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Recent Publications:

1. Bardin-Mikolajczak A, Lissowska J, Zaridze D, Szeszenia-Dabrowska N, Rudnai P, Fabianova E, Mates D, Navratilova M, Bencko V, Janout V, Fevotte J, Fletcher T, 't Mannetje A, Brennan P, Boffetta P. Occupation and risk of lung cancer in Central and Eastern Europe: the IARC multi-center case-control study. Cancer Causes Control. 2007 Aug;18(6):645-54.

2. Becker N, de Sanjose S, Nieters A, Maynadie M, Foretova L, Cocco PL, Staines A, Alvaro T, Vornanen M, Brennan P, Boffetta P. Birth order, allergies and lymphoma risk: Results of the European collaborative research project Epilymph. Leuk Res. 2007 May 2.

3. Boffetta P, Armstrong B, Linet M, Kasten C, Cozen W, Hartge P. Consortia in cancer epidemiology: lessons from InterLymph. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2007 Feb;16(2):197-9.

4. Boffetta P, McLaughlin JK, la Vecchia C, Autier P, Boyle P. 'Environment' in cancer causation and etiological fraction: limitations and ambiguities. Carcinogenesis. 2007 May;28(5):913-5.

5. Boffetta P. Endotoxins in lung cancer prevention. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2007 Mar 7;99(5):339.

6. Maule M, Scelo G, Pastore G, Brennan P, Hemminki K, Tracey E, Sankila R, Weiderpass E, Olsen JH, McBride ML, Brewster DH, Pompe-Kirn V, Kliewer EV, Chia KS, Tonita JM, Martos C, Jonasson JG, Merletti F, Boffetta P. Risk of second malignant neoplasms after childhood leukemia and lymphoma: an international study. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2007 May 16;99(10):790-800.

7. Hashibe M, Brennan P, Benhamou S, Castellsague X, Chen C, Curado MP, Dal Maso L, Daudt AW, Fabianova E, Wunsch-Filho V, Franceschi S, Hayes RB, Herrero R, Koifman S, La Vecchia C, Lazarus P, Levi F, Mates D, Matos E, Menezes A, Muscat J, Eluf-Neto J, Olshan AF, Rudnai P, Schwartz SM, Smith E, Sturgis EM, Szeszenia-Dabrowska N, Talamini R, Wei Q, Winn DM, Zaridze D, Zatonski W, Zhang ZF, Berthiller J, Boffetta P. Alcohol drinking in never users of tobacco, cigarette smoking in never drinkers, and the risk of head and neck cancer: pooled analysis in the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology Consortium. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2007 May 16;99(10):777-89.

8. Hashibe M, Boffetta P, Zaridze D, Shangina O, Szeszenia-Dabrowska N, Mates D, Fabianova E, Rudnai P, Brennan P. Contribution of tobacco and alcohol to the high rates of squamous cell carcinoma of the supraglottis and glottis in Central Europe. Am J Epidemiol. 2007 Apr 1;165(7):814-20.

9. Hashibe M, Boffetta P, Janout V, Zaridze D, Shangina O, Mates D, Szeszenia-Dabrowska N, Bencko V, Brennan P. Esophageal cancer in Central and Eastern Europe: tobacco and alcohol. Int J Cancer. 2007 Apr 1;120(7):1518-22.

10. Luo J, Ye W, Zendehdel K, Adami J, Adami HO, Boffetta P, Nyren O. Oral use of Swedish moist snuff (snus) and risk for cancer of the mouth, lung, and pancreas in male construction workers: a retrospective cohort study. Lancet. 2007 Jun 16;369(9578):2015-20.

11. Sapkota A, Gajalakshmi V, Jetly DH, Roychowdhury S, Dikshit RP, Brennan P, Hashibe M, Boffetta P. Smokeless tobacco and increased risk of hypopharyngeal and laryngeal cancers: A multicentric case-control study from India. Int J Cancer. 2007 Jun 21.

12. Seminara D, Khoury MJ, O'Brien TR, Manolio T, Gwinn ML, Little J, Higgins JP, Bernstein JL, Boffetta P, Bondy M, Bray MS, Brenchley PE, Buffler PA, Casas JP, Chokkalingam AP, Danesh J, Davey Smith G, Dolan S, Duncan R, Gruis NA, Hashibe M, Hunter D, Jarvelin MR, Malmer B, Maraganore DM, Newton-Bishop JA, Riboli E, Salanti G, Taioli E, Timpson N, Uitterlinden AG, Vineis P, Wareham N, Winn DM, Zimmern R, Ioannidis JP; Human Genome Epidemiology Network; the Network of Investigator Networks. The emergence of networks in human genome epidemiology: challenges and opportunities. Epidemiology. 2007 Jan;18(1):1-8.

Tobacco and Cancer

1. Pierce JP, Leon M  (2008).  Effectiveness of smoke-free policies.Lancet Oncol, 9(7):614-615.

2. Dresler CM, León ME, Straif K, Baan R, Secretan B. Reversal of risk upon quitting moking. Lancet. 2006 ; 368:348-9.

3. Boyle P, Ariyaratne MAY, Barrington R, Bartelink H, Bartsch G, Berns A, de Valeriola D, Dinshaw KA, Eggermont AMM, Gray N et al (2006). Tobacco: deadly in any form or disguise. Lancet, 367: 1710-2

4. Gray N. (2005) National and international nicotine dependence. Ann. Oncol., 16: 681-682.

5. Shiffman S, Sweeney CT, Dresler, CM. Nicotine patch and lozenge are effective for women. Nicotine &Tobacco Research 2005;7(1)119-27.


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