Faculty

Mariana C. Stern

Mariana C. Stern

Professor of Clinical Population and Public Health Sciences and Urology;the Ira Goodman Chair in Cancer Research;Associate Director for Population Science at USC NCCC;Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences
Medicine
NOR 4455 1441 Eastlake Avenue Health Sciences Campus Los Angeles

Impact of Structural Racism and Social Determinants of Health on Disparities in Breast Cancer Mortality Cancer Res. 2024 Oct 02. . View in PubMed

Characterization of additive gene-environment interactions for colorectal cancer risk Epidemiology. 2024 Sep 24. . View in PubMed

Prostate cancer disparities in clinical and survival patterns among Black and Latino patients considering nativity: findings from the California Cancer Registry Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2024 Aug 29. . View in PubMed

Mentoring Minority Cancer Researchers of Tomorrow: Comparison of the Face-to-Face, Virtual, and Hybrid Training Methods of the CaRE2 Summer Cancer Research Education and Training Program J Cancer Educ. 2024 Aug; 39(4):405-412. . View in PubMed

Colorectal cancer outcomes among Hispanic/Latino patients in the United States: a scoping review protocol JBI Evid Synth. 2024 Jul 01; 22(7):1347-1354. . View in PubMed

Fruits and vegetables intake and bladder cancer risk: a pooled analysis from 11 case-control studies in the BLadder cancer Epidemiology and Nutritional Determinants (BLEND) consortium Eur J Nutr. 2024 Jun 05. . View in PubMed

Genetic risk impacts the association of menopausal hormone therapy with colorectal cancer risk Br J Cancer. 2024 Jun; 130(10):1687-1696. . View in PubMed

Genome-wide interaction study of dietary intake of fibre, fruits, and vegetables with risk of colorectal cancer EBioMedicine. 2024 Jun; 104:105146. . View in PubMed

Two genome-wide interaction loci modify the association of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs with colorectal cancer Sci Adv. 2024 May 31; 10(22):eadk3121. . View in PubMed

Spectrum of somatic mutational features of colorectal tumors in ancestrally diverse populations medRxiv. 2024 Mar 15. . View in PubMed

Identification of Priorities for Colorectal Cancer Screening Interventions Among US Hispanic/Latino Populations Am J Public Health. 2024 07; 114(S6):S515-S524. . View in PubMed

Social network analysis of the CaRE2 health equity center: Team science in full display Clin Transl Sci. 2024 03; 17(3):e13747. . View in PubMed

It is time to talk openly about menopause in academia Nat Hum Behav. 2024 Jan; 8(1):6-7. . View in PubMed

Genome-Wide Gene-Environment Interaction Analyses to Understand the Relationship between Red Meat and Processed Meat Intake and Colorectal Cancer Risk Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2024 03 01; 33(3):400-410. . View in PubMed

The Latin America and the Caribbean Code Against Cancer: an opportunity for empowerment and progress Lancet Reg Health Am. 2023 Dec; 28:100644. . View in PubMed

Characterizing prostate cancer risk through multi-ancestry genome-wide discovery of 187 novel risk variants Nat Genet. 2023 Dec; 55(12):2065-2074. . View in PubMed

Cognitive Testing of PAIN Report It-Spanish in Monolingual Hispanic Adults Cancer Nurs. 2023 Sep-Oct 01; 46(5):364-374. . View in PubMed

Author Correction: Deciphering colorectal cancer genetics through multi-omic analysis of 100,204 cases and 154,587 controls of European and east Asian ancestries Nat Genet. 2023 Mar; 55(3):519-520. . View in PubMed

Disparities among Black and Hispanic colorectal cancer patients: Findings from the California Cancer Registry Cancer Med. 2023 11; 12(22):20976-20988. . View in PubMed

Genome-wide interaction analysis of folate for colorectal cancer risk Am J Clin Nutr. 2023 11; 118(5):881-891. . View in PubMed

