Cancer Epidemiology

  • Cancer Risk Factors and Prevention
Dr. Renée Turzanski Fortner

Dr. Renée Turzanski Fortner

The overarching goal of the Division’s research is to provide insights on the etiology of cancer, strategies for prevention and earlier detection, and predictors of survival, with the goal of reducing the morbidity and mortality associated with a cancer diagnosis.

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Our Division leads studies on registry-based and prospective cohort studies on lifestyle factors and potentially modifiable exposures, as well as circulating concentrations of hormonally active metabolites, growth factors, inflammation factors and markers of infection in relation to cancer risk and survival. We further conduct studies toward discovery and validation of biomarkers for earlier detection, using prospective and clinical biobanks, and registry-based studies on contemporary treatment and cancer survival.

Team

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    Dr. Renée Turzanski Fortner

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    Yue Chen

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    Victoria Cooley

    Doctoral student

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    Mareike Gröninger

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    Dr. Charlotte Le Cornet

    Scientist

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    Konstantin Linder

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    Silvia Mignozzi

NAKO Study Center Mannheim

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    Yuliya Ertel

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    Angelica Maria Ardila Delgado

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    Annika Baert

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    Özlem Bedir

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    Nimet Demir

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    Sina Eckholt

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    Ute Goetze

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    Patrycja Hamryszak

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    Silke Kahmann

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    Simon Kidane

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    Helena Massinger

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    Ute Metzger

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    Ute Muskatewitz

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    Antonia Remm

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    Louisa Sautner

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    Rita Schanzenbach-Bauer

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    Christine Schestak

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    Jasmin Tabakhtory-Fard

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    Merlin Uebel

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    Nicoleta-Sanda Veredas Caballero

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    Luisa Wagner

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    Qi Melissa Ying

Selected Publications

2025 - Int J Epidemiol. 2025 Jun 11;54(4)

Löfling LL, Støer NC, Botteri E, Fortner RT.

2025 - JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Jul 1;8(7)

Le Cornet C, Jung AY, Behrens S, Middha P, Truong T, Jernström H, Bolla MK, Wang Q, Southey MC, Beane Freeman LE, Koutros S, Stone J, Rennert G, Shulman K, Aronson KJ, Murphy RA, Guénel P, Patel AV, Bodelon C, Teras LR, Shahi S, Lacey JV, Dossus L, Kaaks R, Holleczek B, Brenner H, Brauch H, Hoppe R, Czene K, Hall PFL, Mannermaa A, Wu AH, Obi N, Michailidou K, Panayiotidis MI, McLean C, Haiman CA, Augustinsson A, Zheng W, Shu XO, Perou CM, Troester MA, Van Alsten S, Eliassen AH, Abubakar M, Kraft P, Ahearn TU, Evans DG, Wolk A, Milne RL, Easton DF, Pharoah PDP, Schmidt MK, García-Closas M, Vachon CM, Fortner RT, Chang-Claude J.

2025 - Br J Cancer. 2025 Jun;132(12):1158-1166.

Trewin-Nybråten CB, Leithe S, Paulsen T, Langseth H, Fortner RT.

2025 - Clin Cancer Res. 2025 Jun 13;31(12):2441-2453.

Kaaks R, Cooley V, Mukama T, Teras LR, Patel AV, Masala G, Crous-Bou M, Harris HR, Langseth H, Surcel HM, Wentzensen N, Terry K, Sasamoto N, Tworoger S, Fortner RT.

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Dr. Renée Turzanski Fortner

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