List of publications

2024

Vujovic D, Alsen M, Vasan V, Genden E, van Gerwen M. Anxiety and depression as potential predictors for shorter time to initial surgical treatment of papillary thyroid cancer. Cancers. 2024;16(3):545.

Vujovic D, Rodriguez N, Alsen M, Genden E, van Gerwen M. Investigating potential disparities by exploring time t surgical thyroid cancer treatment. Am J Otolaryngol. 2024;45(4):104284

van Gerwen M, Teng M, Yip R, Choir C, Paksashvili N, Yankelevitz D, Henschke C. Thyroid abnormalities identified on CT screening for lung cancer. Clin Imaging. 2024;110:110162

Yeshoua B, Romero Castillo H, Monaghan M, van Gerwen M. A review of the association between exposure to flame retardants and thyroid function. Biomedicines. 2024;12(6):1365

2023

van Gerwen M, Colicino E, Guan H, Dolios G, Nadkarni GN, Wright R, Genden E, Arora M, Petrick L. Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Exposure and Thyroid Cancer Risk. eBioMedicine. 2023; 104831.

Alsen M, Leung AM, van Gerwen M. Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Community Water Systems (CWS) and the Risk of Thyroid Cancer: an Ecological Study. Toxics. 2023; 11(9): 786.

Lerner DK, Garvey KL, Arrighi-Allisan A, Kominsky E, Filimonov A, Filip P, Liu K, Ninan S, Spock T, Tweel B, van Gerwen M, Schaberg M, Colley P, Del Signore A, Govindaraj S, Iloreta A. Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation for the Treatment of COVID-Related Olfactory Dysfunction. Am J Rhinol Allergy. 2023;37(5):531-540.

van Gerwen M, Cerutti JM, Mendes TB, Brody R, Genden E, Riggins G, Taioli E. TERT and BRAF V600E mutations in thyroid cancer of World Trade Center Responders. Carcinogenesis. 2023;44(4):350-355.

van Gerwen M, Vasan V, Genden E, Saul S. Human 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin exposure and thyroid cancer risk. Toxicology 2023;153474

Vasan V, Cheng C, Lerner D, Vujovic D, van Gerwen M, Iloreta A. A Natural Language Processing Approach to Uncover Patterns among Online Ratings of Otolaryngologists. J Laryngol Otol. 2023 Mar 20:1-23

van Gerwen M, Cerutti JM, Sinclair C. Editorial: Environmental Exposures and Thyroid Health. Front. Endocrinol. 2023;14:1154547.

Vasan V, Alsen M, Vujovic D, Genden E, Sinclair C, van Gerwen M. Endosulfan use and the risk of thyroid cancer: an ecological study. J Environ Sci Health B. 2023; Jan 23: 1-7.

2022

Vasan V, Alsen M, Vujovic D, Genden E, Sinclair C, van Gerwen M. Endosulfan use and the risk of thyroid cancer: an ecological study. J Environ Sci Health B. 2023; Jan 23: 1-7.

Little C, Barlow J, Alsen M, van Gerwen M. Association between Polychlorinated Biphenyl Exposure and Thyroid Hormones: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Environ Sci Health C Toxicol Carcinog. 2022 Dec 14; 1-20.

van Gerwen M, Alsen M, Genden E. The Authors Respond. Epidemiology. 2022; 34(2): e6-e7.

Alsen M, Vasan V, Genden E, Sinclair C, van Gerwen M. Correlation between Lindane Use and the Incidence of Thyroid Cancer in the United States: An Ecological Study. Int J Environ Res Pub Health. 2022; 19(20): 13158.

Gillezeau C, Movva N, van Gerwen M, Rabon-Stith K, Shire N, Brohawn PZ, Taioli E, Fryzek J. Interferon gamma expression and mortality in unselected cohorts of urothelial bladder cancer patients. Plos One. 2022; 17(8): e0271339.

Van Gerwen M, Alsen M, Genden E. It may not all be overdiagnosis: the potential role of environmental exposures in the thyroid cancer incidence increase. Epidemiology. 2022; 33(5): 607-610.

