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Bensen CV 09/07/2016

JEANNETTE T. BENSEN, MS, PhD HOME ADDRESS: 11812 Old Creedmoor Road Raleigh, North Carolina 27613 Home: 919-518-1037 Cell: 919-801-9267 Email: [email protected] BUSINESS ADDRESS: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 3130 Bioinformatics Building, CB#7295 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7294 Office: 919-843-1017 Cell: 919-801-9267 Email: [email protected]

EDUCATION AND TRAINING Postdoctoral Postdoctoral Fellow June 2002 – June 2003 Bowman Gray School of Medicine Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, North Carolina Training: Epidemiology and Genetic Analysis Graduate Ph.D. Molecular Medicine August 1998 – May 2002 Bowman Gray School of Medicine Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, North Carolina Thesis: The Interleukin-1 Gene Cluster: A Candidate

Region for End-Stage Renal Disease Graduate Master of Science in Genetic Counseling 1983-1985 University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania April 1984 - January 1985 Master Thesis, "Separation of Isoelectric Variants of Human

Alpha Fetoprotein: A Possible Aid in the Prenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Malformations."

June 1984 One Month Genetic Counseling Rotation Supervisor: Mark W. Steele, MD Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Undergraduate Bachelor of Science 1977-1981 Major: Biology SUNY College at Fredonia Fredonia, New York

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE December 2013 – Present Research Associate Professor, Epidemiology Principal Investigator & Director, PCaP/HCaP-NC Director, UNC Cancer Survivorship Cohort Director, UNC-SAS Partnership Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina August 2011 – November 2013 Research Assistant Professor, Epidemiology Director, UNC-SAS Partnership Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina February 2008 – November 2013 Research Assistant Professor, Epidemiology Director, UNC Cancer Survivorship Cohort Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina December 2008 – December 2012 Principal Investigator Health Care Access and Prostate Cancer Treatment in

North Carolina: HCaP-NC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina January 2004 – November 2013 Research Assistant Professor, Epidemiology Co-Director, Prostate Cancer Consortium (PCaP) Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina August 2003 – December 2003 Research Associate Co-Director, Prostate Cancer Consortium Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina June 2002 – June 2003 Postdoctoral Fellow Mentor: Deborah Meyers, Ph.D. Mentor: Jianfeng Xu, M.D., Dr.PH. Center for Human Genomics Wake Forest University/Baptist Medical Center Winston-Salem, North Carolina August 1998 - May 2002 Graduate Student


Advisor: Donald Bowden, Ph.D. Department of Biochemistry Section Molecular Genetics Bowman Gray School of Medicine Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, North Carolina August 1996 -1998 Research Associate/Project Manager HyperGEN - Family Blood Pressure Study Supervisor: Gerardo Heiss, M.D., Ph.D. Bowman Gray School of Medicine Winston-Salem, North Carolina August 1992 -1998 Research Associate/Co-Investigator Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities and Family

Heart Studies Supervisor: Gerardo Heiss, M.D., Ph.D. Bowman Gray School of Medicine Winston-Salem, North Carolina August 1990 -1998 Project Manager Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study Supervisor: Gerardo Heiss, M.D., Ph.D. Bowman Gray School of Medicine Winston-Salem, North Carolina December 1988 - May 1990 Principal Investigator Fetal Alcohol and Drug Prevention Program Supervisor: Jimmy Simon, M.D. Bowman Gray School of Medicine Winston-Salem, North Carolina December 1988 - May 1990 Senior Genetic Counselor Supervisor: I.T. Thomas, M.D. Bowman Gray School of Medicine Winston-Salem, North Carolina May 1989 Invited Reviewer of the American Journal of Medical Genetics May 1985 - December 1989 Genetic Counselor Supervisor: Barbara K. Burton, M.D. Bowman Gray School of Medicine Winston-Salem, North Carolina Fall 1988 Assistant Editor of the North Carolina Medical Genetics Association Newsletter September 1984 - April 1985 Research Assistant Supervisor: Kenneth Garver, M.D., Ph.D.


Magee-Women’s Hospital Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania September 1983 - April 1984 Research Assistant Supervisor: David Finegold, M.D. Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1981 - 1983 Research Assistant Supervisor: Michael Garrick, Ph.D. State University of New York at Buffalo Buffalo, New York

HONORS AND CERTIFICATIONS April 2001 Graduate Student Poster Award Wake Forest University 1998-1999 Graduate Fellowship Wake Forest University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences June 1989 America's Who's Who- America's Outstanding Women of the Eighties. Biography June 1987 Board Certified Genetic Counselor Member American Board of Medical Genetics 1979 - 1981 Tri Beta National Honor Society, Officer Upsilon Chi Chapter Fall 1977 -1980 Dean's List

MEMBERSHIPS 2014 – Present Center for Human Health and Environment North Carolina State University 2005 – Present Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2003 – Present Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center 1985 – Present American Society of Human Genetics 1985 – 1998 National Society of Genetic Counselors


1985 – 1990 North Carolina Medical Genetics Association

PUBLICATIONS

1. Allott EH, Arab L, Su LJ, Farnan L, Fontham ETH, Mohler JL, Bensen JT, Steck SE.

Saturated fat intake and prostate cancer aggressiveness: results from the population-based North Carolina-Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. 2016 Sep 6. doi: 10.1038/pcan.2016.39. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 27595916

2. Ho D, Feng Y, Haddad S, Zheng Y, Yao S, Han Y-J, Ogundiran T, Adebamowo C, Ojengbede O, Falusi A, Zheng W, Blot W, Cai Q, Signorello L, Joh E, Bernstein L, Hu J, Ziegler R, Nyante S, Bandera E, Ingles S, Press M, Deming S, Rodrigues-Gil J, Nathanson K, Domchek S, Rebbeck T, Ruiz-Narváez E, Sucheston-Campbell L, Bensen JT, Simon M, Hennis A, Nemesure B, Leske C, Ambs S, Chen L, Qian F, Gamazon E, Lunetta K, Cox N, Chanock S, Kolenel L, Olshan A, Ambrosone C, Palmer J, Haiman C. Genome-wide Association Studies in Women of African Ancestry Identified 3q26.21 as a Novel Susceptibility Locus for Estrogen Receptor Negative Breast Cancer. Hum Mol Genet. 2016 Sep 4. pii: ddw305. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 27594435

3. Barber EL, Bensen JT, Snavely AC, Gehrig PA, Doll KM. Who presents satisfied? Non-modifiable factors associated with patient satisfaction among gynecologic oncology clinic patients. Gynecol Oncol. 2016 Jun 10. pii: S0090-8258(16)30814-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2016.06.009. Epub ahead of print. PMID:27287508

4. Antwi SO, Steck SE, Su LJ, Hebert JR, Zhang H, Craft NE, Fontham ET, Smith GJ, Bensen JT, Mohler JL, Arab L. Carotenoid intake and adipose tissue carotenoid levels in relation to prostate cancer aggressiveness among African-American and European-American men in the North Carolina-Louisiana prostate cancer project (PCaP). Prostate. 2016 Sep;76(12):1053-66. doi: 10.1002/pros.23189. Epub 2016 Jun 8. PMID:27271547

5. Haddad SA, Ruiz-Narváez EA, Haiman CA, Sucheston-Campbell LE, Bensen JT, Zhu Q, Liu S, Yao S, Bandera EV, Rosenberg L, Olshan AF, Ambrosone CB, Palmer JR, Lunetta KL. An exome-wide analysis of low frequency and rare variants in relation to risk of breast cancer in African American Women: the AMBER Consortium. Carcinogenesis. 2016 Jun 7. pii: bgw067. Epub ahead of print. PMID:27267999

6. Doll KM, Barber EL, Bensen JT, Revilla MC, Snavely AC, Bennett AV, Reeve BB, Gehrig PA. The Impact of Surgical Complications on Health-Related Quality of Life in Women Undergoing Gynecologic Oncology Procedures: A Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Apr 27. pii: S0002-9378(16)30103-X. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2016.04.025. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:27131589

7. Doll KM, Barber EL, Bensen JT, Snavely AC, Gehrig PA. The health-related quality of life journey of gynecologic oncology surgical patients: Implications for the incorporation of patient-reported outcomes into surgical quality metrics. Gynecol Oncol. 2016 May;141(2):329-35. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2016.03.003. Epub 2016 Mar 18. PMID: 26957479.


