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Publikováno v:
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 20; Issue 3; Pages: 1756
Aim: Promote safe breastfeeding during the pandemic. Methods: All participants were encouraged to request safe breastfeeding education from their prenatal provider. Pregnant mothers received appropriate breastfeeding and COVID-19 safe breastfeeding e
Autor:
Sunil Kripalani, Vivian M Yeh, Consuelo H. Wilkins, Marino A. Bruce, Carolyn Szetela, Flora Ukoli, Jessica R. Williams
Publikováno v:
Journal of Genetic Counseling. 28:59-69
A clear awareness of a patient's knowledge, values, and perspectives is an important component of effective genetic counseling. Advances in precision medicine, however, have outpaced our understanding of patient perceptions of this new approach. Pati
Autor:
William J. Blot, Ann L. Coker, Margaret K. Hargreaves, Xijing Han, Loren Lipworth, Jay H. Fowke, Maureen Sanderson, Flora Ukoli
Publikováno v:
Cancer Causes & Control. 24:1893-1899
Prior studies conducted primarily among white men find a reduced risk of prostate cancer associated with time since developing diabetes. While biologic explanations are plausible, the association may in part arise from more frequent prostate cancer s
Autor:
Flora Ukoli, Jianguo Liu, Yuan E. Zhou, William J. Blot, David G. Schlundt, Margaret K. Hargreaves, Maciej S. Buchowski
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE, Vol 11, Iss 9, p e0161918 (2016)
PLoS ONE, Vol 11, Iss 9, p e0161918 (2016)
Background The role of dietary lycopene in chronic disease prevention is not well known. Methods This study examined intake of lycopene and other antioxidants from lycopene-rich foods (e.g., pizza and pasta) simultaneously with plasma levels of lycop
Autor:
Jianguo Liu, Maureen Sanderson, Margaret K. Hargreaves, Donna Kenerson, Derrick J. Beech, Marie Canto, Bill Blot, Leslie L. Cooper, Katina Beard, Byron Brown, Kushal Patel, Flora Ukoli
Publikováno v:
Health Education & Behavior. 40:11-18
The purpose of the study was to assess the impact of an educational intervention on prostate cancer screening behavior and knowledge. Participants were 104 African American men, 45 years and older, who had not been screened for prostate cancer with a
Autor:
Michael S. Cookson, Charles E. Matthews, Jay H. Fowke, Flora Ukoli, Lisa B. Signorello, Maciej S. Buchowski, Sam S. Chang, William J. Blot
Publikováno v:
Cancer. 107:2361-2367
BACKGROUND. Prior studies suggest that obese men have lower prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels than leaner men. Caucasian (CA) men also may have lower PSA levels than African-American (AA) men, but the relevance of body size to racial disparities
Publikováno v:
Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations. 23:333-340
Objective African-Americans (AA) are more likely than Caucasians (CA) to be diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer, perhaps due to delayed detection. We investigated racial differences in prostate cancer screening according to age and socioeconomic
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Aaron G. Jackson, Sally P. Weinrich, Aoua Coulibaly, Layron O. Long, Ramesh C.K. Panguluri, Rick A. Kittles, Songping Wang, Chiledum Ahaghotu, William B. Isaacs, Weidong Chen, Flora Ukoli
Publikováno v:
Carcinogenesis. 25:961-966
Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) is a key rate-limiting enzyme that converts arachidonic acid into pro-inflammatory prostaglandins. COX-2 expression is strongly correlated with increased tumor microvasculature density and plays an important role in inhibitin
Autor:
Rick A. Kittles, Folasade Akereyeni, Osazuwa Okunzuwa, Usifo Osime, Lucile L. Adams-Campbell, Flora Ukoli
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Urology. 10:315-322
Background: Recent hospital and cancer registry data show increasing prostate cancer incidence in Nigeria, which was previously regarded as a low incidence region. This study investigates the prevalence of prostate cancer risk in a previously unscree
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Clement Adebamowo, John Kwagyan, Rick A. Kittles, Aaron G. Jackson, Chiledum Ahaghotu, Robin Griffin, Weidong Chen, Lucile L. Adams-Campbell, William B. Isaacs, Ramesh K. Panguluri, Georgia M. Dunston, Vincent L. Freeman, Flora Ukoli, Tyisha Williams
Publikováno v:
Human Genetics. 110:553-560
CYP3A4-V, an A to G promoter variant associated with prostate cancer in African Americans, exhibits large differences in allele frequency between populations. Given that the African American population is genetically heterogeneous because of its Afri