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Overview

Stephen D. Hursting is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research focuses on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to the fields of cancer research, physiology, molecular biology, oncology, and genetics.

Their main topics of study include:

  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Cancer Risks and Factors
  • Dietary Effects on Health
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response

Notable recent papers contributed by Stephen D. Hursting include:

  • Pyruvate carboxylase and cancer progression, 2021, Cancer & Metabolism
  • The obesity-breast cancer link: a multidisciplinary perspective, 2022, Cancer and Metastasis Reviews
  • Dietary Energy Modulation and Autophagy: Exploiting Metabolic Vulnerabilities to Starve Cancer, 2020, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Cell Intrinsic and Systemic Metabolism in Tumor Immunity and Immunotherapy, 2020, Cancers
  • Intermittent fasting interventions to leverage metabolic and circadian mechanisms for cancer treatment and supportive care outcomes, 2023, JNCI Monographs

Stephen D. Hursting frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Michael F. Coleman
  • Elaine M. Glenny
  • Dorothy Teegarden
  • Violet A. Kiesel
  • Michael K. Wendt

Their work is often published in key scientific venues, such as:

  • Cancer Research
  • UNC Libraries
  • Gynecologic Oncology
  • Cancer Prevention Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Calorie Restriction, Aging, and Cancer Prevention: Mechanisms of Action and Applicability to Humans*

    Stephen D. Hursting;Jackie A. Lavigne;David Berrigan;Susan N. Perkins

  • Energy balance and obesity: what are the main drivers?

    Isabelle Romieu;Laure Dossus;Simón Barquera;Hervé M. Blottière

  • The World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research Third Expert Report on Diet, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Cancer: Impact and Future Directions

    Steven K Clinton;Edward L Giovannucci;Edward L Giovannucci;Stephen D Hursting

  • Difluoromethylornithine plus sulindac for the prevention of sporadic colorectal adenomas: A randomized placebo-controlled, double-blind trial

    Frank L. Meyskens;Christine E. McLaren;Daniel Pelot;Sharon Fujikawa-Brooks

  • Omega-3 fatty acids for breast cancer prevention and survivorship

    Carol J Fabian;Bruce F Kimler;Stephen D Hursting

  • Phytoestrogen intake and prostate cancer: a case-control study using a new database.

    Sara S. Strom;Yuko Yamamura;Cherie M. Duphorne;Margaret R. Spitz

  • Inflammatory breast carcinoma incidence and survival: The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program of the National Cancer Institute, 1975- 1992

    Shine Chang;Sheryl L. Parker;Tuan Pham;Aman U. Buzdar

  • Types of dietary fat and the incidence of cancer at five sites.

    Stephen D. Hursting;Mark Thornquist;Maureen M. Henderson

  • Energy Balance, Host-Related Factors, and Cancer Progression

    Stephen D. Hursting;Nathan A. Berger

  • The growing challenge of obesity and cancer: an inflammatory issue.

    Alison E. Harvey;Laura M. Lashinger;Stephen D. Hursting;Stephen D. Hursting

  • Environmental Exposure, DNA Methylation, and Gene Regulation

    Shuanfang Li;Stephen D. Hursting;Barbara J. Davis;John A. McLACHLAN

  • Adult-onset calorie restriction and fasting delay spontaneous tumorigenesis in p53-deficient mice.

    David Berrigan;Susan N. Perkins;Diana C. Haines;Stephen D. Hursting

  • Calories and carcinogenesis: lessons learned from 30 years of calorie restriction research

    Stephen D. Hursting;Stephen D. Hursting;Sarah M. Smith;Laura M. Lashinger;Laura M. Lashinger;Alison E. Harvey

  • Leptin and prostate cancer.

    Shine Chang;Stephen D. Hursting;John H. Contois;Sara S. Strom

  • Mechanism-Based Cancer Prevention Approaches: Targets, Examples, and the Use of Transgenic Mice

    Stephen D. Hursting;Thomas J. Slaga;Susan M. Fischer;John DiGiovanni

  • Physical activity and cancer prevention : pathways and targets for intervention.

    Connie J. Rogers;Lisa H. Colbert;John W. Greiner;Susan N. Perkins

  • Inhibition of Prostate Cancer Growth by Muscadine Grape Skin Extract and Resveratrol through Distinct Mechanisms

    Tamaro S. Hudson;Diane K. Hartle;Stephen D. Hursting;Nomeli P. Nunez

  • Calorie restriction delays spontaneous tumorigenesis in p53-knockout transgenic mice

    Stephen D. Hursting;Susan N. Perkins;James M. Phang

  • Development of a database for assessing dietary phytoestrogen intake.

    Patricia C. Pillow;Cherie M. Duphorne;Shine Chang;John H. Contois

  • When less may be more: calorie restriction and response to cancer therapy

    Ciara H. O’Flanagan;Laura A. Smith;Shannon B. McDonell;Stephen D. Hursting

Frequent Co-Authors

J. Carl Barrett
J. Carl Barrett AstraZeneca (United Kingdom)
John DiGiovanni
John DiGiovanni The University of Texas at Austin
Cornelia M. Ulrich
Cornelia M. Ulrich University of Utah
Zhengrong Cui
Zhengrong Cui The University of Texas at Austin
James M. Phang
James M. Phang National Institutes of Health
John W. Greiner
John W. Greiner National Institutes of Health
Lyuba Varticovski
Lyuba Varticovski National Institutes of Health
Andrew J. Dannenberg
Andrew J. Dannenberg Cornell University
Margaret R. Spitz
Margaret R. Spitz Baylor College of Medicine
Shoshana Yakar
Shoshana Yakar New York University

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