Professor
M_Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Iona Cheng, PhD, MPH is a Professor in the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco and co-Investigator of the NCI SEER Greater Bay Area Cancer Registry. Her research is centered on examining the role of biological, lifestyle, environmental, and neighborhood factors in relation to cancer risk with an emphasis on understanding racial/ethnic differences in risk. She has conducted epidemiologic studies of breast, lung, and colorectal cancers within the Multiethnic Cohort Study and population-based cancer surveillance research across diverse populations.
Publications
Outdoor ambient air pollution and breast cancer survival among California participants of the Multiethnic Cohort Study.
Environment international
Development and Validation of a Risk Prediction Tool for Second Primary Lung Cancer.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Incidence of Lung Cancer Among Never-Smoking Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Females.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Cholesterol lowering drug use and breast cancer survival: the Multiethnic Cohort Study.
Breast cancer research and treatment
Genome-wide association study of pancreatic fat: The Multiethnic Cohort Adiposity Phenotype Study.
PloS one
Anti-Asian American Racism: A Wake-Up Call for Population-Based Cancer Research.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
The association between ambient air pollutants and pancreatic cancer in the Multiethnic Cohort Study.
Environmental research
Association between Airport-Related Ultrafine Particles and Risk of Malignant Brain Cancer: A Multiethnic Cohort Study.
Cancer research
Large-scale cross-cancer fine-mapping of the 5p15.33 region reveals multiple independent signals.
HGG advances
Risk of breast cancer and prediagnostic urinary excretion of bisphenol A, triclosan and parabens: The Multiethnic Cohort Study.
International journal of cancer
Recommended Definitions of Aggressive Prostate Cancer for Etiologic Epidemiologic Research.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Integrating Electronic Health Record, Cancer Registry, and Geospatial Data to Study Lung Cancer in Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Ethnic Groups.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
BPA, Parabens, and Phthalates in Relation to Endometrial Cancer Risk: A Case-Control Study Nested in the Multiethnic Cohort.
Environmental health perspectives
Urinary phthalate exposures and risk of breast cancer: the Multiethnic Cohort study.
Breast cancer research : BCR
Tobacco Smoking and Risk of Second Primary Lung Cancer.
Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
The impact of global and local Polynesian genetic ancestry on complex traits in Native Hawaiians.
PLoS genetics
Racial and socioeconomic disparities in retroperitoneal lymph node dissection and survival in nonseminomatous germ cell tumor: A population-based study.
Urologic oncology
Associations of the gut microbiome with hepatic adiposity in the Multiethnic Cohort Adiposity Phenotype Study.
Gut microbes
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Survival after Breast Cancer Diagnosis by Estrogen and Progesterone Receptor Status: A Pooled Analysis.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
Monitoring Prostate Cancer Incidence Trends: Value of Multiple Imputation and Delay Adjustment to Discern Disparities in Stage-specific Trends.
European urology
Population-specific reference panels are crucial for genetic analyses: an example of the CREBRF locus in Native Hawaiians.
Human molecular genetics
Genome-Wide Association Study of Liver Fat: The Multiethnic Cohort Adiposity Phenotype Study.
Hepatology communications
Associations of plasma trimethylamine N-oxide, choline, carnitine, and betaine with inflammatory and cardiometabolic risk biomarkers and the fecal microbiome in the Multiethnic Cohort Adiposity Phenotype Study.
The American journal of clinical nutrition
Hospital Characteristics and Breast Cancer Survival in the California Breast Cancer Survivorship Consortium.
JCO oncology practice
Testicular cancer in Hispanics: incidence of subtypes over time according to neighborhood sociodemographic factors in California.
Cancer causes & control : CCC
Circulating Biomarker Score for Visceral Fat and Risks of Incident Colorectal and Postmenopausal Breast Cancer: The Multiethnic Cohort Adiposity Phenotype Study.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
Immune-mediated genetic pathways resulting in pulmonary function impairment increase lung cancer susceptibility.
Nature communications
Association Between Outdoor Air Pollution and Risk of Malignant and Benign Brain Tumors: The Multiethnic Cohort Study.
JNCI cancer spectrum
Association of change in the neighborhood obesogenic environment with colorectal cancer risk: The Multiethnic Cohort Study.
SSM - population health
Association between mitochondrial genetic variation and breast cancer risk: The Multiethnic Cohort.
PloS one
Association between ambient air pollution and breast cancer risk: The multiethnic cohort study.
International journal of cancer
The Future of Genomic Studies Must Be Globally Representative: Perspectives from PAGE.
