Impact of Social and Built Environment Factors on Body Size among Breast Cancer Survivors: The Pathways Study
Conclusions: Addressing aspects of neighborhood environments may help breast cancer survivors maintain a healthy body weight. Impact: Further research in this area, such as incorporating data on individuals' perceptions and use of their neighborhood environments, is needed to ultimately inform multilevel interventions that would ameliorate such disparities and improve outcomes for breast cancer survivors, regardless of their social status (e.g., race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, nativity). Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 26(4); 505–15. ©2017 AACR. See all the articles in this CEBP Focus section, "Geospatia...
Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention - April 2, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Shariff-Marco, S., Von Behren, J., Reynolds, P., Keegan, T. H. M., Hertz, A., Kwan, M. L., Roh, J. M., Thomsen, C., Kroenke, C. H., Ambrosone, C., Kushi, L. H., Gomez, S. L. Tags: CEBP Focus: Geospatial Approaches to Cancer Control and Population Sciences Source Type: research

Contextual Correlates of Physical Activity among Older Adults: A Neighborhood Environment-Wide Association Study (NE-WAS)
Conclusions: This systematic approach revealed patterns in the domains of neighborhood measures associated with physical activity. Impact: The NE-WAS approach appears to be a promising exploratory technique. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 26(4); 495–504. ©2017 AACR. See all the articles in this CEBP Focus section, "Geospatial Approaches to Cancer Control and Population Sciences." (Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention)
Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention - April 2, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Mooney, S. J., Joshi, S., Cerda, M., Kennedy, G. J., Beard, J. R., Rundle, A. G. Tags: CEBP Focus: Geospatial Approaches to Cancer Control and Population Sciences Source Type: research

Visualizing the Diffusion of Digital Mammography in New York State
Conclusions: Geographic disparities in access to medical technology are underappreciated relative to other sources of disparities. Our method provides a way of measuring and communicating this phenomenon. Impact: Our method could be applied to illuminate current examples, where access to medical technology is highly uneven, such as 3D tomography and robotic surgery. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 26(4); 490–4. ©2017 AACR. See all the articles in this CEBP Focus section, "Geospatial Approaches to Cancer Control and Population Sciences." (Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention)
Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention - April 2, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Boscoe, F. P., Zhang, X. Tags: CEBP Focus: Geospatial Approaches to Cancer Control and Population Sciences Source Type: research

Contextual Impact of Neighborhood Obesogenic Factors on Postmenopausal Breast Cancer: The Multiethnic Cohort
Conclusions: Obesogenic neighborhood environment factors, especially nSES, urbanicity, and mixed-land development, were differentially and independently associated with breast cancer risk in this multiethnic population. Impact: These findings highlight the need for additional studies of the driving contextual aspects of nSES that influence breast cancer risk. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 26(4); 480–9. ©2017 AACR. See all the articles in this CEBP Focus section, "Geospatial Approaches to Cancer Control and Population Sciences." (Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention)
Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention - April 2, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Conroy, S. M., Clarke, C. A., Yang, J., Shariff-Marco, S., Shvetsov, Y. B., Park, S.-Y., Albright, C. L., Hertz, A., Monroe, K. R., Kolonel, L. N., Marchand, L. L., Wilkens, L. R., Gomez, S. L., Cheng, I. Tags: CEBP Focus: Geospatial Approaches to Cancer Control and Population Sciences Source Type: research

Follow the North Star: Why Space, Place, and Power Matter for Geospatial Approaches to Cancer Control and Health Equity
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Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention - April 2, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Krieger, N. Tags: CEBP Focus: Geospatial Approaches to Cancer Control and Population Sciences Source Type: research

Geospatial Approaches to Cancer Control and Population Sciences
Cancer incidence and mortality display strong geographic patterns worldwide and in the United States (1, 2). The environment where individuals live, work, and play is increasingly being recognized as important across the cancer control continuum, including the risk of cancer development, detection, diagnosis, treatment, mortality, and survivorship (3–5). At the same time, emergent technological capacity in geographic information systems (GIS) and mapping, along with increasing sophistication in applied spatial methods, has resulted in a growing research community developing and applying geospatial approaches in healt...
Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention - April 2, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Schootman, M., Gomez, S. L., Henry, K. A., Paskett, E. D., Ellison, G. L., Oh, A., Taplin, S. H., Tatalovich, Z., Berrigan, D. A. Tags: CEBP Focus: Geospatial Approaches to Cancer Control and Population Sciences Source Type: research

Global Cancer in Women: Cancer Control Priorities
This article, second in series of two, summarizes the most important cancer control priorities with specific examples of proven interventions, with a particular focus on primary prevention in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). There are a number of effective cancer control measures available to countries of all resource levels. Many of these measures are extremely cost-effective, especially in the case of tobacco control and vaccination. Countries must prioritize efforts to reduce known cancer risk factors and make prevention accessible to all. Effective treatments and palliative care are also needed for those who de...
Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention - April 2, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Islami, F., Torre, L. A., Drope, J. M., Ward, E. M., Jemal, A. Tags: CEBP Focus: Global Cancer in Women Source Type: research

