Biography

Dr. Dawsey received his M.D. degree from Stanford Medical School in 1976, completed his residency in pathology at the University of Colorado in 1981, and completed a fellowship in cytology at the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1987. He served as a staff pathologist at the McCormick Hospital in Chiang Mai, Thailand from 1982 to 1984 and at Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver, Colorado from 1984 to 1986. He joined NCI in 1987 and received tenure in 1995. He joined the Nutritional Epidemiology Branch of DCEG in 2005.

Research Interests

• Prevention and control of esophageal and gastric cancers
• Etiologic studies of esophageal and gastric cancers, especially in high-risk populations
• Developing clinically useful techniques for the early detection and treatment of esophageal and gastric cancers
• Member of the DCEG Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers Research Group

Keywords

Esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, early cancer detection, endoscopic thereapy, chemoprevention

Selected Publications

• Kamangar F, Qiao YL, Schiller JT, Dawsey SM, Fears T, Sun XD, Abnet CC, Zhao P, Taylor PR, Mark SD. Human papillomavirus serology and the risk of esophageal and gastric cancers: results from a cohort in a high-risk region of China. Int J Cancer 2006; 119:579-84.
• Limburg PJ, Qiao YL, Mark SD, Wang GQ, Perez-Perez GI, Blaser MJ, Wu YP, Zou XN, Dong ZW, Taylor PR, Dawsey SM. Helicobacter pylori seropositivity and subsite-specific cancer risks in Linxian, China. J Natl Cancer Inst 2001; 93:226-33.
• Islami F, Kamangar F, Aghcheli K, Fahimi S, Semnani S, Taghavi N, Marjani HA, Merat S, Nassari-Moghaddam S, Pourshams A, Nouraie M, Khatibian M, Abedi B, Brazandeh MH, Ghaziani R, Sotoudeh M, Dawsey SM, Abnet CC, Taylor PR, Malekzadeh R. Epidemiologic features of upper gastrointestinal tract cancers in northeastern Iran. Br J Cancer 2004; 90:1402-6.
• Wang GQ, Abnet CC, Shen Q, Lewin KJ, Sun XD, Roth MJ, Qiao YL, Mark SD, Dong ZW, Taylor PR, Dawsey SM. Histologic precursors of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: results from a 13-year prospective follow-up study in a high-risk population. Gut 2005; 54:187-92.
• Dawsey SM, Shen Q, Nieberg RK, Liu SF, English SA, Cao J, Zhou B, Wang GQ, Lewin KJ, Liu FS, Roth MJ, Taylor PR. Studies of esophageal balloon cytology in Linxian, China. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 1997; 6:121-130.
• Roth MJ, Liu SF, Dawsey SM, Zhou B, Copeland C, Wang GQ, Solomon D, Baker SG, Giffen CA, Taylor PR. Cytologic detection of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and precursor lesions using balloon and sponge samplers in asymptomatic adults in Linxian, China. Cancer 1997; 80:2047-59.
• Dawsey SM, Fleischer DE, Wang GQ, Zhou B, Kidwell JA, Lu N, Lewin KJ, Roth MJ, Tio TL, Taylor PR. Mucosal iodine staining improves endoscopic visualization of squamous dysplasia and squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus in Linxian, China. Cancer 1998; 83:220-31.
• Limburg PL, Wei WQ, Ahnen DJ, Qiao YL, Hawk ET, Wang GQ, Giffen CA, Wang GQ, Roth MJ, Lu N, Korn EL, Ma YR, Gunter EW, Dong ZW, Taylor PR, Dawsey SM. Randomized, placebo-controlled, esophageal squamous cell cancer chemoprevention trial of selenomethionine and celecoxib. Gastroenterology 2005; 129:863-73.

Collaborators

DCEG Collaborators

• Philip Taylor, M.D., Sc.D.; Christian Abnet, Ph.D., M.P.H.; Mark Roth, M.D.; Farin Kamangar, M.D., Ph.D.; Nan Hu, M.D., Ph.D.; Arthur Schatzkin, M.D., Dr.P.H.; Demetrius Albanes, M.D.; Rachael Stolzenberg-Solomon, Ph.D., M.P.H.; Wong-Ho Chow, Ph.D.; Mitchell Gail, M.D., Ph.D.; Alisa Goldstein, Ph.D

Other NCI Collaborators

• Karen Woodson, Ph.D., M.P.H.; Neal Freedman, Ph.D., M.P.H.; Jill Koshiol, Ph.D.; Aimee Kreimer, Ph.D.; Edward Korn, Ph.D.; Andrea Abati, M.D.; Armando Filie, M.D.

Other Scientific Collaborators

• Paulo Boffetta, M.D., IARC, Lyon, France
• Paul Brennan, Ph.D., IARC, Lyon, France
• Brooks Cash, M.D., National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
• Zhi-Wei Dong, M.D., Cancer Institute, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, P.R. China
• Bruce Dye, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, Maryland, USA
• Renato Fagundes, M.D., Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil
• Rebecca Fitzgerald, M.D., Cambridge University, UK
• David Fleischer, M.D., Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
• John Jakupciak, Ph.D., NIST, Gaithersburg, MD, USA
• Laura Lee Johnson, Ph.D., NICAM, Bethesda, MD, USA
• Michael Kochman, M.D., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
• Paul Limburg, M.D., M.P.H., Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
• Reza Malekzadeh, M.D., DDRC, Tehran University, Iran
• Steven Mark, M.D., Sc.D., University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
• Olof Nyren, Ph.D., Karolinska Institute, Sweden
• You-Lin Qiao, M.D., Ph.D., Cancer Institute, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, P.R. China
• Vikash Sewram, Ph.D., PROMEC, Medical Research Council, South Africa
• Masoud Sotoudeh, M.D., Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
• Paul Strickland, Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
• Mark Topazian, M.D., Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
• Guo-Qing Wang, M.D., Cancer Institute, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, P.R. China
• Wen-Qiang Wei, M.D., Cancer Institute, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, P.R. China
• Russell White, M.D., Tenwek Hospital, Bomet, Kenya
• Weimin Ye, Ph.D., Karolinska Institute, Sweden