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Overview

Emily White is affiliated with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with specific emphasis on genetics, molecular biology, pathology and forensic medicine, oncology, and surgery.

The scientist's work covers various main topics including:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet

Emily White has contributed to multiple publication venues. The most frequent are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • Cancer Research
  • International Journal of Cancer
  • Clinical Nutrition

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Emily White include:

  • "Circulating white blood cell traits and colorectal cancer risk: A Mendelian randomisation study" (2023), published in International Journal of Cancer
  • "Tea consumption and risk of bladder cancer in the Bladder Cancer Epidemiology and Nutritional Determinants (BLEND) Study: Pooled analysis of 12 international cohort studies" (2022), published in Clinical Nutrition
  • "Association between circulating inflammatory markers and adult cancer risk: a Mendelian randomization analysis" (2024), published in EBioMedicine
  • "Thrombin-PAR1 signaling in pancreatic cancer promotes an immunosuppressive microenvironment" (2020), published in Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
  • "Modification of the Association Between Frequent Aspirin Use and Ovarian Cancer Risk: A Meta-Analysis Using Individual-Level Data From Two Ovarian Cancer Consortia" (2022), published in Journal of Clinical Oncology

The scientist has collaborated extensively with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Loïc Le Marchand
  • Neil Murphy
  • Marc J. Gunter
  • Kala Visvanathan
  • Daniel D. Buchanan

Best Publications

  • Breast cancer and hormone replacement therapy: collaborative reanalysis of data from 51 epidemiological studies of 52 705 women with breast cancer and 108 411 women without breast cancer

    E. E. Calle;C. W. Heath;R. J. Coates;J. M. Liff

  • Design of the Women's Health Initiative clinical trial and observational study

    G. Anderson;S. Cummings;L. S. Freedman;C. Furberg

  • Breast cancer and hormonal contraceptives : collaborative reanalysis of individual data on 53.297 women with breast cancer and 100.239 women without breast cancer from 54 epidemiological studies

    E. E. Calle;C. W. Heath;H. L. Miracle-McMahill;R. J. Coates

  • Breast Density as a Predictor of Mammographic Detection: Comparison of Interval- and Screen-Detected Cancers

    Margaret T. Mandelson;Nina Oestreicher;Peggy L. Porter;Donna White

  • Alcohol, tobacco and breast cancer - Collaborative reanalysis of individual data from 53 epidemiological studies, including 58 515 women with breast cancer and 95 067 women without the disease

    N Hamajima;K Hirose;K Tajima;T Rohan

  • Menarche, menopause, and breast cancer risk: Individual participant meta-analysis, including 118 964 women with breast cancer from 117 epidemiological studies

    N. Hamajima;K. Hirose;K. Tajima;T. Rohan

  • Principles of Exposure Measurement in Epidemiology

    Bruce K. Armstrong;Emily White;Rodolfo Saracci

  • Estrogen plus progestin and colorectal cancer in postmenopausal women.

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

  • Obesity, body size, and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer: the Women's Health Initiative (United States).

    Libby M. Morimoto;Emily White;Z. Chen;Rowan T. Chlebowski

  • Recreational physical activity and the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women: The Women's Health Initiative cohort study

    Anne McTiernan;Charles Kooperberg;Emily White;Sara Wilcox

  • The Women's Health Initiative Observational Study: baseline characteristics of participants and reliability of baseline measures.

    Robert D Langer;Emily White;Cora E Lewis;Jane M Kotchen

  • Detectable clonal mosaicism and its relationship to aging and cancer

    Kevin B. Jacobs;Kevin B. Jacobs;Meredith Yeager;Meredith Yeager;Weiyin Zhou;Weiyin Zhou;Sholom Wacholder

  • Trends in Dietary Supplement Use Among US Adults From 1999-2012.

    Elizabeth D. Kantor;Colin D. Rehm;Mengmeng Du;Emily White

  • Prospective Breast Cancer Risk Prediction Model for Women Undergoing Screening Mammography

    William E. Barlow;Emily White;Rachel Ballard-Barbash;Pamela M. Vacek

  • Type and timing of menopausal hormone therapy and breast cancer risk: individual participant meta-analysis of the worldwide epidemiological evidence

    N. Hamajima;K. Hirose;K. Tajima;T. Rohan

  • Underutilization of breast-conserving surgery and radiation therapy among women with stage I or II breast cancer

    De Ann Lazovich;Emily White;Emily White;David B. Thomas;David B. Thomas;Roger E. Moe

  • Breast Cancer and Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Prospective Results from the Women’s Health Initiative

    Randall E. Harris;Rowan T. Chlebowski;Rebecca D. Jackson;David J. Frid

  • Ovarian Cancer Risk Factors by Histologic Subtype: An Analysis From the Ovarian Cancer Cohort Consortium

    Nicolas Wentzensen;Elizabeth M. Poole;Britton Trabert;Emily White

  • Discovery of common and rare genetic risk variants for colorectal cancer

    Jeroen R. Huyghe;Stephanie A. Bien;Tabitha A. Harrison;Hyun Min Kang

  • Detectable clonal mosaicism and its relationship to aging and cancer

    Kevin B. Jacobs;Meredith Yeager;Weiyin Zhou;Sholom Wacholder

Frequent Co-Authors

John D. Potter
John D. Potter Massey University
Polly A. Newcomb
Polly A. Newcomb Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Ulrike Peters
Ulrike Peters University of Washington
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Jenny Chang-Claude
Jenny Chang-Claude German Cancer Research Center
Andrew T. Chan
Andrew T. Chan Harvard University
Martha L. Slattery
Martha L. Slattery University of Utah
Cornelia M. Ulrich
Cornelia M. Ulrich University of Utah
Roger L. Milne
Roger L. Milne Cancer Council Victoria
Alicja Wolk
Alicja Wolk Karolinska Institute

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