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Analysis of clinical trial data of current treatments for high grade glioma. As consultants to a major pharmaceutical client, our work established a "state of the art" baseline for clinical management of high grade glioma, including glioblastoma multiforme and anaplastic astrocytoma. These data served as an important basis for FDA approval of the chemotherapeutic, Temodar, in the United States and regulatory approval in the European Union. Temodar is now the "standard of care" for these pathologies.
Assessment of the health risks of diesel engine exhaust. Although a cause of respiratory disease, we determined that there is insufficient evidence that it causes lung cancer. We provided public testimony to the State of California and the U.S. EPA.
Assessment of the health risks of consumer grade cosmetic talc products. Our studies demonstrated that talc is not a cause of human cancers. We represented commercial manufacturers and mining interests in risk assessment proceedings conducted by the International Agency on Research for Cancer. Our input resulted in a '2B' rating (e.g. insufficient evidence to determine that cosmetic talc is a cause of cancer). We provided similar representation and testimony to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Mobile phone research. Our members conducted studies showing that mobile phones are not a cause of brain tumors. We provided advice to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration which was used in the FDA labeling of mobile phones.
Research on dairy products. Our studies demonstrated that inadequate calcium/milk intake is a cause of poor bone development in children. These findings were presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of Experimental Biology.
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Huncharek M, Muscat J, Kupelnick B
Impact of dairy products and dietary calcium on bone mineral content in children: Results of a meta-analysis.
Bone 43:312-321, 2008
Huncharek M, Muscat J, Kupelnick B
Dairy products, dietary calcium and vitamin D intake as risk factors for prostate cancer: A meta-analysis of 26,769 cases from 45 observational studies.
Nutrition Cancer 60:421-441, 2008
Hashibe M, Brennan P, Benhamou S, Castellsague X, Chen C, Curado MP, Dal Maso L, Daudt AW, Fabianova E, Fernandez L, Wünsch-Filho V, Franceschi S, Hayes RB, Herrero R, Koifman S, La Vecchia C, Lazarus P, Levi F, Mates D, Matos E, Menezes A, Muscat J, Eluf-Neto J, Olshan AF, Rudnai P, Schwartz SM, Smith E, Sturgis EM, Szeszenia-Dabrowska N, Talamini R, Wei Q, Winn DM, Zaridze D, Zatonski W, Zhang ZF, Berthiller J, Boffetta P.
Alcohol drinking in never users of tobacco, cigarette smoking in never drinkers, and the risk of head and neck cancer: pooled analysis in the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology Consortium.
J Natl Cancer Inst. 2007;99:777-89
Huncharek M, Kupelnick B
Personal use of hair dyes and the risk of bladder cancer: results of a meta-analysis.
Public Health Rep. 2005 Jan-Feb;120(1):31-8
Huncharek M, Kupelnick B
Use of topical sunscreens and the risk of malignant melanoma: a meta-analysis of 9067 patients from 11 case-control studies.
Am J Public Health. 2002 Jul;92(7):1173-7
Huncharek M, McGarry R
A meta-analysis of the timing of chest irradiation in the combined modality treatment of limited-stage small cell lung cancer.
Oncologist. 2004;9(6):665-72
Huncharek M, Kupelnick B
A meta-analysis of maternal cured meat consumption during pregnancy and the risk of childhood brain tumors.
Neuroepidemiology. 2004 Jan-Apr;23(1-2):78-84
Huncharek M, Kupelnick B, Klassen H
Maternal smoking during pregnancy and the risk of childhood brain tumors: a meta-analysis of 6566 subjects from twelve epidemiological studies.
J Neurooncol. 2002 Mar;57(1):51-7
Muscat JE, Malkin MG, Thompson S et al.
Handheld cellular telephone use and risk of brain cancer.
JAMA. 2000 Dec 20;284(23):3001-7. Erratum in: JAMA 2001 Mar 14;286(10):1293
Huncharek M, Kupelnick B
Dietary fat intake and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer: a meta-analysis of 6,689 subjects from 8 observational studies.
Nutr Cancer. 2001;40(2):87-91
Muscat JE, Djordjevic MV, Colosimo S et al.
Racial differences in exposure and glucuronidation of the tobacco-specific carcinogen 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK).
Cancer. 2005 Apr 1;103(7):1420-6
Muscat JE, Britton JA, Djordjevic MV et al.
Adipose concentrations of organochlorine compounds and breast cancer recurrence in Long Island, New York.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2003 Dec;12(12):1474-8
Muscat JE, Chen SQ, Richie JP et al.
Risk of lung carcinoma among users of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs.
Cancer. 2003 Apr 1;97(7):1732-6
Huncharek M, Muscat JE, Geschwind JE
K-ras oncogene mutation as a prognostic marker in non-small cell lung cancer: a combined analysis of 881 cases.
Carcinogenesis. 1999 Aug;20(8):1507-10
Klassen H, Sakaguchi DS, Young MJ
Stem cells and retinal repair.
Prog Retin Eye Res. 2004 Mar;23(2):149-81. Review
Klassen H, Imfeld KL, Ray J et al.
The immunological properties of adult hippocampal progenitor cells.
Vision Res. 2003 Apr;43(8):947-56
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