Park, Sue K., Andreotti, Gabriella, Sakoda, Lori C., Gao, Yu-Tang, Rashid, Asif, Chen, Jinbo, ...
Biliary tract cancers, encompassing gallbladder, extrahepatic bile duct and ampulla of Vater cancers, are uncommon but often fatal malignancies. Hormone-related factors, including parity, oral...
Linos, Eleni, Spanos, Demetri, Rosner, Bernard A., Linos, Katerina, Hesketh, Therese, Qu, Jian Ding, ...
Background: Breast cancer incidence is currently low in China. However, the distribution of reproductive and lifestyle risk factors for breast cancer among Chinese women is changing rapidly. We...
Weiss, Jocelyn M., Lacey, James V., Shu, Xiao-Ou, Ji, Bu-Tian, Hou, Lifang, Yang, Gong, ...
Cigarette smoking is irrefutably the strongest risk factor for lung cancer; however, approximately 25% of cases worldwide occur among nonsmokers. The age-adjusted annual incidence rate of lung cancer...
Linos, Eleni, Spanos, Demetri, Rosner, Bernard A., Linos, Katerina, Hesketh, Therese, Qu, Jian Ding, ...
Background Breast cancer incidence is currently low in China. However, the distribution of reproductive and lifestyle risk factors for breast cancer among Chinese women is changing rapidly. We...
Chang, Shih-Chen, Rashid, Asif, Gao, Yu-Tang, Andreotti, Gabriella, Shen, Ming-Chang, Wang, Bin-Sheng, ...
Biliary tract cancer, encompassing tumors of the gallbladder, extrahepatic bile ducts and ampulla of Vater, is a rare but highly fatal malignancy. Obesity and gallstones, both related to insulin...
Huang, Wen-Yi, Gao, Yu-Tang, Rashid, Asif, Sakoda, Lori C., Deng, Jie, Shen, Ming-Chang, ...
Base excision repair (BER) corrects DNA damage caused by oxidative stress and chronic inflammation, putative risk factors for cancer. To understand the relationship between genetic variation in BER...
The Shanghai Women's Asthma and Allergy Study: Objectives, Design, and Recruitment Results (2008)
Hartert, Tina V., Deng, Xinqing, Hartman, Terryl J., Wen, Wanqing, Yang, Gong, Gao, Yu-Tang, ...
The Shanghai Women's Asthma and Allergy Study is the first population-based incidence study designed to assess the associations of dietary antioxidant intake and measures of oxidative stress and...
Association of matrix metalloproteinase-8 gene variation with breast cancer prognosis (2007)
Long, Ji-Rong, Laxton, Ross C, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Hodgkinson, Conrad, ...
Animal and cell studies indicate an inhibitory effect of matrix metalloproteinase-8 (MMP8) on tumorigenesis and metastasis. We investigated whether MMP8 gene variation was associated with breast...
Patterns and correlates of physical activity: a cross-sectional study in urban Chinese women (2007)
Jurj, Adriana L, Wen, Wanqing, Gao, Yu-Tang, Matthews, Charles E, Yang, Gong, Li, Hong-Lan, ...
Abstract Background Inactivity is a modifiable risk factor for many diseases. Rapid economic development in China has been associated with changes in lifestyle, including physical activity. The...
Matthews et al. Respond to "A Challenge for Physical Activity Epidemiology" (2007)
Matthews, Charles E., Jurj, Adriana L., Shu, Xiao-ou, Gao, Yu-Tang, Zheng, Wei
Matthews, Charles E., Jurj, Adriana L., Shu, Xiao-ou, Li, Hong-Lan, Yang, Gong, Li, Qi, ...
This investigation described the effects of exercise, walking, and cycling for transportation, as well as the effect of overall nonexercise physical activity, on mortality in the Shanghai Women's...
