• Increased levels of microRNA-320 in blood serum and plasma is associated with imminent and advanced lung cancer 

      Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Urbarova, Ilona Halva; Mjelle, Robin; Paulsen, Erna-Elise; Dønnem, Tom; Andersen, Sigve; Markaki, Maria; Røe, Oluf Dimitri; Johansson, Mikael; Johansson, Mattias; Grønberg, Bjørn Henning; Sandanger, Torkjel M; Sætrom, Pål (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-11-07)
      Lung cancer (LC) incidence is increasing globally and altered levels of microRNAs (miRNAs) in blood may contribute to identification of individuals with LC. We identified miRNAs differentially expressed in peripheral blood at LC diagnosis and evaluated, in pre-diagnostic blood specimens, how long before diagnosis expression changes of such candidate miRNAs could be detected. We identified upregulated ...
    • The influence of obesity-related factors in the etiology of renal cell carcinoma-A mendelian randomization study 

      Johansson, Mattias; Carreras-Torres, Robert; Scelo, Ghislaine; Purdue, Mark P.; Mariosa, Daniela; Muller, David C.; Timpson, Nicholas J.; Haycock, Philip C.; Brown, Kevin M.; Wang, Zhaoming; Ye, Yuanqing; Hofmann, Jonathan N.; Foll, Matthieu; Gaborieau, Valerie; Machiela, Mitchell J.; Colli, Leandro M.; Li, Peng; Garnier, Jean-Guillaume; Blanche, Helene; Boland, Anne; Burdette, Laurie; Prokhortchouk, Egor; Skryabin, Konstantin G.; Yeager, Meredith; Radojevic-Skodric, Sanja; Ognjanovic, Simona; Foretova, Lenka; Holcatova, Ivana; Janout, Vladimir; Mates, Dana; Mukeriya, Anush; Rascu, Stefan; Zaridze, David; Bencko, Vladimir; Cybulski, Cezary; Fabianova, Eleonora; Jinga, Viorel; Lissowska, Jolanta; Lubinski, Jan; Navratilova, Marie; Rudnai, Peter; Benhamou, Simone; Cancel-Tassin, Geraldine; Cussenot, Olivier; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Ljungberg, Börje; Tumkur Sitaram, Raviprakash; Häggström, Christel; Bruinsma, Fiona; Jordan, Susan J.; Severi, Gianluca; Winship, Ingrid; Hveem, Kristian; Vatten, Lars Johan; Fletcher, Tony; Larsson, Susanna C.; Wolk, Alicja; Banks, Rosamonde E.; Selby, Peter J.; Easton, Douglas F.; Andreotti, Gabriella; Beane Freeman, Laura E.; Koutros, Stella; Männistö, Satu; Weinstein, Stephanie; Clark, Peter E.; Edwards, Todd L.; Lipworth, Loren; Gapstur, Susan M.; Stevens, Victoria L.; Carol, Hallie; Freedman, Matthew L.; Pomerantz, Mark M.; Cho, Eunyoung; Wilson, Kathryn M.; Gaziano, J. Michael; Sesso, Howard D.; Freedman, Neal D.; Parker, Alexander S.; Eckel-Passow, Jeanette E.; Huang, Wen-Yi; Kahnoski, Richard J.; Lane, Brian R.; Noyes, Sabrina L.; Petillo, David; Teh, Bin Tean; Peters, Ulrike; White, Emily; Anderson, Garnet L.; Johnson, Lisa; Luo, Juhua; Buring, Julie; Lee, I-Min; Chow, Wong-Ho; Moore, Lee E.; Eisen, Timothy; Henrion, Marc; Larkin, James; Barman, Poulami; Leibovich, Bradley C.; Choueiri, Toni K.; Lathrop, G. Mark; Deleuze, Jean-François; Gunter, Marc; McKay, James D.; Wu, Xifeng; Houlston, Richard S.; Chanock, Stephen J.; Relton, Caroline; Richards, J. Brent; Martin, Richard M.; Davey Smith, George; Brennan, Paul (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-01-03)
      <i>Background</i> - Several obesity-related factors have been associated with renal cell carcinoma (RCC), but it is unclear which individual factors directly influence risk. We addressed this question using genetic markers as proxies for putative risk factors and evaluated their relation to RCC risk in a mendelian randomization (MR) framework. This methodology limits bias due to confounding and is ...
    • Lifetime alcohol use and overall and cause-specific mortality in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and nutrition (EPIC) study 