8. Bretschneider CE, Doll KM, Bensen JT, Gehrig PA, Wu JM, Geller EJ.. Prevalence of

Pelvic Floor Disorders in Women with Gynecologic Malignancies: A Survey-based Study. International Urogynecology Journal 2016 Sep;27(9):1409-14. doi: 10.1007/s00192-016-2962-3. Epub 2016 Feb 12. PMID:26872646

9. Vance TM, Wang Y, Su LJ, Fontham ETH, SE, Arab L, Bensen JT, Mohler JL, Chen M-H, Chun OK. Dietary Total Antioxidant Capacity is Inversely Associated with Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness in a Population-Based Study. Nutr Cancer. 2016 Feb-Mar;68(2):214-24. doi: 10.1080/01635581.2016.1134596. Epub 2016 Feb 4. PMID:26847416

10. Allott EH, Farnan L, Steck SE, Arab L, Sue JL, Mishel M, Fontham ETH, Mohler JL, Bensen JT. Statin use and prostate cancer aggressiveness: results from the population-based North Carolina-Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention Published OnlineFirst January 27, 2016; doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-15-0631

11. Mariano C, Hanson LC, Deal AM, Yang H, Bensen J, Hendrix L, Muss HB. Healthcare satisfaction in older and younger patients with cancer. J Geriatr Oncol. 2016 Jan;7(1):32-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2015.11.005. Epub 2016 Jan 7. PMID: 26774226

12. Ruiz-Narváez EA, Haddad SA, Lunetta KL, Yao S, Bensen JT, Sucheston-Campbell LE, Hong C-C, Haiman CA, Olshan AF, Ambrosone CB, Palmer JR Gene-based analysis of the fibroblast growth factor receptor signaling pathway in relation to breast cancer in African American women: the AMBER consortium. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2016 Jan.155(2):355-63. doi: 10.1007/s10549-015-3672-0. Epub 2016 Jan 7. PMID:26743380

13. Yao S, Haddad SA, Hu Q, Liu S, Lunetta KL, Ruiz-Narvaez EA, Hong C-C, Zhu Q, Sucheston-Campbell L, Cheng T-Y D, Bensen JT, Johnson CS, Trump DL, Haiman CA, Olshan AF, Palmer JR, Ambrosone CB. Genetic variations in vitamin D-related pathways and breast cancer risk in African American women in the AMBER Consortium. Int J Cancer. 2016 May 1;138(9):2118-26. doi: 10.1002/ijc.29954. Epub 2015 Dec 28. PMID: 26650177

14. Cheng, T-Y D, Ambrosone CB, Hong C-C, Lunetta KL, Liu S, Hu Q, Yao S, Sucheston-Campbell L, Bandera EV, Ruiz-Narváez EA, Haddad S, Troester MA, Haiman CA, Bensen JT, Olshan AF, Palmer JR, and Rosenberg L. Genetic Variants in the mTOR Pathway and Breast Cancer Risk in African American Women. Carcinogenesis 2016 Jan;37(1):49-55. doi: 10.1093/carcin/bgv160. Epub 2015 Nov 16. PMID: 26577839

15. Vance TM, Azabdaftari G, Pop EA, Lee SG, Su LJ, Fontham ETH, Bensen JT, Steck SE, Arab L, Mohler JL, Chen M-H, Koo SI, Chun OK. Intake of Dietary Antioxidants is Inversely Associated with Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress among Men with Prostate Cancer. Br J Nutr. 2016 Jan 14;115(1):68-74. doi: 10.1017/S0007114515004249. Epub 2015 Nov 2. PMID:26521663

16. Haddad SA, Lunetta KL, Ruiz-Narváez EA, Bensen JT, Hong C-C, Sucheston-Campbell

LE, Yao S, Bandera EV, \Rosenberg L, Haiman CA, Troester MA, Ambrosone CB, and


Palmer JR. Hormone-Related Pathway Genes and Risk of Breast Cancer Subtypes in African American Women. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2015 Nov;154(1):145-54. doi: 10.1007/s10549-015-3594-x. Epub 2015 Oct 12.PMID:26458823

17. Vance TM, Azabdaftari G, Pop EA, Lee SG, Sue LJ, Fontham ETH, Bensen JT, Steck

SE, Arab L, Mohler JL, Chen M-H, Koo SI, Chun OK. Thioredoxin 1 in Prostate Tissue is Associated with Gleason Score, Erythrocyte Antioxidant Enzyme Activity, and Dietary Antioxidants. Prostate Cancer. 2015;2015:728046. doi: 10.1155/2015/728046. Epub 2015 Aug 18. PMID:26357575

18. Antwi S, Steck SE, Su JL, Hebert JR, Zhang H, Fontham ETH, Smith G, Bensen JT, Mohler JL, Arab L. Dietary, Supplement, and Adipose Tissue Tocopherols Levels in Relation to Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness Among African and European Americans: The North Carolina-Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project (PCaP). Prostate. 2015 Sep;75(13):1419-35. doi: 10.1002/pros.23025. Epub 2015 Jun 5.PMID:26053590

19. Steck SE, Arab L, Zhang H, Bensen JT, Fontham ET, Johnson CS, Mohler JL, Smith GJ, Su JL, Trump DL, Woloszynska-Read A. Association between Plasma 25-Hydroxyvitamin D, Ancestry and Aggressive Prostate Cancer among African Americans and European Americans in PCaP. PLoS One. 2015 Apr 28;10(4):e0125151. PMID: 25919866.

20. Morris BB, Farnan L, Song L, Addington EL, Chen RC, Nielsen ME, Mishel M, Mohler JL, Bensen JT. Treatment decisional regret among men with prostate cancer: Racial differences and influential factors in the North Carolina Health Access and Prostate Cancer Treatment Project (HCaP-NC). Cancer. 2015 Jun 15;121(12):2029-2035. doi: 10.1002/cncr.29309. Epub 2015 Mar 3.PMID:25740564.

21. Helfand BT, Roehl KA, Cooper PR, McGuire BB, Fitzgerald LM, Cancel-Tassin G, Cornu JN, Bauer S, Van Blarigan EL, Chen X, Duggan D, Ostrander EA, Gwo-Shu M, Zhang ZF, Chang SC, Jeong S, Fontham ET, Smith G, Mohler JL, Berndt SI, McDonnell SK, Kittles R, Rybicki BA, Freedman M, Kantoff PW, Pomerantz M, Breyer JP, Smith JR, Rebbeck TR, Mercola D, Isaacs WB, Wiklund F, Cussenot O, Thibodeau SN, Schaid DJ, Cannon-Albright L, Cooney KA, Chanock SJ, Stanford JL, Chan JM, Witte J, Xu J, Bensen JT, Taylor JA, Catalona WJ. Associations of prostate cancer risk variants with disease aggressiveness: results of the NCI-SPORE Genetics Working Group analysis of 18,343 cases. Hum Genet. 2015 Apr;134(4):439-50. doi: 10.1007/s00439-015-1534-9. Epub 2015 Feb 26.PMID:25715684.

22. Family L, Bensen JT, Troester MA, Wu MC, Anders CK, Olshan AF. Single-nucleotide

polymorphisms in DNA bypass polymerase genes and association with breast cancer and breast cancer subtypes among African Americans and Whites. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2015 Jan;149(1):181-90. doi: 10.1007/s10549-014-3203-4. Epub 2014 Nov 23. PubMed PMID: 25417172.