Physical activity and the incidence of type 2 diabetes in the Shanghai women's health study (2007)
Villegas, Raquel, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Li, Honglan, Yang, Gong, Matthews, Charles E, Leitzmann, Michael, ...
Background Leisure-time physical activity (LPA) has been associated with a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes. However, the potential effect of other types of physical activity on type 2 diabetes is...
IGFBP3mRNA expression in benign and malignant breast tumors (2007)
Ren, Zefang, Shin, Aesun, Cai, Qiuyin, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Gao, Yu-Tang, Zheng, Wei
Abstract Introduction Most previous studies have focused on evaluating the association between circulating insulin-like growth factor binding protein 3 (IGFBP-3) levels and breast cancer risk....
Hsing, Ann W., Sakoda, Lori C., Chen, Jinbo, Chokkalingam, Anand P., Sesterhenn, Isabel, Gao, Yu-Tang, ...
Data from epidemiologic and twin studies suggest an important role of genetic susceptibility in prostate cancer. Variants of the macrophage scavenger receptor 1 (MSR1) gene have been linked to both...
Association of Ginseng Use with Survival and Quality of Life among Breast Cancer Patients (2006)
Cui, Yong, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Gao, Yu-Tang, Cai, Hui, Tao, Meng-Hua, Zheng, Wei
The authors evaluated the associations of ginseng use as a complementary therapy with survival and quality of life (QOL) in a cohort of 1,455 breast cancer patients who were recruited to the Shanghai...
Sakoda, Lori C., Gao, Yu-Tang, Chen, Bingshu E., Chen, Jinbo, Rosenberg, Philip S., Rashid, Asif, ...
There is evidence that chronic inflammation predisposes to biliary tract cancer and that use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is protective. Although the mechanisms by which NSAIDs...
Association of Overweight with Breast Cancer Survival (2006)
Tao, Meng-Hua, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Ruan, Zhi Xian, Gao, Yu-Tang, Zheng, Wei
The authors investigated the association between overweight at the time of or soon after cancer diagnosis and survival in a cohort of 1,455 breast cancer patients aged 25–64 years. The patients...
Prediagnostic Level of Serum Retinol in Relation to Reduced Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (2006)
Yuan, Jian-Min, Gao, Yu-Tang, Ong, Choon-Nam, Ross, Ronald K., Yu, Mimi C.
Background: Retinol and its derivatives (retinoids), which have antioxidant activity and promote cell differentiation, may protect against the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by...
Physical activity and the incidence of type 2 diabetes in the Shanghai women's health study (2006)
Villegas, Raquel, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Li, Honglan, Yang, Gong, Matthews, Charles E., Leitzmann, Michael, ...
Background Leisure-time physical activity (LPA) has been associated with a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes. However, the potential effect of other types of physical activity on type 2 diabetes is...
Shin, Aesun, Cai, Qiuyin, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Gao, Yu-Tang, Zheng, Wei
Abstract Introduction Matrix metalloproteinase 12 (MMP12) is a proteolytic enzyme responsible for cleavage of plasminogen to angiotensin, which has an angiostatic effect. Using data from a...
Ewart-Toland, Amanda, Dai, Qi, Gao, Yu-Tang, Nagase, Hiroki, Dunlop, Malcolm G., Farrington, Susan M., ...
STK15 (Aurora-A) is a serine/threonine kinase involved in mitotic chromosomal segregation. A genetic variant in STK15 T+91A (resulting in the amino acid substitution F31I) is associated with...
The Shanghai Women's Health Study: Rationale, Study Design, and Baseline Characteristics (2005)
Zheng, Wei, Chow, Wong-Ho, Yang, Gong, Jin, Fan, Rothman, Nathaniel, Blair, Aaron, ...
Although cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in most nations, the spectrum of cancer occurrence varies substantially worldwide. Most previous epidemiologic studies investigating cancer...