      Ferrari, Pietro; Licaj, Idlir; Muller, David C; Andersen, Per Kragh; Johansson, Mattias; Boeing, Heiner; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Dossus, Laure; Dartois, Laureen; Fagherazzi, Guy; Bradbury, Kathryn E; Khaw, Kay-Tee; Wareham, Nick; Duell, Eric J; Barricarte, Aurelio; Molina-Montes, Esther; Sanchez, Carmen Navarro; Arriola, Larraitz; Wallström, Peter; Tjønneland, Anne; Olsen, Anja; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Benetou, Vasiliki; Trichopoulos, Dimitrios; Tumino, Rosario; Agnoli, Claudia; Sacerdote, Carlotta; Palli, Domenico; Li, Kuanrong; Kaaks, Rudolf; Peeters, Petra; Beulens, Joline WJ; Nunes, Luciana; Gunter, Marc; Norat, Teresa; Overvad, Kim; Brennan, Paul; Riboli, Elio; Romieu, Isabelle (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014)
    • Lung cancer risk discrimination of prediagnostic proteomics measurements compared with existing prediction tools 

      Feng, Xiaoshuang; Wu, Wendy Yi-Ying; Onwuka, Justina Ucheojor; Haider, Zahra; Alcala, Karine; Smith-Byrne, Karl; Zahed, Hana; Guida, Florence; Wang, Renwei; Bassett, Julie K.; Stevens, Victoria; Wang, Ying; Weinstein, Stephanie; Freedman, Neal D.; Chen, Chu; Tinker, Lesley; Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Koh, Woon-Puay; Muller, David; Colorado-Yohar, Sandra M.; Tumino, Rosario; Hung, Rayjean J.; Amos, Christopher I.; Lin, Xihong; Zhang, Xuehong; Arslan, Alan A.; Sánchez, Maria-Jose; Sørgjerd, Elin Pettersen; Severi, Gianluca; Hveem, Kristian; Brennan, Paul; Langhammer, Arnulf; Milne, Roger L.; Yuan, Jian-Min; Melin, Beatrice; Johansson, Mikael; Robbins, Hilary A.; Johansson, Mattias (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-06-01)
      Background: We sought to develop a proteomics-based risk model for lung cancer and evaluate its risk-discriminatory performance in comparison with a smoking-based risk model (PLCOm2012) and a commercially available autoantibody biomarker test.<p><p>Methods: We designed a case-control study nested in 6 prospective cohorts, including 624 lung cancer participants who donated blood samples at most 3 ...
    • Measured adiposity in relation to head and neck cancer risk in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition. 

      Ward, Heather A.; Wark, Petra A.; Muller, David C.; Steffen, Annika; Johansson, Mattias; Norat, Teresa; Gunter, Marc J.; Overvad, Kim; Dahm, Christina C; Halkjær, Jytte; Tjønneland, Anne; Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine; Fagherazzi, Guy; Mesrine, Sylvie; Brennan, Paul; Freisling, Heinz; Li, Kuanrong; Kaaks, Rudolf; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Lagiou, Pagona; Panico, Salavatore; Grioni, Sara; Tumino, Rosario; Vineis, Paolo; Palli, Domenico; Peeters, Petra H.M.; Bueno-De-Mesquita, Hendrik Bastiaan; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Agudo, Antonio; Quirós, José Ramón; Larrañaga, Nerea; Ardanaz, Eva; Huerta, José María; Sánchez, María-José; Laurell, Göran; Johansson, Ingegerd; Westin, Ulla; Wallström, Peter; Bradbury, Kathryn E.; Wareham, Nicholas J.; Khaw, Kay-Tee; Pearson, Clare; Boeing, Heiner; Riboli, Elio (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2017-06)
      <b>Background</b>: Emerging evidence from cohort studies indicates that adiposity is associated with greater incidence of head and neck cancer. However, most studies have used self-reported anthropometry which is prone to error.<br><b>Methods</b>: Among 363,094 participants in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study (EPIC) with measured anthropometry, there were 837 ...
    • Metabolic signatures of greater body size and their associations with risk of colorectal and endometrial cancers in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition 

