Ragin, C.C., Edwards, R, Heron, DE, Kuo, J, Wentzel, E, Gollin, SM, Taioli, E: Prevelence of cancer-associated viruses in the Caribbean Islands. Cancer Investigations, 2008; Nov 26 (9):936-47

A.C. McDonald, C.C. Ragin, F.J. Jenkins, J. Weissfeld, J. Wilson, V.W. Wheeler, J.B. Wilson, C.H. Bunker, E. Taioli: Human Herpesvirus 8 Seroprevalence among Tobago Women and the Role of Sexual Lifestyle Behavior. J. Medical Virology, 2009; Feb;81(2):264-70

Ragin C, Taioli E. The Second International African-Caribbean Cancer Consortium for the study of viral, genetic and environmental risk factors. Infectious Agents and Cancer, 2009; Feb. 10;4 Suppl 1:S1.

Odedina FT, Akinremi TO, Chinegwundoh F, Roberts R, Yu D, Reams RR, Freedman ML, Rivers B, Green BL, Kumar N. Prostate cancer disparities in Black men of African descent: a comparative literature review of prostate cancer burden among Black men in the United States, Caribbean, United Kingdom, and West Africa. Infectious Agents and Cancer, 2009; Feb. 10;4 Suppl 1:S2.

Reams RR, Agrawal D, Davis MB, Yoder S, Odedina FT, Kumar N, Higginbotham JM, Akinremi T, Suther S, Soliman KF. Microarray comparison of prostate tumor gene expression in African -American and Caucasian American males: a pilot project study. Infectious Agents and Cancer, 2009; Feb. 10;4 Suppl 1:S3.

Roberts R. Surgical versus medical castration in the Bahamas: a male macho paradox. Infectious Agents and Cancer, 2009; Feb. 10;4 Suppl 1:S4.

Jackson M, Walker S, Simpson C, McFarlane-Anderson N, Bennett F. Are food patterns associated with prostate cancer in Jamaican men: a preliminary report. Infectious Agents and Cancer, 2009; Feb. 10;4 Suppl 1:S5.

Ukoli FA, Taher K, Egbagbe E, Lomotey M, Oguike T, Akumabor P, Osime U, Beech D. Association of self-reported consumption of cooked meat, fish, seafood, and eggs with prostate cancer risk among Nigerians. Infectious Agents and Cancer, 2009; Feb. 10;4 Suppl 1:S6.

Best Plummer WS, Persaud P, Layne PJ. Ethnicity and cancer in Guyana, South America. Infectious Agents and Cancer, 2009; Feb. 10;4 Suppl 1:S7.

Dames DN, Ragin C, Griffith-Bowe A, Gomez P, Butler R. The prevalence of cervical cytology abnormalities and human papillomavirus in women infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. Infectious Agents and Cancer, 2009; Feb. 10;4 Suppl 1:S8.

Ragin CC, Watt A, Markovic N, Bunker CH, Edwards RP, Eckstein S, Fletcher H, Garwood D, Gollin SM, Jackson M, Patrick AL, Smikle M, Taioli E, Wheeler VW, Wilson JB, Younger N, McFarlane-Anderson N. Comparison of high-risk cervical HPV infections in Caribbean and US populations. Infectious Agents and Cancer, 2009; Feb. 10;4 Suppl 1:S9.

Ragin CC, Edwards RP, Jones J, Thurman NE, Hagan KL, Jones EA, Moss CM, Smith AC, Akers A, Gollin SM, Heron DE, Andraos-Selim C, Bondzi C, Robertson L, Taioli E. Knowledge about human papillomavirus and the HPV vaccine - a survey of the general population. Infectious Agents and Cancer, 2009; Feb. 10;4 Suppl 1:S10.

Watt A, Garwood D, Jackson M, Younger N, Ragin C, Smikle M, Fletcher H, McFarlane-Anderson N. High-risk and multiple human papillomavirus (HPV) infections in cancer-free Jamaican women. Infectious Agents and Cancer, 2009; Feb. 10;4 Suppl 1:S11.

Okobia MN, Bunker CH, Garte SJ, Zmuda JM, Ezeome ER, Anyanwu SN, Uche EE, Osime U, Ojukwu J, Kuller LH, Ferrell RE, Taioli E. Cytochrome P450 1B1 Val432Leu polymorphism and breast cancer risk in Nigerian women: a case control study. Infectious Agents and Cancer, 2009; Feb. 10;4 Suppl 1:S12.

