2025
Carcinogenic Industrial Air Emissions and Lung Cancer Risk in a Cohort of 440,000 Americans.
Madrigal J, Fisher J, Pruitt C, Liao L, Graubard B, Ward M, Silverman D, Jones R. Carcinogenic Industrial Air Emissions and Lung Cancer Risk in a Cohort of 440,000 Americans. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2025, 211: 1241-1252. PMID: 40315142, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202409-1738oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLung cancer riskCancer riskAssociated with riskNIH-AARP DietEvaluate lung cancer riskLung carcinogensAssociated with lung cancerCox proportional hazards modelsNIH-AARPHealth StudyProportional hazards modelSquamous cell carcinomaStrong associationsAssociated with benzeneHazards modelIndustrial air emissionsEnrollment residenceCell carcinomaOverall riskLung cancer developmentSmokingAssociationRiskHistological subtypesLung cancerExposures to drinking water contaminants in community water systems and risk of ovarian cancer in the California Teachers Study cohort.
Spaur M, Hurwitz L, Medgyesi D, Keil A, Freeman L, Fisher J, Madrigal J, Ammons S, Spielfogel E, Bangia K, Albert P, Sanchez T, Lacey J, Jones R, Ward M. Exposures to drinking water contaminants in community water systems and risk of ovarian cancer in the California Teachers Study cohort. Environmental Health Perspectives 2025 PMID: 40471647, DOI: 10.1289/ehp16582.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigh-grade serous histotypeOvarian cancer riskSerous histotypeOvarian cancerDrinking water contaminationCommunity water systemsWater contaminationCancer riskRisk of ovarian cancerCalifornia Teachers Study cohortEpithelial ovarian cancerOral contraceptive useCox proportional hazards regressionBody mass indexCalifornia Teachers StudyUranium concentrationProportional hazards regressionBilateral oophorectomyMenopausal statusCancer-freeProspective cohortWater systemsDrinking water exposureStudy cohortFollow-upNitrate and disinfection by-products in drinking water and risk of ovarian cancer
Ammons S, Madrigal J, Manley C, Spaur M, Hofmann J, Sandler D, Freeman L, Ward M, Jones R. Nitrate and disinfection by-products in drinking water and risk of ovarian cancer. Environmental Epidemiology 2025, 9: e382. PMID: 40370528, PMCID: PMC12077550, DOI: 10.1097/ee9.0000000000000382.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOvarian cancer riskDrinking water nitrateRed meat intakeCancer riskOvarian cancerAssociated with ovarian cancer riskOvarian cancer risk factorsMeat intakeRisk of ovarian cancerHazard ratioCancer risk factorsIncreased dietary nitrate intakeConfidence intervalsCohort of pesticide applicatorsAgricultural Health StudyComputed hazard ratiosFood frequency questionnaireDietary nitrate intakeBody mass indexEnrollment addressHealth StudyFrequency questionnaireDietary dataMenopausal statusFollow-up
2024
Domestic radon exposure and childhood cancer risk by site and sex in 727 counties in the United States, 2001–2018
Bozigar M, Konstantinoudis G, Zilli Vieira C, Li L, Alwadi Y, Jones R, Koutrakis P. Domestic radon exposure and childhood cancer risk by site and sex in 727 counties in the United States, 2001–2018. The Science Of The Total Environment 2024, 954: 176288. PMID: 39278504, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176288.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChildhood cancer riskDomestic radon exposureCancer riskRadon exposureIncident cancer diagnosisNational Cancer Institute's SurveillanceChildhood leukemia riskPopulation aged 0Site-specific countsEnd Results Program databaseCancer sitesInstitute's SurveillancePopulation-basedChildhood cancerLeukemia riskCancer diagnosisStudy designAged 0United StatesRisk factorsAverage radon levelsRRProgram databaseSexCountyCarcinogenic industrial air pollution and postmenopausal breast cancer risk in the National Institutes of Health AARP Diet and Health Study
Madrigal J, Pruitt C, Fisher J, Liao L, Graubard B, Gierach G, Silverman D, Ward M, Jones R. Carcinogenic industrial air pollution and postmenopausal breast cancer risk in the National Institutes of Health AARP Diet and Health Study. Environment International 2024, 191: 108985. PMID: 39226766, PMCID: PMC11425761, DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.108985.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBreast cancer riskPostmenopausal breast cancer riskCancer riskHealth StudyNational Institutes of Health-AARP DietBreast cancer overallNIH-AARP DietDiverse sociodemographic characteristicsEvidence of heterogeneityEnrollment addressNIH-AARPCancer overallSociodemographic characteristicsU.S. cohortEvaluate associationsRisk patternsEpidemiological studiesIncreased riskIndustrial air pollutionOverall riskSubgroup analysisBreast cancerNational InstituteBenzene emissionsEstrogen receptorFine Particulate Matter, Noise Pollution, and Greenspace and Prostate Cancer Risk in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial Cohort.
Thomas A, Rhee J, Fisher J, Horner M, Jones R. Fine Particulate Matter, Noise Pollution, and Greenspace and Prostate Cancer Risk in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial Cohort. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2024, 33: 857-860. PMID: 38497801, PMCID: PMC11147690, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-23-1413.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProstate cancer riskAssociated with prostate cancer riskCancer riskNoise exposureMale participantsArea Deprivation IndexFamily history of prostate cancerFine particulate matterTrial cohortEnrollment addressHistory of prostate cancerDeprivation indexPotential risk factorsGreenspace exposureEstimate associationsMultipollutant modelsCox regression modelsFamily historyProstate cancerSingle-pollutantCases of prostate cancerProspective ProstateRisk factorsU.S. studiesIncident prostate cancer riskExposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and breast cancer risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiologic studies
Chang C, Ish J, Chang V, Daniel M, Jones R, White A. Exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and breast cancer risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiologic studies. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2024, 193: 1182-1196. PMID: 38400646, PMCID: PMC11299034, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwae010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBreast cancer riskCancer riskOverall breast cancer riskMeta-analysis of epidemiological studiesPostmenopausal breast cancer casesSystematic reviewEpidemiological evidenceRandom-effects meta-analysesBreast cancer casesMeta-analysisBreast cancer diagnosisCancer casesCancer diagnosisStudy designMeta-analysesExposure measurementsExposure to per-Epidemiological studiesPositive associationHeterogeneous associationsAssess exposureBreast cancerProgesterone receptor statusEvaluation toolPolyfluoroalkyl substances exposures
2023
Prediagnostic serum concentrations of per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances and risk of papillary thyroid cancer in the Finnish Maternity Cohort
Madrigal J, Troisi R, Surcel H, Öhman H, Kivelä J, Kiviranta H, Rantakokko P, Koponen J, Medgyesi D, Kitahara C, McGlynn K, Sampson J, Albert P, Ward M, Jones R. Prediagnostic serum concentrations of per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances and risk of papillary thyroid cancer in the Finnish Maternity Cohort. International Journal Of Cancer 2023, 154: 979-991. PMID: 37902275, PMCID: PMC11286200, DOI: 10.1002/ijc.34776.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFinnish Maternity CohortPapillary thyroid cancerThyroid cancerOdds ratioPrediagnostic serum concentrationsPrediagnostic serum levelsConfidence intervalsCase-control studyConditional logistic regressionThyroid cancer riskPapillary thyroid cancer riskPerfluorononanoic acidPerfluorodecanoic acidPerfluorohexane sulfonic acidHigh exposure levelsMedian ageSerum levelsSerum concentrationsCalendar periodCancer riskBirth cohortThyroid glandLogistic regressionCancerClear association
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