      Kliemann, Nathalie; Viallon, Vivian; Murphy, Neil; Beeken, Rebecca J.; Rothwell, Joseph A.; Rinaldi, Sabina; Assi, Nada; van Roekel, Eline H.; Schmidt, Julie A.; Borch, Kristin Benjaminsen; Agnoli, Claudia; Rosendahl, Ann H.; Sartor, Hanna; Huerta, José María; Tjønneland, Anne; Halkjær, Jytte; Bueno-de-Mesquita, Bas; Gicquiau, Audrey; Achaintre, David; Aleksandrova, Krasimira; Schulze, Matthias B.; Heath, Alicia K.; Tsilidis, Konstantinos K.; Masala, Giovanna; Panico, Salvatore; Kaaks, Rudolf; Fortner, Renée T.; Van Guelpen, Bethany; Dossus, Laure; Scalbert, Augustin; Keun, Hector C.; Travis, Ruth C.; Jenab, Mazda; Johansson, Mattias; Ferrari, Pietro; Gunter, Marc J. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-04-30)
      Background: The mechanisms underlying the obesity-cancer relationship are incompletely understood. This study aimed to characterise metabolic signatures of greater body size and to investigate their association with two obesity-related malignancies, endometrial and colorectal cancers, and with weight loss within the context of an intervention study.<p> <p>Methods: Targeted mass spectrometry ...
    • Modifiable causes of premature death in middle-age in Western Europe: Results from the EPIC cohort study 

      Muller, David C.; Murphy, Neil; Johansson, Mattias; Ferrari, Pietro; Tsilidis, Konstantinos K.; Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine; Clavel, Francoise; Dartois, Laureen; Li, Kuanrong; Kaaks, Rudolf; Weikert, Cornelia; Bergmann, Manuela; Boeing, Heiner; Tjønneland, Anne; Overvad, Kim; Redondo, María-Luisa; Agudo, Antonio; Molina-Portillo, Elena; Altzibar, Jone M.; Cirera, Lluis; Ardanaz, Eva; Khaw, Kay-Tee; Wareham, Nicholas J.; Key, Timothy J.; Travis, Ruth C.; Bamia, Christina; Orfanos, Philippos; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Palli, Domenico; Pala, Valeria; Tumino, Rosario; Vineis, Paolo; Panico, Salvatore; Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. Bas; Verschuren, W.M. Monique; Struijk, Ellen A.; Peeters, Petra H.; Engström, Gunnar; Melander, Olle; Sund, Malin; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Skeie, Guri; Lund, Eiliv; Norat, Teresa; Gunter, Marc; Riboli, Elio; Brennan, Paul (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-06-14)
      Background<br> Life expectancy is increasing in Europe, yet a substantial proportion of adults still die prematurely before the age of 70 years. We sought to estimate the joint and relative contributions of tobacco smoking, hypertension, obesity, physical inactivity, alcohol and poor diet towards risk of premature death.<br> Methods<br> We analysed data from 264,906 European adults from the ...
    • A new pipeline for the normalization and pooling of metabolomics data 

      Viallon, Vivian; His, Mathilde; Rinaldi, Sabina; Breeur, Marie; Gicquiau, Audrey; Hémon, Bertrand; Overvad, Kim; Tjønneland, Anne; Rostgaard-Hansen, Agnetha Linn; Rothwell, Joseph A.; Lecuyer, Lucie; Severi, Gianluca; Kaaks, Rudolf; Johnson, Theron; Schulze, Matthias B.; Palli, Domenico; Agnoli, Claudia; Panico, Salvatore; Tumino, Rosaria; Ricceri, Fulvio; Monique Verschuren, Verschuren; Engelfriet, Peter; Onland-Moret, Charlotte; Vermeulen, Roel; Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Urbarova, Ilona; Zamora-Ros, Raul; Rodríguez-Barranco, Miguel; Amiano, Pilar; Huerta, José María; Ardanaz, Eva; Melander, Olle; Ottoson, Filip; Vidman, Linda; Rentoft, Matilda; Schmidt, Julie A.; Travis, Ruth C.; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Johansson, Mattias; Dossus, Laure; Jenab, Mazda; Gunter, Marc; Bermejo, Justo Lorenzo; Scherer, Dominique; Salek, Reza M.; Keski-Rahkonen, Pekka; Ferrari, Pietro (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-09-17)
    • One-carbon metabolism biomarkers and risk of urothelial cell carcinoma in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition 

