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  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Frances R. Balkwill is affiliated with Queen Mary University of London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on Immunology, Oncology, Molecular Biology, Reproductive Medicine, and Safety Research. The scientist's extensive work includes addressing key topics such as ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment, immune cells in cancer, cancer research and treatments, cancer cells and metastasis, immunotherapy and immune responses, education achievement and giftedness, and immune cell function and interaction.

Recent publications by Frances R. Balkwill include the following papers:

  • Harnessing cytokines and chemokines for cancer therapy, 2022, Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology
  • Targeting DNA Damage Response and Replication Stress in Pancreatic Cancer, 2020, Gastroenterology
  • Cancer associated fibroblast FAK regulates malignant cell metabolism, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Mouse Ovarian Cancer Models Recapitulate the Human Tumor Microenvironment and Patient Response to Treatment, 2020, Cell Reports
  • Pancreatic Cancer Chemotherapy Is Potentiated by Induction of Tertiary Lymphoid Structures in Mice, 2021, Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Balkwill has collaborated frequently with several co-authors in their field, including:

  • Eleni Maniati
  • Beatrice Malacrida
  • Florian Laforêts
  • Panoraia Kotantaki
  • Luke McGuire

The scientist publishes regularly in various venues with notable frequency in:

  • Cancer Research
  • Journal of Youth and Adolescence
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • iScience

Frances R. Balkwill's research focuses on understanding cancer biology and developing therapeutic approaches, particularly in relation to immune system functions and cancer cell behavior. They have contributed to advancing knowledge in ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, and the interactions between cancer cells and the tumor microenvironment.

Balkwill has been recognized as a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom. This honorary position signals their involvement in the broader medical sciences community in the UK.

Best Publications

  • Cancer-related inflammation.

    Alberto Mantovani;Paola Allavena;Antonio Sica;Frances Balkwill

  • Inflammation and cancer: back to Virchow?

    Fran Balkwill;Alberto Mantovani

  • Cancer and the chemokine network

    Fran Balkwill

  • Tumour necrosis factor and cancer

    Frances Balkwill

  • Smoldering and polarized inflammation in the initiation and promotion of malignant disease

    Frances Balkwill;Kellie A. Charles;Alberto Mantovani

  • The tumor microenvironment at a glance

    Frances R. Balkwill;Melania Capasso;Thorsten Hagemann

  • Rethinking ovarian cancer: recommendations for improving outcomes

    Sebastian Vaughan;Jermaine I. Coward;Robert C. Bast;Andy Berchuck

  • Guidelines for the welfare and use of animals in cancer research

    P Workman;E O Aboagye;F Balkwill;A Balmain

  • Rethinking ovarian cancer II: Reducing mortality from high-grade serous ovarian cancer

    David D. Bowtell;David D. Bowtell;Steffen Böhm;Ahmed A. Ahmed;Paul Joseph Aspuria

  • Inflammation and cancer: advances and new agents

    Shanthini M. Crusz;Frances R. Balkwill

  • The cytokine network

    F.R. Balkwill;F. Burke

  • TNF-alpha in promotion and progression of cancer.

    Frances Balkwill

  • The significance of cancer cell expression of the chemokine receptor CXCR4

    Fran Balkwill

  • Mice deficient in tumor necrosis factor-alpha are resistant to skin carcinogenesis.

    Robert J. Moore;David M. Owens;Gordon Stamp;Caroline Arnott

  • “Re-educating” tumor-associated macrophages by targeting NF-κB

    Thorsten Hagemann;Toby Lawrence;Iain McNeish;Kellie A. Charles

  • Cancer: An inflammatory link

    Fran Balkwill;Lisa M. Coussens

  • Paraneoplastic Thrombocytosis in Ovarian Cancer

    Rebecca L. Stone;Alpa M. Nick;Iain A. McNeish;Frances Balkwill

  • Cancer-related inflammation: common themes and therapeutic opportunities.

    Frances R. Balkwill;Alberto Mantovani

  • CXCR2 Inhibition Profoundly Suppresses Metastases and Augments Immunotherapy in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

    Colin W. Steele;Saadia A. Karim;Joshua D.G. Leach;Peter Bailey

  • Tumor necrosis factor or tumor promoting factor

    Fran Balkwill

Frequent Co-Authors

Iain A. McNeish
Iain A. McNeish Imperial College London
John F. Smyth
John F. Smyth University of Edinburgh
Alberto Mantovani
Alberto Mantovani Humanitas University
Gordon Stamp
Gordon Stamp The Francis Crick Institute
Walter Fiers
Walter Fiers Ghent University
David D.L. Bowtell
David D.L. Bowtell Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Robert C. Bast
Robert C. Bast The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
adrian l harris
adrian l harris University of Oxford
James D. Brenton
James D. Brenton University of Cambridge
Joyce Taylor-Papadimitriou
Joyce Taylor-Papadimitriou King's College London

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