23. Nyante SJ, Gammon MD, Kaufman JS, Bensen JT, Lin DY, Barnholtz-Sloan JS, Hu Y, He Q, Luo J, Millikan RC. Genetic variation in estrogen and progesterone pathway genes and breast cancer risk: An exploration of tumor subtype-specific effects. Cancer Causes


and Control. 2015 Jan;26(1):121-31. doi: 10.1007/s10552-014-0491-2. Epub 2014 Nov 25. PubMed PMID: 25421376; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4291841

24. Taylor NJ, Bensen JT, Poole C, Troester MA, Gammon MD, Luo J, Millikan RC, Olshan AF. Genetic variation in cell cycle regulatory gene AURKA and association with intrinsic breast cancer subtype. Mol Carcinog. 2015 Dec;54(12):1668-77. doi: 10.1002/mc.22238. Epub 2014 Oct 18. PMID:25328151

25. Doll KM, Kalinowski AK, Snavely AC, Irwin DE, Bensen JT, Bae-Jump VL, Kim KH, Van Le L, Clarke-Pearson DL, Gehrig PA. Obesity is associated with worse quality of life in women with gynecologic malignancies: An opportunity to improve patient-centered outcomes. Cancer. 2015 Feb 1;121(3):395-402. doi: 10.1002/cncr.29061. Epub 2014 Sep 23. PMID:25250951

26. Song L, Weaver MA, Chen RC, Bensen JT, Fontham E, Su LJ, Mohler JL, Mishel M, Godley PA, Sleath B. Associations between patient–provider communication and socio-cultural factors in prostate cancer patients: A cross-sectional evaluation of racial differences. Patient Educ Couns 2014 Dec;97(3):339-46. doi:10.1016/j.pec.2014.08.019. Epub 2014 Sep 4. PMID:25224313

27. Wyss AB, Weissler MC, Avery CL, Herring AH, Bensen JT, Barnholtz-Sloan JS, Funkhouser WK, Olshan AF. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in nucleotide excision repair genes, cancer treatment, and head and neck cancer survival. Cancer Causes and Control. 2014 Apr;25(4):437-50.

28. Doll, KM, Snavely, AC, Klinowski A, Irwin DE, Bensen JT, Bae-Jump V, Soper JT, Brewster WR, Gehrig PA. Preoperative quality of life and surgical outcomes in gynecologic oncology patients: A new predictor of operative risk? Gynecol Oncol. 2014 Jun;133(3):546-51. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2014.04.002.

29. Bensen JT*, Xu Z* (joint first authors), McKeigue PM, Smith GJ, Fontham ETH, Mohler JL, Taylor JA. Admixture Mapping of Prostate Cancer in African Americans participating in the North Carolina-Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project PCaP. The Prostate. 2014 Jan;74(1):1-9.

30. O’Brien KM, Cole SR, Poole C, Bensen JT, Herring AH, Engel LS and Millikan RC. Replication of breast cancer susceptibility loci in whites and African-Americans using a Bayesian approach. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2014;179(3):382-94.

31. O’Brien KM, Cole SR, Engel LS, Bensen JT, Poole C, Herring AH, Millikan RC. Breast cancer subtypes and previously established genetic risk factors: A Bayesian approach. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. 2014;23(1):84-97.

32. Wyss A, Herring A, Avery C, Millikan R, Weissler M, Bensen JT, Barnholtz-Sloan JS, Funkhouser WF, Olshan A. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in nucleotide excision repair genes, cigarette smoking, and the risk of head and neck cancer. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention. 2013 Aug;22(8):1428-45.


33. Bensen JT, Tse CK, Nyante SJ, Barnholtz-Sloan JS, Cole SR, Millikan RC. Association of germline microRNA SNPs in pre-miRNA flanking region and breast cancer risk and survival: the Carolina Breast Cancer Study. Cancer Causes and Control. 2013 June:24(6):1099-1109. doi: 10.1007/s10552-013-0187-z. PMCID: PMC384004.

34. Ellis S, Blackard B, Carpenter W, Schroeder J, Mishel M, Chen R, Godley P, Mohler J, Bensen JT. Receipt of National Comprehensive Cancer Network guideline-concordant prostate cancer care among African American and Caucasian American men in North Carolina. Cancer. April 2013 [Epub ahead of print]. doi: 10.1002/cncr.28004. PMID: 23575751.

35. Song L, Bensen JT, Zimmer C, Sleath B, Blackard B, Fontham E, Su LJ, Brennan CS, Mohler JL, Mishel M. Patient-health care provider communication among patients with newly diagnosed prostate cancer: Findings from a population-based study. Patient Education and Counseling. 2013 Apr;91(1):79-84. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2012.12.002. PMID: 23332967.

36. Moore AD, Knafl GJ, Hamilton JB, Godley PA, Carpenter WR, Bensen JT, Mohler JL, Mishel M. (2013). “The influence of mistrust, racism, religious participation, and access to care on patient satisfaction for African-American men: The North Carolina-Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project (PCaP).” Journal of the National Medical Association. 105(1):59-68.

37. Song L, Chen RC, Bensen JT, Knafl GJ, Nielsen ME, Farnan L, Wallen EM, Mishel M, Pruthi RS, Mohler JL, Godley PA. Who makes the decision regarding the treatment of clinically localized prostate cancer-the patient or physician? Results from a population-based study. Cancer. 2013 Jan 15;119(2):421-8. doi: 10.1002/cncr.27738; 10.1002/cncr.27738. PMID: 22786794.

38. Poch MA, Mehedint D, Curtis A, Green DJ, Payne-Ondracek R, Fontham ETH, Bensen J, Attwood K, Wilding GE, Guru KA, Underwood W, Mohler JL, Heemers HV. The association between calcium channel blocker use and prostate cancer outcome. The Prostate. 2013 Jun;73(8):865-72. doi: 10.1002/pros.22632. Epub 2012 Dec 31. PMID:23280547

39. Tabung F, Steck SE, Su LJ, Mohler JL, Fontham ETH, Bensen JT, Hebert JR, Zhang H, Arab L. Intake of grains and fiber and prostate cancer aggressiveness by race. Prostate Cancer. 2012;2012:323296. Epub 2012 Nov 13. doi: 10.1155/2012/323296. PMID: 23213538. PMCID: PMC3503404.

40. Moore AD, Mishel M, Knafl GJ, Hamilton JB, Godley PA, Carpenter WR, Bensen JT.

Patient satisfaction influenced by interpersonal treatment and communication for African-American men: The North Carolina-Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project (PCaP). American Journal of Men's Health. 2012 Sep;6(5):405-419. doi: 10.1177/1557988312443695. PMID: 22833311

41. Brennan C, Oral E, Fontham E, Mohler JL, Bensen JT, Mishel M, Simonsen N. The differences in quality of life in Prostate Cancer Project: Methods and design of a multidisciplinary population-based follow-up study. American Medical Journal.


2012;3(2):104-114. Doi: 10.3844/amjsp.2012.104.114.

42. Arab L, Su LJ, Steck SE, Ang A, Fontham ETH, Bensen JT, Mohler JL. Coffee consumption and prostate cancer aggressiveness among African and Caucasian Americans in a population-based study. Nutrition and Cancer. 2012;64(5):637-42. doi: 10.1080/01635581.2012.676144. Epub May 7. PMID: 22564042

43. Arab L, Su J, Steck S, Ang A, Fontham E, Bensen J, Mohler J. Adherence to World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research Lifestyle Recommendations Reduces Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness Among African and Caucasian Americans. Nutrition and Cancer: An International Journal. 65:5,633-643, doi: 10.1080/01635581.2013.789540.PMID: 23859030

44. Bensen JT*, Xu Z* (*joint first authors), Smith GJ, Mohler JL, Fontham ETH, Taylor

JA. Genetic polymorphism and prostate cancer aggressiveness: A study of 1536 GWAS and candidate SNPs in African Americans and European Americans. The Prostate. 2012;7(3):e30950. Epub 2012 Mar 27. doi: 10.1002/pros.22532; 10.1002/pros.22532. PMID: 22479307

45. Sucheston LE, Bensen JT, Xu Z, Singh PK, Mohler JL, Su LJ, Schroeder JC, Fontham

ETH, Ruiz B, Smith GJ, Taylor JA. Genetic ancestry, self-reported race and ethnicity in Blacks and Whites in the PCaP cohort. PLoS One. 2012;7(3):e30950. Epub 2012 Mar 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030950. PMID: 22479307

46. McGraw SA, Wood-Nutter CA, Solomon MZ, Maschke KJ, Bensen JT, Irwin DE. Clarity

and appeal of a multimedia informed consent tool for biobanking. IRB: Ethics & Human Research. 2012;34(1):9-19. PMID: 22338402.

