Original and Review Articles in 2004

Arndt V, Talbäck M, Gefeller O, Hakulinen T, Brenner H.
Modification of SAS macros for more efficient analysis of relative survival rates.
European Journal of Cancer 2004; 40: 778-779.

Brenner H, Wahl H-W, Rott C.
The German Center for Research on Aging at the University of Heidelberg:
an interdisciplinary approach.
Experimental Gerontology 2004; 39: 3-9.

Brenner H, Gefeller O, Hakulinen T.
Period analysis for up-to-date cancer survival data: theory, empirical evaluation,computational realization and applications.
European Journal of Cancer 2004; 40: 326-335.

Brenner H, Arndt V.
Epidemiology in aging research.
Experimental Gerontology 2004; 39: 679-686.

Perez-Perez GI, Rothenbacher D, Brenner H.
Epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori infection.
Helicobacter 2004; 9 (Suppl. 1): 1-6.

Brenner H.
The period analysis methodology in survival analysis: towards more up-to-date
monitoring of long-term survival rates.
Nowotwory Journal of Oncology 2004; 54: 441-445.

Rothenbacher D, Schultze V, Jähnig P, Scharschmidt B, Brenner H. Evidence of a
rapid decrease of H pylori infection in children of a high risk group living in Germany.
European Journal of Pediatrics 2004; 163: 339-340.

Stürmer T, Brenner H, Koenig W, Günther KP.
Severity and extent of osteoarthritis and low grade systemic inflammation as assessed by high-sensitivity C-reactive protein.
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2004; 63: 200-205.

Brenner H, Arndt V, Stegmaier C, Ziegler H, Rothenbacher D.
Is Helicobacter pylori infection a necessary condition for non-cardia gastric cancer ?
American Journal of Epidemiology 2004; 159: 252-258.

Brenner H, Hakulinen T.
Are patients diagnosed with breast cancer below age 50 ever cured ?
Journal of Clinical Oncology 2004; 22: 432-438.

Arndt V, Merx H, Stürmer T, Stegmaier C, Ziegler H, Brenner H.
Age specific detriments to quality of life among breast cancer patients one year after diagnosis.
European Journal of Cancer 2004; 40: 673-680.

Coleman MP, Rachet B, Woods L, Mitry E, Riga M, Cooper N, Quinn MJ, Brenner H, Estève J.
Trends and socio-economic inequalities in cancer survival in England and Wales up to 2001.
British Journal of Cancer 2004; 90: 1367-1373

Arndt V, Rothenbacher D, Daniel U, Zschenderlein B, Schuberth S, Brenner H.
All-cause and cause specific mortality in a cohort of 20 000 construction workers;results from a 10 year follow up.
Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2004; 61: 419-425.

Stürmer T, Erb A, Marre R, Brenner H.
Prevalence and determinants of antibiotic resistance in fecal Escherichia coli among unselected patients attending general practitioners in southwest Germany.
Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2004; 13: 303-308.

Stürmer T, Gefeller O, Brenner H.
A computer program to estimate power and relative efficiency to assess multiplicative interactions in flexibly matched case-control studies.
Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 2004; 74: 261-265.

Bergk V, Gasse C, Rothenbacher D, Loew M, Brenner H, Haefeli WE.
Drug interactions in primary care: impact of a new algorithm on risk determination.
Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2004; 76: 85-96.

Rothenbacher D, Weyermann M, Bode G, Kulaksiz M, Stahl B, Brenner H.
Role of Lewis A and Lewis B blood group antigens in Helicobacter pylori infection.
Helicobacter 2004; 9: 324-329.

Lietzau S, Stürmer T, Erb A, von Baum H, Marre R, Brenner H.
Prevalence and determinants of nasal colonization with antibiotic resistant Staphylococcus aureus among unselected patients attending general practitioners in Germany.
Epidemiology and Infection 2004; 132: 655-662.

Brenner H, Arndt V, Gefeller O, Hakulinen T.
An alternative approach to age adjustment of cancer survival rates.
European Journal of Cancer 2004; 40: 2317-22.

Gondos, A, Chokunonga E, Brenner H, Parkin DM, Sankila R, Borok MZ, Chirenje ZM, Nyakabau AM, Bassett MT.
Cancer survival in a southern African urban population.
International Journal of Cancer 2004; 112: 860-864.

Twardella D, Rothenbacher D, Küpper-Nybelen J, Hahmann H, Wüsten B, Brenner H.
Short-term benefit of smoking cessation in patients with coronary heart disease: estimates based on self-reported smoking data and serum cotinine measurements.
European Heart Journal 2004; 25: 2101-2108.

Arndt V, Rothenbacher D, Krauledat R, Daniel U, Brenner H.
Age, alcohol consumption, and all-cause mortality.
Annals of Epidemiology 2004; 14: 750-753.

Brenner H, Rachet B.
Hybrid analysis for up-to-date long-term survival rates in cancer registries with delayed recording of incident cases.
European Journal of Cancer 2004; 40: 2494-2501.

Ongey M, Brenner H, Thefeld W, Rothenbacher D.
Helicobacter pylori and hepatitis A virus infections and the cardiovascular risk profile in patients with diabetes mellitus: results of a population based study.
European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation 2004; 11: 471-476.

Löw M, Stegmaier C, Ziegler H, Rothenbacher D, Brenner H.
Die ESTHER-Studie: Eine bevölkerungsbezogene prospektive Kohortenstudie zur Erforschung neuer Wege der Früherkennung und Prävention chronischer Erkrankungen in der älteren Bevölkerung.
Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift 2004; 129: 2643-2647.

Brenner H, Arndt V.
Recent increase in cancer survival according to age: higher survival in all age groups, but widening age gradient.
Cancer Causes and Control 2004; 15: 903-910.

Arndt, V, Merx H, Stegmaier C, Ziegler H, Brenner H.
Quality of life in patients with colorectal cancer one year after diagnosis compared to the general population: a population-based study.
Journal of Clinical Oncology2004; 23: 4829-4836.