Epplein, Meira, Nomura, Abraham M. Y., Wilkens, Lynne R., Henderson, Brian E., Kolonel, Laurence N.
In many epidemiologic studies, investigators have reported an inverse relation between nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and colon cancer, but fewer researchers have examined the relation...
Risk Factors for Renal Cell Cancer: The Multiethnic Cohort (2007)
Setiawan, Veronica Wendy, Stram, Daniel O., Nomura, Abraham M. Y., Kolonel, Laurence N., Henderson, Brian E.
The association of body size, lifestyle, and medical conditions with renal cell cancer risk was examined among 161,126 Hawaii–Los Angeles Multiethnic Cohort participants (1993–2002). After 8.3...
Calcium and Vitamin D Intake and Risk of Colorectal Cancer: The Multiethnic Cohort Study (2007)
Park, Song-Yi, Murphy, Suzanne P., Wilkens, Lynne R., Nomura, Abraham M. Y., Henderson, Brian E., Kolonel, Laurence N.
The associations of intakes of calcium and vitamin D with colorectal cancer risk were examined in the Multiethnic Cohort Study (Hawaii and Los Angeles, California). In 1993–1996, 85,903 men and...
Calcium and Vitamin D Intake and Risk of Colorectal Cancer: The Multiethnic Cohort Study (2007)
Park, Song-Yi, Murphy, Suzanne P., Wilkens, Lynne R., Nomura, Abraham M. Y., Henderson, Brian E., Kolonel, Laurence N.
The associations of intakes of calcium and vitamin D with colorectal cancer risk were examined in the Multiethnic Cohort Study (Hawaii and Los Angeles, California). In 1993–1996, 85,903 men and...
Tung, Ko-Hui, Wilkens, Lynne R., Wu, Anna H., McDuffie, Katharine, Nomura, Abraham M. Y., Kolonel, Laurence N., ...
Risk factors for ovarian cancer may differ between pre- and postmenopausal women. The authors used data from a multiethnic, population-based, case-control study, conducted between 1993 and 1999 in...
Tung, Ko-Hui, Goodman, Marc T., Wu, Anna H., McDuffie, Katharine, Wilkens, Lynne R., Nomura, Abraham M. Y., ...
Epidemiologic studies have demonstrated a tendency for common cancers to aggregate in families. The authors investigated the effects of family history of cancer at multiple sites, including the...
Nomura, Abraham M. Y., Stemmermann, Grant N., Lee, James, Pollak, Michael N.
Recent reports suggest that colorectal cancer is positively related to insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) and inversely related to insulin-like growth factor binding protein 3 (IGFBP-3). To...
Tung, Ko-Hui, Goodman, Marc T., Wu, Anna H., McDuffie, Katharine, Wilkens, Lynne R., Kolonel, Laurence N., ...
Associations of reproductive factors with ovarian cancer may differ by histologic type. Data from a multiethnic, population-based, case-control study, conducted in Hawaii and Los Angeles, California,...
Relation between Helicobacter pylori cagA Status and Risk of Peptic Ulcer Disease (2002)
Nomura, Abraham M. Y., Pérez-Pérez, Guillermo I., Lee, James, Stemmermann, Grant, Blaser, Martin J.
Although colonization with any Helicobacter pylori strain is associated with peptic ulcer, it is uncertain whether the risk is greater with cagA+ or cagA− strains, which differ in their...
Association of Dairy Products, Lactose, and Calcium with the Risk of Ovarian Cancer (2002)
Goodman, Marc T., Wu, Anna H., Tung, Ko-Hui, McDuffie, Katharine, Kolonel, Laurence N., Nomura, Abraham M. Y., ...
Epidemiologic findings have been inconsistent regarding the association of dietary fat, dairy products, and lactose with risk of ovarian cancer. The authors conducted a case-control study in Hawaii...
A Multiethnic Cohort in Hawaii and Los Angeles: Baseline Characteristics (2000)
Kolonel, Laurence N., Henderson, Brian E., Hankin, Jean H., Nomura, Abraham M. Y., Wilkens, Lynne R., Pike, Malcolm C., ...
The authors describe the design and implementation of a large multiethnic cohort established to study diet and cancer in the United States. They detail the source of the subjects, sample size,...
Calibration of the Dietary Questionnaire for a Multiethnic Cohort in Hawaii and Los Angeles (2000)
Stram, Daniel O., Hankin, Jean H., Wilkens, Lynne R., Pike, Malcolm C., Monroe, Kristine R., Park, Sohee, ...
The performance of the dietary questionnaire used in a multiethnic cohort study in Hawaii and Los Angeles was assessed in a calibration substudy that compared diet reported from the questionnaire...
Dietary Fat and Prostate Cancer: Current Status (1999)
Kolonel, Laurence N., Nomura, Abraham M. Y., Cooney, Robert V.
Efforts to elucidate the causes of prostate cancer have met with little success to date. All that is known with certainty is that the incidence increases exponentially with age, varies by geography...
Breast Cancer and Oral Contraceptive Use in Asian-American Women (1999)
Ursin, Giske, Wu, Anna H., Hoover, Robert N., West, Dee W., Nomura, Abraham M. Y., Kolonel, Laurence N., ...
Breast cancer incidence has historically been 4-7 times higher in the United States than in Asia. A previous study by the authors in Asian-American women demonstrated a substantial increase in breast...
