• Altered plasma metabolite levels can be detected years before a glioma diagnosis 

      Löding, Sebastian; Andersson, Ulrika; Kaaks, Rudolf; Schulze, Matthias B.; Pala, Valeria; Urbarova, Ilona Halva; Amiano, Pilar; Colorado-Yohar, Sandra M.; Guevara, Marcela; Heath, Alicia K.; Chatziioannou, Anastasia Chrysovalantou; Johansson, Mattias; Nyberg, Lars Erik; Antti, Henrik; Björkblom, Benny; Melin, Beatrice (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-08-31)
      Genetic and metabolic changes in tissue and blood are reported to occur several years before glioma diagnosis. Since gliomas are currently detected late, a liquid biopsy for early detection could affect the quality of life and prognosis of patients. Here, we present a nested case-control study of 550 prediagnostic glioma cases and 550 healthy controls from the Northern Sweden Health and Disease ...
    • The association between body fatness and mortality among breast cancer survivors: results from a prospective cohort study 

      Bonet, Catalina; Crous-Bou, Marta; Tsilidis, Konstantinos K.; Gunter, Marc J.; Kaaks, Rudolf; Schulze, Matthias B.; Turzanski Fortner, Rénee; Antoniussen, Christian S.; Dahm, Christina C.; Mellemkjær, Lene; Tjønneland, Anne; Amiano, Pilar; Ardanaz, Eva; Colorado-Yohar, Sandra M.; Rodriguez-Barranco, Miguel; Tin Tin, Sandar; Agnoli, Claudia; Masala, Giovanna; Panico, Salvatore; Sacerdote, Carlotta; May, Anne M.; Borch, Kristin Benjaminsen; Rylander, Karin Charlotta Maria; Skeie, Guri; Christakoudi, Sofia; Aune, Dagfinn; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Dossus, Laure; Riboli, Elio; Agudo, Antonio (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-03-29)
      Evidence linking body fatness to breast cancer (BC) prognosis is limited. While it seems that excess adiposity is associated with poorer BC survival, there is uncertainty over whether weight changes reduce mortality. This study aimed to assess the association between body fatness and weight changes pre- and postdiagnosis and overall mortality and BC-specific mortality among BC survivors. Our study ...
    • Cigarette Smoking and Endometrial Cancer Risk: Observational and Mendelian Randomization Analyses 

      Dimou, Niki; Omiyale, Wemimo; Biessy, Carine; Viallon, Vivian; Kaaks, Rudolf; O'Mara, Tracy A.; Aglago, Elom K.; Ardanaz, Eva; Bergmann, Manuela M.; Bondonno, Nicola P.; Braaten, Tonje; Colorado-Yohar, Sandra M.; Crous-Bou, Marta; Dahm, Christina C.; Fortner, Renée T.; Gram, Inger Torhild; Harlid, Sophia; Heath, Alicia K.; Idahl, Annika; Kvaskoff, Marina; Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Overvad, Kim; Palli, Domenico; Perez-Cornago, Aurora; Sacerdote, Carlotta; Sánchez, Maria-Jose; Schulze, Matthias B.; Severi, Gianluca; Simeon, Vittorio; Tagliabue, Giovanna; Tjønneland, Anne; Truong, Thérése; Tumino, Rosario; Johansson, Mattias; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Murphy, Neil; Gunter, Marc J.; Lacey, Ben; Allen, Naomi E.; Dossus, Laure (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-06-16)
      Background: Current epidemiologic evidence indicates that smoking is associated with a lower endometrial cancer risk. However, it is unknown if this association is causal or confounded. To further elucidate the role of smoking in endometrial cancer risk, we conducted complementary observational and Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses.<p> <p>Methods: The observational analyses included 286,415 ...
    • Endogenous Circulating Sex Hormone Concentrations and Colon Cancer Risk in Postmenopausal Women: a Prospective Study and Meta-Analysis 

