Michael N Pollak

Author PubWeight™ 122.26‹?›

Top papers

Rank Title Journal Year PubWeight™‹?›
1 Obesity, diabetes, and risk of prostate cancer: results from the prostate cancer prevention trial. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 4.02
2 The use of pioglitazone and the risk of bladder cancer in people with type 2 diabetes: nested case-control study. BMJ 2012 3.82
3 Insulin, the insulin-like growth factor axis, and mortality in patients with nonmetastatic colorectal cancer. J Clin Oncol 2008 2.63
4 Randomized trial of tamoxifen versus combined tamoxifen and octreotide LAR Therapy in the adjuvant treatment of early-stage breast cancer in postmenopausal women: NCIC CTG MA.14. J Clin Oncol 2011 2.58
5 The effects of adiponectin and metformin on prostate and colon neoplasia involve activation of AMP-activated protein kinase. Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 2008 2.23
6 A prospective study of C-peptide, insulin-like growth factor-I, insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1, and the risk of colorectal cancer in women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 2.15
7 Reproducibility of plasma steroid hormones, prolactin, and insulin-like growth factor levels among premenopausal women over a 2- to 3-year period. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 2.14
8 Metformin reduces endogenous reactive oxygen species and associated DNA damage. Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 2012 2.10
9 A prospective evaluation of insulin and insulin-like growth factor-I as risk factors for endometrial cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 2.01
10 Circulating insulin and c-peptide levels and risk of breast cancer among predominately premenopausal women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 1.95
11 Dietary correlates of plasma insulin-like growth factor I and insulin-like growth factor binding protein 3 concentrations. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2002 1.91
12 In vitro metformin anti-neoplastic activity in epithelial ovarian cancer. Gynecol Oncol 2008 1.88
13 Potential applications for circulating tumor cells expressing the insulin-like growth factor-I receptor. Clin Cancer Res 2007 1.84
14 Hyperglycemia, insulin resistance, impaired pancreatic β-cell function, and risk of pancreatic cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst 2013 1.80
15 Association of markers of insulin and glucose control with subsequent colorectal cancer risk. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2003 1.75
16 A prospective study of plasma adiponectin and pancreatic cancer risk in five US cohorts. J Natl Cancer Inst 2012 1.74
17 Metformin and rapamycin have distinct effects on the AKT pathway and proliferation in breast cancer cells. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2010 1.67
18 Vitamin D status in patients with stage IV colorectal cancer: findings from Intergroup trial N9741. J Clin Oncol 2011 1.64
19 Diabetes mellitus and cancer risk in a population-based case-control study among men from Montreal, Canada. Int J Cancer 2006 1.58
20 Circulating levels of insulin-like growth factors, their binding proteins, and breast cancer risk. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 1.50
21 Metformin decreases glucose oxidation and increases the dependency of prostate cancer cells on reductive glutamine metabolism. Cancer Res 2013 1.49
22 Racial differences in premenopausal endogenous hormones. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 1.45
23 Prediagnostic plasma C-peptide and pancreatic cancer risk in men and women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 1.44
24 Body shape throughout life and correlations with IGFs and GH. Endocr Relat Cancer 2007 1.43
25 The use of metformin and the incidence of lung cancer in patients with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care 2012 1.42
26 Insulin-like growth factor-I, its binding proteins (IGFBP-1 and IGFBP-3), and growth hormone and breast cancer risk in The Nurses Health Study II. Endocr Relat Cancer 2006 1.40
27 Plasma insulin-like growth factor-1 and binding protein-3 and subsequent risk of prostate cancer in the PSA era. Cancer Causes Control 2005 1.33
28 Lifestyle correlates of plasma insulin-like growth factor I and insulin-like growth factor binding protein 3 concentrations. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2002 1.31
29 Silibinin suppresses in vivo growth of human prostate carcinoma PC-3 tumor xenograft. Carcinogenesis 2007 1.29
30 Centralized blood processing for the selenium and vitamin E cancer prevention trial: effects of delayed processing on carotenoids, tocopherols, insulin-like growth factor-I, insulin-like growth factor binding protein 3, steroid hormones, and lymphocyte viability. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005 1.28
31 C-peptide, insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1, glycosylated hemoglobin, and the risk of distal colorectal adenoma in women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 1.27
32 Hormonal profile of diabetic men and the potential link to prostate cancer. Cancer Causes Control 2008 1.26
33 Soy isoflavones in the treatment of prostate cancer. Nutr Cancer 2003 1.24
