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Elizabeth Fontham MPH, DrPH
Professor
Dean, School of Public Health

1615 Poydras Street
Suite 1400
New Orleans, LA 70112

Phone: 504-568-5700
Fax: 504-568-5701
efonth@lsuhsc.edu

   
Degrees:

BA Chemistry - 1968
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

MPH Epidemiology - 1978
Tulane University School of Public Health

DrPH Epidemiology - 1983
Tulane University School of Public Health

 

 

Research Interests:

Epidemiology
Cancer Epidemiology

   
Teaching:

Introduction to Epidemiology
Core Curriculum (Residency Training)

   
Committees & Administrative Responsibilities:

Admissions Committee, MPH Program, Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, 2002-present
Advisory Committee: Environmental Diseases Prevention Research Center, Tulane University, School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, 1998-to date
American Cancer Society - National Board of Directors 1994-1996, 2001- 2004
American Cancer Society - National, Nomination Committee for Peer Reviewers, 1996,1997, 1999-2004
American Cancer Society Action Network (National) Board of Directors, 2003-2004
American Cancer Society Advocacy and Public Policy Committee, 2003-2004
American Cancer Society Chairman, Research Evaluation Advisory Group, 1999-2004
American Cancer Society Chairman, Research Evaluation Advisory Group, 1999-2004
American Cancer Society MidSouth Division Board of Directors, 1996-to date
American Cancer Society MidSouth Division Chairman of the Board, 2002-2004
American Cancer Society MidSouth Division Executive Committee, 2000-2004
American Cancer Society MidSouth Division Hope Lodge (Louisiana) Program Committee, 1999-to date
American Cancer Society of Greater New Orleans, Leadership Council (replaces former Bd. of Directors) 1999-to date
American Cancer Society Reduction of Cancer Incidence and Mortality: National Board Committee, 2000-2004
American Cancer Society Reduction of Cancer Incidence and Mortality: National Board Committee, 2000-2004
American Cancer Society Research Agenda Workgroup, 2003-2004
American Cancer Society Research and Medical Affairs Committee, 2000-2004
American College of Epidemiology Annual Scientific Meeting Host, 2005
American College of Epidemiology Finance Committee, 1997-2005
American College of Epidemiology, Finance Committee - 1997- 2005
American College of Epidemiology, Host, 2005 Annual Scientific Meeting
Building Research Infrastructure and Capacity (BRIC) – AHRQ Grant – Executive Advisory Committee, 2000-2006
Executive Committee, Louisiana Cancer Control Partnership, 2002-to date
General Facilities Committee, LSU Health Sciences Center, 2000-
Louisiana Public Health Institute Board of Directors, 1998 to date
Louisiana Public Health Institute, Board of Directors, 1998-to date
Louisiana Public Health Institute, Secretary-Treasurer 2000-to date
Louisiana Public Health Institute, Secretary-Treasurer, 2000 to date
LSU School of Public Health Administrative Council, 2003 –present
LSU School of Public Health Appointments and Promotions Committee, Ad hoc, 2003 -present
LSU School of Public Health Planning and Evaluation Committee, 2003 - present
Member of LSUHSC Faculty Handbook Committee,2003-2005
Member, Graduate Studies Committee, Cell Biology & Anatomy, 2004-present
National Cancer Institute Board of Scientific Counselors, 2000-2005
NCI Board of Scientific Counselors, 2000-2005
Nomination Committee for Peer Reviewers, 1996-2004
Nomination Committee for Peer Reviewers, 1996-2004
Public Health Committee, Orleans Parish Medical Society, 1999 to date
Scientific Editorial Board – North Am. Assn. Central Cancer Registries, 1998-2004,Chairman 2000-4
Steering Committee & Program Leader, Louisiana Consortium Cancer Center (LSU-Tulane Cancer Center Consortium), 2002-to date
Steering Committee, Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program (funded by tobacco tax), 2002-to date
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Environmental Diseases Prevention Research Center Advisory Committee, 1998 to date

   
Selected Publications:

MacLeod RM, Fontham ETH, Influence of ionic environment on the in vitro synthesis and release of pituitary hormones., Endocrinology 86:863-869, 1970.

