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Giovanna Masala is affiliated with the Prevention Institute in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their publication record encompasses a variety of subfields including public health, environmental and occupational health, oncology, physiology, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their research focuses on key topics such as nutritional studies and diet, cancer risks and factors, diet and metabolism studies, consumer attitudes and food labeling, obesity, physical activity and diet, nutrition, genetics and disease, as well as cancer, lipids, and metabolism.

Among Giovanna Masala's recent papers are:

  • SCORE2 risk prediction algorithms: new models to estimate 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease in Europe, 2021, European Heart Journal
  • Physical activity and risks of breast and colorectal cancer: a Mendelian randomisation analysis, 2020, Nature Communications
  • A Body Shape Index (ABSI) achieves better mortality risk stratification than alternative indices of abdominal obesity: results from a large European cohort, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • RETRACTED: Estimating dose-response relationships for vitamin D with coronary heart disease, stroke, and all-cause mortality: observational and Mendelian randomisation analyses, 2021, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • DNA methylation-based biomarkers of aging were slowed down in a two-year diet and physical activity intervention trial: the DAMA study, 2021, Aging Cell

Giovanna Masala frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Matthias B. Schulze
  • Elisabete Weiderpass
  • Anne Tjønneland
  • Rosario Tumino
  • Marc J. Gunter

The scientist has published repeatedly in prominent venues such as:

  • International Journal of Cancer
  • BMC Medicine
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • Cancer Research
  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Best Publications

  • SCORE2 risk prediction algorithms: new models to estimate 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease in Europe

    Steven Hageman;Lisa Pennells

  • Modified Mediterranean diet and survival: EPIC-elderly prospective cohort study

    Antonia Trichopoulou;Philippos Orfanos;Teresa Norat;Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita

  • Prediction of acute myeloid leukaemia risk in healthy individuals

    Sagi Abelson;Grace Collord;Grace Collord;Stanley W.K. Ng;Omer Weissbrod

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

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

  • Physical activity and risks of breast and colorectal cancer : a Mendelian randomisation analysis

    Nikos Papadimitriou;Niki Dimou;Konstantinos K. Tsilidis;Konstantinos K. Tsilidis;Barbara Banbury

  • Is concordance with World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research guidelines for cancer prevention related to subsequent risk of cancer? : Results from the EPIC study

    Dora Romaguera;Anne Claire Vergnaud;Petra H. Peeters;Petra H. Peeters;Carla H. Van Gils

  • Lifetime and baseline alcohol intake and risk of colon and rectal cancers in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (EPIC).

    Pietro Ferrari;Mazda Jenab;Teresa Norat;Aurelie Moskal

  • Evaluation of Human Papillomavirus Antibodies and Risk of Subsequent Head and Neck Cancer

    Aimee R. Kreimer;Mattias Johansson;Tim Waterboer;Rudolf Kaaks

  • Dietary fiber and subsequent changes in body weight and waist circumference in European men and women

    Huaidong Du;Daphne L van der A;Hendriek C Boshuizen;Nita G Forouhi

  • Fruit and vegetable intake and type 2 diabetes: EPIC-InterAct prospective study and meta-analysis.

    A. J. Cooper;N. G. Forouhi;Z. Ye;B. Buijsse

  • Intake of vegetables, legumes, and fruit, and risk for all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality in a European diabetic population.

    Ute Nöthlings;Matthias B. Schulze;Cornelia Weikert;Heiner Boeing

  • Association of Body Mass Index and Age With Subsequent Breast Cancer Risk in Premenopausal Women.

    Minouk J. Schoemaker;Hazel B. Nichols;Lauren B. Wright;Mark N. Brook

  • Dietary Patterns and Risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Europe: Results from the EPIC Study.

    Antoine Racine;Antoine Racine;Franck Carbonnel;Franck Carbonnel;Simon S.M. Chan;Simon S.M. Chan;Andrew R. Hart;Andrew R. Hart

  • Genome-wide association study identifies multiple risk loci for chronic lymphocytic leukemia

    Sonja I. Berndt;Christine F. Skibola;Christine F. Skibola;Vijai Joseph;Nicola J. Camp

  • Oral contraceptive use and reproductive factors and risk of ovarian cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition.

    K K Tsilidis;N E Allen;T J Key;L Dossus

  • Eating out of home and its correlates in 10 European countries. The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study.

    Philippos Orfanos;Androniki Naska;Dimitrios Trichopoulos;Nadia Slimani

  • The Influence of Hormonal Factors on the Risk of Developing Cervical Cancer and Pre-Cancer: Results from the EPIC Cohort

    Esther Roura;Noémie Travier;Tim Waterboer;Silvia de Sanjosé

  • Daily consumption of a high-phenol extra-virgin olive oil reduces oxidative DNA damage in postmenopausal women.

    Simonetta Salvini;Francesco Sera;Donatella Caruso;Lisa Giovannelli

  • Serum C-peptide, IGFBP-1 and IGFBP-2 and risk of colon and rectal cancers in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition.

    Mazda Jenab;Elio Riboli;Elio Riboli;Rebecca J. Cleveland;Rebecca J. Cleveland;Teresa Norat;Teresa Norat

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Rosario Tumino
Rosario Tumino Provincial Health Authority of Syracuse
Kim Overvad
Kim Overvad Aarhus University
Anne Tjønneland
Anne Tjønneland University of Copenhagen
Elio Riboli
Elio Riboli Imperial College London
Domenico Palli
Domenico Palli Institute for the Study and Prevention of Cancer (Istituto per lo Studio, la Prevenzione e la Rete Oncologica)
Antonia Trichopoulou
Antonia Trichopoulou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Heiner Boeing
Heiner Boeing German Institute of Human Nutrition
Salvatore Panico
Salvatore Panico University of Naples Federico II
Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault
Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault University of Paris-Saclay
Petra H.M. Peeters
Petra H.M. Peeters Utrecht University

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