34 Dietary feeding of silibinin inhibits prostate tumor growth and progression in transgenic adenocarcinoma of the mouse prostate model. Cancer Res 2007 1.22
35 Circulating insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 and the risk of pancreatic cancer. Cancer Res 2007 1.21
36 Common genetic variation in IGF1, IGFBP-1, and IGFBP-3 in relation to mammographic density: a cross-sectional study. Breast Cancer Res 2007 1.20
37 Genetic variation and circulating levels of IGF-I and IGFBP-3 in relation to risk of proliferative benign breast disease. Int J Cancer 2010 1.18
38 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. Hum Mol Genet 2010 1.18
39 Association of total insulin-like growth factor-I, insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 (IGFBP-1), and IGFBP-3 levels with incident coronary events and ischemic stroke. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2007 1.16
40 A sequence repeat in the insulin-like growth factor-1 gene and risk of breast cancer. Int J Cancer 2002 1.15
41 Safety, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of the insulin-like growth factor type 1 receptor inhibitor figitumumab (CP-751,871) in combination with paclitaxel and carboplatin. J Thorac Oncol 2009 1.14
42 Milk consumption and the prepubertal somatotropic axis. Nutr J 2007 1.14
43 Metabolic syndrome components and colorectal adenoma in the CLUE II cohort. Cancer Causes Control 2009 1.13
44 Metformin inhibits the senescence-associated secretory phenotype by interfering with IKK/NF-κB activation. Aging Cell 2013 1.13
45 Polymorphic variation at the -202 locus in IGFBP3: Influence on serum levels of insulin-like growth factors, interaction with plasma retinol and vitamin D and breast cancer risk. Int J Cancer 2003 1.10
46 A genome-wide association study identifies novel loci associated with circulating IGF-I and IGFBP-3. Hum Mol Genet 2011 1.10
47 Synthetic lethality screens reveal RPS6 and MST1R as modifiers of insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor inhibitor activity in childhood sarcomas. Cancer Res 2010 1.08
48 Carbon source and myc expression influence the antiproliferative actions of metformin. Cancer Res 2012 1.07
49 Serum IGF-I, IGF-II, IGFBP-3, and IGF-I/IGFBP-3 molar ratio and risk of pancreatic cancer in the prostate, lung, colorectal, and ovarian cancer screening trial. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2010 1.07
50 Insulin-like growth factor receptor I targeting in epithelial ovarian cancer. Gynecol Oncol 2005 1.06
51 Protein expression of PTEN, insulin-like growth factor I receptor (IGF-IR), and lethal prostate cancer: a prospective study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2013 1.04
52 Insulin-like growth factors and ovarian cancer risk: a nested case-control study in three cohorts. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 1.02
53 Racial variation in sex steroid hormones and the insulin-like growth factor axis in umbilical cord blood of male neonates. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2009 1.02
54 Body size in early life and adult levels of insulin-like growth factor 1 and insulin-like growth factor binding protein 3. Am J Epidemiol 2011 1.00
55 Higher circulating levels of IGF-1 are associated with longer leukocyte telomere length in healthy subjects. Mech Ageing Dev 2009 0.99
56 Decline in circulating insulin-like growth factors and mortality in older adults: cardiovascular health study all-stars study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2012 0.99
57 Total insulinlike growth factor 1 and insulinlike growth factor binding protein levels, functional status, and mortality in older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc 2008 0.98
58 High insulinlike growth factor binding protein 1 level predicts incident congestive heart failure in the elderly. Am Heart J 2008 0.97
59 Effects of lycopene supplementation in patients with localized prostate cancer. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2002 0.97
60 Androgens, growth factors, and risk of prostate cancer: the Multiethnic Cohort. Prostate 2010 0.97
61 A prospective study of circulating adipokine levels and risk of multiple myeloma. Blood 2012 0.97
62 Serum insulin-like growth factor I and subsequent risk of colorectal cancer among Japanese-American men. Am J Epidemiol 2003 0.97
63 Fasting insulin levels and cognitive decline in older women without diabetes. Neuroepidemiology 2008 0.96
64 Plasma IGF-I levels and cognitive performance in older women. Neurobiol Aging 2005 0.95
65 Plasma insulin-like growth factor 1 is positively associated with low-grade prostate cancer in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study 1993-2004. Int J Cancer 2011 0.95
66 Differential effects of metformin on breast cancer proliferation according to markers of insulin resistance and tumor subtype in a randomized presurgical trial. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2014 0.95
67 Glioma risk in relation to serum levels of insulin-like growth factors. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 0.95
68 Genetic variants, prediagnostic circulating levels of insulin-like growth factors, insulin, and glucose and the risk of colorectal cancer: the Multiethnic Cohort study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2012 0.92
