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Design considerations for identifying breast cancer risk factors in a population-based study in Africa.
Brinton LA, Awuah B, Nat Clegg-Lamptey J, Wiafe-Addai B, Ansong D, Nyarko KM, Wiafe S, Yarney J, Biritwum R, Brotzman M, Adjei AA, Adjei E, Aitpillah F, Edusei L, Dedey F, Nyante SJ, Oppong J, Osei-Bonsu E, Titiloye N, Vanderpuye V, Brew Abaidoo E, Arhin B, Boakye I, Frempong M, Ohene Oti N, Okyne V, Figueroa JD. Brinton LA, et al. Among authors: biritwum r. Int J Cancer. 2017 Jun 15;140(12):2667-2677. doi: 10.1002/ijc.30688. Epub 2017 Mar 28. Int J Cancer. 2017. PMID: 28295287 Free PMC article.
Prevalence of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance among men in Ghana.
Landgren O, Katzmann JA, Hsing AW, Pfeiffer RM, Kyle RA, Yeboah ED, Biritwum RB, Tettey Y, Adjei AA, Larson DR, Dispenzieri A, Melton LJ 3rd, Goldin LR, McMaster ML, Caporaso NE, Rajkumar SV. Landgren O, et al. Among authors: biritwum rb. Mayo Clin Proc. 2007 Dec;82(12):1468-73. doi: 10.1016/S0025-6196(11)61089-6. Mayo Clin Proc. 2007. PMID: 18053453
A genome-wide association study of prostate cancer in West African men.
Cook MB, Wang Z, Yeboah ED, Tettey Y, Biritwum RB, Adjei AA, Tay E, Truelove A, Niwa S, Chung CC, Chokkalingam AP, Chu LW, Yeager M, Hutchinson A, Yu K, Rand KA, Haiman CA; African Ancestry Prostate Cancer GWAS Consortium; Hoover RN, Hsing AW, Chanock SJ. Cook MB, et al. Hum Genet. 2014 May;133(5):509-21. doi: 10.1007/s00439-013-1387-z. Epub 2013 Nov 2. Hum Genet. 2014. PMID: 24185611 Free PMC article.
High prevalence of screen detected prostate cancer in West Africans: implications for racial disparity of prostate cancer.
Hsing AW, Yeboah E, Biritwum R, Tettey Y, De Marzo AM, Adjei A, Netto GJ, Yu K, Li Y, Chokkalingam AP, Chu LW, Chia D, Partin A, Thompson IM, Quraishi SM, Niwa S, Tarone R, Hoover RN. Hsing AW, et al. Among authors: biritwum r. J Urol. 2014 Sep;192(3):730-5. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2014.04.017. Epub 2014 Apr 18. J Urol. 2014. PMID: 24747091 Free PMC article.
Imputation and subset-based association analysis across different cancer types identifies multiple independent risk loci in the TERT-CLPTM1L region on chromosome 5p15.33.
Wang Z, Zhu B, Zhang M, Parikh H, Jia J, Chung CC, Sampson JN, Hoskins JW, Hutchinson A, Burdette L, Ibrahim A, Hautman C, Raj PS, Abnet CC, Adjei AA, Ahlbom A, Albanes D, Allen NE, Ambrosone CB, Aldrich M, Amiano P, Amos C, Andersson U, Andriole G Jr, Andrulis IL, Arici C, Arslan AA, Austin MA, Baris D, Barkauskas DA, Bassig BA, Beane Freeman LE, Berg CD, Berndt SI, Bertazzi PA, Biritwum RB, Black A, Blot W, Boeing H, Boffetta P, Bolton K, Boutron-Ruault MC, Bracci PM, Brennan P, Brinton LA, Brotzman M, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Buring JE, Butler MA, Cai Q, Cancel-Tassin G, Canzian F, Cao G, Caporaso NE, Carrato A, Carreon T, Carta A, Chang GC, Chang IS, Chang-Claude J, Che X, Chen CJ, Chen CY, Chen CH, Chen C, Chen KY, Chen YM, Chokkalingam AP, Chu LW, Clavel-Chapelon F, Colditz GA, Colt JS, Conti D, Cook MB, Cortessis VK, Crawford ED, Cussenot O, Davis FG, De Vivo I, Deng X, Ding T, Dinney CP, Di Stefano AL, Diver WR, Duell EJ, Elena JW, Fan JH, Feigelson HS, Feychting M, Figueroa JD, Flanagan AM, Fraumeni JF Jr, Freedman ND, Fridley BL, Fuchs CS, Gago-Dominguez M, Gallinger S, Gao YT, Gapstur SM, Garcia-Closas M, Garcia-Closas R, Gastier-Foster JM, Gaziano JM, Gerhard DS, G… See abstract for full author list ➔ Wang Z, et al. Among authors: biritwum rb. Hum Mol Genet. 2014 Dec 15;23(24):6616-33. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddu363. Epub 2014 Jul 15. Hum Mol Genet. 2014. PMID: 25027329 Free PMC article.
