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National Ranking
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Medicine

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Citations
88531
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Overview

Leslie Bernstein was affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research focused primarily on medicine, with particular expertise in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Over the course of their career, they contributed extensively to the study of genetics, oncology, surgery, cancer research, and molecular biology.

Their work addressed key topics including BRCA gene mutations in cancer, genetic associations and epidemiology, global cancer incidence and screening, esophageal cancer research and treatment, cancer risks and factors, nutrition, genetics, and disease, as well as breast cancer treatment studies.

Bernstein's publication record included multiple recent papers with high citation counts, such as:

  • "A Population-Based Study of Genes Previously Implicated in Breast Cancer" (2021) published in New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Risk of Breast Cancer Among Carriers of Pathogenic Variants in Breast Cancer Predisposition Genes Varies by Polygenic Risk Score" (2021) published in Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • "Combined Associations of a Polygenic Risk Score and Classical Risk Factors With Breast Cancer Risk" (2020) published in JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • "Body size and weight change over adulthood and risk of breast cancer by menopausal and hormone receptor status: a pooled analysis of 20 prospective cohort studies" (2020) published in European Journal of Epidemiology
  • "Contribution of Germline Predisposition Gene Mutations to Breast Cancer Risk in African American Women" (2020) published in JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Frequent coauthors in their publications included Esther M. John, Christine B. Ambrosone, Stephen J. Chanock, Elisa V. Bandera, and Julie R. Palmer, reflecting consistent collaboration with other researchers in the field.

Bernstein's research appeared most frequently in venues such as UNC Libraries, Cancer Research, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute, and Nature Communications.

Best Publications

  • Breast cancer and hormone replacement therapy: collaborative reanalysis of data from 51 epidemiological studies of 52 705 women with breast cancer and 108 411 women without breast cancer

    E. E. Calle;C. W. Heath;R. J. Coates;J. M. Liff

  • Breast cancer and hormonal contraceptives : collaborative reanalysis of individual data on 53.297 women with breast cancer and 100.239 women without breast cancer from 54 epidemiological studies

    E. E. Calle;C. W. Heath;H. L. Miracle-McMahill;R. J. Coates

  • Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Sara Lindström;Sara Lindström;Joe Dennis;Jonathan Beesley

  • Cancers of the prostate and breast among Japanese and white immigrants in Los Angeles County.

    H Shimizu;RK Ross;L Bernstein;R Yatani

  • Impact of socioeconomic status on cancer incidence and stage at diagnosis: selected findings from the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results: National Longitudinal Mortality Study

    Limin X. Clegg;Marsha E. Reichman;Barry A. Miller;Benjamin F. Hankey

  • EPIDEMIOLOGIC EVALUATION OF MEASUREMENT DATA IN THE PRESENCE OF DETECTION LIMITS

    J H. Lubin;J S. Colt;D Camann;S Davis

  • Endogenous Hormones and Breast Cancer Risk

    Leslie Bernstein;Ronald K. Ross

  • HER-2/neu gene amplification characterized by fluorescence in situ hybridization: poor prognosis in node-negative breast carcinomas.

    Michael F. Press;Leslie Bernstein;Patricia A. Thomas;Lorraine F. Meisner

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

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

  • Oral Contraceptives and the Risk of Breast Cancer

    Polly A. Marchbanks;Jill A. McDonald;Hoyt G. Wilson;Suzanne G. Folger

  • 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

  • Elevated Biomarkers of Inflammation Are Associated With Reduced Survival Among Breast Cancer Patients

    Brandon L. Pierce;Rachel Ballard-Barbash;Leslie Bernstein;Richard N. Baumgartner

  • Influence of Pre- and Postdiagnosis Physical Activity on Mortality in Breast Cancer Survivors: The Health, Eating, Activity, and Lifestyle Study

    Melinda L. Irwin;Ashley Wilder Smith;Anne McTiernan;Rachel Ballard-Barbash

  • Physical activity levels before and after a diagnosis of breast carcinoma: The health, eating, activity, and lifestyle (HEAL) study

    Melinda L. Irwin;Diane Crumley;Anne McTiernan M.D.;Leslie Bernstein

  • 5-alpha-reductase activity and risk of prostate cancer among Japanese and US white and black males.

    R.K. Ross;L. Bernstein;M.C. Pike;B.E. Henderson

  • A carcinogenic potency database of the standardized results of animal bioassays

    L S Gold;C B Sawyer;R Magaw;G M Backman

  • Physical Exercise and Reduced Risk of Breast Cancer in Young Women

    Leslie Bernstein;Brain E. Henderson;Rosemarie Hanisch;Jane Sullivan-Halley

  • Prediction of Breast Cancer Risk Based on Profiling With Common Genetic Variants

    Nasim Mavaddat;Paul D.P. Pharoah;Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Tyrer

  • Risk of leukemia after chemotherapy and radiation treatment for breast cancer.

    Rochelle E. Curtis;John D. Boice;Marilyn Stovall;Leslie Bernstein

  • A Population-Based Study of Genes Previously Implicated in Breast Cancer

    Chunling Hu;Steven N Hart;Rohan Gnanaolivu;Hongyan Huang

Frequent Co-Authors

Giske Ursin
Giske Ursin University of Oslo
Dennis Deapen
Dennis Deapen University of Southern California
Ronald K. Ross
Ronald K. Ross University of Southern California
Pamela L. Horn-Ross
Pamela L. Horn-Ross Cancer Prevention Institute of California
Janet R. Daling
Janet R. Daling Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Rachel Ballard-Barbash
Rachel Ballard-Barbash National Institutes of Health
Michael F. Press
Michael F. Press University of Southern California
Brian L. Strom
Brian L. Strom Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Brian E. Henderson
Brian E. Henderson University of Southern California
Malcolm C. Pike
Malcolm C. Pike Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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