Fiscal Year 2003 Scientific Articles

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This page contains a list of citations for selected publications authored by CDC's Division of Cancer Prevention and Control (DCPC) staff members, during the period of October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003. The list of citations is organized alphabetically into specific cancer topic areas.

Breast Cancer

Althuis MD, Brogan DR, Coates RJ, Daling JR, Gammon MD, Malone KE, Schoenberg JB, Brinton LA. Hormonal content and potency of oral contraceptives and breast cancer risk among young women. British Journal of Cancer 2003;88(1):50–57.

Collaborative Group on Hormonal Factors in Breast Cancer (including Wingo PA and Coates RJ). Breast cancer and breastfeeding: collaborative reanalysis of individual data from 47 epidemiological studies in 30 countries, including 50302 women with breast cancer and 96973 women without the disease. Lancet 2002;360(9328):187–195.

Coughlin SS, Lee NC. Annual screening may not decrease breast cancer deaths among women aged 40 to 49 years. Cancer Treatment Reviews 2003;29(1):55–57.

Coughlin SS, Thompson TD, Seeff L, Richards T, Stallings F. Breast, cervical, and colorectal carcinoma screening in a demographically defined region of the southern United States. Cancer 2002;95(10):2211–2227.

Coughlin SS, Uhler RJ, Richards T, Wilson K. Breast and cervical cancer screening practices among Hispanic and non-Hispanic women residing near the United States-Mexico border, 1999–2000. Family and Community Medicine 2003;26(2):130–139.

Daling JR, Malone KE, Doody DR, Voigt LF, Bernstein L, Coates RJ, Marchbanks PA, Norman SA, Weiss LK, Ursin G, Berlin JA, Burkman RT, Deapen D, Folger SG, McDonald JA, Simon MS, Strom BL, Wingo PA, Spirtas R. Relation of regimens of combined hormone replacement therapy to lobular, ductal, and other histologic types of breast carcinoma. Cancer 2002;95(12):2455–2464.

Marchbanks PA, McDonald JA, Wilson HG, Folger SG, Mandel MG, Daling JR, Bernstein L, Malone KE, Ursin G, Strom BL, Norman SA, Wingo PA, Burkman RT, Berlin JA, Simon MS, Spirtas R, Weiss LK. Oral contraceptives and breast cancer risk in white and black women. New England Journal of Medicine 2002;346(26):2025–2032.

McTiernan A, Kooperberg C, White C, Wilcox S, Coates RJ, Adams-Campbell LL, Woods N, Ockene J. Recreational physical activity and the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women: The Women's Health Initiative Cohort Study. Journal of the American Medical Association 2003;290(10):1331–1336.

Norman SF, Russell L, Zhou L, Bernstein L, Coates RJ, Flagg EW, Marchbanks PA, Malone KE, Weiss LK, Lee NC, Nadel MR. Validation of self-reported screening mammography histories among women with and without breast cancer. American Journal of Epidemiology 2003;158(3):264–271.

Porter PL, Lund MJ, Eley JW, Coates RJ, Flagg EW, Liff JM, Lin M-G, Yuan X, Schmidt J, Stafford S. Abnormal expression of G1 cell cycle proteins in breast tumors of African Americans. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 2002;76:S84.

Potischman N, Coates RJ, Swanson CA, Carroll RJ, Daling JR, Brogan DR, Gammon MD, Midthune D, Curtin J, Brinton LA. Increased risk of early stage breast cancer related to consumption of sweet foods among women less than age 45. Cancer Causes and Control 2002;13(10):937–946.

Weiss LK, Burkman RT, Cushing-Haugen KL, Voigt LF, Simon MS, Daling JR, Norman SA, Bernstein L, Ursin G, Marchbanks PA, Strom BL, Berlin JA, Weber AL, Doody DR, Wingo PA, McDonald JA, Malone KE, Folger SG. Hormone replacement therapy regimens and breast cancer risk.* Obstetrics and Gynecology 2002;100(6):1148–1158.

Cervical Cancer

Coughlin SS, Thompson TD, Seeff L, Richards T, Stallings F. Breast, cervical, and colorectal carcinoma screening in a demographically defined region of the southern United States. Cancer 2002;95(10):2211–2227.

Coughlin SS, Uhler RJ, Richards T, Wilson K. Breast and cervical cancer screening practices among Hispanic and non-Hispanic women residing near the United States-Mexico border, 1999–2000. Family and Community Medicine 2003;26(2):130–139.