Training Community African American and Hispanic/Latino/a Advocates on Prostate Cancer (PCa): a Multicultural and Bicoastal Approach J Cancer Educ. 2023 10; 38(5):1719-1727. . View in PubMed

Latin American and the Caribbean Code Against Cancer 1st edition: Weight, physical activity, diet, breastfeeding, and cancer Cancer Epidemiol. 2023 10; 86 Suppl 1:102436. . View in PubMed

Latin America and the Caribbean Code Against Cancer 1st edition: Tobacco and nicotine-related products, secondhand smoke, and alcohol and cancer Cancer Epidemiol. 2023 10; 86 Suppl 1:102413. . View in PubMed

Florida-California Cancer Health Equity Center (CaRE2) Community Scientist Research Advocacy Program J Cancer Educ. 2023 10; 38(5):1429-1439. . View in PubMed

Probing the diabetes and colorectal cancer relationship using gene - environment interaction analyses Br J Cancer. 2023 08; 129(3):511-520. . View in PubMed

Evidence of Novel Susceptibility Variants for Prostate Cancer and a Multiancestry Polygenic Risk Score Associated with Aggressive Disease in Men of African Ancestry Eur Urol. 2023 07; 84(1):13-21. . View in PubMed

Genome-wide Association Study of Bladder Cancer Reveals New Biological and Translational Insights Eur Urol. 2023 07; 84(1):127-137. . View in PubMed

Deciphering colorectal cancer genetics through multi-omic analysis of 100,204 cases and 154,587 controls of European and east Asian ancestries Nat Genet. 2023 01; 55(1):89-99. . View in PubMed

Association of nativity with survival among adults with hepatocellular carcinoma J Natl Cancer Inst. 2023 07 06; 115(7):861-869. . View in PubMed

A Genetic Locus within the FMN1/GREM1 Gene Region Interacts with Body Mass Index in Colorectal Cancer Risk Cancer Res. 2023 08 01; 83(15):2572-2583. . View in PubMed

Florida-California Cancer Research, Education and Engagement (CaRE2) Health Equity Center: Structure, Innovations, and Initial Outcomes Cancer Control. 2023 Jan-Dec; 30:10732748231197878. . View in PubMed

Priorities to Promote Participant Engagement in the Participant Engagement and Cancer Genome Sequencing (PE-CGS) Network Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2023 04 03; 32(4):487-495. . View in PubMed

Associations Between Patient Experience With Care, Race and Ethnicity, and Receipt of CRC Treatment Among SEER-CAHPS Patients With Multiple Comorbidities J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2023 12 27; 22(1D):e237074. . View in PubMed

Genome-wide Interaction Study with Smoking for Colorectal Cancer Risk Identifies Novel Genetic Loci Related to Tumor Suppression, Inflammation, and Immune Response Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2023 03 06; 32(3):315-328. . View in PubMed

The 10th Annual Symposium on Global Cancer Research: New Models for Global Cancer Research, Training, and Control JCO Glob Oncol. 2022 05; 8:1-3. . View in PubMed

A Rare Germline HOXB13 Variant Contributes to Risk of Prostate Cancer in Men of African Ancestry Eur Urol. 2022 05; 81(5):458-462. . View in PubMed

Adding a One Health approach to a research framework for minority health and health disparities Elife. 2022 07 07; 11. . View in PubMed

Genome-Wide Interaction Analysis of Genetic Variants With Menopausal Hormone Therapy for Colorectal Cancer Risk J Natl Cancer Inst. 2022 08 08; 114(8):1135-1148. . View in PubMed

Cancer Epidemiology in Hispanic Populations: What Have We Learned and Where Do We Need to Make Progress? Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2022 05 04; 31(5):932-941.. View in PubMed

Beyond GWAS of Colorectal Cancer: Evidence of Interaction with Alcohol Consumption and Putative Causal Variant for the 10q242 Region. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2022 05 04; 31(5):1077-1089. . View in PubMed