MacLeod RM, Fontham ETH, Lehmeyer JE, Prolactin and growth hormone production as influenced by catecholamines and agents that affect brain catecholamines., Neuroendocrinology 6:283-294, 1970.

Correa P, Pickle LW, Fontham ETH, Johnson WD., Preliminary report on a case-control study of cancers of the lung, stomach and pancreas in southern Louisiana, Proceedings of Second Annual NCI/IEPA/NIOSH Collaborative Workshop: Progress on Joint Environmental and Occupational Cancer Studies, Rockville p.338, 1981.

Fontham, ETH, Epidemiology of cancer of the pancreas, Cancer of the Digestive Tract pp.243-259, 1982.

Correa P, Pickle LW, Fontham ETH, Lin Y, Haenszel W., Passive smoking and lung cancer, Lancet pp 595-597, 1983.

Fontham ETH, A case-control epidemiologic study in a high cancer-risk population, Gastric cancer pp.1-136, 1983.

Correa P, Pickle LW, Fontham ETH, Dalager N, Lin Y, Haenszel W, Johnson WD, The causes of lung cancer in Louisiana., Lung Cancer: Causes and Prevention pp.73-82, 1984.

Pickle LW, Correa P, Fontham, ETH, Recent case-control studies of lung cancer in the United States, Lung Cancer: Causes and Prevention pp.101-116, 1984.

Correa P, Pickle LW, Fontham, ETH, Cancer in Louisiana: Case-control studies of cancers of environmental determinants in high risk parishes, Proceedings of Third Annual NCI/IEPA/NIOSH Collaborative Workshop: Progress on Joint Environmental and Occupational Cancer Studies,Rockville, MD pp.727-751, 1984.

Haenszel W, Correa P, Lopez A, Cuello C, Zarama G, Zavala D, Fontham ETH, Serum micronutrient levels in relation to gastric pathology, Int J. Cancer 36:43-48, 1985.

Lipkin M, Correa P, Mikol Y, Cuello C, Zarama G, Fontham, ETH, Zavala D, Proliferation and antigenic modifications in human epithelial cells in chronic atrophic gastritis, JNCI 75:613-619, 1985.

Correa P, Fontham ETH, Pickle LW, Chen VW, Lin Y, Haenszel W, Dietary determinants of gastric cancer in south Louisiana, JNCI 75:645-653, 1985.

Fontham ETH, Zavala D, Correa P, Rodriguez E, Hunter F, Haenszel W, Tannenbaum SR, Diet and chronic atrophic gastritis, JNCI 76:621-627, 1986.

Thomas TL, Fontham ETH, Norman SA, Stemhagen A, Hoover RN, Occupational risk factors for brain tumors: A case-referent death certificate analysis, Scand J Environmental Health 12:121- 127, 1986.

Dalager NA, Pickle LW, Correa P, Fontham ETH, Stemhagen A, Buffler PA, Eigler R, Mason TJ, Passive smoking and lung cancer among non-tobacco users, Cancer Res 46:4808-4811, 1986.

Fontham ETH, Correa P, Rodriguez E, Lin Y, Validation of smoking history with the micronuclei test, Banbury Report 23: Mechanisms in Tobacco Carcinogenesis, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, pp.113-119, 1986.

Bonney GE, Elston RC, Correa P, Tannenbaum SR, Haenszel W, Zavala DE, Fontham ETH, Zarama G, Cuello C, Genetic etiology of gastric carcinoma. II. Segregation analysis of gastric pH, nitrate and nitrite, Gen Epidemiol 4:103-114, 1987.

Fontham ETH, Correa P, Cohn I, Epidemiology of neoplasms of the exocrine pancreas, Surgical Diseases of the Pancreas pp.613-626, 1987.

Thomas TL, Stolley PD, Stenihagen A, Fontham ETH, Bleecker ML, Stewart PA, Hoover RN, Brain tumor mortality risk among men with electrical and electronic jobs, JNCI 79:233-238, 1987.

DeStefani E, Correa P, Oreggia F, Leiva J, Rivero S, Fernandez G, Deneo-Pellegrini H, Zavala D Fontham ETH, Risk factors for laryngeal cancer, Cancer 60:3087-3091, 1987.

