Biography
Dr. Troisi received a Sc.D. from the Harvard School of Public Health in 1994 and joined NCI the same year. She is currently also an assistant professor in the Epidemiology and Biostatistics Section at Dartmouth Medical School and an associate member of the Norris Cotton Cancer Center.
Research Interests
- Hormonal etiologies of reproductive cancers
- The role of maternal, gestational, neonatal and early life factors in breast cancer risk, including endocrine disruptors such as diethylstilbestrol
- The biology of early life risk factors and implications for cancer risk
Keywords
- breast cancer, hormones, growth factors, biomarkers, cohort studies, preeclampsia
Selected Publications
- Troisi, R., Hatch, E.E., Titus-Ernstoff, L., Palmer, J.R., Hyer, M., Strohsnitter, W., Robboy, S.J., Kaufman, R.H., Herbst, A.L., Adam, E., Hoover, R.N. Birth Weight and Breast Cancer Risk. Br J Cancer 2006;94:1734-7.
- Titus-Ernstoff, L., Troisi, R., Hatch, E.E., Wise, L., Palmer, J., Hyer, M., Kaufman, R., Adam, E., Strohsnitter, W., Noller, K., Herbst, A.L., Gibson-Chambers, J., Hartge, P., Hoover, R.N. Menstrual and Reproductive Characteristics of Women whose Mothers were Exposed in utero to diethylstilbestrol (DES). Int J Epidemiol 2006;35:862-8 .
- Titus-Ernstoff, L., Troisi, R.., Hatch, E.E., Palmer, J.R., Wise, L.A., Ricker, W., Hyer, M., Kaufman, R., Noller, K, Herbst, A.L., Hartge, P., Hoover, R.N. Mortality in Women given Diethylstilbestrol (DES) During Pregnancy. Br J Cancer 2006;95:107-11.
- Palmer, J.R., Wise, L.A., Hatch, E.E., Troisi, R., Titus-Ernstoff, L., Strohsnitter, W., Kaufman, R., Herbst, A.L., Noller K.L., Hyer, M., Hoover, R.N. Prenatal diethylstilbestrol exposure and risk of breast cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomark Prev 2006;15:1509-14.
- Hatch, E.E., Troisi, R., Wise, L.A., Hyer, M., Palmer, J.R., Titus-Ernstoff, L., Strohsnitter, W., Kaufman, R., Adam, E., Noller, K.L., Herbst, A.L., Robboy, S., Hartge, P., Hoover, R.N. Age at Natural Menopause in Women Exposed to Diethylstilbestrol in Utero. Am J Epidemiol 2006;164:682-8.
- Troisi R, Vatten L, Hoover RN, Roberts JM, Cole B, Potischman N. "Maternal Androgen and Estrogen Concentrations Are Not Associated with Blood Pressure Changes in Uncomplicated Pregnancies." Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention 2006;15:2013-15.
Collaborators
DCEG Collaborators
- Robert N. Hoover, M.D.; Patricia Hartge, Sc.D.; Sharon Savage, Ph.D.
Other NCI Collaborators
Other ScientificCollaborators
- Linda Titus-Ernstoff, Ph.D., Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, N.H.
- Bernard Cole, Ph.D., Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, N.H.
- Elizabeth Hatch, Ph.D., Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, M.A.
- Julie Palmer, Ph.D., Boston University, Boston, M.A.
- Stanley Robboy, M.D., Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.
- Arthur Herbst, M.D., University of Chicago, Chicago, I.L.
- Ken Noller, M.D., New England Medical Center, Boston, M.A.
- Raymond Kaufman, M.D., Methodist Hospital, Houston, T.X.
- Ervin Adam, M.D., Methodist Hospital, Houston, T.X.
- William Strohsnitter, Ph.D., New England Medical Center, Boston, M.A.
- James Roberts, M.D., University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, P.A.
- Anne Catherine Staff, M.D., Ph.D., Ulleval University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Chung Hsieh, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Worcester, M.A.
- Dimitrios Trichopoulos, M.D., Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, M.A.