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Overview

John L. Hopper was affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia, contributing significantly to research in the intersecting fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. The focus of their work largely centered on genetics, molecular biology, cancer research, and oncology, with additional attention to public health, environmental, and occupational health issues.

Their research topics frequently addressed:

  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer
  • Genetic associations and epidemiology
  • Cancer genomics and diagnostics
  • Breast cancer treatment studies
  • Global cancer incidence and screening
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Nutrition, genetics, and disease

John L. Hopper co-authored papers with several researchers, notably:

  • Kamila Czene
  • Manjeet K. Bolla
  • Graham G. Giles
  • Stig E. Bojesen
  • Per Hall

Publications appeared frequently in certain venues, indicating a focus on cancer, genetics, and epidemiological research. These venues included:

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

Among recent papers, several stand out for their subject matter and citation impact:

  • Physical activity and risks of breast and colorectal cancer: a Mendelian randomisation analysis, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Combined Associations of a Polygenic Risk Score and Classical Risk Factors With Breast Cancer Risk, 2020, JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • A network analysis to identify mediators of germline-driven differences in breast cancer prognosis, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Breast Cancer Risk Factors and Survival by Tumor Subtype: Pooled Analyses from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium, 2021, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • Genetic insights into the biological mechanisms governing human ovarian ageing, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Average risks of breast and ovarian cancer associated with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations detected in case series unselected for family history: a combined analysis of 22 studies

    A. Antoniou;P.D.P. Pharoah;S. Narod;H.A. Risch

  • Genome-wide association study identifies novel breast cancer susceptibility loci

    Douglas F. Easton;Karen A. Pooley;Alison M. Dunning;Paul D. P. Pharoah

  • Risks of Breast, Ovarian, and Contralateral Breast Cancer for BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers

    Karoline B. Kuchenbaecker;Karoline B. Kuchenbaecker;John L. Hopper;Daniel R. Barnes;Kelly-Anne Phillips

  • Genetic determinants of bone mass in adults. A twin study.

    N A Pocock;J A Eisman;J L Hopper;M G Yeates

  • 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

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

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

  • Alcohol, tobacco and breast cancer - Collaborative reanalysis of individual data from 53 epidemiological studies, including 58 515 women with breast cancer and 95 067 women without the disease

    N Hamajima;K Hirose;K Tajima;T Rohan

  • A Prospective Population-Based Study of Menopausal Symptoms

    Lorraine Dennerstein;Emma C Dudley;John L Hopper;Janet R Guthrie

  • Menarche, menopause, and breast cancer risk: Individual participant meta-analysis, including 118 964 women with breast cancer from 117 epidemiological studies

    N. Hamajima;K. Hirose;K. Tajima;T. Rohan

  • Breast-Cancer Risk in Families with Mutations in PALB2

    A. C. Antoniou;S. Casadei;T. Heikkinen;D. Barrowdale

  • RAD51B in Familial Breast Cancer

    Liisa M. Pelttari;Sofia Khan;Mikko Vuorela;Johanna I. Kiiski

  • Multiple newly identified loci associated with prostate cancer susceptibility.

    Rosalind A Eeles;Rosalind A Eeles;Zsofia Kote-Jarai;Graham G Giles;Graham G Giles;Ali Amin Al Olama

  • Polygenic Risk Scores for Prediction of Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Subtypes

    Nasim Mavaddat;Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Joe Dennis;Michael Lush

  • Immunohistochemistry Versus Microsatellite Instability Testing in Phenotyping Colorectal Tumors

    Noralane M. Lindor;Lawrence J. Burgart;Olga Leontovich;Richard M. Goldberg

  • Associations of Breast Cancer Risk Factors With Tumor Subtypes: A Pooled Analysis From the Breast Cancer Association Consortium Studies

    Xiaohong R. Yang;Jenny Chang-Claude;Ellen L. Goode;Fergus J. Couch

  • Iron-overload-related disease in HFE hereditary hemochromatosis

    Katrina J. Allen;Lyle C. Gurrin;Clare C. Constantine;Nicholas J. Osborne

  • Reduced bone mass in daughters of women with osteoporosis.

    Ego Seeman;John L. Hopper;Leon A. Bach;Mark E. Cooper

  • Heritability of mammographic density, a risk factor for breast cancer.

    Norman F Boyd;Gillian S Dite;Jennifer Stone;Anoma Gunasekara

  • Mammographic breast density as an intermediate phenotype for breast cancer

    Norman F Boyd;Johanna M Rommens;Kelly Vogt;Vivian Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Melissa C. Southey
Melissa C. Southey Monash University
Roger L. Milne
Roger L. Milne Cancer Council Victoria
Mark A. Jenkins
Mark A. Jenkins University of Melbourne
Dallas R. English
Dallas R. English University of Melbourne
Irene L. Andrulis
Irene L. Andrulis University of Toronto
Jenny Chang-Claude
Jenny Chang-Claude German Cancer Research Center
Douglas F. Easton
Douglas F. Easton University of Cambridge
Hiltrud Brauch
Hiltrud Brauch German Cancer Research Center

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