Biography
Dr. Abnet received a Ph.D. in Environmental Toxicology from the University of Wisconsin in 1998 and an M.P.H. in Epidemiology from the University of Minnesota in 1999. He joined NCI as a Cancer Prevention Fellow in the Division of Cancer Prevention in 1998 and became an investigator in the Nutritional Epidemiology Branch in 2005.
Research Interests
- Etiologic studies of esophageal and gastric cancer
- Developing exposure markers for nutritional and toxic elements for use in epidemiologic studies
- Oral health and cancer
- Early detection methods for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in high-risk populations
- Member of the DCEG Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers Research Group
Keywords
esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, esophageal adenocarcinoma, gastric adenocarcinoma, element status, oral health, early detection
Selected Publications
- Abnet CC, Freedman ND, Kamangar F, Leitzmann MF, Hollenbeck AR, Schatzkin A.
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and risk of gastric and oesophageal adenocarcinomas: results from a cohort study and a meta-analysis.
Br J Cancer 2009 Feb 10;100(3):551-7.
- Ren J, Kamangar F, Qiao Y-L, Taylor PR, Liang H, Dawsey SM, Abnet CC. Serum pepsinogens and risk of gastric and esophageal cancers: a long-term prospective study. Gut 2009, Epub Jan. 9th.
- Abnet CC, Kamangar F, Islami F, Nasrollahzadeh D, Brennan P, Aghcheli K, Merat S, Pourshams A, Marjani HA, Ebadati A, Sotoudeh M, Boffetta P, Malekzadeh R, Dawsey SM.
Tooth loss and lack of regular oral hygiene are associated with higher risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 Nov;17(11):3062-8.
- Freedman ND, Ahn J, Hou L, Lissowska J, Zatonski W, Yeager M, Chanock SJ, Chow WH, Abnet CC.
Polymorphisms in estrogen- and androgen-metabolizing genes and the risk of gastric cancer.
Carcinogenesis 2009 Jan;30(1):71-7.
- Freedman ND, Leitzmann MF, Hollenbeck AR, Schatzkin A, Abnet CC.
Cigarette smoking and subsequent risk of lung cancer in men and women: analysis of a prospective cohort study.
Lancet Oncol 2008 Jul;9(7):649-56.
- Abnet CC, Freedman ND, Hollenbeck AR, Fraumeni JF Jr, Leitzmann M, Schatzkin A.
A prospective study of BMI and risk of oesophageal and gastric adenocarcinoma.
Eur J Cancer. 2008 Feb;44(3):465-71.
Collaborators
DCEG Collaborators
- Neal Freedman, Ph.D., M.P.H.; Sanford Dawsey, M.D.; Philip Taylor, M.D., Sc.D.; Arthur Schatzkin, M.D., Dr.P.H.; Farin Kamangar, M.D., Ph.D.; Mark Roth, M.D.; Wong-Ho Chow, Ph.D.; Katherine McGlynn, Ph.D.; Demetrius Albanes, M.D.; Rachael Stolzenberg-Solomon, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Other Scientific Collaborators
- Paulo Boffetta, M.D., IARC, Lyon, France
- Paul Brennan, Ph.D., IARC, Lyon, France
- Zhi-Wei Dong, M.D., Cancer Institute, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
- 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, Santa Maria, Brazil
- Laura Lee Johnson, Ph.D., NICAM, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Barry Lai, Ph.D., Argonne National Laboratories, Department of Energy, Argonne, IL, 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
- Pirjo Pietinen, Ph.D., KTL, Helsinki, Finland
- You-Lin Qiao, M.D., Ph.D., Cancer Institute, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
- Vikash Sewram, Ph.D., PROMEC, Medical Research Council, South Africa
- Paul Strickland, Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Stefan Vogt, Ph.D., Argonne National Laboratories, Department of Energy, Argonne, IL, USA
- Wen-Qiang Wei, M.D., Cancer Institute, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
- Russ White, M.D., Tenwek Hospital, Bomet, Kenya