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Overview

Eric J. Jacobs is affiliated with the American Cancer Society in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on several aspects within the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a notable emphasis on oncology and genetics.

The scientist has published extensively on topics including:

  • Cancer Risks and Factors
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects

Key papers authored by Eric J. Jacobs include:

  • "A Population-Based Study of Genes Previously Implicated in Breast Cancer" (2021), New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Assessment of polygenic architecture and risk prediction based on common variants across fourteen cancers" (2020), Nature Communications
  • "Risk of Breast Cancer Among Carriers of Pathogenic Variants in Breast Cancer Predisposition Genes Varies by Polygenic Risk Score" (2021), Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • "Breast Cancer Screening Strategies for Women With ATM, CHEK2, and PALB2 Pathogenic Variants" (2022), JAMA Oncology
  • "Recommended Definitions of Aggressive Prostate Cancer for Etiologic Epidemiologic Research" (2020), JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute

The scientist frequently publishes in several venues, including:

  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Breast Cancer Research
  • Cancer Research

Collaborations have been notable with researchers such as Peter T. Campbell, Peter Kraft, Victoria L. Stevens, Loïc Le Marchand, and Alpa V. Patel. These coauthors have worked alongside Eric J. Jacobs on multiple publications, indicating a consistent pattern of cooperative research within the field.

Their work spans subfields including oncology, genetics, molecular biology, pharmacology, and surgery, with particular attention to genetic factors related to cancer predisposition and risk assessment models. This includes evaluation of polygenic risk scores and the role of pathogenic variants in cancer screening strategies.

Best Publications

  • Proportion and number of cancer cases and deaths attributable to potentially modifiable risk factors in the United States

    Farhad Islami;Ann Goding Sauer;Kimberly D. Miller;Rebecca L. Siegel

  • Genome-wide association study of circulating vitamin D levels

    Jiyoung Ahn;Kai Yu;Rachael Stolzenberg-Solomon;K. Claire Simon

  • Smoking and mortality--beyond established causes.

    Brian D. Carter;Christian C. Abnet;Diane Feskanich;Neal D. Freedman

  • Meat consumption and risk of colorectal cancer.

    Ann Chao;Michael J. Thun;Cari J. Connell;Marjorie L. McCullough

  • Human oral microbiome and prospective risk for pancreatic cancer: a population-based nested case-control study

    Xiaozhou Fan;Alexander V Alekseyenko;Jing Wu;Brandilyn A Peters

  • Genome-wide association study identifies variants in the ABO locus associated with susceptibility to pancreatic cancer

    Laufey Amundadottir;Peter Kraft;Rachael Z. Stolzenberg-Solomon;Charles S. Fuchs

  • A genome-wide association study identifies pancreatic cancer susceptibility loci on chromosomes 13q22.1, 1q32.1 and 5p15.33

    Gloria M. Petersen;Laufey Amundadottir;Charles S. Fuchs;Peter Kraft

  • Annual Report to the Nation on the status of cancer, 1975-2008, featuring cancers associated with excess weight and lack of sufficient physical activity.

    Christie Eheman;S. Jane Henley;Rachel Ballard-Barbash;Eric J. Jacobs

  • A Population-Based Study of Genes Previously Implicated in Breast Cancer

    Chunling Hu;Steven N Hart;Rohan Gnanaolivu;Hongyan Huang

  • The American Cancer Society Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Cohort: rationale, study design, and baseline characteristics.

    Eugenia E Calle;Carmen Rodriguez;Eric J Jacobs;M Lyn Almon

  • The American Cancer Society Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Cohort

    Eugenia E. Calle;Carmen Rodriguez;Eric J. Jacobs;M. Lyn Almon

  • Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug use and the risk for Parkinson's disease.

    Honglei Chen;Honglei Chen;Eric Jacobs;Michael A. Schwarzschild;Marjorie L. McCullough

  • The role of aspirin in cancer prevention

    Michael J. Thun;Eric J. Jacobs;Carlo Patrono

  • A multi-stage genome-wide association study of bladder cancer identifies multiple susceptibility loci

    Nathaniel Rothman;Montserrat Garcia-Closas;Nilanjan Chatterjee;Nuria Malats

  • Cigarette smoking and the oral microbiome in a large study of American adults.

    Jing Wu;Brandilyn A Peters;Christine Dominianni;Yilong Zhang

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

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

  • A Pooled Analysis of Waist Circumference and Mortality in 650,000 Adults

    James R. Cerhan;Steven C. Moore;Eric J. Jacobs;Cari M. Kitahara

  • Cigarette smoking and pancreatic cancer: a pooled analysis from the pancreatic cancer cohort consortium.

    Shannon M. Lynch;Alina Vrieling;Jay H. Lubin;Peter Kraft

  • Body mass index, weight change, and risk of prostate cancer in the Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Cohort.

    Carmen Rodriguez;Stephen J Freedland;Anusila Deka;Eric J Jacobs

  • Global patterns in excess body weight and the associated cancer burden.

    Hyuna Sung;Rebecca L Siegel;Lindsey A Torre;Jonathan Pearson-Stuttard

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan M. Gapstur
Susan M. Gapstur American Cancer Society
Alpa V. Patel
Alpa V. Patel American Cancer Society
Michael J. Thun
Michael J. Thun Emory University
Marjorie L. McCullough
Marjorie L. McCullough American Cancer Society
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Eugenia E. Calle
Eugenia E. Calle American Cancer Society
David J. Hunter
David J. Hunter Harvard University
Dimitrios Trichopoulos
Dimitrios Trichopoulos Harvard University
J. Michael Gaziano
J. Michael Gaziano Brigham and Women's Hospital
Stephen J. Chanock
Stephen J. Chanock National Institutes of Health

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