Fontham ETH, Correa P, Chen VW, Craig JC, Pickle LW, Falk R, Tobacco and cancer in Louisiana, La State Med Soc 140:29-42, 1988.

Correa P, Fontham ETH, Chen VW, Craig JF, Falk R, Pickle LW, Diet, nutrition and cancer in Louisiana, J La State Med Soc 140:43-50, 1988.

Chen VW, Correa P, Craig JF, Fontham ETH, Is cancer survival poorer in Louisiana?, J La State Med Soc 140:20-28, 1988.

Craig JK, Chen VW, Correa P, Fontham ETH, Louisiana Tumor Registry, J La State Med Soc 140:51-54, 1988.

Schiffmann MH, Pickle LW, Fontham ETH, Zahm SH, Meli J, Falk R, Correa P, Fraumeni JF Jr, A case-control study of diet and mesothelioma, Cancer Res 48:2911-2915, 1988.

Falk RT, Pickle LW, Fontham ETH, Correa P, Fraumeni J, Lifestyle and pancreatic cancer in Louisiana: A case-control study, Am J Epidemiol 128:324-336, 1988.

Fontham ETH, Haenszel W, Pickle LW, Correa P, Lin Y, Falk RT, Dietary vitamins A and C and lung cancer risk in Louisiana, Cancer 62:2267-2273, 1988.

De Stefani E, Correa P, Oreggia F, Deneo-Pellegrini H, Fernandez G, Zavala D, Carzoglio J, Leiva J, Fontham E, Rivero S, Black tobacco, wine and mate in oropharyngeal cancer. A case-control study in Uruguay, Rev Epidem et Sant Publ 36:389-394, 1988.

Vineis P, Thomas T, Hayes RB, Blot WJ, Mason TJ, Pickle LW, Correa P, Fontham ETH, Schoenburg J., Proportion of lung cancers in males due to occupation in different areas of the U.S., Int J Cancer 42(6):851-856, 1988.

Fontham ETH, Chen VW, Correa P, Epidemiologic studies of cancer in Louisiana, The Cancer Quarterly 2(4):3-5, 1989.

Fontham ETH, Correa P, Epidemiology of pancreatic cancer, Surgical Clinics of North America 63(3):551-567, 1989.

Fox J, Correa P, Taylor N, Zavala D, Fontham ETH, Janney F, Rodriguez E, Hunter F, Diavolitsis S, Campylobacter pylori associated gastritis and immune response in a population at high risk of gastric carcinoma, Am J Gastroenterol 84(7):775-781, 1989.

Hayes RB, Thomas T, Silverman DT, Vineis P, Blot WJ, Mason TJ, Pickle LW, Correa P, Fontham ETH, Schoenberg J, Lung cancer in motor-exhaust exposed occupations, Am J Industrial Med 16:685-695, 1989.

Chen VW, Craig JF, Fontham ETH, Correa P, Excessive cancer rates among blacks in Louisiana: an opportunity for physician intervention, J La State Med Soc 142:18-26, 1990.

Craig JF, Chen VW, Fontham ETH, Ballinger T, Correa P, Cancer mortality of the 30's foretells cancer of the 80's in Louisiana, J La State Med Soc 142:43-48, 1990.

Fontham ETH, Protective dietary factors and lung cancer, Int J Epidemiol 19(3)(Suppl 1), 1990.

Correa P, Fox J, Fontham E, Ruiz B, Lin Y, et al, Helicobacter pylori and gastric carcinoma: serum antibody prevalence in populations with contrasting cancer risks, Cancer 66(12):2569-2574, 1990.

Falk RT, Pickle LW, Fontham ET, Correa P, Morse A, Chen V, Fraumeni JF, Occupation and pancreatic cancer risk in Louisiana, Am J Industrial Med 18(5):565-76, 1990.

Groves F, Craig JF, Chen VW, Fontham ETH, Zavala DE, Correa P, Pediatric cancer in New Orleans, J La State Med Soc 142:27-30, 1990.

Chen VW, Craig JF, Fontham ET, Lin Y, Correa P, Cancer Incidence in South Louisiana, 1983-1986., Cancer in Louisiana Volume VI, pp. 1-792, 1990.