Family History and Risk of Bladder Cancer: An Analysis Accounting for First- and Second-degree Relatives Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2022 05 03; 15(5):319-326. . View in PubMed

Evidence for racial/ethnic disparities in emergency department visits following breast cancer surgery among women in California: a population-based study Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2021 Jun; 187(3):831-841. . View in PubMed

Publisher Correction: Trans-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of prostate cancer identifies new susceptibility loci and informs genetic risk prediction Nat Genet. 2021 Mar; 53(3):413. . View in PubMed

Role of funders in addressing the continued lack of diversity in science and medicine Nat Med. 2021 11; 27(11):1859-1861. . View in PubMed

Developing a Novel Framework for an Undergraduate Cancer Research Education and Engagement Program for Underrepresented Minority Students: the Florida-California CaRE2 Research Education Core (REC) Training Program J Cancer Educ. 2021 10; 36(5):914-919. . View in PubMed

Presentation, Management, and Outcomes Across the Rural-Urban Continuum for Hepatocellular Carcinoma JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2021 02; 5(1). . View in PubMed

Trans-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of prostate cancer identifies new susceptibility loci and informs genetic risk prediction Nat Genet. 2021 01; 53(1):65-75. . View in PubMed

Cancer health disparities in racial/ethnic minorities in the United States Br J Cancer. 2021 01; 124(2):315-332. . View in PubMed

One-Stop MRI and MRI/transrectal ultrasound fusion-guided biopsy: an expedited pathway for prostate cancer diagnosis World J Urol. 2020 Apr; 38(4):949-956. . View in PubMed

A Germline Variant at 8q24 Contributes to Familial Clustering of Prostate Cancer in Men of African Ancestry Eur Urol. 2020 09; 78(3):316-320. . View in PubMed

A genome-wide association study of prostate cancer in Latinos Int J Cancer. 2020 04 01; 146(7):1819-1826. . View in PubMed

Psychosocial Stress, Glucocorticoid Signaling, and Prostate Cancer Health Disparities in African American Men Cancer Health Disparities. 2020; 4. . View in PubMed

A data mining approach to investigate food groups related to incidence of bladder cancer in the BLadder cancer Epidemiology and Nutritional Determinants International Study Br J Nutr. 2020 09 28; 124(6):611-619. . View in PubMed

The association between coffee consumption and bladder cancer in the bladder cancer epidemiology and nutritional determinants (BLEND) international pooled study Cancer Causes Control. 2019 Aug; 30(8):859-870. . View in PubMed

Diet, physical activity, obesity and related cancer risk: strategies to reduce cancer burden in the Americas Salud Publica Mex. 2019 Jul-Aug; 61(4):448-455. . View in PubMed

Contrast-Enhanced Transrectal Ultrasound for Follow-up After Focal HIFU Ablation for Prostate Cancer J Ultrasound Med. 2019 Mar; 38(3):811-819. . View in PubMed

Cancer awareness crusades-pink ribbons and growing moustaches Lancet Oncol. 2019 11; 20(11):1491-1492. . View in PubMed

Differences in Pancreatic Cancer Incidence Rates and Temporal Trends Across Asian Subpopulations in California (1988-2015) Pancreas. 2019 08; 48(7):931-933. . View in PubMed

Modeling the Complex Exposure History of Smoking in Predicting Bladder Cancer: A Pooled Analysis of 15 Case-Control Studies Epidemiology. 2019 05; 30(3):458-465. . View in PubMed

Which Patients with Negative Magnetic Resonance Imaging Can Safely Avoid Biopsy for Prostate Cancer? J Urol. 2019 02; 201(2):268-276.. View in PubMed

Histological Validation of 11Carbon-Acetate Positron Emission Tomography/Computerized Tomography in Detecting Lymph Node Metastases in Prostate Cancer J Urol. 2019 02; 201(2):332-341. . View in PubMed

