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Yuan,  Jian-Min

Jian-Min Yuan,   MD, MPH, PhD
Associate Professor

PhD in Epidemiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

MPH in Public Health, Shanghai Medical University, Shanghai, China

MD in Medicine, Shanghai Medical University, Shanghai, China


Research Interests:
Cancer epidemiology and etiology; genetic and environmental interaction in risk of cancer; dietary intervention for cancer prevention Member: University of Minnesota Cancer Center (http://www.cancer.umn.edu/)
>>> Research Projects

Recent Publications:
  Moy KA, Yuan J-M, Chung F-L, Wang X-L, Van Den Berg D, Wang R, Gao Y-T, Yu MC. Isothiocyanates, glutathione S-transferase M1 and T1 polymorphisms and gastric cancer risk: a prospective study of men in Shanghai, China. Int J Cancer. (In press)

Peterson S, Yuan J-M, Koh W-P, Sun C-L, Wang R, Turesky RJ, Yu MC. Coffee intake and risk of colorectal cancer among Chinese in Singapore: the Singapore Chinese Health Study. Nutr Cancer. (In press)

Yuan J-M, Koh WP, Murphy SE, Fan Y, Wang R, Carmella SG, Han S, Wickham K, Gao YT, Yu MC, Hecht SS. Urinary levels of tobacco-specific nitrosamine metabolites in relation to lung cancer development in two prospective cohorts of cigarette smokers. Cancer Res. 69:2990-2995, 2009.

Ognjanovic S, Yuan J-M, Chaptman A, Fan Y, Yu MC. Genetic polymorphisms in the cytokine genes and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in low-risk non-Asians of United States. Carcinogenesis 30:758-762, 2009.

Taylor BC, Yuan J-M, Shamliyan TA, Shaukat A, Kane RL, Wilt TJ. Clinical Outcomes in Adults with Chronic Hepatitis B in Association with Patient and Viral Characteristics: A Systematic Review of Evidence. Hepatology 49:S85-95, 2009.

Jiang X, Castelao JE, Groshen S, Cortessis VK, Shibata D, Conti DV, Yuan J-M, Pike MC, Gago-Dominguez M. Urinary tract infections and reduced risk of bladder cancer in Los Angeles. Br J Cancer. 100:834-839, 2009.

Yuan J-M, Ambinder A, Fan Y, Gao Y-T, Yu MC, Groopman JD. Prospective evaluation of hepatitis B 1762T/1764A mutations on hepatocellular carcinoma development in Shanghai, China. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 18:590-594, 2009.

Butler LM, Wang R, Koh W-P, Stern MC, Yuan J-M, Yu MC. Marine n-3 and saturated fatty acids in relation to risk of colorectal cancer in Singapore Chinese: a prospective study. Int J Cancer 124:678-686, 2009.

Shamliyan TA, MacDonald A, Shaukat A, Taylor BC, Yuan J-M, Johnson JR, Tacklind J, Rutks I, Kane RL, Wilt TJ. Antiviral therapy for adults with chronic hepatitis B: a systematic review for a national institutes of health consensus development conference. Ann Intern Med 150:111-124, 2009.

Shankar A, Koh W-P, Yuan J-M, Lee H-P, Yu MC. Sleep duration and coronary heart disease mortality among Chinese adults in Singapore: a population-based cohort study. Am J Epidemiol 168:1367-1373, 2008.

Wu AH, Ursin G, Koh W-P, Wang R, Yuan J-M, Khoo K-S, Yu MC. Green tea, soy, and mammographic density in Singapore Chinese women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:3358-3365, 2008.

Friborg JT, Yuan J-M, Wang R, Koh W-P, Lee H-P, Yu MC. Incense use and respiratory tract carcinomas: a prospective cohort study. Cancer 113:1676-1684, 2008.

Koh W-P, Yuan J-M, Wang R, Soew A, Lee H-P, Yu MC. Chronic rhinosinusitis and risk of lung cancer in the Singapore Chinese Health Study. Int J Cancer 123:1398-1402, 2008.

Yuan J-M, Chan KK, Coetzee GA, Watson MA, Castelao JE, Bell DA, Wang R, Yu MC. Genetic determinants in the metabolism of bladder carcinogens in relation to risk of bladder cancer. Carcinogenesis 29:1386-1393, 2008.

Moy KA, Yuan J-M, Chung F-L, Van Den Berg D, Wang R, Gao Y-T, Yu MC. Urinary total isothiocyanates and colorectal cancer: a prospective study of men in Shanghai, China. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:1354-1359, 2008.

Yu MC, Yuan J-M, Lu SC. Alcohol, cofactors and the genetics of hepatocellular carcinoma. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 23 Suppl 1:S92-S97, 2008.

