Epidemiology of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

CY Mimi, JM Yuan - Seminars in cancer biology, 2002 - Elsevier
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a rare malignancy in most parts of the world, with an
incidence well under 1 per 100000 person-years. Exceptions are the Chinese, especially …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiology of soy exposures and breast cancer risk

AH Wu, MC Yu, CC Tseng, MC Pike - British journal of cancer, 2008 - nature.com
Most of the early studies published on soy and breast cancer were not designed to test the
effect of soy; the assessment of soy intake was usually crude and few potential confounders …

Environmental factors and risk for hepatocellular carcinoma

CY Mimi, JM Yuan - Gastroenterology, 2004 - Elsevier
Chronic infections with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are the most
important risk factors for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in humans …

Metabolic gene polymorphism frequencies in control populations

S Garte, L Gaspari, AK Alexandrie, C Ambrosone… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2001 - AACR
Abstract Using the International Project on Genetic Susceptibility to Environmental
Carcinogens (GSEC) database containing information on over 15,000 control (noncancer) …

A follow-up study of urinary markers of aflatoxin exposure and liver cancer risk in Shanghai, People's Republic of China.

GS Qian, RK Ross, MC Yu, JM Yuan, YT Gao… - … , biomarkers & prevention …, 1994 - AACR
A cohort of 18,244 mostly middle-aged (45-64 years) men residing in four small
geographically defined areas of Shanghai was accrued between January 1986 and …

Isothiocyanates, glutathione S-transferase M1 and T1 polymorphisms, and lung-cancer risk: a prospective study of men in Shanghai, China

SJ London, JM Yuan, FL Chung, YT Gao, GA Coetzee… - The Lancet, 2000 - thelancet.com
Background Dietary isothiocyanates inhibit lung carcinogenesis in laboratory animals but
human data are limited. Glutathione S-transferases M1 and T1 (GSTM1 and GSTT1) …

Association of prostate cancer risk with genetic polymorphisms in vitamin D receptor and androgen receptor

SA Ingles, RK Ross, MC Yu, RW Haile… - Journal of the …, 1997 - academic.oup.com
Background: Prostate cancer is an increasingly common disease for which there are few
well-established risk factors. Family history data suggest a genetic component; however, the …

Adolescent and adult soy intake and risk of breast cancer in Asian-Americans

AH Wu, P Wan, J Hankin, CC Tseng, MC Yu… - …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
The association between soyfood intake and breast cancer risk is controversial. Most of the
epidemiologic studies published on this topic in the 1990s were not designed to specifically …

Hepatitis B virus, aflatoxins, and hepatocellular carcinoma in southern Guangxi, China

F Yeh, MC Yu, CC Mo, S Luo, MJ Tong, BE Henderson - Cancer research, 1989 - AACR
We examined the roles of the hepatitis B virus and aflatoxin B1 in the development of
primary hepatocellular carcinoma (PHC) in a cohort of 7917 men aged 25 to 64 yr old in …

The CAG and GGC microsatellites of the androgen receptor gene are in linkage disequilibrium in men with prostate cancer

RA Irvine, MC Yu, RK Ross, GA Coetzee - Cancer research, 1995 - AACR
The androgen receptor genotype was determined in the white blood cell DNA of 45 African-
American, 39 non-Hispanic white, and 39 Asian (Chinese, Japanese) normal subjects and …