Fontham E, Correa P, Nutrition, Yearbook of Science & Technology 1991 pp.270-272, 1990.

Correa P, Haenszel W, Cuello C, Zavala D, Fontham E, Zarama G, Tannenbaum S, Collazos T, Ruiz B, Gastric precancerous process in a high risk population: cohort follow-up, Cancer Res 50:4737-4740, 1990.

Correa P, Haenszel W, Cuello C, Zavala D, Fontham E, Zarama G, Tannenbaum S, Collazos T, Ruiz B, Gastric precancerous process in a high risk population: cross-sectional studies, Cancer Res 50:4731-4736, 1990.

Riboli E, Preston-Martin S, Saracci R, Haley N, Trichopoulos D, Becher H, Burch JD, Fontham ETH, Gao Y, Jindal SK, Koo LC, Le Marchand L, Segnan N, Schimizu H, Stanta G, Wu-Williams AH, Zatonski W, Exposure of nonsmoking women to environmental tobacco smoke: a 10 country collaborative study, Cancer Causes and Control 1:243-252, 1991.

Wiktor SZ, Pate EJ, Weiss SH, Gohd RS, Correa P, Fontham ET, Hanchard B, Bigger RJ, Blattner WA, Sensitivity of HTLV-I antibody assays for HTLV-II, Lancet 338:512-513, 1991.

Fontham ETH, Correa P, Wu-Williams A, Reynold P, Greenberg RS, Buffler PA, Chen VW, Boyd P, Alterman T, Austin DF, Liff J, Greenberg SD, Lung cancer in non-smoking women: a multicenter case-control study, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention 1:35-43, 1991.

De Stefani E, Correa P, Fierro L, Fontham E, Chen V, Zavala D., Black tobacco, mate, and bladder cancer: A case-control study from Uruguay, Cancer 67:536-540, 1991.

Craig JF, Chen VW, Fontham ETH, Cancer control plan for Louisiana: Assessment of needs and development of a plan, J La State Med Soc 143:41-46, 1991.

Chen VW, Fontham E, Groves, FD, Craig JF, Correa P, Cancer Incidence in South Louisiana, Cancer in Louisiana Volume VII, pp.1-337, 1991.

Fontham ETH, Chen VW, Craig JF, Groves FD, Rainey JM, Ranier AS, Culley P, Correa P, Cancer in Louisiana. Part II: Gastrointestinal Tract Cancers, J La State Med Soc 144:163-166, 1992.

Chen VW, Fontham ETH, Craig JF, Cancer in Louisiana Part III: Cancers of the breast and the reproductive system, J La State Med Soc 144:171-177, 1992.

Fontham ETH, Correa P, Wu-Williams A, Reynolds P, Greenberg RS, Buffler PA, Chen VW, Boyd P, Alterman T, Austin DF, Liff J, Greenberg SD, Reply to letter to editor by Nathan Mantel re: ETH Fontham et al, Lung Cancer in Nonsmoking Women: A Multicenter Case-Control Study, Epidemiol, Biomarkers & Prev 1:331-334, 1992.

Falk RT, Pickle LW, Fontham ETH, Greenberg SD, Jacobs HL, Correa P, Fraumeni JF Jr, Epidemiology of bronchioalveolar carcinoma, Cancer Epidemiol, Biomarkers & Prev 1:339-344, 1992.

Groves FD, Griener ED, Fontham ETH, Lung cancer rates and risk factors in St. Bernard parish Louisiana: an ecologic study, J La State Med Soc 144: 271-277, 1992.

Fontham E, Chen V, Meeting Report: Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the American Society of Preventive Oncology, Cancer Epidemiol, Biomarkers & Prev 1: 417-421, 1992.

DeStefani E, Fierro L, Correa P, Carzoglio I, Deneo-Pellegrini H, Zavala D, Fontham E, Chen V, Type of tobacco and risk of lung cancer: a case-control study from Uraguay, Lung Cancer 8:21-28, 1992.

Chen VW, Fontham ETH, Craig JF, Groves FD, Culley P, Rainey JM, Rainer AS, Correa P, Cancer in Louisiana. Part I: Tobacco-Related Cancers, J La State Med Soc 144:149-155, 1992.

