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1. Graph Convolutional Branch and Bound

Author

Sciandra, Lorenzo, Esposito, Roberto, Grosso, Andrea Cesare, Sacerdote, Laura, and Zucca, Cristina

Subjects
Computer Science - Machine Learning, Mathematics - Optimization and Control, 68T07, 90C27
Abstract

This article demonstrates the effectiveness of employing a deep learning model in an optimization pipeline. Specifically, in a generic exact algorithm for a NP problem, multiple heuristic criteria are usually used to guide the search of the optimum within the set of all feasible solutions. In this context, neural networks can be leveraged to rapidly acquire valuable information, enabling the identification of a more expedient path in this vast space. So, after the explanation of the tackled traveling salesman problem, the implemented branch and bound for its classical resolution is described. This algorithm is then compared with its hybrid version termed "graph convolutional branch and bound" that integrates the previous branch and bound with a graph convolutional neural network. The empirical results obtained highlight the efficacy of this approach, leading to conclusive findings and suggesting potential directions for future research., Comment: Submitted to European Journal of Operational Research

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2024

2. Prognostic role of pre-diagnostic circulating inflammatory biomarkers in breast cancer survival: evidence from the EPIC cohort study

Author

Castro-Espin, Carlota, Cairat, Manon, Navionis, Anne-Sophie, Dahm, Christina C., Antoniussen, Christian S., Tjønneland, Anne, Mellemkjær, Lene, Mancini, Francesca Romana, Hajji-Louati, Mariem, Severi, Gianluca, Le Cornet, Charlotte, Kaaks, Rudolf, Schulze, Matthias B., Masala, Giovanna, Agnoli, Claudia, Sacerdote, Carlotta, Crous-Bou, Marta, Sánchez, Maria-Jose, Amiano, Pilar, Chirlaque, María-Dolores, Guevara, Marcela, Smith-Byrne, Karl, Heath, Alicia K., Christakoudi, Sofia, Gunter, Marc J., Rinaldi, Sabina, Agudo, Antonio, and Dossus, Laure

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2024
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3. Do random initial degrees suppress concentration in preferential attachment graphs?

Author

Makai, T., Polito, F., and Sacerdote, L.

Subjects
Mathematics - Probability, Mathematics - Combinatorics
Abstract

We consider the open problem concerning the possible lack of concentration of the degree distribution in preferential attachment graphs with random initial degree, when its distribution is characterized by extremely heavy tails of power-law type. We show that the addition of such a large number of edges causes a significant upset of the degree distribution, leading to its non-concentration. Furthermore, we show that the smallest value of the exponent for which the degree distribution exhibits concentration is 2.

Published
2024

4. Some exact results on Lindley process with Laplace jumps

Author

Lucrezia, Emanuele, Sacerdote, Laura, and Zucca, Cristina

Subjects
Mathematics - Probability, 60G50 (Primary) 60K25, 60G40 (Secondary)
Abstract

We consider a Lindley process with Laplace distributed space increments. We obtain closed form recursive expressions for the density function of the position of the process and for its first exit time distribution from the domain $[0,h]$. We illustrate the results in terms of the parameters of the process. The work is completed by an open source version of the software.

Published
2023

6. Risk of subsequent gliomas and meningiomas among 69,460 5-year survivors of childhood and adolescent cancer in Europe: the PanCareSurFup study

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Heymer, Emma J., Hawkins, Michael M., Winter, David L., Teepen, Jop C., Sunguc, Ceren, Ronckers, Cécile M., Allodji, Rodrigue S., Alessi, Daniela, Sugden, Elaine, Belle, Fabiën N., Bagnasco, Francesca, Byrne, Julianne, Bárdi, Edit, Garwicz, Stanislaw, Grabow, Desiree, Jankovic, Momcilo, Kaatsch, Peter, Kaiser, Melanie, Michel, Gisela, Schindera, Christina, Haddy, Nadia, Journy, Neige, Česen Mazić, Maja, Skinner, Roderick, Kok, Judith L., Gunnes, Maria W., Wiebe, Thomas, Sacerdote, Carlotta, Maule, Milena M., Terenziani, Monica, Jakab, Zsuzsanna, Winther, Jeanette F., Lähteenmäki, Päivi M., Zadravec Zaletel, Lorna, Haupt, Riccardo, Kuehni, Claudia E., Kremer, Leontien C., de Vathaire, Florent, Hjorth, Lars, and Reulen, Raoul C.

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2024
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7. HSA Adductomics Reveals Sex Differences in NHL Incidence and Possible Involvement of Microbial Translocation.

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Grigoryan, Hasmik, Imani, Partow, Sacerdote, Carlotta, Masala, Giovanna, Grioni, Sara, Tumino, Rosario, Chiodini, Paolo, Dudoit, Sandrine, Vineis, Paolo, and Rappaport, Stephen M

Subjects
Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Oncology and Carcinogenesis, Rare Diseases, Lymphoma, Hematology, Cancer, Aetiology, 2.2 Factors relating to the physical environment, Humans, Male, Female, Serum Albumin, Human, Reactive Oxygen Species, Sex Characteristics, Incidence, Prospective Studies, Cysteine, Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin, Medical and Health Sciences, Epidemiology, Biomedical and clinical sciences, Health sciences
Abstract

BackgroundThe higher incidence of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) in males is not well understood. Although reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been implicated as causes of NHL, they cannot be measured directly in archived blood.MethodsWe performed untargeted adductomics of stable ROS adducts in human serum albumin (HSA) from 67 incident NHL cases and 82 matched controls from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition-Italy cohort. Regression and classification methods were employed to select features associated with NHL in all subjects and in males and females separately.ResultsSixty seven HSA-adduct features were quantified by liquid chromatography-high-resolution mass spectrometry at Cys34 (n = 55) and Lys525 (n = 12). Three features were selected for association with NHL in all subjects, while seven were selected for males and five for females with minimal overlap. Two selected features were more abundant in cases and seven in controls, suggesting that altered homeostasis of ROS may affect NHL incidence. Heat maps revealed differential clustering of features between sexes, suggesting differences in operative pathways.ConclusionsAdduct clusters dominated by Cys34 oxidation products and disulfides further implicate ROS and redox biology in the etiology of NHL. Sex differences in dietary and alcohol consumption also help to explain the limited overlap of feature selection between sexes. Intriguingly, a disulfide of methanethiol from enteric microbial metabolism was more abundant in male cases, thereby implicating microbial translocation as a potential contributor to NHL in males.ImpactOnly two of the ROS adducts associated with NHL overlapped between sexes and one adduct implicates microbial translocation as a risk factor.

Published
2023

8. PORTARIA DE CONSOLIDAÇÃO N5/2017 E AS FAIXAS DE TEMPERATURA ESTABELECIDAS PARA TRANSPORTE DE SANGUE TOTAL: DESAFIO PARA CAMPANHAS DE DOAÇÃO REALIZADAS FORA DOS HEMOCENTROS

Author

JP Cogo, PG Schimites, WB Weber, IR Schimites, GF Peres, MA Froener, and MD Sacerdote

Subjects
Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs, RC633-647.5
Abstract

Objetivos: Analisar as faixas de temperatura de transporte de sangue total definidas na Portaria de Consolidação N°5/2017 no contexto de campanhas externas de doação de sangue. Material e métodos: Avaliou-se a Portaria de Consolidação N°5/2017, em seu artigo 269, §2°e 3°(Origem: PRT MS/GM 158/2016, Art. 270, §2°e 3°, respectivamente), relativos às temperaturas de transporte de sangue total para a manutenção das propriedades biológicas dos hemocomponentes a serem produzidos. Discussão: O Art. 269, §2°, estipula que o sangue total nas coletas externas deve ser transportado na faixa de temperatura de 20 a 24°C, uma vez que para se processar concentrado de plaquetas a temperatura não deve ser inferior a 20°C. No §3°é informado que em casos que não seja desejado o fracionamento de plaquetas, o sangue total poderá ser transportado na faixa de 1 a 10°C. Assim, a faixa de temperatura entre 10 e 20°C não é permitida para o transporte do sangue total, segundo a portaria, mas não são encontrados na literatura científica estudos demonstrando porque esta faixa não é permitida. As coletas externas são situações em que os profissionais podem não encontrar as condições ideais, como aquelas dos hemocentros, para a realização das atividades, uma vez que as coletas podem ocorrer em unidades básicas de saúde, hospitais ou mesmo em ônibus próprios para este fim, o que demanda adaptações desses espaços para garantir a qualidade do sangue coletado e dos hemocomponentes a serem produzidos. Uma dificuldade encontrada pelos autores em coletas externas é o transporte de sangue total na faixa de 1 a 10°C (quando não serão processadas plaquetas), situação que exigiria sempre a disponibilidade de refrigeradores para esta finalidade, o que não acontece. Mesmo quando há refrigeradores disponíveis, o tempo necessário para o resfriamento acaba sendo longo. Com isso, validamos e estabelecemos em nosso POP que a faixa de temperatura ideal para o transporte do sangue total em coletas externas é a de 20 a 24°C, independentemente do fracionamento ou não de concentrado de plaquetas, uma vez que o concentrado de hemácias pode ser processado em qualquer das duas faixas de temperatura consideradas. Em razão do tempo entre a coleta e o processamento, não fracionamos plasma devido a possível perda de atividade de fatores de coagulação caso o plasma não seja congelado em até 8 horas. Uma publicação de 2020 da International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT), que trata do transporte e armazenamento de sangue, traz a informação de que o sangue recém coletado deve ser armazenado em caixa térmica com gelo reciclável para que a temperatura seja reduzida de 37°C para 22±2°C em até 4 horas após a coleta, mas para isso, considera que o gelo reciclável deve conter material com ponto de fusão de 18°C a ser congelado entre 1 e 10°C. O gelo reciclável que temos disponível tem como recomendação a sua manutenção em -22°C por 72 horas antes do uso. Conclusão: A adequação dos processos em coletas externas visando à manutenção da qualidade dos hemocomponentes nos fez estabelecer a temperatura de 22±2°C no transporte de sangue total, para que este não corresse o risco de atingir temperaturas inferiores a 20°C durante o transporte, o que inviabilizaria o processamento de plaquetas e implicaria no desprezo do sangue. Ainda, o tempo necessário para o sangue total chegar ao hemocentro para ser processado foi reduzido por não ser necessário esperar atingir temperatura inferior a 10°C.