Fan Y, Yuan J-M, Wang R, Gao Y-T, Yu MC. Alcohol, Tobacco and Diet in Relation to Esophageal Cancer: The Shanghai Cohort Study. Nutr Cancer 60:354-363, 2008.

Shankar A, Yuan J-M, Koh W-P, Lee H-P, Yu MC. Morbidity and mortality in relation to smoking among women and men of Chinese ethnicity: the Singapore Chinese Health Study. European J Cancer 44:100-109, 2008.

Sun C-L, Yuan J-M, Koh W-P, Lee H-P, Yu MC. Green tea and black tea consumption in relation to colorectal cancer risk: the Singapore Chinese Health Study. Carcinogenesis 28:2143-2148, 2007.

Yuan J-M, Lu SL, Van Den Berg D, Govindarajan S, Zhang Z-H, Mato JM, Yu MC. Genetic polymorphisms in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase and thymidylate synthase genes and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatology 46:749-758, 2007.

Stram DO, Yuan J-M, Chan KK, Gao Y-T, Ross RK, Yu MC. Beta-cryptoxanthin and lung cancer in Shanghai, China – an examination of potential confounding with cigarette smoking using urinary cotinine as a biomarker for true tobacco exposure. Nutr Cancer 57:123-129, 2007.

Yuan J-M, Gao Y-T, Yang CS, Yu MC. Urinary biomarkers of tea polyphenols and reduced risk of colorectal cancer in the Shanghai Cohort Study. Int J Cancer, 120:1344-1350, 2007.

Tsong WH, Koh W-P, Yuan J-M, Wang R, Sun C-L, Yu MC. Cigarettes and alcohol in relation to colorectal cancer: the Singapore Chinese Health Study. Br J Cancer 96:821-827, 2007.

Friborg JT, Yuan J-M, Wang R, Koh W-P, Lee H-P, Yu MC. A prospective study of tobacco and alcohol use as risk factors for pharyngeal carcinomas in Singapore Chinese. Cancer 109:1183-1191, 2007.

Yuan J-M, Gao Y-T, Ong C-N, Ross RK, Yu MC. Prediagnostic level of serum retinol in relation to reduced risk of hepatocellular carcinoma. J Natl Cancer Inst 98:482-490, 2006.

Seow A, Yuan J-M, Koh W-P, Lee H-P, Yu MC. Diabetes mellitus and risk of colorectal cancer in the Singapore Chinese Health Study. J Natl Cancer Inst 98:135-136, 2006.

Sun C-L, Yuan J-M, Koh W-P, Yu MC. Green tea, black tea and colorectal cancer risk: a meta-analysis of epidemiological studies. Carcinogenesis 27:1301-1309, 2006.

Sun C-L, Yuan J-M, Koh W-P, Yu MC. Green tea, black tea and breast cancer risk: a meta-analysis of epidemiological studies. Carcinogenesis 27:1310-1315, 2006.

Koh W-P, Yuan J-M, Van Den Berg D, Ingles SA, Yu MC. Peroxisome proliferative-activated receptor (PPAR) γ gene and polymorphism and colorectal cancer risk among Chinese in Singapore. Carcinogenesis 27:1797-1802, 2006.

Yuan J-M, Koh W-P, Sun C-L, Lee H-P, Yu MC. Green tea intake, ACE gene polymorphism and breast cancer risk among Chinese women in Singapore. Carcinogenesis 26:1389-1394, 2005.

Koh W-P, Yuan J-M, Van Den Berg D, Lee H-P, Yu MC. Polymorphisms in angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AGTR1) and angiotnesin I-converting enzyme (ACE) genes and breast cancer risk among Chinese women in Singapore. Carcinogenesis 26:459-464, 2005.

Nieters A, Yuan J-M, Sun C-L, Zhang Z-Q, Stoehlmacher J, Govindarajan S, Yu MC. Modifying effects of the genetic polymorphisms of the cytokine genes and hepatitis B virus related hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer 103:740-748, 2005.
 

Professional Experience:
  2005-present, Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

1992-2005, Research Assistant (8/1992-5/1996), Research Associate (06/1996-04/1999), Assistant Professor (05/1999-08/2005), Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.

1986-1992, Research Fellow (11/1986-12/1988), Assistant Professor (01/1989-07/1992), Department of Epidemiology, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Shanghai, China.
 

Honors:
  National Scientific and Technological Achievement Award, China, 1995  

  

Mailing Address:
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
1300 South Second Street, Suite 300
Minneapolis, MN 55454
- Also -
Masonic Cancer Center, MMC806
425 East River Road
Minneapolis, MN 55455 

Phone:(612) 625 8056 (WBOB)
(612) 625-8056 (MCRB)
Or: Ginny Oie, 626-2902, fosse003@umn.edu

Email:  jyuan@umn.edu

Office: 433 WBOB - or - 554B MCRB

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