Fox JG, Correa P, Taylor NS, Thompson N, Fontham E, Janney F, Sobhan M, Ruiz B, Hunter F, High prevalence and persistence of cytotoxin positive Helicobacter pylori strains in a population with high prevalence of atrophic gastritis, Am J Gastroenterol 87:1554-1560, 1992.

Hunter FM, Correa P, Fontham E, Ruiz B, Sobhan M, Samloff M, Serum pepsinogens as markers of response to therapy for Helicobacter pylori gastritis, Dig Dis Sci 38(11), 2081-2086, 1993.

Fontham E, Correa P, Meeting Report: Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the American Society of Preventive Oncology, Cancer Epidemiol, Biomarkers & Prev 2:499-504, 1993.

Fontham E, The Cancer Incidence-Mortality Gap in Louisiana: Socioeconomics, Cancer Statistics and Chronic Disaster Areas. Proceedings, President's Cancer Panel Meeting, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute pp.127-158, 1993.

Fontham E, Correa P, Buffler PA et al, Environmental tobacco smoke and lung cancer, The Cancer Bulletin 45 (1):92-94, 1993.

Fontham E, Correa P, Chen V, Passive smoking and lung cancer, J La State Med Soc 145:132-136, 1993.

Fontham E, Correa P, The epidemiologic approach to the study of protease inhibitors, In:Protease Inhibitors as Cancer Chemoprevention Agents, W. Troll and A.R. Kennedy, eds pp.1-8, 1993.

DeStefani E, Fierro L, Correa P, Carzoglio I, Deneo-Pellegrini H, Zavala D, Fontham E, Chen V., Type of tobacco and risk of lung cancer : a case-control study from Uraguay., Lung Cancer 8:21-32, 1993.

DeStefani E, Fierro L, Correa P, Carzoglio I, Deneo-Pellegrini H, Zavala D, Fontham E, Chen V., Type of tobacco and risk of lung cancer : a case-control study from Uraguay., Lung Cancer 8:21-32, 1993.

Brenes F, Ruiz B, Correa P, Hunter F, Rhamakrishman T, Fontham E, Shi T-Y, Helicobacter pylori causes hyperproliferation of the gastric epithelium. pre and post-eradication indices of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA)., Am J Gastroenterol 88(11):1870-1875, 1993.

Correa P, fontham ETH., Overview: Vitamins and cancer prevention: an epidemiology overview., Vitamins and Cancer Prevention G. Bray, D.H. Ryan, Eds. Baton Rouge and London, 73-86, 1993.

Ruiz B, Rood JC, Fontham ETH, Malcom GT, Hunter Fm, Sobhan M, Johnson WD, Correa P, Vitamin C concentration in gastric juice before and after anti-Helicobacter pylori treatment, Am J Gastroenterol 89 (4): 533-539, 1994.

Correa P, Zavala D, Fontham E, et al, Determinants of Gastritis Phenotype in Helicobacter pylori infection. In: Helicobacter pylori: Basic research to clinical cure, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston pp. 381-389, 1994.

Fontham ETH, Correa P, Reynolds P, Wu-Williams A, Buffler PA, Greenberg RS, Chen VWAlterman T, Boyd P, Austin DF, Liff J, Environmental tobacco smoke and lung cancer in nonsmoking women: A multicenter study, JAMA 271(22): 1752-1759, 1994.

Chen VW, Wu XC, Andrews PA, Fontham ETH, Correa P, Advanced Stage at Diagnosis: An Explanation for higher than Expected Cancer Death Rates in Louisiana?, J La State Med Soc 146:137-145, 1994.

Rood JC, Ruiz B, Fontham ETH, Malcom GT, Hunter FM, Sobhan M, Johnson WD, Correa P, Helicobacter pylori-associated gastritis and vitamin C concentration in gastric juice, Nutrition and Cancer Vol.22, No.1, 65-72, 1994.

Ruiz B, Correa PC, Fontham ETH, Rood JC, Malcom GT, Torrado I, Perez A, Hunter FM, Gastric juice ascorbic acid, Helicobacter pylori-associated gastritis and Lewis phenotype among Black and White patients in New Orleans, Cancer Letters Vol. 83 pp. 323-329, 1994.

