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  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1995 - Charles S. Mott Prize, General Motors Cancer Research Foundation
  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Joseph F. Fraumeni is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their work primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on areas including Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Genetics, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery, and Cancer Research.

Their research topics cover diverse aspects of cancer and genetic epidemiology. Key topics associated with their publications include:

  • Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
  • Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening

Joseph F. Fraumeni has published research in several venues, including:

  • UNC Libraries (8 publications)
  • Leukemia (2 publications)
  • Environment International (1 publication)
  • Blood (1 publication)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Joseph F. Fraumeni include Qing Lan, Thomas L. Vaughan, Harvey A. Risch, Sonja I. Berndt, and Joseph Vijai.

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by Joseph F. Fraumeni are:

  • Distinct germline genetic susceptibility profiles identified for common non-Hodgkin lymphoma subtypes (2022) published in Leukemia
  • Sub-multiplicative interaction between polygenic risk score and household coal use in relation to lung adenocarcinoma among never-smoking women in Asia (2020) published in Environment International
  • IGF2R polymorphisms and risk of esophageal and gastric adenocarcinomas (2020) published by UNC Libraries
  • HBB rs334, ABO R s8176703 and Plasmodium Falciparum Positivity at Enrollment Are Independently Associated with Lower Risk for Endemic Burkitt Lymphoma in Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, and Malawi (2022) published in Blood
  • Correction: Distinct germline genetic susceptibility profiles identified for common non-Hodgkin lymphoma subtypes (2023) published in Leukemia

Their work includes studies on genetic susceptibility, cancer risk factors, and gene-environment interactions in various cancer types including lymphoma, lung adenocarcinoma, esophageal, and gastric cancers.

Awards received by Joseph F. Fraumeni include:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2011)
  • Charles S. Mott Prize, General Motors Cancer Research Foundation (1995)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1992)

Best Publications

  • Germ line p53 mutations in a familial syndrome of breast cancer, sarcomas, and other neoplasms

    David Malkin;Frederick P. Li;Frederick P. Li;Louise C. Strong;Joseph F. Fraumeni

  • Changing patterns in the incidence of esophageal and gastric carcinoma in the United States

    Susan S. Devesa;William J. Blot;Joseph F. Fraumeni

  • Interleukin-1 polymorphisms associated with increased risk of gastric cancer

    Emad M. El-Omar;Emad M. El-Omar;Mary Carrington;Wong Ho Chow;Kenneth E.L. McColl

  • Rising incidence of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and gastric cardia.

    William J. Blot;Susan S. Devesa;Robert W. Kneller;Joseph F. Fraumeni

  • Nutrition Intervention Trials in Linxian, China: Supplementation With Specific Vitamin/Mineral Combinations, Cancer Incidence, and Disease-Specific Mortality in the General Population

    William J. Blot;Jun Yao Li;Philip R. Taylor;Wande Guo

  • Rising incidence of renal cell cancer in the United States

    Wong Ho Chow;Susan S. Devesa;Joan L. Warren;Joseph F. Fraumeni

  • A genome-wide association study identifies alleles in FGFR2 associated with risk of sporadic postmenopausal breast cancer

    David J Hunter;David J Hunter;Peter Kraft;Kevin B Jacobs;David G Cox

  • Replicating genotype–phenotype associations

    Stephen J. Chanock;Teri Manolio;Michael Boehnke;Eric Boerwinkle

  • Spectrum of cancer risk among US solid organ transplant recipients.

    Eric A. Engels;Ruth M. Pfeiffer;Joseph F. Fraumeni;Bertram L. Kasiske

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

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

  • Heterozygous germ line hCHK2 mutations in Li-Fraumeni syndrome.

    Daphne W. Bell;Jennifer M. Varley;Tara E. Szydlo;Deborah H. Kang

  • Increased risk of noncardia gastric cancer associated with proinflammatory cytokine gene polymorphisms

    Emad M El-Omar;Charles S Rabkin;Marilie D Gammon;Thomas L Vaughan

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

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

  • Solid Cancers after Bone Marrow Transplantation

    Rochelle E. Curtis;Philip A. Rowlings;H. Joachim Deeg;Donna A. Shriner

  • Agricultural Herbicide Use and Risk of Lymphoma and Soft-Tissue Sarcoma

    Shelia K. Hoar;Aaron Blair;Frederick F. Holmes;Cathy D. Boysen

  • Population attributable risks of esophageal and gastric cancers.

    Lawrence S. Engel;Lawrence S. Engel;Wong Ho Chow;Thomas L. Vaughan;Marilie D. Gammon

  • Increased Risk of Non-Fatal Myocardial Infarction Following Testosterone Therapy Prescription in Men

    William D. Finkle;Sander Greenland;Gregory K. Ridgeway;John L. Adams

  • Obesity, hypertension, and the risk of kidney cancer in men.

    Wong Ho Chow;Gloria Gridley;Joseph F. Fraumeni;Bengt Järvholm

  • The risk of stomach cancer in patients with gastric or duodenal ulcer disease.

    Lars Erik Hansson;Olof Nyrén;Ann W. Hsing;Reinhold Bergström

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

    Adam S. Kibel

Frequent Co-Authors

William J. Blot
William J. Blot Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Robert N. Hoover
Robert N. Hoover National Institutes of Health
Joseph K. McLaughlin
Joseph K. McLaughlin Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Meredith Yeager
Meredith Yeager Hood College
Stephen J. Chanock
Stephen J. Chanock National Institutes of Health
Zhaoming Wang
Zhaoming Wang St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Margaret A. Tucker
Margaret A. Tucker National Institutes of Health
Yu-Tang Gao
Yu-Tang Gao Fudan University
Amy Hutchinson
Amy Hutchinson National Cancer Institute
Wong Ho Chow
Wong Ho Chow The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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