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2024
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9. Circulating inflammatory and immune response proteins and endometrial cancer risk: a nested case-control study and Mendelian randomization analysesResearch in context

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Sabrina E. Wang, Vivian Viallon, Matthew Lee, Niki Dimou, Fergus Hamilton, Carine Biessy, Tracy O'Mara, Maria Kyrgiou, Emma J. Crosbie, Therese Truong, Gianluca Severi, Rudolf Kaaks, Renée Turzanski Fortner, Matthias B. Schulze, Benedetta Bendinelli, Sieri Sabina, Rosario Tumino, Carlotta Sacerdote, Salvatore Panico, Marta Crous-Bou, Maria-Jose Sánchez, Amaia Aizpurua, Daniel Rodriguez Palacios, Marcela Guevara, Ruth C. Travis, Konstantinos K. Tsilidis, Alicia Heath, James Yarmolinsky, Sabina Rinaldi, Marc J. Gunter, and Laure Dossus

Subjects
Endometrial cancer, Proteomics, Interleukin-6, HSD11B1, Mendelian randomisation, Medicine, Medicine (General), R5-920
Abstract

Summary: Background: Inflammation and immune dysregulation are hypothesized contributors to endometrial carcinogenesis; however, the precise underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Methods: We measured pre-diagnostically 152 plasma protein biomarkers in 624 endometrial cancer case-control pairs nested within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort. Odds ratios (ORs) were estimated using conditional logistic regression, accounting for confounding and multiple comparisons. Proteins considered as associated with endometrial cancer risk were further tested in a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis using summary data from the UK Biobank (n = 52,363) and the Endometrial Cancer Association Consortium (12,270 cases and 46,126 controls). Findings: In the EPIC nested case-control study, IL-6 [OR per NPX (doubling of concentration) = 1.28 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.03–1.57)], HGF [1.48 (1.06–2.07)], PIK3AP1 [1.22 (1.00–1.50)] and CLEC4G [1.52 (1.00–2.32)] were positively associated; HSD11B1 [0.67 (0.49–0.91)], SCF [0.68 (0.49–0.94)], and CCL25 [0.80 (0.65–0.99)] were inversely associated with endometrial cancer risk; all estimates had multiple comparisons adjusted P-value > 0.05. In complementary MR analysis, IL-6 [OR per inverse-rank normalized NPX = 1.19 (95% CI 1.04–1.36)] and HSD11B1 [0.91 (0.84–0.99)] were associated with endometrial cancer risk. Interpretation: Altered IL-6 signalling and reduced glucocorticoid activity via HSD11B1 might play important roles in endometrial carcinogenesis. Funding: Funding for IIG_FULL_2021_008 was obtained from Wereld Kanker Onderzoek Fonds (WKOF), as part of the World Cancer Research Fund International grant programme; Funding for INCA_15849 was obtained from Institut National du Cancer (INCa).

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2024
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10. Dietary amino acids and risk of stroke subtypes: a prospective analysis of 356,000 participants in seven European countries

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Tong, Tammy Y. N., Clarke, Robert, Schmidt, Julie A., Huybrechts, Inge, Noor, Urwah, Forouhi, Nita G., Imamura, Fumiaki, Travis, Ruth C., Weiderpass, Elisabete, Aleksandrova, Krasimira, Dahm, Christina C., van der Schouw, Yvonne T., Overvad, Kim, Kyrø, Cecilie, Tjønneland, Anne, Kaaks, Rudolf, Katzke, Verena, Schiborn, Catarina, Schulze, Matthias B., Mayen-Chacon, Ana-Lucia, Masala, Giovanna, Sieri, Sabina, de Magistris, Maria Santucci, Tumino, Rosario, Sacerdote, Carlotta, Boer, Jolanda M. A., Verschuren, W. M. Monique, Brustad, Magritt, Nøst, Therese Haugdahl, Crous-Bou, Marta, Petrova, Dafina, Amiano, Pilar, Huerta, José María, Moreno-Iribas, Conchi, Engström, Gunnar, Melander, Olle, Johansson, Kristina, Lindvall, Kristina, Aglago, Elom K., Heath, Alicia K., Butterworth, Adam S., Danesh, John, and Key, Timothy J.

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2024
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11. Financial Aid Nudges: A National Experiment with Informational Interventions

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Page, Lindsay C., Sacerdote, Bruce I., Goldrick-Rab, Sara, and Castleman, Benjamin L.

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Despite high prices, many college students do not re-file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or file late, making college less affordable. Low-cost technological interventions delivering personalized information and/or advising may improve refiling and academic outcomes, but questions remain regarding the efficacy of this approach at scale. This multi-pronged randomized experiment tested informational and framing text message interventions for a national sample of approximately 10,000 undergraduates. The text outreach caused earlier FAFSA re-filing for some students. However, gains in re-filing during the active intervention period were not sustained after the intervention concluded and did not translate into additional federal financial aid or improved postsecondary persistence or attainment. Implications for the scaling and targeting of nudging are discussed.

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2023
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12. Physical activity modification over time according to socioeconomic position: results from the EPIC-Italy cohort study

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Valeria Pala, Giovanna Masala, Fulvio Ricceri, Carlotta Sacerdote, Lucia Dansero, Matteo Franco, Luigi Facchini, Luca Manfredi, Benedetta Bendinelli, Melania Assedi, Valentina Vitale, and Saverio Caini

Subjects
Medicine (General), R5-920
Abstract

Objectives Our study aimed to investigate how physical activity (PA) changes over an 11-year follow-up among adults from different socioeconomic positions (SEP) near retirement age. Moreover, an analysis of different PA types is considered.Methods We used data from the EPIC-Italy cohort. We evaluated PA using the Cambridge Physical Activity Index (CPAI) and the metabolic equivalent of tasks (MET) per hour of activity for recreational PA and household PA. Educational level was assessed using the Relative Index of Inequality (RII). Occupational classes were classified according to LIFEPATH Consortium knowledge. Logistic regression was used to analyse PA among SEP and changes during follow-up. Analyses were also conducted separately for sex.Results The higher educated were more prevalent in the higher quartile of recreational PA than the lower educated both at baseline and follow-up (37% vs 28% and 37% vs 27%, respectively). At the baseline, the lower educated had a higher risk of being physically inactive than the higher educated based on recreational PA (overall OR: 1.50, 95% CI 1.40 to 1.60). Manual workers did not show a higher risk of less PA than professionals/managers (overall OR: 1.03, 95% CI 0.91 to 1.16).At follow-up, the lower educated and manual workers showed a higher risk of being physically inactive (lower educated OR: 1.46, 95% CI 1.37 to 1.56; manual worker OR: 1.33, 95% CI 1.18 to 1.50). The analyses of changes in PA showed that those who were less educated or manual workers had a higher risk of worsening their PA during the follow-up period, particularly women in recreational PA and men in CPAI measurement.Conclusion Individuals who had a disadvantaged SEP showed a higher risk of performing less PA over time.

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2024
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14. Input-output consistency in integrate and fire interconnected neurons

Author

Lansky, Petr, Polito, Federico, and Sacerdote, Laura

Subjects
Mathematics - Probability
Abstract

Interspike intervals describe the output of neurons. Signal transmission in a neuronal network implies that the output of some neurons becomes the input of others. The output should reproduce the main features of the input to avoid a distortion when it becomes the input of other neurons, that is input and output should exhibit some sort of consistency. In this paper, we consider the question: how should we mathematically characterize the input in order to get a consistent output? Here we interpret the consistency by requiring the reproducibility of the input tail behaviour of the interspike intervals distributions in the output. Our answer refers to a system of interconnected neurons with stochastic perfect integrate and fire units. In particular, we show that the class of regularly-varying vectors is a possible choice to obtain such consistency. Some further necessary technical hypotheses are added.