Early Detection for Colorectal Cancer: ASCO Resource-Stratified Guideline J Glob Oncol. 2019 02; 5:1-22. . View in PubMed

Treatment of Patients With Early-Stage Colorectal Cancer: ASCO Resource-Stratified Guideline J Glob Oncol. 2019 02; 5:1-19. . View in PubMed

Author Correction: Association analyses of more than 140,000 men identify 63 new prostate cancer susceptibility loci Nat Genet. 2019 02; 51(2):363. . View in PubMed

Association of genetic ancestry with colorectal tumor location in Puerto Rican Latinos Hum Genomics. 2019 02 20; 13(1):12. . View in PubMed

Novel Common Genetic Susceptibility Loci for Colorectal Cancer J Natl Cancer Inst. 2019 02 01; 111(2):146-157. . View in PubMed

The Role of Provider Characteristics in the Selection of Surgery or Radiation for Localized Prostate Cancer and Association With Quality of Care Indicators Am J Clin Oncol. 2018 Nov; 41(11):1076-1082. . View in PubMed

Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer: Are We Failing Latino Patients at a Large Safety Net Hospital? Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2018 08; 16(4):e719-e727.. View in PubMed

Association analyses of more than 140,000 men identify 63 new prostate cancer susceptibility loci Nat Genet. 2018 07; 50(7):928-936. . View in PubMed

Mitochondrial biology and prostate cancer ethnic disparity Carcinogenesis. 2018 12 13; 39(11):1311-1319. . View in PubMed

Comparative oesophageal cancer risk assessment of hot beverage consumption (coffee, mate and tea): the margin of exposure of PAH vs very hot temperatures BMC Cancer. 2018 03 01; 18(1):236. . View in PubMed

Consumption of red and processed meat and breast cancer incidence: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies Int J Cancer. 2018 12 01; 143(11):2787-2799. . View in PubMed

Fine-mapping of prostate cancer susceptibility loci in a large meta-analysis identifies candidate causal variants Nat Commun. 2018 06 11; 9(1):2256. . View in PubMed

Migration from Mexico to the United States: A high-speed cancer transition Int J Cancer. 2018 02 01; 142(3):477-488. . View in PubMed

DNA mismatch repair deficiency and hereditary syndromes in Latino patients with colorectal cancer Cancer. 2017 Oct 01; 123(19):3732-3743. . View in PubMed

The Interaction between Genetic Ancestry and Breast Cancer Risk Factors among Hispanic Women: The Breast Cancer Health Disparities Study Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2017 05; 26(5):692-701. . View in PubMed

Stomach Cancer Disparity among Korean Americans by Tumor Characteristics: Comparison with Non-Hispanic Whites, Japanese Americans, South Koreans, and Japanese Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2017 04; 26(4):587-596. . View in PubMed

Response to Conner et alRe: "Cigarette Smoking and Breast Cancer Risk in Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White Women: The Breast Cancer Health Disparities Study". J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2017 01; 26(1):92-93. . View in PubMed

Two Novel Susceptibility Loci for Prostate Cancer in Men of African Ancestry J Natl Cancer Inst. 2017 08 01; 109(8). . View in PubMed

Identifying aggressive prostate cancer foci using a DNA methylation classifier Genome Biol. 2017 01 12; 18(1):3. . View in PubMed

Red meat, poultry, and fish intake and breast cancer risk among Hispanic and Non-Hispanic white women: The Breast Cancer Health Disparities Study Cancer Causes Control. 2016 Apr; 27(4):527-43. . View in PubMed

Disparities in colorectal cancer incidence among Latino subpopulations in California defined by country of origin Cancer Causes Control. 2016 Feb; 27(2):147-55. . View in PubMed

Novel Gene Expression Signature Predictive of Clinical Recurrence After Radical Prostatectomy in Early Stage Prostate Cancer Patients Prostate. 2016 10; 76(14):1239-56. . View in PubMed

