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Joanne F Dorgan, MPH, PhD
Joanne F Dorgan, MPH, PhD
Associate Professor
Joanne.Dorgan@fccc.edu
Office Phone: 215-728-5893
Fax: 215-714-2178
Office: P4171

2000-present

  • Gaudet MM, Falk RT, Gierach GL, Lacey JV, Jr, Graubard BI, Dorgan JF, Brinton LA. Do adipokines underlie the association between known risk factors and breast cancer among a cohort of U.S. women? Cancer Epidemiol Jun 23 2010, epub ahead of publication.
  • Dorgan JF, Liu L, Klifa C, Hylton N, Shepherd JA, Stanczyk FZ, Snetselaar LG, Van Horn L, Stevens VJ, Robson A, Kwiterovich PO, Lasser NL, Himes JH, Pettee Gabriel K, Kriska A, Ruder EH, Fang CY, Barton, BA. Adolescent Diet and Subsequent Serum Hormones, Breast Density and Bone Mineral Density in Young Women: Results of the Dietary Intervention Study in Children (DISC) Follow-Up Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2010;19:1545-56.
  • Ruder EH, Hartman TJ, Rovine MJ, Dorgan JF. Birth Characteristics and Age at Menarche: Results from the Dietary Intervention Study in Children (DISC). Cancer Causes Control. 2010;21:1379-86.
  • Egleston BL, Chandler DW, Dorgan JF. Validity of estimating non-SHBG bound testosterone and estradiol from total hormone measurements in boys and girls. Ann Clin Biochem. 2010;47:233-41.
  • Kerver JM, Gardiner JC, Dorgan JF, Rosen CJ, Velie EM. Dietary predictors of the insulin-like growth factor system in adolescent girls: results from the Dietary Intervention Study in Children (DISC). Am J Clin Nutr. 2010;91:643-50.
  • Dorgan JF, Stanczyk FZ, Egleston BL, Kahle LL, Shaw CM, Spittle CS, Godwin AK, Brinton LA. Serum Müllerian Inhibiting Substance and Breast Cancer Risk. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2009;101:1501-9.
  • Dorgan JF, Spittle CS, Egleston BL, Shaw CM, Kahle LL, Brinton LA. Assay reproducibility and within-person variation of Mullerian inhibiting substance. Fertility Sterility. 2009;94:301-4.
  • McSorley MA, Alberg AJ, Allen DS, Allen NE, Brinton LA, Dorgan JF, Kaaks R, Rinaldi S, Helzlsouer KJ. Pre-diagnostic circulating follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) concentrations and ovarian cancer risk. Int J Cancer. 2009;125:674-9.
  • Fang CY, Egleston BL, Brown KM, Lavigne JV, Stevens VJ, Barton BA, Chandler DW, Dorgan JF. Family cohesion moderates the relation between free testosterone and delinquent behaviors in adolescent boys and girls. J Adolescent Health. 2009;44:590-7.
  • Ruder EH, Dorgan JF, Kranz S, Kris-Etherton PM, Hartman TJ. Examining breast cancer lifestyle risk factors: early life and childhood. Clinical Breast Cancer. 2008;8:334-42.
  • Endogenous Hormones and Prostate Cancer Collaborative Group. Endogenous sex hormones and prostate cancer: A collaborative analysis of 18 prospective studies. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2008,100:170-83.
  • Baer HJ, Colditz GA, Willett WC, Dorgan JF. Adiposity and sex hormones in girls. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2007;16:1880-8.
  • McSorley MA, Alberg AJ, Allen DS, Allen NE, Brinton LA, Dorgan JF, Pollack M, Tao Y, Helzlsouer KJ. C-Reactive Protein Concentrations and Subsequent Ovarian Cancer Risk: A Multicenter Cohort Study. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2007;109: 933-41.
  • Mahabir S, Baer DJ, Johnson LL, Hartman TJ, Dorgan JF, Campbell WS, Clevidence BA, Taylor PR. Usefulness of body mass index as a sufficient adiposity measurement for sex hormone concentration associations in postmenopausal women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2006;15:2502-7.
