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Overview

Christine B. Ambrosone is affiliated with the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in the United States. Their research spans key areas in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a focus on genetics and oncology. The scientist's work includes extensive contributions to the understanding of cancer biology, particularly breast cancer.

The main fields of study in which Ambrosone has published include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these broader categories, their work concentrates on several subfields:

  • Genetics
  • Oncology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cancer Research
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

The scientist's main research topics incorporate:

  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer
  • Cancer Risks and Factors
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
  • Estrogen and related hormone effects

Christine B. Ambrosone has published numerous papers, among the most recent are:

  • A Population-Based Study of Genes Previously Implicated in Breast Cancer, 2021, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Physical Activity Before, During, and After Chemotherapy for High-Risk Breast Cancer: Relationships With Survival, 2020, JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • Breast Tumor Microenvironment in Black Women: A Distinct Signature of CD8+ T-Cell Exhaustion, 2020, JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • Risk of Breast Cancer Among Carriers of Pathogenic Variants in Breast Cancer Predisposition Genes Varies by Polygenic Risk Score, 2021, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Physical activity, sedentary time and breast cancer risk: a Mendelian randomisation study, 2022, British Journal of Sports Medicine

The scientist regularly collaborates with other researchers, notably:

  • Elisa V. Bandera
  • Song Yao
  • Julie R. Palmer
  • Chi-Chen Hong
  • Andrew F. Olshan

Christine B. Ambrosone's publications frequently appear in respected venues such as:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Cancer Research
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Best Publications

  • Intraepithelial CD8+ tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and a high CD8+/regulatory T cell ratio are associated with favorable prognosis in ovarian cancer

    Eiichi Sato;Sara H. Olson;Jiyoung Ahn;Brian Bundy

  • Metabolic gene polymorphism frequencies in control populations.

    S. Garte;L. Gaspari;A.K. Alexandrie;C. Ambrosone

  • Inherited Mutations in 17 Breast Cancer Susceptibility Genes Among a Large Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cohort Unselected for Family History of Breast Cancer

    Fergus J. Couch;Steven N. Hart;Priyanka Sharma;Amanda Ewart Toland

  • 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

  • MicroRNA related polymorphisms and breast cancer risk

    Sofia Khan;Dario Greco;Dario Greco;Kyriaki Michailidou;Roger L. Milne;Roger L. Milne

  • A Population-Based Study of Genes Previously Implicated in Breast Cancer

    Chunling Hu;Steven N Hart;Rohan Gnanaolivu;Hongyan Huang

  • Manganese Superoxide Dismutase (MnSOD) Genetic Polymorphisms, Dietary Antioxidants, and Risk of Breast Cancer

    Christine B. Ambrosone;Jo L. Freudenheim;Patricia A. Thompson;Elise Bowman

  • A pilot study of circulating miRNAs as potential biomarkers of early stage breast cancer.

    Hua Zhao;Jie Shen;Leonard Medico;Dan Wang

  • Genome-wide association studies identify four ER negative-specific breast cancer risk loci

    Montserrat Garcia-Closas;Fergus J. Couch;Sara Lindstrom;Kyriaki Michailidou

  • Cigarette Smoking, N-Acetyltransferase 2 Genetic Polymorphisms, and Breast Cancer Risk

    Christine B. Ambrosone;Jo L. Freudenheim;Saxon Graham;James R. Marshall

  • Detection of epithelial ovarian cancer using 1H‐NMR‐based metabonomics

    Kunle Odunsi;Robert M. Wollman;Christine B. Ambrosone;Alan Hutson

  • Epidemiology of breast cancer subtypes in two prospective cohort studies of breast cancer survivors

    Marilyn L Kwan;Lawrence H Kushi;Erin Weltzien;Benjamin Maring

  • A functional polymorphism in the miR-146a gene and age of familial breast/ovarian cancer diagnosis.

    Jie Shen;Christine B. Ambrosone;Richard A. DiCioccio;Kunle Odunsi

  • Breast Cancer Risk in Premenopausal Women Is Inversely Associated with Consumption of Broccoli, a Source of Isothiocyanates, but Is Not Modified by GST Genotype

    Christine B. Ambrosone;Susan E. McCann;Jo L. Freudenheim;Jo L. Freudenheim;James R. Marshall

  • Cancer Survivorship—Genetic Susceptibility and Second Primary Cancers: Research Strategies and Recommendations

    Lois B. Travis;Charles S. Rabkin;Linda Morris Brown;James M. Allan

  • 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

  • The landscape of recombination in African Americans

    Anjali G. Hinch;Arti Tandon;Arti Tandon;Nick Patterson;Yunli Song

  • Association of genetic variation in tamoxifen-metabolizing enzymes with overall survival and recurrence of disease in breast cancer patients.

    Susan A. Nowell;Jiyoung Ahn;James M. Rae;Joshua O. Scheys

  • A common variant at the TERT-CLPTM1L locus is associated with estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer

    Christopher A. Haiman;Gary K. Chen;Celine M. Vachon;Federico Canzian

  • Cytochrome P4501A1 and glutathione S-transferase (M1) genetic polymorphisms and postmenopausal breast cancer risk.

    Christine B. Ambrosone;Jo L. Freudenheim;Saxon Graham;James R. Marshall

Frequent Co-Authors

Elisa V. Bandera
Elisa V. Bandera Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Christopher A. Haiman
Christopher A. Haiman University of Southern California
Julie R. Palmer
Julie R. Palmer Boston University
Esther M. John
Esther M. John Stanford University
Jo L. Freudenheim
Jo L. Freudenheim University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Peter G. Shields
Peter G. Shields The Ohio State University
Andrew F. Olshan
Andrew F. Olshan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Wei Zheng
Wei Zheng Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Hiltrud Brauch
Hiltrud Brauch German Cancer Research Center
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne

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