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April Loehmer Stouder

Associate Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health
Family Medicine and Community Health, Physician Assistant Program
DUMC Box 104780, Durham, NC 27710
DUMC 104780, Durham, NC 27710

Featured Works


Protein microarray analysis of mammary epithelial cells from obese and nonobese women at high risk for breast cancer: feasibility data.

Journal article Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev · March 2011 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: Obesity is a well-established risk factor for cancer, accounting for up to 20% of cancer deaths in women. Studies of women with breast cancer have shown obesity to be associated with an increased risk of dying from breast cancer and increased r ... Full text Link to item Cite

Breast self-examination: defining a cohort still in need.

Journal article Am J Surg · October 2009 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: The value of breast self-examination (BSE) to detect early breast cancer is controversial. METHODS: Within an institutional review board-approved prospective study, 147 high-risk women were enrolled from 2004 to 2007. Yearly clinical examinatio ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reproducibility of random periareolar fine needle aspiration in a multi-institutional Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) cross-sectional study.

Journal article Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev · May 2009 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: Random periareolar fine needle aspiration (RPFNA) is a research technique developed to assess short-term breast cancer risk in women at increased risk of breast cancer. Although there is increasing acceptance of RPFNA, neither the reproducibili ... Full text Link to item Cite