Alice S Whittemore
Publications
- Tubal ligation and risk of ovarian cancer subtypes: a pooled analysis of case-control studies. Int J Epidemiol. 2013; (2): 579-89
- Two-stage sampling designs for external validation of personal risk models. Stat Methods Med Res. 2013
- Prediction of BRCA1 germline mutation status in women with ovarian cancer using morphology-based criteria: identification of a BRCA1 ovarian cancer phenotype. Am J Surg Pathol. 2012; (8): 1170-7
- Breast cancer risk for noncarriers of family-specific BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations: findings from the Breast Cancer Family Registry. J Clin Oncol. 2011; (34): 4505-9
- Optimal methods for meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies. Genet Epidemiol. 2011; (7): 581-91
- The potential value of sibling controls compared with population controls for association studies of lifestyle-related risk factors: an example from the Breast Cancer Family Registry. Int J Epidemiol. 2011; (5): 1342-54
- Estimating gene penetrance from family data. Genet Epidemiol. 2010; (4): 373-81
- Evaluating health risk models. Stat Med. 2010; (23): 2438-52
- Genetic variation in TYMS in the one-carbon transfer pathway is associated with ovarian carcinoma types in the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2010; (7): 1822-30
- Second malignant neoplasms in survivors of pediatric Hodgkin's lymphoma treated with low-dose radiation and chemotherapy. J Clin Oncol. 2010; (7): 1232-9
- An admixture scan in 1,484 African American women with breast cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009; (11): 3110-7
- Candidate gene analysis using imputed genotypes: cell cycle single-nucleotide polymorphisms and ovarian cancer risk. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009; (3): 935-44
- Common variants on chromosome 6p22.1 are associated with schizophrenia. Nature. 2009; (7256): 753-7
- Family history of breast cancer and all-cause mortality after breast cancer diagnosis in the Breast Cancer Family Registry. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2009; (1): 167-76
- No evidence of familial correlation in breast cancer metastasis. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2009; (3): 575-81
- Performance of prediction models for BRCA mutation carriage in three racial/ethnic groups: findings from the Northern California Breast Cancer Family Registry. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009; (4): 1084-91
- Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the TP53 region and susceptibility to invasive epithelial ovarian cancer. Cancer Res. 2009; (6): 2349-57
- Tagging single-nucleotide polymorphisms in candidate oncogenes and susceptibility to ovarian cancer. Br J Cancer. 2009; (6): 993-1001
- Validating genetic risk associations for ovarian cancer through the international Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium. Br J Cancer. 2009; (2): 412-20
- Association study of prostate cancer susceptibility variants with risks of invasive ovarian, breast, and colorectal cancer. Cancer Res. 2008; (21): 8837-42
- Consortium analysis of 7 candidate SNPs for ovarian cancer. Int J Cancer. 2008; (2): 380-8
- Effects of common germ-line genetic variation in cell cycle genes on ovarian cancer survival. Clin Cancer Res. 2008; (4): 1090-5
- Facility factors dominate the ability to achieve target haemoglobin levels in haemodialysis patients. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2008; (9): 2948-56
- Mismatch repair gene polymorphisms and survival in invasive ovarian cancer patients. Eur J Cancer. 2008; (15): 2259-65
- Multiple loci with different cancer specificities within the 8q24 gene desert. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2008; (13): 962-6
- Ovarian cysts and breast cancer: results from the Women's Contraceptive and Reproductive Experiences Study. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2008; (1): 157-64
- Performance of BRCA1/2 mutation prediction models in Asian Americans. J Clin Oncol. 2008; (29): 4752-8
- Polymorphism in the IL18 gene and epithelial ovarian cancer in non-Hispanic white women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2008; (12): 3567-72
- Progesterone receptor variation and risk of ovarian cancer is limited to the invasive endometrioid subtype: results from the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium pooled analysis. Br J Cancer. 2008; (2): 282-8
- Prostate cancer risk in relation to insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I and IGF-binding protein-3: a prospective multiethnic study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2008; (1): 252-4
- Significance levels for studies with correlated test statistics. Biostatistics. 2008; (3): 458-66
- The effects of common genetic variants in oncogenes on ovarian cancer survival. Clin Cancer Res. 2008; (18): 5833-9
