Publications

Discovery of Novel Risk and Causative Factors for Cancer

. Novel colorectal cancer screening methods - opportunities and challenges. Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2025-06-06; doi: 10.1038/s41571-025-01037-7. PubMed PMID: 40481325.
. Screening for Breast Cancer with Contrast-enhanced Mammography as an Alternative to MRI: SCEMAM Trial Results. Radiology. 2025-06-01;315(3):e242634. doi: 10.1148/radiol.242634. PubMed PMID: 40525975.
. Can molecular cancer signals circulating in blood help us prevent cancer-related deaths? Lancet. 2025-01-06; doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)02708-9. PubMed PMID: 39788138.
. More on Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking and Cancer Mortality Content -Reply. JAMA Oncol. 2025-01-01; doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.5215. PubMed PMID: 39570604.
. Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking and Risk of Cancer Mortality. JAMA Oncol. 2024-09-01; doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.1939. PubMed PMID: 38990578; PMCID: PMC11240226.
. Body Mass Index and Risk of Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Asia. JAMA Netw Open. 2024-08-01;7(8):e2429494. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.29494. PubMed PMID: 39196559; PMCID: PMC11358861.
. Severe obesity is associated with worse outcomes than lean metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease. Hepatol Commun. 2024-07-01;8(7): doi: 10.1097/HC9.0000000000000471. PubMed PMID: 38934706; PMCID: PMC11213590.
. Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementia Following Hormone-Modulating Therapy in Patients With Breast Cancer. JAMA Netw Open. 2024-07-01;7(7):e2422493. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.22493. PubMed PMID: 39012631; PMCID: PMC11252894.
. USPSTF Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines Do Not Go Far Enough. JAMA Oncol. 2024-06-01; doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.0905. PubMed PMID: 38687475.
. Reply to Metz. Gastroenterology. 2024-04-01; doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2024.01.019. PubMed PMID: 38246508.
. AGA Clinical Practice Update on the Epidemiology, Evaluation, and Management of Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency: Expert Review. Gastroenterology. 2023-11-01; doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2023.07.007. PubMed PMID: 37737818.
. Data Do Not Support Semiannual Screening US after MRI, and Screening Mammography after MRI Has Limited Benefit. Radiology. 2023-06-01;307(5):e230932. doi: 10.1148/radiol.230932. PubMed PMID: 37158724; PMCID: PMC11229705.
. Reply. Gastroenterology. 2023-05-01;164(6):1029-1030. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2019.09.038. PubMed PMID: 31589871.
. Prospective Multicenter Diagnostic Performance of Technologist-Performed Screening Breast Ultrasound After Tomosynthesis in Women With Dense Breasts (the DBTUST). J Clin Oncol. 2023-05-01;41(13):2403-2415. doi: 10.1200/JCO.22.01445. PubMed PMID: 36626696; PMCID: PMC10150890.
. Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of MUC1 Peptide Vaccine for Prevention of Recurrent Colorectal Adenoma. Clin Cancer Res. 2023-05-01;29(9):1678-1688. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-22-3168. PubMed PMID: 36892581; PMCID: PMC10159922.
. Toward AI-supported US Triage of Women with Palpable Breast Lumps in a Low-Resource Setting. Radiology. 2023-05-01;307(4):e223351. doi: 10.1148/radiol.223351. PubMed PMID: 37129492; PMCID: PMC10323289.
. The Association between Peptic Ulcer Disease and Gastric Cancer: Results from the Stomach Cancer Pooling (StoP) Project Consortium. Cancers (Basel). 2022-10-07;14(19): doi: 10.3390/cancers14194905. PubMed PMID: 36230828; PMCID: PMC9563899.
. Counting Advanced Precancerous Lesions as True Positives When Determining Colorectal Cancer Screening Test Specificity. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2022-07-11;114(7):1040-1043. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djac027. PubMed PMID: 35134969; PMCID: PMC9275773.
. Association between body mass index and colorectal adenomas: Findings from a case-control study in Vietnam. Int J Cancer. 2021-12-01;149(11):1898-1909. doi: 10.1002/ijc.33757. PubMed PMID: 34346504; PMCID: PMC11552659.
. Is It Really Time to Close the Chapter on Screening Breast US? Radiology. 2021-11-01;301(2):E414. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2021210104. PubMed PMID: 34402667.
. Risk of Subsequent Fractures in Postmenopausal Women After Nontraumatic vs Traumatic Fractures. JAMA Intern Med. 2021-08-01;181(8):1055-1063. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.2617. PubMed PMID: 34096979; PMCID: PMC8185628.
