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James L. Connolly is affiliated with the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of medicine, with a focus on oncology, artificial intelligence, pathology and forensic medicine, cancer research, and surgery.

Their work addresses several key topics, including:

  • AI in cancer detection
  • Breast lesions and carcinomas
  • Colorectal cancer screening and detection
  • Global cancer incidence and screening
  • Oral and gingival health research
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Oral microbiology and periodontitis research

James L. Connolly has contributed to multiple recent papers. Notable publications include:

  • "The physical biogeography of Fusobacterium nucleatum in health and disease," 2025, published in mBio
  • "Novel Postneoadjuvant Prognostic Breast Cancer Staging System," 2025, published in Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • "Deep Learning Image Analysis of Benign Breast Disease to Identify Subsequent Risk of Breast Cancer," 2020, published in JNCI Cancer Spectrum
  • "Differences in physician opinions about controversial issues surrounding contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM): A survey of physicians from accredited breast centers in the United States," 2020, published in Cancer Medicine
  • "Deep Learning Image Analysis of Benign Breast Disease to Identify Subsequent Risk of Breast Cancer," 2020, published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The scientist has frequently collaborated with several coauthors during their research, including:

  • Adithya D Vellal
  • Kevin H. Kensler
  • Gabrielle M. Baker
  • Andreea Lucia Stancu
  • Michael E. Pyle

James L. Connolly regularly publishes their work in well-recognized scientific venues such as:

  • Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
  • JNCI Cancer Spectrum
  • mBio
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their research contributions cover diverse methodologies, including the application of deep learning techniques to cancer detection and prognostic systems, with a focus on understanding breast disease and the microbial environments influencing health and disease states.

Best Publications

  • Prognostic factors in breast cancer. College of American Pathologists Consensus Statement 1999.

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  • Prognostic Factors in Breast Cancer

    Patrick L. Fitzgibbons;Patrick L. Fitzgibbons;David L. Page;Donald Weaver;Ann D. Thor

  • Expression of vascular permeability factor (vascular endothelial growth factor) and its receptors in breast cancer

    Lawrence F Brown;Brygida Berse;Robert W Jackman;Kathi Tognazzi

  • Breast Cancer—Major changes in the American Joint Committee on Cancer eighth edition cancer staging manual

    Armando E. Giuliano;James L. Connolly;Stephen B. Edge;Elizabeth A. Mittendorf

  • Relationship of patient age to pathologic features of the tumor and prognosis for patients with stage I or II breast cancer.

    Asa J. Nixon;Donna Neuberg;Daniel F. Hayes;Rebecca Gelman

  • Outcome at 8 Years After Breast-Conserving Surgery and Radiation Therapy for Invasive Breast Cancer: Influence of Margin Status and Systemic Therapy on Local Recurrence

    Catherine C. Park;Michihide Mitsumori;Asa Nixon;Abram Recht

  • A prospective study of benign breast disease and the risk of breast cancer.

    Stephanie J. London;James L. Connolly;Stuart J. Schnitt;Graham A. Colditz

  • The relationship between microscopic margins of resection and the risk of local recurrence in patients with breast cancer treated with breast‐conserving surgery and radiation therapy

    Stuart J. Schnitt;Anthony Abner;Rebecca Gelman;James L. Connolly

  • Interobserver reproducibility in the diagnosis of ductal proliferative breast lesions using standardized criteria.

    Stuart J. Schnitt;James L. Connolly;Fattaneh A. Tavassoli;Robert E. Fechner

  • The presence of an extensive intraductal component following a limited excision correlates with prominent residual disease in the remainder of the breast.

    Roland Holland;James L. Connolly;Rebecca Gelman;Marcel Mravunac

  • Breast Cancer Staging: Working With the Sixth Edition of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual†

    S. Eva Singletary;James L. Connolly

  • Pathologic predictors of early local recurrence in Stage I and II breast cancer treated by primary radiation therapy

    Stuart J. Schnitt;James L. Connolly;Jay R. Harris;Samuel Hellman

  • Pathologic margin involvement and the risk of recurrence in patients treated with breast-conserving therapy.

    Irene Gage;Irene Gage;Stuart J. Schnitt;Asa J. Nixon;B A Barbara Silver

  • Nonmalignant lesions in breast core needle biopsies: to excise or not to excise?

    Timothy W. Jacobs;James L. Connolly;Stuart J. Schnitt

  • Comparison of molecular phenotypes of ductal carcinoma in situ and invasive breast cancer.

    Rulla May Tamimi;Rulla May Tamimi;Heather Joanne Baer;Heather Joanne Baer;Jonathan Marotti;Mark Galan

  • Radial scars in benign breast-biopsy specimens and the risk of breast cancer

    Timothy W. Jacobs;Celia Byrne;Graham Colditz;James L. Connolly

  • Outcome of patients with ductal carcinoma in situ untreated after diagnostic biopsy: results from the Nurses' Health Study.

    Laura C. Collins;Rulla M. Tamimi;Rulla M. Tamimi;Heather J. Baer;Heather J. Baer;James L. Connolly

  • Clinically occult ductal carcinoma in situ detected with mammography: analysis of 100 cases with radiologic-pathologic correlation.

    P C Stomper;J L Connolly;J E Meyer;J R Harris

  • Risk of breast cancer associated with atypical hyperplasia of lobular and ductal types.

    Lynn M. Marshall;David J. Hunter;James L. Connolly;Stuart J. Schnitt

  • Three-dimensional endomicroscopy using optical coherence tomography

    Desmond C. Adler;Yu Chen;Robert Huber;Robert Huber;Joseph Schmitt

Frequent Co-Authors

Stuart J. Schnitt
Stuart J. Schnitt Brigham and Women's Hospital
Jay R. Harris
Jay R. Harris Brigham and Women's Hospital
Abram Recht
Abram Recht Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Rulla M. Tamimi
Rulla M. Tamimi Cornell University
Graham A. Colditz
Graham A. Colditz Washington University in St. Louis
Rebecca Gelman
Rebecca Gelman Harvard University
Bernard Rosner
Bernard Rosner Harvard University
Walter C. Willett
Walter C. Willett Harvard University
Susan E. Hankinson
Susan E. Hankinson University of Massachusetts Amherst

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