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Drakoulis Yannoukakos holds a primary affiliation with Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece. Their research is situated predominantly in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a considerable focus on Genetics and Molecular Biology as subfields. Other subfields include Cancer Research, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Reproductive Medicine.

The scientist's work covers various topics related to genetic and molecular aspects of cancer and disease. Main topics of Drakoulis Yannoukakos's research include:

  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms

Notable recent publications include:

  • Risks of breast and ovarian cancer for women harboring pathogenic missense variants in BRCA1 and BRCA2 compared with those harboring protein truncating variants, 2021, Genetics in Medicine
  • Ovarian cancer pathology characteristics as predictors of variant pathogenicity in BRCA1 and BRCA2, 2023, British Journal of Cancer
  • Hereditary Cancer Syndromes, 2023, American Registry of PathologyArlington, Virginia eBooks
  • The Spectrum of FANCM Protein Truncating Variants in European Breast Cancer Cases, 2020, Cancers
  • BRCA1 and BRCA2 germline testing in Cretan isolates reveals novel and strong founder effects, 2020, International Journal of Cancer

The scientist has frequently published in several venues, with Genetics in Medicine and Cancers each hosting two of their publications. Other venues include Human Mutation, British Journal of Cancer, and International Journal of Cancer.

Frequent collaborators of Drakoulis Yannoukakos include:

  • Florentia Fostira
  • Irene Konstantopoulou
  • Paraskevi Apostolou
  • Georgia Chenevix-Trench
  • Thomas van Overeem Hansen

Best Publications

  • Breast-Cancer Risk in Families with Mutations in PALB2

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

  • RAD51B in Familial Breast Cancer

    Liisa M. Pelttari;Sofia Khan;Mikko Vuorela;Johanna I. Kiiski

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • MicroRNA related polymorphisms and breast cancer risk

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

  • Association of type and location of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations with risk of breast and ovarian cancer.

    Timothy R. Rebbeck;Nandita Mitra;Fei Wan;Olga M. Sinilnikova

  • Large-scale genomic analyses link reproductive aging to hypothalamic signaling, breast cancer susceptibility and BRCA1-mediated DNA repair

    Felix R. Day;Katherine S. Ruth;Deborah J Thompson;Kathryn L. Lunetta

  • Identification of 12 new susceptibility loci for different histotypes of epithelial ovarian cancer

    Catherine M Phelan;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Jonathan P Tyrer;Siddhartha P Kar

  • A locus on 19p13 modifies risk of breast cancer in BRCA1 mutation carriers and is associated with hormone receptor-negative breast cancer in the general population

    Antonis C. Antoniou;Xianshu Wang;Zachary S. Fredericksen;Lesley McGuffog

  • 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

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 32 novel breast cancer susceptibility loci from overall and subtype-specific analyses

    Haoyu Zhang;Haoyu Zhang;Thomas U. Ahearn;Julie Lecarpentier;Daniel Barnes

  • Genome-wide association study in BRCA1 mutation carriers identifies novel loci associated with breast and ovarian cancer risk

    Fergus J. Couch;Xianshu Wang;Lesley McGuffog;Andrew Lee

  • 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

  • Mutational spectrum in a worldwide study of 29,700 families with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations

    Timothy R. Rebbeck;Tara M. Friebel;Eitan Friedman;Ute Hamann

  • Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Risk Genes Identified by Multigene Hereditary Cancer Panel Testing.

    Hermela Shimelis;Holly LaDuca;Chunling Hu;Steven N. Hart

  • Large-Scale Genomic Analyses Link Reproductive Aging to Hypothalamic Signaling, Breast Cancer Susceptibility, and BRCA1-Mediated DNA Repair EDITORIAL COMMENT

    Felix R. Day;Katherine S. Ruth;Deborah J. Thompson;Kathryn L. Lunetta;Kathryn L. Lunetta

  • Large-scale genomic analyses link reproductive ageing to hypothalamic signaling, breast cancer susceptibility and BRCA1-mediated DNA repair

    Felix R. Day;Katherine S. Ruth;Deborah J. Thompson;Kathryn L. Lunetta

Frequent Co-Authors

Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Hiltrud Brauch
Hiltrud Brauch German Cancer Research Center
Peter A. Fasching
Peter A. Fasching University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Roger L. Milne
Roger L. Milne Cancer Council Victoria
Irene L. Andrulis
Irene L. Andrulis University of Toronto
Melissa C. Southey
Melissa C. Southey Monash University
Heli Nevanlinna
Heli Nevanlinna University of Helsinki
Fergus J. Couch
Fergus J. Couch Mayo Clinic
Jenny Chang-Claude
Jenny Chang-Claude German Cancer Research Center
Anna Jakubowska
Anna Jakubowska Pomeranian Medical University

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