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Lawrence H. Kushi

Lawrence H. Kushi

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Medicine

D-Index
114
Citations
57909
World Ranking
4665
National Ranking
2535

Overview

Lawrence H. Kushi is affiliated with Kaiser Permanente in the United States and has contributed extensively to cancer research and related fields. Their work spans several areas within medicine, particularly focusing on oncology, genetics, and public health. Their research output includes a significant number of publications in both broad and specialized domains.

Their main fields of study include Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Within these, their subfields of research focus primarily on Oncology, Genetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Cancer Research.

Kushi's research topics cover a range of cancer-related subjects, including:

  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Cancer Risks and Factors
  • BRCA Gene Mutations in Cancer
  • Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Chemotherapy-induced Cardiotoxicity and Mitigation
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening

They have published frequently alongside several coauthors, including Janise M. Roh, Cecile A. Laurent, Marilyn L. Kwan, Isaac J. Ergas, and Elisa V. Bandera. These collaborations underscore a broad network within cancer epidemiology and clinical oncology research communities.

Lawrence H. Kushi's work appears repeatedly in well-known academic journals. Some of the prominent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Cancer Research
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
  • Gynecologic Oncology

Their recent notable publications feature:

  • American Cancer Society guideline for diet and physical activity for cancer prevention, 2020, published in CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
  • American Cancer Society nutrition and physical activity guideline for cancer survivors, 2022, published in CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
  • Pan-cancer study detects genetic risk variants and shared genetic basis in two large cohorts, 2020, published in Nature Communications
  • Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Women With and Without Breast Cancer: The Pathways Heart Study, 2022, published in Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Cross-cancer evaluation of polygenic risk scores for 16 cancer types in two large cohorts, 2021, published in Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Adjustment for total energy intake in epidemiologic studies

    Walter C. Willett;Geoffrey R. Howe;Lawrence H. Kushi

  • American Cancer Society Guidelines on Nutrition and Physical Activity for Cancer Prevention: Reducing the Risk of Cancer with Healthy Food Choices and Physical Activity

    Lawrence H. Kushi;Tim Byers;Colleen Doyle;Elisa V. Bandera

  • American Cancer Society guidelines on nutrition and physical activity for cancer prevention

    Lawrence H. Kushi;Colleen Doyle;Marji McCullough;Cheryl L. Rock

  • Carbohydrates, dietary fiber, and incident type 2 diabetes in older women

    Katie A. Meyer;Lawrence H. Kushi;David R. Jacobs;Joanne Slavin

  • Dietary Intake and Cell Membrane Levels of Long-Chain n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and the Risk of Primary Cardiac Arrest

    David S. Siscovick;T. E. Raghunathan;Irena King;Sheila Weinmann

  • Dietary Antioxidant Vitamins and Death from Coronary Heart Disease in Postmenopausal Women

    Lawrence H. Kushi;Aaron R. Folsom;Ronald J. Prineas;Pamela J. Mink

  • Pooled Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies on Height, Weight, and Breast Cancer Risk

    Piet A. Van Den Brandt;Donna Spiegelman;Shiaw Shyuan Yaun;Hans Olov Adami

  • Associations of general and abdominal obesity with multiple health outcomes in older women: the Iowa Women's Health Study.

    Aaron R. Folsom;Lawrence H. Kushi;Kristin E. Anderson;Pamela J. Mink

  • 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

  • Early discontinuation and non-adherence to adjuvant hormonal therapy are associated with increased mortality in women with breast cancer

    Dawn L. Hershman;Dawn L. Hershman;Dawn L. Hershman;Theresa Shao;Lawrence H. Kushi;Donna Buono

  • Cohort studies of fat intake and the risk of breast cancer--a pooled analysis.

    David J. Hunter;Donna Spiegelman;Hans Olov Adami;Lawrence Beeson

  • Early Discontinuation and Nonadherence to Adjuvant Hormonal Therapy in a Cohort of 8,769 Early-Stage Breast Cancer Patients

    Dawn L. Hershman;Lawrence H. Kushi;Theresa Shao;Donna Buono

  • Whole-grain intake may reduce the risk of ischemic heart disease death in postmenopausal women: the Iowa Women's Health Study.

    David R. Jacobs;Katie A. Meyer;Lawrence H. Kushi;Aaron R. Folsom

  • Dietary Flavonoid Intake and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Postmenopausal Women

    Laura Yochum;Lawrence H. Kushi;Katie Meyer;Aaron R. Folsom

  • Diet and 20-year mortality from coronary heart disease. The Ireland-Boston Diet-Heart Study.

    L H Kushi;R A Lew;F J Stare;C R Ellison

  • Vegetables, fruit, and colon cancer in the Iowa Women's Health Study.

    Kristi A. Steinmetz;Lawrence H. Kushi;Roberd M. Bostick;Aaron R. Folsom

  • Sugar, meat, and fat intake, and non-dietary risk factors for colon cancer incidence in Iowa women (United States)

    Roberd M. Bostick;John D. Potter;Lawrence H. Kushi;Thomas A. Sellers

  • Soyfood Intake during Adolescence and Subsequent Risk of Breast Cancer among Chinese Women

    Xiao Ou Shu;Fan Jin;Qi Dai;Wanqing Wen

  • Whole‐grain intake and cancer: An expanded review and meta‐analysis

    David R. Jacobs;Leonard Marquart;Joanne Slavin;Lawrence H. Kushi

  • 96137949 Dietary antioxidant vitamins and death from coronary heart disease in postmenopausal women

    L.H. Kushi;A.R. Folsom;R.J. Prineas;P.J. Mink

Frequent Co-Authors

Aaron R. Folsom
Aaron R. Folsom University of Minnesota
Thomas A. Sellers
Thomas A. Sellers Oregon Health & Science University
Christine B. Ambrosone
Christine B. Ambrosone Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Susan L. Teitelbaum
Susan L. Teitelbaum Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Dawn L. Hershman
Dawn L. Hershman Columbia University
Charles P. Quesenberry
Charles P. Quesenberry Kaiser Permanente
Bette J. Caan
Bette J. Caan Kaiser Permanente
John D. Potter
John D. Potter Massey University
Mary S. Wolff
Mary S. Wolff Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Wei Zheng
Wei Zheng Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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