      Vrieling, Alina; Bueno-de-Mesquita, Hendrik Bastiaan; Ros, Martine M.; Kampman, Ellen; Aben, Katja K.; Büchner, Frederike L.; Jansen, Eugène H.; Roswall, Nina; Tjønneland, Anne; Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Chiristine; Cadeau, Claire; Chang-Claude, Jenny; Kaaks, Rudolf; Weikert, Steffen; Boeing, Heiner; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Lagiou, Pagona; Trichopoulos, Dimitrios; Sieri, Sabina; Palli, Domenico; Panico, Salvatore; Peeters, Petra H.; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Skeie, Guri; Jakszyn, Paula; Chirlaque, María-Dolores; Ardanaz, Eva; Sánchez, María-José; Ehrnström, Roy; Malm, Johan; Ljungberg, Börje; Khaw, Kay-Tee; Wareham, Nick J.; Brennan, Paul; Johansson, Mattias; Riboli, Elio; Kiemeney, Lambertus A. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-01-29)
      Published associations between dietary folate and bladder cancer risk are inconsistent. Biomarkers may provide more accurate measures of nutrient status. This nested case–control analysis within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) investigated associations between pre‐diagnostic serum folate, homocysteine, vitamins B6 and B12 and the risk of urothelial cell ...
    • Pan-cancer analysis of pre-diagnostic blood metabolite concentrations in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition 

      Breeur, Marie; Ferrari, Pietro; Dossus, Laure; Jenab, Mazda; Johansson, Mattias; Rinaldi, Sabina; Travis, Ruth C.; His, Mathilde; Key, Tim J.; Schmidt, Julie A.; Overvad, Kim; Tjønneland, Anne; Kyrø, Cecilie; Rothwell, Joseph A.; Laouali, Nasser; Severi, Gianluca; Kaaks, Rudolf; Katzke, Verena; Schulze, Matthias B.; Eichelmann, Fabian; Palli, Domenico; Grioni, Sara; Panico, Salvatore; Tumino, Rosario; Sacerdote, Carlotta; Bueno-de-Mesquita, Bas; Olsen, Karina Standahl; Sandanger, Torkjel M; Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Quirós, J. Ramón; Bonet, Catalina; Barranco, Miguel Rodríguez; Chirlaque, María-Dolores; Ardanaz, Eva; Sandsveden, Malte; Manjer, Jonas; Vidman, Linda; Rentoft, Matilda; Muller, David; Tsilidis, Kostas; Heath, Alicia K.; Keun, Hector; Adamski, Jerzy; Keski-Rahkonen, Pekka; Scalbert, Augustin; Gunter, Marc J.; Viallon, Vivian (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-10-19)
      Background - Epidemiological studies of associations between metabolites and cancer risk have typically focused on specific cancer types separately. Here, we designed a multivariate pan-cancer analysis to identify metabolites potentially associated with multiple cancer types, while also allowing the investigation of cancer type-specific associations.<p> <p>Methods - We analysed targeted metabolomics ...
    • Plasma concentrations of persistent organic pollutants and pancreatic cancer risk 

