Recent Publications

Poynter JN, Cooney KA, Bonner JD, White KA, Tomsho LP, Rennert G, Gruber SB:  APC I1307K and the risk of prostate cancer.  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006; 15:468-73.

Poynter JN, Elder JT, Fullen DR, Nair RP, Soengas M, Johnson TM, Thomas N, Redman B, Gruber SB:  BRAF and NRAS mutations in melanoma and melanocytic nevi.  Melanoma Res 2006; 16:267-73.

Fullen DR, Poynter JN, Lowe L, Su LD, Elder JT, Nair RP, Johnson TM, Gruber SB:  BRAF and NRAS mutations in spitzoid melanocytic lesions.  Mod Pathol 2006; 19:1324-32.

Denoyelle C, Abou-Rjaily G, Bezrookove V, Verhaegen M, Johnson TM, Fullen DR, Pointer JN, Gruber SB, Su LD, Nikiforov MA, Kaufman RJ, Bastian BC, Soengas MS:  Anti-oncogenic role of the endoplasmic reticulum differentially activated by mutations in the MAPK pathway.  Nat Cell Biol 2006; 8:1053-63.

Poynter JN, Figueiredo JC, Conti D, Kennedy K, Gallinger S, Siegmund KD, Casey G, Thibodeau S, Jenkins M, Hopper J, Byrnes G, Baron J, Goode E, Tiirikainen M, Lindor N, Grove J, Newcomb P, Jass J, Young J, Potter J, Haile RW, Duggan DJ, Le Marchand L:  Variants on 9p24 and 8q24 are associated with risk of colorectal cancer: results from the Colon Cancer Family Registry. Cancer Res 2007; 67:11128-32.

Poynter JN, Siegmund KD, Weisenberger DJ, Long TI, Thibodeau SN, Lindor N, Young J, Jenkins MA, Hopper JL, Baron JA, Buchanan D, Casey G, Levine AJ, Le Marchand L, Gallinger S, Bapat B, Potter JD, Newcomb P, Haile RW, Laird PW for the Colon CFR:  Molecular characterization of MSI-H colorectal cancer by MLH1 promoter methylation, immunohistochemistry and mismatch repair germline mutation screening.  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008; 17:3208-15.

Johnson KJ, Ross JA, Poynter JN, Linabery AM, Robison LL, Shu XO:  Paediatric germ cell tumours and congenital abnormalities: a Children's Oncology Group study.  Br J Cancer 2009; 101:518-21.

Poynter JN, Haile RW, Siegmund KD, Campbell PT, Figueiredo JC, Limburg P, Young J, Le Marchand L, Potter JD, Cotterchio M, Casey G, Hopper JL, Jenkins MA, Thibodeau SN, Newcomb PA, Baron JA for the Colon Cancer Family Registry:  Associations between smoking, alcohol consumption and colorectal cancer, overall and by tumor microsatellite instability status.  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2009; 18:2745-50. 

Johnson KJ, Poynter JN, Ross JA, Robison LL, Shu XO:  Pediatric germ cell tumors and maternal vitamin supplementation: a Children's Oncology Group study.  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2009; 18:2661-4.

Poynter JN, Radzom AH, Spector LG, Puumala S, Robison LL, Chen Z, Ross JA, Shu XO:  Family history of cancer and malignant germ cell tumors in children: a report from the Children's Oncology Group.  Cancer Causes Control 2010; 21:181-9.

Baglietto L, Lindor NM, Dowty JG, White DM, Wagner A, Gomez Garcia EB, Vriends AHJT, Dutch Lynch Syndrome Study Group, Cartwright NR, Farrington SM, Barnetson RA, Hampel H, Buchanan D, Arnold S, Young J, Walsh MD, Jass J, Macrae F, Antill Y, Winship IM, Giles GG, Goldblatt J, Parry S, Suthers G, Butz M, Aronson M, Poynter JN, Baron JA, Gruber S, Colon Cancer Family Registry, Le Marchand L, Haile R, Gallinger S, Hopper JL, Potter J, de la Chapelle A, Vasen HF, Dunlop MG, Thibodeau SN, Jenkins MA:  Risks of Lynch syndrome cancers for MSH6 mutation carriers.  J Natl Cancer Inst 2010; 102:193-201.

