Janet Daling

Janet R. Daling is an American epidemiologist. She is a member emeritus of the Public Health Sciences Division of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, as well as an emeritus professor of epidemiology at the University of Washington.[1][2]

Education

Daling received her PhD in biostatistics from the University of Washington in 1977.[2]

Research work

In November 1994, Daling published a case-control study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute which found that induced, but not spontaneous, abortion was associated with a 50% increased risk of breast cancer. The study also found that the highest increase in risk was among women who had an abortion in the last month of the first trimester.[3][4] However, Daling cautioned against drawing a firm conclusion at the time,[5] and told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer that "I'm concerned that this will be used to alarm people."[6] Two years later she co-authored another study on the same topic that found a smaller increase in risk (relative risk 1.2) and no evidence of a higher increase in risk among any subgroups.[5]

In 2009, Daling published a study which found an association between marijuana use and incidence of testicular germ cell tumors.[7][8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "Janet Daling, PhD". Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Janet R. Daling, PhD". University of Washington. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  3. ↑ Daling, J. R.; Malone, K. E.; Voigt, L. F.; White, E.; Weiss, N. S. (2 November 1994). "Risk of Breast Cancer Among Young Women: Relationship to Induced Abortion". JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 86 (21): 1584–1592. PMID 7932822. doi:10.1093/jnci/86.21.1584.
  4. ↑ Castleman, Michael (March–April 1995). "Abortion's Risk". Mother Jones. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  5. 1 2 Jasen, Patricia (26 July 2012). "Breast Cancer and the Politics of Abortion in the United States". Medical History. 49 (04): 423–444. PMC 1251638 Freely accessible. PMID 16562329. doi:10.1017/S0025727300009145.
  6. ↑ Seebach, Linda (22 November 1994). "`Informed Consent' Requires `Inconclusive' Abortion-breast Cancer Findings". Orlando Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  7. ↑ Daling, JR; Doody, DR; Sun, X; Trabert, BL; Weiss, NS; Chen, C; Biggs, ML; Starr, JR; Dey, SK; Schwartz, SM (15 March 2009). "Association of marijuana use and the incidence of testicular germ cell tumors.". Cancer. 115 (6): 1215–23. PMC 2759698 Freely accessible. PMID 19204904. doi:10.1002/cncr.24159.
  8. ↑ Chustecka, Zosia (11 February 2009). "Testicular Cancer Risk Increased in Marijuana Users". Medscape. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  9. ↑ Chitale, Radha (9 February 2009). "Just Say No ... or Else You Get Cancer?". ABC News. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
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