Original and Review Articles in 2009

Verla-Tebit E, Lilla C, Hoffmeister M, Brenner H, Chang-Claude J.
Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and the risk of colorectal cancer in a case-control study from Germany.
European Journal of Cancer Prevention 2009; 18: 9-12.

Weyermann M, Rothenbacher D, Brenner H.
Acquisition of Helicobacter pylori infection in early childhood: Independent contributions of infected mothers, fathers and siblings.
American Journal of Gastroenterology 2009; 104: 182-189.

Brenner H, Gondos A, Pulte D.
Expected long-term survival of patients diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2006-2010.
Haematologica – The Hematology Journal 2009; 94: 270-275.

Hundt S, Haug U, Brenner H.
Comparative evaluation of immunochemical fecal occult blood tests for colorectal adenoma detection.
Annals of Internal Medicine 2009; 150: 162-169.

Brenner H, Hakulinen T.
Up-to-date cancer survival: period analysis and beyond.
International Journal of Cancer 2009; 124: 1384-1390.

Gao L, Weck MN, Nieters A, Brenner H.
Association between a pro-inflammatory genetic profile and the risk of chronic atrophic gastritis among older adults from Germany.
European Journal of Cancer 2009; 45-428-434.

Salize HJ, Merkel S, Reinhard I, Twardella D, Mann K, Brenner H.
Cost-effective primary care based strategies to improve smoking cessation – more value for money.
Archives of Internal Medicine 2009; 169: 230-235.

Zhang Q-L, Koenig W, Raum E, Stegmaier C, Brenner H, Rothenbacher D.
Epidemiology of chronic kidney disease: results from a population of older adults in Germany.
Preventive Medicine 2009; 48: 122-127.

Holleczek B, Gondos A, Brenner H.
PeriodR - an R package to calculate long term survival estimates using period analysis.
Methods of Information in Medicine 2009; 48: 123-128.

Redaniel MT, Laudico A, Mirasol-Lumague MR, Gondos A, Pulte D, Mapua C, Brenner H.
Cancer survival discrepancies in developed and developing countries: comparisons between the Philippines and the US.
British Journal of Cancer 2009; 100: 858-862.

Breitling LP, Raum E, Müller H, Rothenbacher D, Brenner H.
Synergism between smoking and alcohol consumption with respect to serum gamma-glutamyltransferase.
Hepatology 2009; 49: 802-808.

Gondos A, Bray F, Hakulinen T, Brenner H and the EUNICE Survival Working Group.
Trends in cancer survival in 11 European populations from 1990-2009: a model-based analysis.
Annals of Oncology 2009; 20: 564-573.

Pulte D, Gondos A, Brenner H.
Improvement in survival in younger patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia from the 1980s to the early 21st century.
Blood 2009; 113: 1408-1411.

Pulte D, Gondos A, Brenner H.
Long-term survival of patients diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma after a previous malignancy.
Leukemia and Lymphoma 2009; 50: 179-186.

Gao L, Weck MN, Michel A, Pawlita M, Brenner H.
Association between chronic atrophic gastritis and serum antibodies to 15 Helicobacter pylori proteins measured by multiple serology.
Cancer Research 2009; 69: 2973-2980.

De Angelis R, Francisci S, Baili P, Marchesi F, Roazzi P, Belot A, Crocetti E, Pury P, Knijn A, Coleman M, Capocaccia R, the EUROCARE-4 Working Group.*
The EUROCARE-4 database on cancer survival in Europe:
Data standardisation, quality control and methods of statistical analysis.
European Journal of Cancer 2009; 45: 909-930.
* members from Germany: Brenner H, Kaatsch P, Ziegler H.

Sant M, Allemani C, Santaquilani M, Knijn A, Marchesi F, Capocaccia R, the EUROCARE-4 Working Group.*
EUROCARE-4. Survival of cancer patients diagnosed in 1995-1999. Results and commentary.
European Journal of Cancer 2009; 45: 931-991.
* members from Germany: Brenner H, Kaatsch P, Ziegler H.

Gatta G, Zigon G, Capocaccia R, Coebergh JW, Desandes E, Kaatsch P, Pastore G, Peris-Bonet R, Stiller CA, the EUROCARE-4 Working Group.*
Survival of European children and young adults with cancer diagnosed 1995-2002.
European Journal of Cancer 2009; 45: 992-1005.
* members from Germany: Brenner H, Kaatsch P, Ziegler H.

Quaglia A, Tavilla A, Shack L, Brenner H, Janssen-Heijnen M, Allemani C, Colonna M, Grande E, Grosclaude P, Vercelli M, the EUROCARE-4 Working Group.
The cancer survival gap between elderly and middle-aged patients in Europe is widening.
European Journal of Cancer 2009; 45: 1006-1016.

Micheli A, Ciampichini R, Oberaigner W, Ciccolallo L, de Vries E, Izarzugaza I, Zambon P, Gatta G, de Angelis R, the EUROCARE-4 Working Group.*
The advantage of women in cancer survival: An analysis of EUROCARE-4 data.
European Journal of Cancer 2009; 45: 1017-1027.
* members from Germany: Brenner H, Kaatsch P, Ziegler H.