. Cancer Yield Exceeds 2% for BI-RADS 3 Probably Benign Findings in Women Older Than 60 Years in the National Mammography Database. Radiology. 2021-06-01;299(3):550-558. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2021204031. PubMed PMID: 33787333.
. Fighting Prejudice and Absorbing Refugees From Nazism: The National Committee for the Resettlement of Foreign Physicians, 1939-1945. Ann Intern Med. 2021-05-01;174(5):680-686. doi: 10.7326/M20-6002. PubMed PMID: 33999678.
. Risk-Stratifying Pulmonary Nodules. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021-01-01;203(1):149-150. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202008-3057LE. PubMed PMID: 33141600; PMCID: PMC7781134.
. Improving Lung Cancer Screening Uptake. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020-10-15;202(8):1193. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202004-1486LE. PubMed PMID: 32525397; PMCID: PMC7560805.
. Screening For Colorectal Cancer in the Age of Simulation Models: A Historical Lens. Gastroenterology. 2020-10-01;159(4):1201-1204. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.07.010. PubMed PMID: 32682768; PMCID: PMC7365068.
. Cancer Yield and Patterns of Follow-up for BI-RADS Category 3 after Screening Mammography Recall in the National Mammography Database. Radiology. 2020-07-01;296(1):32-41. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2020192641. PubMed PMID: 32427557.
. Reducing Unnecessary Biopsy and Follow-up of Benign Cystic Breast Lesions. Radiology. 2020-04-01;295(1):52-53. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2020200037. PubMed PMID: 32073379; PMCID: PMC7104697.
. Strategies for Colorectal Cancer Screening. Gastroenterology. 2020-01-01;158(2):418-432. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2019.06.043. PubMed PMID: 31394083.
. Preneoplastic Colorectal Polyps: "I Found Them and Removed Them-Now What?". Ann Intern Med. 2019-11-05;171(9):667-668. doi: 10.7326/M19-2795. PubMed PMID: 31546250.
. Maternal Obesity, Birth Size, and Risk of Childhood Cancer Development. Am J Epidemiol. 2019-08-01;188(8):1503-1511. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwz118. PubMed PMID: 31107539; PMCID: PMC6670047.
. Cost-Effectiveness and National Effects of Initiating Colorectal Cancer Screening for Average-Risk Persons at Age 45 Years Instead of 50 Years. Gastroenterology. 2019-07-01;157(1):137-148. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2019.03.023. PubMed PMID: 30930021; PMCID: PMC7161092.
. BRCA1 Promoter Methylation Is Linked to Defective Homologous Recombination Repair and Elevated miR-155 to Disrupt Myeloid Differentiation in Myeloid Malignancies. Clin Cancer Res. 2019-04-15;25(8):2513-2522. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-18-0179. PubMed PMID: 30692098.
. Number of Adenomas Removed and Colorectal Cancers Prevented in Randomized Trials of Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Screening. Gastroenterology. 2018-10-01;155(4):1059-1068.e2. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2018.06.040. PubMed PMID: 29935150.
. Screening for Osteoporosis. JAMA. 2018-06-26;319(24):2483-2485. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.5722. PubMed PMID: 29946707.
. Risk of progression from subjective cognitive decline to mild cognitive impairment: The role of study setting. Alzheimers Dement. 2018-06-01;14(6):734-742. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2017.12.003. PubMed PMID: 29352855; PMCID: PMC5994356.
. Association of Colonoscopy Adenoma Findings With Long-term Colorectal Cancer Incidence. JAMA. 2018-05-15;319(19):2021-2031. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.5809. PubMed PMID: 29800214; PMCID: PMC6583246.
. Can Optoacoustic Imaging Safely Reduce Benign Breast Biopsies? Radiology. 2018-05-01;287(2):413-415. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2018180121. PubMed PMID: 29668408.
. A two-step screening process reduces hip fractures. Lancet. 2018-02-24;391(10122):715-716. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)33295-6. PubMed PMID: 29254857.
. The 10-year repeat after a negative colonoscopy. Endoscopy. 2017-12-01;49(12):1198-1199. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-120444. PubMed PMID: 29186732.
. Burden of hip fracture on disability. Lancet Public Health. 2017-05-01;2(5):e209-e210. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(17)30067-1. PubMed PMID: 29253483.
. Early Detection of Lung Cancer Using DNA Promoter Hypermethylation in Plasma and Sputum. Clin Cancer Res. 2017-04-15;23(8):1998-2005. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-16-1371. PubMed PMID: 27729459; PMCID: PMC6366618.
