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Overview

Alison P. Klein is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with 139 and 115 publications respectively in these fields. Within these areas, their subfields of study include Oncology, Genetics, Cancer Research, Molecular Biology, and Surgery.

The main topics covered in Alison P. Klein's work include:

  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer

Alison P. Klein has contributed to several papers with significant citations. Among these are:

  • "Pancreatic cancer epidemiology: understanding the role of lifestyle and inherited risk factors," 2021, Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • "Feasibility of blood testing combined with PET-CT to screen for cancer and guide intervention," 2020, Science
  • "Recent Trends in the Incidence and Survival of Stage 1A Pancreatic Cancer: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Analysis," 2020, JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • "The Multicenter Cancer of Pancreas Screening Study: Impact on Stage and Survival," 2022, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • "Assessment of polygenic architecture and risk prediction based on common variants across fourteen cancers," 2020, Nature Communications

Their frequent co-authors include Michael Goggins, Laufey T. Ámundadóttir, Brian M. Wolpin, Rachael Z. Stolzenberg-Solomon, and Gloria M. Petersen.

Alison P. Klein has published extensively in venues such as Cancer Research, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Gastroenterology, and JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

They have also contributed to book publications, including a title published by Mohr Siebeck eBooks titled Der Zweite - Christus denken in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Core Signaling Pathways in Human Pancreatic Cancers Revealed by Global Genomic Analyses

    Siân Jones;Xiaosong Zhang;D. Williams Parsons;D. Williams Parsons;Jimmy Cheng Ho Lin

  • Detection and localization of surgically resectable cancers with a multi-analyte blood test

    Joshua D. Cohen;Lu Li;Yuxuan Wang;Christopher Thoburn

  • Association of PD-1, PD-1 ligands, and other features of the tumor immune microenvironment with response to anti-PD-1 therapy

    Janis M Taube;Alison P. Klein;Julie R Brahmer;Haiying Xu

  • Colocalization of Inflammatory Response with B7-H1 Expression in Human Melanocytic Lesions Supports an Adaptive Resistance Mechanism of Immune Escape

    Janis M. Taube;Robert A. Anders;Geoffrey D. Young;Haiying Xu

  • Altered Telomeres in Tumors with ATRX and DAXX Mutations

    Christopher M. Heaphy;Roeland F. de Wilde;Yuchen Jiao;Alison P. Klein

  • DPC4 Gene Status of the Primary Carcinoma Correlates With Patterns of Failure in Patients With Pancreatic Cancer

    Christine A. Iacobuzio-Donahue;Baojin Fu;Shinichi Yachida;Mingde Luo

  • Recent Progress in Pancreatic Cancer

    Christopher L. Wolfgang;Joseph M. Herman;Daniel A. Laheru;Alison P. Klein

  • Exomic Sequencing Identifies PALB2 as a Pancreatic Cancer Susceptibility Gene

    Siân Jones;Siân Jones;Ralph H. Hruban;Mihoko Kamiyama;Michael Borges

  • Prevalence of Unsuspected Pancreatic Cysts on MDCT

    Thomas A. Laffan;Karen M. Horton;Alison P. Klein;Bruce Berlanstein

  • Recurrent GNAS Mutations Define an Unexpected Pathway for Pancreatic Cyst Development

    Jian Wu;Hanno Matthaei;Anirban Maitra;Marco Dal Molin

  • Prospective risk of pancreatic cancer in familial pancreatic cancer kindreds

    Alison P. Klein;Kieran A. Brune;Gloria M. Petersen;Michael Goggins

  • Genome-wide association study identifies variants in the ABO locus associated with susceptibility to pancreatic cancer

    Laufey Amundadottir;Peter Kraft;Rachael Z. Stolzenberg-Solomon;Charles S. Fuchs

  • Frequent Detection of Pancreatic Lesions in Asymptomatic High-Risk Individuals

    Marcia Irene Canto;Ralph H. Hruban;Elliot K. Fishman;Ihab R. Kamel

  • Pancreatic cancer epidemiology: understanding the role of lifestyle and inherited risk factors.

    Alison P. Klein

  • Expression of Yes-associated protein in common solid tumors

    Angela A. Steinhardt;Mariana F. Gayyed;Mariana F. Gayyed;Alison P. Klein;Jixin Dong

  • Whole-exome sequencing of neoplastic cysts of the pancreas reveals recurrent mutations in components of ubiquitin-dependent pathways

    Jian Wu;Yuchen Jiao;Marco Dal Molin;Anirban Maitra

  • A genome-wide association study identifies pancreatic cancer susceptibility loci on chromosomes 13q22.1, 1q32.1 and 5p15.33

    Gloria M. Petersen;Laufey Amundadottir;Charles S. Fuchs;Peter Kraft

  • Detectable clonal mosaicism and its relationship to aging and cancer

    Kevin B. Jacobs;Kevin B. Jacobs;Meredith Yeager;Meredith Yeager;Weiyin Zhou;Weiyin Zhou;Sholom Wacholder

  • ATM Mutations in Patients with Hereditary Pancreatic Cancer

    Nicholas J. Roberts;Yuchen Jiao;Jun Yu;Levy Kopelovich

  • Detectable clonal mosaicism and its relationship to aging and cancer

    Kevin B. Jacobs;Meredith Yeager;Weiyin Zhou;Sholom Wacholder

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Goggins
Michael Goggins Johns Hopkins University
Ralph H. Hruban
Ralph H. Hruban Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Harvey A. Risch
Harvey A. Risch Yale University
Laufey T. Amundadottir
Laufey T. Amundadottir National Institutes of Health
Brian M. Wolpin
Brian M. Wolpin Harvard University
Stephen J. Chanock
Stephen J. Chanock National Institutes of Health
J. Michael Gaziano
J. Michael Gaziano Brigham and Women's Hospital
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Peter Kraft
Peter Kraft Harvard University

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