Ragin CC, Dallal C, Okobia M, Modugno F, Chen J, Garte S, Taioli E. Leptin levels and leptin receptor polymorphism frequency in healthy populations. Infectious Agents and Cancer, 2009; Feb. 10;4 Suppl 1:S13.

Consedine NS, Adjei BA, Horton D, Joe AK, Borrell LN, Ramirez PM, Ungar T, McKiernan JM, Jacobson JS, Magai C, Neugut AI. Fear and loathing in the Caribbean: three studies of fear and cancer screening in Brooklyn's immigrant Caribbean subpopulations. Infectious Agents and Cancer, 2009; Feb. 10;4 Suppl 1:S14.

Thurman N, Ragin C, Heron DE, Alford RJ, Andraos-Selim C, Bondzi C, Butcher JA, Coleman JC, Glass C, Klewien B, Minor AT, Williams DJ, Taioli E. Comparison of knowledge and attitudes toward cancer among African Americans. Infectious Agents and Cancer, 2009; Feb. 10;4 Suppl 1:S15.

Bunker CH, McDonald AC, Evans RW, de la Rosa N, Boumosleh JM, Patrick AL. A randomized trial of lycopene supplementation in Tobago men with high prostate cancer risk. Nutr Cancer 2007;57(2):130-7.

C. Ragin, E. Taioli, N. McFarlane-Anderson, G. Avery, F. Bennett, A. Bovell- Benjamin, A. Brown Thompson, A. Carrington, L. Campbell-Everett, J. Ford, A. Hennis, M. Jackson, S. Lake, M. Cristina Leske, C. Magai, B. Nemesure, A. Neugut, F. Odedina, M. Okobia, A. Patrick, W. Best Plummer, R. Renee Reams, R. Roberts, S. Scott-Hastings, S. Sharma, V. Wheeler, S. Wu, C. Bunker: African-Caribbean Cancer Consortium for the study of viral, genetic and environmental cancer risk factors: Short Report, Infectious Agents and Cancer 2007, 2:17.

Phillips, A. A.; Jacobson, J. S.; Magai, C.; Condsedine, N.; Mehler, N.; Neugut, A.I: Cancer Incidence and Mortality in the Caribbean. Cancer Investigation 2007, 25, (6), 476-483.

Ragin, C, Wheeler VW, Wilson JB, Bunker CH, SM Gollin, Patrick AL, Taioli, E: Distinct distribution of HPV types among cancer-free Afro-Caribbean women from Tobago. Biomarkers, 2007; 12(5):510-22.

Bunker CH, Zmuda JM, Patrick AL, Wheeler VW, Weissfeld JL, Kuller LH, Cauley JA. High bone density is associated with prostate cancer in older Afro-Caribbean men: Tobago prostate survey. Cancer Causes Control 2006 Oct;17(8):1083-9.

Odedina FT., Ogunbiyi F., Ukoli F. Roots of prostate cancer in African-American men. Journal of the National Medical Association 2006 98(4): 539-543.

Okobia M, Bunker C, Zmuda J, Kammerer C, Vogel V, Uche E, Anyanwu S, Ezeome E, Ferrell R, Kuller L. Case-control study of risk factors for breast cancer in Nigerian women. Int J Cancer. 2006 Nov 1;119(9):2179-85.

Okobia MN, Bunker CH, Zmuda JM, Osime U, Ezeome ER, Anyanwu SN, Uche EE, Ojukwu J, Kuller LH. Anthropometry and breast cancer risk in nigerian women. Breast J. 2006 Sep-Oct;12(5):462-6.

Okobia MN, Bunker CH, Zmuda JM, Ezeome ER, Anyanwu SN, Uche EE, Ojukwu J, Kuller LH, Ferrell RE. Simple tandem repeat (TTTA)n polymorphism in CYP19 (aromatase) gene and breast cancer risk in Nigerian women. J Carcinog. 2006 May 9;5:12.

Okobia MN, Bunker CH, Okonofua FE, Osime U. Knowledge, attitude and practice of Nigerian women towards breast cancer: a cross-sectional study. World J Surg Oncol 2006 Feb 21;4:11.

Okobia MN, Bunker CH, Lee LL, Osime U, Uche EE. Case-control study of risk factors for breast cancer in Nigerian women: a pilot study. East Afr Med J 2005 Jan;82(1):14-9.

