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Overview

Luis G. Carvajal-Carmona is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research contributions are primarily situated within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. They have a strong focus on subfields including Genetics, Cancer Research, Oncology, Molecular Biology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist's main research topics include cancer genomics and diagnostics, BRCA gene mutations in cancer, genetic factors in colorectal cancer, global cancer incidence and screening, gastric cancer management and outcomes, Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies, and the intersection of nutrition, genetics, and disease.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Luis G. Carvajal-Carmona include Ana P. Estrada-Florez, Paul C. Lott, Mábel Bohórquez, Laura Fejerman, and Ted Toal. These partnerships indicate an active engagement in collaborative research projects.

Publication venues where the scientist has frequently published their work are Cancer Research, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Frontiers in Oncology, and Annals of Oncology.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Cancer health disparities in racial/ethnic minorities in the United States (2020), British Journal of Cancer
  • Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2-Positive Breast Cancer Is Associated with Indigenous American Ancestry in Latin American Women (2020), Cancer Research
  • The dual pandemic of COVID-19 and systemic inequities in US Latino communities (2021), Cancer
  • Assessment of Patient-Derived Xenograft Growth and Antitumor Activity: The NCI PDXNet Consensus Recommendations (2024), Molecular Cancer Therapeutics
  • Diversifying preclinical research tools: expanding patient-derived models to address cancer health disparities (2022), Trends in cancer

Best Publications

  • Germline mutations affecting the proofreading domains of POLE and POLD1 predispose to colorectal adenomas and carcinomas

    Claire Palles;Jean-Baptiste Cazier;Kimberley M Howarth;Enric Domingo

  • A genome-wide association scan of tag SNPs identifies a susceptibility variant for colorectal cancer at 8q24.21.

    Ian Tomlinson;Ian Tomlinson;Emily Webb;Luis Carvajal-Carmona;Peter Broderick

  • Genome-wide association scan identifies a colorectal cancer susceptibility locus on 11q23 and replicates risk loci at 8q24 and 18q21.

    Albert Tenesa;Susan M Farrington;James G D Prendergast;Mary E Porteous

  • A genome-wide association study identifies colorectal cancer susceptibility loci on chromosomes 10p14 and 8q23.3

    Ian P.M. Tomlinson;Emily Webb;Luis Carvajal-Carmona;Peter Broderick

  • Cancer health disparities in racial/ethnic minorities in the United States

    Valentina A Zavala;Paige M Bracci;John M Carethers;Luis Carvajal-Carmona

  • A genome-wide association study shows that common alleles of SMAD7 influence colorectal cancer risk

    Peter Broderick;Luis Carvajal-Carmona;Luis Carvajal-Carmona;Alan M. Pittman;Emily Webb

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association data identifies four new susceptibility loci for colorectal cancer

    Richard S. Houlston;Emily Webb;Peter Broderick;Alan M. Pittman

  • The common colorectal cancer predisposition SNP rs6983267 at chromosome 8q24 confers potential to enhanced Wnt signaling

    Sari Tuupanen;Mikko Turunen;Rainer Lehtonen;Outi Hallikas

  • Meta-analysis of three genome-wide association studies identifies susceptibility loci for colorectal cancer at 1q41, 3q26.2, 12q13.13 and 20q13.33

    Richard S Houlston;Jeremy Peter Cheadle;Sara E. Dobbins;Albert Tenesa

  • Strong Amerind/white sex bias and a possible Sephardic contribution among the founders of a population in northwest Colombia.

    Luis G. Carvajal-Carmona;Iván D. Soto;Nicolás Pineda;Daniel Ortíz-Barrientos

  • Common genetic variants at the CRAC1 (HMPS) locus on chromosome 15q13.3 influence colorectal cancer risk

    Emma Jaeger;Emily Webb;Kimberley Howarth;Luis Carvajal-Carmona

  • Common variation near CDKN1A, POLD3 and SHROOM2 influences colorectal cancer risk

    Malcolm G Dunlop;Sara E Dobbins;Susan Mary Farrington;Angela M Jones

  • Multiple Common Susceptibility Variants near BMP Pathway Loci GREM1, BMP4, and BMP2 Explain Part of the Missing Heritability of Colorectal Cancer

    Ian P. M. Tomlinson;Luis G. Carvajal-Carmona;Sara E. Dobbins;Albert Tenesa

  • Genetic demography of Antioquia (Colombia) and the Central Valley of Costa Rica.

    Luis G. Carvajal-Carmona;Luis G. Carvajal-Carmona;Roel Ophoff;Jaana Hartiala

  • Genome-wide association study of breast cancer in Latinas identifies novel protective variants on 6q25

    Laura Fejerman;Nasim Ahmadiyeh;Donglei Hu;Scott Huntsman

  • Adult leydig cell tumors of the testis caused by germline fumarate hydratase mutations.

    Luis G Carvajal-Carmona;N Afrina Alam;Patrick J Pollard;Angela M Jones

  • Cumulative impact of common genetic variants and other risk factors on colorectal cancer risk in 42 103 individuals

    Malcolm G. Dunlop;Albert Tenesa;Susan M. Farrington;Stephane Ballereau

  • An association study of bipolar mood disorder (type I) with the 5-HTTLPR serotonin transporter polymorphism in a human population isolate from Colombia

    Jorge Ospina-Duque;Constanza Duque;Luis Carvajal-Carmona;Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos

  • Thyroid cancer susceptibility polymorphisms: confirmation of loci on chromosomes 9q22 and 14q13, validation of a recessive 8q24 locus and failure to replicate a locus on 5q24

    Angela M Jones;Kimberley M Howarth;Lynn Martin;Maggie Gorman

  • Erratum: Germline mutations affecting the proofreading domains of POLE and POLD1 predispose to colorectal adenomas and carcinomas (Nature Genetics (2013) 45 (136-144))

    C Palles;J B Cazier;K M Howarth;E Domingo

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian Tomlinson
Ian Tomlinson University of Oxford
Richard S. Houlston
Richard S. Houlston Institute of Cancer Research
Jean-Baptiste Cazier
Jean-Baptiste Cazier University of Birmingham
Malcolm G. Dunlop
Malcolm G. Dunlop University of Edinburgh
David J. Kerr
David J. Kerr University of Oxford
Peter Broderick
Peter Broderick Institute of Cancer Research
Sergi Castellví-Bel
Sergi Castellví-Bel Clínic Barcelona
Angel Carracedo
Angel Carracedo University of Santiago de Compostela
Harry Campbell
Harry Campbell University of Edinburgh
Paul D.P. Pharoah
Paul D.P. Pharoah University of Cambridge

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