Alicja; Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Anne; Zheng, Wei; Sandler, Dale P.; Swerdlow, Anthony J. (Journal article, 2017)
      Breast cancer is a leading cancer diagnosis among premenopausal women around the world. Unlike rates in postmenopausal women, incidence rates of advanced breast cancer have increased in recent decades for premenopausal ...
    • Timing of HPV16-E6 antibody seroconversion before OPSCC: Findings from the HPVC3 consortium 

      Kreimer, Aimée R.; Ferreiro-Iglesias, Aida; Nygård, Mari; Bender, Noemi; Schroeder, Lea; Hildesheim, Alan; Robbins, Hilary A.; Pawlita, Michael; Langseth, Hilde; Schlecht, Nicolas F.; Tinker, Lesley Fels; Agalliu, Ilir; Smoller, Sylvia W.; Ness-Jensen, Eivind; Hveem, Kristian; D'Souza, Gypsyamber; Visvanathan, Kala; May, Betty; Ursin, Giske; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Giles, Graham G.; Milne, Roger L.; Cai, Qiuyin; Blot, William J.; Zheng, Wei; Weinstein, Stephanie J.; Albanes, Demetrius; Brenner, Nicole; Hoffman-Bolton, Judith; Kaaks, Rudolf; Barricarte, Aurelio; Tjønneland, Anne; Sacerdote, Carlotta; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Vermeulen, Roel C.H.; Huang, Wen-Yi; Freedman, Neal D.; Brennan, Paul J.; Waterboer, Tim; Johansson, Mattias (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Background Human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16)-E6 antibodies are detectable in peripheral blood before diagnosis in the majority of HPV16-driven oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC), but the timing of seroconversion ...
    • Vitamin B6 catabolism and lung cancer risk: Results from the Lung Cancer Cohort Consortium (LC3) 

      Zuo, Hui; Ueland, Per Magne; Midttun, Øivind; Tell, Grethe S.; Fanidi, Anouar; Zheng, Wei; Shu, Xiao-Ou; Xiang, Yong-Bing; Wu, Jie; Prentice, Ross L.; Pettinger, Mary; Thomson, Cynthia A.; Giles, Graham G.; Hodge, Allison M.; Cai, Qiuyin; Blot, William J.; Johansson, Mikael B.; Hultdin, Johan; Grankvist, Kjell; Stevens, Victoria L.; McCullough, Marjorie L.; Weinstein, Stephanie J.; Albanes, Demetrius; Ziegler, Regina G.; Freedman, Neal David; Caporaso, Neil E.; Langhammer, Arnulf; Hveem, Kristian; Næss, Marit; Buring, Julie E.; Lee, I-Min; Gaziano, John Michael; Severi, Gianluca; Zhang, Xuehong; Stampfer, Meir Jonathan; Han, Jiali; Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Anne; Marchand, Loïc Le; Yuan, Jian-Min; Wang, Renwei; Koh, Woon-Puay; Gao, Yutang; Ericson, Ulrika C.; Visvanathan, Kala; Jones, Michael R.; Relton, Caroline Laura; Brennan, Paul J.; Johansson, Mattias; Ulvik, Arve (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Background Increased vitamin B6 catabolism related to inflammation, as measured by the PAr index (the ratio of 4-pyridoxic acid over the sum of pyridoxal and pyridoxal-5'-phosphate), has been positively associated with ...