2024
Association between diet quality and ovarian cancer risk and survival
Cao A, Esserman D, Cartmel B, Irwin M, Ferrucci L. Association between diet quality and ovarian cancer risk and survival. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 2024, 116: 1095-1104. PMID: 38400738, PMCID: PMC11223874, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djae040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOvarian cancer riskAll-cause mortalityAssociated with lower all-cause mortalityDiet qualityCancer riskOvarian cancer diagnosisAssociated with ovarian cancer riskPre-diagnosisProspective NIH-AARP DietHealthy Eating Index-2015Cancer diagnosisNIH-AARP DietStop Hypertension scoreCancer registry dataEpithelial ovarian cancerMediterranean diet scoreFood frequency questionnaireCox proportional hazards regressionOvarian cancerProportional hazards regressionHEI-2015Health StudyHypertension scoreDiet scoreFrequency questionnaire
2022
Adipose tissue radiodensity and mortality among patients with nonmetastatic breast cancer
Cheng E, Caan BJ, Chen WY, Irwin ML, Prado CM, Cespedes Feliciano EM. Adipose tissue radiodensity and mortality among patients with nonmetastatic breast cancer. Clinical Nutrition 2022, 41: 2607-2613. PMID: 36306565, PMCID: PMC9722634, DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2022.09.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonmetastatic breast cancerVisceral adipose tissueBreast cancerBreast cancer prognosisOverall mortalitySpecific mortalityAdipose tissueCancer prognosisTissue radiodensityMultivariable Cox proportional hazards regressionKaiser Permanente Northern CaliforniaCox proportional hazards regressionRole of adiposityBody mass indexProportional hazards regressionBreast cancer survivalNovel prognostic markerThird lumbar vertebraIntegrated healthcare systemNon-Hispanic whitesMultiple cancer typesHazard ratioNonmetastatic patientsPrognostic factorsClinicopathological characteristics
2021
Neighborhood and Individual Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Survival Among Patients With Nonmetastatic Common Cancers
Cheng E, Soulos PR, Irwin ML, Feliciano E, Presley CJ, Fuchs CS, Meyerhardt JA, Gross CP. Neighborhood and Individual Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Survival Among Patients With Nonmetastatic Common Cancers. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e2139593. PMID: 34919133, PMCID: PMC8683967, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.39593.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer-specific mortalityNeighborhood socioeconomic statusIndividual-level socioeconomic statusIndividual socioeconomic statusColorectal cancerOverall mortalitySocioeconomic statusCohort studyHazard ratioDual eligibilityCancer patientsCommon cancerLung cancerProstate cancerSocioeconomic disadvantageHigh riskEnd Results-Medicare databaseMedicare-Medicaid dual eligibilityPopulation-based cohort studyCox proportional hazards regressionSuboptimal cancer careColorectal cancer patientsBreast cancer patientsProportional hazards regressionNon-Hispanic white individualsAnalysis of Survival Among Adults With Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer in the National Cancer Database
Cheng E, Blackburn HN, Ng K, Spiegelman D, Irwin ML, Ma X, Gross CP, Tabung FK, Giovannucci EL, Kunz PL, Llor X, Billingsley K, Meyerhardt JA, Ahuja N, Fuchs CS. Analysis of Survival Among Adults With Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer in the National Cancer Database. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e2112539. PMID: 34132794, PMCID: PMC8209612, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.12539.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly-onset colorectal cancerOnset colorectal cancerNational Cancer DatabaseColorectal cancerAge 51Overall survivalCancer DatabaseIncidence of CRCCox proportional hazards regressionPrimary colorectal cancerKaplan-Meier analysisProportional hazards regressionAge 50 yearsAge 25 yearsAnalysis of survivalCohort studySurvival benefitHazards regressionUnadjusted analysesCancer incidenceMAIN OUTCOMEAge 35Survival advantageLower riskStage I