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Anne Lise Børresen-Dale

Anne Lise Børresen-Dale

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Best Female Scientists
2025
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Biology and Biochemistry
Norway
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Best Female Scientists

D-Index
124
Citations
121492
World Ranking
446
National Ranking
3

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
124
Citations
129142
World Ranking
516
National Ranking
2

Medicine

D-Index
125
Citations
129279
World Ranking
3000
National Ranking
11

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Norway Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Norway Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Norway Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Norway Leader Award

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Gene
  • Cancer
  • DNA

Anne Lise Børresen-Dale focuses on Breast cancer, Genetics, Cancer research, Gene expression profiling and Gene. Her Breast cancer research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Gene expression, Oncology and Bioinformatics. Her Cancer research research includes themes of Reverse phase protein lysate microarray, Carcinoma, Pathology, Estrogen receptor and Loss of heterozygosity.

Her studies in Gene expression profiling integrate themes in fields like Basal-Like Breast Carcinoma, DNA microarray, Regulation of gene expression and Survival analysis. Her Human genome research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Transcriptome, Human genetics and Copy-number variation. The study incorporates disciplines such as APOBEC, APOBEC Deaminases and Kataegis in addition to DNA Mutational Analysis.

Her most cited work include:

  • Molecular portraits of human breast tumours (11695 citations)
  • Gene expression patterns of breast carcinomas distinguish tumor subclasses with clinical implications (8716 citations)
  • Signatures of mutational processes in human cancer (5372 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Anne Lise Børresen-Dale mainly investigates Breast cancer, Internal medicine, Cancer research, Oncology and Cancer. Breast cancer is a subfield of Genetics that Anne Lise Børresen-Dale studies. Her work deals with themes such as Endocrinology and Immunology, which intersect with Internal medicine.

Within one scientific family, Anne Lise Børresen-Dale focuses on topics pertaining to DNA methylation under Cancer research, and may sometimes address concerns connected to Epigenetics. Her Oncology study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Odds ratio, Proportional hazards model, Disease, Bevacizumab and Radiation therapy. The Cancer study combines topics in areas such as Germline mutation and Genome, Comparative genomic hybridization.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Breast cancer (89.02%)
  • Internal medicine (43.31%)
  • Cancer research (40.30%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Breast cancer (89.02%)
  • Oncology (37.89%)
  • Internal medicine (43.31%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Anne Lise Børresen-Dale spends much of her time researching Breast cancer, Oncology, Internal medicine, Cancer research and Cancer. Her Breast cancer study necessitates a more in-depth grasp of Genetics. Anne Lise Børresen-Dale has included themes like Odds ratio, Pathology, Chemotherapy, Carcinogenesis and Immunology in her Oncology study.

She usually deals with Cancer research and limits it to topics linked to microRNA and Gene expression profiling and Stroma. Her study in Cancer is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Clinical endpoint, Adverse effect and Gene. Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Allele and Candidate gene.

Between 2015 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • Landscape of somatic mutations in 560 breast cancer whole-genome sequences (1082 citations)
  • The somatic mutation profiles of 2,433 breast cancers refines their genomic and transcriptomic landscapes (728 citations)
  • The somatic mutation profiles of 2,433 breast cancers refines their genomic and transcriptomic landscapes (728 citations)

In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Gene
  • Cancer
  • DNA

Her primary areas of study are Breast cancer, Genetics, Internal medicine, Oncology and Gene. Anne Lise Børresen-Dale interconnects Cancer research, Genome-wide association study, Bioinformatics and Gene expression profiling in the investigation of issues within Breast cancer. Her study looks at the relationship between Gene expression profiling and topics such as microRNA, which overlap with Ductal carcinoma, Hierarchical clustering and Cancer cell.

Her is involved in several facets of Genetics study, as is seen by her studies on Genome, Germline mutation, Estrogen receptor alpha and DNA Mutational Analysis. The various areas that Anne Lise Børresen-Dale examines in her Gene study include Biomarker, Cancer and Overall survival. Her research integrates issues of Transcriptome, GATA3 and CDH1 in her study of Cancer.