Fontham ETH, Meeting Report: Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the American Society of Preventive Oncology, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 3:365-368, 1994.

Fontham ETH, Vitamin C, vitamin C-rich foods, and cancer: Epidemiologic and clinical studies, Natural Antioxidants in Human Health and Disease pp. 157-197, 1994.

Correa P, Fontham ETH, Ruiz B, Malcom GT, Hunter FM, Zavala D, Gastric juice ascorbic acid after intravenous injection: Effect of ethnicity, pH, and Helicobacter pylori infection, JNCI 87 (1): 52-53, 1995.

Fontham ETH, Ruiz B, Perez A, Hunter F and Correa P, Determinants of Helicobacter pylori infection and chronic gastritis, Amer J of Gastro 90 (7): 1094-1101, 1995.

Fontham ETH, Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the American Society of Preventive Oncology, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention 4:429-433, 1995.

Fontham ETH, Malcom GT, Singh VN, Ruiz B, Schmidt B, Correa P, Effects of Beta-carotene supplementation on serum a-tocopherol concentration, Cancer Epid Biomarkers and Prev 4: 801 - 803, 1995.

Reynolds P, Fontham ETH, Passive Smoking and Lung Cancer, Annals of Medicine 27: 633-640, 1995.

Riboli E, Haley NJ, Tredaniel J, Saracci R, Preston-Martin S, Trichopoulos D, [Becher H, Burch JD, Fontham ETH, Gao YT, Jindal SK, Koo LC, LeMarchand L, Segnan N, Shimizu H, Stanta G, Wu-Williams AH, Zatonski W.], Misclassification of smoking status among women in relation to exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, Eur Respir J 8:285-290, 1995.

Wu-Williams A, Fontham ETH, Reynolds P, Greenberg P, Buffler PA, Liff J, Boyd P, Henderson B, Correa P, Previous lung disease and risk of lung cancer among lifetime nonsmoking women in the U.S, Am J Epidemiology 141:1023-32, 1995.

Riboli E, Haley NJ, Tredaniel J, Saracci R, Trichopoulos D, Preston-Martin S, Becher H, Burch JD, Fontham ETH, Gao YT, Jindal SK, Koo LC, LeMarchand L, Segnan N, Shimizu H, Stanta G, Wu-Williams AH, Zatonski W, Do the nonsmoking daughters of smokers tend to marry smokers? Implications for epidemiologic research on environmental tobacco smoke, Cancer Epid Biomarkers and Prev 4: 821-824, 1995.

Taylor NS, Fox JG, Akopyants NS, Berg DE, Thompson N, Shames B, Yan L, Fontham E, Janney F, Hunter FM, Correa P, Long term colonization with single and multiple strains of Helicobacter pylori assessed by DNA fingerprinting, Journal of Clinical Microbiology Vol 33, No.4, pp. 918-923, 1995.

Wu AH, Fontham ETH, Reynolds P, Greenberg RS, Buffler P, Liff J, Boyd P, Correa P, Family History of Cancer and Risk of Lung Cancer among Lifetime Nonsmoking Women in the United States, Am J Epidemiology 143 (6): 535-542, 1996.

Groves FD, Andrews PA, Chen VW, Fontham ETH, Correa P., Is there a “cancer corridor" in Louisiana?, J La State Med Soc 148 (4): 155-164, 1996.

Reynolds P, VonBehren, Fontham ETH, Correa P, Wu A, Buffler PA, Greenberg RS, Occupational Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke., JAMA 275: 441-442, 1996.

DeStefani E, Fierro L, Correa P, Fontham E, Ronco A, Larrinaga M, Balbi J, Mendilaharsu M, Mate drinking and risk of lung cancer in males: a case-control study from Uruguay, Cancer Epid Biomarkers Prev 5: 515-519, 1996.

Mannick EE, Bravo LE, Zhang X-J, Ruiz B, Fontham ETH, Miller MJS, Correa P, Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase, Nitrotyrosine and Apoptosis in Helicobacter pylori Gastritis: Effect of Antibiotics and Antioxidants., Cancer Research 56: 3238 - 3243, 1996.

