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Overview

Bette J. Caan is affiliated with Kaiser Permanente in the United States and has a research portfolio primarily within the field of Medicine, with significant contributions to Physiology, Oncology, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Genetics, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Their work encompasses a broad range of topics focused on aging, cancer, nutrition, and body composition.

The main research topics covered by Caan include:

  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Frailty in Older Adults
  • Cancer Risks and Factors
  • Cancer survivorship and care
  • Body Composition Measurement Techniques
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism

Their frequently published venues reflect a focus on cancer and clinical research, with numerous publications in:

  • Cancer
  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology

Among the recent papers involving Caan's work are:

  • American Cancer Society guideline for diet and physical activity for cancer prevention, 2020, CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
  • American Cancer Society nutrition and physical activity guideline for cancer survivors, 2022, CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
  • Myocardial infarction accelerates breast cancer via innate immune reprogramming, 2020, Nature Medicine
  • Sarcopenia in the Older Adult With Cancer, 2021, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Association of Low Muscle Mass and Low Muscle Radiodensity With Morbidity and Mortality for Colon Cancer Surgery, 2020, JAMA Surgery

Caan has collaborated extensively with other researchers, including frequent coauthors such as:

  • Elizabeth M. Cespedes Feliciano
  • Chunxue Bai
  • Joseph Bauer
  • Eric Bernicker
  • Harry Burke

Best Publications

  • Effects of conjugated equine estrogen in postmenopausal women with hysterectomy: the Women's Health Initiative randomized controlled trial

    Garnet L. Anderson;Marian C. Limacher;Annlouise R. Assaf;Tamsen Bassford

  • Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and the risk of fractures.

    Rebecca D. Jackson;Andrea Z. LaCroix;Margery Gass;Robert B. Wallace

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

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

  • Low-fat dietary pattern and risk of cardiovascular disease : The women's health initiative randomized controlled dietary modification trial

    Barbara V. Howard;Barbara V. Howard;Linda Van Horn;Judith Hsia;JoAnn E. Manson

  • Calcium plus Vitamin D Supplementation and the Risk of Colorectal Cancer

    Jean Wactawski-Wende;Jane Morley Kotchen;Garnet L. Anderson;Annlouise R. Assaf;Annlouise R. Assaf

  • Lack of Effect of a Low-Fat, High-Fiber Diet on the Recurrence of Colorectal Adenomas

    A Schatzkin;E Lanza;D Corle;P Lance

  • Low-Fat dietary pattern and risk of invasive breast cancer: The women's health initiative randomized controlled dietary modification trial

    Ross L. Prentice;Bette Caan;Rowan T. Chlebowski;Ruth Patterson

  • Dietary Fat Reduction and Breast Cancer Outcome: Interim Efficacy Results From the Women's Intervention Nutrition Study

    Rowan T. Chlebowski;George L. Blackburn;Cynthia A. Thomson;Daniel W. Nixon

  • Influence of a diet very high in vegetables, fruit, and fiber and low in fat on prognosis following treatment for breast cancer: the Women's Healthy Eating and Living (WHEL) randomized trial.

    John P. Pierce;Loki Natarajan;Bette J. Caan;Barbara A. Parker

  • Eating Patterns and Risk of Colon Cancer

    Martha L. Slattery;Kenneth M. Boucher;Bette J. Caan;John D. Potter

  • Overweight, Obesity, and Postmenopausal Invasive Breast Cancer Risk: A Secondary Analysis of the Women’s Health Initiative Randomized Clinical Trials

    Marian L. Neuhouser;Aaron K. Aragaki;Ross L. Prentice;Jo Ann E. Manson

  • Factors Associated with Oxidative Stress in Human Populations

    Gladys Block;Marion Dietrich;Edward P. Norkus;Jason D. Morrow

  • Low-Fat Dietary Pattern and Risk of Colorectal Cancer: The Women's Health Initiative Randomized Controlled Dietary Modification Trial

    Shirley A. A. Beresford;Karen C. Johnson;Cheryl Ritenbaugh;Norman L. Lasser

  • Greater Survival After Breast Cancer in Physically Active Women With High Vegetable-Fruit Intake Regardless of Obesity

    John P. Pierce;Marcia L. Stefanick;Shirley W. Flatt;Loki Natarajan

  • American Cancer Society guideline for diet and physical activity for cancer prevention.

    Cheryl L. Rock;Cynthia Thomson;Ted Gansler;Susan M. Gapstur

  • Obesity, Health Services Use, and Health Care Costs Among Members of a Health Maintenance Organization

    Charles P. Quesenberry;Bette Caan;Alice Jacobson

  • Energy balance and colon cancer--beyond physical activity.

    Slattery Ml;Potter J;Caan B;Edwards S

  • Discovery of common and rare genetic risk variants for colorectal cancer

    Jeroen R. Huyghe;Stephanie A. Bien;Tabitha A. Harrison;Hyun Min Kang

  • Association of Muscle and Adiposity Measured by Computed Tomography With Survival in Patients With Nonmetastatic Breast Cancer.

    Bette J. Caan;Elizabeth M. Cespedes Feliciano;Carla M. Prado;Stacey Alexeeff

  • Epidemiology of breast cancer subtypes in two prospective cohort studies of breast cancer survivors

    Marilyn L Kwan;Lawrence H Kushi;Erin Weltzien;Benjamin Maring

Frequent Co-Authors

Martha L. Slattery
Martha L. Slattery University of Utah
John D. Potter
John D. Potter Massey University
Cornelia M. Ulrich
Cornelia M. Ulrich University of Utah
John P. Pierce
John P. Pierce University of California, San Diego
Cynthia A. Thomson
Cynthia A. Thomson University of Arizona
Polly A. Newcomb
Polly A. Newcomb Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Ulrike Peters
Ulrike Peters University of Washington
Charles P. Quesenberry
Charles P. Quesenberry Kaiser Permanente
Andrew T. Chan
Andrew T. Chan Harvard University
Jenny Chang-Claude
Jenny Chang-Claude German Cancer Research Center

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