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Overview

Elinor J. Sawyer is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research focuses primarily on cancer, with a strong emphasis on breast cancer treatment, genetics, and diagnostics.

The main fields of study for Sawyer include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

The subfields of their research encompass:

  • Cancer Research
  • Oncology
  • Genetics
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

Key topics that dominate their work are:

  • Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
  • Breast Lesions and Carcinomas
  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
  • Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies

Sawyer's frequent publication venues reflect a strong presence in cancer and oncology journals, including:

  • Cancer Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • British Journal of Cancer
  • Cancers
  • The Breast

Selected recent papers include:

  • Hypofractionated breast radiotherapy for 1 week versus 3 weeks (FAST-Forward): 5-year efficacy and late normal tissue effects results from a multicentre, non-inferiority, randomised, phase 3 trial, 2020, The Lancet
  • Pathology of Tumors Associated With Pathogenic Germline Variants in 9 Breast Cancer Susceptibility Genes, 2022, JAMA Oncology
  • Dose-escalated simultaneous integrated boost radiotherapy in early breast cancer (IMPORT HIGH): a multicentre, phase 3, non-inferiority, open-label, randomised controlled trial, 2023, The Lancet
  • Genomic analysis defines clonal relationships of ductal carcinoma in situ and recurrent invasive breast cancer, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Factors Affecting COVID-19 Outcomes in Cancer Patients: A First Report From Guy's Cancer Center in London, 2020, Frontiers in Oncology

Sawyer has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Alastair M. Thompson
  • Marjanka K. Schmidt
  • Esther H. Lips
  • Sarah E. Pinder
  • Jelle Wesseling

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Germline mutations affecting the proofreading domains of POLE and POLD1 predispose to colorectal adenomas and carcinomas

    Claire Palles;Jean-Baptiste Cazier;Kimberley M Howarth;Enric Domingo

  • 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

  • Associations of Breast Cancer Risk Factors With Tumor Subtypes: A Pooled Analysis From the Breast Cancer Association Consortium Studies

    Xiaohong R. Yang;Jenny Chang-Claude;Ellen L. Goode;Fergus J. Couch

  • Hypofractionated breast radiotherapy for 1 week versus 3 weeks (FAST-Forward): 5-year efficacy and late normal tissue effects results from a multicentre, non-inferiority, randomised, phase 3 trial.

    Adrian Murray Brunt;Adrian Murray Brunt;Joanne S Haviland;Duncan A Wheatley;Mark A Sydenham

  • Breast Cancer Risk Genes - Association Analysis in More than 113,000 Women

    Leila Dorling;Sara Carvalho;Jamie Allen

  • 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

  • Genomic Evolution of Breast Cancer Metastasis and Relapse

    Lucy R. Yates;Stian Knappskog;Stian Knappskog;David Wedge;David Wedge;James H.R. Farmery

  • Partial-breast radiotherapy after breast conservation surgery for patients with early breast cancer (UK IMPORT LOW trial): 5-year results from a multicentre, randomised, controlled, phase 3, non-inferiority trial

    Charlotte E Coles;Clare L Griffin;Anna M Kirby;Jenny Titley

  • 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

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

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

  • Deficient lower-segment Cesarean section scars: prevalence and risk factors.

    D. Ofili-Yebovi;J. Ben-Nagi;E. Sawyer;J. Yazbek

  • 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

  • Erratum: Germline mutations affecting the proofreading domains of POLE and POLD1 predispose to colorectal adenomas and carcinomas (Nature Genetics (2013) 45 (136-144))

    C Palles;J B Cazier;K M Howarth;E Domingo

Frequent Co-Authors

Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Hiltrud Brauch
Hiltrud Brauch German Cancer Research Center
Roger L. Milne
Roger L. Milne Cancer Council Victoria
Peter A. Fasching
Peter A. Fasching University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Ian Tomlinson
Ian Tomlinson University of Oxford
Jenny Chang-Claude
Jenny Chang-Claude German Cancer Research Center
Melissa C. Southey
Melissa C. Southey Monash University
Stig E. Bojesen
Stig E. Bojesen University of Copenhagen
Barbara Burwinkel
Barbara Burwinkel Heidelberg University
Vessela N. Kristensen
Vessela N. Kristensen Oslo University Hospital

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