  • Gidding SS, Barton BA, Dorgan JF, Kimm SY, Kwiterovich PO, Lasser NL, Robson AM, Stevens V, Van Horn L, Simons-Morton DG. Higher Self Reported Physical Activity is Associated with Lower Blood Pressure and LDL-cholesterol: The Dietary Intervention Study in Childhood (DISC). Pediatrics. 2006;118:2388-93.
  • Dorgan JF, McMahon RP, Friedman LA, Snetselaar LG, Van Horn L, Kwiterovich PO, Lauer RM, Lasser NL, Stevens VJ, Robson A, Greenhut SF, Chandler DW, Franklin FA, Barton BA, Patterson BH, Taylor PR, Schatzkin A. Diet and Sex Hormones in Boys: Findings from the Dietary Intervention Study in Children. J Clin Endo Metab. 2006;91:3992-6.
  • Mahabir S, Baer DJ, Johnson LL, Frenkel K, Dorgan JF, Campbell W, Hartman TJ, Clevidence B, Albanes D, Judd JT, Taylor PR. No association between alcohol supplementation and autoantibodies to DNA damage in postmenopausal women in a controlled feeding study. Eur J Cancer Prev. 2005;14:427-9.
  • Lavigne JA, Baer DJ, Wimbrow HH, Albert PS, Brown ED, Judd JT, Campbell WS, Giffen CA, Dorgan JF, Hartman TJ, Barrett JC, Hursting SD, Taylor PR. Effects of alcohol on insulin-like growth factor-I and insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 in postmenopausal women. Am J Clin Nutr. 2005;81:503-7.
  • Hartman TJ, Baer DJ, Graham LB, Stone WL, Gunter EW, Parker CE, Albert PS, Dorgan JF, Clevidence BA, Campbell WS, Tomer KB, Judd JT, Taylor PR. Moderate alcohol consumption and levels of antioxidant vitamins and isoprostanes in postmenopausal women. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2005;59:161-8.
  • Mahabir S, Baer DJ, Johnson LL, Dorgan JF, Campbell W, Brown E, Hartman TJ, Clevidence B, Albanes D, Judd JT, Taylor PR. The effects of moderate alcohol supplementation on estrone sulfate and DHEAS in postmenopausal women in a controlled feeding study. Nutr J. 2004;3:11.
  • Laufer EM, Hartman TJ, Baer DJ, Gunter EW, Dorgan JF, Campbell WS, Clevidence BA, Brown ED, Albanes D, Judd JT, Taylor PR. Effects of moderate alcohol consumption on folate and vitamin B(12) status in postmenopausal women. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2004;58:1518-24.
  • Dorgan JF, Boakye NA, Fears TR, Schleicher RL, Helsel W, Anderson C, Robinson J, Guin JD, Lessin S, Ratnasinghe LD, Tangrea JA. Serum carotenoids and α-tocopherol and risk of non-melanoma skin cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2004;13:1276-82.
  • Sturgeon SR, Potischman N, Malone KE, Dorgan JF, Daling J, Schairer C, Brinton LA. Serum levels of sex hormones and breast cancer risk in premenopausal women: a case-control study. Cancer Causes and Control. 2004;15:45-53.
  • Endogenous Hormones and Breast Cancer Collaborative Group. Free estradiol and breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women: Comparison of measured and calculated values. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2003;12:1457-61.
  • Roth M, Baer D, Albert PS, Castonguay TW, Dorgan JF, Dawsey SM, Brown ED, Hartman TJ, Campbell W, Giffen C, Judd JT, Taylor PR. The association between serum leptin and alcohol consumption in a controlled feeding and alcohol ingestion study. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2003;95:1722-5.
  • Endogenous Hormones and Breast Cancer Collaborative Group. Body mass index, serum sex hormones, and breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2003;95:1218-26.
  • Watkins Bruner D, Moore D, Parlanti A, Dorgan JF, Engstrom P. Relative risk of prostate cancer for men with affected relatives: systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Cancer. 2003;107:797-803.
  • Lamar CA, Dorgan JF, Longcope C, Stanczyk FZ, Falk RT, Stephenson HE. Serum Sex Hormones and Breast Cancer Risk Factors in Postmenopausal Women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2003;12:380-3.