Prostate Cancer Susceptibility in Men of African Ancestry at 8q24.
Han Y, Rand KA, Hazelett DJ, Ingles SA, Kittles RA, Strom SS, Rybicki BA, Nemesure B, Isaacs WB, Stanford JL, Zheng W, Schumacher FR, Berndt SI, Wang Z, Xu J, Rohland N, Reich D, Tandon A, Pasaniuc B, Allen A, Quinque D, Mallick S, Notani D, Rosenfeld MG, Jayani RS, Kolb S, Gapstur SM, Stevens VL, Pettaway CA, Yeboah ED, Tettey Y, Biritwum RB, Adjei AA, Tay E, Truelove A, Niwa S, Chokkalingam AP, John EM, Murphy AB, Signorello LB, Carpten J, Leske MC, Wu SY, Hennis AJM, Neslund-Dudas C, Hsing AW, Chu L, Goodman PJ, Klein EA, Zheng SL, Witte JS, Casey G, Lubwama A, Pooler LC, Sheng X, Coetzee GA, Cook MB, Chanock SJ, Stram DO, Watya S, Blot WJ, Conti DV, Henderson BE, Haiman CA. Han Y, et al. Among authors: biritwum rb. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2016 Jan 27;108(7):djv431. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djv431. Print 2016 Jul. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2016. PMID: 26823525 Free PMC article.
Factors contributing to delays in diagnosis of breast cancers in Ghana, West Africa.
Brinton L, Figueroa J, Adjei E, Ansong D, Biritwum R, Edusei L, Nyarko KM, Wiafe S, Yarney J, Addai BW, Awuah B, Clegg-Lamptey JN; Ghana Breast Health Study team. Brinton L, et al. Among authors: biritwum r. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2017 Feb;162(1):105-114. doi: 10.1007/s10549-016-4088-1. Epub 2016 Dec 26. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2017. PMID: 28025716 Free PMC article.
Two Novel Susceptibility Loci for Prostate Cancer in Men of African Ancestry.
Conti DV, Wang K, Sheng X, Bensen JT, Hazelett DJ, Cook MB, Ingles SA, Kittles RA, Strom SS, Rybicki BA, Nemesure B, Isaacs WB, Stanford JL, Zheng W, Sanderson M, John EM, Park JY, Xu J, Stevens VL, Berndt SI, Huff CD, Wang Z, Yeboah ED, Tettey Y, Biritwum RB, Adjei AA, Tay E, Truelove A, Niwa S, Sellers TA, Yamoah K, Murphy AB, Crawford DC, Gapstur SM, Bush WS, Aldrich MC, Cussenot O, Petrovics G, Cullen J, Neslund-Dudas C, Stern MC, Jarai ZK, Govindasami K, Chokkalingam AP, Hsing AW, Goodman PJ, Hoffmann T, Drake BF, Hu JJ, Clark PE, Van Den Eeden SK, Blanchet P, Fowke JH, Casey G, Hennis AJM, Han Y, Lubwama A, Thompson IM Jr, Leach R, Easton DF, Schumacher F, Van den Berg DJ, Gundell SM, Stram A, Wan P, Xia L, Pooler LC, Mohler JL, Fontham ETH, Smith GJ, Taylor JA, Srivastava S, Eeles RA, Carpten J, Kibel AS, Multigner L, Parent ME, Menegaux F, Cancel-Tassin G, Klein EA, Brureau L, Stram DO, Watya S, Chanock SJ, Witte JS, Blot WJ, Henderson BE, Haiman CA; PRACTICAL/ELLIPSE Consortium. Conti DV, et al. Among authors: biritwum rb. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2017 Aug 1;109(8):djx084. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djx084. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2017. PMID: 29117387 Free PMC article.
Skin lighteners and hair relaxers as risk factors for breast cancer: results from the Ghana breast health study.
Brinton LA, Figueroa JD, Ansong D, Nyarko KM, Wiafe S, Yarney J, Biritwum R, Brotzman M, Thistle JE, Adjei E, Aitpillah F, Dedey F, Edusei L, Titiloye N, Awuah B, Clegg-Lamptey JN, Wiafe-Addai B, Vanderpuye V. Brinton LA, et al. Among authors: biritwum r. Carcinogenesis. 2018 Apr 5;39(4):571-579. doi: 10.1093/carcin/bgy002. Carcinogenesis. 2018. PMID: 29324997 Free PMC article.
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