Published Research


Papers published in scientific, peer-reviewed journals with AACES data include:

1) Schildkraut JM, Alberg AJ, Bandera EV, et al. A multi-center population-based case-control study of ovarian cancer in African-American women: the African American Cancer Epidemiology Study (AACES). BMC Cancer. 2014;14:688. Published 2014 Sep 22. doi:10.1186/1471-2407-14-688

2) Qin B, Moorman PG, Alberg AJ, et al. Dietary carbohydrate intake, glycaemic load, glycaemic index and ovarian cancer risk in African-American women. Br J Nutr. 2016;115(4):694-702. doi:10.1017/S0007114515004882

3) Abbott SE, Bandera EV, Qin B, et al. Recreational physical activity and ovarian cancer risk in African American women. Cancer Med. 2016;5(6):1319-1327. doi:10.1002/cam4.677

4) Bandera EV, Qin B, Moorman PG, et al. Obesity, weight gain, and ovarian cancer risk in African American women. Int J Cancer. 2016;139(3):593-600. doi:10.1002/ijc.30115

5) Peres LC, Camacho F, Abbott SE, et al. Analgesic medication use and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer in African American women. Br J Cancer. 2016;114(7):819-825. doi:10.1038/bjc.2016.39

6) Erondu CO, Alberg AJ, Bandera EV, et al. The Association Between Body Mass Index and Presenting Symptoms in African American Women with Ovarian Cancer. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2016;25(6):571-578. doi:10.1089/jwh.2015.5359

7) Schildkraut JM, Abbott SE, Alberg AJ, et al. Association between Body Powder Use and Ovarian Cancer: The African American Cancer Epidemiology Study (AACES). Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2016;25(10):1411-1417. doi:10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-15-1281

8) Qin B, Moorman PG, Kelemen LE, et al. Dietary Quality and Ovarian Cancer Risk in African-American Women. Am J Epidemiol. 2017;185(12):1281-1289. doi:10.1093/aje/kwx022

9) Alberg AJ, Moorman PG, Crankshaw S, et al. Socioeconomic Status in Relation to the Risk of Ovarian Cancer in African-American Women: A Population-Based Case-Control Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2016;184(4):274-283. doi:10.1093/aje/kwv450

10) Moorman PG, Alberg AJ, Bandera EV, et al. Reproductive factors and ovarian cancer risk in African-American women. Ann Epidemiol. 2016;26(9):654-662. doi:10.1016/j.annepidem.2016.07.004

11) Qin B, Moorman PG, Alberg AJ, et al. Dairy, calcium, vitamin D and ovarian cancer risk in African-American women. Br J Cancer. 2016;115(9):1122-1130. doi:10.1038/bjc.2016.289

12) Peres LC, Bandera EV, Qin B, et al. Dietary inflammatory index and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer in African American women. Int J Cancer. 2017;140(3):535-543. doi:10.1002/ijc.30467

13) Terry PD, Qin B, Camacho F, et al. Supplemental Selenium May Decrease Ovarian Cancer Risk in African-American Women. J Nutr. 2017;147(4):621-627. doi:10.3945/jn.116.243279

14) McNamara C, Abbott SE, Bandera EV, et al. Tubal ligation and ovarian cancer risk in African American women. Cancer Causes Control. 2017;28(10):1033-1041. doi:10.1007/s10552-017-0943-6

15) Peres LC, Moorman PG, Alberg AJ, et al. Lifetime number of ovulatory cycles and epithelial ovarian cancer risk in African American women. Cancer Causes Control. 2017;28(5):405-414. doi:10.1007/s10552-017-0853-7

16) Peres LC, Alberg AJ, Bandera EV, et al. Premenopausal Hysterectomy and Risk of Ovarian Cancer in African-American Women. Am J Epidemiol. 2017;186(1):46-53. doi:10.1093/aje/kwx055

17) Kelemen LE, Abbott S, Qin B, et al. Cigarette smoking and the association with serous ovarian cancer in African American women: African American Cancer Epidemiology Study (AACES). Cancer Causes Control. 2017;28(7):699-708. doi:10.1007/s10552-017-0899-6

18) Abbott SE, Camacho F, Peres LC, et al. Recreational physical activity and survival in African-American women with ovarian cancer. Cancer Causes Control. 2018;29(1):77-86. doi:10.1007/s10552-017-0986-8

