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Overview

Fredrick R. Schumacher is affiliated with Case Western Reserve University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions in subfields such as Genetics, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Oncology, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
  • Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening

Publication venues commonly featuring their work include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • The Journal of Urology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Cancer Research

Frequent collaborators in their research include Loïc Le Marchand, Christopher A. Haiman, David V. Conti, Demetrius Albanes, and Hermann Brenner.

Notable recent papers by Fredrick R. Schumacher are:

  • "Trans-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of prostate cancer identifies new susceptibility loci and informs genetic risk prediction," 2021, Nature Genetics
  • "An integrative multi-omics analysis to identify candidate DNA methylation biomarkers related to prostate cancer risk," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Deciphering colorectal cancer genetics through multi-omic analysis of 100,204 cases and 154,587 controls of European and east Asian ancestries," 2022, Nature Genetics
  • "Assessment of polygenic architecture and risk prediction based on common variants across fourteen cancers," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Genetic architectures of proximal and distal colorectal cancer are partly distinct," 2021, Gut

Best Publications

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

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

  • Genome-wide association study of prostate cancer identifies a second risk locus at 8q24

    Meredith Yeager;Nick Orr;Richard B Hayes;Kevin B Jacobs

  • Large-scale genotyping identifies 41 new loci associated with breast cancer risk

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Per Hall;Anna Gonzalez-Neira;Maya Ghoussaini

  • Multiple loci identified in a genome-wide association study of prostate cancer

    Gilles Thomas;Kevin B Jacobs;Meredith Yeager;Meredith Yeager;Peter Kraft

  • 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

  • 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

  • Identification of ten loci associated with height highlights new biological pathways in human growth.

    Guillaume Lettre;Guillaume Lettre;Anne U Jackson;Christian Gieger;Fredrick R Schumacher;Fredrick R Schumacher

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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 genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies new childhood obesity loci

    JP Bradfield;HR Taal;NJ Timpson;A Scherag

  • Genome-wide association study of prostate cancer identifies a second risk locus at 8q24

    Adam S. Kibel

  • 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
Christopher A. Haiman
Christopher A. Haiman University of Southern California
David J. Hunter
David J. Hunter Harvard University
Stephen J. Chanock
Stephen J. Chanock National Institutes of Health
Peter Kraft
Peter Kraft Harvard University
Loic Le Marchand
Loic Le Marchand University of Hawaii at Manoa
Jenny Chang-Claude
Jenny Chang-Claude German Cancer Research Center
Brian E. Henderson
Brian E. Henderson University of Southern California
Hermann Brenner
Hermann Brenner German Cancer Research Center
Roger L. Milne
Roger L. Milne Cancer Council Victoria

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