Association of Overweight with Breast Cancer Survival (2005)
Tao, Meng-Hua, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Ruan, Zhi Xian, Gao, Yu-Tang, Zheng, Wei
The authors investigated the association between overweight at the time of or soon after cancer diagnosis and survival in a cohort of 1,455 breast cancer patients aged 25-64 years. The patients were...
Zhang, Xianglan, Shu, Xiao Ou, Yang, Gong, Li, Hong Lan, Xiang, Yong Bing, Gao, Yu-Tang, ...
Growing evidence suggests that exposure to environmental tobacco smoke may have deleterious cardiovascular effects. Few studies have investigated environmental tobacco smoke exposure in relation to...
The Shanghai Women's Health Study: Rationale, Study Design, and Baseline Characteristics (2005)
Zheng, Wei, Chow, Wong-Ho, Yang, Gong, Jin, Fan, Rothman, Nathaniel, Blair, Aaron, ...
Although cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in most nations, the spectrum of cancer occurrence varies substantially worldwide. Most previous epidemiologic studies investigating cancer...
Weight history and risk of endometrial cancer among Chinese women (2005)
Xu, Wang Hong, Xiang, Yong Bing, Zheng, Wei, Zhang, Xianglan, Ruan, Zhi Xian, Cheng, Jia Rong, ...
Background Adult obesity is a well-established risk factor for endometrial cancer. However, little is known about the association of endometrial cancer risk with body size early in life and weight...
Ewart-Toland, Amanda, Dai, Qi, Gao, Yu-Tang, Nagase, Hiroki, Dunlop, Malcolm G., Farrington, Susan M., ...
STK15 (Aurora-A) is a serine/threonine kinase involved in mitotic chromosomal segregation. A genetic variant in STK15 T+91A (resulting in the amino acid substitution F31I) is associated with...
Sakoda, Lori C., Gao, Yu-Tang, Chen, Bingshu E., Chen, Jinbo, Rosenberg, Philip S., Rashid, Asif, ...
There is evidence that chronic inflammation predisposes to biliary tract cancer and that use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is protective. Although the mechanisms by which NSAIDs...
The Shanghai Women's Health Study: Rationale, Study Design, and Baseline Characteristics (2005)
Zheng, Wei, Chow, Wong-Ho, Yang, Gong, Jin, Fan, Rothman, Nathaniel, Blair, Aaron, ...
Although cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in most nations, the spectrum of cancer occurrence varies substantially worldwide. Most previous epidemiologic studies investigating cancer...
Association of Overweight with Breast Cancer Survival (2005)
Tao, Meng-Hua, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Ruan, Zhi Xian, Gao, Yu-Tang, Zheng, Wei
The authors investigated the association between overweight at the time of or soon after cancer diagnosis and survival in a cohort of 1,455 breast cancer patients aged 25-64 years. The patients were...
Cai, Qiuyin, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Wen, Wanqing, Cheng, Jia-Rong, Dai, Qi, Gao, Yu-Tang, ...
Abstract Introduction It has been suggested that oxidative stress and mitochondrial DNA damage play important roles in breast cancer carcinogenesis. Manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) is a major...
Commuting Physical Activity and Risk of Colon Cancer in Shanghai, China (2004)
Hou, Lifang, Ji, Bu-Tian, Blair, Aaron, Dai, Qi, Gao, Yu-Tang, Chow, Wong-Ho
Colon cancer incidence rates have been rapidly increasing in Shanghai, China, for reasons still unclear. Low physical activity is a known risk factor for colon cancer. The authors examined the...
Matthews, Charles E., Shu, Xiao-Ou, Yang, Gong, Jin, Fan, Ainsworth, Barbara E., Liu, Dake, ...
In this investigation, the authors evaluated the reproducibility and validity of the Shanghai Women’s Health Study (SWHS) physical activity questionnaire (PAQ), which was administered in a cohort...
Matthews, Charles E., Shu, Xiao-Ou, Yang, Gong, Jin, Fan, Ainsworth, Barbara E., Liu, Dake, ...
