Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine

  ANNE McTIERNAN MD PhD
Research Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine


Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
1101 Fairview St MP-900
PO Box 19024
Seattle WA  98109-1024

Phone: (206) 667-7979
Fax: (206) 667-7850
Email:  amctiern@fhcrc.org

Licensure and Certification                                                                                 

Licensure: State of Washington
Board Certification:

Education                                                                                                              

01/1974 BA-Sociology, Boston University, Boston MA
06/1976 MA-Medical Sociology, University of New York at Buffalo
12/1982 PhD-Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle WA
06/1989 MD-New York Medical College, Valhalla NY

Training                                                                                                                

06/1992 Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle WA

Bibliography                                                                                                         

Refereed Publications

Shy K, McTiernan A, Daling J, and Weiss N: Oral contraceptive use and the occurrence of pituitary prolactinoma. Journal of the American Medical Association 249:2204-2207, 1983.

McTiernan A, Weiss N, and Daling J: Incidence of thyroid carcinoma in women in relation to reproductive and hormonal factors. American Journal of Epidemiology 120:423-435, 1984.

McTiernan A, Weiss N, and Daling J: Incidence of thyroid carcinoma in women in relation to radiation exposure and history of thyroid disease. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 73:575-581, 1984.

McTiernan A, Chu J, and Thomas D: Cancer in whites in the Pacific Basin.  In Fourth Symposium on Epidemiology and Cancer Registries in the Pacific Basin. National Cancer Institute Monograph 69:65-72, 1985.

McTiernan A, Weiss N, and Daling J: Bias resulting from using the card-back system to contact patients in epidemiologic studies. American Journal of Public Health 76:71-73, 1986.

McTiernan A, Whitehead A, Thomas D, and Noonan E:  Efficient selection of controls for multi-centered collaborative studies of rare diseases. American Journal of Epidemiology 123:901-904, 1986.

McTiernan A, Thomas D, Johnson L, and Roseman D:  Risk factors for estrogen receptor-rich and estrogen receptor-poor breast cancers. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 77:849-854, 1986.

McTiernan A and Thomas D: Evidence for a protective effect of long-term lactation on risk of breast cancer:  results from a case-control study. American Journal of Epidemiology 124:353-358, 1986.

Mueller B, McTiernan A, and Daling J: Level of response in epidemiologic studies using the card-back system to contact patients. American Journal of Public Health 76:1331-1332, 1986.

McTiernan A, Weiss N, and Daling J: Incidence of thyroid cancer in women in relation to known or suspected risk factors for breast cancer. Cancer Research 47:292-295, 1987.

 Rosenblatt KA, Thomas DB, McTiernan A, et al: Breast cancer in men: aspects of familial aggregation. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 83:849-54, 1991.

Demers PA, Thomas DB, Rosenblatt KA, McTiernan A, et al: Occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields and breast cancer in men. American Journal of Epidemiology 134:340-47, 1991.

Thomas DB, Jiminez LM, McTiernan A, et al: Breast cancer in men: risk factors with hormonal implications. American Journal of Epidemiology 135:734-48, 1992.

Stalsberg H, Thomas DB, Rosenblatt KA, Jiminez LM, McTiernan A, et al: Histologic types and hormone receptors in breast cancer in men--a population-based study in 282 North American men. Cancer Causes and Control 4:143-51, 1993.

Thomas DB, Rosenblatt K, Jiminez LM, McTiernan A, et al: Ionizing radiation and breast cancer in men. Cancer Causes and Control 5:9-14, 1994.

Bowen D, Green P, Kestin M, McTiernan A, Carroll D: Effects of decreasing dietary fat on psychological well-being. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention 4:555-59, 1995.

McTiernan A, Rossouw J, Manson J, et al:  Informed consent in the Women's Health Initiative. Journal of Women’s Health 5:519-529, 1995.

