Christine M. Friedenreich
Alberta Health Services
425 Papers
1.4K Citations
Christine M. Friedenreich is an academic researcher from Alberta Health Services. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Breast cancer. The author has an hindex of 79, co-authored 383 publications. Previous affiliations of Christine M. Friedenreich include University of Ottawa & University of Toronto.
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Papers
Sleep and cancer incidence in Alberta's Tomorrow Project cohort.
Jessica McNeil,Amanda M. Barberio,Christine M. Friedenreich,Christine M. Friedenreich,Darren R. Brenner,Darren R. Brenner +5 more
TL;DR: Investigating associations between self-reported sleep duration and sleep timing midpoint with combined and site-specific cancer incidence in Alberta's Tomorrow Project (ATP) cohort found sleep duration may play a role in cancer etiology.
Intrapersonal and social environment correlates of leisure-time physical activity for cancer prevention: a cross-sectional study among Canadian adults.
Fabiola E. Aparicio-Ting,Christine M. Friedenreich,Karen A. Kopciuk,Ronald C. Plotnikoff,Heather Bryant +4 more
TL;DR: Multidimensional public health strategies that incorporate intrapersonal and social factors and are tailored for each gender are needed to promote PA for cancer prevention.
Breast-tissue composition and other risk factors for breast cancer in young women: a cross-sectional study.
Norman F. Boyd,Lisa J. Martin,Sofia Chavez,Anoma Gunasekara,Ayesha Salleh,Olga Melnichouk,Martin J. Yaffe,Christine M. Friedenreich,Salomon Minkin,Michael Bronskill +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used MRI to measure the water content of the breast, which provides a measurement of the fibro-glandular content of breast tissue with similar accuracy to mammography, but without the attendant exposure to radiation.
Physical activity and risk of prostate cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort
Nina Føns Johnsen,Anne Tjønneland,Birthe Lykke Thomsen,Jane Christensen,Steffen Loft,Christine M. Friedenreich,Timothy J. Key,Naomi E. Allen,Petra H. Lahmann,Lotte Mejlvig,Kim Overvad,Rudolf Kaaks,Sabine Rohrmann,Heiner Boing,Gesthimani Misirli,Antonia Trichopoulou,Dimosthenis Zylis,Rosario Tumino,Valeria Pala,H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita,Lambertus A. Kiemeney,Laudina Rodríguez Suárez,Carlos González,María José Sánchez,José María Huerta,Aurelio Barricarte Gurrea,Jonas Manjer,Elisabet Wirfält,Kay-Tee Khaw,Nicholas J. Wareham,Paolo Boffetta,Lars Egevad,Sabina Rinaldi,Elio Riboli +33 more
TL;DR: The data support the hypothesis of an inverse association between advanced prostate cancer risk and occupational physical activity, but there is no support for an association between prostate cancerrisk and leisure time physical activity.
Review of Physical Activity and the IGF Family
TL;DR: It is not yet possible to determine if exercise affects IGF levels, but age influenced the effects of exercise on IGF levels and exercise appeared to decrease IGF-1 levels in children, but to increase levels in young adults.