In this investigation, the authors evaluated the reproducibility and validity of the Shanghai Women’s Health Study (SWHS) physical activity questionnaire (PAQ), which was administered in a cohort...
Insulin Resistance and Prostate Cancer Risk (2003)
Hsing, Ann W., Gao, Yu-Tang, Chua, Streamson, Deng, Jie, Stanczyk, Frank Z.
Because high waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and high serum insulin levels have been reported to be associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer, we assessed the relationship between insulin...
Birthweight, childhood growth and hypertension in adulthood (2002)
Zhao, Mingfang, Shu, Xiao Ou, Jin, Fan, Yang, Gong, Li, Hong-Lan, Liu, Da-Ke, ...
Background Low birthweight (BW) and childhood growth have been hypothesized to be associated with an increased risk of hypertension in later life. Methods We analysed data among 13 467 women with a...
Sun, Can-Lan, Yuan, Jian-Min, Lee, Mao-Jung, Yang, Chung S., Gao, Yu-Tang, Ross, Ronald K., ...
Experimental studies have shown that tea and tea polyphenols have anticarcinogenic properties. There have been no prospective investigations examining the relationship between tea polyphenols and...
Allium Vegetables and Risk of Prostate Cancer: A Population-Based Study (2002)
Hsing, Ann W., Chokkalingam, Anand P., Gao, Yu-Tang, Madigan, M. Patricia, Deng, Jie, Gridley, Gloria, ...
Epidemiologic and laboratory studies suggest that allium vegetables and garlic constituents have antitumor effects. In a population-based, case–control study conducted in Shanghai, China, we...
London, Stephanie J., Yuan, Jian-Min, Travlos, Gregory S., Gao, Yu-Tang, Wilson, Ralph E., Ross, Ronald K., ...
Background: Insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) stimulates cell proliferation and inhibits apoptosis in the lung and other tissues by interacting with the IGF-I receptor. The major binding protein...
Yuan, Jian-Min, Ross, Ronald K., Gao, Yu-Tang, Yu, Mimi C.
Between 1986 and 1989, 18,244 men aged 45–64 years in Shanghai, China, participated in a prospective study of diet and cancer. All participants completed an in-person, structured interview and...
Prostate Cancer Risk and Serum Levels of Insulin and Leptin: a Population-Based Study (2001)
Hsing, Ann W., Chua, Streamson, Gao, Yu-Tang, Gentzschein, Elisabeth, Chang, Lilly, Deng, Jie, ...
Background: In a previous study of Chinese men, we found that men with a higher waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) have a higher prostate cancer risk. Because leptin and insulin are related to body fat...
Prostate cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia and physical activity in Shanghai, China (2001)
Lacey, James V, Deng, Jie, Dosemeci, Mustafa, Gao, Yu-Tang, Mostofi, FK, Sesterhenn, Isabell A, ...
Background Studies suggest that increased levels of physical activity might decrease the risk of prostate cancer. We ascertained lifetime measures of activity in a population-based case-control study...
Population-Based, Case-Control Study of HER2 Genetic Polymorphism and Breast Cancer Risk (2000)
Xie, Dawen, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Deng, Zonglin, Wen, Wan-Qing, Creek, Kim E., Dai, Qi, ...
BACKGROUND: Alterations of the HER2 (also known as erbB-2 or neu) proto-oncogene have been implicated in the carcinogenesis and prognosis of breast cancer. A polymorphism at codon 655 (GTC/valine to...
Yuan, Jian-Min, Ross, Ronald K., Gao, Yu-Tang, Yu, Mimi C
Background The relationship between relative body weight and mortality has been well studied in Western populations and remains controversial. Little is known about the weight-mortality association...
Shu, Xiao Ou, Zheng, Wei, Potischman, Nancy, Brinton, Louise A., Hatch, Maureen C., Gao, Yu-Tang, ...
