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Cynthia A. Thomson is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their main field of study is Medicine, contributing to 269 publications. Within this broad field, their work spans several subfields including Oncology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology, General Health Professions, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

The scientist's research topics focus extensively on cancer and related health issues. Key areas include:

  • Cancer survivorship and care
  • Cancer risks and factors
  • Nutritional studies and diet
  • Obesity, physical activity, and diet
  • Nutrition and health in aging
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Childhood cancer survivors' quality of life

Their publication record includes multiple recent papers in notable journals, such as:

  • 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
  • Exercise, Diet, and Weight Management During Cancer Treatment: ASCO Guideline, 2022, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Dietary Modification and Breast Cancer Mortality: Long-Term Follow-Up of the Women's Health Initiative Randomized Trial, 2020, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • The Women's Health Initiative Randomized Trials and Clinical Practice, 2024, JAMA

Cynthia A. Thomson has frequently collaborated with other researchers in their field. Prominent coauthors include Tracy E. Crane, David O. Garcia, Marian L. Neuhouser, Nazmus Saquib, and Aladdin H. Shadyab.

Their research outputs appear in a range of scientific venues, with the greatest number of publications found in:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Cancer Research
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Nutrients

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

  • Menopausal hormone therapy and health outcomes during the intervention and extended poststopping phases of the women's health initiative randomized trials

    Jo Ann E. Manson;Rowan T. Chlebowski;Marcia L. Stefanick;Aaron K. Aragaki

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Low-fat dietary pattern and weight change over 7 years: the Women's Health Initiative Dietary Modification Trial.

    Barbara V. Howard;Jo Ann E. Manson;Marcia L. Stefanick;Shirley A. Beresford

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

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

  • Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Long-Term All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality: The Women's Health Initiative Randomized Trials

    Joann E. Manson;Aaron K. Aragaki;Jacques E. Rossouw;Garnet L. Anderson

  • Evaluation and Comparison of Food Records, Recalls, and Frequencies for Energy and Protein Assessment by Using Recovery Biomarkers

    Ross L. Prentice;Yasmin Mossavar-Rahmani;Ying Huang;Linda Van Horn

  • Dietary polyamine intake and risk of colorectal adenomatous polyps.

    Ashley J Vargas;Betsy C Wertheim;Eugene W Gerner;Cynthia A Thomson

  • Use of recovery biomarkers to calibrate nutrient consumption self-reports in the Women's Health Initiative

    Marian L. Neuhouser;Lesley Tinker;Pamela A. Shaw;Dale Schoeller

  • Cherries and Health: A Review

    Letitia M. McCune;Chieri Kubota;Nicole R. Stendell-Hollis;Cynthia A. Thomson

  • Effect of calcium and vitamin D supplementation on blood pressure: the Women's Health Initiative Randomized Trial.

    Karen L. Margolis;Roberta M. Ray;Linda Van Horn;Jo Ann E. Manson

  • Physical Activity and Survival in Postmenopausal Women with Breast Cancer: Results from the Women's Health Initiative

    Melinda L. Irwin;Anne McTiernan;Jo Ann E. Manson;Cynthia A. Thomson

  • The psychosocial and behavioral characteristics related to energy misreporting.

    RD Jaclyn Maurer PhD;Douglas L. Taren;Pedro J. Teixeira;RD Cynthia A. Thomson PhD

  • Circulating Vitamin D and Colorectal Cancer Risk: An International Pooling Project of 17 Cohorts.

    Marjorie L McCullough;Emilie S Zoltick;Emilie S Zoltick;Stephanie J Weinstein;Veronika Fedirko

  • Practical clinical interventions for diet, physical activity, and weight control in cancer survivors

    Wendy Demark-Wahnefried;Laura Q. Rogers;Catherine M. Alfano;Cynthia A. Thomson

  • A randomized trial of the effect of a plant-based dietary pattern on additional breast cancer events and survival: the Women's Healthy Eating and Living (WHEL) Study.

    John P Pierce;Susan Faerber;Fred A Wright;Cheryl L Rock

Frequent Co-Authors

Bette J. Caan
Bette J. Caan Kaiser Permanente
Cheryl L. Rock
Cheryl L. Rock University of California, San Diego
Ross L. Prentice
Ross L. Prentice Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Marcia L. Stefanick
Marcia L. Stefanick Stanford University
Rowan T. Chlebowski
Rowan T. Chlebowski UCLA Medical Center
John P. Pierce
John P. Pierce University of California, San Diego
JoAnn E. Manson
JoAnn E. Manson Harvard Medical School
Marian L. Neuhouser
Marian L. Neuhouser Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Thomas E. Rohan
Thomas E. Rohan Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Loki Natarajan
Loki Natarajan University of California, San Diego

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