Hall HI, Armstrong LR, Wingo PA, Kassim S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Invasive cervical cancer among Hispanic and non-Hispanic women—United States, 1992–1999. MMWR 2002;51(47):1067–1070.

Seeff LC, McKenna MT. Cervical cancer mortality among foreign-born women living in the United States, 1985 to 1996. Cancer Detection and Prevention 2003;27(3):203–208.

Colorectal Cancer

Coughlin SS, Thompson TD, Seeff L, Richards T, Stallings F. Breast, cervical, and colorectal carcinoma screening in a demographically defined region of the southern United States. Cancer 2002;95(10):2211–2227.

Jorgensen C, Gelb CA, Richards TB, Cooper CP. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Donated television airplay of colorectal cancer education public service announcements—United States, 1999–2002. MMWR 2003;52(10):196–199.

Levin TR, Conell C, Shapiro JA, Chazan SG, Nadel MR, Selby JE. Complications of screening flexible sigmoidoscopy. Gastroenterology 2002;123(6):1786–1792.

Seeff LC, Nadel M, Blackman C, Pollack LA. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Colorectal cancer test use among persons aged greater than or equal to 50 years—United States, 2001. MMWR 2003;52(10):193–196.

Williams KN. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National colorectal cancer awareness month—March 2003 (text box). MMWR 2003;52(10):193.

Health Disparities in Cancer

Abroms L, Jorgensen CM, Southwell B, Emmons K, Geller A. Gender differences in young adults' beliefs about sunscreen use. Health Behavior and Education 2003;30(1):29–43.

Brown JK, Byers T, Doyle C, Courneya KS, Demark-Wahnefried W, Kushi LH, McTiernan A, Rock CL, Aziz N, Bloch AS, Eldridge B, Hamilton K, Katzin C, Koonce A, Main J, Mobley C, Morra ME, Pierce MS, Sawyer KA. Nutrition and physical activity during and after cancer treatment: An American Cancer Society guide for informed choices.* CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians 2003;53(5):268–291.

Coughlin SS. Systematic reviews in health care: A practical guide by P. Glasziou, L. Irwig, C. Bain, and G. Colditz (book review). Epidemiology 2002;13:599–600.

Coughlin SS, Thompson TD, Seeff L, Richards T, Stallings F. Breast, cervical, and colorectal carcinoma screening in a demographically defined region of the southern United States. Cancer 2002;95(10):2211–2222.

Coughlin SS, Uhler RJ, Richards T, Wilson K. Breast and cervical cancer screening practices among Hispanic and non-Hispanic women residing near the United States-Mexico border, 1999–2000. Family and Community Medicine 2003;26(2):130–139.

Espey DK, Cobb N, Paisano R. Cancer mortality among American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States: regional differences in Indian health, 1994–1998. MMWR 2003;52(30);704–707.

Fleming ST, Pearce KA, McDavid K, Pavlov D. The development and validation of a comorbidity index for prostate cancer among black men. American Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2003;56(11):1064–1075.

Hall HI, Armstrong LR, Wingo PA, Kassim S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Invasive cervical cancer among Hispanic and non-Hispanic women—United States, 1992–1999. MMWR 2002;51(47):1067–1070.

Hall HI, Tung KH, Hotes J, Logan P. Regional variations in ovarian cancer incidence in the United States, 1992–1997. Cancer 2003;97(Suppl 10):2701–2706.

Howe HL, Tung KH, Coughlin S, Jean-Baptiste R, Hotes J. Race/ethnic variations in ovarian cancer mortality. North American Association of Central Cancer Registries. Cancer 2003;97(Suppl 10):2686–2693.

Marchbanks PA, McDonald JA, Wilson HG, Folger SG, Mandel MG, Daling JR, Bernstein L, Malone KE, Ursin G, Strom BL, Norman SA, Wingo PA, Burkman RT, Berlin JA, Simon MS, Spirtas R, Weiss LK. Oral contraceptives and breast cancer risk in white and black women. New England Journal of Medicine 2002;346(26):2025–2032.

Porter PL, Lund MJ, Eley JW, Coates RJ, Flagg EW, Liff JM, Lin M-G, Yuan X, Schmidt J, Stafford S. Abnormal expression of G1 cell cycle proteins in breast tumors of African Americans. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 2002;76:S84.