47. Song L, Mishel M, Bensen JT, Chen RC, Knafl GJ, Blackard B, Farnan L, Fontham E, Su LJ, Brennan CS, Mohler JL, Godley PA. How does health literacy affect quality of life among men with newly diagnosed clinically localized prostate cancer? Findings from the North Carolina-Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project (PCaP). Cancer. 2012 Aug 1;118(15):3842-51. doi: 10.1002/cncr.26713. Epub 2011 Dec 16.PMID:22180041

48. Nyante SJ, Gammon MD, Kaufman JS, Bensen JT, Lin DY, Barnholtz-Sloan JS, Luo J,

Hu Y, He Q, Millikan RC. Common genetic variation in adiponectin, leptin, and leptin receptor and association with breast cancer subtypes. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2011 Sep;129(2):593-606. PMID: 21516303.

49. Su LJ, Arab L, Steck SE, Fontham ETH, Schroeder JC, Bensen JT, Mohler JL. Obesity

and prostate cancer aggressiveness among African and Caucasian Americans in a population-based study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2011 May;20(5):844-853. PMID: 21467239.

50. Xu Z*, Bensen JT* (*joint first authors), Smith GJ, Mohler, JL, Taylor JA. GWAS SNP

replication among African American and European American men in the North Carolina-Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project (PCaP). Prostate. 2011;71(8):881-891. Epub 2010 Nov 17. PMID: 21456070.


51. Carpenter WR, Godley PA, Clark JA, Talcott JA, Finnegan T, Mishel M, Bensen J, Rayford W, Su LJ, Fontham ETH, Mohler J. Racial differences in trust and regular source of patient care, and implications for prostate cancer screening utilization. Cancer. 2009;115(21):5048-5059. PMID: 19637357. PMCID: PMC2779840.

52. Basta PV, Bensen JT, Tse CK, Perou CM, Sullivan PF, Olshan AF. Genetic variation in Transaldolase 1 and risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. Cancer Detect Prev. 2008;32(3):200-208. PMID: 18805652. PMCID: PMC2614275.

53. Golembesky AK, Gammon MD, North KE, Bensen JT, Schroeder JC, Teitelbaum SL,

Neugut AI, Santella RM. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha (PPARA) genetic polymorphisms and breast cancer risk: a Long Island ancillary study. Carcinogenesis. 2008 Oct;29(10):1944-1949. PMID: 18586686. PMCID: PMC2722854.

54. Millikan RC, Newman B, Tse CK, Moorman P, Smith LV, Labbok M, Geradts J, Bensen

JT, Jackson S, Nyante S, Livasy C, Carey L, Perou CM. Epidemiology of basal-like breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2008 May;109(1):123-139. PMID: 17578664. PMCID: PMC2443103.

55. Gaudet MM, Gammon MD, Bensen JT, Sagiv SK, Shantakumar S, Teitelbaum SL, Eng

SM, Neugut AI, Santella RM, Weston A. Genetic variation of TP53, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-related exposures, and breast cancer risk among women on Long Island, New York. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2008;108(1):93-99. PMID: 17624591.

56. Schroeder JC*, Bensen JT* (*joint first authors), Su LJ, Mishel M, Ivanova A, Godley

P, Smith G, Fontham E, Mohler J. The North Carolina-Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project (PCaP): methods and design of a multidisciplinary population-based cohort study of racial differences in prostate cancer outcomes. Prostate. 2006 Aug 1;66(11):1162-1176. PMID: 16676364.

57. Gaudet MM, Bensen JT, Schroeder J, Olshan AF, Terry MB, Eng SM, Teitelbaum SL,

Britton JA, Lehman TA, Neugut AI, Ambrosone CB, Santella RM, Gammon MD. Catechol-O-methyltransferase haplotypes and breast cancer among women on Long Island, New York. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2006 Sep;99(2):235-240. PMID: 16596327.

58. Gaudet MM, Gammon MD, Santella RM, Britton JA, Teitelbaum SL, Eng SM, Terry MB, Bensen JT, Schroeder J, Olshan AF, Neuget AI, Ambrosone CB. MnSOD Val-9Ala genotype, pro- and anti-oxidant environmental modifiers, and breast cancer among women on Long Island, New York. Cancer Causes Control. 2005 Dec;16(10):1225-1234. PMID: 16215873.

59. Sun J, Hedelin M, Zheng SL, Adami HO, Bensen J, Augustsson-Balter K, Chang B,

Adolfsson J, Adams T, Turner A, Meyers DA, Isaacs WB, Xu J, Gronberg H. Interleukin-6 sequence variants are not associated with prostate cancer risk. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2004;13(10):1677-1679. PMID: 15466986.

60. Zheng SL, Augustsson-Balter K, Chang B, Hedelin M, Li L, Adami HO, Bensen J, Li G,

Johnasson JE, Turner AR, Adams TS, Meyers DA, Issacs WB, Xu J, Gronberg H. Sequence variants of toll-like receptor 4 are associated with prostate cancer risk: results


from the CAncer Prostate in Sweden Study. Cancer Res. 2004;64(8):2918-2922. PMID: 15087412.

61. Bensen JT, Hsu FC, Brown WM, Sutton BS, Norris JM, Tracy RP, Jenny NS, Saad MF,

Haffner SM, Bowden DW, Langefeld CD. Association analysis of the plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 4G/5G polymorphism in Hispanics and African Americans: the IRAS Family Study. Hum Hered. 2004;57(3):128-137. PMID: 15297806.

62. Lindmark F, Zheng SL, Wiklund F, Bensen J, Balter KA, Chan B, Hedelin M, Clark J,

Stattin P, Meyers DA, Adami HO, Issacs W, Gronberg H, Xu J. H6D polymorphism in macrophage-inhibitory cytokine-1 gene associated with prostate cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2004;96(16):1248-1254. PMID: 15316060.

63. Hart PS, Wright JT, Savage M, Kang G, Bensen JT, Gorry MC, Hart TC. Exclusion of

candidate genes in two families with autosomal dominant hypocalcified amelogenesis imperfecta. Eur J Oral Sci. 2003 Aug;111(4):326-331. PMID: 12887398.

64. Bensen JT, Langefeld CD, Hawkins GA, Green LE, Mychaleckyj JC, Brewer CS, Kiger

DS, Binford SM, Colicigno CJ, Allred DC, Freedman BI, Bowden DW. Nucleotide variation, haplotype structure, and association with end-stage renal disease of the human interleukin-1 gene cluster. Genomics. 2003 Aug;82(2):194-217. PMID: 12837270.

65. Bensen JT, Lange LA, Langefeld CD, Chang B-L, Bleecker ER, Meyers DA, Xu J.

Exploring pleiotropy using principal components. BMC Genetics. 2003 Dec 31;4 Suppl 1:S53-S55. PMID: 14975121.

66. Bensen JT, Langefeld CD, Li L, McCall CE, Cousart SL, Dryman BN, Freedman BI,

Bowden DW. Association of an IL-1A 3’UTR polymorphism with end-stage renal disease and IL-1 alpha expression. Kidney Int. 2003 Apr;63(4):1211-1219. PMID: 12631337.

