Pamela Horn-Ross

Administrative Appointments

• Senior Research Scientist, Cancer Prevention Institute of California (2002 - present)
• Consulting Professor, Stanford, Dept. Health Policy & Research (2007 - present)

Professional Education

Internet Links

• Cancer Prevention Institute of California (CPIC)

Current Research Interests

My research interests focus on nutrition and the etiology of hormonally-dependent cancers in women (most particularly breast, endometrial, and thyroid cancers). Of particular interest are the effects of phytochemicals that may reduce cancer risk, such as the isoflavones in soy foods, the lignans in whole grains, the isothiocyanates in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables, and resveratrol in red wine and peanuts. Nutrient-gene interactions are also of interest.

Publications

• Body size and the risk of postmenopausal breast cancer subtypes in the California Teachers Study cohort. Canchola AJ, Anton-Culver H, Bernstein L, Clarke CA, Henderson K, Ma H, Ursin G, Horn-Ross PL. Cancer Causes Control. 2012
• Carotenoid intakes and risk of breast cancer defined by estrogen receptor and progesterone receptor status: a pooled analysis of 18 prospective cohort studies. Zhang X, Spiegelman D, Baglietto L, Bernstein L, Boggs DA, van den Brandt PA, Buring JE, Gapstur SM, Giles GG, Giovannucci E, Goodman G, Hankinson SE, Helzlsouer KJ, Horn-Ross PL, Inoue M, Jung S, Khudyakov P, Larsson SC, Lof M, McCullough ML, Miller AB, Neuhouser ML, Palmer JR, Park Y, Robien K, Rohan TE, Ross JA, Schouten LJ, Shikany JM, Tsugane S, Visvanathan K, Weiderpass E, Wolk A, Willett WC, Zhang SM, Ziegler RG, Smith-Warner SA. Am J Clin Nutr. 2012
• Nativity and papillary thyroid cancer incidence rates among Hispanic women in California. Horn-Ross PL, Chang ET, Clarke CA, Keegan TH, Rull RP, Quach T, Gomez SL. Cancer. 2012; 118 (1): 216-22
• Variations in sex hormone metabolism genes, postmenopausal hormone therapy and risk of endometrial cancer. Razavi P, Lee E, Bernstein L, Van Den Berg D, Horn-Ross PL, Ursin G. Int J Cancer. 2012; 130 (7): 1629-38
• A pooled analysis of 14 cohort studies of anthropometric factors and pancreatic cancer risk. Genkinger JM, Spiegelman D, Anderson KE, Bernstein L, van den Brandt PA, Calle EE, English DR, Folsom AR, Freudenheim JL, Fuchs CS, Giles GG, Giovannucci E, Horn-Ross PL, Larsson SC, Leitzmann M, Männistö S, Marshall JR, Miller AB, Patel AV, Rohan TE, Stolzenberg-Solomon RZ, Verhage BA, Virtamo J, Willcox BJ, Wolk A, Ziegler RG, Smith-Warner SA. Int J Cancer. 2011; 129 (7): 1708-17