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Catherine S. Healey is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with particular emphasis on reproductive medicine and obstetrics and gynecology.

The scientist's work covers significant topics including endometriosis research and treatment, endometrial and cervical cancer treatments, and ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Recent publications include the paper titled "Genetic analyses of gynecological disease identify genetic relationships between uterine fibroids and endometrial cancer, and a novel endometrial cancer genetic risk region at the WNT4 1p36.12 locus", published in 2021 in Human Genetics.

Frequent collaborators in their research efforts include:

  • Pik Fang Kho
  • Sally Mortlock
  • Frédéric Amant
  • Daniela Annibali
  • Katie A. Ashton

Publications by Catherine S. Healey are primarily found in the venue Human Genetics.

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

  • Germ-line mutations of the RET proto-oncogene in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A

    L M Mulligan;J B Kwok;C S Healey;M J Elsdon

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

    Clare Turnbull;Shahana Ahmed;Jonathan Morrison;David Pernet

  • Specific mutations of the RET proto-oncogene are related to disease phenotype in MEN 2A and FMTC.

    Lois M. Mulligan;Lois M. Mulligan;Charis Eng;Catherine S. Healey;David Clayton

  • A Systematic Review Of Genetic Polymorphisms and Breast Cancer Risk

    Dunning Am;Healey Cs;Pharoah Pd;Teare

  • 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

  • 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

  • Point mutation within the tyrosine kinase domain of the RET proto-oncogene in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B and related sporadic tumours

    C Eng;D P Smith;L M Mulligan;M A Nagai

  • CHEK2*1100delC and Susceptibility to Breast Cancer: A Collaborative Analysis Involving 10,860 Breast Cancer Cases and 9,065 Controls from 10 Studies

    D Easton;L McGuffog;D Thompson;A Dunning

  • Newly discovered breast cancer susceptibility loci on 3p24 and 17q23.2.

    Shahana Ahmed;Gilles Thomas;Maya Ghoussaini;Catherine S. Healey

  • A Transforming Growth Factorβ1 Signal Peptide Variant Increases Secretion in Vitro and Is Associated with Increased Incidence of Invasive Breast Cancer

    Alison M. Dunning;Peter D. Ellis;Simon McBride;Heidi L Kirschenlohr

  • Identification of ten variants associated with risk of estrogen-receptor-negative breast cancer.

    Roger L Milne;Roger L Milne;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Beesley

  • Polymorphisms Associated With Circulating Sex Hormone Levels in Postmenopausal Women

    Alison M. Dunning;Mitch Dowsett;Catherine S. Healey;Louise Tee

  • A novel point mutation in the tyrosine kinase domain of the RET proto-oncogene in sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma and in a family with FMTC

    Charis Eng;D. P. Smith;L. M. Mulligan;C. S. Healey

  • Functional variants at the 11q13 risk locus for breast cancer regulate cyclin D1 expression through long-range enhancers

    Juliet D. French;Maya Ghoussaini;Stacey L. Edwards;Kerstin B. Meyer

  • Identification of nine new susceptibility loci for endometrial cancer

    Tracy A. O'Mara;Dylan M. Glubb;Frédéric Amant;Daniela Annibali

  • A polymorphic stop codon in BRCA2

    Sylvie Mazoyer;Sylvie Mazoyer;Alison M. Dunning;Olga Serova;Olga Serova;Joanna Dearden

  • Heterogeneous Mutation of the RET Proto-oncogene in Subpopulations of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma

    Charis Eng;Lois M. Mulligan;Catherine S. Healey;Carol Houghton

  • Low frequency of germline mutations in the RET proto-oncogene in patients with apparently sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma.

    Charls Eng;Lois M. Mulligan;Lois M. Mulligan;Darrin P. Smith;Catherine S. Healey

Frequent Co-Authors

Alison M. Dunning
Alison M. Dunning University of Cambridge
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Hiltrud Brauch
Hiltrud Brauch German Cancer Research Center
Paul D.P. Pharoah
Paul D.P. Pharoah University of Cambridge
Douglas F. Easton
Douglas F. Easton University of Cambridge
Peter A. Fasching
Peter A. Fasching University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Barbara Burwinkel
Barbara Burwinkel Heidelberg University
Vessela N. Kristensen
Vessela N. Kristensen Oslo University Hospital
Bruce A.J. Ponder
Bruce A.J. Ponder University of Cambridge
Kyriaki Michailidou
Kyriaki Michailidou Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics

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