Prentice R, Rossouw JR, Johnson, SR, Freedman LS, McTiernan A.  The role of randomized controlled trial in assessing the benefits and risks of long-term hormone replacement therapy: example of the Women’s Health Initiative.  Menopause, 1996;3:71-76.

McTiernan A, Stanford JL, Weiss NS, Daling JR, Voigt LF: Occurrence of breast cancer in relation to recreational exercise in women age 50-64 years. Epidemiology 1996;7:598-604.

Burke W, Peterson G, Lynch P, Botkin J, Daly M, Garber J, Kahn MJE, McTiernan A, Offitt K, Thomson E, Varricchio C, for the Cancer Genetics Studies Consortium.  Recommendations for follow-up care of individuals with an inherited predisposition to cancer. 1. Hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer. Journal of the American Medical Association 1997;277:915-919.

Burke W, Daly M, Garber J, Botkin J, Kahn MJE, Lynch P, McTiernan A, Offitt K, Perlman J, Petersen G, Thomson E, Varricchio C, for the Cancer Genetics Studies Consortium.  Recommendations for follow-up care of individuals with an inherited predisposition to cancer. 2. BRCA1 and BRCA2. Journal of the American Medical Association 1997;277:997-1003.

McTiernan A, Gilligan M, Redmond C: Assessing individual risk for breast cancer: risky business. J Clinical Epidemiology 1997;50:547-556.

Women’s Health Initiative Study Group. Design of the Women’s Health Initiative Clinical Trial and Observational Study. Controlled Clinical Trials 1998;19:61-109.

24.   McTiernan A, Stanford J, Daling J, Voigt L: Prevalence and correlates of physical activity in women aged 50-64 years. Menopause 1998;5:95-101.

25.   McTiernan A, Kumai C, Bean D, Hastings R, Schwartz R, Ulrich N, Gralow J, Potter J. Anthropometric and hormone effects of an 8-week exercise-diet intervention in breast cancer patients: results of a feasibility pilot study.  Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers Prevention  1998;7:477-81.

26.   Hoffman-Goetz L, Apter D, Demark-Wahnefried W, Goran M, McTiernan A, Reichman M. Mechanisms for an association between physical activity and breast cancer. Cancer (supplement) 1998;83:621-628.

McTiernan A, Ulrich N, Slate S, Potter J. Physical activity and cancer etiology: associations and mechanisms. Cancer Causes and Control 1998;9(5)487-509.

Cheblowski RT, McTiernan A. Elements of informed consent for Hormone Replacement Therapy in patients with diagnosed breast cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology 1999;17(1):130-42.

Negri E, Ron E, Franceschi S, DalMaso L, Mark SD, Preston-Martin S, McTiernan A, et al. A pooled analysis of thyroid cancer case-control studies: Methods. Cancer Causes and Controls 1999:10:131-142.

Negri E, DalMaso L, Ron E, LaVecchia C, Mark SD, Preston-Martin S, McTiernan A, et al. Menstrual and reproductive factors and thyroid cancer. Cancer Causes and Controls 1999:10:143-155.

LaVecchia C, Ron E, Franceschi S, DalMaso L, Mark SD, Chatenoud L, Braga C, Preston-Martin S, McTiernan A. Oral contraceptives, menopausal replacement treatment and other female hormones and thyroid cancer. Cancer Causes and Controls 1999:10:157-166.

32.   Durfy S, Bowen D, Burke W, McTiernan A, et al. Attitudes and interest in genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility in diverse groups of women in Western Washington. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention 1999:8;369-376.

McTiernan A, Ulrich CM, Yancey D, Slate S, Nakamura H, Oestreicher N, Bowen D, Yasui Y, Potter J, and Schwartz R. The Physical Activity for Total Health (PATH) Study: rationale and design. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 1999;31:1307-1312.

McTiernan A, Potter J, Bowen D, Schwartz R. Exercise clinical trials in cancer prevention research: a call to action. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention 1999; 8:201-207.

