Congratulations to Michael Cook for his “Outstanding Research Paper by a Fellow” award from the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG) at NCI. This was in reference to the paper on smoking and risk of esophageal adenocarcinoma in the BEACON consortium which was published in JNCI. Update: Congrats to Michael also on his appointment as NCI Investigator! … Continue reading →
Update #2: Due to small numbers of previously known Barrett’s, this proposal has been withdrawn (14Jul2011). Update: Proposal uploaded to BEACON Consortium Resources site. (see “Member Page”). The proposal developed by Christina Persson and Michael Cook at NCI to investigate the degree to which major risk factors for esophageal adenocarcinoma vary by history of Barrett’s esophagus and previous endoscopies has … Continue reading →
Update: Smoking paper now published in JNCI: J Natl Cancer Inst. 2010 Aug 17. [Epub ahead of print] Cigarette Smoking and Adenocarcinomas of the Esophagus and Esophagogastric Junction: A Pooled Analysis From the International BEACON Consortium. Cook MB, Kamangar F, Whiteman DC, Freedman ND, Gammon MD, Bernstein L, Brown LM, Risch HA, Ye W, Sharp L, Pandeya N, Webb PM, … Continue reading →