The VICC.ORG Directory of Doctors, Healthcare Providers & Researchers
Wei Zheng, M.D., Ph.D, M.P.H.
See also:
Professor and Chief, Division of Epidemiology
Director, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center
Ingram Professor of Cancer Research
VICC Member
Cancer Epidemiologist
Contact Information:
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
2525 West End Ave, 8th floor
Nashville, TN 37203-1738
615-936-0682
Research Specialty
Research interests: Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers, nutrition, host susceptibility
Publications
- Zhang, B, Shrubsole, MJ, Li, G, Cai, Q, Edwards, T, Smalley, WE, Ness, RM, Zheng, W Association of genetic variants for colorectal cancer differs by subtypes of polyps in the colorectum. Carcinogenesis, 2012.
- Long, J, Cai, Q, Sung, H, Shi, J, Zhang, B, Choi, JY, Wen, W, Delahanty, RJ, Lu, W, Gao, YT, Shen, H, Park, SK, Chen, K, Shen, CY, Ren, Z, Haiman, CA, Matsuo, K, Kim, MK, Khoo, US, Iwasaki, M, Zheng, Y, Xiang, YB, Gu, K, Rothman, N, Wang, W, Hu, Z, Liu, Y, Yoo, KY, Noh, DY, Han, BG, Lee, MH, Zheng, H, Zhang, L, Wu, PE, Shieh, YL, Chan, SY, Wang, S, Xie, X, Kim, SW, Henderson, BE, Le Marchand, L, Ito, H, Kasuga, Y, Ahn, SH, Kang, HS, Chan, KY, Iwata, H, Tsugane, S, Li, C, Shu, XO, Kang, DH, Zheng, W Genome-wide association study in east Asians identifies novel susceptibility loci for breast cancer. PLoS Genet, 8(2), e1002532, 2012.
- Wen, W, Cho, YS, Zheng, W, Dorajoo, R, Kato, N, Qi, L, Chen, CH, Delahanty, RJ, Okada, Y, Tabara, Y, Gu, D, Zhu, D, Haiman, CA, Mo, Z, Gao, YT, Saw, SM, Go, MJ, Takeuchi, F, Chang, LC, Kokubo, Y, Liang, J, Hao, M, Le Marchand, L, Zhang, Y, Hu, Y, Wong, TY, Long, J, Han, BG, Kubo, M, Yamamoto, K, Su, MH, Miki, T, Henderson, BE, Song, H, Tan, A, He, J, Ng, DP, Cai, Q, Tsunoda, T, Tsai, FJ, Iwai, N, Chen, GK, Shi, J, Xu, J, Sim, X, Xiang, YB, Maeda, S, Ong, RT, Li, C, Nakamura, Y, Aung, T, Kamatani, N, Liu, JJ, Lu, W, Yokota, M, Seielstad, M, Fann, CS, , , Wu, JY, Lee, JY, Hu, FB, Tanaka, T, Tai, ES, Shu, XO Meta-analysis identifies common variants associated with body mass index in east Asians. Nat Genet, 44(3), 307-11, 2012.
- Shu, XO, Long, J, Lu, W, Li, C, Chen, WY, Delahanty, R, Cheng, J, Cai, H, Zheng, Y, Shi, J, Gu, K, Wang, WJ, Kraft, P, Gao, YT, Cai, Q, Zheng, W Novel genetic markers of breast cancer survival identified by a genome-wide association study. Cancer Res, 72(5), 1182-9, 2012.
- Nechuta, S, Shu, XO, Li, HL, Yang, G, Ji, BT, Xiang, YB, Cai, H, Chow, WH, Gao, YT, Zheng, W Prospective cohort study of tea consumption and risk of digestive system cancers: results from the Shanghai Women''s Health Study. Am J Clin Nutr, 96(5), 1056-63, 2012.
- Fu, Z, Shrubsole, MJ, Li, G, Smalley, WE, Hein, DW, Chen, Z, Shyr, Y, Cai, Q, Ness, RM, Zheng, W Using gene-environment interaction analyses to clarify the role of well-done meat and heterocyclic amine exposure in the etiology of colorectal polyps. Am J Clin Nutr, 96(5), 1119-28, 2012.