Published
2022

15. Jacobi processes with jumps as neuronal models: a first passage time analysis

Author

D'Onofrio, Giuseppe, Patie, Pierre, and Sacerdote, Laura

Subjects
Mathematics - Probability, 37A30, 47D06, 47G20, 60J75, 60J70
Abstract

To overcome some limits of classical neuronal models, we propose a Markovian generalization of the classical model based on Jacobi processes by introducing downwards jumps to describe the activity of a single neuron. The statistical analysis of inter-spike intervals is performed by studying the first-passage times of the proposed Markovian Jacobi process with jumps through a constant boundary. In particular, we characterize its Laplace transform which is expressed in terms of some generalization of hypergeometric functions that we introduce, and deduce a closed-form expression for its expectation. Our approach, which is original in the context of first passage time problems, relies on intertwining relations between the semigroups of the classical Jacobi process and its generalization, which have been recently established in [11]. A numerical investigation of the firing rate of the considered neuron is performed for some choices of the involved parameters and of the jumps distributions., Comment: SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics 20 pages, 8 figures

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2022

16. Mild-to-Moderate Kidney Dysfunction and Cardiovascular Disease: Observational and Mendelian Randomization Analyses.

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Gaziano, Liam, Sun, Luanluan, Arnold, Matthew, Bell, Steven, Cho, Kelly, Kaptoge, Stephen, Song, Rebecca, Burgess, Stephen, Posner, Daniel, Mosconi, Katja, Robinson-Cohen, Cassianne, Mason, Amy, Bolton, Thomas, Tao, Ran, Allara, Elias, Schubert, Petra, Chen, Lingyan, Staley, James, Staplin, Natalie, Altay, Servet, Amiano, Pilar, Arndt, Volker, Ärnlöv, Johan, Barr, Elizabeth, Björkelund, Cecilia, Boer, Jolanda, Brenner, Hermann, Casiglia, Edoardo, Chiodini, Paolo, Cooper, Jackie, Coresh, Josef, Cushman, Mary, Dankner, Rachel, Davidson, Karina, de Jongh, Renate, Donfrancesco, Chiara, Engström, Gunnar, Freisling, Heinz, de la Cámara, Agustín, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Hankey, Graeme, Hansson, Per-Olof, Heath, Alicia, Hoorn, Ewout, Imano, Hironori, Jassal, Simerjot, Kaaks, Rudolf, Katzke, Verena, Kauhanen, Jussi, Kiechl, Stefan, Koenig, Wolfgang, Kronmal, Richard, Kyrø, Cecilie, Lawlor, Deborah, Ljungberg, Börje, MacDonald, Conor, Masala, Giovanna, Meisinger, Christa, Melander, Olle, Moreno Iribas, Conchi, Ninomiya, Toshiharu, Nitsch, Dorothea, Nordestgaard, Børge, Onland-Moret, Charlotte, Palmieri, Luigi, Petrova, Dafina, Garcia, Jose, Rosengren, Annika, Sacerdote, Carlotta, Sakurai, Masaru, Santiuste, Carmen, Schulze, Matthias, Sieri, Sabina, Sundström, Johan, Tikhonoff, Valérie, Tjønneland, Anne, Tong, Tammy, Tumino, Rosario, Tzoulaki, Ioanna, van der Schouw, Yvonne, Monique Verschuren, W, Völzke, Henry, Wallace, Robert, Wannamethee, S, Weiderpass, Elisabete, Willeit, Peter, Woodward, Mark, Yamagishi, Kazumasa, Zamora-Ros, Raul, Akwo, Elvis, Pyarajan, Saiju, Gagnon, David, Tsao, Philip, Muralidhar, Sumitra, Edwards, Todd, Damrauer, Scott, Joseph, Jacob, Pennells, Lisa, Wilson, Peter, and Harrison, Seamus

Subjects
cardiovascular diseases, coronary disease, kidney diseases, stroke, Humans, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Prospective Studies, Cardiovascular Diseases, Coronary Disease, Risk Factors, Diabetes Mellitus, Stroke, Kidney
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BACKGROUND: End-stage renal disease is associated with a high risk of cardiovascular events. It is unknown, however, whether mild-to-moderate kidney dysfunction is causally related to coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke. METHODS: Observational analyses were conducted using individual-level data from 4 population data sources (Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration, EPIC-CVD [European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition-Cardiovascular Disease Study], Million Veteran Program, and UK Biobank), comprising 648 135 participants with no history of cardiovascular disease or diabetes at baseline, yielding 42 858 and 15 693 incident CHD and stroke events, respectively, during 6.8 million person-years of follow-up. Using a genetic risk score of 218 variants for estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), we conducted Mendelian randomization analyses involving 413 718 participants (25 917 CHD and 8622 strokes) in EPIC-CVD, Million Veteran Program, and UK Biobank. RESULTS: There were U-shaped observational associations of creatinine-based eGFR with CHD and stroke, with higher risk in participants with eGFR values 105 mL·min-1·1.73 m-2, compared with those with eGFR between 60 and 105 mL·min-1·1.73 m-2. Mendelian randomization analyses for CHD showed an association among participants with eGFR 105 mL·min-1·1.73 m-2. Results were not materially different after adjustment for factors associated with the eGFR genetic risk score, such as lipoprotein(a), triglycerides, hemoglobin A1c, and blood pressure. Mendelian randomization results for stroke were nonsignificant but broadly similar to those for CHD. CONCLUSIONS: In people without manifest cardiovascular disease or diabetes, mild-to-moderate kidney dysfunction is causally related to risk of CHD, highlighting the potential value of preventive approaches that preserve and modulate kidney function.

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2022

17. Circulating inflammatory and immune response proteins and endometrial cancer risk: a nested case-control study and Mendelian randomization analyses

Author

Wang, Sabrina E., Viallon, Vivian, Lee, Matthew, Dimou, Niki, Hamilton, Fergus, Biessy, Carine, O'Mara, Tracy, Kyrgiou, Maria, Crosbie, Emma J., Truong, Therese, Severi, Gianluca, Kaaks, Rudolf, Fortner, Renée Turzanski, Schulze, Matthias B., Bendinelli, Benedetta, Sabina, Sieri, Tumino, Rosario, Sacerdote, Carlotta, Panico, Salvatore, Crous-Bou, Marta, Sánchez, Maria-Jose, Aizpurua, Amaia, Palacios, Daniel Rodriguez, Guevara, Marcela, Travis, Ruth C., Tsilidis, Konstantinos K., Heath, Alicia, Yarmolinsky, James, Rinaldi, Sabina, Gunter, Marc J., and Dossus, Laure

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2024
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18. Food biodiversity and gastrointestinal cancer risk in nine European countries: Analysis within a prospective cohort study

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Huybrechts, Inge, Chimera, Bernadette, Hanley-Cook, Giles T., Biessy, Carine, Deschasaux-Tanguy, Mélanie, Touvier, Mathilde, Kesse-Guyot, Emmanuelle, Srour, Bernard, Baudry, Julia, Berlivet, Justine, Casagrande, Corinne, Nicolas, Geneviève, Lopez, Jessica Blanco, Millett, Christopher J., Cakmak, Emine Koc, Robinson, Oliver J.K., Murray, Kris A., Schulze, Matthias B., Masala, Giovanna, Guevara, Marcela, Bodén, Stina, Cross, Amanda J., Tsilidis, Kostas, Heath, Alicia K., Panico, Salvatore, Amiano, Pilar, Huerta, José Ma, Key, Tim, Ericson, Ulrika, Stocks, Tanja, Lundblad, Marie Wasmuth, Skeie, Guri, Sacerdote, Carlotta, Katzke, Verena, Playdon, Mary C., Ferrari, Pietro, Vineis, Paolo, Lachat, Carl, and Gunter, Marc J.

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2024
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19. Radiation Doses Received by Major Organs at Risk in Children and Young Adolescents Treated for Cancer with External Beam Radiation Therapy: A Large-scale Study from 12 European Countries

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Diallo, Ibrahima, Allodji, Rodrigue S., Veres, Cristina, Bolle, Stéphanie, Llanas, Damien, Ezzouhri, Safaa, Zrafi, Wael, Debiche, Ghazi, Souchard, Vincent, Fauchery, Romain, Haddy, Nadia, Journy, Neige, Demoor-Goldschmidt, Charlotte, Winter, David L., Hjorth, Lars, Wiebe, Thomas, Haupt, Riccardo, Robert, Charlotte, Kremer, Leontien, Bardi, Edit, Sacerdote, Carlotta, Terenziani, Monica, Kuehni, Claudia E., Schindera, Christina, Skinner, Roderick, Winther, Jeanette Falck, Lähteenmäki, Päivi, Byrn, Julianne, Jakab, Zsuzsanna, Cardis, Elisabeth, Pasqual, Elisa, Tapio, Soile, Baatout, Sarah, Atkinson, Mike, Benotmane, Mohammed Abderrafi, Sugden, Elaine, Zaletel, Lorna Zadravec, Ronckers, Cecile, Reulen, Raoul C., Hawkins, Mike M., and de Vathaire, Florent

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2024
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21. Child rearing or childbearing? Risk of cardiovascular diseases associated to parity and number of children

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Angelo d’Errico, Dario Fontana, Carlotta Sacerdote, and Chiara Ardito

Subjects
Cardiovascular diseases, Children, Childrearing, Childbearing, Socioeconomic disadvantage, Double burden, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270
Abstract

Abstract Background An increased risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) has been associated with women’s parity, but whether or not this association reflects a direct pregnancy effect, or exposure to factors related to childrearing, still appears unclear. We assessed the CVD risk associated with number of children separately by gender and tested effect modification by socioeconomic position (SEP) and employment status, in order to elucidate the possible mechanisms underlying this association. Methods The study population was composed of 20,904 men and 25,246 women who were interviewed in one of two National Health Surveys conducted in 2000 and 2005 in Italy. These subjects were followed for CVD incidence up to 2014 through record-linkage with national archives of mortality and hospitalisations. CVD risk was estimated by Cox regression models that were adjusted for socio-demographics, perceived health, lifestyles, biological CVD risk factors and for other potential confounders. Results CVD incidence was significantly increased among men with 3 or more children (HR = 1.26, 95% CI: 1.02–1.56) and among women with 2 and with 3 or more children (HR = 1.42, 95% CI: 1.10–1.83; and HR = 1.39, 95% CI: 1.03–1.87, respectively) compared to subjects without children and no significant gender differences were observed. Subjects with lower SEP displayed stronger associations with parity and a higher number of children for both genders; by contrast, no modifying effect of employment status was observed. Conclusions Taken together, the significant association between higher parity and CVD risk in both genders, and the higher risk of CVD associated with higher parity among lower SEP parents, suggests that childrearing has a potential effect on the development of CVD that is more pronounced among disadvantaged families, although a concurrent effect of childbearing cannot be completely excluded.

