ContextPatients with prostate cancer and their physicians need knowledge of treatment
options and their potential complications, but limited data on complications are available in …

Despite the promise of using DNA markers for the early detection of cancer, none has proven
universally applicable to the most common and lethal forms of human malignancy. Lung …

BACKGROUND A number of prognostic factors for thyroid carcinoma have been identified,
including sociodemographic characteristics, such as age and gender, and tumor …

Asthma is a common disease with a complex risk architecture including both genetic and
environmental factors. We performed a meta-analysis of North American genome-wide …

The effects of maternal smoking during pregnancy and childhood environmental tobacco
smoke (ETS) exposure on asthma and wheezing were investigated in 5,762 school-aged …

BACKGROUND Increased body weight at the time patients are diagnosed with breast carcinoma
has been associated with an increased risk of recurrence and reduced survival. Weight …

Purpose Chronic inflammation is believed to contribute to the development and progression
of breast cancer. Systemic C-reactive protein (CRP) and serum amyloid A (SAA) are …

… Correspondence and requests for reprints should be addressed to Frank Gilliland, MD,
Ph.D., Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Keck School of Medicine, 1540 Alcazar Street, …

Purpose : Prior studies of postoperative outcomes following radical prostatectomy have
been limited by selection bias and short-term followup. In this study we assessed temporal …

… Gilliland, Richard N. Baumgartner, Leslie Bernstein … Holmes MD, Chen WY, Feskanich
D, et al: Physical activity and survival after breast cancer diagnosis. JAMA 293:2479-2486 …