Selected Recent Publications

Folsom AR, Anderson JP, Ross JA: Hormone replacement therapy and ovarian cancer: the Iowa Women's Health Study.  Epidemiology 2004; 15:100-4.

Kiffmeyer WB, Kastel E, Davies SM, Envall J, Robison LL, Ross JA:  Genetic polymorphisms in the Hmong population: implications for cancer etiology and survival.  Cancer 2004; 100:411-7.

Anderson J, Ross JA, Folsom AR:  Anthropometric variables, physical activity, and incidence of ovarian cancer: the Iowa Women's Health Study.  Cancer 2004; 100:1515-21.

Shu XO, Perentesis JP, Wen WQ, Buckley JD, Boyle E, Ross JA, Robison LL:  Parental exposure to medications and hydrocarbons and ras mutations in children with ALL.  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004; 13:1230-5.

Ross JA, Spector LG, Olshan AO, Bunin GR:  Birth certificates: a best control scenario?  Invited peer-reviewed commentary. Am J Epidemiol 2004; 159:922-4.

Ross JA, Oeffinger K, Davies SM, Mertens AC, Langer E, Sklar C, Stovall M, Yasui Y, Robison LL:  Genetic variation in the leptin receptor gene and obesity in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivors Study.  J Clin Oncol 2004; 22:3358-62.

Spector LG, Feusner J, Ross JA:  Rising incidence of hepatoblastoma and its relation to low birth weight in the United States, 1975-1999.  Pediatr Blood Cancer 2004; 43:206 (letter).

Ross JA, Davies SM:  Recent reports in the etiology of childhood cancer - 'greatest hits'.  Pediatr Blood Cancer 2004; 42:3-7.

Ross JA, Davies SM:  Looking farther afield. Folate, a turncoat? / Johnny Bee good!  New editorial commentary, Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004; 13:2-3.

Ross JA:  Looking farther afield.  Having your cake and living long, too? / Alcohol consumption: a leptin buzz? Editorial commentary, Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004; 13:906-7.

Ross JA:  Inherited cancer in children: practical/ethical problems and challenges.  Invited commentary, Eur J Cancer 2004; 40:2471-2.

Ross  JA:  Looking farther afield.  The egg and me(thylation).  Editorial commentary, Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004; 13:1551.

Ross JA, Olshan AF:  Pediatric cancer in the United States: the Children's Oncology Group Epidemiology Research Program.  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004; 13:1552-4.

Ross JA, Blair C, Parker E, Cerhan JR, Folsom AF:  Body mass index and risk of leukemia in older women.  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004; 13:1810-3.

Canfield K, Spector LG, Robison LL, Roesler M, Olshan AF, Smith FO, Heerema N, Barnard D, Blair CK, Lazovich D, Ross JA:  Childhood and maternal infections and risk of acute leukemia in children with Down syndrome: a report from the Children's Oncology Group.  Br J Cancer 2004; 91:1866-72.

Ross JA, Spector LG, Robison LL, Olshan AF:  Epidemiology of leukemia in children with Down Syndrome.  Pediatr Blood Cancer 2005; 44:8-12.

Spector LG, Xie Y, Robison LL, Heerema NA, Hilden JM, Lange B, Felix CA, Davies SM, Slavin J, Potter JD, Blair CK, Reaman GH, Ross JA:  Maternal diet and infant leukemia: the DNA topoisomerase II inhibitor hypothesis: a report from the Children's Oncology Group.  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005; 14:651-5.

Ross JA, Sinner PJ, Blair CK, Cerhan JR, Folsom AR:  Hormone replacement therapy is not associated with an increased risk of leukemia (United States).  Cancer Causes Control 2005; 16:483-8.

Ross JA, Spector LG, Davies SM:  Etiology of childhood cancer: recent reports.  Biological basis of cancer and blood disorders.  Pediatr Blood Cancer 2005; 45:239-41.

Ross JA:  Looking farther afield. Breast cancer and body mass: when is it ok to be too big, too little, or just right?  Editorial commentary, Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005; 14:560-1.

Spector LG, Klebanoff MA, Feusner J, Georgieff MK, Ross JA:  Childhood cancer following neonatal oxygen supplementation.  J Pediatr 2005; 147:29-33.

Blair C, Cerhan JR, Folsom AR, Ross JA:  Anthropometric characteristics and risk of multiple myeloma.  Epidemiology 2005; 16:691-4.

Sinner PJ, Cerhan JR, Folsom AR, Ross JA:  Positive association of farm or rural residence with acute myeloid leukemia in a cohort of older women.  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005; 14:2446-8.

Ross JA, Blair CK, Olshan AF, Robison LL, Smith FO, Heerema N, Roesler M:  Periconceptual vitamin use and leukemia risk in children with Down syndrome: a Children's Oncology Group study.  Cancer 2005; 104:405-10.

