Research Groups

Previous Publications - All publications 2012-2013

1. Plummer M. (2013) Helicobacter pylori and colonic neoplasms American journal of gastroenterology; 108(2):216-217. PMID: 23381070

2. Cornet I., Gheit T., Iannacone M.R., Vignat J., Sylla B.S., del Mistro A., Franceschi S., Tommasino M., Clifford G.M. (2013) HPV16 genetic variation and the development of cervical cancer worldwide British journal of cancer; 108(1):240-244. PMID: 23169278

3. Guan P., Clifford G.M., Franceschi S. (2013) Human papillomavirus types in glandular lesions of the cervix: A meta-analysis of published studies International journal of cancer; 132(1):248-250. PMID: 22684765

4. Halec G., Schmitt M., Dondog B., Sharkhuu E., Wentzensen N., Gheit T., Tommasino M., Kommoss F., Bosch F.X., Franceschi S., Clifford G., Gissmann L., Pawlita M. (2013) Biological activity of probable/possible high-risk human papillomavirus types in cervical cancer International journal of cancer; 132(1):63-71. PMID: 22514107

5. Turati F., Talamini R., Pelucchi C., Polesel J., Franceschi S., Crispo A., Izzo F., La Vecchia C., Boffetta P., Montella M. (2013) Metabolic syndrome and hepatocellular carcinoma risk British journal of cancer; 108(1):222-228. PMID: 23169288

6. Zhao F.H., Lewkowitz A.K., Hu S.Y., Chen F., Li L.Y., Zhang Q.M., Wu R.F., Li C.Q., Wei L.H., Xu A.D., Zhang W.H., Pan Q.J., Zhang X., Belinson J.L., Sellors J.W., Smith J.S., Qiao Y.L., Franceschi S. (2012) Prevalence of human papillomavirus and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in China: A pooled analysis of 17 population-based studies International journal of cancer; 131(12):2929-2938. PMID: 22488743

7. Arbyn M., de Sanjose S., Saraiya M., Sideri M., Palefsky J., Lacey C., Gillison M., Bruni L., Ronco G., Wentzensen N., Brotherton J., Qiao Y.L., Denny L., Bornstein J., Abramowitz L., Giuliano A., Tommasino M., Monsonego J. (2012) EUROGIN 2011 roadmap on prevention and treatment of HPV-related disease International journal of cancer; 131(9):1969-1982. PMID: 22623137

8. Collaborative Group on Hormonal Factors in Breast Cancer (2012) Menarche, menopause, and breast cancer risk: individual participant meta-analysis, including 118 964 women with breast cancer from 117 epidemiological studies Lancet oncology; 13(11):1141-1151. PMID: 23084519

9. Guan P., Howell-Jones R., Li N., Bruni L., de Sanjose S., Franceschi S., Clifford G.M. (2012) Human papillomavirus types in 115,789 HPV-positive women: A meta-analysis from cervical infection to cancer International journal of cancer; 131(10):2349-2359. PMID: 22323075

10. Kesminiene A., Evrard A.S., Ivanov V.K., Malakhova I.V., Kurtinaitise J., Stengrevics A., Tekkel M., Chekin S., Drozdovitch V., Gavrilin Y., Golovanov I., Kryuchkov V.P., Maceika E., Mirkhaidarov A.K., Polyakov S., Tenet V., Tukov A.R., Byrnes G., Cardis E. (2012) Risk of Thyroid Cancer among Chernobyl Liquidators Radiation research; 178(5):425-436. PMID: 22998226

11. Polesel J., Zucchetto A., Talamini R., Dal Maso L., Serraino D., La Vecchia C., Franceschi S. (2012) Re: Coffee Consumption and Prostate Cancer Risk and Progression in the Health Professional Follow-up Study Journal of the National Cancer Institute; 104(21):1684-1686. PMID: 22962694

12. De Vuyst H., Mugo N.R., Chung M.H., McKenzie K.P., Nyongesa-Malava E., Tenet V., Njoroge J.W., Sakr S.R., Meijer C.M., Snijders P.J., Rana F.S., Franceschi S. (2012) Prevalence and determinants of human papillomavirus infection and cervical lesions in HIV-positive women in Kenya British journal of cancer; 107(9):1624-1630. PMID: 23033006

13. Li Q., Chuang S.C., Eluf-Neto J., Menezes A., Matos E., Koifman S., Wunsch-Filho V., Fernandez L., Daudt A.W., Curado M.P., Winn D.M., Franceschi S., Herrero R., Castellsague X., Morgenstern H., Zhang Z.F., Lazarus P., Muscat J., McClean M., Kelsey K.T., Hayes R.B., Purdue M.P., Schwartz S.M., Chen C., Benhamou S., Olshan A.F., Yu G., Schantz S., Ferro G., Brennan P., Boffetta P., Hashibe M. (2012) Vitamin or mineral supplement intake and the risk of head and neck cancer: pooled analysis in the INHANCE consortium International journal of cancer; 131(7):1686-1699. PMID: 22173631