The relation between diet and endometrial cancer was examined in a population-based case-control study conducted in Shanghai, People's Republic of China, between 1988 and 1990, involving interviews...
Physical Activity and Occupational Risk of Colon Cancer in Shanghai, China (1993)
CHOW, WONG-HO, DOSEMECI, MUSTAFA, ZHENG, WEI, VETTER, RENATE, MCLAUGHLIN, JOSEPH K, GAO, YU-TANG, ...
Using occupational data for over 2000 colon cancer cases diagnosed between 1980 and 1984 in Shanghai, and employment information from the 1382 census for the Shanghai population, standardized...
Diet and Other Risk Factors for Laryngeal Cancer in Shanghai, China (1992)
Zheng, Wei, Blot, William J., Shu, Xiao-Ou, Gao, Yu-Tang, Ji, Bu-Tian, Ziegler, Regina G., ...
A population-based, case-control study of laryngeal cancer was conducted in Shang-hai, China, during 1988-1990, in which 201 incident cases (177 males, 24 females) and 414 controls (269 males, 145...
YU, HE, HARRIS, RANDALL E, GAO, YU-TANG, GAO, RUNIE, WYNDER, ERNST L
Incidence rates of cancers of the colon, rectum, female breast, and prostate were compared among native Chinese (Shanghai), Chinese-American, and American populations. Americans had fourfold higher...
Lung Cancer and Smoking in Shanghai (1988)
GAO, YU-TANG, BLOT, WILLIAM J, ZHENG, WEI, FRAUMENI, JOSEPH F, HSU, CHENG-WEN
A case-control study involving interviews with 733 male and 672 female incident lung cancer patients and 1495 population-based controls revealed that cigarette smoking is the dominant cause of lung...
Wen, Wanqing, Shu, Xiao Ou, Gao, Yu-Tang, Yang, Gong, Li, Qi, Li, Honglan, ...
Objective To evaluate the association of environmental exposure to tobacco smoke from husbands and from work, as well as from family members in early life, with all cause mortality and mortality due...
The association of meat intake and the risk of type 2 diabetes may be modified by body weight
Villegas, Raquel, Shu, Xiao Ou, Gao, Yu-Tang, Yang, Gong, Cai, Hui, Li, Honglan, ...
Aim: To investigate the association between meat intake and incidence of type 2 diabetes (type 2 DM) in a large cohort of middle-aged women.
Wen, Wanqing, Shu, Xiao Ou, Gao, Yu-Tang, Yang, Gong, Li, Qi, Li, Honglan, ...
Objective To evaluate the association of environmental exposure to tobacco smoke from husbands and from work, as well as from family members in early life, with all cause mortality and mortality due...
The association of meat intake and the risk of type 2 diabetes may be modified by body weight
Villegas, Raquel, Shu, Xiao Ou, Gao, Yu-Tang, Yang, Gong, Cai, Hui, Li, Honglan, ...
Aim: To investigate the association between meat intake and incidence of type 2 diabetes (type 2 DM) in a large cohort of middle-aged women.
IGFBP3 mRNA expression in benign and malignant breast tumors
Ren, Zefang, Shin, Aesun, Cai, Qiuyin, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Gao, Yu-Tang, Zheng, Wei
Patterns and correlates of physical activity: a cross-sectional study in urban Chinese women
Jurj, Adriana L, Wen, Wanqing, Gao, Yu-Tang, Matthews, Charles E, Yang, Gong, Li, Hong-Lan, ...
Chang, Shih-Chen, Rashid, Asif, Gao, Yu-Tang, Andreotti, Gabriella, Shen, Ming-Chang, Wang, Bin-Sheng, ...
Biliary tract cancer, encompassing tumors of the gallbladder, extrahepatic bile ducts and ampulla of Vater, is a rare but highly fatal malignancy. Obesity and gallstones, both related to insulin...