Janet Daling

Janet R. Daling
EducationUniversity of Washington
AwardsWade Hampton Frost Lecturer

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 MS in biostatistics from the University of Washington in 1974 and her PhD, from the same institution, in Epidemiology 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. ^ a b "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. doi:10.1093/jnci/86.21.1584. PMID 7932822.
  4. ^ Castleman, Michael (March–April 1995). "Abortion's Risk". Mother Jones. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  5. ^ a b Jasen, Patricia (26 July 2012). "Breast Cancer and the Politics of Abortion in the United States". Medical History. 49 (4): 423–444. doi:10.1017/S0025727300009145. PMC 1251638. PMID 16562329.
  6. ^ Seebach, Linda (22 November 1994). "'Informed Consent' Requires 'Inconclusive' Abortion-breast Cancer Findings". Orlando Sun-Sentinel. Archived from the original on November 3, 2013. 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. doi:10.1002/cncr.24159. PMC 2759698. PMID 19204904.
  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.