Predictors of time to biochemical recurrence in a radical prostatectomy cohort within the PSA-era Can Urol Assoc J. 2016 Jan-Feb; 10(1-2):E17-22. . View in PubMed

Variability in Cancer Risk and Outcomes Within US Latinos by National Origin and Genetic Ancestry Curr Epidemiol Rep. 2016; 3:181-190. . View in PubMed

Interaction between common breast cancer susceptibility variants, genetic ancestry, and nongenetic risk factors in Hispanic women Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2015 Nov; 24(11):1731-8. . View in PubMed

Radical Prostatectomy or External Beam Radiation Therapy vs No Local Therapy for Survival Benefit in Metastatic Prostate Cancer: A SEER-Medicare Analysis J Urol. 2015 Aug; 194(2):378-85. . View in PubMed

Meat intake, cooking methods, dietary carcinogens, and colorectal cancer risk: findings from the Colorectal Cancer Family Registry Cancer Med. 2015 Jun; 4(6):936-52. . View in PubMed

Association of the colorectal CpG island methylator phenotype with molecular features, risk factors, and family history Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2015 Mar; 24(3):512-519. . View in PubMed

MAPK genes interact with diet and lifestyle factors to alter risk of breast cancer: the Breast Cancer Health Disparities Study Nutr Cancer. 2015; 67(2):292-304. . View in PubMed

Overall and abdominal adiposity and premenopausal breast cancer risk among hispanic women: the breast cancer health disparities study Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2015 Jan; 24(1):138-47. . View in PubMed

Body size throughout adult life influences postmenopausal breast cancer risk among hispanic women: the breast cancer health disparities study Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2015 Jan; 24(1):128-37. . View in PubMed

Imputation and subset-based association analysis across different cancer types identifies multiple independent risk loci in the TERT-CLPTM1L region on chromosome 5p1533. Hum Mol Genet. 2014 Dec 15; 23(24):6616-33. . View in PubMed

Tobacco smoking, polymorphisms in carcinogen metabolism enzyme genes, and risk of localized and advanced prostate cancer: results from the California Collaborative Prostate Cancer Study Cancer Med. 2014 Dec; 3(6):1644-55. . View in PubMed

Associations between CYP19A1 polymorphisms, Native American ancestry, and breast cancer risk and mortality: the Breast Cancer Health Disparities Study Cancer Causes Control. 2014 Nov; 25(11):1461-71. . View in PubMed

The 19q12 bladder cancer GWAS signal: association with cyclin E function and aggressive disease Cancer Res. 2014 Oct 15; 74(20):5808-18. . View in PubMed

Diet and lifestyle factors interact with MAPK genes to influence survival: the Breast Cancer Health Disparities Study Cancer Causes Control. 2014 Sep; 25(9):1211-25. . View in PubMed

Genome-wide interaction study of smoking and bladder cancer risk Carcinogenesis. 2014 Aug; 35(8):1737-44. . View in PubMed

Genetic variation in the JAK/STAT/SOCS signaling pathway influences breast cancer-specific mortality through interaction with cigarette smoking and use of aspirin/NSAIDs: the Breast Cancer Health Disparities Study Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2014 Aug; 147(1):145-58. . View in PubMed

Genetic variants in interleukin genes are associated with breast cancer risk and survival in a genetically admixed population: the Breast Cancer Health Disparities Study Carcinogenesis. 2014 Aug; 35(8):1750-9. . View in PubMed

Comprehensive analyses of DNA repair pathways, smoking and bladder cancer risk in Los Angeles and Shanghai Int J Cancer. 2014 Jul 15; 135(2):335-47. . View in PubMed

Genome-wide association study identifies multiple loci associated with bladder cancer risk Hum Mol Genet. 2014 Mar 01; 23(5):1387-98. . View in PubMed

Angiogenesis genes, dietary oxidative balance and breast cancer risk and progression: the Breast Cancer Health Disparities Study Int J Cancer. 2014 Feb 01; 134(3):629-44. . View in PubMed