Ross JA:  Looking farther afield.  BERing the burden of risk.  Editorial commentary, Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005; 14:2064-5.

Trivers KF, Mertens AC, Ross JA, Steinbuch M, Olshan AF, Robison LL:  Parental marijuana use and risk of childhood acute myeloid leukemia: a report from the Children's Oncology Group.  Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 2006; 20:110-8.

Mehta PA, Alonzo TA, Gerbing RB, Elliott JS, Wilke TA, Kennedy RJ, Ross JA, Perentesis JP, Lange BJ, Davies SM:  XPD Lys751GIn polymorphism in the etiology and outcome of child-hood acute myeloid leukemia: a Children’s Oncology Group report.  Blood 2006; 107:39-45.

Genkinger JM, Hunter DJ, Spiegelman D, Anderson KE, Beeson WL, Buring JE, Colditz GA, Fraser GE, Freudenheim JL, Goldbohm RA, Hankinson SE, Koenig KL, Larsson SC, Leitzmann M, McCullough ML, Miller AB, Rodriguez C, Rohan TE, Ross JA, Schatzkin A, Schouten LJ, Smit E, Willett WC, Wolk A, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Zhang SM, Smith-Warner SA:  A pooled analysis of 12 cohort studies of dietary fat, cholesterol, and egg intake and ovarian cancer.  Cancer Causes Control 2006; 17:273-85.

Saddlemire S, Olshan AF, Daniels JL, Breslow NE, Bunin GR, Ross JA:  Breast-feeding and Wilms tumor: a report from the Children’s Oncology Group.  Cancer Causes Control 2006; 17:687-93.

Alderton L, Spector LG, Blair CK, Roesler M, Olshan AF, Robison LL, Ross JA:  Child and maternal household chemical exposure and risk of acute leukemia in children with Down syndrome.  Am J Epidemiol 2006; 164:212-21.

Aplenc R, Alonzo TA, Gerbing RB, Smith FO, Meshinchi S, Ross JA, Perentesis J, Woods WG, Lange BJ, Davies SM:  Ethnicity and survival in childhood acute myeloid leukemia: a report from the Children’s Oncology Group.  Blood 2006; 108:74-80. 

Linabery AM, Olshan AF, Gamis AS, Smith FO, Heerema NA, Blair CK, Ross JA: Exposure to medical test irradiation and acute leukemia among children with Down syndrome: a report from the Children’s Oncology Group. Pediatrics 2006; 118:e1499-508.

Koushik A, Hunter DJ, Spiegelman D, Anderson KE, Buring JE, Freudenheim JL, Goldbohm RA, Hankinson SE, Larsson SC, Leitzmann M, Marshall JR, McCullough ML, Miller AB, Rodriguez C, Rohan TE, Ross JA, Schatzkin A, Willett WC, Wolk A, Zhang SM, Smith-Warner SA:  Intake of the major carotenoids and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer in a pooled analysis of 10 cohort studies.  Int J Cancer 2006; 119:2148-54.  

Peters AM, Blair CK, Verneris MR, Neglia JP, Robison LL, Spector LG, Reaman GH, Felix CA, Ross JA:  Maternal hemoglobin concentration during pregnancy and risk of infant leukemia: a Children’s Oncology Group study.  Br J Cancer 2006; 95:1274-6.

Ross JA:  High birth weight and cancer: evidence and implications.  Editorial, Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006; 15:1-2.

Ross JA:  Looking farther afield.  This little piggy went to (fish) market.  Editorial commentary, Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006; 15:1057-8.

Steele JR, Wellemeyer AS, Hansen MA, Reaman GH, Ross JA: The Childhood Cancer Research Network: A North American Pediatric Cancer Registry. Editorial, Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006; 15:1241-2.

Ross JA: Looking farther afield. Transmittable tumors: NOT the devil’s (nor the dog’s) advocate. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006; 15:2047-8.  

Spector LG, Ross JA: Infant leukemia: finding the needle in the haystack.  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006; 15:2331.

Spector LG, Ross JA, Robison LL, Bhatia S:  Epidemiology and etiology.  In: Childhood Leukemias, 2nd edition. Pui C-H (ed).  New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006; pp. 48-68.

Ross JA, Spector LG:  Cancers in children (invited chapter).  In:  Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, 3rd edition.  Schottenfeld D, Fraumeni J (eds).  Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006; chapter 65.

Spector LG, Ross JA, Nagarajan R:  The epidemiology of bone and soft tissue sarcomas.  In:  Pediatric Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas.  Pappo A (ed).  Heidelburg: Springer-Verlag, 2006; pp. 1-11.

Spector LG, Davies SM, Robison LL, Hilden JM, Roesler M, Ross JA: Birth characteristics, maternal reproductive history, and the risk of infant leukemia: a report from the Children’s Oncology Group.  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007; 16:128-34. 

