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96
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9597
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530

Overview

Federico Canzian is affiliated with the German Cancer Research Center in Germany. Their research spans medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions in oncology and cancer research.

Their work addresses a variety of scientific topics including pancreatic and hepatic oncology research, epigenetics and DNA methylation, genetic associations and epidemiology, cancer genomics and diagnostics, BRCA gene mutations in cancer, genetic factors in colorectal cancer, and multiple myeloma research and treatments.

Frequent venues for their publications include:

  • Pancreatology
  • International Journal of Cancer
  • UNC Libraries
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • Scientific Reports

Among Federico Canzian's recent papers are:

  • Fine-mapping of 150 breast cancer risk regions identifies 191 likely target genes, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Genome-wide Association Analysis in Humans Links Nucleotide Metabolism to Leukocyte Telomere Length, 2020, The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Physical activity, sedentary time and breast cancer risk: a Mendelian randomisation study, 2022, British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Mendelian randomisation study of the effects of known and putative risk factors on pancreatic cancer, 2020, Journal of Medical Genetics
  • Combined Associations of a Polygenic Risk Score and Classical Risk Factors With Breast Cancer Risk, 2020, JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Federico Canzian has collaborated frequently with a number of researchers, including:

  • Daniele Campa
  • Hermann Brenner
  • Graham G. Giles
  • Manuel Gentiluomo
  • Rudolf Kaaks

Their research integrates genetic and epidemiological approaches to understand cancer risk and progression. This includes extensive work on the molecular biology underpinning cancer, with a focus on genetics and hematology. The broad spectrum of their publications reflects multidisciplinary efforts within cancer research, emphasizing genetic markers and environmental risk factors.

Best Publications

  • Modeling Linkage Disequilibrium Increases Accuracy of Polygenic Risk Scores

    Bjarni J. Vilhjálmsson;Jian Yang;Hilary K. Finucane;Alexander Gusev

  • Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

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

  • Incidence of Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer and the Feasibility of Molecular Screening for the Disease

    L A Aaltonen;R Salovaara;P Kristo;F Canzian

  • Association analyses of more than 140,000 men identify 63 new prostate cancer susceptibility loci

    Fredrick R. Schumacher;Ali Amin Al Olama;Sonja I. Berndt;Sara Benlloch

  • 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

  • Genome-wide association scan identifies a colorectal cancer susceptibility locus on 11q23 and replicates risk loci at 8q24 and 18q21.

    Albert Tenesa;Susan M Farrington;James G D Prendergast;Mary E Porteous

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Association Between Telomere Length and Risk of Cancer and Non-Neoplastic Diseases A Mendelian Randomization Study

    Philip C Haycock;Stephen Burgess;Aayah Nounu

  • Polymorphisms of DNA repair genes and risk of non-small cell lung cancer

    Shanbeh Zienolddiny;Daniele Campa;Helge Lind;David Ryberg

  • A meta-analysis of 87,040 individuals identifies 23 new susceptibility loci for prostate cancer

    Ali Amin Al Olama;Zsofia Kote-Jarai;Sonja I. Berndt;David V. Conti

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Association of common polymorphisms in inflammatory genes interleukin (IL)6, IL8, tumor necrosis factor alpha, NFKB1, and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma with colorectal cancer.

    Stefano Landi;Victor Moreno;Lydie Gioia-Patricola;Elisabeth Guino

  • Breast Cancer Risk From Modifiable and Nonmodifiable Risk Factors Among White Women in the United States.

    Paige Maas;Myrto Barrdahl;Amit D. Joshi;Paul L. Auer;Paul L. Auer

  • 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

  • Detectable clonal mosaicism and its relationship to aging and cancer

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Dimitrios Trichopoulos
Dimitrios Trichopoulos Harvard University
Peter Kraft
Peter Kraft Harvard University
Rudolf Kaaks
Rudolf Kaaks German Cancer Research Center
Stephen J. Chanock
Stephen J. Chanock National Institutes of Health
David J. Hunter
David J. Hunter Harvard University
Elio Riboli
Elio Riboli Imperial College London
Roger L. Milne
Roger L. Milne Cancer Council Victoria
Kay-Tee Khaw
Kay-Tee Khaw University of Cambridge
Christopher A. Haiman
Christopher A. Haiman University of Southern California

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