2024
Unveiling an Association between Waterpipe Smoking and Bladder Cancer Risk: A Multicenter Case-Control Study in Iran
Hadji M, Rashidian H, Marzban M, Rezaianzadeh A, Ansari-Moghaddam A, Bakhshi M, Nejatizadeh A, Seyyedsalehi M, Naghibzadeh-Tahami A, Haghdoost A, Mohebbi E, Freedman N, Malekzadeh R, Etemadi A, Kamangar F, Weiderpass E, Pukkala E, Boffetta P, Zendehdel K. Unveiling an Association between Waterpipe Smoking and Bladder Cancer Risk: A Multicenter Case-Control Study in Iran. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2024, 33: 509-515. PMID: 38180357, PMCID: PMC10988205, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-23-0773.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWaterpipe smokingIncreased risk of bladder cancerRisk of bladder cancerBladder cancer riskStatistically significant elevated riskCigarette smokingSignificantly elevated riskBladder cancerMulticenter case-control studyCase-control studyMultivariate logistic regressionGlobal public health concernPublic health concernCancer riskTobacco productsEx-smokersWaterpipeWaterpipe smokersOpium useElevated riskLogistic regressionSmokingUrothelial bladder cancerConfounding factorsHealth concern
2023
Prediagnostic Hormone Levels and Risk of Testicular Germ Cell Tumors: A Nested Case-Control Study in the Janus Serum Bank.
Wu Z, Trabert B, Guillemette C, Caron P, Bradwin G, Graubard B, Weiderpass E, Ursin G, Langseth H, McGlynn K. Prediagnostic Hormone Levels and Risk of Testicular Germ Cell Tumors: A Nested Case-Control Study in the Janus Serum Bank. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2023, 32: 1564-1571. PMID: 37619591, PMCID: PMC10655159, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-23-0772.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTesticular germ cell tumorsDevelopment of testicular germ cell tumorsRisk of testicular germ cell tumorsGerm cell tumorsNested case-control studyFollicle-stimulating hormoneCase-control studyFSH levelsHigher FSH levelsSertoli cellsCell tumorsLuteinizing hormoneHormone levelsLevels of serum gonadotropinsTesticular germ cell tumour riskJanus Serum Bank CohortAssociated with TGCT riskSex hormone binding globulinIncreased FSH levelsConfidence intervalsMultivariate logistic regressionLevels of androgensSex steroid hormonesLH levelsBinding globulin