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Overview

Anne McTiernan is affiliated with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in the United States and has a primary focus on the field of Medicine. Their work encompasses various subfields, including Oncology, Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Cancer Research.

The scientist's research covers multiple topics, with a significant emphasis on Cancer Risks and Factors, Nutritional Studies and Diet, Cancer Survivorship and Care, Nutrition and Health in Aging, Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life, Physical Activity and Health, and Diet and Metabolism Studies.

Among the recent papers involving Anne McTiernan are:

  • Exploring the effects of lifestyle on breast cancer risk, age at diagnosis, and survival: the EBBA-Life study (2020, Breast Cancer Research and Treatment)
  • Physical Activity and Health-Related Quality of Life in Women With Breast Cancer: A Meta-Analysis (2022, JNCI Cancer Spectrum)
  • Health-Related Quality of Life and Experiences of Sarcoma Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020, Cancers)
  • Postdiagnosis body fatness, weight change and breast cancer prognosis: Global Cancer Update Program (CUP global) systematic literature review and meta-analysis (2022, International Journal of Cancer)
  • Postdiagnosis recreational physical activity and breast cancer prognosis: Global Cancer Update Programme (CUP Global) systematic literature review and meta-analysis (2022, International Journal of Cancer)

Anne McTiernan frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Edward L. Giovannucci, Dagfinn Aune, Georgios Markozannes, Leila Abar, and Katia Balducci.

Their publications often appear in prominent journals such as the International Journal of Cancer, UNC Libraries, Cancers, Epigenetics, and Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention.

Best Publications

  • Influence of Estrogen Plus Progestin on Breast Cancer and Mammography in Healthy Postmenopausal Women: The Women’s Health Initiative Randomized Trial

    Rowan T. Chlebowski;Susan L. Hendrix;Robert D. Langer;Marcia L. Stefanick

  • Design of the Women's Health Initiative clinical trial and observational study

    G. Anderson;S. Cummings;L. S. Freedman;C. Furberg

  • Pelvic organ prolapse in the Women's Health Initiative: gravity and gravidity.

    Susan L. Hendrix;Amanda Clark;Ingrid Nygaard;Aaron Aragaki

  • Effects of aerobic exercise on mild cognitive impairment: a controlled trial.

    Laura D. Baker;Laura L. Frank;Karen Foster-Schubert;Pattie S. Green

  • Recommendations for follow-up care of individuals with an inherited predisposition to Cancer. II. BRCA1 and BRCA2

    Wylie Burke;Mary Daly;Judy Garber;Jeffrey Botkin

  • Body mass index and survival in women with breast cancer—systematic literature review and meta-analysis of 82 follow-up studies

    D. S.M. Chan;A. R. Vieira;D. Aune;D. Aune;E. V. Bandera

  • Exemestane for Breast-Cancer Prevention in Postmenopausal Women

    Paul E. Goss;James N. Ingle;José E. Alés-Martínez;Angela M. Cheung

  • Physical Activity, Biomarkers, and Disease Outcomes in Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review

    Rachel Ballard-Barbash;Christine M. Friedenreich;Kerry S. Courneya;Sameer M. Siddiqi

  • Nutrition and Physical Activity During and After Cancer Treatment: An American Cancer Society Guide for Informed Choices

    Colleen Doyle;Lawrence H. Kushi;Tim Byers;Kerry S. Courneya

  • Mechanisms linking physical activity with cancer.

    Anne McTiernan

  • Obesity, body size, and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer: the Women's Health Initiative (United States).

    Libby M. Morimoto;Emily White;Z. Chen;Rowan T. Chlebowski

  • Recreational physical activity and the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women: The Women's Health Initiative cohort study

    Anne McTiernan;Charles Kooperberg;Emily White;Sara Wilcox

  • Elevated Biomarkers of Inflammation Are Associated With Reduced Survival Among Breast Cancer Patients

    Brandon L. Pierce;Rachel Ballard-Barbash;Leslie Bernstein;Richard N. Baumgartner

  • Weight Loss in Breast Cancer Patient Management

    Rowan T. Chlebowski;Erin Aiello;Anne McTiernan

  • Effect of exercise on total and intra-abdominal body fat in postmenopausal women: a randomized controlled trial.

    Melinda L. Irwin;Yutaka Yasui;Cornelia M. Ulrich;Deborah Bowen

  • Outcomes ascertainment and adjudication methods in the women's health initiative

    J.David Curb;Anne Mctiernan;Susan R Heckbert;Charles Kooperberg

  • Ethnicity and Breast Cancer: Factors Influencing Differences in Incidence and Outcome

    Rowan T. Chlebowski;Zhao Chen;Garnet L. Anderson;Thomas Rohan

  • Influence of Pre- and Postdiagnosis Physical Activity on Mortality in Breast Cancer Survivors: The Health, Eating, Activity, and Lifestyle Study

    Melinda L. Irwin;Ashley Wilder Smith;Anne McTiernan;Rachel Ballard-Barbash

  • Physical activity levels before and after a diagnosis of breast carcinoma: The health, eating, activity, and lifestyle (HEAL) study

    Melinda L. Irwin;Diane Crumley;Anne McTiernan M.D.;Leslie Bernstein

  • Recommendations for Follow-up Care of Individuals With an Inherited Predisposition to Cancer: I. Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colon Cancer

    Wylie Burke;Gloria Petersen;Patrick M Lynch;Jeffrey Botkin

Frequent Co-Authors

Rachel Ballard-Barbash
Rachel Ballard-Barbash National Institutes of Health
David B. Thomas
David B. Thomas Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Frank D. Gilliland
Frank D. Gilliland University of Southern California
Patricia A. Ganz
Patricia A. Ganz University of California, Los Angeles
Richard N. Baumgartner
Richard N. Baumgartner University of Louisville
Deborah J. Bowen
Deborah J. Bowen University of Washington
Bryce B. Reeve
Bryce B. Reeve Duke University
Shelley S. Tworoger
Shelley S. Tworoger Harvard University
Frank Z. Stanczyk
Frank Z. Stanczyk University of Southern California
Melinda L. Irwin
Melinda L. Irwin Yale University

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