Bette J. Caan
Kaiser Permanente
488 Papers
3.2K Citations
Bette J. Caan is an academic researcher from Kaiser Permanente. The author has contributed to research in topics: Breast cancer & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 95, co-authored 439 publications. Previous affiliations of Bette J. Caan include University of Virginia & Stanford University.
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Alcohol Consumption and Rectal Tumor Mutations and Epigenetic Changes
Martha L. Slattery,Roger K. Wolff,Jennifer S. Herrick,Karen Curtin,Bette J. Caan,Wade S. Samowitz +5 more
TL;DR: Alcohol and specific constituents of alcoholic beverages contribute to rectal cancer risk among unique disease pathways by examining specific tumor markers with alcohol consumption as well as types of alcoholic beverage consumed.
PPARγ, energy balance, and associations with colon and rectal cancer
Martha L. Slattery,Maureen A. Murtaugh,Carol Sweeney,Khe Ni Ma,John D. Potter,Bette J. Caan,Wade S. Samowitz +6 more
TL;DR: Data do not support the hypothesis that the P12A PPARγ polymorphism is associated with colon or rectal cancer through regulation of energy balance and was not associated with obesity or WHR in the control population.
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The Effects of Reverse Causality and Selective Attrition on the Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Mortality in Postmenopausal Women
Hailey R. Banack,Jennifer W. Bea,Jay S. Kaufman,Andrew Stokes,Candyce H. Kroenke,Marcia L. Stefanick,Shirley A.A. Beresford,Chloe E. Bird,Lorena Garcia,Robert B. Wallace,Robert A. Wild,Bette J. Caan,Jean Wactawski-Wende +12 more
TL;DR: Results from the IPTW and IPCW weighted marginal structural model were attenuated in low BMI categories and increased in high BMI categories, demonstrating the importance of accounting for reverse causality and selective attrition in studies of older adults.
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Post-cancer diagnosis dietary inflammatory potential is associated with survival among women diagnosed with colorectal cancer in the Women’s Health Initiative
Jiali Zheng,Jiali Zheng,Fred K. Tabung,Jiajia Zhang,E. Angela Murphy,Nitin Shivappa,Judith K. Ockene,Bette J. Caan,Candyce H. Kroenke,James R. Hébert,Susan E. Steck +10 more
TL;DR: Consuming a dietary pattern and supplements with more anti-inflammatory potential after CRC diagnosis may improve overall survival among postmenopausal women.
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Twins of mistaken zygosity (TOMZ): evidence for genetic contributions to dietary patterns and physiologic traits.
Erica P. Gunderson,Ai Lin Tsai,Joe V. Selby,Bette J. Caan,Elizabeth J. Mayer-Davis,Neil Risch +5 more
TL;DR: This work analyzes dietary patterns and physiologic traits in 350 female twin pairs of the 1988 Kaiser Permanente Twin Registry and finds Twins of mistaken zygosity (TOMZ) provides a useful approach to robust determination of heritability.