- Assessing environmental modifiers of disease risk associated with rare mutations. Hum Hered. 2007; (2): 134-43
- Association between single-nucleotide polymorphisms in hormone metabolism and DNA repair genes and epithelial ovarian cancer: results from two Australian studies and an additional validation set. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2007; (12): 2557-65
- BRCA2 mutation-associated breast cancers exhibit a distinguishing phenotype based on morphology and molecular profiles from tissue microarrays. Am J Surg Pathol. 2007; (1): 121-8
- Comparison of admixture and association mapping in admixed families. Genet Epidemiol. 2007; (7): 763-75
- Compelling evidence for a prostate cancer gene at 22q12.3 by the International Consortium for Prostate Cancer Genetics. Hum Mol Genet. 2007; (11): 1271-8
- Contribution of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations to inherited ovarian cancer. Hum Mutat. 2007; (12): 1207-15
- Imputation of missing ages in pedigree data. Hum Hered. 2007; (3-4): 168-74
- Medical radiation exposure and breast cancer risk: findings from the Breast Cancer Family Registry. Int J Cancer. 2007; (2): 386-94
- Multiple regions within 8q24 independently affect risk for prostate cancer. Nat Genet. 2007; (5): 638-44
- Prediagnostic C-peptide and risk of prostate cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2007; (10): 2164-5
- Prevalence of pathogenic BRCA1 mutation carriers in 5 US racial/ethnic groups. JAMA. 2007; (24): 2869-76
- Screening for the BRCA1-ins6kbEx13 mutation: potential for misdiagnosis. Mutation in brief #964. Online. Hum Mutat. 2007; (5): 525-6
- Tagging single nucleotide polymorphisms in cell cycle control genes and susceptibility to invasive epithelial ovarian cancer. Cancer Res. 2007; (7): 3027-35
- Tagging single nucleotide polymorphisms in the BRIP1 gene and susceptibility to breast and ovarian cancer. PLoS One. 2007; (3): e268
- UDP-Glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 gene polymorphisms and total bilirubin levels in an ethnically diverse cohort of women. Drug Metab Dispos. 2007; (8): 1254-61
- Disengagement and social support moderate distress among women with a family history of breast cancer. Breast J. 2006 Jan-Feb; (1): 7-15
- Admixture mapping identifies 8q24 as a prostate cancer risk locus in African-American men. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006; (38): 14068-73
- An inverse association between ovarian cysts and breast cancer in the breast cancer family registry. Int J Cancer. 2006; (1): 197-202
- BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers, oral contraceptive use, and breast cancer before age 50. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2006; (10): 1863-70
- Breast and ovarian cancer in relatives of cancer patients, with and without BRCA mutations. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2006; (2): 359-63
- Breast cancer followed by corpus cancer: is there a higher risk for aggressive histologic subtypes? Gynecol Oncol. 2006; (3): 508-12
- Common variants in RB1 gene and risk of invasive ovarian cancer. Cancer Res. 2006; (20): 10220-6
- Common variants in mismatch repair genes and risk of invasive ovarian cancer. Carcinogenesis. 2006; (11): 2235-42
- Getting more from digital SNP data. Stat Med. 2006; (18): 3124-33
- Improved survival of Asians with corpus cancer compared with whites: an analysis of underlying factors. Obstet Gynecol. 2006; (2 Pt 1): 329-35
- No increased risk of breast cancer associated with alcohol consumption among carriers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations ages <50 years. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2006; (8): 1565-7
- Nonparametric linkage analysis using person-specific covariates. Genet Epidemiol. 2006; (5): 369-79
- Patterns and progress in ovarian cancer over 14 years. Obstet Gynecol. 2006; (3 Pt 1): 521-8
- Pooled genome linkage scan of aggressive prostate cancer: results from the International Consortium for Prostate Cancer Genetics. Hum Genet. 2006; (4): 471-85
- Population-based estimates of breast cancer risks associated with ATM gene variants c.7271T>G and c.1066-6T>G (IVS10-6T>G) from the Breast Cancer Family Registry. Hum Mutat. 2006; (11): 1122-8
- Predicting and preventing hereditary colorectal cancer. JAMA. 2006; (12): 1521-3
- Sex steroid hormones in young manhood and the risk of subsequent prostate cancer: a longitudinal study in African-Americans and Caucasians (United States). Cancer Causes Control. 2006; (10): 1237-44
- Short-term chloral hydrate administration and cancer in humans. Drug Saf. 2006; (1): 67-77
- The CHEK2*1100delC allelic variant and risk of breast cancer: screening results from the Breast Cancer Family Registry. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2006; (2): 348-52
- A combined genomewide linkage scan of 1,233 families for prostate cancer-susceptibility genes conducted by the international consortium for prostate cancer genetics. Am J Hum Genet. 2005; (2): 219-29
