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John W.M. Martens is affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong emphasis on Oncology, Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Genetics as key subfields of study.

The scholar's work spans a variety of topics, including:

  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation

Their recent contributions to the scientific literature include several papers published between 2020 and 2024, illustrating the range of their research interests:

  • Pan-cancer landscape of homologous recombination deficiency, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Plasticity of Lgr5-Negative Cancer Cells Drives Metastasis in Colorectal Cancer, 2020, Cell Stem Cell
  • Spatial immunophenotypes predict response to anti-PD1 treatment and capture distinct paths of T cell evasion in triple negative breast cancer, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer, 2024, JAMA
  • Molecular characterization of colorectal cancer related peritoneal metastatic disease, 2022, Nature Communications

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Saskia M. Wilting (54 joint publications)
  • Stefan Sleijfer (42 joint publications)
  • Jaco Kraan (32 joint publications)
  • Marcel Smid (31 joint publications)
  • Agnes Jager (30 joint publications)

Their research has appeared repeatedly in key scientific publication venues, notably:

  • Cancer Research (22 publications)
  • Cancers (13 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (11 publications)
  • Molecular Oncology (10 publications)
  • Nature Communications (7 publications)

Best Publications

  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

    Peter J. Campbell;Gad Getz;Jan O. Korbel;Joshua M. Stuart

  • Landscape of somatic mutations in 560 breast cancer whole-genome sequences

    Serena Nik-Zainal;Serena Nik-Zainal;Helen Davies;Johan Staaf;Manasa Ramakrishna

  • Mutational Processes Molding the Genomes of 21 Breast Cancers

    Serena Nik-Zainal;Ludmil B. Alexandrov;David C. Wedge;Peter Van Loo;Peter Van Loo;Peter Van Loo

  • The landscape of cancer genes and mutational processes in breast cancer

    Philip J. Stephens;Patrick S. Tarpey;Helen Davies;Peter Van Loo;Peter Van Loo

  • Subtypes of Breast Cancer Show Preferential Site of Relapse

    Marcel Smid;Yixin Wang;Yi Zhang;Anieta M. Sieuwerts

  • Complex landscapes of somatic rearrangement in human breast cancer genomes.

    Philip J. Stephens;David J. Mcbride;Meng-lay Lin;Ignacio Varela

  • Patterns of somatic structural variation in human cancer genomes

    Yilong Li;Nicola D Roberts;Jeremiah A Wala;Jeremiah A Wala;Ofer Shapira;Ofer Shapira

  • HRDetect is a predictor of BRCA1 and BRCA2 deficiency based on mutational signatures

    Helen Davies;Dominik D. Glodzik;Sandro S. Morganella;Lucy R. Yates

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

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

  • CCAT2, a novel noncoding RNA mapping to 8q24, underlies metastatic progression and chromosomal instability in colon cancer

    Hui Ling;Riccardo Spizzo;Yaser Atlasi;Milena Nicoloso

  • 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

  • MicroRNA related polymorphisms and breast cancer risk

    Sofia Khan;Dario Greco;Dario Greco;Kyriaki Michailidou;Roger L. Milne;Roger L. Milne

  • Genomic Evolution of Breast Cancer Metastasis and Relapse

    Lucy R. Yates;Stian Knappskog;Stian Knappskog;David Wedge;David Wedge;James H.R. Farmery

  • Anti-Epithelial Cell Adhesion Molecule Antibodies and the Detection of Circulating Normal-Like Breast Tumor Cells

    Anieta M. Sieuwerts;Jaco Kraan;Joan Bolt;Petra van der Spoel

  • Four miRNAs associated with aggressiveness of lymph node-negative, estrogen receptor-positive human breast cancer

    John A. Foekens;Anieta M. Sieuwerts;Marcel Smid;Maxime P. Look

  • Genes Associated With Breast Cancer Metastatic to Bone

    Marcel Smid;Yixin Wang;Jan G.M. Klijn;Anieta M. Sieuwerts

  • 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

  • Pan-cancer landscape of homologous recombination deficiency

    Luan Nguyen;John W. M. Martens;Arne Van Hoeck;Edwin Cuppen

  • Distinct gene mutation profiles among luminal-type and basal-type breast cancer cell lines

    Antoinette Hollestelle;Jord H. A. Nagel;Marcel Smid;Suzanne Lam

  • Characterization of male breast cancer: Results of the EORTC 10085/TBCRC/BIG/NABCG International Male Breast Cancer Program

    F. Cardoso;F. Cardoso;J. M. S. Bartlett;J. M. S. Bartlett;L. Slaets;C. H. M. van Deurzen;C. H. M. van Deurzen

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcel Smid
Marcel Smid Erasmus University Rotterdam
John A. Foekens
John A. Foekens Erasmus University Rotterdam
Anieta M. Sieuwerts
Anieta M. Sieuwerts Erasmus University Rotterdam
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Stefan Sleijfer
Stefan Sleijfer Erasmus University Rotterdam
Roger L. Milne
Roger L. Milne Cancer Council Victoria
Hiltrud Brauch
Hiltrud Brauch German Cancer Research Center
Jenny Chang-Claude
Jenny Chang-Claude German Cancer Research Center
Barbara Burwinkel
Barbara Burwinkel Heidelberg University
Irene L. Andrulis
Irene L. Andrulis University of Toronto

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