      Mori, Nagisa; Keski-Rahkonen, Pekka; Gicquiau, Audrey; Rinaldi, Sabina; Dimou, Niki; Harlid, Sophia; Harbs, Justin; Van Guelpen, Bethany; Aune, Dagfinn; Cross, Amanda J.; Tsilidis, Konstantinos K.; Severi, Gianluca; Kvaskoff, Marina; Fournier, Agnès; Kaaks, Rudolf; Fortner, Renée Turzanski; Schulze, Matthias B.; Jakszyn, Paula; Sánchez, Maria-José; Colorado-Yohar, Sandra M.; Ardanaz, Eva; Travis, Ruth; Watts, Eleanor L.; Masala, Giovanna; Krogh, Vittorio; Tumino, Rosario; Sacerdote, Carlotta; Panico, Salvatore; Buenode-Mesquita, bas; Gram, Inger Torhild; Waaseth, Marit; Gunter, Marc J.; Murphy, Neil (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-09-28)
      Background - Observational studies have consistently reported that postmenopausal hormone therapy use is associated with lower colon cancer risk, but epidemiologic studies examining the associations between circulating concentrations of endogenous estrogens and colorectal cancer have reported inconsistent results.<p> <p>Methods - We investigated the associations between circulating concentrations ...
    • 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 ...
    • Mediating Role of Lifestyle Behaviors in the Association between Education and Cancer: Results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition 

      Macciotta, Alessandra; Catalano, Alberto; Giraudo, Maria Teresa; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Ferrari, Pietro; Freisling, Heinz; Colorado-Yohar, Sandra M.; Santiuste, Carmen; Amiano, Pilar; Heath, Alicia K.; Ward, Heather A.; Christakoudi, Sofia; Vineis, Paolo; Singh, Deependra; Vaccarella, Salvatore; Schulze, Matthias B.; Hiensch, Anouk E.; Monninkhof, Evelyn M.; Katzke, Verena; Kaaks, Rudolf; Tumino, Rosario; Lazzarato, Fulvio; Milani, Lorenzo; Agudo, Antonio; Dahm, Christina C.; Baglietto, Laura; Perduca, Vittorio; Severi, Gianluca; Grioni, Sara; Panico, Salvatore; Ardanaz, Eva; Borch, Kristin Benjaminsen; Benebo, Faith Owunari; Braaten, Tonje; Sánchez, Maria-Jose; Giachino, Claudia; Sacerdote, Carlotta; Ricceri, Fulvio (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-01-09)
      Background: Many studies have shown that socioeconomic position (SEP) is associated with the incidence of malignant tumors at different sites. This study aims to estimate the association between educational level (as proxy for SEP) and cancer incidence and to understand whether the observed associations might be partially explained by lifestyle behaviors.<p> <p>Methods: The analyses were performed ...
    • Metabolically Defined Body Size Phenotypes and Risk of Endometrial Cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) 

      Kliemann, Nathalie; Ammar, Romain Ould; Biessy, Carine; Gicquiau, Audrey; Katzke, Verena; Kaaks, Rudolf; Tjønneland, Anne; Olsen, Anja; Sánchez, Maria-Jose; Crous-Bou, Marta; Pasanisi, Fabrizio; Tin, Sandar Tin; Perez-Cornago, Aurora; Aune, Dagfinn; Christakoudi, Sofia; Heath, Alicia K.; Colorado-Yohar, Sandra M.; Grioni, Sara; Skeie, Guri; Sartor, Hanna; Idahl, Annika; Rylander, Charlotta; May, Anne M.; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Freisling, Heinz; Playdon, Mary C.; Rinaldi, Sabina; Murphy, Neil; Huybrechts, Inge; Dossus, Laure; Gunter, Marc J. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-07-01)
      Background: Obesity is a risk factor for endometrial cancer but whether metabolic dysfunction is associated with endometrial cancer independent of body size is not known.<p> <p>Methods: The association of metabolically defined body size phenotypes with endometrial cancer risk was investigated in a nested case–control study (817 cases/ 817 controls) within the European Prospective Investigation ...
    • 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 ...