- Covariate adjustment in family-based association studies. Genet Epidemiol. 2005; (3): 244-55
- Genetic association studies: time for a new paradigm? Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2005; (6): 1359-60
- Histologic types of epithelial ovarian cancer: have they different risk factors? Gynecol Oncol. 2005; (2): 520-30
- Incidence of small bowel cancer in the United States and worldwide: geographic, temporal, and racial differences. Cancer Causes Control. 2005; (7): 781-7
- Oral contraceptive use and risk of early-onset breast cancer in carriers and noncarriers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2005; (2): 350-6
- Polymorphisms in DNA repair genes and epithelial ovarian cancer risk. Int J Cancer. 2005; (4): 611-8
- Prostate specific antigen levels in young adulthood predict prostate cancer risk: results from a cohort of Black and White Americans. J Urol. 2005; (3): 872-6; discussion 876
- Re: Reason for late-stage breast cancer: absence of screening or detection, or breakdown in follow-up? J Natl Cancer Inst. 2005; (5): 400; author reply 400-1
- Response to C. Bosetti et al. (Trends in colorectal cancer mortality in Japan, 1970-2000). Int J Cancer. 2005; (2): 342
- Variants in estrogen-biosynthesis genes CYP17 and CYP19 and breast cancer risk: a family-based genetic association study. Breast Cancer Res. 2005; (1): R71-81
- A family-based genetic association study of variants in estrogen-metabolism genes COMT and CYP1B1 and breast cancer risk. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2004; (2): 121-31
- Breast cancer risks for BRCA1/2 carriers. Science. 2004; (5705): 2187-91; author reply 2187-91
- Classifying disease chromosomes arising from multiple founders, with application to fine-scale haplotype mapping. Genet Epidemiol. 2004; (3): 173-81
- Histopathology, FIGO stage, and BRCA mutation status of ovarian cancers from the Gilda Radner Familial Ovarian Cancer Registry. Int J Gynecol Pathol. 2004; (1): 29-34
- Increasing colorectal cancer incidence rates in Japan. Int J Cancer. 2004; (5): 777-81
- Oral contraceptive use and ovarian cancer risk among carriers of BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations. Br J Cancer. 2004; (11): 1911-5
- Prevalence of BRCA1 mutation carriers among U.S. non-Hispanic Whites. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2004; (12): 2078-83
- Relation of contraceptive and reproductive history to ovarian cancer risk in carriers and noncarriers of BRCA1 gene mutations. Am J Epidemiol. 2004; (7): 613-8
- Risk of early-onset prostate cancer in relation to germ line polymorphisms of the vitamin D receptor. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2004; (8): 1325-30
- Role of ethnicity in risk for hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic hepatitis C and cirrhosis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2004; (9): 820-4
- STK15 polymorphisms and association with risk of invasive ovarian cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2004; (10): 1589-94
- The Breast Cancer Family Registry: an infrastructure for cooperative multinational, interdisciplinary and translational studies of the genetic epidemiology of breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res. 2004; (4): R375-89
- The effects of BRCA1 missense variants V1804D and M1628T on transcriptional activity. Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 2004; (2): 177-80
- BRCA1/2 mutation status influences somatic genetic progression in inherited and sporadic epithelial ovarian cancer cases. Cancer Res. 2003; (2): 417-23
- Breast cancer in Marin County. Breast Cancer Res. 2003; (5): 232-4
- Genetic association tests for family data with missing parental genotypes: a comparison. Genet Epidemiol. 2003; (1): 80-91
- Logistic regression of family data from retrospective study designs. Genet Epidemiol. 2003; (3): 177-89
- Observational studies and randomized trials of hormone replacement therapy: what can we learn from them? Epidemiology. 2003; (1): 8-10
- Optimal designs for estimating penetrance of rare mutations of a disease-susceptibility gene. Genet Epidemiol. 2003; (3): 173-80
- Re: On the use of familial aggregation in population-based case probands for calculating penetrance. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2003; (1): 76-7; author reply 77-8
- Stage at diagnosis and survival in a multiethnic cohort of prostate cancer patients. Am J Public Health. 2003; (10): 1753-9
- Where are the prostate cancer genes?--A summary of eight genome wide searches. Prostate. 2003; (4): 261-9
- Analysis of the human progesterone receptor gene polymorphism PROGINS in Austrian ovarian cancer patients. Int J Cancer. 2002; (2): 202; author reply 203
- Carbohydrates and colorectal cancer risk among Chinese in North America. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2002; (2): 187-93