      Porta, Miquel; Gasull, Magda; Pumarega, José; Kiviranta, Hannu; Rantakokko, Panu; Raaschou-Nielsen, Ole; Bergdahl, Ingvar A.; Sandanger, Torkjel M; Agudo, Antoni; Rylander, Charlotta; Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Donat-Vargas, Carolina; Aune, Dagfinn; Heath, Alicia K; Cirera, Lluís; Goni-Irigoyen, Fernando; Alguacil, Juan; Giménez-Robert, Álex; Tjønneland, Anne; Sund, Malin; Overvad, Kim; Romana Mancini, Francesca; Rebours, Vinciane; Boutron-Ruault, Marie Christine; Kaaks, Rudolf; Schulze, Matthias B.; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Palli, Domenico; Grioni, Sara; Tumino, Rosario; Naccarati, Alessio; Panico, Salvatore; Vermeulen, Roel; Ramón Quirós, J; Rodríguez-Barranco, Miguel; Colorado-Yohar, Sandra M.; Chirlaque, María Dolores; Ardanaz, Eva; Wareham, Nick; Key, Tim; Johansson, Mattias; Murphy, Neil; Ferrari, Pietro; Huybrechts, Inge; Chajes, Veronique; Gonzalez, Carlos Alberto; de Mesquita, Bas Bueno; Gunter, Marc; Vainio, Elisabete Weiderpass; Riboli, Elio; Duell, Eric J; Katzke, Verena; Vineis, Paolo (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-07-14)
      Background: Findings and limitations of previous studies on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and pancreatic cancer risk support conducting further research in prospective cohorts.<p> Methods: We conducted a prospective case-control study nested within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort. Participants were 513 pancreatic cancer cases and 1020 matched ...
    • Prediagnosis Leisure-Time Physical Activity and Lung Cancer Survival: A Pooled Analysis of 11 Cohorts 

      Yang, Jae Jeong; Yu, Danxia; White, Emily; Lee, Dong Hoon; Blot, William; Robien, Kim; Park, Yikyung; Takata, Yumie; Gao, Yu-Tang; Smith-Byrne, Karl; Monninkhof, Evelyn M; Kaaks, Rudolf; Langhammer, Arnulf; Borch, Kristin Benjaminsen; Al-Shaar, Laila; Lan, Qing; Sørgjerd, Elin Pettersen; Zhang, Xuehong; Zhu, Clair; Chirlaque, María Dolores; Severi, Gianluca; Overvad, Kim; Sacerdote, Carlotta; Aune, Dagfinn; Johansson, Mattias; Smith-Warner, Stephanie A; Zheng, Wei; Shu, Xiao-Ou (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-02-14)
      Background: Little is known about the association between physical activity before cancer diagnosis and survival among lung cancer patients. In this pooled analysis of 11 prospective cohorts, we investigated associations of prediagnosis leisuretime physical activity (LTPA) with all-cause and lung cancer–specific mortality among incident lung cancer patients. <p><p>Methods: Using self-reported data ...
    • Prediagnostic calcium intake and lung cancer survival: A pooled analysis of 12 cohort studies 

      Yu, Danxia; Takata, Yumie; Smith-Warner, Stephanie A.; Blot, William; Sawada, Norie; White, Emily; Freedman, Neal; Robien, Kim; Giovannucci, Edward; Zhang, Xuehong; Park, Yikyung; Gao, Yu-Tang; Chlebowski, Rowan T.; Langhammer, Arnulf; Yang, Gong; Severi, Gianluca; Manjer, Jonas; Khaw, Kay-Tee; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Liao, Linda M.; Caporaso, Neil; Krokstad, Steinar; Hveem, Kristian; Sinha, Rashmi; Ziegler, Regina; Tsugane, Shoichiro; Xiang, Yong-Bing; Johansson, Mattias; Zheng, Wei; Shu, Xiao-Ou (Journal article; Manuskript; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed; Preprint, 2017-03-06)
      <p><i>Background</i>: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death. Little is known about whether prediagnostic nutritional factors may affect survival. We examined the associations of prediagnostic calcium intake from foods and/or supplements with lung cancer survival.</p> <p><i>Methods</i>: The present analysis included 23,882 incident, primary lung cancer patients from 12 prospective cohort ...
    • Systemic inflammation markers and cancer incidence in the UK Biobank 

      Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Alcala, Karine; Urbarova, Ilona; Byrne, Karl Smith; Guida, Florence; Sandanger, Torkjel M; Johansson, Mattias (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-05-25)
      Systemic inflammation markers have been linked to increased cancer risk and mortality in a number of studies. However, few studies have estimated pre-diagnostic associations of systemic inflammation markers and cancer risk. Such markers could serve as biomarkers of cancer risk and aid in earlier identification of the disease. This study estimated associations between pre-diagnostic systemic inflammation ...
    • 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; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-01-06)
      <i>Background</i> - 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 is unknown.<p> <p><i>Patients and methods</i> - We formed the HPV Cancer Cohort Consortium which comprises nine population cohorts from Europe, North America and ...