Seeff LC, McKenna MT. Cervical cancer mortality among foreign-born women living in the United States, 1985 to 1996. Cancer Detection and Prevention 2003;27(3):203–208.

Seymour JD, Calle EE, Flagg EW, Coates RJ, Ford ES, Thun MJ. Diet Quality Index as a predictor of short-term mortality in the American Cancer Society Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Cohort. American Journal of Epidemiology 2003;157(11):980–988.

Swan J, Breen N, Coates RJ, Rimer BK, Lee NC. Progress in cancer screening practices in the United States: Results from the National Health Interview Survey. Cancer 2003;97(6):1528–1540.

National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR)

Clutter GG, Hall HI, Gerlach K. Birthplace data: an important piece of the cancer puzzle. Journal of Registry Management 2002;29(4):108–116.

Hall HI, Jamison P, Fulton JP, Clutter G, Roffers S, Parrish P. Reporting cutaneous melanoma to cancer registries in the United States. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2003;49(4):624–630.

U.S. Cancer Statistics Working Group. United States Cancer Statistics: 1999 Incidence and Mortality. Atlanta (GA): Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Cancer Institute; 2002.

Weir HK, Thun MJ, Hankey BF, Ries LA, Howe HL, Wingo PA, Jemal A, Ward E, Anderson RN, Edwards BK. Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975–2000, featuring the uses of surveillance data for cancer prevention and control. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2003;95(17):1276–1299. Review. Erratum in: Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2003;95(21):1641.

Wingo PA, Cardinez CJ, Landis SH, Greenlee RT, Ries LAG, Anderson RN, and Thun MJ. Long-term trends in cancer mortality in the United States, 1930–1998. Cancer 2003;97(S12):3133–3275.

Wingo PA, Jamison PM, Hiatt RA, Weir HK, Gargiullo PM, Hutton M, Lee NC, and Hall HI. Building the infrastructure for nationwide cancer surveillance and control—a comparison between the National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) and the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program (United States). Cancer Causes and Control 2003;14(2):175–193.

Ovarian Cancer

Goodman M, Howe HL, Tung KH, Hotes J, Miller B, Coughlin S, Chen VW. Incidence of ovarian cancer by race and ethnicity. North American Association of Central Cancer Registries. Cancer 2003;97(Suppl 10):2676–2685.

Hall HI, Tung KH, Hotes J, Logan P. Regional variations in ovarian cancer incidence in the United States, 1992–1997. Cancer 2003;97(Suppl 10):2701–2706.

Howe HL, Tung KH, Coughlin S, Jean-Baptiste R, Hotes J. Race/ethnic variations in ovarian cancer mortality. North American Association of Central Cancer Registries. Cancer 2003;97(Suppl 10):2686–2693.

Prostate Cancer

Cooper CP, Jorgensen CM, Green CL, Ross LE. CDC's decision aid for prostate cancer screening. Health Education and Behavior 2003;30:534–536.

Fleming ST, Pearce KA, McDavid K, Pavlov D. The development and validation of a comorbidity index for prostate cancer among black men. American Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2003;56(11):1064–1075.

Skin Cancer

Abroms L, Jorgensen CM, Southwell B, Emmons K, Geller A. Gender differences in young adults' beliefs about sunscreen use. Health Behavior and Education 2003;30(1):29–43.

General and Miscellaneous

Coughlin SS. Systematic reviews in health care: A practical guide by P. Glasziou, L. Irwig, C. Bain, and G. Colditz (book review). Epidemiology 2002;13:599–600.

Seymour JD, Calle EE, Flagg EW, Coates RJ, Ford ES, Thun MJ. Diet Quality Index as a predictor of short-term mortality in the American Cancer Society Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Cohort. American Journal of Epidemiology 2003;157(11):980–988.

Swan J, Breen N, Coates RJ, Rimer BK, Lee NC. Progress in cancer screening practices in the United States: Results from the National Health Interview Survey. Cancer 2003;97(6):1528–1540.

Weir HK, Thun MJ, Hankey BF, Ries LA, Howe HL, Wingo PA, Jemal A, Ward E, Anderson RN, Edwards BK. Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975–2000, featuring the uses of surveillance data for cancer prevention and control. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2003;95(17):1276–1299. Review. Erratum in: Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2003;95(21):1641.

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