Brenner H, Francisci S, de Angelis R, Marcos-Gragera R, Verdecchia A, Gatta G, Allemani C, Ciccolallo L, Coleman M, Sant M, Capocaccia R, the EUROCARE-4 Working Group.
Long-term survival expectations of cancer patients in Europe in 2000-2002.
European Journal of Cancer 2009; 45:1028-1041.

Verdecchia A, Guzzinati S, Francisci S, de Angelis R, Bray F, Allemani C, Tavilla A, Santaquilani M, Sant M, the EUROCARE-4 Working Group.*
Survival trends in European cancer patients diagnosed from 1988 to 1999.
European Journal of Cancer 2009; 45: 1042-1066.
* members from Germany: Brenner H, Kaatsch P, Ziegler H.

Francisci S, Capocaccia R, Grande E, Santaquilani M, Simonetti A, Allemani C, Gatta G, Sant M, Zigon G, Bray F, Janssen-Heijnen M, the EUROCARE-4 Working Group.*
The cure of cancer: A European perspective.
European Journal of Cancer 2009; 45: 1067-1079.
* members from Germany: Brenner H, Kaatsch P, Ziegler H.

Rosso S, de Angelis R, Ciccolallo L, Carrani E, Soerjomataram I, Grande E, Zigon G, Brenner H, the EUROCARE-4 Working Group.
Multiple tumours in survival estimates.
European Journal of Cancer 2009; 45: 1080-1094.

Breitling LP, Dahmen N, Mittelstraß K, Illig T, Rujescu D, Raum E, Winterer G, Brenner H.
Smoking cessation and variations in nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits a-5, a-3 and b-4 genes.
Biological Psychiatry 2009; 65: 691-695.

Shephard ND, Abo R, Rigas SH, Frank B, Lin WY, Brock IW, Shippen A, Balasubramanian SP, Reed MWR, Bartram CR, Meindl A, Schmutzler RK, Engel C, Burwinkel B, Cannon-Albright LA, Allen-Brady K, Camp NJ, Cox A.
A breast cancer risk haplotype in the Caspase-8 gene.
Cancer Research 2009; 69: 2724-2728.

Claessen H, Arndt V, Drath C, Brenner H.
Overweight, obesity and risk of work disability: a cohort study of construction workers in Germany.
Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2009; 66: 402-409.

Brenner H, Hakulinen T.
Implications of incomplete registration of deaths on long-term survival estimates from population-based cancer registries.
International Journal of Cancer 2009; 125: 432-437.

Müller H, Raum E, Rothenbacher D, Stegmaier C, Brenner H.
Association of diabetes and body mass index with levels of prostate-specific antigen: Implications for correction of prostate-specific antigen cut-off values?
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 2009; 18: 1350-1356.

Breitling LP, Steyerberg E, Brenner H.
The novel genomic pathway approach to complex diseases: a reason for (over-)optimism?
Epidemiology 2009; 20: 500-507.

Weck MN, Gao L, Brenner H.
Helicobacter pylori infection and chronic atrophic gastritis: associations according to severity of disease.
Epidemiology 2009; 20: 569-574.

Yin L, Grandi N, Raum E, Haug U, Arndt V, Brenner H.
Meta-analysis: longitudinal studies of serum vitamin D and colorectal cancer risk.
Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics 2009; 30: 113-125.

Brenner H, Hoffmeister M, Brenner G, Altenhofen L, Haug U.
Expected reduction of colorectal cancer incidence within 8 years after introduction of the German screening colonoscopy program: estimates based on 1,875,708 screening colonoscopies.
European Journal of Cancer 2009; 45: 2027-2033.

Widschwendter M, Lichtenberg-Frate H, Hasenbrink G, Schwarzer S, Dawnay A, Lam A, Menon U, Apostolidou S, Raum E, Stegmaier C, Jacobs IJ, Brenner H.
Serum oestrogen receptor alpha- and beta-bioactivity are independently associated with breast cancer - a proof of principle study.
British Journal of Cancer 2009; 101: 160-165.

Breitling LP, Rothenbacher D, Stegmaier C, Raum E, Brenner H.
Aufhörversuche und Aufhörwilligkeit in der älteren rauchenden Bevölkerung: Epidemiologische Beiträge zur Diskussion um „Lifestyle“ versus „Sucht“.
Deutsches Ärzteblatt 2009; 27: 451-455.

Breitling LP, Twardella D, Raum E, Brenner H.
Situational temptation scores and smoking cessation in general care.
Psychology of Addictive Behaviors 2009; 23: 362-367.

The Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration.* Lipoprotein(a) concentration and the risk of coronary heart disease, stroke and nonvascular mortality. Individual data analysis of 126,634 participants from 36 prospective studies. JAMA 2009; 302: 412-423.
* Authors on behalf of the ESTHER study: Brenner H, Raum E, Müller H, Rothenbacher D.

Gao L, Michel A, Weck MN, Arndt V, Pawlita M, Brenner H.
Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric cancer risk: evaluation of 15 Helicobacter pylori proteins determined by novel multiplex serology.
Cancer Research 2009; 69: 6164-6170.