14. Polesel J., Negri E., Serraino D., Parpinel M., Barzan L., Libra M., Bosetti C., Garavello W., Montella M., La Vecchia C., Franceschi S., Talamini R. (2012) Dietary intakes of carotenoids and other nutrients in the risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a case-control study in Italy British journal of cancer; 107(9):1580-1583. PMID: 22968647

15. Tavani A., Malerba S., Pelucchi C., Dal Maso L., Zucchetto A., Serraino D., Levi F., Montella M., Franceschi S., Zambon A., La Vecchia C. (2012) Dietary folates and cancer risk in a network of case-control studies Annals of oncology; 23(10):2737-2742. PMID: 22898036

16. Tsu V., Murray M., Franceschi S. (2012) Human papillomavirus vaccination in low-resource countries: lack of evidence to support vaccinating sexually active women British journal of cancer; 107(9):1445-1450. PMID: 22955856

17. Collaborative Group on Epidemiological Studies of Ovarian Cancer (2012) Ovarian cancer and smoking: individual participant meta-analysis including 28 114 women with ovarian cancer from 51 epidemiological studies Lancet oncology; 13(9):946-956. PMID: 22863523

18. Forman D., Franceschi S., Sankaranarayanan R., Bray F., Ferlay J., Dikshit R., Jha P., Wild C.P. (2012) Do cervical cancer data justify human papillomavirus vaccination in India? Epidemiological data sources and comprehensiveness J R Soc Med; 105(9):365-366. PMID: 22977042

19. Rinaldi S., Lise M., Clavel-Chapelon F., Boutron-Ruault M.C., Guillas G., Overvad K., Tjonneland A., Halkjaer J., Lukanova A., Kaaks R., Bergmann M.M., Boeing H., Trichopoulou A., Zylis D., Valanou E., Palli D., Agnoli C., Tumino R., Polidoro S., Mattiello A., Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita H., Peeters P.H., Weiderpass E., Lund E., Skeie G., Rodriguez L., Travier N., Sanchez M.J., Amiano P., Huerta J.M., Ardanaz E., Rasmuson T., Hallmans G., Almquist M., Manjer J., Tsilidis K.K., Allen N.E., Khaw K.T., Wareham N., Byrnes G., Romieu I., Riboli E., Franceschi S. (2012) Body size and risk of differentiated thyroid carcinomas: Findings from the EPIC study International journal of cancer; 131(6):E1004-E1014. PMID: 22511178

20. Sethi S., Ali-Fehmi R., Franceschi S., Struijk L., Van Doorn L.J., Quint W., Albashiti B., Ibrahim M., Kato I. (2012) Characteristics and survival of head and neck cancer by HPV status: a cancer registry-based study International journal of cancer; 131(5):1179-1186. PMID: 22020866

21. Bosetti C., Filomeno M., Riso P., Polesel J., Levi F., Talamini R., Montella M., Negri E., Franceschi S., La Vecchia C. (2012) Cruciferous vegetables and cancer risk in a network of case-control studies Annals of oncology; 23(8):2198-2203. PMID: 22328735

22. De Vuyst H., Ndirangu G., Moodley M., Tenet V., Estambale B., Meijer C.J., Snijders P.J., Clifford G., Franceschi S. (2012) Prevalence of human papillomavirus in women with invasive cervical carcinoma by HIV status in Kenya and South Africa International journal of cancer; 131(4):949-955. PMID: 21960453

23. Santesso N., Schunemann H., Blumenthal P., De Vuyst H., Gage J., Garcia F., Jeronimo J., Lu R., Luciani S., Quek S.C., Awad T., Broutet N. (2012) World Health Organization Guidelines: Use of cryotherapy for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics; 118(2):97-102. PMID: 22727415

24. Tavani A., Rosato V., Di Palma F., Bosetti C., Talamini R., Dal Maso L., Zucchetto A., Levi F., Montella M., Negri E., Franceschi S., La Vecchia C. (2012) History of cholelithiasis and cancer risk in a network of case-control studies Annals of oncology; 23(8):2173-2178. PMID: 22231026

25. Bosetti C., Rosato V., Polesel J., Levi F., Talamini R., Montella M., Negri E., Tavani A., Zucchetto A., Franceschi S., Corrao G., La Vecchia C. (2012) Diabetes mellitus and cancer risk in a network of case-control studies Nutrition and cancer; 64(5):643-651. PMID: 22519904

26. Carozzi F., Ronco G., Gillio-Tos A., Marco L.D., Mistro A.D., Girlando S., Franceschi S., Plummer M., Vaccarella S. (2012) Concurrent infections with multiple human papillomavirus (HPV) types in the New Technologies for Cervical Cancer (NTCC) screening study European journal of cancer; 48(11):1633-1637. PMID: 22088483

