Biography

Dr. Abnet received a Ph.D. in Environmental Toxicology from the University of Wisconsin in 1998 and an M.P.H. in Epidemiology from the University of Minnesota in 1999. He joined NCI as a Cancer Prevention Fellow in the Division of Cancer Prevention in 1998 and became an investigator in the Nutritional Epidemiology Branch in 2005.

Research Interests

• Etiologic studies of esophageal and gastric cancer
• Developing exposure markers for nutritional and toxic elements for use in epidemiologic studies
• Oral health and cancer
• Early detection methods for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in high-risk populations
• Member of the DCEG Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers Research Group

Keywords

esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, esophageal adenocarcinoma, gastric adenocarcinoma, element status, oral health, early detection

Selected Publications

• Abnet CC et al. Self-reported goiter is associated with a significantly increased risk of gastric noncardia adenocarcinoma in a large population-based Chinese cohort. Int J Cancer 2006.
• McGlynn KA et al. Serum concentrations of 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane (DDT) and 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethylene (DDE) and risk of primary liver cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst 2006; 98(14):1005-10.
• Abnet CC et al. Tooth loss is associated with increased risk of gastric non-cardia adenocarcinoma in a cohort of Finnish smokers. Scand J Gastroenterol 2005; 40(6):681-7.
• Wei WQ et al. Risk factors for oesophageal squamous dysplasia in adult inhabitants of a high risk region of China. Gut 2005; 54(6):759-63.
• Abnet CC et al. Tooth loss is associated with increased risk of total death and death from upper gastrointestinal cancer, heart disease, and stroke in a Chinese population-based cohort. Int J Epidemiol 2005; 34(2):467-74.
• Abnet CC et al. Zinc concentration in esophageal biopsy specimens measured by x-ray fluorescence and esophageal cancer risk. J Natl Cancer Inst 2005; 97(4):301-6.

Collaborators

DCEG Collaborators

• Sanford Dawsey, M.D.; Philip Taylor, M.D., Sc.D.; Arthur Schatzkin, M.D., Dr.P.H.; Farin Kamangar, M.D., Ph.D.; Mark Roth, M.D.; Michael Leitzmann, M.D., Dr.P.H.; Wong-Ho Chow, Ph.D.; Katherine McGlynn, Ph.D.; Demetrius Albanes, M.D.; Rachael Stolzenberg-Solomon, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Other NCI Collaborators

• Karen Woodson, Ph.D., M.P.H., Neal Freedman, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Other Scientific Collaborators

• Paulo Boffetta, M.D., IARC, Lyon, France
• Paul Brennan, Ph.D., IARC, Lyon, France
• Zhi-Wei Dong, M.D., Cancer Institute, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
• Bruce Dye, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, Maryland, USA
• Renato Fagundes, M.D., Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil
• Laura Lee Johnson, Ph.D., NICAM, Bethesda, MD, USA
• Barry Lai, Ph.D., Argonne National Laboratories, Department of Energy, Argonne, IL, USA
• Paul Limburg, M.D., M.P.H., Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
• Reza Malekzadeh, M.D., DDRC, Tehran University, Iran
• Steven Mark, M.D., Sc.D., University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
• Sidney Mirvish, Ph.D., University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE, USA
• Pirjo Pietinen, Ph.D., KTL, Helsinki, Finland
• You-Lin Qiao, M.D., Ph.D., Cancer Institute, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
• Vikash Sewram, Ph.D., PROMEC, Medical Research Council, South Africa
• Paul Strickland, Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
• Stefan Vogt, Ph.D., Argonne National Laboratories, Department of Energy, Argonne, IL, USA
• Wen-Qiang Wei, M.D., Cancer Institute, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
• Russ White, M.D., Tenwek Hospital, Bomet, Kenya