. Exploring the nexus of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias with cancer and cancer therapies: A convening of the Alzheimer's Association & Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation. Alzheimers Dement. 2017-03-01;13(3):267-273. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2016.11.002. PubMed PMID: 27998721; PMCID: PMC5548424.
. Current Status of Supplemental Screening in Dense Breasts. J Clin Oncol. 2016-06-01;34(16):1840-1843. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2015.65.8674. PubMed PMID: 26962096; PMCID: PMC5474360.
. Post-Polypectomy Surveillance That Would Please Goldilocks--Not Too Much, Not Too Little, but Just Right. Gastroenterology. 2016-04-01;150(4):791-6. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2016.01.033. PubMed PMID: 26850494.
. No myth: Benefits of breast screening. Nature. 2016-01-21;529(7586):283. doi: 10.1038/529283b. PubMed PMID: 26791708.
. Next Generation of Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy: Recombinant Microbial Enzymes and Finding the Perfect Lipase. Gastroenterology. 2015-12-01;149(7):1678-81. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2015.10.025. PubMed PMID: 26505819.
. Lung Cancer Risk Prediction Using Common SNPs Located in GWAS-Identified Susceptibility Regions. J Thorac Oncol. 2015-11-01;10(11):1538-45. doi: 10.1097/JTO.0000000000000666. PubMed PMID: 26352532; PMCID: PMC4636453.
. Independent and combined effects of cognitive and physical activity on incident MCI. Alzheimers Dement. 2015-11-01;11(11):1377-84. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2014.11.007. PubMed PMID: 25684687; PMCID: PMC4536189.
. Incidence and mortality of colorectal cancer in individuals with a family history of colorectal cancer. Gastroenterology. 2015-11-01;149(6):1438-1445.e1. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2015.07.055. PubMed PMID: 26255045; PMCID: PMC4628587.
. Genetics and Genetic Testing in Pancreatic Cancer. Gastroenterology. 2015-10-01;149(5):1252-1264.e4. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2015.07.057. PubMed PMID: 26255042.
. Parkinson Disease and Malignant Disease: Minding Cancer's Own Business. JAMA Oncol. 2015-08-01;1(5):641-2. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.1810. PubMed PMID: 26181516; PMCID: PMC4537359.
. Sedation Options for Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015-08-01;192(3):397-8. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201504-0776LE. PubMed PMID: 26230241; PMCID: PMC4584254.
. Colorectal cancer incidence by age among patients undergoing surveillance colonoscopy. JAMA Intern Med. 2015-05-01;175(5):858-60. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.0344. PubMed PMID: 25822077.
. Prognosis and conditional disease-free survival among patients with ovarian cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2014-12-20;32(36):4102-12. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2014.55.1713. PubMed PMID: 25403208; PMCID: PMC4265120.
. How should screening breast US be audited? The patient perspective. Radiology. 2014-08-01;272(2):309-15. doi: 10.1148/radiol.14140653. PubMed PMID: 25058130.
. Can symptomatic cancer be distinguished from screen detected cancer? Gastroenterology. 2014-08-01;147(2):545-6. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2014.05.044. PubMed PMID: 24973674.
. How well does supplemental screening magnetic resonance imaging work in high-risk women? J Clin Oncol. 2014-07-20;32(21):2193-6. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2014.56.2975. PubMed PMID: 24934782.
. Technologist-performed handheld screening breast US imaging: how is it performed and what are the outcomes to date? Radiology. 2014-07-01;272(1):12-27. doi: 10.1148/radiol.14132628. PubMed PMID: 24956046.
. Progressive chromatin repression and promoter methylation of CTNNA1 associated with advanced myeloid malignancies. Cancer Res. 2009-11-01;69(21):8482-90. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-1153. PubMed PMID: 19826047; PMCID: PMC3081599.
. An inactivating mutation in HDAC2 leads to dysregulation of apoptosis mediated by APAF1. Gastroenterology. 2008-11-01;135(5):1654-1664.e2. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.07.078. PubMed PMID: 18834886.
. DNA methylation markers and early recurrence in stage I lung cancer. N Engl J Med. 2008-03-13;358(11):1118-28. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0706550. PubMed PMID: 18337602.
. Abrogation of the Rb/p16 tumor-suppressive pathway in virtually all pancreatic carcinomas. Cancer Res. 1997-08-01;57(15):3126-30. PubMed PMID: 9242437.