Relative Weight, Weight Change, Height, and Breast Cancer Risk in Asian-American Women (1996)
Ziegler, Regina G., Hoover, Robert N., Nomura, Abraham M. Y., West, Dee W., Wu, Anna H., Pike, Malcolm C., ...
Background: Breast cancer incidence rates have historically been four to seven times higher in the United States than in China or Japan, although the reasons remain elusive. When Chinese, Japanese,...
Migration Patterns and Breast Cancer Risk in Asian-American Women (1993)
Ziegler, Regina G., Hoover, Robert N., Pike, Malcolm C., Hildesheim, Allan, Nomura, Abraham M. Y., West, Dee W., ...
Background: Breast cancer incidence rates have historically been 4–7 times higher in the United States than in China or Japan, although the reasons remain elusive. When Chinese, Japanese, or...
Markers of Health Status in an HTLV-I-Positive Cohort (1992)
Ho, Gloria Y. F., Nelson, Kenrad, Nomura, Abraham M. Y., Polk, B. Frank, Blattner, William A.
The health effects of chronic human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) infection were examined in a cohort of Japanese men who had emigrated from Okinawa, Japan, and had been participants in a...
Longnecker, Matthew P., Martin-Moreno, Jose-Maria, Knekt, Paul, Nomura, Abraham M. Y., Schober, Susan E., Stähelin, Hannes B., ...
Background Numerous monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) have been produced to antigens found in human melanomas. Three of the best characterized melanoma antigens include the melanoma-associated...
Kato, Ikuko, Nomura, Abraham M. Y., Stemmermann, Grant N., Chyou, Po-Huang
The effects of environmental exposures on the development of gastric and duodenal ulcers were investigated in a prospective study of 7,624 American men of Japanese ancestry in Hawaii. After 149,291...
Hsia, Chu Chieh, Kleiner, David E., Axiotis, Constantine A., Bisceglie, Adrian Di, Nomura, Abraham M. Y., Stemmermann, Grant N., ...
Background: Mutations of the p53 tumor suppressor gene have been reported in 50% of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) from China and South Africa. These reports suggested an...
Ho, Gloria Y. F., Nomura, Abraham M. Y., Nelson, Kenrad, Lee, Helen, Polk, B. Frank, Blattner, William A.
This study examined the seroprevalence and transmission of human T cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) in Japanese families who originated in Okinawa, an area in which HTLV-I is endemic, and who...
Prospective Study of Serum Cholesterol Levels and Large-Bowel Cancer (1991)
Nomura, Abraham M. Y., Stemmermann, Grant N., Chyou, Po-Huang
Based on previous reports, it is uncerthin whether serum cholesterol levels are inversely related to colon cancer risk. In this study, serum cholesterol levels were measured in 7926 Japanese-American...
GOODMAN, MARC T., NOMURA, ABRAHAM M. Y., WILKENS, LYNNE R., KOLONEL, LAURENCE N.
A case-control study of the association between replacement estrogen use and breast cancer risk was conducted between 1975 and 1980 on Oahu, Hawaii. Data from this study were used to compare...
A PROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND CANCER (1989)
SEVERSON, RICHARD K., NOMURA, ABRAHAM M. Y., GROVE, JOHN S., STEMMERMANN, GRANT N.
The associations of retinol and beta-carotene plasma concentrations with eight personal variables and the use of seven classes of cardiovascular drugs were studied in over 1,750 patients with...
VALIDATION OF BODY SIZE INFORMATION ON DRIVER'S LICENSES (1988)
LE MARCHAND, LOI{circumflex}C, YOSHIZAWA, CARL N., NOMURA, ABRAHAM M. Y.
LEMARCHAND, LOÏC, KOLONEL, LAURENCE N., NOMURA, ABRAHAM M. Y.
Unlike past breast cancer survival comparisons between Japan and the United States, a recent study in Hawaii showed that Japanese women did not retain their survival advantage over Caucasian women...
PSYCHOSOCIAL PROCESSES AND CANCER INCIDENCE AMONG JAPANESE MEN IN HAWAII (1985)
JOFFRES, MICHEL, REED, DWAYNE M., NOMURA, ABRAHAM M. Y.
As part of the Honolulu Heart Program studies, 4,581 men of Japanese ancestry living in Hawaii completed a psychosocial questionnaire in 1971. By 1980, 280 new cancer cases had been recorded. Among...
BREAST CANCER IN TWO POPULATIONS WITH DIFFERENT LEVELS OF RISK FOR THE DISEASE (1984)
NOMURA, ABRAHAM M. Y., LEE, JAMES, KOLONEL, LAURENCE N., HIROHATA, TOMIO
Caucasian women in Hawaii have a higher risk for breast cancer than women of Japanese ancestry. In order to determine to what extent known risk factors account for the difference in risk between the...
ADEQUACY OF SURVEY DATA COLLECTED FROM SUBSTITUTE RESPONDENTS (1977)
KOLONEL, LAURENCE N, HIROHATA, TOMIO, NOMURA, ABRAHAM M Y
Kolonel, L. N. (Biomedlcal Sciences D-102, U. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822), T. Hlrohata and A. M. Y. Nomura. Adequacy of survey data collected from substitute respondents. Am J Epidemiol...