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Antonis C. Antoniou is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, contributing substantially to both genetics and oncology fields. Antoniou's work spans multiple aspects of cancer research, particularly genetic factors and risks associated with cancer development.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • Improving reporting standards for polygenic scores in risk prediction studies, 2021, Nature
  • Personalized early detection and prevention of breast cancer: ENVISION consensus statement, 2020, Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology
  • The future of early cancer detection, 2022, Nature Medicine
  • Ovarian and Breast Cancer Risks Associated With Pathogenic Variants in RAD51C and RAD51D, 2020, JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • European polygenic risk score for prediction of breast cancer shows similar performance in Asian women, 2020, Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors working alongside Antoniou include:

  • Douglas F. Easton
  • Marc Tischkowitz
  • Paul D.P. Pharoah
  • D. Gareth Evans
  • Diana Eccles

Publication venues where Antoniou has a notable presence are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Medical Genetics
  • UNC Libraries
  • Cancer Research
  • Genetics in Medicine

The main fields of study reflected in Antoniou's work are:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these fields, the scientist has contributed to several subfields, including:

  • Genetics
  • Oncology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cancer Research
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine

Key topics addressed in Antoniou's research encompass:

  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Cancer Risks and Factors
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease

Best Publications

  • Average risks of breast and ovarian cancer associated with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations detected in case series unselected for family history: a combined analysis of 22 studies

    A. Antoniou;P.D.P. Pharoah;S. Narod;H.A. Risch

  • Risks of Breast, Ovarian, and Contralateral Breast Cancer for BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers

    Karoline B. Kuchenbaecker;Karoline B. Kuchenbaecker;John L. Hopper;Daniel R. Barnes;Kelly-Anne Phillips

  • Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

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

  • Cancer Risks for BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers: Results From Prospective Analysis of EMBRACE

    Nasim Mavaddat;Susan Peock;Debra Frost;Steve Ellis

  • Breast-Cancer Risk in Families with Mutations in PALB2

    A. C. Antoniou;S. Casadei;T. Heikkinen;D. Barrowdale

  • Polygenic susceptibility to breast cancer and implications for prevention

    Paul D.P. Pharoah;Antonis Antoniou;Martin Bobrow;Ron L. Zimmern

  • Gene-Panel Sequencing and the Prediction of Breast-Cancer Risk

    Douglas Frederick Easton;Paul David Pharoah;Antonis C. Antoniou;Marc Derek Tischkowitz

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

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

  • Germline BRCA Mutations Are Associated With Higher Risk of Nodal Involvement, Distant Metastasis, and Poor Survival Outcomes in Prostate Cancer

    Elena Castro;Chee Goh;David Olmos;Ed Saunders

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

    Leila Dorling;Sara Carvalho;Jamie Allen

  • Pathology of Breast and Ovarian Cancers among BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers: Results from the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 (CIMBA).

    Nasim Mavaddat;Daniel Barrowdale;Irene L. Andrulis;Susan M. Domchek

  • Association Between BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations and Survival in Women with Invasive Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

    Kelly L. Bolton;Kelly L. Bolton;Georgia Chenevix-Trench;Cindy Goh;Siegal Sadetzki

  • Polygenes, Risk Prediction, and Targeted Prevention of Breast Cancer

    Paul D P Pharoah;Antonis C Antoniou;Douglas F Easton;Bruce A J Ponder

  • 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

  • A comprehensive model for familial breast cancer incorporating BRCA1, BRCA2 and other genes

    A C Antoniou;P D P Pharoah;G McMullan;N E Day

  • 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

  • The BOADICEA model of genetic susceptibility to breast and ovarian cancers: updates and extensions.

    A C Antoniou;A P Cunningham;J Peto;D G Evans

  • Germline mutations in RAD51D confer susceptibility to ovarian cancer

    Chey Loveday;Clare Turnbull;Emma Ramsay;Deborah Hughes

  • BOADICEA: a comprehensive breast cancer risk prediction model incorporating genetic and nongenetic risk factors.

    Andrew Lee;Nasim Mavaddat;Amber N Wilcox;Alex P Cunningham

  • The BOADICEA model of genetic susceptibility to breast and ovarian cancer

    A C Antoniou;P P D Pharoah;P Smith;D F Easton

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas F. Easton
Douglas F. Easton University of Cambridge
Irene L. Andrulis
Irene L. Andrulis University of Toronto
Georgia Chenevix-Trench
Georgia Chenevix-Trench QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Melissa C. Southey
Melissa C. Southey Monash University
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Roger L. Milne
Roger L. Milne Cancer Council Victoria
Fergus J. Couch
Fergus J. Couch Mayo Clinic
John L. Hopper
John L. Hopper University of Melbourne
Rita K. Schmutzler
Rita K. Schmutzler University of Cologne

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