- Comparison of DNA- and RNA-based methods for detection of truncating BRCA1 mutations. Hum Mutat. 2002; (1): 65-73
- Comparison of techniques for the successful detection of BRCA1 mutations in fixed paraffin-embedded tissue. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2002; (9): 809-14
- Race, epithelial ovarian cancer survival, and membership in a large health maintenance organization. Epidemiology. 2002; (2): 231-4
- Segregation analysis of prostate cancer in 1,719 white, African-American and Asian-American families in the United States and Canada. Cancer Causes Control. 2002; (5): 471-82
- Survival among U.S. women with invasive epithelial ovarian cancer. Gynecol Oncol. 2002; (3): 399-403
- Tests for genetic association using family data. Genet Epidemiol. 2002; (2): 128-45
- Allele-sharing among affected relatives: non-parametric methods for identifying genes. Stat Methods Med Res. 2001; (1): 27-55
- Iodine and thyroid cancer risk among women in a multiethnic population: the Bay Area Thyroid Cancer Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2001; (9): 979-85
- Problems in the definition, interpretation, and evaluation of genetic heterogeneity. Am J Hum Genet. 2001; (2): 457-65
- Re: Prostate cancer incidence and mortality in the United States and the United Kingdom. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2001; (14): 1109-10
- Correction Stat Med. 2000; (9): 1251
- Declining ovarian cancer rates in U.S. women in relation to parity and oral contraceptive use. Epidemiology. 2000; (2): 102-5
- Detection of disease genes by use of family data. I. Likelihood-based theory. Am J Hum Genet. 2000; (4): 1328-40
- Detection of disease genes by use of family data. II. Application to nuclear families. Am J Hum Genet. 2000; (4): 1341-50
- Differences in socioeconomic status and survival among white and black men with prostate cancer. Am J Epidemiol. 2000; (4): 409-16
- Prostate cancer risk in relation to anthropometry and physical activity: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey I Epidemiological Follow-Up Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2000; (9): 875-81
- Survival in epithelial ovarian cancer patients with prior breast cancer. Am J Epidemiol. 2000; (6): 528-32
- Estimating genetic influence on disease from population-based case-control data: application to cancers of the breast and ovary. Stat Med. 1999; (23): 3321-36
- Multipoint linkage analysis. A cautionary note. Hum Hered. 1999; (4): 194-6
- Power of association and linkage tests when the disease alleles are unobserved. Am J Hum Genet. 1999; (2): 641-9
- Study design in genetic epidemiology: theoretical and practical considerations. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr. 1999; (26): 61-9
- The Eighth AACR American Cancer Society Award lecture on cancer epidemiology and prevention. Genetically tailored preventive strategies: an effective plan for the twenty-first century? American Association for Cancer Research. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 1999; (8): 649-58
- Prostate cancer incidence and mortality in the United States and the United Kingdom. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1998; (16): 1230-1
- Race, prostate cancer survival, and membership in a large health maintenance organization. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1998; (13): 986-90
- Simple, robust linkage tests for affected sibs. Am J Hum Genet. 1998; (5): 1228-42
- Multi-stage sampling in genetic epidemiology. Stat Med. 1997 Jan 15-Feb 15; (1-3): 153-67
- Genetic predisposition to prostate cancer: possible explanations for ethnic differences in risk. Prostate. 1997; (1): 65-72
- Prevalence and contribution of BRCA1 mutations in breast cancer and ovarian cancer: results from three U.S. population-based case-control studies of ovarian cancer. Am J Hum Genet. 1997; (3): 496-504
- Serum levels of prostate-specific antigen among Japanese-American and native Japanese men. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1997; (22): 1716-20
- Genome scanning for linkage: an overview. Am J Hum Genet. 1996; (3): 704-16
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in lifelong nonsmokers: results from NHANES. Am J Public Health. 1995; (5): 702-6
- Family history and prostate cancer risk in black, white, and Asian men in the United States and Canada. Am J Epidemiol. 1995; (8): 732-40
- Prostate cancer in relation to diet, physical activity, and body size in blacks, whites, and Asians in the United States and Canada. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1995; (9): 652-61
- Prostate-specific antigen as predictor of prostate cancer in black men and white men. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1995; (5): 354-60
- Vasectomy and prostate cancer: results from a multiethnic case-control study. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1995; (9): 662-9
