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  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Stephen S. Hecht is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research focuses on biochemical, genetic, and molecular biological aspects, with significant contributions also to the fields of medicine, molecular biology, toxicology, mutagenesis, cancer research, physiology, and food science.

The scientist has published extensively on various topics related to carcinogens, smoking behavior, genomics, alcohol's health effects, endocrine-disrupting chemicals, indoor air quality, microbial exposure, and agricultural safety and regulations.

  • Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress
  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
  • Agricultural safety and regulations

Hecht's recent papers include:

  • "Carcinogenic components of tobacco and tobacco smoke: A 2022 update" (2022, Food and Chemical Toxicology)
  • "Smokeless tobacco and cigarette smoking: chemical mechanisms and cancer prevention" (2022, Nature Reviews. Cancer)
  • "Metabolic Activation and DNA Interactions of Carcinogenic N-Nitrosamines to Which Humans Are Commonly Exposed" (2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • "Opportunities for evaluating chemical exposures and child health in the United States: the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program" (2020, Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology)
  • "Quality assurance and harmonization for targeted biomonitoring measurements of environmental organic chemicals across the Children's Health Exposure Analysis Resource laboratory network" (2021, International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health)

Hecht collaborates frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Dorothy K. Hatsukami
  • Steven G. Carmella
  • Sharon E. Murphy
  • Nigel J. Gooderham
  • Gerhard Eisenbrand

The most frequent venues for Hecht's publications are:

  • Chemical Research in Toxicology
  • Food and Chemical Toxicology
  • Nicotine & Tobacco Research
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • Carcinogenesis

Hecht has authored a book titled Tobacco and Cancer, published by World Scientific in 2021.

In 2014, Hecht was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Tobacco Smoke Carcinogens and Lung Cancer

    Stephen S. Hecht

  • Tobacco smoke and involuntary smoking

    Michael Alavanja;John A. Baron;Ross C. Brownson;Patricia A. Buffler

  • Tobacco carcinogens, their biomarkers and tobacco-induced cancer.

    Stephen S. Hecht

  • Biochemistry, Biology, and Carcinogenicity of Tobacco-Specific N-Nitrosamines†

    Stephen S. Hecht

  • Tobacco smoke carcinogens, DNA damage and p53 mutations in smoking-associated cancers

    Gerd P Pfeifer;Mikhail F Denissenko;Magali Olivier;Natalia Tretyakova

  • Activation of chemically diverse procarcinogens by human cytochrome P-450 1B1

    Tsutomu Shimada;Carrie L. Hayes;Hiroshi Yamazaki;Shantu Amin

  • Tobacco-specific nitrosamines, an important group of carcinogens in tobacco and tobacco smoke

    Stephen S. Hecht;Dietrich Hoffmann

  • Smokeless tobacco and cancer

    Paolo Boffetta;Stephen Hecht;Nigel Gray;Prakash Gupta

  • Environmental and chemical carcinogenesis.

    Gerald N. Wogan;Stephen S. Hecht;James S. Felton;Allan H. Conney

  • Cigarette smoking and lung cancer: chemical mechanisms and approaches to prevention

    Stephen S Hecht

  • Key Characteristics of Carcinogens as a Basis for Organizing Data on Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis.

    Martyn T. Smith;Kathryn Z. Guyton;Catherine F. Gibbons;Jason M. Fritz

  • Inhibition of carcinogenesis by isothiocyanates.

    Stephen S. Hecht

  • Lung Carcinogenesis by Tobacco Smoke

    Stephen S. Hecht

  • Human urinary carcinogen metabolites: biomarkers for investigating tobacco and cancer.

    Stephen S. Hecht

  • Biochemical Verification of Tobacco Use and Abstinence: 2019 Update.

    Neal L. Benowitz;John T. Bernert;Jonathan Foulds;Stephen S. Hecht

  • DNA adduct formation from tobacco-specific N-nitrosamines

    Stephen S. Hecht

  • Comparison of Nicotine and Toxicant Exposure in Users of Electronic Cigarettes and Combustible Cigarettes

    Maciej L. Goniewicz;Danielle M. Smith;Kathryn C. Edwards;Benjamin C. Blount

  • Nicotine-derived N-nitrosamines and tobacco-related cancer: current status and future directions.

    Dietrich Hoffmann;Stephen S. Hecht

  • Induction of Lung and Exocrine Pancreas Tumors in F344 Rats by Tobacco-specific and Areca-derived N-Nitrosamines

    Abraham Rivenson;Dietrich Hoffmann;Bogdan Prokopczyk;Shantu Amin

  • Randomized Trial of Reduced-Nicotine Standards for Cigarettes.

    Eric C. Donny;Rachel L. Denlinger;Jennifer W. Tidey;Joseph S. Koopmeiners

  • Erratum: Tabacco carcinogens, their biomarkers and tobacco-induced cancer (Nature Reviews Cancer (2003) 3 (733-744))

    Stephen S. Hecht

Frequent Co-Authors

Dorothy K. Hatsukami
Dorothy K. Hatsukami University of Minnesota
Shantu Amin
Shantu Amin Pennsylvania State University
Peter W. Villalta
Peter W. Villalta University of Minnesota
Jian-Min Yuan
Jian-Min Yuan University of Pittsburgh
Gary D. Stoner
Gary D. Stoner The Ohio State University
Samuel Monroe Cohen
Samuel Monroe Cohen University of Nebraska Medical Center
Ivonne M.C.M. Rietjens
Ivonne M.C.M. Rietjens Wageningen University & Research
Neal L. Benowitz
Neal L. Benowitz University of California, San Francisco
F. Peter Guengerich
F. Peter Guengerich Vanderbilt University
Loic Le Marchand
Loic Le Marchand University of Hawaii at Manoa

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