Yu H, Tuminello S, Alpert N, van Gerwen M, Mulholland D, Aaronson S, Donovan M, Oh W, Gong Y, Wang L, Taioli E. Global DNA methylation of WTC prostate cancer tissues show signature differences compared to non-exposed cases. Carcinogenesis. 2022; 43(6): 528-537.

Van Gerwen M, Alsen M, Alpert N, Sinclair C, Taioli E. Trends for in- and outpatient thyroid cancer surgery in older adults in New York State, 2007-2017. J Surg Res. 2022; 273: 64-70.

Van Gerwen M, Cooke P, Alpert N, Mols F, Schwartz R, Genden E, Taioli E. Patient-reported outcomes following total thyroidectomy and lobectomy in thyroid cancer survivors: An analysis of the PROFILES Registry data. Support Care Cancer. 2022; 30(1): 687-693.

Van Gerwen M, Alerte E, Alsen M, Little C, Genden E. The role of heavy metals in thyroid cancer: a meta-analysis. J Trace Elements Med Biol. 2022; 69:126900.

2021

Van Gerwen M. Gold B. Alsen M. Khan MN. Petrick L. Genden E. High thyroid cancer incidence rate in a community near a landfill: a descriptive epidemiological assessment. Toxics. 2021;9(12):325. 

Van Gerwen M, Cerutti JM, Rapp J, Genden E, Riggins GJ, Taioli E. Post- 9/11 excess risk of thyroid cancer: surveillance or exposure? Am J Ind Med. 2021;64(10): 881-884.

Alsen M, Sinclair C, Cooke P, Ziadkhanpour K, Genden E, van Gerwen M. Endocrine disrupting chemicals and thyroid cancer: an overview. Toxics. 2021;19 (1):14.

Little C, Alsen M, Barlow J, Naymagon L, Tremblay D, Genden E, Trosman S, Iavicoli L, van Gerwen M. The impact of socioeconomic status on the clinical outcomes of COVID-19; a retrospective cohort study. J Community Health. 2021 Jan 2:1-9.

2020

Van Gerwen M, Alpert N, Alsen M, Ziadkhanpour K, Taioli E, Genden E. The impact of smoking on the association between perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAS) and thyroid hormones: a National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey analysis. Toxics. 2020; 8(4):116.

Naymagon L, Zubizarreta N, Feld J, van Gerwen M, et al. Admission D-dimer levels, D-dimer trends, and outcomes in COVID-19. Thromb Res. 2020;196:99-105.

Alpert N, van Gerwen M, Flores R, Taioli E. Gender differences in outcomes of patients with mesothelioma. Am J Clin Oncol. 2020; 43(11):792-797.

Van Gerwen M, Alsen M, Little C, Barlow J, Genden E, Naymagon L, Tremblay D. Risk factors and outcomes of COVID-19 in New York City; a retrospective cohort study. J Med Virol. 2020 93(2):907- 915. 

Van Gerwen M, Alsen M, Little C, Barlow J, Naymagon L, Tremblay D, Sinclair C, Genden E. Outcomes of patients with hypothyroidism and COVID-19; a retrospective cohort study. Front. Endocrinol. 2020;11:565.

Van Gerwen M, Alsen M, Lee E, Sinclair C, Genden E, Taioli E. Recurrence-free survival after total thyroidectomy and lobectomy in patients with papillary thyroid microcarcinoma. J Endrocrinol Invest. 2020, July 10

Tremblay D, van Gerwen M, Alsen M, et al. Impact of anticoagulation prior to COVID-19 infection: a propensity score-matched cohort study. Blood. 2020;136(1):144-147.

Alpert N, van Gerwen M, Steinberg M, Ohri N, Flores R, Taioli E. Racial disparities in treatment patterns and survival among surgically treated malignant pleural mesothelioma patients. J Immigr Minor Health 2020; 22(6):1163- 1171.

Van Gerwen M, Sinclair C, Rahman M, Genden E, Taioli E. The impact of surgery refusal on thyroid cancer survival: a SEER-based analysis. Endocrine. 2020; 70(2): 356- 363.

Van Gerwen M, Alpert N, Sinclair C, Kale M, Genden E, Taioli E. Assessing non-aggressiveness of untreated, local and regional, papillary thyroid cancer. Oral Oncol 2020; 105:104674.