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2024
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23. The cost-effectiveness of a uniform versus age-based threshold for one-off screening for prevention of cardiovascular disease

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Špacírová, Zuzana, Kaptoge, Stephen, García-Mochón, Leticia, Rodríguez Barranco, Miguel, Sánchez Pérez, María José, Bondonno, Nicola P., Tjønneland, Anne, Weiderpass, Elisabete, Grioni, Sara, Espín, Jaime, Sacerdote, Carlotta, Schiborn, Catarina, Masala, Giovanna, Colorado-Yohar, Sandra M., Kim, Lois, Moons, Karel G. M., Engström, Gunnar, Schulze, Matthias B., Bresson, Léa, Moreno-Iribas, Concepción, and Epstein, David

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2023
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24. Dietary intake of plant- and animal-derived protein and incident cardiovascular diseases: the pan-European EPIC-CVD case–cohort study

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Zheng, Ju-Sheng, Steur, Marinka, Imamura, Fumiaki, Freisling, Heinz, Johnson, Laura, van der Schouw, Yvonne T, Tong, Tammy YN, Weiderpass, Elisabete, Bajracharya, Rashmita, Crous-Bou, Marta, Dahm, Christina C, Heath, Alicia K, Ibsen, Daniel B, Jannasch, Franziska, Katzke, Verena, Masala, Giovanna, Moreno-Iribas, Conchi, Sacerdote, Carlotta, Schulze, Matthias B, Sieri, Sabina, Wareham, Nicholas J, Danesh, John, Butterworth, Adam S, and Forouhi, Nita G

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2024
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26. Association between pre-diagnostic circulating lipid metabolites and colorectal cancer risk: a nested case–control study in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)

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Harewood, Rhea, Rothwell, Joseph A., Bešević, Jelena, Viallon, Vivian, Achaintre, David, Gicquiau, Audrey, Rinaldi, Sabina, Wedekind, Roland, Prehn, Cornelia, Adamski, Jerzy, Schmidt, Julie A., Jacobs, Inarie, Tjønneland, Anne, Olsen, Anja, Severi, Gianluca, Kaaks, Rudolf, Katzke, Verena, Schulze, Matthias B., Prada, Marcela, Masala, Giovanna, Agnoli, Claudia, Panico, Salvatore, Sacerdote, Carlotta, Jakszyn, Paula Gabriela, Sánchez, Maria-Jose, Castilla, Jesús, Chirlaque, María-Dolores, Atxega, Amaia Aizpurua, van Guelpen, Bethany, Heath, Alicia K., Papier, Keren, Tong, Tammy Y.N., Summers, Scott A., Playdon, Mary, Cross, Amanda J., Keski-Rahkonen, Pekka, Chajès, Véronique, Murphy, Neil, and Gunter, Marc J.

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2024
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27. Estimating dose-response relationships for vitamin D with coronary heart disease, stroke, and all-cause mortality: observational and Mendelian randomisation analyses

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Sofianopoulou, Eleni, Kaptoge, Stephen K, Afzal, Shoaib, Jiang, Tao, Gill, Dipender, Gundersen, Thomas E, Bolton, Thomas R, Allara, Elias, Arnold, Matthew G, Mason, Amy M, Chung, Ryan, Pennells, Lisa A M, Shi, Fanchao, Sun, Luanluan, Willeit, Peter, Forouhi, Nita G, Langenberg, Claudia, Sharp, Stephen J, Panico, Salvatore, Engström, Gunnar, Melander, Olle, Tong, Tammy Y N, Perez-Cornago, Aurora, Norberg, Margareta, Johansson, Ingegerd, Katzke, Verena, Srour, Bernard, Sánchez, María José, Redondo-Sánchez, Daniel, Olsen, Anja, Dahm, Christina C, Overvad, Kim, Brustad, Magritt, Skeie, Guri, Moreno-Iribas, Conchi, Onland-Moret, N Charlotte, van der Schouw, Yvonne T, Tsilidis, Konstantinos K, Heath, Alicia K, Agnoli, Claudia, Krogh, Vittorio, de Boer, Ian H, Kobylecki, Camilla Jannie, Çolak, Yunus, Zittermann, Armin, Sundström, Johan, Welsh, Paul, Weiderpass, Elisabete, Aglago, Elom K, Ferrari, Pietro, Clarke, Robert, Boutron, Marie-Christine, Severi, Gianluca, MacDonald, Conor, Providencia, Rui, Masala, Giovanna, Zamora Ros, Raul, Boer, Jolanda, Verschuren, Wm Monique, Cawthon, Peggy, Schierbeck, Louise L, Cooper, Cyrus, Schulze, Matthias B, Bergmann, Manuela M, Hannemann, Anke, Kiechl, Stefan, Brenner, Hermann, van Schoor, Natasja M, Albertorio, Juan R, Sacerdote, Carlotta, Linneberg, Allan, Kårhus, LineL, Huerta, José María, Imaz, Liher, Joergensen, Christel, Ben-Shlomo, Yoav, Lundqvist, Annamari, Gallacher, John, Sattar, Naveed, Wood, Angela M, Wareham, Nicholas J, Nordestgaard, Børge G, Di Angelantonio, Emanuele, Danesh, John, Butterworth, Adam S, and Burgess, Stephen

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2024
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28. Dietary intakes of dioxins and polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) and mortality: EPIC cohort study in 9 European countries

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Fiolet, Thibault, Nicolas, Geneviève, Casagrande, Corinne, Horvath, Zsuzsanna, Frenoy, Pauline, Weiderpass, Elisabete, Gunter, Marc J., Manjer, Jonas, Sonestedt, Emily, Palli, Domenico, Simeon, Vittorio, Tumino, Rosario, Bueno-de-Mesquita, Bas, Huerta, José María, Rodriguez-Barranco, Miguel, Abilleira, Eunate, Sacerdote, Carlotta, Schulze, Matthias B., Heath, Alicia K., Rylander, Charlotta, Skeie, Guri, Nøst, Therese Haugdahl, Tjønneland, Anne, Olsen, Anja, Pala, Valeria, Kvaskoff, Marina, Huybrechts, Inge, and Mancini, Francesca Romana

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2024
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29. The association between body fatness and mortality among breast cancer survivors: results from a prospective cohort study

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Bonet, Catalina, Crous-Bou, Marta, Tsilidis, Konstantinos K., Gunter, Marc J., Kaaks, Rudolf, Schulze, Matthias B., Fortner, Renée T., Antoniussen, Christian S., Dahm, Christina C., Mellemkjær, Lene, Tjønneland, Anne, Amiano, Pilar, Ardanaz, Eva, Colorado-Yohar, Sandra M., Rodriguez-Barranco, Miguel, Tin Tin, Sandar, Agnoli, Claudia, Masala, Giovanna, Panico, Salvatore, Sacerdote, Carlotta, May, Anne M., Borch, Kristin Benjaminsen, Rylander, Charlotta, Skeie, Guri, Christakoudi, Sofia, Aune, Dagfinn, Weiderpass, Elisabete, Dossus, Laure, Riboli, Elio, and Agudo, Antonio

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2023
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30. Association between pre-diagnostic circulating lipid metabolites and colorectal cancer risk: a nested case–control study in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)Research in context

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Rhea Harewood, Joseph A. Rothwell, Jelena Bešević, Vivian Viallon, David Achaintre, Audrey Gicquiau, Sabina Rinaldi, Roland Wedekind, Cornelia Prehn, Jerzy Adamski, Julie A. Schmidt, Inarie Jacobs, Anne Tjønneland, Anja Olsen, Gianluca Severi, Rudolf Kaaks, Verena Katzke, Matthias B. Schulze, Marcela Prada, Giovanna Masala, Claudia Agnoli, Salvatore Panico, Carlotta Sacerdote, Paula Gabriela Jakszyn, Maria-Jose Sánchez, Jesús Castilla, María-Dolores Chirlaque, Amaia Aizpurua Atxega, Bethany van Guelpen, Alicia K. Heath, Keren Papier, Tammy Y.N. Tong, Scott A. Summers, Mary Playdon, Amanda J. Cross, Pekka Keski-Rahkonen, Véronique Chajès, Neil Murphy, and Marc J. Gunter