Annual review of genomics and human genetics
Novel Common Genetic Susceptibility Loci for Colorectal Cancer.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Undertreatment of High-Risk Localized Prostate Cancer in the California Latino Population.
Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN
Temporal Variability and Stability of the Fecal Microbiome: The Multiethnic Cohort Study.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
Impact of individual and neighborhood factors on socioeconomic disparities in localized and advanced prostate cancer risk.
Cancer causes & control : CCC
Colorectal Cancer Incidence Trends by Age, Stage, and Racial/Ethnic Group in California, 1990-2014.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
The influence of neighborhood socioeconomic status and ethnic enclave on endometrial cancer mortality among Hispanics and Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in California.
Cancer causes & control : CCC
Factors Associated With Treatment of Clinical Stage I Non-Small-cell Lung Cancer: A Population-based Analysis.
Clinical lung cancer
An Analysis of Lung Cancer Screening Beliefs and Practice Patterns for Community Providers Compared to Academic Providers.
Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center
Characterizing the neighborhood obesogenic environment in the Multiethnic Cohort: a multi-level infrastructure for cancer health disparities research.
Cancer causes & control : CCC
Association between the neighborhood obesogenic environment and colorectal cancer risk in the Multiethnic Cohort.
Cancer epidemiology
Risk Stratification for Second Primary Lung Cancer.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Genome-Wide Association Studies of Cancer in Diverse Populations.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
Dietary Patterns Derived by Reduced Rank Regression Are Inversely Associated with Type 2 Diabetes Risk across 5 Ethnic Groups in the Multiethnic Cohort.
Current developments in nutrition
Breast cancer in Asian Americans in California, 1988-2013: increasing incidence trends and recent data on breast cancer subtypes.
Breast cancer research and treatment
Lung cancer incidence trends in California by race/ethnicity, histology, sex, and neighborhood socioeconomic status: An analysis spanning 28 years.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Contextual Impact of Neighborhood Obesogenic Factors on Postmenopausal Breast Cancer: The Multiethnic Cohort.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
Recent declines in cancer incidence: related to the Great Recession?
Cancer causes & control : CCC
Patient and primary care provider attitudes and adherence towards lung cancer screening at an academic medical center.
Preventive medicine reports
Fine-mapping of lipid regions in global populations discovers ethnic-specific signals and refines previously identified lipid loci.
Human molecular genetics
PS01.77: Risk-Stratification for Second Primary Lung Cancer: Topic: Medical Oncology.
Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
Telomere structure and maintenance gene variants and risk of five cancer types.
International journal of cancer
The Effect of Patient and Contextual Characteristics on Racial/Ethnic Disparity in Breast Cancer Mortality.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
Effects of marital status and economic resources on survival after cancer: A population-based study.
Cancer
No Association between the Mitochondrial Genome and Prostate Cancer Risk: The Multiethnic Cohort.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
Characterization of the gut microbiome in epidemiologic studies: the multiethnic cohort experience.
Annals of epidemiology
Validation of self-reported comorbidity status of breast cancer patients with medical records: the California Breast Cancer Survivorship Consortium (CBCSC).
Cancer causes & control : CCC
Lung Cancer Survival Among Chinese Americans, 2000 to 2010.
Journal of global oncology
Intersection of Race/Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status in Mortality After Breast Cancer.
Journal of community health
Racial/ethnic differences in lifestyle-related factors and prostate cancer risk: the Multiethnic Cohort Study.
Cancer causes & control : CCC
Contribution of the neighborhood environment and obesity to breast cancer survival: the California Breast Cancer Survivorship Consortium.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
PIK3CA Somatic Mutation Status in Relation to Patient and Tumor Factors in Racial/Ethnic Minorities with Colorectal Cancer.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
Incidence trends of lung cancer by immigration status among Chinese Americans.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
History of Recreational Physical Activity and Survival After Breast Cancer: The California Breast Cancer Survivorship Consortium.
American journal of epidemiology
CHRNA5 risk variant predicts delayed smoking cessation and earlier lung cancer diagnosis--a meta-analysis.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Diabetes and other comorbidities in breast cancer survival by race/ethnicity: the California Breast Cancer Survivorship Consortium (CBCSC).
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
Cancer research in Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander populations: accelerating cancer knowledge by acknowledging and leveraging heterogeneity.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
Lung cancer incidence trends by histology type among Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander populations in the United States, 1990-2010.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
Response to Molakatalla and Kumar.
The American journal of gastroenterology
Association of cancer susceptibility variants with risk of multiple primary cancers: The population architecture using genomics and epidemiology study.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
Analysis of metabolic syndrome components in >15 000 african americans identifies pleiotropic variants: results from the population architecture using genomics and epidemiology study.
Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics
Fine-mapping IGF1 and prostate cancer risk in African Americans: the multiethnic cohort study.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
Nationwide prevalence of lymph node metastases in Gleason score 3?+?3?=?6 prostate cancer.
Pathology
Pleiotropic associations of risk variants identified for other cancers with lung cancer risk: the PAGE and TRICL consortia.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Multiancestral analysis of inflammation-related genetic variants and C-reactive protein in the population architecture using genomics and epidemiology study.
Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics
Colorectal cancer incidence in Asian populations in California: effect of nativity and neighborhood-level factors.
The American journal of gastroenterology
Replication of associations between GWAS SNPs and melanoma risk in the Population Architecture Using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) Study.
The Journal of investigative dermatology
Prostate cancer risk profiles of Asian-American men: disentangling the effects of immigration status and race/ethnicity.
The Journal of urology
Obesity and mortality after breast cancer by race/ethnicity: The California Breast Cancer Survivorship Consortium.
American journal of epidemiology
No evidence of interaction between known lipid-associated genetic variants and smoking in the multi-ethnic PAGE population.
Human genetics
Fine Mapping and Identification of BMI Loci in African Americans.
American journal of human genetics
Variations in bitter-taste receptor genes, dietary intake, and colorectal adenoma risk.
Nutrition and cancer
Genetic variation in the inflammation and innate immunity pathways and colorectal cancer risk.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
The California Breast Cancer Survivorship Consortium (CBCSC): prognostic factors associated with racial/ethnic differences in breast cancer survival.
Cancer causes & control : CCC
Association of the FTO obesity risk variant rs8050136 with percentage of energy intake from fat in multiple racial/ethnic populations: the PAGE study.
American journal of epidemiology
Post-genome-wide association study challenges for lipid traits: describing age as a modifier of gene-lipid associations in the Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) study.
Annals of human genetics
Global patterns of prostate cancer incidence, aggressiveness, and mortality in men of african descent.
Prostate cancer
HOXB13 mutation and prostate cancer: studies of siblings and aggressive disease.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
Integrated analysis of genome-wide copy number alterations and gene expression in microsatellite stable, CpG island methylator phenotype-negative colon cancer.
Genes, chromosomes & cancer
Association of the innate immunity and inflammation pathway with advanced prostate cancer risk.
PloS one
Population genetic structure and origins of Native Hawaiians in the multiethnic cohort study.
PloS one
Evaluating genetic risk for prostate cancer among Japanese and Latinos.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
Examining the association between socioeconomic status and invasive colorectal cancer incidence and mortality in California.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
Susceptibility variants for waist size in relation to abdominal, visceral, and hepatic adiposity in postmenopausal women.
Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Susceptibility variants for obesity and colorectal cancer risk: the multiethnic cohort and PAGE studies.
International journal of cancer
Measurement of circulating cell-free DNA in relation to 18F-fluorocholine PET/CT imaging in chemotherapy-treated advanced prostate cancer.
Clinical and translational science
Genetic variants, prediagnostic circulating levels of insulin-like growth factors, insulin, and glucose and the risk of colorectal cancer: the Multiethnic Cohort study.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
Copy number alterations in prostate tumors and disease aggressiveness.
Genes, chromosomes & cancer
Impact of consumption of vegetable, fruit, grain, and high glycemic index foods on aggressive prostate cancer risk.
Nutrition and cancer
Genome-wide association study of prostate cancer in men of African ancestry identifies a susceptibility locus at 17q21.
Nature genetics
Type 2 diabetes risk variants and colorectal cancer risk: the Multiethnic Cohort and PAGE studies.
Gut
Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, Variation in Inflammatory Genes, and Aggressive Prostate Cancer.
Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)
Genome-wide association studies and cancer.
Hawaii medical journal
IGF1, IGFBP1, and IGFBP3 genes and mammographic density: the Multiethnic Cohort.
International journal of cancer
Prostate cancer susceptibility variants confer increased risk of disease progression.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
A comprehensive analysis of common IGF1, IGFBP1 and IGFBP3 genetic variation with prospective IGF-I and IGFBP-3 blood levels and prostate cancer risk among Caucasians.
Human molecular genetics
Prostatitis, sexually transmitted diseases, and prostate cancer: the California Men's Health Study.
PloS one
Editorial comment.
The Journal of urology
Socioeconomic status and prostate cancer incidence and mortality rates among the diverse population of California.
Cancer causes & control : CCC