- Zheng, W, McLerran, DF, Rolland, B, Zhang, X, Inoue, M, Matsuo, K, He, J, Gupta, PC, Ramadas, K, Tsugane, S, Irie, F, Tamakoshi, A, Gao, YT, Wang, R, Shu, XO, Tsuji, I, Kuriyama, S, Tanaka, H, Satoh, H, Chen, CJ, Yuan, JM, Yoo, KY, Ahsan, H, Pan, WH, Gu, D, Pednekar, MS, Sauvaget, C, Sasazuki, S, Sairenchi, T, Yang, G, Xiang, YB, Nagai, M, Suzuki, T, Nishino, Y, You, SL, Koh, WP, Park, SK, Chen, Y, Shen, CY, Thornquist, M, Feng, Z, Kang, D, Boffetta, P, Potter, JD Association between body-mass index and risk of death in more than 1 million Asians. N Engl J Med, 364(8), 719-29, 2011.
- Zhang, B, Beeghly-Fadiel, A, Long, J, Zheng, W Genetic variants associated with breast-cancer risk: comprehensive research synopsis, meta-analysis, and epidemiological evidence. Lancet Oncol, 12(5), 477-88, 2011.
- Cai, Q, Long, J, Lu, W, Qu, S, Wen, W, Kang, D, Lee, JY, Chen, K, Shen, H, Shen, CY, Sung, H, Matsuo, K, Haiman, CA, Khoo, US, Ren, Z, Iwasaki, M, Gu, K, Xiang, YB, Choi, JY, Park, SK, Zhang, L, Hu, Z, Wu, PE, Noh, DY, Tajima, K, Henderson, BE, Chan, KY, Su, F, Kasuga, Y, Wang, W, Cheng, JR, Yoo, KY, Lee, JY, Zheng, H, Liu, Y, Shieh, YL, Kim, SW, Lee, JW, Iwata, H, Le Marchand, L, Chan, SY, Xie, X, Tsugane, S, Lee, MH, Wang, S, Li, G, Levy, S, Huang, B, Shi, J, Delahanty, R, Zheng, Y, Li, C, Gao, YT, Shu, XO, Zheng, W Genome-wide association study identifies breast cancer risk variant at 10q21.2: results from the Asia Breast Cancer Consortium. Hum Mol Genet, 20(24), 4991-9, 2011.
- Cai, Q, Wen, W, Qu, S, Li, G, Egan, KM, Chen, K, Deming, SL, Shen, H, Shen, CY, Gammon, MD, Blot, WJ, Matsuo, K, Haiman, CA, Khoo, US, Iwasaki, M, Santella, RM, Zhang, L, Fair, AM, Hu, Z, Wu, PE, Signorello, LB, Titus-Ernstoff, L, Tajima, K, Henderson, BE, Chan, KY, Kasuga, Y, Newcomb, PA, Zheng, H, Cui, Y, Wang, F, Shieh, YL, Iwata, H, Le Marchand, L, Chan, SY, Shrubsole, MJ, Trentham-Dietz, A, Tsugane, S, Garcia-Closas, M, Long, J, Li, C, Shi, J, Huang, B, Xiang, YB, Gao, YT, Lu, W, Shu, XO, Zheng, W Replication and functional genomic analyses of the breast cancer susceptibility locus at 6q25.1 generalize its importance in women of chinese, Japanese, and European ancestry. Cancer Res, 71(4), 1344-55, 2011.
- Nechuta, SJ, Shu, XO, Li, HL, Yang, G, Xiang, YB, Cai, H, Chow, WH, Ji, B, Zhang, X, Wen, W, Gao, YT, Zheng, W Combined impact of lifestyle-related factors on total and cause-specific mortality among Chinese women: prospective cohort study. PLoS Med, 7(9), 2010.
- Zheng, W, Wen, W, Gao, YT, Shyr, Y, Zheng, Y, Long, J, Li, G, Li, C, Gu, K, Cai, Q, Shu, XO, Lu, W Genetic and clinical predictors for breast cancer risk assessment and stratification among Chinese women. J Natl Cancer Inst, 102(13), 972-81, 2010.