Genetic variants and non-genetic factors predict circulating vitamin D levels in Hispanic and non-Hispanic White women: the Breast Cancer Health Disparities Study Int J Mol Epidemiol Genet. 2014; 5(1):31-46. . View in PubMed

Dietary sources of N-nitroso compounds and bladder cancer risk: findings from the Los Angeles bladder cancer study Int J Cancer. 2014 Jan 01; 134(1):125-35. . View in PubMed

Genetic ancestry and risk of mortality among US. Latinas with breast cancer. Cancer Res. 2013 Dec 15; 73(24):7243-53. . View in PubMed

Associations between genetic variants in the TGF-ß signaling pathway and breast cancer risk among Hispanic and non-Hispanic white women Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2013 Sep; 141(2):287-97. . View in PubMed

Associations with growth factor genes (FGF1, FGF2, PDGFB, FGFR2, NRG2, EGF, ERBB2) with breast cancer risk and survival: the Breast Cancer Health Disparities Study Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2013 Aug; 140(3):587-601. . View in PubMed

Genetic ancestry modifies the association between genetic risk variants and breast cancer risk among Hispanic and non-Hispanic white women Carcinogenesis. 2013 Aug; 34(8):1787-93. . View in PubMed

Elevated 4-aminobiphenyl and 2,6-dimethylaniline hemoglobin adducts and increased risk of bladder cancer among lifelong nonsmokers--The Shanghai Bladder Cancer Study Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2013 May; 22(5):937-45. . View in PubMed

Identification of 23 new prostate cancer susceptibility loci using the iCOGS custom genotyping array Nat Genet. 2013 Apr; 45(4):385-91391e1-2. . View in PubMed

Genetic admixture and risk of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy among Latinas in Los Angeles County Epidemiology. 2013 Mar; 24(2):285-94. . View in PubMed

Glutathione-S-transferase (GST) polymorphisms are associated with relapse after radical prostatectomy Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. 2013 Mar; 16(1):28-34. . View in PubMed

A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies to identify prostate cancer susceptibility loci associated with aggressive and non-aggressive disease Hum Mol Genet. 2013 Jan 15; 22(2):408-15. . View in PubMed

Genetic variation in the base excision repair pathway, environmental risk factors, and colorectal adenoma risk PLoS One. 2013; 8(8):e71211. . View in PubMed

Matrix metalloproteinase genes are associated with breast cancer risk and survival: the Breast Cancer Health Disparities Study PLoS One. 2013; 8(5):e63165. . View in PubMed

Genetic variation in insulin pathway genes and distal colorectal adenoma risk Int J Colorectal Dis. 2012 Dec; 27(12):1587-95. . View in PubMed

Red meat and poultry, cooking practices, genetic susceptibility and risk of prostate cancer: results from a multiethnic case-control study Carcinogenesis. 2012 Nov; 33(11):2108-18. . View in PubMed

Genetic variation in genes involved in hormones, inflammation and energetic factors and breast cancer risk in an admixed population Carcinogenesis. 2012 Aug; 33(8):1512-21. . View in PubMed

Polymorphisms in carcinogen metabolism enzymes, fish intake, and risk of prostate cancer Carcinogenesis. 2012 Jul; 33(7):1352-9. . View in PubMed

Carcinogen metabolism genes, red meat and poultry intake, and colorectal cancer risk Int J Cancer. 2012 Apr 15; 130(8):1898-907. . View in PubMed

Fish intake, cooking practices, and risk of prostate cancer: results from a multi-ethnic case-control study Cancer Causes Control. 2012 Mar; 23(3):405-20. . View in PubMed

Cigarette smoking and subtypes of bladder cancer Int J Cancer. 2012 Feb 15; 130(4):896-901. . View in PubMed

A review of cancer in US. Hispanic populations. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2012 Feb; 5(2):150-63. . View in PubMed

Heterogeneity in genetic admixture across different regions of Argentina PLoS One. 2012; 7(4):e34695. . View in PubMed