Breitling LP, Dahmen N, Illig T, Rujescu D, Nitz B, Raum E, Winterer G, Rothenbacher D, Brenner H.
Variants in COMT and spontaneous smoking cessation: retrospective cohort analysis of 925 cessation events.
Pharmacogenetics & Genomics 2009; 19: 657-659.

Breitling LP, Dahmen N, Mittelstraß K, Rujescu D, Gallinat J, Fehr C, Giegling I, Lamina C, Illig T, Müller H, Raum E, Rothenbacher D, Wichmann HE, Brenner H, Winterer G.
Association of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha-4 polymorphisms with nicotine dependence in 5500 Germans.
The Pharmacogenomics Journal 2009; 9: 219-224.

Redaniel MT, Laudico A, Mirasol-Lumague MR, Gondos A, Uy GL, Toral JA, Benavides D, Brenner H.
Ethnicity and health care in cervical cancer survival: comparisons between a Filipino resident population, Filipino-Americans and Caucasians.
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 2009; 18: 2228-2234.

Funke S, Hoffmeister M, Brenner H, Chang-Claude J.
Effect modification by smoking on the association between genetic polymorphisms in oxidative stress genes and colorectal cancer risk.
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 2009; 18: 2336-2338.

Brenner H, Gondos A, Pulte D.
Survival Expectations of Patients Diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma in 2006-2010.
The Oncologist 2009; 14: 806-813.

Brenner H, Gondos G, Pulte D.
Long-term survival in chronic myelocytic leukemia after a first primary malignancy.
Leukemia Research 2009; 33: 1604-1608.

Hoffmeister M, Raum E, Krtschil A, Chang-Claude J, Brenner H.
No evidence for variation of colorectal cancer risk by different types of postmenopausal hormone therapy.
Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2009; 86: 416-424.

Gondos A, Holleczek B, Janssen-Heijnen M, Brewster DH, Bray F, Rosso S, Hakulinen T, Brenner H and the EUNICE Survival Working Group.
Model-based projections for deriving up-to-date cancer survival estimates: an international evaluation.
International Journal of Cancer 2009; 125: 2666-2672.

Redaniel MT, Laudico A, Mirasol-Lumague MR, Gondos A, Uy GL, Toral JA, Benavides D, Brenner H.
Ovarian cancer survival population differences:
a „high resolution study“ comparing Philippine residents, and Filipino-Americans and Caucasians living in the US.
BMC Cancer 2009; 9: 340.

Gao L, Weck MN, Nieters A, Brenner H.
Inverse association between a pro-inflammatory genetic profile and Helicobacter pylori seropositivity among patients with chronic atrophic gastritis: enhanced elimination of the infection during disease progression?
European Journal of Cancer 2009; 45: 2860-2866.

Pulte D, Gondos A, Brenner H.
Trends in survival after diagnosis with hematologic malignancy in adolescence or young adulthood in the United States, 1981-2005.
Cancer 2009; 115: 4973-4979.

Gao L, Weck MN, Stegmaier C, Rothenbacher D, Brenner H. Alcohol consumption and chronic atrophic gastritis: population-based study among 9444 older adults from Germany. International Journal of Cancer 2009; 125: 2918-2922.

Funke S, Risch A, Nieters A, Hoffmeister M, Stegmaier C, Seiler CM, Brenner H, Chang-Claude J.
Genetic polymorphisms in genes related to oxidative stress (GSTP1, GSTM1, GSTT1, CAT, MnSOD, MPO, eNOS) and survival of rectal cancer patients after radiotherapy.
Journal of Cancer Epidemiology 2009; Article ID 302047, 6 pages, doi: 10.1155/2009/302047.

Koenig W, Vossen CY, Mallat Z, Brenner H, Benessiano J, Rothenbacher D.
Association between type II secretory phospholipase A2 plasma concentrations and activity and cardiovascular events in patients with coronary heart disease.
European Heart Journal 2009; 30: 2742-2748.

The Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration.*
Major lipids, apolipoproteins and risk of vascular disease.
JAMA 2009; 302: 1993-2000.
* Authors on behalf of the ESTHER study: Brenner H, Raum E, Müller H, Rothenbacher D.

Gao L, Nieters A, Brenner H. Cell poliferation related genetic polymorphisms and gastric cancer risk: systematic review and meta-analysis.
European Journal of Human Genetics 2009; 17: 1658-1667.

Yin L, Raum E, Haug U, Arndt V, Brenner H.
Meta-analysis of longitudinal studies: serum vitamin D and prostate cancer risk.
Cancer Epidemiology 2009; 33: 435-445.

Brenner H, Rothenbacher D, Arndt V.
Epidemiology of stomach cancer.
Methods in Molecular Biology 2009; 472: 467-477.

Rizos T, Herweh C, Jenetzky E, Lichy C, Ringleb PA, Hacke W, Veltkamp R.
Point-of-care international normalized ratio testing accelerates thrombolysis in patients with acute ischemic stroke using oral anticoagulants.
Stroke 2009; 40:3547-3551.