- A class of tests for linkage using affected pedigree members. Biometrics. 1994; (1): 118-27
- Characteristics relating to ovarian cancer risk: implications for prevention and detection. Gynecol Oncol. 1994; (3 Pt 2): S15-9
- Comparison of dietary habits, physical activity and body size among Chinese in North America and China. Int J Epidemiol. 1994; (5): 984-90
- Epidemiology and primary prevention of cancers of the breast, endometrium, and ovary. A brief overview. Ann Epidemiol. 1994; (2): 89-95
- Probability of gene identity by descent: computation and applications. Biometrics. 1994; (1): 109-17
- Prostate cancer. Cancer Surv. 1994: 309-22
- Segregation analysis of case-control data using generalized estimating equations. Biometrics. 1994; (4): 1073-87
- Use of biological markers in risk assessment. Risk Anal. 1994; (5): 807-13
- Characteristics relating to ovarian cancer risk: collaborative analysis of seven U.S. case-control studies. Epithelial ovarian cancer in black women. Collaborative Ovarian Cancer Group. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1993; (2): 142-7
- Fertility drugs and risk of ovarian cancer. Hum Reprod. 1993; (7): 999-1000
- Localized prostate cancer. Relationship of tumor volume to clinical significance for treatment of prostate cancer. Cancer. 1993; (3 Suppl): 933-8
- Personal characteristics relating to risk of invasive epithelial ovarian cancer in older women in the United States. Cancer. 1993; (2 Suppl): 558-65
- Use of NHANES data to assign nutrient densities to food groups in a multiethnic diet history questionnaire. Nutr Cancer. 1993; (3): 223-30
- Characteristics relating to ovarian cancer risk: collaborative analysis of 12 US case-control studies. I. Methods. Collaborative Ovarian Cancer Group. Am J Epidemiol. 1992; (10): 1175-83
- Characteristics relating to ovarian cancer risk: collaborative analysis of 12 US case-control studies. II. Invasive epithelial ovarian cancers in white women. Collaborative Ovarian Cancer Group. Am J Epidemiol. 1992; (10): 1184-203
- Characteristics relating to ovarian cancer risk: collaborative analysis of 12 US case-control studies. III. Epithelial tumors of low malignant potential in white women. Collaborative Ovarian Cancer Group. Am J Epidemiol. 1992; (10): 1204-11
- Characteristics relating to ovarian cancer risk: collaborative analysis of 12 US case-control studies. IV. The pathogenesis of epithelial ovarian cancer. Collaborative Ovarian Cancer Group. Am J Epidemiol. 1992; (10): 1212-20
- Cutaneous melanoma at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: comparison with rates in two San Francisco bay area counties. Cancer Causes Control. 1992; (3): 191-7
- Family data determine all parameters in Mendelian incomplete penetrance models. Ann Hum Genet. 1991; (Pt 2): 175-7
- Low-grade, latent prostate cancer volume: predictor of clinical cancer incidence? J Natl Cancer Inst. 1991; (17): 1231-5
- The importance of models in the assessment of synergy. J Clin Epidemiol. 1991; (12): 1287-8
- Urinary cadmium and blood pressure: results from the NHANES II survey. Environ Health Perspect. 1991: 133-40
- Diet, physical activity, and colorectal cancer among Chinese in North America and China. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1990; (11): 915-26
- Cancer risk assessment and prevention: where do we stand? Environ Health Perspect. 1989: 95-101
- Colorectal cancer incidence among Chinese in North America and the People's Republic of China: variation with sex, age and anatomical site. Int J Epidemiol. 1989; (3): 563-8
- Epithelial ovarian cancer and the ability to conceive. Cancer Res. 1989; (14): 4047-52
- Mycosis fungoides in relation to environmental exposures and immune response: a case-control study. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1989; (20): 1560-7
- Effect of cigarette smoking in epidemiological studies of lung cancer. Stat Med. 1988 Jan-Feb; (1-2): 223-38
- Body size, reproductive factors, and breast cancer survival. Prev Med. 1988; (5): 634-42
- Combined effect of childbearing, menstrual events, and body size on age-specific breast cancer risk. Am J Epidemiol. 1988; (5): 962-79
- Errors in reported dietary intakes. II. Long-term recall. Am J Epidemiol. 1988; (5): 1137-45
- Personal and environmental characteristics related to epithelial ovarian cancer. I. Reproductive and menstrual events and oral contraceptive use. Am J Epidemiol. 1988; (6): 1216-27
- Personal and environmental characteristics related to epithelial ovarian cancer. II. Exposures to talcum powder, tobacco, alcohol, and coffee. Am J Epidemiol. 1988; (6): 1228-40
- Methods for analyzing occupational cohort data with application to lung cancer in U.S. uranium miners. J Chronic Dis. 1987: 79S-88S
- Methods old and new for analyzing occupational cohort data. Am J Ind Med. 1987; (3): 233-48
- Errors in reported dietary intakes. I. Short-term recall. Am J Epidemiol. 1986; (5): 826-35

