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| Telephone: 323-865-0434 | Fax: 323-865-0141 |
| Office: NOR 3427A | Mail Code: 9175 HSC |
Education:
BA 1970 Biology - Carleton College, Northfield, MN.
MA 1974 Demography - Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
PhD 1987 Epidemiology - UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Research Topics: Epidemiology (Cancer, Cardiovascular, Diabetes)
Research Description
Dr. Hamilton is a cancer epidemiologist whose research has focused on breast, prostate, and testicular cancer, as well as Kaposi's Sarcoma. She has studied cancers in twins and is currently involved with an investigation of the relationship of exercise to endogenous estrogen levels in healthy identical twins.
Selected Publications
Huang GJ, Hamilton AS, Lo M, Stein JP, Penson DF. - Predictors of Intravesical Therapy for Nonmuscle Invasive Bladder Cancer: Results From the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results Program 2003 Patterns of Care Project. - J Urol [ 2008 ] Jun 10; . PubMed
Cozen W, Gill PS, Salam MT, Nieters A, Masood R, Cockburn MG, Gauderman WJ, Martínez-Maza O, Nathwani BN, Pike MC, Van Den Berg DJ, Hamilton AS, Deapen DM, Mack TM. - Interleukin-2, interleukin-12, and interferon-gamma levels and risk of young adult Hodgkin lymphoma. - Blood [ 2008 ] Apr 1;111(7):3377-82 . PubMed
Hoffman RM, Denberg T, Hunt WC, Hamilton AS. - Prostate cancer testing following a negative prostate biopsy: over testing the elderly. - J Gen Intern Med [ 2007 ] Aug;22(8):1139-43 . PubMed
Cockburn MG, Hamilton AS, Zadnick J, Cozen W, Mack TM. - Twins as willing research participants: successes from studies nested within the California Twin Program. - Twin Res Hum Genet [ 2006 ] Dec;9(6):927-32 . PubMed
Hamilton AS, Lessov-Schlaggar CN, Cockburn MG, Unger JB, Cozen W, Mack TM. - Gender differences in determinants of smoking initiation and persistence in California twins. - Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev [ 2006 ] Jun;15(6):1189-97 . PubMed
Islam T, Gauderman WJ, Cozen W, Hamilton AS, Burnett ME, Mack TM. - Differential twin concordance for multiple sclerosis by latitude of birthplace. - Ann Neurol [ 2006 ] Jul;60(1):56-64 . PubMed
Hoffman RM, Barry MJ, Stanford JL, Hamilton AS, Hunt WC, Collins MM. - Health outcomes in older men with localized prostate cancer: results from the Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study. - Am J Med [ 2006 ] May;119(5):418-25 . PubMed
Cozen W, Diaz-Sanchez D, James Gauderman W, Zadnick J, Cockburn MG, Gill PS, Masood R, Hamilton AS, Jyrala M, Mack TM. - Th1 and Th2 cytokines and IgE levels in identical twins with varying levels of cigarette consumption. - J Clin Immunol [ 2004 ] Nov;24(6):617-22 . PubMed
Johnson TK, Gilliland FD, Hoffman RM, Deapen D, Penson DF, Stanford JL, Albertsen PC, Hamilton AS. - Racial/Ethnic differences in functional outcomes in the 5 years after diagnosis of localized prostate cancer. - J Clin Oncol [ 2004 ] Oct 15;22(20):4193-201 . PubMed
Hawkins SA, Cockburn MG, Hamilton AS, Mack TM. - An estimate of physical activity prevalence in a large population-based cohort. - Med Sci Sports Exerc [ 2004 ] Feb;36(2):253-60 . PubMed