27. Deodhar K., Gheit T., Vaccarella S., Romao C.C., Tenet V., Nene B.M., Jayant K., Kelkar R., Malvi S.G., Sylla B.S., Franceschi S., Jeronimo J., Shastri S., Sankaranarayanan R., Tommasino M. (2012) Prevalence of human papillomavirus types in cervical lesions from women in rural Western India Journal of medical virology; 84(7):1054-1060. PMID: 22585722

28. Khodakarami N., Clifford G.M., Yavari P., Farzaneh F., Salehpour S., Broutet N., Bathija H., Heideman D.A., van Kemenade F.J., Meijer C.J., Hosseini S.J., Franceschi S. (2012) Human papillomavirus infection in women with and without cervical cancer in Tehran, Iran International journal of cancer; 131(2):E156-E161. PMID: 22038830

29. Cornet I., Gheit T., Franceschi S., Vignat J., Burk R.D., Sylla B.S., Tommasino M., Clifford G.M. (2012) Human Papillomavirus Type 16 Genetic Variants: Phylogeny and Classification Based on E6 and LCR Journal of virology; 86(12):6855-6861. PMID: 22491459

30. de Martel C., Ferlay J., Franceschi S., Vignat J., Bray F., Forman D., Plummer M. (2012) Global burden of cancers attributable to infections in 2008: a review and synthetic analysis Lancet oncology; 13(6):607-615. PMID: 22575588

31. Franceschi S. (2012) Childhood leukaemia and socioeconomic status British journal of cancer; 107(1):215. PMID: 22691972

32. Plummer M., Peto J., Franceschi S. (2012) Time since first sexual intercourse and the risk of cervical cancer International journal of cancer; 130(11):2638-2644. PMID: 21702036

33. Aruhuri B., Tarivonda L., Tenet V., Sinha R., Snijders P.J., Clifford G., Pang J., McAdam M., Meijer C.J., Frazer I.H., Franceschi S. (2012) Prevalence of cervical human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in Vanuatu Cancer prevention research; 5(5):746-753. PMID: 22427345

34. Franceschi S. (2012) [Cervical cancer screening at a turning point in Italy] Epidemiologia e prevenzione; 36(3):142-144. PMID: 22828225

35. Turati F., Edefonti V., Talamini R., Ferraroni M., Malvezzi M., Bravi F., Franceschi S., Montella M., Polesel J., Zucchetto A., La Vecchia C., Negri E., Decarli A. (2012) Family history of liver cancer and hepatocellular carcinoma Hepatology; 55(5):1416-1425. PMID: 22095619

36. Bravi F., Edefonti V., Randi G., Garavello W., La Vecchia C., Ferraroni M., Talamini R., Franceschi S., Decarli A. (2012) Dietary patterns and the risk of esophageal cancer Annals of oncology; 23(3):765-770. PMID: 21653682

37. Giorgi-Rossi P., Franceschi S., Ronco G. (2012) HPV prevalence and accuracy of HPV testing to detect high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia International journal of cancer; 130(6):1387-1394. PMID: 21520039

38. Mani S., Szymanska K., Cuenin C., Zaridze D., Balassiano K., Lima S.C., Matos E., Daudt A., Koifman S., Filho V.W., Menezes A.M., Curado M.P., Ferro G., Vaissiere T., Sylla B.S., Tommasino M., Pinto L.F., Boffetta P., Hainaut P., Brennan P., Herceg Z. (2012) DNA methylation changes associated with risk factors in tumors of the upper aerodigestive tract Epigenetics; 7(3):270-277. PMID: 22430803

39. Garavello W., Turati F., Bosetti C., Talamini R., Levi F., Lucenteforte E., Chiesa F., Franceschi S., La Vecchia C., Negri E. (2012) Family history of cancer and the risk of laryngeal cancer: a case-control study from Italy and Switzerland International journal of cancer; 130(3):665-670. PMID: 21400506

40. Waterboer T., Dondog B., Michael K.M., Michel A., Schmitt M., Vaccarella S., Franceschi S., Clifford G., Pawlita M. (2012) Dried Blood Spot Samples for Seroepidemiology of Infections with Human Papillomaviruses, Helicobacter pylori, Hepatitis C Virus, and JC Virus Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention; 21(2):287-293. PMID: 22147363

41. Bidoli E., Pelucchi C., Zucchetto A., Negri E., Dal Maso L., Polesel J., Boz G., Montella M., Franceschi S., Serraino D., La Vecchia C., Talamini R. (2012) Fiber intake and pancreatic cancer risk: a case-control study Annals of oncology; 23(1):264-268. PMID: 21460379