Ruiz B, Correa P, Fontham ETH, Ramakrishnan T, Antral atrophy, Helicobacter pylori colonization, and gastric pH, American Journal of Clinical Pathology 105 (1): 96-101, 1996.

Fontham ETH, Powers C, Wall IL, Louisiana Health and Nutrition Survey, J La State Med Soc 48 (4): 171-178, 1996.

Fontham ETH, Powers C, Wall IL, Louisiana Health and Nutrition Survey, J La State Med Soc 48 (4): 171-178, 1996.

Fontham ETH, Meeting Report: Twentieth Annual Meeting of the American Society of Prevention Oncology, Cancer Epid Biomarkers Prev 5: 579-583, 1996.

Chen VW, Correa CN, Wu XC, Andrews PA, Fontham ETH, Blount GA, Jackson JE, Lucas HF, Correa P, Cancer Incidence in Louisiana, 1988-1992, Cancer in Louisiana; vol.8, no.1.) vol.8, no.1., 1996.

DeStefani E, Fontham ETH, Chen V, Correa P, Deano-Pellegrini H, Ronco a, Mendilaharsu M., Fatty foods and the risk of lung cancer: a case-control study from Uruguay, Int J Cancer 71:760 - 866, 1997.

Fontham ETH, Micronutrients and Cancers of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract, Preventive Nutrition pp. 33-55, 1997.

Fontham E, Diet and lung cancer, Cancer Causes Control 8(6): 819-820, 1997.

Fontham ETH, Micronutrients and Cancers of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract., Preventive Nutrition A Bendich and R.J. Deceklbaum (Ed.) Humana Press , Inc., Totowa NJ, 33-55, 1997.

Correa P, Malcom G, Schmidt B, Fontham E, Ruiz B, Bravo JC, Bravo LE, Zarama G, Realpe JL, Antioxidant Micronutrients and Gastric Cancer, Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2(Suppl 1):73-82, 1998.

Chen VW, Andrews PA, Wu XC, Correa CN, Fontham ETH, Cancer Incidence in the Industrial Corridor: An update., J. La. State Med. Soc April 150:158-167, 1998.

Gong C, Mera R, Bravo JC, Ruiz B, Fontham ETH, Correa P, Hunt JD, KRAS mutations predict progression of preneoplastic gastric lesions, Cancer Epid Biomarkers Prev 8:167-171, 1999.

Heath C and Fontham ETH, Cancer Etiology, The American Cancer Society's Clinical Oncology pp. 37-54, 2000.

Wu X-C, Correa CN, Andrews P, Schmidt BA, Ahmed MN, Chen VW, Fontham ETH, Stage of disease and diagnosis and survival estimates for cancers of the colon and rectum in Louisiana, J La State Med Soc 152: 171-180, 2000.

Ahmed MN, Andrews P, Chen VW, Wu X-C, Schmidt BA, Fontham ETH, Incidence, trends and mortality rate of prostate cancer in Louisiana, J La Med Soc 152: 195-203, 2000.

Correa P, Fontham ETH, Bravo JC, Bravo LE, Ruiz B, Malcom GT, Realpe JL, Li D, Johnson WD, Mera R, Chemoprevention of Gastric Dysplasia: Effect of Anti-Oxidants and Anti-Helicobacter Therapy, JNCI 92(23): 1881-1888, 2000.

Contributing author: Fontham ETH, Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Lung Cancer (Cpt 3), The Surgeon General’s Report: Women and Smoking pp 343-350, 2001.

Fontham ETH, Prevention of Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Cancers, In Prevention Nutrition. The Guide for Health Professionals pp 21 – 45, 2001.

Fontham ETH, Cancers of the Lung and Pancreas in Acadiana, The Hereditary Healing Project , 2001.

Hunt JD, Mera R, Strimas A, Gillespie AT, Ruiz B, Correa P, Fontham ETH, KRAS Mutations are not Predictive for Progression of Preneoplastic Gastric Lesions, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention 10:79-80, 2001.

Correa P, Fontham ETH, Bravo JC et al, Randomized Trial of Antioxidant Supplements and Anti-Helicobacter pylori Therapy (Letter Response), JNCI (7):559-560, 2001.