67. Bensen JT, Dawson PA, Mychaleckyj JC, Bowden DW. Identification of a novel human

cytokine gene in the interleukin gene cluster on chromosome 2q12-14. J Interferon Cytokine Res. 2001 Nov:21(11):899-904. PMID: 11747621.

68. Fossey SC, Mychaleckyj JC, Pendleton JK, Snyder JR, Bensen JT, Hirakawa S, Rich SS,

Freedman BI, Bowden DW. A high-resolution 6.0-megabase transcript map of the type 2 diabetes susceptibility region on human chromosome 20. Genomics. 2001 Aug;76(1-3):45-57. PMID: 11549316.

69. Williams RR, Hunt SC, Heiss G, Province MA, Bensen JT, Higgins M, Chamberlain RM,

Ware J, Hopkins PN. Usefulness of cardiovascular family history data for population-based preventive medicine and medical research (the Health Family Tree Study and the NHLBI Family Heart Study). Am J Cardiol. 2001 Jan 15:87(2):129-135. PMID: 11152826.

70. Li R, Bensen JT, Hutchinson RG, Province MA, Hertz-Picciotto I, Sprafka JM, Tyroler A.

Family risk score of coronary heart disease (CHD) as a predictor of CHD: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study and the NHLBI family heart study. Genet Epidemiol. 2000;18(3):236-250. PMID: 10723108.


71. Bensen JT, Liese AD, Rushing JT, Province M, Folsom AR, Rich SS, Higgins M. Accuracy of proband reported family history: the NHLBI Family Heart Study (FHS). Genet Epidemiol. 1999;17(2):141-150. PMID: 10414557.

72. Bensen JT, Li R, Hutchinson RG, Province MA, Tyroler HA. Family history of coronary

heart disease and pre-clinical carotid artery atherosclerosis in African-Americans and whites: the ARIC study: Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities. Genet Epidemiol. 1999;16(2):165-178. PMID: 10030399.

73. Bensen JT, Nelson LH, Pettenati, MJ, Block SM, Brusilow SW, Livingstone LR, Burton

BK. First report of management and outcome of pregnancies associated with hereditary orotic aciduria. Am J Med Genet. 1991;41(4):426-431. PMID: 1776631.

74. Burton BK, Pettenati MJ, Block SM, Bensen J, Roach ES. Nonketotic hyperglycinemia in a

patient with the 9p- syndrome. Am J Med Genet. 1989;32(4):504-505. PMID: 2773994.

75. Bensen JT, Dillard RG, Burton BK. Open spina bifida: does cesarean section delivery improve prognosis? Obstet Gynecol. 1988;71(4)532-534. PMID: 3281074.

76. Nelson LH, Bensen J, Burton BK. Outcomes in patients with unusually high maternal

serum alpha-fetoprotein levels. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1987;157(3)572-576. PMID: 2443008.

77. Bensen JT, Steele MW. A mildly retarded woman with 46,XX/47,XX, + 18 mosaicism.

Am J Med Genet. 1985;22(2):343-346. PMID: 4050867.

SUBMITTED/ACCEPTED PUBLICATIONS

1. Ruiz-Narváez EA, Sucheston-Campbell LE, Bensen JT, Yao S, Haddad SA, Haiman CA, Bandera EV, John EM, Berstein L, Hu JJ, Ziegler RG, Deming SL, Olshan AF, Ambrosone CB, Palmer JR, Lunetta KL. Admixture Mapping of African-American Women in the AMBER Consortium Identifies New Loci for Breast Cancer and Estrogen-Receptor Subtypes. Frontiers in Genetics. (Accepted September 12, 2016)

2. Bretschneider CE, Doll KM, Bensen JT, Gehrig PA, Wu JM, Geller EJ. Baseline Sexual Health in Women with Suspected Gynecologic Malignancy. International Journal of Gynecological Cancer (Submitted August 26, 2016)

3. Pergolotti M, Reeve BB, Bensen JT, Gehrig P, Doll KM. Cultural pressures, confidence, and quality of life: The unique pressure in being a woman with suspected gynecologic cancer. Cancer (Submitted June 10, 2016)

4. Feng Y, Rhie SK, Huo D, Ruiz-Narvaez EA, Haddad SA, Ambrosone CB, John EM, Bernstein L, Zheng W, Hu JJ, Ziegler RG, Nyante S, Bandera EV, Ingles SA, Press MF, Deming SL, Rodriguez-Gil JL, Zheng Y, Yao S, Han Y-J, Ogundiran TO, Rebbeck TR, Adebamowo C, Ojengbede O, Falusi AG, Hennis A, Nemesure B, Ambs S, Blot W, Cai Q, Signorello L, Nathanson KL, Lunetta KL, Sucheston-Campbell LE, Bensen JT; Chanock SJ, Le Marchand L, Olshan AF, Kolonel LN, Conti DV, Coetzee GA, Stram


DO, Olopade OI, Palmer JR, Haiman CA. Characterizing Genetic Susceptibility to Breast Cancer in Women of African Ancestry. Human Genetics (Submitted May 24, 2016)

5. Zhang J, Yao S, Hu Q, Zhu Q, Liu S, Lunetta KL, Haddad SA, Yang N, Shen H, Hong C-C, Sucheston-Campbell L, Ruiz-Narvaez EA, Bensen JT, Troester MA, Bandera EV, Rosenberg L, Haiman CA, Olshan AF, Palmer JR, Ambrosone CB. Genetic variations in the Hippo signaling pathway and breast cancer risk in African American women in the AMBER Consortium. Carcinogenesis (Submitted May 5, 2016)

6. Holmes JA; Bensen JT; Mohler JL; Song L; Mishel M; Chen RC. Quality of Care Received In a Population-Based Prospective Prostate Cancer Cohort Using National Consensus Indicators. Cancer (Submitted May 4, 2016)

7. Zhu Q, Shepherd L, Lunetta K, Yao S, Liu Q, Hu Q, Haddad S, Sucheston-Campbell, Bensen J, Bandera E, Rosenberg L, Liu S, Haiman C, Olshan A, Palmer J, and Ambrosone C. Trans-ethnic follow-up of breast cancer GWAS hits using the preferential linkage disequilibrium approach. Oncotarget (Submitted May 2, 2016)

8. Feng Y, Rhie SK, Huo D, Ruiz-Narvaez EA, Haddad S, Ambrosone CB,. John EM,

Bernstein L, Zheng W, Hu J, Ziegler RG, Nyante S, Bandera EV, Ingles SA, Press MF, Deming SL, Rodriguez-Gil JL, Zheng Y, Yao S, Han Y-J, Ogundiran TO, Rebbeck TR, Adebamowo C, Ojengbede O, Falusi AG, Simon MS, Hennis A, Barbara Nemesure B, Wu S-Y, Leske MC, Ambs S, Chen LS, Qian F, Gamazon ER, Cox NJ, Blot W, Cai Q, Signorello L, Nathanson KL, Domchek SM, Lunetta KL, Sucheston-Campbell LE, Bensen JT, Chanock SJ, Le Marchand L, Olshan A, Kolonel LN, Conti DV , Coetzee GA, Stram DO, Olopade OI, Palmer JR, Haiman CA. Fine-Mapping of Breast Cancer Susceptibility Regions in Women of African Ancestry. Human Molecular Genetics (Submitted March 25, 2016)

9. Landi SN, Doll KM, Bensen JT, Hendrix L, Anders CK, Wu JM, Nichols HB. Endocrine therapy and urogenital outcomes among women with a breast cancer diagnosis. Journal of Cancer Survivorship (Submitted March 21, 2016)

10. Addington EL, Calhoun LG, Cann A, Tedeschi RG, Furr S, Mishel M, Mohler JL, Bensen JT. The Role of the Doctor-Patient Relationship in Posttraumatic Growth among Men with Prostate Cancer. Psycho-Oncology (Submitted March 21, 2016)

11. Khan S, Cai, J, Nielsen ME, Troester MA, Mohler JL, Fontham ETH, Hendrix LH, Farnan L. Olshan AF, Bensen JT. The association of diabetes and obesity with prostate cancer aggressiveness among Black Americans and White Americans in a population-based cohort. Cancer Causes and Control (Submitted March 16, 2016)

ABSTRACTS/CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Landi SN, Doll KM, Bensen JT, Hendrix L, Anders CK, Wu JM, Nichols HB. Urogenital and sexual side effects of endocrine therapy among women with a breast cancer diagnosis. Accepted to 8th Biennial Cancer Survivorship Research Conference - Innovation in a Rapidly Changing Landscape, Washington, DC, June 16-18, 2016.