Figueiredo JC, Levine AJ, Lee WH, Conti DV, Poynter JN, Campbell PT, Duggan D, Lewinger JP, Martinez ME, Ulrich CM, Newcomb P, Potter J, Limburg PJ, Hopper J, Jenkins MA, Le Marchand L, Baron JA, Haile RW: Genes involved with folate uptake and distribution and their association with colorectal cancer risk.  Cancer Causes Control 2010; 21:597-608.

Levine AJ, Figueiredo JC, Lee W, Poynter JN, Conti D, Duggan DJ, Campbell PT, Newcomb PA, Martinez ME, Hopper JL, Le Marchand L, Baron JA, Limburg PJ, Haile RW:  Genetic variability in the MTHFR gene and colorectal cancer risk using the Colorectal Cancer Family Registry.  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2010; 19:89-100.

Poynter JN, Jacobs ET, Figueiredo JC, Lee WH, Conti DV, Campbell PT, Levine AJ, Limburg P, Le Marchand L, Cotterchio M, Newcomb PA, Potter JD, Jenkins MA, Hopper JL, Duggan DJ, Baron JA, Haile RW: Genetic variation in the vitamin D receptor (VDR) and the vitamin D binding protein (GC) and risk of colorectal cancer: results from the Colon Cancer Family Registry.  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2010; 19:525-36.

Levine AJ, Figueiredo JC, Lee W, Conti DV, Kennedy K, Duggan DJ, Poynter JN, Campbell PT, Newcomb P, Martinez ME, Hopper JL, Le Marchand L, Baron JA, Limburg PJ, Ulrich CM, Haile RW: A candidate gene study of folate-associated one carbon metabolism genes and colorectal cancer risk.  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2010; 19:1812-21.

Campbell PT, Jacobs ET, Ulrich CM, Figueiredo JC, Poynter JN, McLaughlin JR, Haile RW, Jacobs EJ, Newcomb PA, Potter JD, Le Marchand L, Green RC, Parfrey P, Younghusband HB, Cotterchio M, Gallinger S, Jenkins MA, Hopper JL, Baron JA, Thibodeau SN, Lindor NM, Limburg PJ, Martinez ME for the Colon Cancer Family Registry:  Case-control study of overweight, obesity, and colorectal cancer risk, overall and by tumor microsatellite instability status.  J Natl Cancer Inst 2010; 102:391-400.

Poynter JN, Langholz B, Largent J, Mellemkjaer L, Bernstein L, Malone KE, Lynch CF, Borg A, Concannon P, Teraoka SN, Xue S, Diep AT, Torngren T, Begg CB, Capanu M, Haile RW, the WECARE Study Collaborative Group, Bernstein JL:  Reproductive factors and risk of contralateral breast cancer by BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation status: results from the WECARE study.  Cancer Causes Control 2010; 21:839-46.

Poynter JN, Amatruda JF, Ross JA:  Trends in incidence and survival of pediatric and adolescent patients with germ cell tumors in the United States, 1975 to 2006.  Cancer 2010; 116:4882-91.

Jacobs ET, Martinez EM, Campbell PT, Conti DV, Duggan D, Figueiredo JC, Haile RW, LeRoy EC, Poynter JN, Thompson PA, Baron JA: Genetic variation in the retinoid X receptor and calcium-sensing receptor and risk of colorectal cancer in the Colon Cancer Family Registry.  Carcinogenesis 2010; 31:1412-6.

Figueiredo JC, Brooks JD, Conti DV, Poynter JN, Teraoka SN, Malone KE, Bernstein L, Lee WD, Duggan DJ, Siniard A, Concannon P, Capanu M, Lynch CF, Olsen JH, Haile RW, Bernstein JL:  Risk of contralateral breast cancer associated with common variants in BRCA1 and BRCA2: potential modifying effect of BRCA1/BRCA2 mutation carrier status.  Breast Cancer Res Treat 2011; 127:819-29.