Bowen D, McTiernan A, Burke W, Powers D, Pruski J, Durfy S, Gralow J, Malone K. Participation in breast cancer risk counseling among women with a family history. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention 1999; 8:581-586.

Rosenblatt KA, Thomas DB, Jimeneq LM, Fish B, McTiernan A, et al. Diet and breast cancer in men. Cancer Causes and Control 1999;10:107-113.

Franceschi S, Preston-Martin S, DalMaso L, Negri E, LaVecchia C, McTiernan A, et al. A pooled analysis of thyroid cancer case-control studies. IV. Benign thyroid diseases. Cancer Causes and Control 1999;10:583-595.

LaVecchia C, Ron E, Franceschi S, DalMaso L, Mark SD, Chatenoud L, Braga C, Preston-Martin S, McTiernan A. A pooled analysis of thyroid cancer studies. Anthropometric factors. Cancer Causes and Control 1999;10:583-595.

Burke W, Culver JB, Bowen D, Lowry D, Durfy S, McTiernan A, Anderson, MR. Genetic counseling for women with an intermediate family history of breast cancer. American Journal of Medical Genetics 2000;90(5):361-8.

McTiernan A. The associations of energy balance and body mass index with breast cancer risk in United States women from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds. Cancer 2000;88:1248-1255.

Bowen DJ, McTiernan A, , Rosenberg E, Powers P, Feng Z: Recruiting women into a smoking cessation program to control weight: who might quit? Women and Health 2000;31(4):41-58.

 Wingo PA, Calle EE, McTiernan A. How does breast cancer mortality compare with other cancers and cardiovascular disease at different ages in U.S. women? Journal of Women’s Health 2000;9:999-1006.

McTiernan A. Physical Activity and the Prevention of Breast Cancer. Medscape. Invited as Expert Opinion. October 2000; 5(5). Available at http://www.medscape.com/Medscape/WomensHealth/journal/2000/v05.n05/wh7419.
mcti/wh7419.mcti-01.html

Young SYN, Gunzenhauser JD, Malone KE, McTiernan A. The relationship between body mass index and asthma in the military population of the northwestern United States. Archives Internal Medicine 2001;161:1605-1611.

Davidoff R, McTiernan A, Constantine G, Davis KD, Balady GJ, Mendes LA, Rudolph RE, Bowen, DJ.  Echocardiographic evaluation of women previously treated with fenfluramine:  Long-term follow-up of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.  Archives of Internal Medicine.  2001;161:1429-1436.

Marrett L, Theis B,  Ashbury FD, and an Expert Panel. Workshop Report: Physical Activity and Cancer Prevention. (member of the expert panel). Chronic Diseases in Canada 2001;21:143-149.

La Vecchia C, Brinton L, McTiernan A. Menopause, hormone replacement therapy and cancer. Maturitas 2001; 39: 97-115.

 McTiernan A, Burke W, Bars J, et al. Comparison of Two Breast Cancer Risk Estimates in Women with a Family History of Breast Cancer. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention 2001;10: 333-338.

Bosetti C, Kolonel L, Negri E, Ron E, Franceschi S, Dal Maso L, Galanti MR, Mark SD, Preston-Martin S, McTiernan A, Land C, Mabuchi K, Jin F, Wingren G, Hallquist H, Glattre E, Lund E, Levi F, Linos D, La Vecchia C. A pooled analysis of case-control studies of thyroid cancer: fish and shellfish consumption. Cancer Causes and Control 2001;12:375-382.

Shors AR, Solomon C, McTiernan A, White E. Melanoma risk in relation to height, weight, and exercise (United States) Cancer Causes and Control 2001; 12(7):599-606. Cancer Causes Control. 2001 Sep;12(7):599-606.

