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Overview

Laurence N. Kolonel is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Their research spans primarily the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions in Genetics, Oncology, Neurology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Estrogen and related hormone effects
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Cancer Risks and Factors
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments
  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research

Among the frequent co-authors with whom they have collaborated are:

  • Loïc Le Marchand
  • Christopher A. Haiman
  • Christine B. Ambrosone
  • Elisa V. Bandera
  • Andrew F. Olshan

Laurence N. Kolonel has published extensively in several venues, most notably:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Leukemia
  • Neurology
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Blood Advances

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Prediagnostic Neurofilament Light Chain Levels in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis," 2021, Neurology
  • "Discovery and fine-mapping of height loci via high-density imputation of GWASs in individuals of African ancestry," 2021, The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • "Distinct germline genetic susceptibility profiles identified for common non-Hodgkin lymphoma subtypes," 2022, Leukemia
  • "A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of multiple myeloma among men and women of African ancestry," 2020, Blood Advances
  • "Pre-diagnostic plasma lipid levels and the risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis," 2020, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration

Best Publications

  • American Cancer Society Guidelines on Nutrition and Physical Activity for Cancer Prevention: Reducing the Risk of Cancer with Healthy Food Choices and Physical Activity

    Lawrence H. Kushi;Tim Byers;Colleen Doyle;Elisa V. Bandera

  • Migration Patterns and Breast Cancer Risk in Asian-American Women

    Regina G. Ziegler;Robert N. Hoover;Malcolm C. Pike;Allan Hildesheim

  • A Multiethnic Cohort in Hawaii and Los Angeles: Baseline Characteristics

    Laurence N. Kolonel;Brian E. Henderson;Jean H. Hankin;Abraham M. Y. Nomura

  • Prostate Cancer in Relation to Diet, Physical Activity, and Body Size in Blacks, Whites, and Asians in the United States and Canada

    Whittemore As;Kolonel Ln;Wu Ah;John Em

  • 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

  • Common variants on chromosomes 2q35 and 16q12 confer susceptibility to estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer.

    Simon N Stacey;Andrei Manolescu;Patrick Sulem;Thorunn Rafnar

  • Type I and II Endometrial Cancers: Have They Different Risk Factors?

    Veronica Wendy Setiawan;Hannah P. Yang;Malcolm C. Pike;Malcolm C. Pike;Susan E. McCann;Susan E. McCann

  • 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

  • Ethnic and Racial Differences in the Smoking-Related Risk of Lung Cancer

    Christopher A. Haiman;Daniel O. Stram;Lynne R. Wilkens;Malcolm C. Pike

  • Multiple regions within 8q24 independently affect risk for prostate cancer.

    Christopher A Haiman;Nick Patterson;Matthew L Freedman;Matthew L Freedman;Simon R Myers

  • Intake of Flavonoids and Lung Cancer

    Loïc Le Marchand;Suzanne P. Murphy;Jean H. Hankin;Lynne R. Wilkens

  • Lung Cancer Incidence in Never Smokers

    Heather A. Wakelee;Ellen T. Chang;Scarlett L. Gomez;Theresa H. M. Keegan

  • Vegetables, fruits, legumes and prostate cancer: a multiethnic case-control study.

    Laurence N. Kolonel;Jean H. Hankin;Alice S. Whittemore;Anna H. Wu

  • 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

  • Type and timing of menopausal hormone therapy and breast cancer risk: individual participant meta-analysis of the worldwide epidemiological evidence

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

  • Lung cancer occurrence in never-smokers: an analysis of 13 cohorts and 22 cancer registry studies.

    Michael J Thun;Lindsay M Hannan;Lucile L Adams-Campbell;Paolo Boffetta

  • Common variants on chromosome 5p12 confer susceptibility to estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer.

    Simon N Stacey;Andrei Manolescu;Patrick Sulem;Steinunn Thorlacius

  • Rationale and Strategies for Chemoprevention of Cancer in Humans

    John S. Bertram;Laurence N. Kolonel;Frank L. Meyskens

  • Associations of Sedentary Lifestyle, Obesity, Smoking, Alcohol Use, and Diabetes with the Risk of Colorectal Cancer

    Loïc Le Marchand;Lynne R. Wilkens;Laurence N. Kolonel;Jean H. Hankin

  • Detectable clonal mosaicism and its relationship to aging and cancer

    Kevin B. Jacobs;Meredith Yeager;Weiyin Zhou;Sholom Wacholder

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian E. Henderson
Brian E. Henderson University of Southern California
Loic Le Marchand
Loic Le Marchand University of Hawaii at Manoa
Lynne R. Wilkens
Lynne R. Wilkens University of Hawaii at Manoa
Christopher A. Haiman
Christopher A. Haiman University of Southern California
Daniel O. Stram
Daniel O. Stram University of Southern California
Stephen J. Chanock
Stephen J. Chanock National Institutes of Health
David J. Hunter
David J. Hunter Harvard University
Marc T. Goodman
Marc T. Goodman Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Malcolm C. Pike
Malcolm C. Pike Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Peter Kraft
Peter Kraft Harvard University

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