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Colorectal cancer, Metabolomics, Lipids, Glycerophospholipids, Sphingolipids, Acylcarnitines, Medicine, Medicine (General), R5-920
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Summary: Background: Altered lipid metabolism is a hallmark of cancer development. However, the role of specific lipid metabolites in colorectal cancer development is uncertain. Methods: In a case–control study nested within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC), we examined associations between pre-diagnostic circulating concentrations of 97 lipid metabolites (acylcarnitines, glycerophospholipids and sphingolipids) and colorectal cancer risk. Circulating lipids were measured using targeted mass spectrometry in 1591 incident colorectal cancer cases (55% women) and 1591 matched controls. Multivariable conditional logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for associations between concentrations of individual lipid metabolites and metabolite patterns with colorectal cancer risk. Findings: Of the 97 assayed lipids, 24 were inversely associated (nominally p

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2024
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31. A sharp bound on the expected local time of a continuous ${\cal L}_2$-bounded Martingale

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Gilat, David, Meilijson, Isaac, and Sacerdote, Laura

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Mathematics - Probability, 60G44, 60G40
Abstract

For a continuous ${\cal L}_2$-bounded Martingale with no intervals of constancy, starting at $0$ and having final variance $\sigma^2$, the expected local time at $x \in \cal{R}$ is at most $\sqrt{\sigma^2+x^2}-|x|$. This sharp bound is attained by Standard Brownian Motion stopped at the first exit time from the interval $(x-\sqrt{\sigma^2+x^2},x+\sqrt{\sigma^2+x^2})$. Sharp bounds for the expected maximum, maximal absolute value, maximal diameter and maximal number of upcrossings of intervals, have been established by Dubins and Schwarz (1988), Dubins, Gilat and Meilijson (2009) and by the authors (2017).

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2020

32. A body shape index (ABSI) is associated inversely with post-menopausal progesterone-receptor-negative breast cancer risk in a large European cohort

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Christakoudi, Sofia, Tsilidis, Konstantinos K., Dossus, Laure, Rinaldi, Sabina, Weiderpass, Elisabete, Antoniussen, Christian S., Dahm, Christina C., Tjønneland, Anne, Mellemkjær, Lene, Katzke, Verena, Kaaks, Rudolf, Schulze, Matthias B., Masala, Giovanna, Grioni, Sara, Panico, Salvatore, Tumino, Rosario, Sacerdote, Carlotta, May, Anne M., Monninkhof, Evelyn M., Quirós, J. Ramón, Bonet, Catalina, Sánchez, Maria-Jose, Amiano, Pilar, Chirlaque, María-Dolores, Guevara, Marcela, Rosendahl, Ann H., Stocks, Tanja, Perez-Cornago, Aurora, Tin Tin, Sandar, Heath, Alicia K., Aglago, Elom K., Peruchet-Noray, Laia, Freisling, Heinz, and Riboli, Elio

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2023
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33. Dietary fatty acids and endometrial cancer risk within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

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Yammine, S. G., Huybrechts, I., Biessy, C., Dossus, L., Panico, S., Sánchez, M. J., Benetou, V., Turzanski-Fortner, R., Katzke, V., Idahl, A., Skeie, G., Olsen, K. Standahl, Tjønneland, A., Halkjaer, J., Colorado-Yohar, S., Heath, A. K., Sonestedt, E., Sartor, H., Schulze, M. B., Palli, D., Crous-Bou, M., Dorronsoro, A., Overvad, K., Gurrea, A. Barricarte, Severi, G., Vermeulen, R. C.H., Sandanger, T. M., Travis, R. C., Key, T., Amiano, P., Van Guelpen, B., Johansson, M., Sund, M., Tumino, R., Wareham, N., Sacerdote, C., Krogh, V., Brennan, P., Riboli, E., Weiderpass, E., Gunter, M. J., and Chajès, V.

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2023
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34. Cardiovascular Outcomes in GRADE (Glycemia Reduction Approaches in Type 2 Diabetes: A Comparative Effectiveness Study)

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Green, Jennifer B., Everett, Brendan M., Ghosh, Alokananda, Younes, Naji, Krause-Steinrauf, Heidi, Barzilay, Joshua, Desouza, Cyrus, Inzucchi, Silvio E., Pokharel, Yashashwi, Schade, David, Scrymgeour, Alexandra, Tan, Meng H., Utzschneider, Kristina M., Mudaliar, Sunder, Crandall, J.P., McKee, M.D., Behringer-Massera, S., Brown-Friday, J., Xhori, E., Ballentine-Cargill, K., Duran, S., Estrella, H., Gonzalez de la Torre, S., Lukin, J., Phillips, L.S., Burgess, E., Olson, D., Rhee, M., Wilson, P., Raines, T.S., Boers, J., Costello, J., Maher-Albertelli, M., Mungara, R., Savoye, L., White, C.A., Gullett, C., Holloway, L., Morehead, F., Person, S., Sibymon, M., Tanukonda, S., Adams, C., Ross, A., Balasubramanyam, A., Gaba, R., Gonzalez Hattery, E., Ideozu, A., Jimenez, J., Montes, G., Wright, C., Hollander, P., Roe, E., Jackson, A., Smiley, A., Burt, P., Estrada, L., Chionh, K., Ismail-Beigi, F., Falck-Ytter, C., Sayyed Kassem, L., Sood, A., Tiktin, M., Kulow, T., Newman, C., Stancil, K.A., Cramer, B., Iacoboni, J., Kononets, M.V., Sanders, C., Tucker, L., Werner, A., Maxwell, A., McPhee, G., Patel, C., Colosimo, L., Krol, A., Goland, R., Pring, J., Alfano, L., Kringas, P., Hausheer, C., Tejada, J., Gumpel, K., Kirpitch, A., Schneier, H., AbouAssi, H., Chatterjee, R., Feinglos, M.N., English Jones, J., Khan, S.A., Kimpel, J.B., Zimmer, R.P., Furst, M., Satterwhite, B.M., Thacker, C.R., Evans Kreider, K., Mariash, C.N., Mather, K.J., Ismail, H.M., Lteif, A., Mullen, M., Hamilton, T., Patel, N., Riera, G., Jackson, M., Pirics, V., Aguillar, D., Howard, D., Hurt, S., Bergenstal, R., Carlson, A., Martens, T., Johnson, M., Hill, R., Hyatt, J., Jensen, C., Madden, M., Martin, D., Willis, H., Konerza, W., Yang, S., Kleeberger, K., Passi, R., Fortmann, S., Herson, M., Mularski, K., Glauber, H., Prihoda, J., Ash, B., Carlson, C., Ramey, P.A., Schield, E., Torgrimson-Ojerio, B., Arnold, K., Kauffman, B., Panos, E., Sahnow, S., Bays, K., Berame, K., Cook, J., Ghioni, D., Gluth, J., Schell, K., Criscola, J., Friason, C., Jones, S., Nazarov, S., Rassouli, N., Puttnam, R., Ojoawo, B., Nelson, R., Curtis, M., Hollis, B., Sanders-Jones, C., Stokes, K., El-Haqq, Z., Kolli, A., Tran, T., Wexler, D., Larkin, M.E., Meigs, J., Chambers, B., Dushkin, A., Rocchio, G., Yepes, M., Steiner, B., Dulin, H., Cayford, M., Chu, K., DeManbey, A., Hillard, M., Martin, K., Thangthaeng, N., Gurry, L., Kochis, R., Raymond, E., Ripley, V., Stevens, C., Park, J., Aroda, V., Ghazi, A., Magee, M., Ressing, A., Loveland, A., Hamm, M., Hurtado, M., Kuhn, A., Leger, J., Manandhar, L., Mwicigi, F., Sanchez, O., Young, T., Garg, R., Lagari-Libhaber, V., Florez, H.J., Valencia, W.M., Marks, J., Casula, S., Oropesa-Gonzalez, L., Hue, L., Cuadot, A., Nieto-Martinez, R., Riccio Veliz, A.K., Gutt, M., Kendal, Y.J., Veciana, B., Ahmann, A., Aby-Daniel, D., Joarder, F., Morimoto, V., Sprague, C., Yamashita, D., Cady, N., Rivera-Eschright, N., Kirchhoff, P., Morales Gomez, B., Adducci, J., Goncharova, A., Hox, S.H., Petrovitch, H., Matwichyna, M., Jenkins, V., Broadwater, L., Ishii, R.R., Bermudez, N.O., Hsia, D.S., Cefalu, W.T., Greenway, F.L., Waguespack, C., King, E., Fry, G., Dragg, A., Gildersleeve, B., Arceneaux, J., Haynes, N., Thomassie, A., Pavlionis, M., Bourgeois, B., Hazlett, C., Henry, R., Boeder, S., Pettus, J., Diaz, E., Garcia-Acosta, D., Maggs, S., DeLue, C., Stallings, A., Castro, E., Hernandez, S., Krakoff, J., Curtis, J.M., Killean, T., Khalid, M., Joshevama, E., Diaz, E., Martin, D., Tsingine, K., Karshner, T., Albu, J., Pi-Sunyer, F.X., Frances, S., Maggio, C., Ellis, E., Bastawrose, J., Gong, X., Banerji, M.A., August, P., Lee, M., Lorber, D., Brown, N.M., Josephson, D.H., Thomas, L.L., Tsovian, M., Cherian, A., Jacobson, M.H., Mishko, M.M., Kirkman, M.S., Buse, J.B., Diner, J., Dostou, J., Machineni, S., Young, L., Bergamo, K., Goley, A., Kerr, J., Largay, J.F., Guarda, S., Cuffee, J., Culmer, D., Fraser, R., Almeida, H., Coffer, S., Debnam, E., Kiker, L., Morton, S., Josey, K., Fuller, G., Garvey, W.T., Cherrington, A.L., Dyer, D., Lawson, M.C.R., Griffith, O., Agne, A., McCullars, S., Cohen, R.M., Craig, J., Rogge, M.C., Burton, K., Kersey, K., Wilson, C., Lipp, S., Vonder Meulen, M.B., Adkins, C., Onadeko, T., Rasouli, N., Baker, C., Schroeder, E., Razzaghi, M., Lyon, C., Penaloza, R., Underkofler, C., Lorch, R., Douglass, S., Steiner, S., Sivitz, W.I., Cline, E., Knosp, L.K., McConnell, J., Lowe, T., Herman, W.H., Pop-Busui, R., Martin, C., Waltje, A., Katona, A., Goodhall, L., Eggleston, R., Kuo, S., Bojescu, S., Bule, S., Kessler, N., LaSalle, E., Whitley, K., Seaquist, E.R., Bantle, A., Harindhanavudhi, T., Kumar, A., Redmon, B., Bantle, J., Coe, M., Mech, M., Taddese, A., Lesne, L., Smith, S., Kuechenmeister, L., Shivaswamy, V., Burbach, S., Rodriguez, M.G., Seipel, K., Alfred, A., Morales, A.L., Eggert, J., Lord, G., Taylor, W., Tillson, R., Adolphe, A., Burge, M., Duran-Valdez, E., Martinez, J., Bancroft, A., Kunkel, S., Ali Jamaleddin Ahmad, F., Hernandez McGinnis, D., Pucchetti, B., Scripsick, E., Zamorano, A., DeFronzo, R.A., Cersosimo, E., Abdul-Ghani, M., Triplitt, C., Juarez, D., Mullen, M., Garza, R.I., Verastiqui, H., Wright, K., Puckett, C., Raskin, P., Rhee, C., Abraham, S., Jordan, L.F., Sao, S., Morton, L., Smith, O., Osornio Walker, L., Schnurr-Breen, L., Ayala, R., Kreymer, R.B., Sturgess, D., Kahn, S.E., Alarcon-Casas Wright, L., Boyko, E.J., Tsai, E.C., Trence, D.L., Trikudanathan, S., Fattaleh, B.N., Montgomery, B.K., Atkinson, K.M., Kozedub, A., Concepcion, T., Moak, C., Prikhodko, N., Rhothisen, S., Elasy, T.A., Martin, S., Shackelford, L., Goidel, R., Hinkle, N., Lovell, C., Myers, J., Lipps Hogan, J., McGill, J.B., Salam, M., Schweiger, T., Kissel, S., Recklein, C., Clifton, M.J., Tamborlane, W., Camp, A., Gulanski, B., Pham, K., Alguard, M., Gatcomb, P., Lessard, K., Perez, M., Iannone, L., Magenheimer, E., Montosa, A., Cefalu, W.T., Fradkin, J., Burch, H.B., Bremer, A.A., Nathan, D.M., Lachin, J.M., Buse, J.B., Kahn, S.E., Larkin, M.E., Tiktin, M., Wexler, D., Burch, H.B., Bremer, A.A., Lachin, J.M., Bebu, I., Butera, N., Buys, C.J., Fagan, A., Gao, Y., Gramzinski, M.R., Hall, S.D., Kazemi, E., Legowski, E., Liu, H., Suratt, C., Tripputi, M., Arey, A., Backman, M., Bethepu, J., Lund, C., Mangat Dhaliwal, P., McGee, P., Mesimer, E., Ngo, L., Steffes, M., Seegmiller, J., Saenger, A., Arends, V., Gabrielson, D., Conner, T., Warren, S., Day, J., Huminik, J., Soliman, E.Z., Zhang, Z.M., Campbell, C., Hu, J., Keasler, L., Hensley, S., Li, Y., Herman, W.H., Kuo, S., Martin, C., Waltje, A., Mihalcea, R., Min, D.J., Perez-Rosas, V., Prosser, L., Resnicow, K., Ye, W., Shao, H., Zhang, P., Luchsinger, J., Sanchez, D., Assuras, S., Groessl, E., Sakha, F., Chong, H., Hillery, N., Abdouch, I., Bahtiyar, G., Brantley, P., Broyles, F.E., Canaris, G., Copeland, P., Craine, J.J., Fein, W.L., Gliwa, A., Hope, L., Lee, M.S., Meiners, R., Meiners, V., O’Neal, H., Park, J.E., Sacerdote, A., Sledge Jr, E., Soni, L., Steppel-Reznik, J., and Turchin, A.

