Original and Review Articles in 2002

Brenner H, Hakulinen T, Gefeller O.
Computational realization of period analysis for monitoring cancer patient survival.
Epidemiology 2002; 13: 611-612.

Brenner H, Hakulinen T.
Very long term survival rates of patients with cancer.
Journal of Clinical Oncology 2002; 20: 4405-4409.

Brenner H, Arndt V, Stürmer T, Stegmaier C, Ziegler H, Dhom G.
Präventionspotenzial endoskopischer Vorsorgeuntersuchungen für kolorektale Karzinome. Evidenz aus internationalen Studien und aktuelle Ergebnisse der ersten epidemiologischen Studie aus Deutschland.
Deutsches Ärzteblatt 2002; 99: A 2186-2192.

Günther KP, Puhl W, Brenner H, Stürmer T.
Klinische Epidemiologie von Hüft- und Kniegelenkarthrosen: Eine Übersicht über
Ergebnisse der „Ulmer Osteoarthrose-Studie“.
Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie 2002; 61: 244-249.

Stürmer T, Schlindwein G, Kleiser B, Roempp A, Brenner H.
Clinical diagnosis of ischemic versus hemorrhagic stroke: Applicability of existing scores in the emergency situation and proposal of a new score.
Neuroepidemiology 2002; 21: 8-17.

Brenner H, Hakulinen T.
Up-to-date long term survival curves of patients with cancer by period analysis.
Journal of Clinical Oncology 2002; 20: 826-832.

Marre R, Scheringer I, Erb A, Zeitler H-P, Stürmer T, Brenner H.
Prävalenz der E. coli Antibiotikaresistenz in der Allgemeinbevölkerung.
Bundesgesundheitsblatt – Gesundheitsforschung – Gesundheitsschutz 2002; 45: 130-137.

Bode G, Marchildon P, Peacock J, Brenner H, Rothenbacher D.
Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori in children: comparison of a salivary immunoglobulin G antibody test with the C13 urea breath test. Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology 2002; 9: 493-495.

Brenner H, Arndt V, Bode G, Stegmaier C, Ziegler H, Stürmer T.
Risk of gastric cancer among smokers infected with Helicobacter pylori.
International Journal of Cancer 2002; 98: 446-449.

Brenner H, Gefeller O, Hakulinen T.
A computer program for period analysis of cancer patient survival.
European Journal of Cancer 2002, 38: 690-695.

Stürmer T, Brenner H.
Flexible matching strategies to increase power to detect and efficiency to estimate gene-environment interactions in case-control studies.
American Journal of Epidemiology 2002; 155: 593-602.

Rothenbacher D, Fischer HG, Hoffmeister A, Hoffmann MM, März W, Bode G, Rosenthal J, Koenig W, Brenner H.
Homocysteine and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase genotype: association with risk of coronary heart disease and relation to inflammatory, hemostatic, and lipid parameters.
Atherosclerosis 2002; 162: 193-200.

Arndt V, Stürmer T, Stegmaier C, Ziegler H, Dhom G, Brenner H.
Patient delay and stage of diagnosis among breast cancer patients in Germany – a population based study.
British Journal of Cancer 2002; 86: 1034-1040.

Brenner H, Söderman B, Hakulinen T.
Use of period analysis for providing more up-to-date estimates of long term survival rates: Empirical evaluation among 370.000 cancer patients in Finland.
International Journal of Epidemiology 2002; 31:456-462.

Rothenbacher D, Rüter G, Saam S, Brenner H.
Versorgung von Patienten mit Typ-2-Diabetes. Ergebnisse aus 12 Hausarztpraxen.
Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift 2002; 127: 1183-1187.

Rothenbacher D, Bode G, Brenner H.
History of breastfeeding and Helicobacter pylori infection in pre-school children: results of a population based study from Germany.
International Journal of Epidemiology 2002; 31: 632-637.

Bode G, Brenner H, Adler G, Rothenbacher D.
Dyspeptic symptoms in middle-aged to old adults: The role of Helicobacter pylori infection, and various demographic and lifestyle factors.
Journal of Internal Medicine 2002; 252: 41-47.

Koenig W, Khuseyinova N, Hoffmann MM, März W, Fröhlich M, Hoffmeister A, Brenner H, Rothenbacher D.
CD14 C(-260) T polymorphism, plasma levels of the soluble endotoxin receptor CD14, their association with chronic infections, and risk of stable coronary artery disease.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2002; 40: 34-42.

Rothenbacher D, Winkler M, Gonser T, Adler G, Brenner H.
Role of infected parents in transmission of H. pylori to their children.
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2002; 21: 674-679.

Stürmer T, Wang-Gohrke S, Arndt V, Boeing H, Kong X, Kreienberg R, Brenner H.
Interaction between alcohol dehydrogenase II gene, alcohol consumption, and risk of breast cancer.
British Journal of Cancer 2002; 87: 519-523.

Stürmer T, Thürigen D, Spiegelman, D, Blettner M, Brenner H.
The performance of two measurement error correction methods and two standard methods of analysis in case-control studies with validation data: a simulation study.
Epidemiology 2002; 13: 507-516.

Rothenbacher D, Bode G, Brenner H.
Dynamics of Helicobacter pylori infection in early childhood in a high risk group living in Germany: loss of infection higher than acquisition.
Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics 2002; 16: 1663-1668.

Bode G, Piechotowski I, Rothenbacher D, Brenner H.
Helicobacter pylori specific immune response of children: implications for future vaccination strategy.
Clinical & Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology 2002; 9: 1126-1128.

Brenner H, Hakulinen T.
Advanced detection of time trends in long term cancer patient survival: experience from 50 years of cancer registration in Finland.
American Journal of Epidemiology 2002; 156: 566-577.

Burkhardt-Hammer T, Spix C, Brenner H, Kaatsch P, Berthold F, Hero B, Michaelis J.
Long-term survival of children with neuroblastoma prior to the neuroblastoma screening project in Germany.
Medical and Pediatric Oncology 2002; 39: 156-162.

Brenner H.
Long-term survival rates of cancer patients achieved by the end of the 20th century: a period analysis.
Lancet 2002; 360: 1131-1135.

Aareleid T, Brenner H.
Trends in cancer patient survival in Estonia before and after the transition from a Soviet republic to an open market economy.
International Journal of Cancer 2002; 102: 45-50.

Hoffmeister A, Rothenbacher D, Khuseyinova N, Brenner H, Koenig W.
Plasminogen levels and risk of coronary artery disease.
American Journal of Cardiology 2002; 90: 1168-1170.