69 Alterations in cellular energy metabolism associated with the antiproliferative effects of the ATM inhibitor KU-55933 and with metformin. PLoS One 2012 0.92
70 Insulin-like growth factors and leukocyte telomere length: the cardiovascular health study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2009 0.91
71 Plasma C-peptide, mammographic breast density, and risk of invasive breast cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2013 0.90
72 Association of C-peptide and leptin with prostate cancer incidence in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study. Cancer Causes Control 2014 0.89
73 Specimen processing time and measurement of total insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I), free IGF-I, and IGF binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3). Growth Horm IGF Res 2006 0.89
74 Insulin-like growth factor-1, insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-3, growth hormone, and mammographic density in the Nurses' Health Studies. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2012 0.89
75 Insulin-like growth factor-1, insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 and lobule type in the Nurses' Health Study II. Breast Cancer Res 2012 0.88
76 Phase II randomized study of figitumumab plus docetaxel and docetaxel alone with crossover for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Clin Cancer Res 2014 0.88
77 The use of metformin and colorectal cancer incidence in patients with type II diabetes mellitus. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2013 0.88
78 Circulating insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I and IGF binding protein (IGFBP)-3 levels and postmenopausal breast cancer risk in the prostate, lung, colorectal, and ovarian cancer screening trial (PLCO) cohort. Horm Cancer 2010 0.87
79 Assessment of osteopontin in early breast cancer: correlative study in a randomised clinical trial. Breast Cancer Res 2014 0.87
80 Prediagnostic plasma IGFBP-1, IGF-1 and risk of prostate cancer. Int J Cancer 2014 0.87
81 No association between serum insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I, IGF-binding protein-3, and lung cancer risk. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 0.86
82 Plasma levels of acid-labile subunit, free insulin-like growth factor-I, and prostate cancer risk: a prospective study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2010 0.86
83 Pharmacodynamic and antineoplastic activity of BI 836845, a fully human IGF ligand-neutralizing antibody, and mechanistic rationale for combination with rapamycin. Mol Cancer Ther 2013 0.86
84 Inflammatory plasma markers and pancreatic cancer risk: a prospective study of five U.S. cohorts. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2013 0.86
85 Interactions between plasma levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D, insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1 and C-peptide with risk of colorectal cancer. PLoS One 2011 0.86
86 Type 2 diabetes and the risk of mortality among patients with prostate cancer. Cancer Causes Control 2014 0.85
87 BMS-536924 sensitizes human epithelial ovarian cancer cells to the PARP inhibitor, 3-aminobenzamide. Gynecol Oncol 2009 0.85
88 A profile of impaired insulin degradation in relation to late-life cognitive decline: a preliminary investigation. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2009 0.83
89 Serum C-reactive protein and risk of pancreatic cancer in two nested, case-control studies. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2010 0.82
90 Plasma C-peptide levels and rates of cognitive decline in older, community-dwelling women without diabetes. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2008 0.82
91 Racial variation in vitamin D cord blood concentration in white and black male neonates. Cancer Causes Control 2012 0.82
92 Fasting plasma insulin, C-peptide and cognitive change in older men without diabetes: results from the Physicians' Health Study II. Neuroepidemiology 2010 0.82
93 Racial variation in umbilical cord blood sex steroid hormones and the insulin-like growth factor axis in African-American and white female neonates. Cancer Causes Control 2012 0.81
94 Dinucleotide repeat in the insulin-like growth factor-I gene is not related to risk of colorectal adenoma. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2002 0.81
95 Fasting insulin and endogenous hormones in relation to premenopausal breast density (Canada). Cancer Causes Control 2014 0.81
96 Insulin-like growth factor-I and risk of high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 0.79
97 Re: Italian randomized trial among women with hysterectomy: tamoxifen and hormone-dependent breast cancer in high-risk women. J Natl Cancer Inst 2003 0.75
98 A prospective study of insulin-like growth factor 1, its binding protein 3, and risk of endometriosis. Am J Epidemiol 2015 0.75
99 Octreotide LAR and tamoxifen versus tamoxifen in phase III randomize early breast cancer trials: NCIC CTG MA.14 and NSABP B-29. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2015 0.75
100 Androgen deprivation therapy and the risk of colorectal cancer in patients with prostate cancer. Cancer Causes Control 2013 0.75