 Tavani A, La Vecchia C, Brinton LA, McTiernan A. Hormone replacement therapy and risk of endometrial cancer. Tumori. 2001 Sep-Oct;87(5):S20-1.

LaVecchia C, Brinton LA, McTiernan A. Hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer risk: epidemiology. Journal fur Menopause 2001;8:5-7.

Friedenreich C, Marrett LD, Members of the Canadian Breast Cancer Initiative Working Group on Primary Prevention of Breast Cancer and an Expert Panel. Workshop report: identification of research needs in breast cancer etiology. Chronic Diseases in Canada 2001;22:41-49  (member of the Expert Panel).

Irwin ML, McTiernan A. Exercise effect on body weigth in postmenopausal women: the Physical Activity for Total Health Study. In RA Lobo, PG Crosignani, R Paoletti, F Bruschi (eds). Women’s Health and Menopause: New Strategies – Improved Quality of Life,  Dordrecht, Kluwer Academic Pub. 2002, pp. 345-352.

Chlebowski      RT, Aiello E, McTiernan A. Weight Loss in Breast Cancer Patient Management. J. Clinical Oncology 2002;20(4):1128-1143.

Slate S, Yasui Y, Ulrich C, McTiernan A. Mailing Strategies and Recruitment into an Intervention Trial of the Exercise Effect on Breast Cancer Biomarkers. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention 2002; 11: 73-77.

Hendrix S, Clark A, Nygaard I, Aragaki A, Barnabei V, McTiernan A.  Pelvic Organ Prolapse in the Women’s Health Initiative: Gravity and Gravidity. Am J. Obstet Gynecol 2002 Jun;186(6):1160-6.

Wenger NK, Paoletti R, Lenfant CJM, Pinn VW, Barrett-Connor E, Birkhauser MH, Brinton LA, Collins A, Collins P, Crosignani PG, Dennerstein L, Ettinger B, Gustafson JA, Guthrie J, Henderson VW, Hendrix S, Klein BEK, LaVecchia C, Lindsay R, Maggi A, McGowan JA, McTiernan A, Nilsson S, Redford M, Resnick SM, Rossouw JE, Santoro N, Sherman SS. Executive Summary. In International Position Paper on Women’s Health and Menopause: a Comprehensive Appoach. Wenger NK, Paoletti R, Lenfant CJM, Pinn VW (eds). NIH Publication No. 02-3284. 2002, pp. 1-22.

LaVecchia C, Brinton L, McTiernan, A Hormone replacement therapy, related therapies, and cancer. In International Position Paper on Women’s Health and Menopause: a Comprehensive Appoach. Wenger NK, Paoletti R, Lenfant CJM, Pinn VW (eds). NIH Publication No. 02-3284. 2002, pp.223-250.

Barrett-Connor E, Hendrix S, Ettinger B, Wenger NK, Paoletti R, Lenfant CJM, Pinn VW, Birkhauser MH, Brinton LA, Collins A, Collins P, Crosignani PG, Dennerstein L, Gustafson JA, Guthrie J, Henderson VW, Klein BEK, LaVecchia C, Lindsay R, Maggi A, McGowan JA, McTiernan A, Nilsson S, Redford M, Resnick SM, Rossouw JE, Santoro N, Sherman SS. Best Clinical Practices: A Comprehensive Appoach. In International Position Paper on Women’s Health and Menopause: a Comprehensive Appoach. Wenger NK, Paoletti R, Lenfant CJM, Pinn VW (eds). NIH Publication No. 02-3284. 2002, pp. 271-288.

Byers T, Thun M, McTiernan A, Doyle C, et al. American Cancer Society Guidelines for Nutrition and Physical Activity and Prevention of Cancer. CA: Cancer J Clin 2002;52:92-119.

Morimoto L, White E, Zhao C, Chlebowski R, Hays J, Kuller L, Lopez AM, Manson J, Margolis K, Muti P, Stefanick M, McTiernan A. Obesity, body size, and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer: the Women’s Health Initiative. Cancer Causes and Control. 2002;13:741-751.