Alpert N, van Gerwen M, Taioli E. Epidemiology of mesothelioma in the 21st century in Europe and the United States, 40 years after restricted/ banned asbestos use. Transl Lung Cancer Res. 2020; Feb 9(Suppl 1): S28-S38.

Van Gerwen M, Alpert N, Lieberman-Cribbin W, Cooke P, Ziadkhanpour K, Liu B, Genden E. Association between uranium exposure and thyroid health: a National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and ecological study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020;17(3), 712.

Van Gerwen M, Alpert N, Flores R, Taioli E. An overview of existing mesothelioma registries worldwide, and the need for a US registry. Am J Ind Med. 2020;62(2):115-120.

2019

Lieberman-Cribbin W, Tuminello S, Gillezeau C, van Gerwen M, Brody R, Mulholland DJ, Horton L, Sisco M, Prophete C, Zelikoff J, Lee HW, Park SH, Chen LC, Cohen MD, Taioli E. Complementary biobank of rodent tissue samples to study the effect of World Trade Center exposure on cancer development. J Transl Med. 2019;17(1):342.

Gillezeau C, van Gerwen M, Ramos J, Liu B, Flores R, Taioli E. Biomarkers for malignant pleural mesothelioma: a meta-analysis. Carcinogenesis 2019;40(11):1320-1331.

Van Gerwen MAG, Tuminello S, Riggins GJ, Mendes TB, Donovan M, Benn EKT, Genden E, Cerutti JM, Taioli E. Molecular study of thyroid cancer in World Trade Center Responders. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019;16(9).

Tuminello S, van Gerwen MAG, Genden E, Crane M, Lieberman-Cribbin W, Taioli E. Increased incidence of thyroid cancer among World Trade Center first responders: a descriptive epidemiological assessment. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019;16(7).

van Gerwen M, Alpert N, Wolf A, Ohri N, Lewis E, Rosenzweig K, Flores R, Taioli E. Prognostic factors of survival in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma; an analysis of the National Cancer Data Base.  Carcinogenesis 2019;40(4):529-536

Ramos J.C, Lieberman-Cribbin W, Gillezeau C, Alpert N, van Gerwen M, Tuminello S, Flores R, Taioli E. The impact of deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) medical students- A scarce resource to US health care.  Am J Public Health. 2019 March 109(3):429-431.

Gillezeau C, van Gerwen M, Shaffer R, Rana I, Zhang L, Sheppard L, Taioli E. The evidence of human exposure to glyphosate: a review. Environ Health. 2019 Jan 7;18 (1):2.

2018

Taioli E, Lieberman-Cribbin W, Rosenzweig S, van Gerwen MAG, Liu B, Flores RM. Review of malignant pleural mesothelioma survival after talc pleurodesis or surgery. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Oct;10(10):5702-571

Lieberman-Cribbin W, Tuminello S, Gillezeau C, van Gerwen M, Brody R, Donovan M, Taioli E. The development of a Biobank of cancer tissue samples for World Trade Center Responders. J Transl Med 2018 Oct 11; 16(1): 280

van Gerwen M, Wolf A, Liu B, Flores R, Taioli E. Short-term outcomes of pleurectomy decortication and extrapleural pneumonectomy in mesothelioma. J Surg Oncol 2018 Dec 1;118(7):1178-1187.

2017

Taioli E, van Gerwen M, Mihalopoulos M, Moskowitz G, Liu B, Flores R. Review of malignant pleural mesothelioma survival after talc pleurodesis or surgery. J Thorac Dis 2017 Dec;9(12):5423-5433.

Taioli E, Schwartz RM, Lieberman-Cribbin W, Moskowitz G, van Gerwen M, Flores R. Quality of life after open or minimally invasive esophagectomy in patients with esophageal cancer- A systematic review. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2017 Autumn;29(3):377-390.

Liu B, van Gerwen M, Bonassi S, Taioli E; Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Mesothelioma Task Force. Epidemiology of environmental exposure and malignant mesothelioma. J Thorac Oncol 2017 Jul;12(7):1031-1045.