  • Van Horn L, Obarzanek E, Barton BA, Stevens VJ, Kwiterovich PO Jr, Lasser NL, Robson AM, Franklin FA Jr, Lauer RM, Kimm SYS, Dorgan JF, Greenlick MR. A summary of results of the Dietary Intervention Study in Children (DISC): lessons learned. Cardiovascular Nurs J. 2003;28:28-41.
  • Dorgan JF, Hunsberger SA, McMahon RP, Kwiterovich PO, Lauer RM, Van Horn L, Lasser NL, Stevens VJ, Friedman LA, Yanovski JA, Greenhut SF, Chandler DW, Franklin FA, Barton BA, Buckman DW, Snetselaar LG, Patterson BH, Schatzkin A, Taylor PR. Diet and sex hormones in girls: findings from a randomized controlled clinical trial. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2003;95:132-41.
  • Zhang Y, Kiel DP, Ellison RC, Schatzkin A, Dorgan JF, Kreger BE, Cupples A, Felson DT. Bone mass and the risk of prostate cancer: the Framingham Study. Am J Med. 2002;113:734-739.
  • Garcia-Closas M, Herbstman J, Schiffman M, Glass A, Dorgan JF. Relationship between serum hormone concentrations, reproductive history, alcohol consumption and genetic polymorphisms in pre-menopausal women. Int J Cancer. 2002;102:172-8.
  • Djoussé L, Dorgan JF, Zhang Y, Schatzkin A, Hood M, D’Agostino RB, Copenhafer D, Kreger BE, Ellison RC. Alcohol consumption and risk of lung cancer: The Framingham Study. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2002;94:1877-82.
  • Dorgan JF, Baer D, Albert P, Judd JT, Brown ED, Corle D, Campbell WS, Hartman TJ, Tejpar AA, Clevidence BA, Giffen CA, Chandler DW, Stanczyk FZ, Taylor PR. Serum hormones and the alcohol-breast cancer association in postmenopausal women. Menopause Digest. 2002;14:15-17.
  • Dorgan JF, Fears T, McMahon RP, Friedman LA, Patterson B, Greenhut S. Measurement of sex hormones in serum: a comparison of radioimmunoassay and mass spectrometry. Steroids. 2002;67:151-8.
  • Endogenous Hormones and Breast Cancer Collaborative Group. Endogenous sex hormones and breast cancer in postmenopausal women: collaborative re-analysis of nine prospective studies. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2002;94:606-16.
  • Dorgan JF, Baer D, Albert P, Judd JT, Brown ED, Corle D, Campbell WS, Hartman TJ, Tejpar AA, Clevidence BA, Giffen CA, Chandler DW, Stanczyk FZ, Taylor PR. Serum hormones and the alcohol-breast cancer association in postmenopausal women. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2001;93:710-5.
  • Hartman TJ, Dorgan JF, Woodson K, Virtamo J, Tangrea JA, Heinonen OP, Taylor PR, Barrett MJ, Albanes D. Effects of long-term alpha-tocopherol supplementation on serum hormones in older men. Prostate. 2001;46:33-38.
  • Dorgan JF, Boudou P, Stanczyk FZ, Longcope C, Tejpar A, Falk RT, Schussler N, Stephenson HE Jr. Sources of elevated serum androgens in postmenopausal women who develop breast cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2001;10:407-10.
  • Zhang Y, Felson DT, Ellison C, Kreger BE, Schatzkin A, Dorgan JF, Cupples LA, Levy D, Kiel DP. Bone mass and the risk of colon cancer among post-menopausal women: the Framingham Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2001;53:31-37.
  • Obarzanek E, Kimm SYS, Barton BA, Van Horn L, Kwiterovich PO Jr, Simons-Morton DG, Hunsberger SA, Lasser NL, Robson AM, Franklin FA Jr, Lauer RM, Stevens VJ, Friedman LA, Dorgan JF, Greenlick MR on behalf of the DISC Collaborative Research Group. Long-term safety and efficacy of a cholesterol-lowering diet in children: seven-year results of the Dietary Intervention Study in Children (DISC). Pediatrics. 2001;107:256-64.
  • McShane LM, Midthune DN, Dorgan JF, Freedman LS, Carroll RJ. Covariate measurement error adjustment for matched case-control studies. Biometrics. 2001;57:62-73.
