Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics

The Immune Landscape of Cancer

We performed an extensive immunogenomic analysis of more than 10,000 tumors comprising 33 diverse cancer types by utilizing data compiled by TCGA. Across cancer types, we identi...

Assessing the Probability That a Positive Report is False: An Approach for Molecular Epidemiology Studies

Abstract Too many reports of associations between genetic variants and common cancer sites and other complex diseases are false positives. A major reason for this unfortunate si...

Solid Cancer Incidence in Atomic Bomb Survivors: 1958–1998

This is the second general report on radiation effects on the incidence of solid cancers (cancers other than malignancies of the blood or blood-forming organs) among members of ...

Cause-Specific Excess Deaths Associated With Underweight, Overweight, and Obesity

The BMI-mortality association varies by cause of death. These results help to clarify the associations of BMI with all-cause mortality.

Studies of Mortality of Atomic Bomb Survivors. Report 13: Solid Cancer and Noncancer Disease Mortality: 1950–1997

This continues the series of general reports on mortality in the cohort of atomic bomb survivors followed up by the Radiation Effects Research Foundation. This cohort includes 8...

Multifactorial Analysis of Differences Between Sporadic Breast Cancers and Cancers Involving BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations

Our study has identified key features of the histologic phenotypes of breast cancers in carriers of mutant BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. This information may improve the classification...

Body Mass Index and Risk of Adenocarcinomas of the Esophagus and Gastric Cardia

Increasing prevalence of obesity in the United States population may have contributed to the upward trends in esophageal and gastric cardia adenocarcinomas.

A prospective study of obesity and cancer risk (Sweden)

[corrected] We evaluated the relation between obesity and the risks for various forms of cancer. In a population-based cohort of 28,129 hospital patients (8165 men, 19,964 women...

Dietary and Nutritional Factors and Pancreatic Cancer: a Case-Control Study Based on Direct Interviews

Obesity is a risk factor for pancreatic cancer and appears to contribute to the higher risk of this disease among blacks than among whites in the United States, particularly amo...

A road map for efficient and reliable human genome epidemiology