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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Papers
Achieving substantial changes in eating behavior among women previously treated for breast cancer--an overview of the intervention.
Vicky A. Newman,Cynthia A. Thomson,Cheryl L. Rock,Shirley W. Flatt,Sheila Kealey,Wayne A. Bardwell,Bette J. Caan,John P. Pierce +7 more
TL;DR: A multimodal approach to dietary modification, based largely on individualized telephone counseling, can substantially change the overall dietary pattern of women previously treated for breast cancer.
CDX2 VDR Polymorphism and Colorectal Cancer
Martha L. Slattery,Jennifer S. Herrick,Roger K. Wolff,Bette J. Caan,John D. Potter,Carol Sweeney +5 more
TL;DR: Data suggest that haplotype analysis that encompasses different domains of the VDR gene might further the understanding of associations between the V DR gene and colon and rectal cancer.
Dietary Pattern Influences Breast Cancer Prognosis in Women Without Hot Flashes: The Women's Healthy Eating and Living Trial
Ellen B. Gold,John P. Pierce,Loki Natarajan,Marcia L. Stefanick,Gail A. Laughlin,Bette J. Caan,Shirley W. Flatt,Jennifer A. Emond,Nazmus Saquib,Lisa Madlensky,Sheila Kealey,Linda Wasserman,Cynthia A. Thomson,Cheryl L. Rock,Barbara A. Parker,Njeri Karanja,Vicky Jones,Richard A. Hajek,Minya Pu,Joanne E. Mortimer +19 more
TL;DR: A diet with higher vegetable, fruit, and fiber and lower fat intakes than the five-a-day diet may reduce risk of additional events in HF-negative breast cancer survivors.
Mendelian Randomization Study of Body Mass Index and Colorectal Cancer Risk
Aaron P. Thrift,Aaron P. Thrift,Jian Gong,Ulrike Peters,Ulrike Peters,Jenny Chang-Claude,Anja Rudolph,Martha L. Slattery,Andrew T. Chan,Adam E. Locke,Bratati Kahali,Anne E. Justice,Tune H. Pers,Tune H. Pers,Steven Gallinger,Richard B. Hayes,John A. Baron,Bette J. Caan,Shuji Ogino,Sonja I. Berndt,Stephen J. Chanock,Graham Casey,Robert W. Haile,Mengmeng Du,Mengmeng Du,Mengmeng Du,Tabitha A. Harrison,Mark D. Thornquist,David Duggan,Loic Le Marchand,Noralane M. Lindor,Daniela Seminara,Mingyang Song,Kana Wu,Stephen N. Thibodeau,Michelle Cotterchio,Aung Ko Win,Mark A. Jenkins,John L. Hopper,Cornelia M. Ulrich,John D. Potter,John D. Potter,John D. Potter,Polly A. Newcomb,Polly A. Newcomb,Michael Hoffmeister,Hermann Brenner,Emily White,Emily White,Li Hsu,Li Hsu,Peter T. Campbell +51 more
TL;DR: High BMI was associated with increased colorectal cancer risk for women and conventional epidemiologic and Mendelian randomization studies suggest a strong association between obesity and the risk of coloreCTal cancer.
Use of iDXA spine scans to evaluate total and visceral abdominal fat.
Jennifer W. Bea,Chiu Hsieh Hsu,Robert M. Blew,A. P. Irving,Bette J. Caan,M. L. Kwan,Ivo Abraham,Scott B. Going +7 more
TL;DR: The percent fat reported on dual energy X‐ray absorptiometry (DXA) regional spine scans is validated against abdominal fat obtained from total body scans using the iDXA machine (General Electric, Madison, WI), as previously done on the Prodigy model.