 Bossetti C, Kolonel L, Negri E, Ron E, Franceschi S, Dal Maso L, Galanti MR, Mark SD, Preston-Martin S, McTiernan A, Land C, Mabuchi K, Jin F, Wingren G, Hallquist H, Glattre E, Lund E, Levi F, Linos D, La Vecchia C. A pooled analysis of case-control studies of thyroid cancer. VII. Cruciferous and other vegetables. Cancer Causes and Control 2002;13:765-775.

LaVecchia C, Brinton LA, McTiernan A. Cancer Risk in Postmenopausal Women. Bailliere’s  Best Practice and Research - Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2002 Jun;16(3):293-307.

Andersen R, Bowen D, Yasui Y, McTiernan A. Awareness and concern about ovarian cancer among women at risk due to a family history of breast or ovarian cancer. Clinical Journal of Women's Health 2002;2:5-12.

Bowen D, Burke W, Yasui Y, McTiernan A, McLaren D. Effects of risk counseling on interest in genetic testing in lower risk women. Genetics in Medicine 2002; 4:359-365.

Evanson K, Wilxox S, Pettinger M, Brunner R, King AC, McTiernan A. Vigorous Leisure Activity through Women’s Adult Life: The Women’s Health Initiative Observational Cohort Study. American Journal of Epidemiology 2002;156:945-953.

Irwin M, Yasui Y, Ulrich CM, Bowen D, Rudolph RE, Schwartz RS, Yukawa M, Potter JD, McTiernan A. Effect of moderate- and vigorous-intensity exercise on total and intra-abdominal body fat in postmenopausal women: A one-year randomized controlled trial. JAMA 2003;289: 323-330.

Books and Book Chapters

McTiernan A, Gralow J, Talbott L. Breast Fitness: An Optimal Exercise and Health Plan for Reducing Your Risk of Breast Cancer. St. Martin’s Press, New York. October 2000 (hardcover), October 2001 (softcover)

 International Agency for Research on Cancer. IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention, Vol. 6, Weight Control and Physical Activity, Lyon, IARC Press, 2002 (member of writing group) 

McTiernan A: Does breastfeeding prevent breast cancer? (editorial) Breastfeeding Abstracts 6:19, 1987.

Vaughan T, and McTiernan A: Diet in the etiology of cancer. Sem. Oncol. Nursing 2:3-13, 1986.

 Henderson M and McTiernan A.  Clinical Programs for Breast Cancer Protection.  Reducing Breast Cancer in Women.  B. Stoll, ed.  The Netherlands.  Kluwer Acad. Pub. 177-183, 1995.

 McTiernan, A. Physical activity and breast cancer – time to get moving? (editorial) NEJM 336:1311-1312, 1997.

McTiernan, A. Commentary on: Thune I, Brenn T, Lund E, Gaard M. Physical activity and the risk of breast cancer.  Clin J Sport Med 1997;7 (4) 315

Chlebowski RT, McTiernan A. Hormone Replacement Therapy and Breast Cancer: Limitations of Current Evidence. American Society of Clinical Oncology Education Book (Fall) 1998:87-91.

Wingo P, McTiernan A. Hormone Replacement Therapy. In Women and Health. MB Goldman and MC Hatch, eds. San Diego, Academic Press. 2000. Pages 1169-81.

McTiernan A. Cancer Prevention. In Medical and Psychological Aspects of Sport and Exercise. DI Mostofsky and L Zaichkowsky, (eds.) Morgantown, WV, Fitness Information Technology, Inc. 2002

McTiernan A. Recent Controversies in Mammography Screening for Breast Cancer. Medscape Women's Health eJournal 2002;7(2).

Chlebowski R, McTiernan A. Significance of Interventions that Change Breast Density. NEJM 2003; 95: 4-5.

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