19)  Peres LC, Risch H, Terry KL, et al. Racial/ethnic differences in the epidemiology of ovarian cancer: a pooled analysis of 12 case-control studies [published correction appears in Int J Epidemiol. 2018 Jun 1;47(3):1011]. Int J Epidemiol. 2018;47(2):460-472. doi:10.1093/ije/dyx252

20) Mills AM, Peres LC, Meiss A, et al. Targetable Immune Regulatory Molecule Expression in High-Grade Serous Ovarian Carcinomas in African American Women: A Study of PD-L1 and IDO in 112 Cases From the African American Cancer Epidemiology Study (AACES). Int J Gynecol Pathol. 2019;38(2):157-170. doi:10.1097/PGP.0000000000000494

21) Moorman PG, Barrett NJ, Wang F, et al. Effect of Cultural, Folk, and Religious Beliefs and Practices on Delays in Diagnosis of Ovarian Cancer in African American Women. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2019;28(4):444-451. doi:10.1089/jwh.2018.7031

22) Park HK, Schildkraut JM, Alberg AJ, et al. Benign gynecologic conditions are associated with ovarian cancer risk in African-American women: a case-control study. Cancer Causes Control. 2018;29(11):1081-1091. doi:10.1007/s10552-018-1082-4

23) Anderson RT, Peres LC, Camacho F, et al. Individual, Social, and Societal Correlates of Health-Related Quality of Life Among African American Survivors of Ovarian Cancer: Results from the African American Cancer Epidemiology Study. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2019;28(2):284-293. doi:10.1089/jwh.2018.7025

24) Peres LC, Hebert JR, Qin B, et al. Prediagnostic Proinflammatory Dietary Potential Is Associated with All-Cause Mortality among African-American Women with High-Grade Serous Ovarian Carcinoma. J Nutr. 2019;149(9):1606-1616. doi:10.1093/jn/nxz098

25) Grant DJ, Manichaikul A, Alberg AJ, et al. Evaluation of vitamin D biosynthesis and pathway target genes reveals UGT2A1/2 and EGFR polymorphisms associated with epithelial ovarian cancer in African American Women. Cancer Med. 2019;8(5):2503-2513. doi:10.1002/cam4.1996

26) Manichaikul A, Peres LC, Wang XQ, et al. Identification of novel epithelial ovarian cancer loci in women of African ancestry. Int J Cancer. 2020;146(11):2987-2998. doi:10.1002/ijc.32653

27) Mullins MA, Peres LC, Alberg AJ, et al. Perceived discrimination, trust in physicians, and prolonged symptom duration before ovarian cancer diagnosis in the African American Cancer Epidemiology Study. Cancer. 2019;125(24):4442-4451. doi:10.1002/cncr.32451

28) Staples JN, Peres LC, Camacho F, et al. Cardiometabolic comorbidities and epithelial ovarian cancer risk among African-American women in the African-American Cancer Epidemiology Study (AACES). Gynecol Oncol. 2020;158(1):123-129. doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2020.04.700

29) McBride CM, Pathak S, Johnson CE, Alberg AJ, Bandera EV, Barnholtz-Sloan JS, Bondy ML, Cote ML, Moorman PG, Peres LC, Peters ES, Schwartz AG, Terry PD, Schildkraut JM. Psychosocial factors associated with genetic testing status among African American women with ovarian cancer: Results from the African American Cancer Epidemiology Study. Cancer. 2022 Mar 15;128(6):1252-1259. doi: 10.1002/cncr.34053. Epub 2021 Dec 9. PMID: 34882782.

30) Peres LC, Colin-Leitzinger C, Sinha S, Marks JR, Conejo-Garcia JR, Alberg AJ, Bandera EV, Berchuck A, Bondy ML, Christensen BC, Cote ML, Doherty JA, Moorman PG, Peters ES, Moran Segura C, Nguyen JV, Schwartz AG, Terry PD, Wilson CM, Fridley BL, Schildkraut JM. Racial Differences in the Tumor Immune Landscape and Survival of Women with High-Grade Serous Ovarian Carcinoma. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2022 May 4;31(5):1006-1016. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-21-1334. PMID: 35244678; PMCID: PMC9081269.