Ruiz, B, Garay J., Correa P, Fontham ETH, Bravo JC, Bravo LE, Realpe JL, Mera R. Morphometric, Morphometric Evaluation of Gastric Antral Atrophy: Improvement after Cure of Helicobacter pylori Infection, Am. J. Gastroenterol 96(12):3281-3287, 2001.

Hunt JD, Mera R, Strimas A, Gillespie AT, Ruiz B, Correa P, Fontham ETH, KRAS Mutations are not Predictive for Progression of Preneoplastic Gastric Lesions, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention 10:79-80, 2001.

Wu X-C, Andrews P, Correa CN, Schmidt B, Ahmed MN, Chen VW, Fontham ETH., Breast Cancer Incidence, Mortality and Early Detection in Louisiana, J. La Med Soc 153:198-208, 2001.

Hunt JD, Strimus A, Martin JE, Eyer M, Haddican M, Luckett BG, Ruiz B, Axelrad TW, Backes WL,, Differences in KRAS Mutation Spectrum in Lung Cancer Cases between African, Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 11:1405-1412, 2002.

Bedoya A, Garay J, Sanzon F, Bravo LE, Bravo JC, Correa H, Craver R, Fontham E, Du X, Correa P, Histopathology of Gastritis in Helicobacter pylori Infected Children at High- vs. Low-Gastric Cancer, Human Pathology 34 (3), 206-213, 2003.

Fishbach LA, Correa P, Feldman M, Fontham ET, Priest E, Goodman K, Jain R, Increased Reflux Symptoms after Calcium Carbonate Supplementation and Successful Anti-Helicobacter pylori, Digestive Diseases and Sciences 48 (8), 1487-1494, 2003.

Members of the IARC Working Group: Buffler P, Doll R, Fontham E, Gao Y-T, Gupta P, Hackshaw, Environmental Tobacco smoke and lung cancer (letter)., British Medical Journal , 2003.

Wu X-C, Chen V, Ruiz B, Andrews P, Correa C, Schmidt BA, Fontham ETH, Patterns of Treatment for Ductal Carcinoma In Situ of the Breast in Louisiana 1988-1999, J La State Med Soc 155, 206-213, 2003.

Bravo LE, Mera R, Reina JC, Pradilla A, Alzate A, Fontham E, Correa P, Impact of Helicobacter infection on growth of children: A prospective cohort study, Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 37:614-619, 2003.

Marier RL, Fontham E, Diaz J, Louisiana State University School of Public Health, J. La. State Med Soc 155 (6): 332-336, 2003.

Wu X-C, Chen V, Ruiz B, Andrews P, Correa C, Schmidt BA, Fontham ETH, Patterns of Treatment for Ductal Carcinoma In Situ of the Breast in Louisiana, J La State Med Soc 155-206-213, 2003.

Brennan PJ, Buffler PA, Reynolds PR, Wu A, Wichmann H-E, Agudo A Pershagen G, Jockel K-H, Benhamou S, Greenberg RS, Merletti F, Winck C, Fontham ETH, Kreuzer M Darby SC, Forastiere F, Simonato L, Boffetta P., Secondhand smoke exposure in adulthoood and risk of lung cancer among never-smokers. A pooled analysis of two large studies., International Journal of Cancer 109(1): 125-131, 2004.

Camargo MC, Yepez MC, Ceron C, Guerrero N, Bravo LE, Correa PC, Fontham ETH., Age at acquisition of Helicobacter pylori infection: comparison of two areas with contrasting risk of gastric cancer., Helicobacter 9(3), 262-270, 2004.

Du, JX, Watkins T, Bravo LE, Fontham ETH, CAmargo MC, Correa P, Mera R., 13-C Urea Breath Test for Helicobacter pylori in Young Children: Cut-off Point Determination by Finite Mixture Model., Statistics in Medicine 23(13) 151, 2004.

Vineis P, Alavanja M, Buffler P, Fontham E, Gao YT, Gupta PC, Hackshaw A, Matos E, Peto R,, Tobacco and cancer: recent epidemiologic evidence, J Natl Cancer Inst 96:99-106, 2004.

Fontham ETH, IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to, Tobacco Smoke and Involuntary Smoking (In press – IARC, Lyon FR) 83, 2004.

   
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