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2024
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35. A body shape index (ABSI) is associated inversely with post-menopausal progesterone-receptor-negative breast cancer risk in a large European cohort

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Sofia Christakoudi, Konstantinos K. Tsilidis, Laure Dossus, Sabina Rinaldi, Elisabete Weiderpass, Christian S. Antoniussen, Christina C. Dahm, Anne Tjønneland, Lene Mellemkjær, Verena Katzke, Rudolf Kaaks, Matthias B. Schulze, Giovanna Masala, Sara Grioni, Salvatore Panico, Rosario Tumino, Carlotta Sacerdote, Anne M. May, Evelyn M. Monninkhof, J. Ramón Quirós, Catalina Bonet, Maria-Jose Sánchez, Pilar Amiano, María-Dolores Chirlaque, Marcela Guevara, Ann H. Rosendahl, Tanja Stocks, Aurora Perez-Cornago, Sandar Tin Tin, Alicia K. Heath, Elom K. Aglago, Laia Peruchet-Noray, Heinz Freisling, and Elio Riboli

Subjects
Obesity, Body shape, Waist size, ABSI, Hip size, Breast cancer, Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, RC254-282
Abstract

Abstract Background Associations of body shape with breast cancer risk, independent of body size, are unclear because waist and hip circumferences are correlated strongly positively with body mass index (BMI). Methods We evaluated body shape with the allometric “a body shape index” (ABSI) and hip index (HI), which compare waist and hip circumferences, correspondingly, among individuals with the same weight and height. We examined associations of ABSI, HI, and BMI (per one standard deviation increment) with breast cancer overall, and according to menopausal status at baseline, age at diagnosis, and oestrogen and progesterone receptor status (ER+/-PR+/-) in multivariable Cox proportional hazards models using data from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort. Results During a mean follow-up of 14.0 years, 9011 incident breast cancers were diagnosed among 218,276 women. Although there was little evidence for association of ABSI with breast cancer overall (hazard ratio HR = 0.984; 95% confidence interval: 0.961–1.007), we found borderline inverse associations for post-menopausal women (HR = 0.971; 0.942-1.000; n = 5268 cases) and breast cancers diagnosed at age ≥ 55 years (HR = 0.976; 0.951–1.002; n = 7043) and clear inverse associations for ER + PR- subtypes (HR = 0.894; 0.822–0.971; n = 726) and ER-PR- subtypes (HR = 0.906; 0.835–0.983 n = 759). There were no material associations with HI. BMI was associated strongly positively with breast cancer overall (HR = 1.074; 1.049–1.098), for post-menopausal women (HR = 1.117; 1.085–1.150), for cancers diagnosed at age ≥ 55 years (HR = 1.104; 1.076–1.132), and for ER + PR + subtypes (HR = 1.122; 1.080–1.165; n = 3101), but not for PR- subtypes. Conclusions In the EPIC cohort, abdominal obesity evaluated with ABSI was not associated with breast cancer risk overall but was associated inversely with the risk of post-menopausal PR- breast cancer. Our findings require validation in other cohorts and with a larger number of PR- breast cancer cases.

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2023
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37. Dietary patterns related to biological mechanisms and survival after breast cancer diagnosis: results from a cohort study

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Castro-Espin, Carlota, Bonet, Catalina, Crous-Bou, Marta, Katzke, Verena, Le Cornet, Charlotte, Jannasch, Franziska, Schulze, Matthias B., Olsen, Anja, Tjønneland, Anne, Dahm, Christina C., Antoniussen, Christian S., Sánchez, Maria Jose, Amiano, Pilar, Chirlaque, María Dolores, Guevara, Marcela, Agnoli, Claudia, Tumino, Rosario, Sacerdote, Carlotta, De Magistris, Maria Santucci, Sund, Malin, Bodén, Stina, Jensen, Torill Enget, Olsen, Karina Standahl, Skeie, Guri, Gunter, Marc J., Rinaldi, Sabina, Gonzalez-Gil, Esther M., Weiderpass, Elisabete, Christakoudi, Sofia, Heath, Alicia K., Dossus, Laure, and Agudo, Antonio

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2023
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38. Body shape phenotypes of multiple anthropometric traits and cancer risk: a multi-national cohort study

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Sedlmeier, Anja M., Viallon, Vivian, Ferrari, Pietro, Peruchet-Noray, Laia, Fontvieille, Emma, Amadou, Amina, Seyed Khoei, Nazlisadat, Weber, Andrea, Baurecht, Hansjörg, Heath, Alicia K., Tsilidis, Kostas, Kaaks, Rudolf, Katzke, Verena, Inan-Eroglu, Elif, Schulze, Matthias B., Overvad, Kim, Bonet, Catalina, Ubago-Guisado, Esther, Chirlaque, María-Dolores, Ardanaz, Eva, Perez-Cornago, Aurora, Pala, Valeria, Tumino, Rosario, Sacerdote, Carlotta, Pasanisi, Fabrizio, Borch, Kristin B., Rylander, Charlotta, Weiderpass, Elisabete, Gunter, Marc J., Fervers, Béatrice, Leitzmann, Michael F., and Freisling, Heinz

