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Overview

Alison M. Dunning is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a focus on genetics, molecular biology, oncology, cancer research, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Their work centers on topics including BRCA gene mutations in cancer, genetic associations and epidemiology, global cancer incidence and screening, effects of radiation exposure, nutrition, genetics, and disease, prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment, as well as cancer genomics and diagnostics.

Notable recent papers by Alison M. Dunning include:

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 32 novel breast cancer susceptibility loci from overall and subtype-specific analyses, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Trans-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of prostate cancer identifies new susceptibility loci and informs genetic risk prediction, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Genetic insights into biological mechanisms governing human ovarian ageing, 2021, Nature
  • Pathology of Tumors Associated With Pathogenic Germline Variants in 9 Breast Cancer Susceptibility Genes, 2022, JAMA Oncology
  • European polygenic risk score for prediction of breast cancer shows similar performance in Asian women, 2020, Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors of Alison M. Dunning include:

  • Manjeet K. Bolla
  • Joe Dennis
  • Jenny Chang-Claude
  • Montserrat García-Closas
  • Douglas F. Easton

Alison M. Dunning has published extensively in venues such as:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Radiotherapy and Oncology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Genetics
  • Apollo (University of Cambridge)

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association study identifies novel breast cancer susceptibility loci

    Douglas F. Easton;Karen A. Pooley;Alison M. Dunning;Paul D. P. Pharoah

  • Independent validation of genes and polymorphisms reported to be associated with radiation toxicity: a prospective analysis study.

    Gillian C. Barnett;Gillian C. Barnett;Charlotte E. Coles;Rebecca M. Elliott;Caroline Baynes

  • Subtyping of breast cancer by immunohistochemistry to investigate a relationship between subtype and short and long term survival: a collaborative analysis of data for 10,159 cases from 12 studies

    Fiona M. Blows;Kristy E. Driver;Marjanka K. Schmidt;Annegien Broeks

  • Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Sara Lindström;Sara Lindström;Joe Dennis;Jonathan Beesley

  • Large-scale genotyping identifies 41 new loci associated with breast cancer risk

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Per Hall;Anna Gonzalez-Neira;Maya Ghoussaini

  • RAD51B in Familial Breast Cancer

    Liisa M. Pelttari;Sofia Khan;Mikko Vuorela;Johanna I. Kiiski

  • Polygenic Risk Scores for Prediction of Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Subtypes

    Nasim Mavaddat;Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Joe Dennis;Michael Lush

  • Beyond GWASs: illuminating the dark road from association to function.

    Stacey L. Edwards;Jonathan Beesley;Juliet D. French;Juliet D. French;Alison M. Dunning

  • Normal tissue reactions to radiotherapy: towards tailoring treatment dose by genotype.

    Gillian C. Barnett;Catherine M. L. West;Alison M. Dunning;Rebecca M. Elliott

  • Association analyses of more than 140,000 men identify 63 new prostate cancer susceptibility loci

    Fredrick R. Schumacher;Ali Amin Al Olama;Sonja I. Berndt;Sara Benlloch

  • Genome-wide association study identifies five new breast cancer susceptibility loci

    Clare Turnbull;Shahana Ahmed;Jonathan Morrison;David Pernet

  • Breast Cancer Risk Genes - Association Analysis in More than 113,000 Women

    Leila Dorling;Sara Carvalho;Jamie Allen

  • A Systematic Review Of Genetic Polymorphisms and Breast Cancer Risk

    Dunning Am;Healey Cs;Pharoah Pd;Teare

  • A common coding variant in CASP8 is associated with breast cancer risk

    Angela Cox;Alison M. Dunning;Montserrat Garcia-Closas;Sabapathy Balasubramanian

  • Parent-of-origin-specific allelic associations among 106 genomic loci for age at menarche

    John R.B. Perry;Felix Day;Cathy E. Elks;Patrick Sulem

  • Genome-wide association analysis of more than 120,000 individuals identifies 15 new susceptibility loci for breast cancer

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Beesley;Sara Lindstrom;Sander Canisius

  • Identification of 23 new prostate cancer susceptibility loci using the iCOGS custom genotyping array

    Rosalind A. Eeles;Ali Amin Al Olama;Sara Benlloch;Edward J. Saunders

  • Multiple independent variants at the TERT locus are associated with telomere length and risks of breast and ovarian cancer

    Stig E. Bojesen;Stig E. Bojesen;Karen A. Pooley;Sharon E. Johnatty;Jonathan Beesley

  • Prediction of Breast Cancer Risk Based on Profiling With Common Genetic Variants

    Nasim Mavaddat;Paul D.P. Pharoah;Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Tyrer

  • MicroRNA related polymorphisms and breast cancer risk

    Sofia Khan;Dario Greco;Dario Greco;Kyriaki Michailidou;Roger L. Milne;Roger L. Milne

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas F. Easton
Douglas F. Easton University of Cambridge
Paul D.P. Pharoah
Paul D.P. Pharoah University of Cambridge
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Hiltrud Brauch
Hiltrud Brauch German Cancer Research Center
Roger L. Milne
Roger L. Milne Cancer Council Victoria
Jenny Chang-Claude
Jenny Chang-Claude German Cancer Research Center
Melissa C. Southey
Melissa C. Southey Monash University
Stig E. Bojesen
Stig E. Bojesen University of Copenhagen
Per Hall
Per Hall Karolinska Institute
Barbara Burwinkel
Barbara Burwinkel Heidelberg University

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