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In the 1970s, Dr. West authored papers of diet and colon, stomach, and oral cancers in New York. In Utah, he was Principal Investigator for a program grant of diet and colon cancer where he created a nutrient database, including home preserved foods, and examined diet by site in the colon. All research projects (7) Selected Research Publications: Brown LM, Gridley G, Wu AH, Falk RT, Hauptmann M, Kolonel LN, West DW, Nomura AMY, Pike MC, Hoover RN, Ziegler RG., Low level alcohol intake, cigareete smoking and risk of breast cancer in Asian-American Women. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2009, July 12. [Epub ahead of print]. Phillips K-A, Milne RL, West DW, Goodwin PJ, Giles GG, Chang ET, Figueiredo JC, Friedlander ML, Keegan THM, Glendon G, Apicella C, O’Malley FP, Southey MC, Andrulis IL, John EM, Hopper JL. Pre-diagnosis reproductive factors and all-cause mortality for women with breast cancer in the Breast Cancer Family Registry. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2009; 18 (6):1792-7. West DW, Clarke CA. Rapidly increasing trends of melanoma in nonwhite populations: new data from New Zealand. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009 Jun; 18(6):1674-5. No abstract available. Kurian AW, Gong GD, John EM, Miron A, Felberg A, Phipps AI, West DW, Whittemore AS. Performance of prediction models for BRCA mutation carriage in three racial/ethnic groups: findings from the Northern California Breast Cancer Family Registry. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009 Apr; 18(4):1084-91. Epub 2009 Mar 31. Braithwaite D, Tammemagi CM, Moore DH, Ozanne EM, Hiatt RA, Belkora J, West DW, Satariano WA, Liebman M, Esserman L. Hypertension is an independent predictor of survival disparity between African-American and white breast cancer patients. Int J Cancer. 2009 Mar 1 ;124(5):1213-9. Yost KJ, Hahn EA, Zaslavsky AM, Ayanian JZ, West DW. Predictors of health-related quality of life in patients with colorectal cancer. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008 Aug 25 ;6:66. Chang ET, Lee VS, Canchola AJ, Dalvi TB, Clarke CA, Reynolds P, Purdie DM, Stram DO, West DW, Ziogas A, Bernstein L, Horn-Ross PL. Dietary patterns and risk of ovarian cancer in the California Teachers Study cohort. Nutr Cancer. 2008; 60(3):285-91. Bane AL, Beck JC, Bleiweiss I, Buys SS, Catalano E, Daly MB, Giles G, Godwin AK, Hibshoosh H, Hopper JL, John EM, Layfield L, Longacre T, Miron A, Senie R, Southey MC, West DW, Whittemore AS, Wu H, Andrulis IL, O'Malley FP. BRCA2 Mutation-associated Breast Cancers Exhibit a Distinguishing Phenotype Based on Morphology and Molecular Profiles From Tissue Microarrays. Am J Surg Pathol 2007; 31(1):121-128. Lee JS, John EM, McGuire V, Felberg A, Ostrow KL, DiCioccio RA, Li FP, Miron A, West DW, Whittemore AS. Breast and ovarian cancer in relatives of cancer patients, with and without BRCA mutations. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006; 15(2):359-63. McGuire V, John EM, Felberg A, Haile RW, Boyd NF, Thomas DC, Jenkins MA, Milne RL, Daly MB, Ward J, Terry MB, Andrulis IL, Knight JA, Godwin AK, Giles GG, Southey M, West DW, Hopper JL, Whittemore AS. No Increased Risk of Breast Cancer Associated with Alcohol Consumption among Carriers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations Ages <50 Years. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006; 15(8):1565-7. Yost KJ, Cella D, Chawla A, Holmgren E, Eton DT, Ayanian JZ, West DW. Minimally important differences were estimated for the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Colorectal (FACT-C) instrument using a combination of distribution- and anchor-based approaches. J Clin Epidemiol 2005; 58(12):1241-51. Ayanian JZ, Zaslavsky AM, Guadagnoli E, Fuchs CS, Yost KJ, Creech CM, Cress RD, O'Connor LC, West DW, Wright WE. Patients' perceptions of quality of care for colorectal cancer by race, ethnicity, and language. J Clin Oncol 2005; 23(27):6576-86.
Professional Memberships, Professional Activities, and Awards:
1995 - 1997 President, North American Association of Central Cancer Registries 1996 - 2000 Executive Board, International Association of Cancer Registries 2000 - present Chair, National Coordination Council for Cancer Surveillance Web site Links: |
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