Pergolotti M, Doll K. Cultural pressures, confidence, and quality of life: The unique pressure to be a woman with suspected gynecologic cancer. Accepted to 2016 ASCO Annual Meeting, June 3-7, 2016, Chicago, IL. Williams GR, Deal AM, Sanoff HK, Pergolotti M, Nyrop K, Shachar SS, Reeve BB, Guerard EJ, Bensen JT, Choi SK, Muss H. Frailty and Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) in Older Women with Breast Cancer (BC). Accepted to 2016 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, June 3-7, 2016, Chicago, IL. Knight G, Deal AM, Muss H, Dusetzina S, Choi SK, Bensen JT, Williams GR. Financial distress among older versus younger adults with cancer. Submitted to 2016 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, June 3-7, 2016. Knight G, Deal AM, Muss H, Dusetzina S, Choi SK, Bensen JT, Williams GR. Financial Toxicity in Adults with Cancer: Adverse Outcomes and Potential Areas of Intervention. Submitted to 2016 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, June 3-7, 2016. Cheng T-Y D, Tang Li, Yao S, Smith GJ, Bensen JT, Fontham ETH, Attwood KM, Pop EA, Li Y, Stocking JJ, Azabdaftari G, Ambrosone CB, Mohler JL. Associations of polymorphisms in key androgen axis genes with clinical aggressiveness and tumor growth rate in the North Carolina-Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project (PCaP The 3rd International Molecular Pathological Epidemiology (MPE) Meeting, Boston, MA, May 12, 2016. Allott EH, Arab L, Su LJ, Farnan L, Fontham ETH, Mohler JL, Bensen JL, Steck SE. Saturated fat and prostate cancer aggressiveness: results from the population-based North Carolina-Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project. American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 16-20, 2016. Ruiz-Narváez EA, Lunetta KL, Hong C-C, Haddad S, Yao S, Cheng T-Y D, Bensen JT, Bandera EV, Haiman CA, Troester M, Ambrosone CB, Rosenberg L, Palmer JR. Gene-based analysis of the IGF signaling pathway and risk of breast cancer in African American women: The AMBER consortium. American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 16-20, 2016. Bretschneider EC, Bensen JT, Geller EJ, Gehrig PA, Wu JM, Doll KM. The Effect of Surgery on Sexual Function in Women with Suspected Gynecologic Malignancies. In: Society of Gynecologic Surgeons, 42nd Annual Scientific meeting. San Diego, CA; April 10-13, 2016. Doll KM, Barber EL, Bensen JT, Snavely AC, Bennett A, Reeve WB, et al. The Complex Interaction of Cancer Surgery, Complications, and Patient-Reported Outcomes: A single score is not enough. In: Society of Gynecologic Oncologists (SGO) 47th Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer. San Diego, CA; March 19-22, 2016. Barber EL, Bensen JT, Snavely AC, Gehrig PA, Doll KM. Financial Toxicity Among Surgical Gynecologic Oncology Patients with Private Insurance: Silent Barriers to Care. In: Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO), The 47th Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer. San Diego, CA; March 19-22, 2016.


Barber EL, Bensen JT, Snavely AC, Gehrig PA, Doll KM. Demographic Factors Associated with Patient Satisfaction Among Gynecologic Oncology Patients: Who Presents Satisfied? In: Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO), The 47th Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer. San Diego, CA; March 19-22, 2016. Pergolotti, M., Deal, AM, Williams, GR, Bryant, AL, Bensen, J., Muss, H. Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) and the Geriatric Assessment (GA) for Older Adults with Cancer. Submitted to ASCO Cancer Survivorship Symposium: Advancing Care and Research – A Primary Care and Oncology Symposium, San Francisco, California, January 15-16, 2016. Holmes JA; Bensen JT; Mohler JL; Song L; Mishel M; Chen RC. Quality of Care Received In a Population-Based Prospective Prostate Cancer Cohort Using National Consensus Indicators. American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) meeting, San Antonio, TX, October 18-21, 2015. Pergolotti M, Deal AM, Williams GR, Bensen JT, Bryant AL, Reeve WB, et al. Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) in Older Adults with Cancer: The Potential of a Single Item Screen. In: 2015 ASCO 51st Annual Meeting Illumination & Innovation; transforming data into learning. Chicago, IL: ASCO; May 29-June 2, 2015. Addington EL, Calhoun LG, Cann A, Tedeschi RG, Furr S, Mishel M, Mohler JL, Bensen JT. Does the Doctor-Patient Relationship Contribute to Posttraumatic Growth in Men with Prostate Cancer? 36th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) San Antonio, TX, April 22–25, 2015. Ruiz-Narváez EA, Haddad S, Haiman CA, Yao S, Sucheston-Campbell LE, Bensen JT, Lunetta KL, Olshan AF, Ambrosone CB, Palmer.JR. Gene-based analysis of the fibroblast growth factor receptor signaling pathway identifies an association of the FGF1 gene with risk of estrogen receptor negative breast cancer: the AMBER consortium has been accepted for poster presentation at the American Association for Cancer Research and will be published in the 2015 Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research. American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, April 18-22, 2015. Antwi S, Steck SE, Su LJ, Hebert JR, Zhang H, Fontham ETH, Bensen JT, Mohler JL, Arab L. Dietary, Supplement, and Adipose Tissue Tocopherol Levels in Relation to Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness among African- and European-Americans. American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 18-22, 2015. Bretschneider EC, Doll KM, Bensen JT, Gehrig PA, Wu JM, Geller EJ. Prevalence of Sexual Dysfunction in Women Diagnosed with Gynecologic Malignancy. In: Society of Gynecologic Oncologists, 46th Annual Scientific meeting. Chicago, IL; March 28-31, 2015. Bretschneider CE, Doll KM, Bensen JT, Gehrig PA, Wu JM, Geller EJ. Prevalence of Pelvic Floor Disorders in Women with Gynecologic Malignancies. Society of Gynecologic Surgeons (SGS) 41st Annual SGS Scientific Meeting, Orlando, FL, March 22-25, 2015. Antwi S, Steck SE, Su LJ, Taylor JA, Hebert JR, Zhang H, Fontham ETH, Bensen JT, Smith GJ, Mohler JL, Arab L. Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in DNA Repair and Oxidative Stress-related Genes, Dietary Alpha and Gamma-tocopherol Intake, and Prostate Cancer