Seven prostate cancer susceptibility loci identified by a multi-stage genome-wide association study Nat Genet. 2011 Jul 10; 43(8):785-91. . View in PubMed

Lower risk in parous women suggests that hormonal factors are important in bladder cancer etiology Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2011 Jun; 20(6):1156-70. . View in PubMed

Variation in folate pathway genes and distal colorectal adenoma risk: a sigmoidoscopy-based case-control study Cancer Causes Control. 2011 Apr; 22(4):541-52. . View in PubMed

Genetic variations on chromosomes 5p15 and 15q25 and bladder cancer risk: findings from the Los Angeles-Shanghai bladder case-control study Carcinogenesis. 2011 Feb; 32(2):197-202. . View in PubMed

Validation of genome-wide prostate cancer associations in men of African descent Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2011 Jan; 20(1):23-32. . View in PubMed

Meat consumption, cooking practices, meat mutagens, and risk of prostate cancer Nutr Cancer. 2011; 63(4):525-37. . View in PubMed

Risk of urinary bladder cancer is associated with 8q24 variant rs9642880[T] in multiple racial/ethnic groups: results from the Los Angeles-Shanghai case-control study Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2010 Dec; 19(12):3150-6. . View in PubMed

Polymorphisms in base excision repair genes as colorectal cancer risk factors and modifiers of the effect of diets high in red meat Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2010 Dec; 19(12):3167-73. . View in PubMed

A multi-stage genome-wide association study of bladder cancer identifies multiple susceptibility loci Nat Genet. 2010 Nov; 42(11):978-84. . View in PubMed

Hypertension, diuretics and antihypertensives in relation to bladder cancer Carcinogenesis. 2010 Nov; 31(11):1964-71. . View in PubMed

Use of folic acid-containing supplements after a diagnosis of colorectal cancer in the Colon Cancer Family Registry Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2010 Aug; 19(8):2023-34. . View in PubMed

Sequence variant on 3q28 and urinary bladder cancer risk: findings from the Los Angeles-Shanghai bladder case-control study Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009 Nov; 18(11):3057-61. . View in PubMed

Identification of seven new prostate cancer susceptibility loci through a genome-wide association study Nat Genet. 2009 Oct; 41(10):1116-21. . View in PubMed

Polymorphisms in DNA repair genes, smoking, and bladder cancer risk: findings from the international consortium of bladder cancer Cancer Res. 2009 Sep 01; 69(17):6857-64. . View in PubMed

Red meat and poultry intake, polymorphisms in the nucleotide excision repair and mismatch repair pathways and colorectal cancer risk Carcinogenesis. 2009 Mar; 30(3):472-9. . View in PubMed

Marine n-3 and saturated fatty acids in relation to risk of colorectal cancer in Singapore Chinese: a prospective study Int J Cancer. 2009 Feb 01; 124(3):678-86. . View in PubMed

Polyunsaturated fatty acids, DNA repair single nucleotide polymorphisms and colorectal cancer in the Singapore Chinese Health Study J Nutrigenet Nutrigenomics. 2009; 2(6):273-9. . View in PubMed

Multiple novel prostate cancer predisposition loci confirmed by an international study: the PRACTICAL Consortium Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2008 Aug; 17(8):2052-61. . View in PubMed

DNA repair single-nucleotide polymorphisms in colorectal cancer and their role as modifiers of the effect of cigarette smoking and alcohol in the Singapore Chinese Health Study Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2007 Nov; 16(11):2363-72. . View in PubMed

XRCC1, XRCC3, and XPD polymorphisms as modifiers of the effect of smoking and alcohol on colorectal adenoma risk Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2006 Dec; 15(12):2384-90. . View in PubMed

DNA repair gene polymorphisms and probability of p53 mutation in bladder cancer Mol Carcinog. 2006 Sep; 45(9):715-9. . View in PubMed

