• Receptor activator of nuclear factor kB ligand, osteoprotegerin, and risk of death following a breast cancer diagnosis: results from the EPIC cohort 

      Sarink, Danja; Schock, Helena; Johnson, Theron; Chang-Claude, Jenny; Overvad, Kim; Olsen, Anja; Tjønneland, Anne; Arveux, Patrick; Fournier, Agnès; Kvaskoff, Marina; Boeing, Heiner; Karakatsani, Anna; Trichopoulou, Antonia; La Vecchia, Carlo; Masala, Giovanna; Agnoli, Claudia; Panico, Salvatore; Tumino, Rosario; Sacerdote, Carlotta; van Gils, Carla H.; Peeters, Petra H.M.; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Agudo, Antonio; Rodríguez-Barranco, Miguel; Huerta, José María; Ardanaz, Eva; Gil, Leire; Kaw, Kay Tee; Schmidt, Julie A.; Dossus, Laure; His, Mathilde; Aune, Dagfinn; Riboli, Elio; Kaaks, Rudolf; Fortner, Renée T. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-22)
      <b>Background</b><br> Receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-B (RANK)-signaling is involved in tumor growth and spread in experimental models. Binding of RANK ligand (RANKL) to RANK activates signaling, which is inhibited by osteoprotegerin (OPG). We have previously shown that circulating soluble RANKL (sRANKL) and OPG are associated with breast cancer risk. Here we extend these findings to ...
    • Reproductive factors and epithelial ovarian cancer survival in the EPIC cohort study 

      Bešević, Jelena; Gunter, Marc J; Fortner, Renée T.; Tsilidis, Konstantinos K; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Onland-Moret, N. Charlotte; Dossus, Laure; Tjønneland, Anne; Hansen, Louise; Overvad, Kim; Mesrine, Sylvie; Baglietto, Laura; Clavel-Chapelon, Françoise; Kaaks, Rudolf; Aleksandrova, Krasimira; Boeing, Heiner; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Lagiou, Pagona; Bamia, Christina; Masala, Giovanna; Agnoli, Claudia; Tumino, Rosario; Ricceri, Fulvio; Panico, Salvatore; Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. Bas; Peeters, Petra H.; Jareid, Mie; Quirós, J. Ramón; Duell, Eric J; Sánchez, María-José; Larrañaga, Nerea; Chirlaque, Maria-Dolores; Barricarte, Aurelio; Dias, Joana A.; Sonestedt, Emily; Idahl, Annika; Lundin, Eva; Wareham, Nicholas J.; Khaw, Kay-Tee; Travis, Ruth C.; Rinaldi, Sabina; Romieu, Isabelle; Riboli, Elio; Merritt, Melissa A. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-11-10)
      Background: Reproductive factors influence the risk of developing epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), but little is known about their association with survival. We tested whether prediagnostic reproductive factors influenced EOC-specific survival among 1025 invasive EOC cases identified in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study, which included 521 330 total ...
    • Reproductive factors and risk of mortality in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition; a cohort study 

      Merritt, Melissa A.; Riboli, Elio; Murphy, Neil; Kadi, Mai; Tjønneland, Anne; Olsen, Anja; Overvad, Kim; Dossus, Laure; Dartois, Laureen; Clavel-Chapelon, Françoise; Fortner, Renée T.; Katzke, Verena A.; Boeing, Heiner; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Lagiou, Pagona; Trichopoulos, Dimitrios; Palli, Domenico; Sieri, Sabina; Tumino, Rosario; Sacerdote, Carlotta; Panico, Salvatore; Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. Bas; Peeters, Petra H.; Lund, Eiliv; Nakamura, Aurelie; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Quirós, José Ramón; Agudo, Antonio; Molina-Montes, Esther; Larranaga, Nerea; Dorronsoro, Miren; Cirera, Lluis; Barricarte, Aurelio; Olsson, Åsa; Butt, Salma; Idahl, Annika; Lundin, Eva; Wareham, Nicholas J.; Key, Timothy J.; Brennan, Paul; Ferrari, Pietro; Wark, Petra A.; Norat, Teresa; Cross, Amanda J.; Gunter, Mark J. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-10-30)
      Background: Reproductive events are associated with important physiologic changes, yet little is known about how reproductive factors influence long-term health in women. Our objective was to assess the relation of reproductive characteristics with all-cause and cause-specific mortality risk. <p>Methods: The analysis was performed within the European Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition ...
    • Risk prediction for estrogen receptor-specific breast cancers in two large prospective cohorts 

      Li, Kuanrong; Anderson, Garnet; Viallon, Vivian; Arveux, Patrick; Kvaskoff, Marina; Fournier, Agnès; Krogh, Vittorio; Tumino, Rosario; Sánchez, María-José; Ardanaz, Eva; Chirlaque, Maria-Dolores; Agudo, Antonio; Muller, David C.; Smith, Todd; Tzoulaki, Ioanna; Key, Timothy J.; Bueno-de-Mesquita, Hendrik Bastiaan; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Bamia, Christina; Orfanos, Philippos; Kaaks, Rudolf; Hüsing, Anika; Fortner, Renée T.; Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Anne; Sund, Malin; Dahm, Christina C; Overvad, Kim; Aune, Dagfinn; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Romieu, Isabelle; Riboli, Elio; Gunter, Marc J.; Dossus, Laure; Prentice, Ross; Ferrari, Pietro (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-12-03)
      <p><i>Background</i>: Few published breast cancer (BC) risk prediction models consider the heterogeneity of predictor variables between estrogen-receptor positive (ER+) and negative (ER-) tumors. Using data from two large cohorts, we examined whether modeling this heterogeneity could improve prediction.</p> <p><i>Methods</i>: We built two models, for ER+ (Model<sub>ER+</sub>) and ER- tumors ...
    • Serologic markers of Chlamydia trachomatis and other sexually transmitted infections and subsequent ovarian cancer risk: Results from the EPIC cohort 

      Idahl, Annika; Le Cornet, Charlotte; González Maldonado, Sandra; Waterboer, Tim; Bender, Noemi; Tjønneland, Anne; Hansen, Louise; Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine; Fournier, Agnès; Kvaskoff, Marina; Boeing, Heiner; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Valanou, Elissavet; Peppa, Eleni; Palli, Domenico; Agnoli, Claudia; Mattiello, Amalia; Tumino, Rosaria; Sacerdote, Carlotta; Onland-Moret, N. Charlotte; Gram, Inger Torhild; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Quirós, J. Ramón; Duell, Eric J.; Sánchez, Maria-Jose; Chirlaque, Maria-Dolores; Barricarte, Aurelio; Gil, Leire; Brändstedt, Jenny; Riesbeck, Kristian; Lundin, Eva; Khaw, Kay-Tee; Perez-Cornago, Aurora; Gunter, Marc; Dossus, Laure; Kaaks, Rudolf; Fortner, Renée T. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-04-03)
      A substantial proportion of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) arises in the fallopian tube and other epithelia of the upper genital tract; these epithelia may incur damage and neoplastic transformation after sexually transmitted infections (STI) and pelvic inflammatory disease. We investigated the hypothesis that past STI infection, particularly Chlamydia trachomatis, is associated with higher EOC ...