Aggressiveness. 39th Annual American Society of Preventive Oncology (ASPO), Birmingham, Alabama, March 14-17, 2015. Ruiz-Narváez EA, Sucheston-Campbell LE, Bensen JT, Yao S, Haddad SA, Olshan AF, Ambrosone CB, Palmer JR, Lunetta KL. Admixture scan of breast cancer in U.S. black women: the AMBER consortium has been accepted for presentation at the American Society of Human Genetics, San Diego, CA, October 18-22, 2014. Addington EL, Calhoun LG, Cann A, Tedeschi RG, Furr S, Song L, Mishel M, Bensen JT, Mohler JL. Religious Participation Predicts Prostate Cancer Survivors’ Quality of Life has been accepted for poster presentation at the American Psychological Association Annual Scientific Conference, Washington, D.C, August 8, 2014. Addington L, Calhoun LG, Cann A, Tedeschi RG, Furr S, Song L, Mishel M, Bensen JT, Mohler JL. Biopsychosocial predictors of quality of life in CaP patients. American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Washington, DC, August 7-10, 2014. Matthews CA, Crane A, Irwin DE, Farnan L, Bensen JT, Whitehead W. Risk Factors for Fecal Incontinence amongst Patients undergoing Cancer Treatment. American Urogynecologic Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Washington, DC, July 22-26, 2014. Vance T.M., Azabdaftari G., Pop E.A, Lee S.G, Su L.J., Fontham E.T.H., Bensen J.T., Mohler J. L., Chen M-H., Koo1 S.I, Chun O.K. Level of Cytoplasmic Thioredoxin Reductase 1 in Prostate Tissue is Associated with Prostate Cancer Gleason Score, Total Antioxidant Capacity and Erythrocyte Glutathione Peroxidase Activity. Experimental Biology, San Diego, CA April 26-30, 2014. Vance TM, Lee SG, Azabdaftari G, Su JL, Fontham TH, Bensen JT, Mohler JL, Ming-Hui C, Sung IK, Chun OK. Oxidative Stress Determined by Urinary 8-isoprostane is Positively Associated with Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness and Inversely Associated with Plasma Antioxidant Capacity. 2014 Experimental Biology Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 26-30, 2014. Doll KM, Snavely AC, Kalinowski AK, Irwin DE, Bensen JT, Bae-Jump VL, Boggess J, Soper J, Brewster W, Gehrig PA. Preoperative quality of life and surgical outcomes in gynecologic oncology patients: A new predictor of operative risk?. Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) 45th Annual Meeting on Women's Cancer. Tampa, FL; March 22-25, 2014. Doll KM, Snavely AC, Kalinowski AK, Irwin DE, Bensen JT, Bae-Jump VL, Kim K, Van Le L, Clarke-Pearson D, Gehrig PA. Obesity associated with worse quality of life in women with gynecologic malignancies: An opportunity for improving patient centered outcomes. In: Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) 45th Annual Meeting on Women's Cancer. Tampa, FL; March 22-25, 2014. Antwi S, Steck SE, Su LJ., Hebert JR, Zhang H, Pittman D, Fontham ETH, Bensen JT, Mohler JL, Arab L. Associations between dietary antioxidant intake and prostate cancer aggressiveness among African and European American men in the North Carolina-Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project (PCaP) has been accepted for poster presentation at the American Society of Preventive Oncology Annual Meeting, Arlington, VA, March 8-11, 2014


McMahon D.M., Steck S.E., Su L.J., Zhang H., Hebert J.R., Bensen J.T., Fontham E.T.H., Mohler J.L., Arab L. Multivitamin supplement use and prostate cancer aggressiveness by race in the North Carolina-Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project (PCaP). Sixth AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved, Atlanta, GA, December 6-9, 2013. Antwi S, Steck S.E., Su L.J., Blackard B., Arp-Adams S., Hebert J.R., Fontham E.T.H., Bensen J.T., Mohler J.L., Arab L. Occupational and recreational physical activity in relation to prostate cancer aggressiveness: The North Carolina-Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project (PCaP). Sixth AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved, Atlanta, GA, December 6-9, 2013. Steck S.E., Woloszynska-Read A., Arab L, McMahon D., Bensen J.T., Adams J., Fontham E.T.H., Mohler J.L., Su L.J., Zhang H., Trump D., Johnson C. Ratio of plasma 1,25(OH)2D to 25(OH)D is inversely associated with aggressive prostate cancer in African Americans in the North Carolina-Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project (PCaP). Sixth AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved, Atlanta, GA, December 6-9, 2013. Su LJ, Sun W, Fontham ETH, Bensen JT, Mohler JL. Occupational Risk Factors for High Aggressive Prostate Cancer in a Population-based Study of African Americans and European Americans. Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research Meeting, National Harbor, MD, October 27-30, 2013. Crane A.K., Irwin D.I., Farnan L., Bensen J., Matthews C.A., Whitehead W. Prevalence and Severity of Fecal Incontinence in Patients with Cancer. American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS) 34th Annual Scientific Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 16- 19, 2013. Vance TM, Wang Y, Su JL, Fontham TH, Bensen JT, Mohler JL, Ming-Hui C, Chun OK. Dietary total antioxidant capacity and prostate cancer tumor stage among African and Caucasian Americans in a population-based study. 2013 Experimental Biology Meeting, Boston, MA, April 20-24, 2013. Vance TM, Wang Y, Su JL, Fontham TH, Bensen JT, Mohler JL, Ming-Hui C, Chun OK. Sociodemographic, clinical, and lifestyle factors associated with prostate cancer aggressiveness in a population-based study. 2013 Experimental Biology Meeting, Boston, MA, April 20-24, 2013. Vance TM, Wang Y, Su J, Fontham ETH, Bensen JT, Mohler JL, Chen M-H, Chun OK. Association of food intake with prostate cancer aggressiveness of African and Caucasian Americans in a population-based study. 2013 Experimental Biology Meeting, Boston, MA, April 20-24, 2013 Wang Y, Vance TM, Su JL, Fontham TH, Bensen JT, Mohler JL, Ming-Hui C, Chun OK. Proanthocyanidin intake is inversely associated with advanced prostate tumor stages in newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients. 2013 Experimental Biology Meeting, Boston, MA, April 20-24, 2013. Bensen, J.T. Design, Methods and Research Results: The North Carolina-Louisiana Prostate Cancer Consortium (PCaP), PRACTICAL/CEC Prostate Cancer International Consortium, London, England, April 15-17, 2013 Woloszynska-Read A, Arab L, Bensen J.T., Adams J, Elizabeth T.H. Fontham E.T.H., Mohler J.L., Su J.L., Tabung F, Zhang H, Trump D, Johnson C, Steck S.E. Plasma 25(OH)D is associated


with aggressive prostate cancer among African Americans in North Carolina-Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project (PCaP). American Association for Cancer Research, Washington, DC, April 6-10, 2013. Su J, Fontham T, Sun W, Simonsen N, Bensen J.T., Mohler J. Job History and Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness. American Association for Cancer Research, Washington, DC, April 6-10, 2013. O’Brien K.M., Cole S.R., Bensen J.T., Engel L.S., Millikan R.C. Race and subtype differences in the replication of previously identified cancer susceptibility loci: A Bayesian approach. American Society of Preventive Oncology, Memphis, Tennessee, March 9-12, 2013. Bensen, J.T., Cancer Survivorship Cohort Overview presentation. UNC Information Services Advisory Committee, January 24, 2013. Bensen, J.T. Cancer Survivorship Cohort Overview presentation. UNC Hospital Clinical Cancer Program Advisory Committee, November 15, 2012. George R.R., Steck S.E., Su L.J., Mohler J.L., Fontham E.T.H., Bensen J.T., Hebert J.R., Zhang H, Arab L. Flavonoid intake and prostate cancer aggressiveness among African Americans and European Americans in PCaP. American Association for Cancer Research Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Meeting, Anaheim, CA, October 16-19, 2012. Bensen, J.T. Cancer Survivorship Cohort-GU Cancer-Specific Progress Report and Clinical Integration. Genitourinary Research Working Group, September 2012. Ellis SD, Blackard B, Carpenter WR, Mishel M, Chen RC, Godley PA, Mohler JL, Bensen JT. Prostate Cancer Guideline-Concordance in a North Carolina Population-based Sample of African and Caucasian Americans. AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Orlando, FL, June 24-26, 2012.Ellis, Shellie Prostate Cancer Guideline-Concordance in a North Carolina Population-based Sample of African and Caucasian Americans. AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 24-26, 2012. Orlando, FL. Bensen, J.T. Cancer Survivorship Cohort Design and Progress. Epidemiology Working Group at GlaxoSmithKline, April 18, 2012. Bensen, J.T. Cancer Survivorship Cohort Overview. Tissue Procurement Facility Monthly Meeting. February 1, 2012. Moore AD, Hamilton JB, Knafl GJ, Godley PA, Carpenter WR, Bensen JT, Mohler JL, Mishel M. The influence of patient-provider communication, interpersonal treatment, and communication on patient satisfaction for AA men in NC treated for CaP in PCaP. 37th Annual Conference of The Transcultural Nursing Society, October 19 - 22, 2011, Las Vegas, NV. Song L, Mishel M, Bensen JT, Chen RC, Knafl GJ, Blackard B, Farnan L, Fontham, E, Su LJ, Brennan CS, Mohler JL, Godley PA. How does health literacy affect quality of life among men with newly diagnosed clinically localized prostate cancer? Findings from the North Carolina-Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project (PCaP). National Cancer Institute Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities Cancer Health Disparities Program Meetings, July 12-15, 2011, Bethesda, MD. Bensen, J.T. Cancer Survivorship Cohort Overview presentation. Pharmacogenomics Working Group. May 2, 2011.


