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Loic Le Marchand is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, focusing extensively on genetics, oncology, molecular biology, public health, environmental and occupational health, as well as pathology and forensic medicine.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, including genetic associations and epidemiology, genetic factors in colorectal cancer, nutritional studies and diet, colorectal cancer screening and detection, BRCA gene mutations in cancer, diet and metabolism studies, and liver disease diagnosis and treatment.

Le Marchand's frequent collaborators include Lynne R. Wilkens, Christopher A. Haiman, Iona Cheng, Polly A. Newcomb, and Graham G. Giles, with collaborative counts ranging from 86 to 174 publications each.

Their research findings are regularly published in several notable scientific venues. The most frequently appearing journals include:

  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cancer Research
  • JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Significant recent papers attributed to this scientist or closely tied collaborations include:

  • Risk of COVID-19 among front-line health-care workers and the general community: a prospective cohort study, 2020, The Lancet Public Health
  • A Population-Based Study of Genes Previously Implicated in Breast Cancer, 2021, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Physical activity and risks of breast and colorectal cancer: a Mendelian randomisation analysis, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Trans-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of prostate cancer identifies new susceptibility loci and informs genetic risk prediction, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Rapid implementation of mobile technology for real-time epidemiology of COVID-19, 2020, Science

Le Marchand's extensive publication record includes more than 600 works in medicine and nearly 400 in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The subfields with the highest concentration of their work include genetics (208 publications), oncology (136), and molecular biology (111).

The scientist contributes to advancing knowledge on cancer genetics, with notable focus areas such as colorectal and breast cancer genetics, alongside exploring environmental and lifestyle influences, including diet and physical activity, on cancer risks and outcomes.

Best Publications

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

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

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

  • Genetic analyses of diverse populations improves discovery for complex traits

    Genevieve L. Wojcik;Mariaelisa Graff;Katherine K. Nishimura;Ran Tao

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies new lung cancer susceptibility loci and heterogeneity in genetic susceptibility across histological subtypes

    James D McKay;Rayjean J Hung;Younghun Han;Xuchen Zong

  • Intake of Flavonoids and Lung Cancer

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

  • Lower Cancer Incidence in Amsterdam-I Criteria Families Without Mismatch Repair Deficiency: Familial Colorectal Cancer Type X

    Noralane M. Lindor;Kari Rabe;Gloria M. Petersen;Robert Haile

  • Genome-wide association analysis of more than 120,000 individuals identifies 15 new susceptibility loci for breast cancer

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Beesley;Sara Lindstrom;Sander Canisius

  • Detectable clonal mosaicism from birth to old age and its relationship to cancer.

    Cathy C. Laurie;Cecelia A Laurie;Kenneth Rice;Kimberly F. Doheny

  • 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

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

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

  • MicroRNA related polymorphisms and breast cancer risk

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

  • Identification of Lynch syndrome among patients with colorectal cancer

    Leticia Moreira;Francesc Balaguer;Noralane Lindor;Albert De La Chapelle

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

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

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

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

  • Cancer risks by gene, age, and gender in 6350 carriers of pathogenic mismatch repair variants: findings from the Prospective Lynch Syndrome Database

    Mev Dominguez-Valentin;Julian R. Sampson;Toni T. Seppälä;Sanne W. ten Broeke

  • Sequence variants in SLC16A11 are a common risk factor for type 2 diabetes in Mexico

    A. L. Williams Amy;A. L. Williams Amy;S. B R Jacobs Suzanne;Hortensia Moreno-Macías;Alicia Huerta-Chagoya

  • Identification of seven new prostate cancer susceptibility loci through a genome-wide association study

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher A. Haiman
Christopher A. Haiman University of Southern California
Lynne R. Wilkens
Lynne R. Wilkens University of Hawaii at Manoa
Laurence N. Kolonel
Laurence N. Kolonel University of Hawaii at Manoa
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Brian E. Henderson
Brian E. Henderson University of Southern California
Polly A. Newcomb
Polly A. Newcomb Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
John L. Hopper
John L. Hopper University of Melbourne
Roger L. Milne
Roger L. Milne Cancer Council Victoria
Daniel O. Stram
Daniel O. Stram University of Southern California
Jenny Chang-Claude
Jenny Chang-Claude German Cancer Research Center

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