Johnson KJ, Spector LG, Klebanoff MA, Ross JA:  Childhood cancer and birthmarks in the collaborative perinatal project.  Pediatrics 2007; 119:e1088-93.

Cooney MA, Daniels JL, Ross JA, Breslow NE, Pollock BH, Olshan AF:  Household pesticides and the risk of Wilms tumor.  Environ Health Perspect 2007; 115:134-7.

Bunin GR, Spector LG, Olshan AF, Robison LL, Roesler M, Grufferman S, Shu XO, Ross JA:  Secular trends in response rates for controls selected by random digit dialing in childhood cancer studies: a report from the Children’s Oncology Group.  Am J Epidemiol 2007; 166:109-16.

Spector LG, Ross JA, Puumula SE, Roesler M, Olshan AF, Bunin GR: Feasibility of nationwide birth registry control selection in the United States. Am J Epidemiol 2007; 166:852-6.

Spector LG, Hecht SS, Ognjanovic S, Carmella SG, Ross JA:  Detection of cotinine in newborn dried blood spots.  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007; 16:1902-5.

Puumula S, Ross JA, Olshan AF, Robison LL, Smith FO, Spector LG:  Reproductive history, infertility treatment, and the risk of acute leukemia in children with Down syndrome: a report from the Children’s Oncology Group.  Cancer 2007; 110:2067-74.

Prizment AE, Folsom AR, Cerhan JR, Flood A, Ross JA, Anderson KE:  History of allergy and reduced incidence of colorectal cancer, Iowa Women’s Health Study.  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007; 16:2357-62.

Ross JA: Genetic susceptibility and body mass in childhood cancer survivors. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2007; 48:731-5.

Ross JA:  Looking farther afield.  Synonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms: now look who’s talking.  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007; 16:857-8.

Ross JA:  Looking for leukemia clues in of all places….meconium!  Pediatric Blood Cancer 2007; 49:607-8.

Blair CK, Roesler M, Xie Y, Gamis AS, Olshan AF, Heerema NA, Robison LL, Ross JA: Vitamin supplement use among children with Down’s syndrome and risk of leukaemia: a Children’s Oncology Group Study. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 2008; 22:288-95.

Linabery AS, Ross JA. Trends in childhood cancer incidence in the U.S. (1992-2004).  Cancer 2008; 112:416-32.

Schouten LJ, Rivera C, Hunter DJ, Spiegelman D, Adami HO, Arslan A, Beeson WL, van den Brandt PA, Buring JE, Folsom AR, Fraser GE, Freudenheim JL, Goldbohm RA, Hankinson SE, Lacey JV Jr., Leitzmann M, Lukanova A, Marshall JR, Miller AB, Patel AV, Rodriquez C, Rohan TE, Ross JA, Wolk A, Zhang SM, Smith-Warner SA:  Height, body mass index, and ovarian cancer: a pooled analysis of 12 cohort studies. Cancer Epi Biom Prev 2008; 17:902-12.

Cutler GJ, Nettleton JA, Ross JA, Harnack LJ, Jacobs DR Jr, Scrafford CG, Barraj LM, Mink PJ, Robien K: Dietary flavonoid intake and risk of cancer in postmenopausal women: the Iowa Women’s Health Study. Int J Cancer 2008; 123:664-71.

Spector LG, Hooten AJ, Ross JA: Ontogeny of gene expression: a changing environment for malignancy. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008; 17:1021-3.

Johnson KJ, Soler JT, Puumula SE, Ross JA, Spector LG:  Parental and infant characteristics and childhood leukemia in Minnesota. BMC Pediatr 2008; 8:7 [Epub ahead of print].

Daniels JL, Pan I-J, Olshan AF, Breslow NE, Bunin GR, Ross JA:  Obstetric history and birth characteristics and Wilms tumor: a report from the Children’s Oncology Group. Cancer Causes Control 2008; May 29 [Epub ahead of print].

Johnson LA, Ross JA:  Host factors and consequences of chemotherapy in pediatric cancer patients. Pediatric Blood and Cancer 2008; [DOI 10.1002/pbc.21630]

Johnson KJ, Alexander BH, Doody MM, Sigurdson AJ, Linet MS, Spector LG, Hoffbeck RW, Simon SL, Weinstock RM, Preston DL, Ross JA: Childhood cancer in the offspring of U.S. radiologic technologists born from 1921-1984.  Br J Cancer, in press.

Linabery AS, Ross JA: Childhood cancer survival in the United States: 1975-2004. Cancer, in press.

Ross JA:  Environmental and genetic susceptibility to MLL-defined infant leukemia.  J Natl Cancer Inst, in press.

Heath JA, Ross JA:  Epidemiology of cancer in children.  In:  General Pediatric Oncology.  Finlay J, Carroll W (eds), in press.