Current Research

Ms. Reiner's research is in both epidemiologic and clinical studies. She is involved with two epidemiologic studies: the Women's Environmental Cancer and Radiation Epidemiology (WECARE) study and the Genes, Environment, and Melanoma (GEM) study. These studies have unique designs. In WECARE, controls are those with unilateral breast cancer and cases are those with asynchronous bilateral breast cancer. In GEM, controls are subjects with a primary melanoma diagnosis and cases are those with multiple primary melanoma diagnoses.

Ms. Reiner collaborates with other investigators in the department on clinical studies within the breast and brain services. Ms. Reiner also works with Elyn Riedel to design and maintain the randomized protocols within the hospital.

Selected Bibliography

1. Iwamoto FM, Reiner AS, Nayak L, Panageas KS, Elkin EB, Abrey LE. Prognosis and patterns of care in elderly patients with glioma. Cancer 2009;115(23):5534-40. [PubMed Abstract]

2. Knight JA, Bernstein L, Largent J, Capanu M, Begg CB, Mellemkjaer L, Lynch CF, Malone KE, Reiner AS, Liang X, Haile RW, Boice JD, WECARE Study Collaborative Group, Bernstein JL. Alcohol intake and cigarette smoking and risk of a contralateral breast cancer: The Women's Environmental Cancer and Radiation Epidemiology Study. AJE 2009;169(8):962-8. [PubMed Abstract]

3. Rudloff U, Brogi E, Brockaway JP, Wynveen CA, Nehhozina T, Reiner AS¸ Patil S, VanZee KJ. Concurrent lobular neoplasia increases the risk of ipsilateral breast cancer recurrence in patients with ductal carcinoma in-situ treated with breast-conserving therapy. Cancer 2009;115(6)1203-14. [PubMed Abstract]

4. Iwamoto FM, Reiner AS, Panageas KS, Elkin EB, Abrey LE. Patterns of care in elderly glioblastoma patients. Ann Neurol 2008;64(6):628-34. [PubMed Abstract]

5. Anderson WF, Reiner AS, Matsuno RK, Pfeiffer RM. Shifting breast cancer trends in the United States. J Clin Oncol 2007;25(25):3923-9. [PubMed Abstract]