Multifluorescence labeling techniques and confocal laser scanning microscopy on lung tissue Methods Mol Biol. 2006; 319:67-76. . View in PubMed

XRCC1 and XRCC3 polymorphisms and their role as effect modifiers of unsaturated fatty acids and antioxidant intake on colorectal adenomas risk Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2005 Mar; 14(3):609-15. . View in PubMed

Asbestos-induced apoptosis is protein kinase C delta-dependent Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2003 Aug; 29(2):198-205. . View in PubMed

Differences in base excision repair capacity may modulate the effect of dietary antioxidant intake on prostate cancer risk: an example of polymorphisms in the XRCC1 gene Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2002 Nov; 11(11):1279-84. . View in PubMed

XPD codon 751 polymorphism, metabolism genes, smoking, and bladder cancer risk Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2002 Oct; 11(10 Pt 1):1004-11. . View in PubMed

DNA repair gene XRCC3 codon 241 polymorphism, its interaction with smoking and XRCC1 polymorphisms, and bladder cancer risk Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2002 Sep; 11(9):939-43. . View in PubMed

Genetic analyses of mouse skin tumor progression susceptibility using SENCAR inbred derived strains Mol Carcinog. 2002 Sep; 35(1):13-20. . View in PubMed

CTNNB1 mutations and beta-catenin protein accumulation in human hepatocellular carcinomas associated with high exposure to aflatoxin B1 Mol Carcinog. 2001 Jun; 31(2):68-73. . View in PubMed

Hepatitis B, aflatoxin B(1), and p53 codon 249 mutation in hepatocellular carcinomas from Guangxi, People's Republic of China, and a meta-analysis of existing studies Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2001 Jun; 10(6):617-25. . View in PubMed

PCR-based microsatellite analysis for differentiation and genetic monitoring of nine inbred SENCAR mouse strains Lab Anim. 2001 Apr; 35(2):157-62. . View in PubMed

DNA repair gene XRCC1 polymorphisms, smoking, and bladder cancer risk Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2001 Feb; 10(2):125-31. . View in PubMed

Microsatellite DNA variants between the inbred SENCAR mouse strains Mol Carcinog. 2000 Aug; 28(4):191-5. . View in PubMed

Allelotype analysis of chemically induced squamous cell carcinomas in F(1) hybrids of two inbred mouse strains with different susceptibility to tumor progression Carcinogenesis. 2000 Jul; 21(7):1297-301. . View in PubMed

Angiogenesis is an early event in the development of chemically induced skin tumors Carcinogenesis. 1998 Dec; 19(12):2107-13. . View in PubMed

Analysis of two inbred strains of mice derived from the SENCAR stock with different susceptibility to skin tumor progression Carcinogenesis. 1998 Jan; 19(1):125-32. . View in PubMed

Changes in protein expression during multistage mouse skin carcinogenesis Mol Carcinog. 1997 Sep; 20(1):125-36. . View in PubMed

Increased apoptosis during papilloma development in mice susceptible to tumor progression Mol Carcinog. 1997 Sep; 20(1):137-42. . View in PubMed

Genetic susceptibility to tumor progression in mouse skin carcinogenesis Prog Clin Biol Res. 1996; 395:47-55. . View in PubMed

Genetic susceptibility to papilloma progression in SENCAR mice Carcinogenesis. 1995 Aug; 16(8):1947-53. . View in PubMed

Dr. Stern obtained her undergraduate training in Biology at the University of Buenos Aires, School of Sciences, in Argentina with a focus on molecular and evolutionary genetics. She obtained her PhD in Cancer Biology at the University of Texas-MD Anderson Cancer Center and pursued postdoctoral training in molecular epidemiology at the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health. At USC, she is currently Director for the Molecular Epidemiology MS/PhD Program and teaches to undergraduates and graduate students enrolled in graduate programs in Preventive Medicine. Her overall research interests cut across the following main themes: diet and cancer, clinical epidemiology of prostate cancer, and cancer health disparities in Latino populations.
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