Best Publications

  • Molecular portraits of human breast tumours

    Charles M. Perou;Therese Sørlie;Michael B. Eisen;Matt van de Rijn

  • Gene expression patterns of breast carcinomas distinguish tumor subclasses with clinical implications

    Therese Sørlie;Charles M. Perou;Robert Tibshirani;Turid Aas

  • Signatures of mutational processes in human cancer

    Ludmil B. Alexandrov;Serena Nik-Zainal;Serena Nik-Zainal;David C. Wedge;Samuel A. J. R. Aparicio

  • Repeated observation of breast tumor subtypes in independent gene expression data sets

    Therese Sørlie;Robert Tibshirani;Joel Parker;Trevor Hastie

  • The genomic and transcriptomic architecture of 2,000 breast tumours reveals novel subgroups

    Christina Curtis;Christina Curtis;Sohrab P Shah;Suet-Feung Chin;Gulisa Turashvili

  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

    Peter J. Campbell;Gad Getz;Jan O. Korbel;Joshua M. Stuart

  • International network of cancer genome projects

    Thomas J. Hudson;Thomas J. Hudson;Warwick Anderson;Axel Aretz;Anna D. Barker

  • Landscape of somatic mutations in 560 breast cancer whole-genome sequences

    Serena Nik-Zainal;Serena Nik-Zainal;Helen Davies;Johan Staaf;Manasa Ramakrishna

  • Mutational Processes Molding the Genomes of 21 Breast Cancers

    Serena Nik-Zainal;Ludmil B. Alexandrov;David C. Wedge;Peter Van Loo;Peter Van Loo;Peter Van Loo

  • The landscape of cancer genes and mutational processes in breast cancer

    Philip J. Stephens;Patrick S. Tarpey;Helen Davies;Peter Van Loo;Peter Van Loo

  • The Life History of 21 Breast Cancers

    Serena Nik-Zainal;Peter Van Loo;Peter Van Loo;Peter Van Loo;David C. Wedge;Ludmil B. Alexandrov

  • The somatic mutation profiles of 2,433 breast cancers refines their genomic and transcriptomic landscapes

    Bernard Pereira;Suet Feung Chin;Oscar M. Rueda;Hans Kristian Moen Vollan

  • Microarray analysis reveals a major direct role of DNA copy number alteration in the transcriptional program of human breast tumors

    Jonathan R. Pollack;Therese Sørlie;Charles M. Perou;Christian A. Rees

  • Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

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

  • Extensive and coordinated transcription of noncoding RNAs within cell-cycle promoters

    Tiffany Hung;Yulei Wang;Michael F. Lin;Michael F. Lin;Ashley K. Koegel

  • Allele-specific copy number analysis of tumors

    Peter Van Loo;Silje H. Nordgard;Silje H. Nordgard;Ole Christian Lingjærde;Hege G. Russnes

  • TP53 mutations in human cancers: functional selection and impact on cancer prognosis and outcomes

    A. Petitjean;Maria I.A.S.W. Achatz;Anne-Lise Borresen-Dale;P. Hainaut

  • RAD51B in Familial Breast Cancer

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

  • Complex landscapes of somatic rearrangement in human breast cancer genomes.

    Philip J. Stephens;David J. Mcbride;Meng-lay Lin;Ignacio Varela

  • HRDetect is a predictor of BRCA1 and BRCA2 deficiency based on mutational signatures

    Helen Davies;Dominik D. Glodzik;Sandro S. Morganella;Lucy R. Yates

Frequent Co-Authors

Vessela N. Kristensen
Vessela N. Kristensen Oslo University Hospital
Hiltrud Brauch
Hiltrud Brauch German Cancer Research Center
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Barbara Burwinkel
Barbara Burwinkel Heidelberg University
Roger L. Milne
Roger L. Milne Cancer Council Victoria
Jenny Chang-Claude
Jenny Chang-Claude German Cancer Research Center
Irene L. Andrulis
Irene L. Andrulis University of Toronto
Stig E. Bojesen
Stig E. Bojesen University of Copenhagen
Douglas F. Easton
Douglas F. Easton University of Cambridge
Melissa C. Southey
Melissa C. Southey Monash University

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