- Long, J, Cai, Q, Shu, XO, Qu, S, Li, C, Zheng, Y, Gu, K, Wang, W, Xiang, YB, Cheng, J, Chen, K, Zhang, L, Zheng, H, Shen, CY, Huang, CS, Hou, MF, Shen, H, Hu, Z, Wang, F, Deming, SL, Kelley, MC, Shrubsole, MJ, Khoo, US, Chan, KY, Chan, SY, Haiman, CA, Henderson, BE, Le Marchand, L, Iwasaki, M, Kasuga, Y, Tsugane, S, Matsuo, K, Tajima, K, Iwata, H, Huang, B, Shi, J, Li, G, Wen, W, Gao, YT, Lu, W, Zheng, W Identification of a functional genetic variant at 16q12.1 for breast cancer risk: results from the Asia Breast Cancer Consortium. PLoS Genet, 6(6), e1001002, 2010.
- Shu, XO, Long, J, Cai, Q, Qi, L, Xiang, YB, Cho, YS, Tai, ES, Li, X, Lin, X, Chow, WH, Go, MJ, Seielstad, M, Bao, W, Li, H, Cornelis, MC, Yu, K, Wen, W, Shi, J, Han, BG, Sim, XL, Liu, L, Qi, Q, Kim, HL, Ng, DP, Lee, JY, Kim, YJ, Li, C, Gao, YT, Zheng, W, Hu, FB Identification of new genetic risk variants for type 2 diabetes. PLoS Genet, 6(9), 2010.
- Yang, G, Gao, YT, Shu, XO, Cai, Q, Li, GL, Li, HL, Ji, BT, Rothman, N, Dyba, M, Xiang, YB, Chung, FL, Chow, WH, Zheng, W Isothiocyanate exposure, glutathione S-transferase polymorphisms, and colorectal cancer risk. Am J Clin Nutr, 91(3), 704-11, 2010.
- Lee, SA, Shu, XO, Li, H, Yang, G, Cai, H, Wen, W, Ji, BT, Gao, J, Gao, YT, Zheng, W Adolescent and adult soy food intake and breast cancer risk: results from the Shanghai Women''s Health Study. Am J Clin Nutr, 89(6), 1920-6, 2009.
- Zheng, W, Long, J, Gao, YT, Li, C, Zheng, Y, Xiang, YB, Wen, W, Levy, S, Deming, SL, Haines, JL, Gu, K, Fair, AM, Cai, Q, Lu, W, Shu, XO Genome-wide association study identifies a new breast cancer susceptibility locus at 6q25.1. Nat Genet, 41(3), 324-8, 2009.
- Zhang, X, Shu, XO, Yang, G, Li, H, Cai, H, Gao, YT, Zheng, W Abdominal adiposity and mortality in Chinese women. Arch Intern Med, 167(9), 886-92, 2007.
- Wen, W, Shu, XO, Gao, YT, Yang, G, Li, Q, Li, H, Zheng, W Environmental tobacco smoke and mortality in Chinese women who have never smoked: prospective cohort study. BMJ, 333(7564), 376, 2006.
- Cai, Q, Gao, YT, Chow, WH, Shu, XO, Yang, G, Ji, BT, Wen, W, Rothman, N, Li, HL, Morrow, JD, Zheng, W Prospective study of urinary prostaglandin E2 metabolite and colorectal cancer risk. J Clin Oncol, 24(31), 5010-6, 2006.
- Zhang, X, Shu, XO, Li, H, Yang, G, Li, Q, Gao, YT, Zheng, W Prospective cohort study of soy food consumption and risk of bone fracture among postmenopausal women. Arch Intern Med, 165(16), 1890-5, 2005.
- Shu, XO, Jin, F, Dai, Q, Wen, W, Potter, JD, Kushi, LH, Ruan, Z, Gao, YT, Zheng, W Soyfood intake during adolescence and subsequent risk of breast cancer among Chinese women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 10(5), 483-8, 2001.
- Zheng, W, Gustafson, DR, Sinha, R, Cerhan, JR, Moore, D, Hong, CP, Anderson, KE, Kushi, LH, Sellers, TA, Folsom, AR Well-done meat intake and the risk of breast cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst, 90(22), 1724-9, 1998.
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