John A. Baron

ORCID: 0000-0003-3461-1056 · 7 papers in corpus
review 2021
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology ·doi:10.1158/1055-9965.epi-20-1803

Cigarette smoking is a known cause of many cancers, yet epidemiologic studies have found protective associations with the risk of four "estrogen-related" malignancies: endometrial cancer, endometrioid and clear cell ovarian cancers, and thy…

meta-analysis 2019
Nature genetics ·doi:10.1038/s41588-018-0286-6

To further dissect the genetic architecture of colorectal cancer (CRC), we performed whole-genome sequencing of 1,439 cases and 720 controls, imputed discovered sequence variants and Haplotype Reference Consortium panel variants into genome…

observational 2001
Cancer causes & control : CCC ·doi:10.1023/a:1013796112348

OBJECTIVE: To clarify the hormonal context of breast cancer etiology we used data from a large, population-based case-control study to investigate the relationship between breast cancer risk and a history of diabetes mellitus, disorders ass…

observational 1997
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1016/s0002-9378(97)70550-7

OBJECTIVES: Our goal was to determine the risk of cancer after hospitalization for endometriosis. STUDY DESIGN: Records of 20,686 women hospitalized with endometriosis during the period 1969 to 1983, as identified through the nationwide Sw…

review 1996
British medical bulletin ·doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a011533

Cigarette smoking is an established risk factor for cancer and cardiovascular disease, and is the leading cause of avoidable disease in most industrialized countries. Less well-known are possible beneficial effects, which are briefly consid…

review 1995
Critical reviews in toxicology ·doi:10.3109/10408449509017924

There is an increasing public and scientific concern that certain chlorinated compounds, recognized as environmental pollutants, may cause estrogen-related neoplastic disease in humans. The main hypothesis has been that certain organochlori…

review 1990
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1016/0002-9378(90)90420-c

Epidemiologic results indicate that women who smoke cigarettes are relatively estrogen-deficient. Smokers have an early natural menopause, a lowered risk of cancer of the endometrium, and an increased risk of some osteoporotic fractures. Mo…