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1990 - 1999

  • Hartman TJ, Dorgan JF, Albanes D, Virtamo J, Tangrea JA, Taylor PR. The association between serum α-tocopherol and serum androgens and estrogens in older men. Nutr and Cancer. 1999;35:10-15.
  • Dorgan JF, Brock JW, Rothman N, Needham LL, Miller R, Stephenson HE Jr, Schussler N, Taylor PR. Serum organochlorine pesticides and PCBs and breast cancer risk: results from a prospective analysis. Cancer Causes and Control. 1999;10:1-11.
  • Zhang Y, Kreger BE, Dorgan JF, Cupples LA, Myers RH, Splansky GL, Schatzkin A, Ellison RC. Parental age at child’s birth and son’s risk of prostate cancer: the Framingham Study (United States). Am J Epidemiol. 1999;150:1208-12.
  • Dorgan JF, Longcope C, Stanczk FZ, Stephenson HE Jr, Hoover RN. Re: Plasma sex steroid hormone levels and risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women (Letter). J Natl Cancer Inst. 1999;91:380-1.
  • Zhang Y, Schatzkin A, Kreger BE, Dorgan JF, Splansky GL, Cupples LA, Ellison RC. Alcohol consumption and risk of breast cancer: The Framingham Study revisited. Am J Epidemiol. 1999;149:93-101.
  • Zhang Y, Schatzkin A, Kreger BE, Dorgan JF, Splansky GL, Cupples LA, Ellison RC. Response to commentary (re: Invited commentary: the Framingham results on alcohol and breast cancer). Am J Epidemiol. 1999;149;105.
  • Dorgan JF, Albanes D, Virtamo J, Heinonen OP, Chandler DW, Galmarini M, McShane LM, Barrett MJ, Taylor PR. Relationships of serum androgens and estrogens to prostate cancer risk: Results from a prospective study in Finland. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 1998;7:1069-74.
  • Madigan MP, Troisi R, Potischman N, Dorgan JF, Brinton LA, Hoover RN. Serum hormone levels in relation to reproductive and lifestyle factors in postmenopausal women. Cancer Causes and Control. 1998;9:199-207.
  • Dorgan JF, Physical activity and breast cancer: is there a link? (Editorial). J Natl Cancer Inst. 1998;90:1116-7.
  • Dorgan JF, Sowell A, Potischman N, Swanson C, Miller R, Schussler N, Stephenson HE. Relationship of serum carotenoids, retinol, α-tocopherol, and selenium with breast cancer risk: Results from a prospective study. Cancer Causes and Control. 1998;9:89-97.
  • Falk RT, Dorgan JF, Kahle L, Potischman N, Longcope C. Assay reproducibility of hormone measurements in postmenopausal women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 1997;6:429-32.
  • Schatzkin A, Freedman LS, Dorgan J, McShane L, Schiffman MH, Dawsey SM. Using and interpreting surrogate end-points in cancer research. In: Toniolo P, Boffetta P, Shuker DEG, Rothman N, Hulka B, Pearce N (eds). Application of Biomarkers in Cancer Epidemiology. Lyon:IARC Sci Pub. 1997;142;265-71.
  • Dorgan JF, Stanczyk FZ, Longcope C, Stephenson HE, Chang L, Miller R, Franz C, Falk RT, Kahle L. Relationship of serum dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), DHEA sulfate, and 5-androstene-3β,17β-diol to risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 1997;6:177-81.
  • Dorgan JF, Longcope C, Stephenson HE Jr, Falk RT, Miller R, Franz C, Kahle L, Campbell WS, Tangrea JA, Schatzkin A. Serum sex hormone levels are related to breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women. Environ Health Perspect. 1997;105(Suppl 3):583-5.
  • Zhang Y, Kiel DP, Kreger BE, Cupples A, Ellison RC, Dorgan JF, Schatzkin A, Levy D, Felson DT. Bone mass and the risk of breast cancer among post-menopausal women: The Framingham Study. New Engl J Med. 1997;336:611-7.
  • Dorgan JF, Judd JT, Longcope C, Brown C, Schatzkin A, Clevidence BA, Campbell WS, Nair PP, Franz C, Kahle L, Taylor PR. Effects of dietary fat and fiber on plasma and urine androgens and estrogens in men: a controlled feeding study. Am J Clin Nutr. 1996;64:850-855.