42. Chaabna K., Boniol M., De Vuyst H., Vanhems P., Antonio de Avila Vitoria M., Curado M.P. (2012) Geographical patterns of Kaposi's sarcoma, nonHodgkin lymphomas, and cervical cancer associated with HIV infection in five African populations European journal of cancer prevention; 21(1):1-9. PMID: 21955799

43. Chuang S.C., Jenab M., Heck J.E., Bosetti C., Talamini R., Matsuo K., Castellsague X., Franceschi S., Herrero R., Winn D.M., La Vecchia C., Morgenstern H., Zhang Z.F., Levi F., Dal Maso L., Kelsey K., McClean M.D., Vaughan T., Lazarus P., Muscat J., Ramroth H., Chen C., Schwartz S.M., Eluf-Neto J., Hayes R.B., Purdue M., Boccia S., Cadoni G., Zaridze D., Koifman S., Curado M.P., Ahrens W., Benhamou S., Matos E., Lagiou P., Szeszenia-Dabrowska N., Olshan A.F., Fernandez L., Menezes A., Agudo A., Daudt A.W., Merletti F., MacFarlane G.J., Kjaerheim K., Mates D., Holcatova I., Schantz S., Yu G.P., Simonato L., Brenner H., Mueller H., Conway D.I., Thomson P., Fabianova E., Znaor A., Rudnai P., Healy C.M., Ferro G., Brennan P., Boffetta P., Hashibe M. (2012) Diet and the risk of head and neck cancer: a pooled analysis in the INHANCE consortium Cancer causes & control : CCC; 23(1):69-88. PMID: 22037906

44. Clifford G.M., Lise M., Franceschi S., Egger M., Bouchardy C., Korol D., Levi F., Ess S., Jundt G., Wandeler G., Fehr J., Schmid P., Battegay M., Bernasconi E., Cavassini M., Calmy A., Keiser O., Schoni-Affolter F. (2012) Lung cancer in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study: role of smoking, immunodeficiency and pulmonary infection British journal of cancer; 106(3):447-452. PMID: 22240797

45. Lise M., Franceschi S., Buzzoni C., Zambon P., Falcini F., Crocetti E., Serraino D., Iachetta F., Zanetti R., Vercelli M., Ferretti S., La Rosa F., Donato A., De Lisi V, Mangone L., Busco S., Tagliabue G., Budroni M., Bisanti L., Fusco M., Limina R.M., Tumino R., Piffer S., Madeddu A., Bellu F., Giacomin A., Candela G., Anulli M.L., Dal Maso For Airtum Working Group (2012) Changes in the incidence of thyroid cancer between 1991 and 2005 in Italy: a geographical analysis Thyroid; 22(1):27-34. PMID: 22216985

46. Polesel J., Gheit T., Talamini R., Shahzad N., Lenardon O., Sylla B., La Vecchia C., Serraino D., Tommasino M., Franceschi S. (2012) Urinary human polyomavirus and papillomavirus infection and bladder cancer risk British journal of cancer; 106(1):222-226. PMID: 22116302

47. Collaborative Group on Epidemiological Studies of Ovarian Cancer. (2012) Ovarian cancer and body size: individual participant meta-analysis including 25,157 women with ovarian cancer from 47 epidemiological studies PLoS Med; 9(4):e1001200. PMID: 22606070

48. Johansson M., Roberts A., Chen D., Li Y., Delahaye-Sourdeix M., Aswani N., Greenwood M.A., Benhamou S., Lagiou P., Holcatova I., Richiardi L., Kjaerheim K., Agudo A., Castellsague X., Macfarlane T.V., Barzan L., Canova C., Thakker N.S., Conway D.I., Znaor A., Healy C.M., Ahrens W., Zaridze D., Szeszenia-Dabrowska N., Lissowska J., Fabianova E., Mates I.N., Bencko V., Foretova L., Janout V., Curado M.P., Koifman S., Menezes A., Wunsch-Filho V., Eluf-Neto J., Boffetta P., Franceschi S., Herrero R., Fernandez Garrote L., Talamini R., Boccia S., Galan P., Vatten L., Thomson P., Zelenika D., Lathrop M., Byrnes G., Cunningham H., Brennan P., Wakefield J., McKay J.D. (2012) Using Prior Information from the Medical Literature in GWAS of Oral Cancer Identifies Novel Susceptibility Variant on Chromosome 4 - the AdAPT Method PLoS ONE; 7(5):e36888. PMID: 22662130

49. Rizzato C., Torres J., Plummer M., Munoz N., Franceschi S., Camorlinga-Ponce M., Fuentes-Panana E.M., Canzian F., Kato I. (2012) Variations in Helicobacter pylori Cytotoxin-Associated Genes and Their Influence in Progression to Gastric Cancer: Implications for Prevention PLoS ONE; 7(1):e29605. PMID: 22235308