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2023
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39. Risk of subsequent primary oral cancer in a cohort of 69,460 5-year survivors of childhood and adolescent cancer in Europe: the PanCareSurFup study

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Sunguc, Ceren, Hawkins, Michael M., Winter, David L., Dudley, Isabelle M., Heymer, Emma J., Teepen, Jop C., Allodji, Rodrigue S., Belle, Fabiën N., Bagnasco, Francesca, Byrne, Julianne, Bárdi, Edit, Ronckers, Cécile M., Haddy, Nadia, Gudmundsdottir, Thorgerdur, Garwicz, Stanislaw, Jankovic, Momcilo, van der Pal, Helena J. H., Mazić, Maja Česen, Schindera, Christina, Grabow, Desiree, Maule, Milena M., Kaatsch, Peter, Kaiser, Melanie, Fresneau, Brice, Michel, Gisela, Skinner, Roderick, Wiebe, Thomas, Sacerdote, Carlotta, Jakab, Zsuzsanna, Gunnes, Maria Winther, Terenziani, Monica, Winther, Jeanette F., Lähteenmäki, Päivi M., Zaletel, Lorna Zadravec, Kuehni, Claudia E., Kremer, Leontien C., Haupt, Riccardo, de Vathaire, Florent, Hjorth, Lars, and Reulen, Raoul C.

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2023
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40. On dynamic random graphs with degree homogenization via anti-preferential attachment probabilities

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De Ambroggio, Umberto, Polito, Federico, and Sacerdote, Laura

Subjects
Mathematics - Probability, Mathematics - Combinatorics
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We analyze a dynamic random undirected graph in which newly added vertices are connected to those already present in the graph either using, with probability $p$, an anti-preferential attachment mechanism or, with probability $1-p$, a preferential attachment mechanism. We derive the asymptotic degree distribution in the general case and study the asymptotic behaviour of the expected degree process in the general and that of the degree process in the pure anti-preferential attachment case. Degree homogenization mainly affects convergence rates for the former case and also the limiting degree distribution in the latter.

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2019
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41. A study of dependency features of spike trains through copulas

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Verzelli, Pietro and Sacerdote, Laura

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Statistics - Applications, Quantitative Biology - Neurons and Cognition
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Simultaneous recordings from many neurons hide important information and the connections characterizing the network remain generally undiscovered despite the progresses of statistical and machine learning techniques. Discerning the presence of direct links between neuron from data is still a not completely solved problem. To enlarge the number of tools for detecting the underlying network structure, we propose here the use of copulas, pursuing on a research direction we started in [1]. Here, we adapt their use to distinguish different types of connections on a very simple network. Our proposal consists in choosing suitable random intervals in pairs of spike trains determining the shapes of their copulas. We show that this approach allows to detect different types of dependencies. We illustrate the features of the proposed method on synthetic data from suitably connected networks of two or three formal neurons directly connected or influenced by the surrounding network. We show how a smart choice of pairs of random times together with the use of empirical copulas allows to discern between direct and un-direct interactions.

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2019

42. The 8q24 region hosts miRNAs altered in biospecimens of colorectal and bladder cancer patients

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Amedeo Gagliardi, Giulia Francescato, Giulio Ferrero, Giovanni Birolo, Sonia Tarallo, Antonio Francavilla, Giulia Piaggeschi, Carla Di Battista, Gaetano Gallo, Alberto Realis Luc, Carlotta Sacerdote, Giuseppe Matullo, Paolo Vineis, Alessio Naccarati, and Barbara Pardini

Subjects
8q24 genomic region, bladder cancer, colorectal cancer, microRNAs, stool, urine, Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, RC254-282
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Abstract Background The 8q24 locus is enriched in cancer‐associated polymorphisms and, despite containing relatively few protein‐coding genes, it hosts the MYC oncogene and other genetic elements connected to tumorigenesis, including microRNAs (miRNAs). Research on miRNAs may provide insights into the transcriptomic regulation of this multiple cancer‐associated region. Material and methods We profiled all miRNAs located in the 8q24 region in 120 colorectal cancer (CRC) patients and 80 controls. miRNA profiling was performed on cancer/non‐malignant adjacent mucosa, stool, and plasma extracellular vesicles (EVs), and the results validated with The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) data. To verify if the 8q24‐annotated miRNAs altered in CRC were dysregulated in other cancers and biofluids, we evaluated their levels in bladder cancer (BC) cases from the TCGA dataset and in urine and plasma EVs from a set of BC cases and healthy controls. Results Among the detected mature miRNAs in the region, 12 were altered between CRC and adjacent mucosa (adj. p

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2023
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43. Protein and amino acid intakes in relation to prostate cancer risk and mortality—A prospective study in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

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Julie A. Schmidt, Inge Huybrechts, Kim Overvad, Anne Kirstine Eriksen, Anne Tjønneland, Rudolf Kaaks, Verena Katzke, Matthias B. Schulze, Valeria Pala, Carlotta Sacerdote, Rosario Tumino, Bas Bueno‐de‐Mesquita, Maria‐Jose Sánchez, José M. Huerta, Aurelio Barricarte, Pilar Amiano, Antonio Agudo, Anders Bjartell, Tanja Stocks, Elin Thysell, Maria Wennberg, Elisabete Weiderpass, Ruth C. Travis, Timothy J. Key, and Aurora Perez‐Cornago

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dietary amino acid intakes, dietary protein intakes, prostate cancer incidence, prostate cancer mortality, tumour subtypes, Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, RC254-282
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Abstract Background The association between protein intake and prostate cancer risk remains unclear. Aims To prospectively investigate the associations of dietary intakes of total protein, protein from different dietary sources, and amino acids with prostate cancer risk and mortality. Methods In 131,425 men from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition, protein and amino acid intakes were estimated using validated dietary questionnaires. Multivariable‐adjusted Cox regression models were used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Results During a mean follow‐up of 14.2 years, 6939 men were diagnosed with prostate cancer and 914 died of the disease. Dairy protein was positively associated with overall prostate cancer risk in the three highest fifths compared to the lowest (HRQ3=1.14 (95% CI 1.05–1.23); HRQ4=1.09 (1.01–1.18); HRQ5=1.10 (1.02–1.19)); similar results were observed for yogurt protein (HRQ3=1.14 (1.05–1.24); HRQ4=1.09 (1.01–1.18); HRQ5=1.12 (1.04–1.21)). For egg protein intake and prostate cancer mortality, no association was observed by fifths, but there was suggestive evidence of a positive association in the analysis per standard deviation increment. There was no strong evidence of associations with different tumour subtypes. Discussion Considering the weak associations and many tests, the results must be interpreted with caution. Conclusion This study does not provide strong evidence for an association of intakes of total protein, protein from different dietary sources or amino acids with prostate cancer risk or mortality. However, our results may suggest some weak positive associations, which need to be confirmed in large‐scale, pooled analyses of prospective data.

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2023
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44. Dietary fatty acids and endometrial cancer risk within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

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S. G. Yammine, I. Huybrechts, C. Biessy, L. Dossus, S. Panico, M. J. Sánchez, V. Benetou, R. Turzanski-Fortner, V. Katzke, A. Idahl, G. Skeie, K. Standahl Olsen, A. Tjønneland, J. Halkjaer, S. Colorado-Yohar, A. K. Heath, E. Sonestedt, H. Sartor, M. B. Schulze, D. Palli, M. Crous-Bou, A. Dorronsoro, K. Overvad, A. Barricarte Gurrea, G. Severi, R. C.H. Vermeulen, T. M. Sandanger, R. C. Travis, T. Key, P. Amiano, B. Van Guelpen, M. Johansson, M. Sund, R. Tumino, N. Wareham, C. Sacerdote, V. Krogh, P. Brennan, E. Riboli, E. Weiderpass, M. J. Gunter, and V. Chajès

Subjects
Fatty acids, Endometrial cancer, Epidemiology, Diet, Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, RC254-282
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Abstract Background Diet may impact important risk factors for endometrial cancer such as obesity and inflammation. However, evidence on the role of specific dietary factors is limited. We investigated associations between dietary fatty acids and endometrial cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). Methods This analysis includes 1,886 incident endometrial cancer cases and 297,432 non-cases. All participants were followed up for a mean of 8.8 years. Multivariable Cox proportional hazard models were used to estimate hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of endometrial cancer across quintiles of individual fatty acids estimated from various food sources quantified through food frequency questionnaires in the entire EPIC cohort. The false discovery rate (q-values) was computed to control for multiple comparisons. Results Consumption of n-6 γ-linolenic acid was inversely associated with endometrial cancer risk (HR comparing 5th with 1st quintileQ5−Q1=0.77, 95% CI = 0.64; 0.92, ptrend=0.01, q-value = 0.15). This association was mainly driven by γ-linolenic acid derived from plant sources (HRper unit increment=0.94, 95%CI= (0.90;0.98), p = 0.01) but not from animal sources (HRper unit increment= 1.00, 95%CI = (0.92; 1.07), p = 0.92). In addition, an inverse association was found between consumption of n-3 α-linolenic acid from vegetable sources and endometrial cancer risk (HRper unit increment= 0.93, 95%CI = (0.87; 0.99), p = 0.04). No significant association was found between any other fatty acids (individual or grouped) and endometrial cancer risk. Conclusion Our results suggest that higher consumption of γ-linolenic acid and α-linoleic acid from plant sources may be associated with lower risk of endometrial cancer.