Steck SE, Su LJ, Arab L, Fontham E, Bensen JT, Hebert JR, Zhang H, Mohler JL. Full-fat and reduced-fat dairy product intake and CaP aggressiveness in AAs and EAs in PCaP Experimental Biology Meeting 2011, Washington, DC, April 9-13, 2011. Moore AD, Hamilton JB, Knafl GJ, Godley PA, Carpenter WR, Bensen JT, Mohler JL, Mishel M. Patient Satisfaction Influenced by Interpersonal Treatment and Communication for African American Men: The North Carolina–Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project (PCaP). Pacific Institute of Nursing Advancing Practice, Education & Research Conference, March 30 - April 1, 2011, Honolulu, HI. Bensen, J.T. Cancer Survivorship Cohort Overview presentation. Cancer-Specific UNC Tumor Board Meetings, 2010-2013. Bensen, J.T. PCaP Final Study Overview and Research Deliverables. PCaP DoD Site Visit. University of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, N.C., 2010. Su LJ, Arab L, Steck SE, Fontham ETH, Schroeder JC, Bensen JT, Mohler JL. Obesity and CaP aggressiveness among AAs and CAs. Experimental Biology Meeting 2010. Anaheim, CA. April 24-28, 2010 Bensen, J.T. Cancer Survivorship Cohort Overview. Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Town Hall Meetings, November 3, 2009 and May 29, 2012. Bensen, J.T. PCaP Study Progress Update. PCaP Integration-Panel External Advisory Board Meetings. Annapolis, Maryland, Fall 2004-2008. Bensen, J.T. PCaP Study Progress Update. PCaP Annual Meetings with Department of Defense. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. Spring 2004-2009. Bensen, J.T., Lange, L.A., Langefeld, C.D., Chang, B-L., Bleecker, E.R., Meyers, D.A., and Xu, J. Exploring Pleiotropy using Principal Components. Genetic Analysis Workshop 13 (GAW13), New Orleans, Louisiana, November 11-14, 2002. BMC Genet. 2003 Dec 31; 4 Suppl 1:S53. Bensen, J.T., Langefeld, C. D., Hawkins, G. A., Green, L. E., Mychaleckyj, J. C. , Brewer, C. S., Kiger, D. S., Binford, S. M., Colicigno, C. J., Allred, D., Freedman, B.I., and Bowden, D. W. Dense SNP map of Interleukin-1 gene cluster and end stage renal disease. Accepted poster presentation, the 52nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, Baltimore, Maryland, October 15-19, 2002. Amer J Hum Genet Supplement 71:461. Bensen, J.T., Dawson, P.A., Mychaleckyj, J.C. and Bowden, D.W. (2001) Identification of a novel human cytokine gene in the interleukin gene cluster on chromosome 2q12-14. Accepted poster presentation, the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, San Diego, California, October 12-16, 2001. Amer J Hum Genet Supplement 69:358. Liese, A., Evans, G., Bensen, J.T., Province, M.A., Folsom, A., Rich, S. and Higgins, M. (1997). Validation of Family History of Coronary heart Disease: The Family Heart Study (FHS) Experience. Accepted poster presentation, the 16th Annual Education Conference at the National Society of Genetic Counselors on October 25-27, 1997 in Baltimore, Maryland. Journal of Genetic Counseling, 6(4). Li, R., Bensen, J.T., Hutchinson, R.G., Province, M.A., Tyroler, H.A. Family risk score of coronary heart disease (CHD) as a predictor of CHD: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities


(ARIC) study. Poster presentation, the 4th International Conference on Preventive Cardiology Jointly with the 37th Annual Meeting of the Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, American Heart Association, Montreal, Canada, June 29-July 3, 1997. Can J Cardiol 13(Suppl B);323B. Bensen, J.T., Rushing, J., Province, M., Liese A., Folsom, A., Rich, S., Higgins, M.S. Accuracy of proband family history reporting: the Family Heart Study (FHS) experience. Platform presentation, the 29th Annual Meeting of the Society for Epidemiological Research, Boston, Massachusetts, June 1996. American Journal of Epidemiology 143(11), June 1, 1996. Schreiner, P.J., Liao, D., Bensen, J.T., Higgins, M. Comparison of abdominal height and conventional anthropometry as predictors of lipid and hemostatic levels: the ARIC study. Poster presentation, the 35th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, March 1995. Circulation 91(3): P8. Bensen, J.T., Tyroler, H., Province, M.A., Evans, G.W., Higgins, M., Hutchinson, R.G., Li, R., Sprafka, J.M., Heiss, G. Family history of coronary heart disease and carotid artery atherosclerosis: the ARIC and FHS studies. Poster presentation, 1994 National Society of Genetic Counselors Annual Education Conference in Montreal, Canada. Journal of Genetic Counseling 3(4):296. Bensen, J.T., "Update on cystic fibrosis testing", Medical Grand Rounds, the Bowman Gray School of Medicine, March 20, 1990. Bensen, J.T., Nelson, L.H., Pettenati, M.J., Block, S.M., Brusilow, S.W., and Burton, B.K., Hereditary orotic aciduria: an association with 11;22 balanced translocation and familial inversion of chromosome 4. Poster presentation at 40th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, Baltimore, Maryland, November 1989. Amer J Hum Genet Supplement 45:A39. Bensen, J.T., "Fetal alcohol syndrome", Drug Awareness Week, Glenn High School, Kernersville, North Carolina, May 1989. Bensen, J.T., Burton, B.K. Imperforate anus with hypospadias: evidence for X-linked recessive inheritance. Poster Presentation, 39th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 12-15, 1988. Amer J Hum Genet Supplement 43:A39. Bensen, J.T., "Cystic fibrosis carrier testing and prenatal diagnosis", Pediatric Grand Rounds, the Bowman Gray School of Medicine, April 6, 1988. Bensen, J.T., "Genetic implications and current advances in presymptomatic testing of Huntington disease", North Carolina Chapter Huntington's Disease Society, March 1988. Bensen, J.T., Dillard, R.G., Burton, B.K. Open spina bifida: does cesarean section delivery improve prognosis? Poster presentation, 37th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, Philadelphia, November 2-5, 1986. Amer J Hum Genet Supplement 39:A250.

SUBMITTED/ACCEPTED ABSTRACTS Ellis SD, Simon DP, Popoola T, Morris BB, Mohler JL, Fontham ET, Chen RC, Bensen JT. Effect of NCCN Guideline-concordant Care on Prostate Cancer Treatment Regret and Health-related Quality of Life. Submitted to 2016 South Central Section of the American Urological Association 95th Annual Meeting, Colorado Springs, Colorado, September 28-October 1, 2016.


Pergolotti M, Deal AM, Bryant AL, Bensen JT, Williams GR. Health-related quality of life of older adults with cancer: Race, illness and participation in occupation. Accepted at Joint Research Conference of the Society for the Study of Occupation: USA (SS0:USA) and the Canadian Society of Occupational Scientists (CSOS). Navigating the Seas of Change: Diversity of Occupation. Portland, Maine, September 28 - October 1, 2016.

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