Global Cancer in Women: Burden and Trends
This article, the first in a series of two, summarizes the current burden, trends, risk factors, prevention, early detection, and survivorship of all cancers combined and seven sites (breast, cervix, uterine corpus, ovary, colorectum, lung, and liver) that account for about 60% of the cancer burden among women worldwide, using data from the International Agency for Research on Cancer. Estimated 2012 overall cancer death rates in general are higher among women in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) than high-income countries (HICs), despite their lower overall incidence rates, largely due to inadequate access to early ...
Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention - April 2, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Torre, L. A., Islami, F., Siegel, R. L., Ward, E. M., Jemal, A. Tags: CEBP Focus: Global Cancer in Women Source Type: research

Highlights of This Issue
(Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention)
Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention - April 2, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Highlights Source Type: research

Patterns of Multivitamin Use after Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis in Association with Long-term Survival
Multivitamin use has been related to a modest reduced risk of colorectal cancer (CRC), but evidence on its use after diagnosis in relation to survival has been limited. Incident, invasive CRC cases were identified through cancer registries from 1997–2008 and enrolled in four population-based sites of the Colon Cancer Family Registry (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Cancer Care Ontario, Mayo Clinic, and the Universities of Queensland and Melbourne). At enrollment, a standardized interview ascertained multivitamin use in the year prior to diagnosis. A follow-up questionnaire was administered approximately 5 yea...
Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention - February 28, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Kocarnik, J., Hua, X., Lindor, N., Gallinger, S., Casey, G., Jenkins, M., Hardikar, S., Robinson, J., Newcomb, P., for the Colon Cancer Family Registry Tags: ASPO 41st Annual Meeting Abstracts Source Type: research

Emerging Trends in Family History of Breast Cancer and Associated Risk
Conclusion: The proportion of women with a first-degree family history of breast cancer increased over time and by age, nonetheless breast cancer risk associations with family history were constant over time for women 40–59. First-degree family history of breast cancer remains an important breast cancer risk factor, especially for younger women, despite its increasing prevalence in the mammography screening era (Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention)
Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention - February 28, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Shiyanbola, O., Arao, R., Miglioretti, D., Sprague, B., Hamption, J., Stout, N., Kerlikowske, K., Braithwaite, D., Buist, D., Egam, K., Newcomb, P., Trentham-Dietz, A. Tags: ASPO 41st Annual Meeting Abstracts Source Type: research

Premenopausal Breast Cancer: Exercise and Leukocyte Telomere Length
This study is the first to describe LTLs in a population-based sample of PBCS before and after an exercise intervention. We analyzed LTL before and after the Exercise for Bone Health Intervention, a randomized, controlled trial of 273 premenopausal women 55 years of age or younger at diagnosis that started the intervention within 2 years of receipt of initial chemotherapy. This pilot analysis included 60 women with the greatest increase in exercise from pre to post intervention. Those with longer LTLs at pre-intervention (PRE) had LTLs that grew shorter during the study, however, they still had longer LTLs at post-interven...
Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention - February 28, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Oakley-Girvan, I., Pitteri, S., Canchola, A., Sellmeyer, D., Palesh, O., Stewart, S., Hsieh, C.-L., Bloom, J. Tags: ASPO 41st Annual Meeting Abstracts Source Type: research

Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Use and Discontinuation of Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy by Hormone-Receptor Status in Association with Mortality among Breast Cancer Patients Enrolled in Medicare Part D
Conclusions: Over two-third of patients with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer initiated AET and a substantial proportion of hormone receptor-negative women did as well. Discontinuation of AET was associated with a significantly higher risk of all-cause mortality regardless of hormone status and stage. (Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention)
Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention - February 28, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Farias, A., Du, X. Tags: ASPO 41st Annual Meeting Abstracts Source Type: research

Perceptions of Cervical Cancer Risk among Ohio Appalachian Women
CONCLUSIONS: Many women in Ohio Appalachia do not accurately perceive their cervical cancer risk. Low income and education are associated with under-estimating risk. Future studies should determine if risk misperceptions are associated with cervical cancer screening and other preventive behaviors. (Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention)
Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention - February 28, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Bernardo, B., Reiter, P., Pennell, M., Padamsee, T., Ruffin, M., Paskett, E. Tags: ASPO 41st Annual Meeting Abstracts Source Type: research

Identifying Patient Smoking History for Cessation and Lung Cancer Screening through Mining Electronic Health Records
Conclusion: Machine learning models applied to our Epic EHR consistently identifies smoking history. Creating a tobacco use registry from the EHR is feasible and with advanced algorithms, will help target patients for cancer control efforts, such as smoking cessation and lung cancer screening. (Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention)
Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention - February 28, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Onega, T., Nutter, E., Sargent, J., Doherty, J., Hassanpour, S. Tags: ASPO 41st Annual Meeting Abstracts Source Type: research