  • Dorgan JF, Reichman ME, Judd JT, Brown C, Longcope C, Schatzkin A, Forman M, Campbell WS, Franz C, Kahle L, Taylor PR. Relation of energy, fat, and fiber intakes to plasma concentrations of estrogens and androgens in premenopausal women. Am J Clin Nutr. 1996;64:25-31.
  • McShane LM, Dorgan JF, Greenhut S, D’Amato JJ. Reliability and validity of serum sex hormone measurements. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 1996;5:923-8.
  • Dorgan JF, Longcope C, Stephenson HE Jr, Falk RT, Miller R, Franz C, Kahle L, Campbell WS, Tangrea JA, Schatzkin A. Relation of prediagnostic serum estrogen and androgen levels to breast cancer risk. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 1996;5:533-9.
  • Potischman N, Hoover RN, Brinton LA, Siiteri P, Dorgan JF, Swanson CA, Berman ML, Mortel R, Twiggs LB, Barrett RJ, Wilbanks GD, Persky V, Lurain JR. Case-control study of endogenous steroid hormones and endometrial cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1996;88:1127-35.
  • Schatzkin A, Freedman L, Dorgan J, McShane L, Schiffman M, Dawsey S. Surrogate endpoints in cancer research: a critique. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 1996;5:947-53.
  • Dorgan J. Alcohol, hormones, and breast cancer: epidemiologic evidence. In: Singletary KW, Meadows GG (eds.). Alcohol and breast cancer: interactions between alcohol and other risk factors. Alcohol: Clin Exp Res. 1996;20(suppl):57A-61A.
  • Schatzkin A, Dorgan J, Swanson C, Potischman N. Diet and Cancer: Future Etiologic Research. Env Health Perspect. 1995;103(suppl 8):171-5.
  • Dorgan JF, Reichman ME, Judd JT, Brown C, Longcope C, Schatzkin A, Albanes D, Campbell WS, Franz C, Kahle L, Taylor PR. The relation of body size to plasma levels of estrogens and androgens in premenopausal women (Maryland, United States). Cancer Causes Control. 1995;6:3-8.
  • Dorgan JF, Reichman ME, Judd JT, Brown C, Longcope C, Schatzkin A, Campbell WS, Franz C, Kahle L, Taylor PR. Relationships of age and reproductive characteristics with plasma estrogens and androgens in premenopausal women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 1995;4:381-6.
  • Dorgan JF, Reichman ME, Judd JT, Brown C, Longcope C, Schatzkin A, Campbell WS, Franz C, Kahle L, Taylor PR. The relation of reported alcohol ingestion to plasma levels of estrogens and androgens in premenopausal women (Maryland, United States). Cancer Causes Control. 1994;5(1):53-60.
  • Dorgan JF, Brown C, Barrett M, Splansky GL, Kreger BE, D'Agostino RB, Albanes D, Schatzkin A. Physical activity and risk of breast cancer in the Framingham Heart Study. Am J Epidemiol. 1994;139(7):662-9.
  • Dorgan JF, Ziegler RG, Schoenberg JB, Hartge P, McAdams M, Falk RT, Wilcox HB, Shaw GL. Race and sex differences in the association of vegetables, fruits and carotenoids with lung cancer risk in New Jersey (United States). Cancer Causes Control. 1993;4(3):273-81.
  • Dorgan JF, Schatzkin A. Antioxidant micronutrients in cancer prevention. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am. 1991;5(1):43-68.
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1980 - 1989

  • Villar J, Dorgan J, Menendez R, Bolanos L, Pareja G, Kestler E. Perinatal data reliability in a large teaching obstetrical unit. Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 1988;95(9):841-8.
  • Linet MS, Bias WB, Dorgan JF, McCaffrey LD, Humphrey RL. HLA and DR antigens in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Tissue Antigens. 1988;31(2):71-8.
  • Kestler E, Dorgan J, Sibrian R, Aquino O, Villar J. Epidemiological identification of infants with low birthweight in urban areas of Latin America. I. Organization, population and methodology of the Guatemalan Perinatal Study. Bull Pan Am Health Organ. 1987;21(4):369-76.
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