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Christina A. Clarke

Christina A. Clarke

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Medicine

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82
Citations
21493
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National Ranking
8179

Overview

Christina A. Clarke is affiliated with Grail in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a primary focus on Oncology and Cancer Research. Their work particularly emphasizes cancer genomics and diagnostics, global cancer incidence and screening, as well as colorectal cancer screening and detection.

The scientist has published 67 works related to Medicine and 20 in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Subfields of study include Oncology (38 publications), Cancer Research (16), Pathology and Forensic Medicine (7), Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (6), and Surgery (4). Their main research topics comprise:

  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
  • Genetic Factors in Colorectal Cancer
  • Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Cancer Risks and Factors
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research

Clarke's research has appeared frequently in several academic journals, including:

  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Value in Health
  • Cancer Research
  • Clinical Cancer Research

Among notable recent publications are:

  • Cell-Free DNA-Based Multi-Cancer Early Detection Test in an Asymptomatic Screening Population (NHS-Galleri): Design of a Pragmatic, Prospective Randomised Controlled Trial, 2022, Cancers
  • Modeled Reductions in Late-stage Cancer with a Multi-Cancer Early Detection Test, 2020, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • Prognostic Significance of Blood-Based Multi-cancer Detection in Plasma Cell-Free DNA, 2021, Clinical Cancer Research
  • New Genomic Technologies for Multi-Cancer Early Detection: Rethinking the Scope of Cancer Screening, 2022, Cancer Cell
  • Projected Reductions in Absolute Cancer-Related Deaths from Diagnosing Cancers Before Metastasis, 2006-2015, 2020, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Clarke include Earl Hubbell, Ellen T. Chang, Graham A. Colditz, Allison W. Kurian, and Alpa V. Patel, reflecting a network of contributors in the cancer research community.

Best Publications

  • Spectrum of cancer risk among US solid organ transplant recipients.

    Eric A. Engels;Ruth M. Pfeiffer;Joseph F. Fraumeni;Bertram L. Kasiske

  • US incidence of breast cancer subtypes defined by joint hormone receptor and HER2 status

    Nadia Howlader;Sean F. Altekruse;Christopher I. Li;Vivien W. Chen

  • Increasing burden of melanoma in the United States

    Eleni Linos;Susan M. Swetter;Susan M. Swetter;Myles G. Cockburn;Graham A. Colditz

  • Lung Cancer Incidence in Never Smokers

    Heather A. Wakelee;Ellen T. Chang;Scarlett L. Gomez;Theresa H. M. Keegan

  • Proposed classification of lymphoid neoplasms for epidemiologic research from the Pathology Working Group of the International Lymphoma Epidemiology Consortium (InterLymph)

    Lindsay M. Morton;Jennifer J. Turner;James R. Cerhan;Martha S. Linet

  • Etiologic Heterogeneity Among Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Subtypes: The InterLymph Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Subtypes Project

    Lindsay M. Morton;Susan L. Slager;James R. Cerhan;Sophia S. Wang

  • Delayed Initiation of Adjuvant Chemotherapy Among Patients With Breast Cancer

    Mariana Chavez-MacGregor;Christina A. Clarke;Daphne Y. Lichtensztajn;Sharon H. Giordano

  • Survival after lumpectomy and mastectomy for early stage invasive breast cancer: the effect of age and hormone receptor status

    E. Shelley Hwang;Daphne Y. Lichtensztajn;Scarlett Lin Gomez;Barbara Fowble

  • Occurrence of breast cancer subtypes in adolescent and young adult women.

    Theresa H M Keegan;Theresa H M Keegan;Mindy C DeRouen;David J Press;Allison W Kurian

  • Use of and Mortality After Bilateral Mastectomy Compared With Other Surgical Treatments for Breast Cancer in California, 1998-2011

    Allison W. Kurian;Daphne Y. Lichtensztajn;Theresa H. M. Keegan;Theresa H. M. Keegan;David O. Nelson;David O. Nelson

  • Trends in primary central nervous system lymphoma incidence and survival in the U.S.

    Meredith S. Shiels;Ruth M. Pfeiffer;Caroline Besson;Christina A. Clarke

  • InterLymph hierarchical classification of lymphoid neoplasms for epidemiologic research based on the WHO classification (2008): update and future directions.

    Jennifer J. Turner;Lindsay M. Morton;Martha S. Linet;Christina A. Clarke

  • Changing incidence of non‐Hodgkin lymphomas in the United States

    Christina A. Clarke;Sally L. Glaser

  • Evidence of gene-environment interactions between common breast cancer susceptibility loci and established environmental risk factors.

    Stefan Nickels;Thérèse Truong;Rebecca Hein;Kristen N. Stevens

  • Long-term recreational physical activity and risk of invasive and in situ breast cancer: the California teachers study.

    Cher M. Dallal;Jane Sullivan-Halley;Ronald K. Ross;Ying Wang

  • Risk of Merkel Cell Carcinoma After Solid Organ Transplantation

    Christina A. Clarke;Hilary A. Robbins;Zaria Tatalovich;Charles F. Lynch

  • Epstein-Barr Virus As a Marker of Survival After Hodgkin's Lymphoma: A Population-Based Study

    Theresa H.M. Keegan;Sally L. Glaser;Christina A. Clarke;Margaret L. Gulley

  • Lifetime risks of specific breast cancer subtypes among women in four racial/ethnic groups

    Allison W Kurian;Kari Fish;Sarah J Shema;Christina A Clarke;Christina A Clarke

  • Worldwide comparison of survival from childhood leukaemia for 1995-2009, by subtype, age, and sex (CONCORD-2): a population-based study of individual data for 89 828 children from 198 registries in 53 countries.

    Audrey Bonaventure;Rhea Harewood;Charles A Stiller;Gemma Gatta

  • Recent Declines in Hormone Therapy Utilization and Breast Cancer Incidence: Clinical and Population-Based Evidence

    Christina A. Clarke;Sally L. Glaser;Connie S. Uratsu;Joseph V. Selby

Frequent Co-Authors

Theresa H.M. Keegan
Theresa H.M. Keegan University of California, Davis
Ellen T. Chang
Ellen T. Chang Stanford University
Pamela L. Horn-Ross
Pamela L. Horn-Ross Cancer Prevention Institute of California
Dee W. West
Dee W. West Stanford University
Dennis Deapen
Dennis Deapen University of Southern California
Giske Ursin
Giske Ursin University of Oslo
Charles F. Lynch
Charles F. Lynch University of Iowa
Hoda Anton-Culver
Hoda Anton-Culver University of California, Irvine
Susan L. Neuhausen
Susan L. Neuhausen City Of Hope National Medical Center
Allison W. Kurian
Allison W. Kurian Stanford University

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