Okobia MN, Aligbe JU. Pattern of malignant diseases at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital. Trop Doct 2005 Apr;35(2):91-2.

Bunker CH, Patrick AL, Miljkovic-Gacic I, Konety BR, Belle A, Richard JR, Dhir R. Prostate cancer screening parameters in a high-risk African-Caribbean population. Urology 2004 Apr;63(4):737-41.

Chen AC, MacChia RJ, Conway F, Magai C, Desai M, Neugut AI. Prostate-specific antigen, sex steroid hormones, and the insulin-like growth factor axis in U.S.-born, Jamaican, and Haitian black men: a pilot study. Urology 2004 Sept;64(3):522-7.

Hoffman LJ, Bunker CH, Pellett PE, Trump DL, Patrick AL, Dollard SC, Keenan HA, Jenkins FJ. Elevated seroprevalence of human herpesvirus 8 among men with prostate cancer. J Infect Dis 2004 Jan 1;189(1):15-20. Epub Dec 31, 2003.

Bunker CH, Patrick AL, Maharaj G, Keenan HA, Ramnarine S, Belle A, Richard JR, Dhir R. Prostate cancer risk is three-fold higher among men, aged 50-64, of African descent compared with men of Asian-Indian descent in Trinidad and Tobago. Ethn Dis 2002 Fall;12(4):S3-30-3.

Shea PR, Ferrell RE, Patrick AL, Kuller LH, Bunker CH. ELAC2 and prostate cancer risk in Afro-Caribbeans of Tobago. Hum Genet 2002 Oct;111(4-5):398-400. Epub 2002 Aug 21.

Okobia MN, Osime U. Clinicopathological study of carcinoma of the breast in Benin City. Afr J Reprod Health 2001 Aug;5(2):56-62.

Published Abstracts

AC McDonald, CC Ragin, VW Wheeler, Wilson, J, CH Bunker, F Jenkins. Seroprevalence and Risk Factors for Human Herpes Virus 8 (Kaposi's Sarcoma- Associated Herpes Virus) in African-Caribbean Women in Tobago. Proc Am Assoc for Cancer Res, 2007; in press

A. Watt, C. Ragin, N. Younger, D. Garwood, M. Jackson, M. Smikle, H. Fletcher, N. McFarlane-Anderson. High-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes in Jamaican women. Proc Am Assoc for Cancer Res 2007; in press

Odedina FT, Kumar N, Akinremi T. An Exploratory Investigation of Prostate Cancer Knowledge, Cultural Beliefs and Values among Black Men of West African Ancestry. The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved, November 27-30, 2007. Atlanta, GA.

Odedina FT. Global Prostate Cancer Collaboration: Call for Action. Podium presentation at The Third Annual African American Prostate Cancer Disparity Summit Thursday, September 27, 2007 & Friday, September 28, 2007; Washington DC.

Odedina FT, Kumar N, Jones L, Akinremi T. Prostate Cancer/Risk Factors in Nigerian men: An Comparison of Indigenous and US-based Nigerian men. African Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC) Sixth International Conference on the burden of cancer in Africa — AORTIC 2007. October 24 - 28, 2007. Cape Town, South Africa.

Odedina FT, Thorpe YA, Odedina AO. Prostate Cancer Risk In Nigerian Men: An Investigation Of The Cancer Registration System Used For Assessment. African Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC) Sixth International Conference on the burden of cancer in Africa — AORTIC 2007. October 24 - 28, 2007. Cape Town, South Africa.

Reams R. Agrawal D, Odedina FT, Kumar N. Comparison of Prostate Cancer Gene Expression in African American and White American Males. African Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC) Sixth International Conference on the burden of cancer in Africa — AORTIC 2007. October 24 - 28, 2007. Cape Town, South Africa.

Odedina FT. Cancer Registry: present situation in Nigeria. Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health & MD Anderson Cancer Center Transatlantic Cancer Conference, October 2006, Abuja Nigeria.

Odedina FT. Call for Action: Trans Atlantic Collaborative Initiatives for Research, Education and Community Service. Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health & MD Anderson Cancer Center Transatlantic Cancer Conference, October 2006, Abuja Nigeria.

Odedina FT., Ogunbiyi F., Ukoli F. World-view of prostate cancer in Black men of African origin. World Cancer Congress, July 2006. Washington DC.