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2023
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45. Food Processing and Risk of Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis: A European Prospective Cohort Study

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Meyer, Antoine, Dong, Catherine, Casagrande, Corinne, Chan, Simon S.M., Huybrechts, Inge, Nicolas, Geneviève, Rauber, Fernanda, Levy, Renata Bertazzi, Millett, Christopher, Oldenburg, Bas, Weiderpass, Elisabete, Heath, Alicia K., Tong, Tammy Y.N., Tjønneland, Anne, Kyrø, Cecilie, Kaaks, Rudolf, Katzke, Verena A., Bergman, Manuela M., Palli, Domenico, Masala, Giovanna, Tumino, Rosario, Sacerdote, Carlotta, Colorado-Yohar, Sandra M., Sánchez, Maria-Jose, Grip, Olof, Lindgren, Stefan, Luben, Robert, Gunter, Marc J., Mahamat-Saleh, Yahya, Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine, and Carbonnel, Franck

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2023
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47. Pan-cancer analysis of pre-diagnostic blood metabolite concentrations in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

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Marie Breeur, Pietro Ferrari, Laure Dossus, Mazda Jenab, Mattias Johansson, Sabina Rinaldi, Ruth C. Travis, Mathilde His, Tim J. Key, Julie A. Schmidt, Kim Overvad, Anne Tjønneland, Cecilie Kyrø, Joseph A. Rothwell, Nasser Laouali, Gianluca Severi, Rudolf Kaaks, Verena Katzke, Matthias B. Schulze, Fabian Eichelmann, Domenico Palli, Sara Grioni, Salvatore Panico, Rosario Tumino, Carlotta Sacerdote, Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, Karina Standahl Olsen, Torkjel Manning Sandanger, Therese Haugdahl Nøst, J. Ramón Quirós, Catalina Bonet, Miguel Rodríguez Barranco, María-Dolores Chirlaque, Eva Ardanaz, Malte Sandsveden, Jonas Manjer, Linda Vidman, Matilda Rentoft, David Muller, Kostas Tsilidis, Alicia K. Heath, Hector Keun, Jerzy Adamski, Pekka Keski-Rahkonen, Augustin Scalbert, Marc J. Gunter, and Vivian Viallon

Subjects
Metabolomics, Cancer, Breast, Colorectal, Endometrial, Kidney, Medicine
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Abstract Background Epidemiological studies of associations between metabolites and cancer risk have typically focused on specific cancer types separately. Here, we designed a multivariate pan-cancer analysis to identify metabolites potentially associated with multiple cancer types, while also allowing the investigation of cancer type-specific associations. Methods We analysed targeted metabolomics data available for 5828 matched case-control pairs from cancer-specific case-control studies on breast, colorectal, endometrial, gallbladder, kidney, localized and advanced prostate cancer, and hepatocellular carcinoma nested within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort. From pre-diagnostic blood levels of an initial set of 117 metabolites, 33 cluster representatives of strongly correlated metabolites and 17 single metabolites were derived by hierarchical clustering. The mutually adjusted associations of the resulting 50 metabolites with cancer risk were examined in penalized conditional logistic regression models adjusted for body mass index, using the data-shared lasso penalty. Results Out of the 50 studied metabolites, (i) six were inversely associated with the risk of most cancer types: glutamine, butyrylcarnitine, lysophosphatidylcholine a C18:2, and three clusters of phosphatidylcholines (PCs); (ii) three were positively associated with most cancer types: proline, decanoylcarnitine, and one cluster of PCs; and (iii) 10 were specifically associated with particular cancer types, including histidine that was inversely associated with colorectal cancer risk and one cluster of sphingomyelins that was inversely associated with risk of hepatocellular carcinoma and positively with endometrial cancer risk. Conclusions These results could provide novel insights for the identification of pathways for cancer development, in particular those shared across different cancer types.

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2022
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48. Cancer data quality and harmonization in Europe: the experience of the BENCHISTA Project – international benchmarking of childhood cancer survival by stage

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Angela Lopez-Cortes, Fabio Didonè, Laura Botta, Lisa L. Hjalgrim, Zsuzsanna Jakab, Adela Cañete Nieto, Charles Stiller, Bernward Zeller, Gemma Gatta, Kathy Pritchard-Jones, The BENCHISTA Project Working Group, Joanne Aitken, Leisa O’Neil, Monika Hack, Ruth Ladenstein, Elizabeth Van Eycken, Nancy Van Damme, Lindsay Frazier, Beatriz De Camargo, Marceli de Oliveira Santos, Zdravka Valerianova, Dobrin Konstantinov, Sumit Gupta, Jason D Pole, Mario Sekerija, Jan Stary, Jaroslav Sterba, Jeanette F Winther, Keiu Paapsi, Brigitte Lacour, Emmanuel Desandes, Jacqueline Clavel, Claire Poulalhon, Friederike Erdmann, Eleni T Petridou, Evdoxia Bouka, Michael Mian, Rocco Galasso, Giuseppe Sampietro, Francesco Vetrano, Milena M Maule, Carlotta Sacerdote, Paola Ballotari, Emilia De Santis, Margherita Ferrante, Rosalia Ragusa, Luca Boni, Magda Rognoni, Rosalba Amodio, Lorenza Boschetti, Francesco Cuccaro, Danila Bruno, Antonio G Russo, Federico Gervasi, Maria L Gambino, Elisabetta Borciani, Maria Michiara, Lucia Mangone, Gianbattista Spagnoli, Stefano Ferretti, Fabio Falcini, Eugenia Spata, Sonia Manasse, Paola Coccia, Francesca Bella, Adele Caldarella, Teresa Intrieri, Tiziana Scuderi, Roberto V Rizzello, Massimo Rugge, Stefano Guzzinati, Deirdre Murray, Tomohiro Matsuda, Kayo Nakata, Miriam J Azzopardi, Aina H Dahlen, Johannesen Tom Børge, Jerzy Kowalczyk, Monika Jedrzejczyk, Gabriela Caldas, Mihaela Bucurenci, Dana Coza, Vesna Zadnik, Arantza Lopez de Munain, Fernando Almela-Vich, Nieves Fuster-Camarena, Ra f a e l Marcos-Gragera, Maria José Sanchez, Nuria Aragones, Raquel Lopez, Maria Dolores Chirlaque, Marcela Guevara, Elena Pardo, Rafael Peris-Bonet, Marià Carulla, Päivi Lähteenmäki, Claudia E Kuehni, Shelagh M Redmond, Henrike Karim-Kos, Paul Stacey, Lucy Irvine, Anna Gavin, Deirdre Fitzpatrick, David S Morrison, Karen Smith, Dyfed Wyn Huws, Janet Warlow, Sandra Strauss, Simon Bailey, Adela Canete Nieto, Nathalie Gaspar, Filippo Spreafico, Angela Polanco, Riccardo Capocaccia, Andrea Di Cataldo, and Meric Klein

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childhood cancer, population-based, cancer registry, Toronto staging, diagnosis, survival, Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, RC254-282
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IntroductionVariation in stage at diagnosis of childhood cancers (CC) may explain differences in survival rates observed across geographical regions. The BENCHISTA project aims to understand these differences and to encourage the application of the Toronto Staging Guidelines (TG) by Population-Based Cancer Registries (PBCRs) to the most common solid paediatric cancers.MethodsPBCRs within and outside Europe were invited to participate and identify all cases of Neuroblastoma, Wilms Tumour, Medulloblastoma, Ewing Sarcoma, Rhabdomyosarcoma and Osteosarcoma diagnosed in a consecutive three-year period (2014-2017) and apply TG at diagnosis. Other non-stage prognostic factors, treatment, progression/recurrence, and cause of death information were collected as optional variables. A minimum of three-year follow-up was required. To standardise TG application by PBCRs, on-line workshops led by six tumour-specific clinical experts were held. To understand the role of data availability and quality, a survey focused on data collection/sharing processes and a quality assurance exercise were generated. To support data harmonization and query resolution a dedicated email and a question-and-answers bank were created.Results67 PBCRs from 28 countries participated and provided a maximally de-personalized, patient-level dataset. For 26 PBCRs, data format and ethical approval obtained by the two sponsoring institutions (UCL and INT) was sufficient for data sharing. 41 participating PBCRs required a Data Transfer Agreement (DTA) to comply with data protection regulations. Due to heterogeneity found in legal aspects, 18 months were spent on finalizing the DTA. The data collection survey was answered by 68 respondents from 63 PBCRs; 44% of them confirmed the ability to re-consult a clinician in cases where stage ascertainment was difficult/uncertain. Of the total participating PBCRs, 75% completed the staging quality assurance exercise, with a median correct answer proportion of 92% [range: 70% (rhabdomyosarcoma) to 100% (Wilms tumour)].ConclusionDifferences in interpretation and processes required to harmonize general data protection regulations across countries were encountered causing delays in data transfer. Despite challenges, the BENCHISTA Project has established a large collaboration between PBCRs and clinicians to collect detailed and standardised TG at a population-level enhancing the understanding of the reasons for variation in overall survival rates for CC, stimulate research and improve national/regional child health plans.

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2023
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