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Chu Chen is affiliated with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in the United States. Their research contributions span primarily the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a notable focus on molecular biology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, oncology, surgery, and genetics.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Cancer Risks and Factors
  • Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations

Chu Chen has coauthored extensively with several researchers, frequently collaborating with Loïc Le Marchand, Rayjean J. Hung, Geoffrey Liu, Gary E. Goodman, and David C. Christiani.

Their publications appear in a variety of scientific journals, with the most frequent venues including:

  • Cancer Research
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • Journal of Thoracic Oncology
  • UNC Libraries
  • PubMed

Recent notable papers authored or coauthored by Chu Chen include:

  • "Causal relationships between body mass index, smoking and lung cancer: Univariable and multivariable Mendelian randomization," 2020, International Journal of Cancer
  • "Alcohol drinking and head and neck cancer risk: the joint effect of intensity and duration," 2020, British Journal of Cancer
  • "Cross-ancestry genome-wide meta-analysis of 61,047 cases and 947,237 controls identifies new susceptibility loci contributing to lung cancer," 2022, Nature Genetics
  • "Alteration of Gut Microbiota in Patients With Epilepsy and the Potential Index as a Biomarker," 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "The Contributions of Population Distribution, Healthcare Resourcing, and Transportation Infrastructure to Spatial Accessibility of Health Care," 2023, INQUIRY The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing

The breadth of their research involves epidemiological studies exploring cancer risks and mechanisms, genetic susceptibility analyses, and investigations into molecular and environmental factors influencing diseases such as lung cancer and epilepsy. Their interdisciplinary approach combines genetics, molecular biology, and public health perspectives to address complex biomedical challenges.

Best Publications

  • Comprehensive genomic characterization of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas

    Michael S. Lawrence;Carrie Sougnez;Lee Lichtenstein;Kristian Cibulskis

  • Cell-of-Origin Patterns Dominate the Molecular Classification of 10,000 Tumors from 33 Types of Cancer.

    Katherine A. Hoadley;Christina Yau;Christina Yau;Toshinori Hinoue;Denise M. Wolf

  • A susceptibility locus for lung cancer maps to nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit genes on 15q25

    Rayjean J. Hung;James D. Mckay;Valerie Gaborieau;Paolo Boffetta

  • Interaction between tobacco and alcohol use and the risk of head and neck cancer: pooled analysis in the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology Consortium.

    Mia Hashibe;Paul Brennan;Shu Chun Chuang;Stefania Boccia

  • Genomic and Functional Approaches to Understanding Cancer Aneuploidy

    Alison M. Taylor;Alison M. Taylor;Juliann Shih;Gavin Ha;Gavin Ha;Galen F. Gao

  • Alcohol Drinking in Never Users of Tobacco, Cigarette Smoking in Never Drinkers, and the Risk of Head and Neck Cancer: Pooled Analysis in the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology Consortium

    Mia Hashibe;Paul Brennan;Simone Benhamou;Xavier Castellsague

  • Type I and II Endometrial Cancers: Have They Different Risk Factors?

    Veronica Wendy Setiawan;Hannah P. Yang;Malcolm C. Pike;Malcolm C. Pike;Susan E. McCann;Susan E. McCann

  • Estrogen plus progestin and colorectal cancer in postmenopausal women.

    Rowan T. Chlebowski;Jean Wactawski-Wende;Cheryl Ritenbaugh;F. Allan Hubbell

  • Lung cancer susceptibility locus at 5p15.33

    James D McKay;Rayjean J Hung;Rayjean J Hung;Valerie Gaborieau;Paolo Boffetta

  • A Genome-wide Association Study of Lung Cancer Identifies a Region of Chromosome 5p15 Associated with Risk for Adenocarcinoma.

    Maria Teresa Landi;Nilanjan Chatterjee;Kai Yu;Lynn R. Goldin

  • Sexual behaviours and the risk of head and neck cancers: a pooled analysis in the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology (INHANCE) consortium

    Julia E. Heck;Julien Berthiller;Julien Berthiller;Salvatore Vaccarella;Deborah M. Winn

  • Rare variants of large effect in BRCA2 and CHEK2 affect risk of lung cancer

    Yufei Wang;James D McKay;Thorunn Rafnar;Zhaoming Wang

  • Characterization of HPV and host genome interactions in primary head and neck cancers.

    Michael Parfenov;Chandra Sekhar Pedamallu;Nils Gehlenborg;Nils Gehlenborg;Samuel S. Freeman

  • Pan-cancer Alterations of the MYC Oncogene and Its Proximal Network across the Cancer Genome Atlas

    Franz X. Schaub;Varsha Dhankani;Ashton C. Berger;Mihir Trivedi

  • Interindividual Variation in Nucleotide Excision Repair Genes and Risk of Endometrial Cancer

    Jocelyn M. Weiss;Jocelyn M. Weiss;Jocelyn M. Weiss;Noel S. Weiss;Noel S. Weiss;Cornelia M. Ulrich;Jennifer A. Doherty

  • Insulin-like growth factors, their binding proteins, and prostate cancer risk: analysis of individual patient data from 12 prospective studies.

    Andrew W. Roddam;Naomi E. Allen;Paul Appleby;Timothy J. Key

  • Common variation in KITLG and at 5q31.3 predisposes to testicular germ cell cancer.

    Peter A Kanetsky;Nandita Mitra;Saran Vardhanabhuti;Mingyao Li

  • Oestrogen plus progestin and lung cancer in postmenopausal women (Women's Health Initiative trial): a post-hoc analysis of a randomised controlled trial

    Rowan T. Chlebowski;Ann G. Schwartz;Heather Wakelee;Garnet L. Anderson

  • Relation of BMI and physical activity to sex hormones in postmenopausal women.

    Anne McTiernan;Lie Ling Wu;Chu Chen;Rowan Chlebowski

  • Cessation of alcohol drinking, tobacco smoking and the reversal of head and neck cancer risk

    Manuela Marron;Manuela Marron;Paolo Boffetta;Zuo Feng Zhang;David Zaridze

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen M. Schwartz
Stephen M. Schwartz University of Washington
Jennifer A. Doherty
Jennifer A. Doherty University of Utah
Noel S. Weiss
Noel S. Weiss University of Washington
Paul Brennan
Paul Brennan International Agency For Research On Cancer
Rayjean J. Hung
Rayjean J. Hung Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Philip Lazarus
Philip Lazarus Washington State University Spokane
Paolo Boffetta
Paolo Boffetta Stony Brook Medicine
Jolanta Lissowska
Jolanta Lissowska Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology
Stig E. Bojesen
Stig E. Bojesen University of Copenhagen
David C. Christiani
David C. Christiani Harvard University

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