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Citations
34542
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15874
National Ranking
1248

Overview

Ed Dicks is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a significant focus on Genetics, Molecular Biology, Reproductive Medicine, Cancer Research, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

The scientist's work covers several main topics including BRCA gene mutations in cancer, ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment, genetic factors in colorectal cancer, RNA modifications and cancer, cancer genomics and diagnostics, nutrition, genetics, and disease, and genetic associations and epidemiology.

Ed Dicks has contributed to multiple research papers over the years. Some of their recent publications include:

  • Ovarian and Breast Cancer Risks Associated With Pathogenic Variants in RAD51C and RAD51D, 2020, JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • Population-based targeted sequencing of 54 candidate genes identifies PALB2 as a susceptibility gene for high-grade serous ovarian cancer, 2020, Journal of Medical Genetics
  • Long-term trends in the epidemiology of cardiovascular diseases in the UK: insights from the British Heart Foundation statistical compendium, 2022, Cardiovascular Research
  • High-resolution functional mapping of RAD51C by saturation genome editing, 2024, Cell
  • A genome-wide association study identifies a new ovarian cancer susceptibility locus on 9p22.2, 2020, UNC Libraries

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ed Dicks include:

  • Susan J. Ramus
  • Simon A. Gayther
  • Paul D.P. Pharoah
  • David D.L. Bowtell
  • Ellen L. Goode

The scientist's work has been published in several venues frequently, including:

  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • Journal of Medical Genetics
  • Cell

Best Publications

  • Mutations of the BRAF gene in human cancer

    Helen Davies;Graham R. Bignell;Charles Cox;Philip Stephens

  • Patterns of somatic mutation in human cancer genomes

    Christopher Greenman;Philip Stephens;Raffaella Smith;Gillian L. Dalgliesh

  • Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Sara Lindström;Sara Lindström;Joe Dennis;Jonathan Beesley

  • Large-scale genotyping identifies 41 new loci associated with breast cancer risk

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Per Hall;Anna Gonzalez-Neira;Maya Ghoussaini

  • Common Genetic Variation In Cellular Transport Genes and Epithelial Ovarian Cancer (EOC) Risk

    Ganna Chornokur;Hui-Yi Lin;Jonathan P. Tyrer;Kate Lawrenson

  • Lung cancer: intragenic ERBB2 kinase mutations in tumours.

    Philip Stephens;Chris Hunter;Graham Bignell;Sarah Edkins

  • A systematic, large-scale resequencing screen of X-chromosome coding exons in mental retardation.

    Patrick S Tarpey;Raffaella Smith;Erin Pleasance;Annabel Whibley

  • Identification of 23 new prostate cancer susceptibility loci using the iCOGS custom genotyping array

    Rosalind A. Eeles;Ali Amin Al Olama;Sara Benlloch;Edward J. Saunders

  • 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

  • Somatic Mutations of the Protein Kinase Gene Family in Human Lung Cancer

    Helen Davies;Chris Hunter;Raffaella Smith;Philip Stephens

  • Mutation analysis of 24 known cancer genes in the NCI-60 cell line set.

    Ogechi N. Ikediobi;Helen Davies;Graham Bignell;Sarah Edkins

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

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

  • A Hypermutation Phenotype and Somatic MSH6 Mutations in Recurrent Human Malignant Gliomas after Alkylator Chemotherapy

    Chris Hunter;Raffaella Smith;Daniel P. Cahill;Philip Stephens

  • X-linked protocadherin 19 mutations cause female-limited epilepsy and cognitive impairment.

    Leanne M. Dibbens;Leanne M. Dibbens;Patrick S. Tarpey;Kim Hynes;Kim Hynes;Marta A. Bayly

  • Germline Mutations in the BRIP1, BARD1, PALB2, and NBN Genes in Women With Ovarian Cancer

    Susan J. Ramus;Honglin Song;Ed Dicks;Jonathan P. Tyrer

  • 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

  • Subclonal phylogenetic structures in cancer revealed by ultra-deep sequencing

    Peter J. Campbell;Erin D. Pleasance;Philip J. Stephens;Ed Dicks

  • GWAS meta-analysis and replication identifies three new susceptibility loci for ovarian cancer

    Paul D.P. Pharoah;Ya Yu Tsai;Susan J. Ramus;Catherine M. Phelan

  • A screen of the complete protein kinase gene family identifies diverse patterns of somatic mutations in human breast cancer

    Philip Stephens;Sarah Edkins;Helen Davies;Christopher Greenman

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Paul D.P. Pharoah
Paul D.P. Pharoah University of Cambridge
Peter A. Fasching
Peter A. Fasching University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Douglas F. Easton
Douglas F. Easton University of Cambridge
Jenny Chang-Claude
Jenny Chang-Claude German Cancer Research Center
Georgia Chenevix-Trench
Georgia Chenevix-Trench QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Melissa C. Southey
Melissa C. Southey Monash University
Hiltrud Brauch
Hiltrud Brauch German Cancer Research Center
Joe Dennis
Joe Dennis University of Cambridge

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