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Overview

Lynne R. Wilkens is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Their research primarily centers around the field of Medicine, with substantial work across several related subfields including Oncology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Genetics, Physiology, and Molecular Biology.

Their published work encompasses a range of topics such as Nutritional Studies and Diet, Cancer Risks and Factors, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Diet and Metabolism Studies, Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet, Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, and Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.

Among the recent papers associated with Lynne R. Wilkens are:

  • Risk of COVID-19 among front-line health-care workers and the general community: a prospective cohort study, 2020, The Lancet Public Health
  • 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
  • Large-scale genome-wide association study of coronary artery disease in genetically diverse populations, 2022, Nature Medicine
  • Prognostic gene expression signature for high-grade serous ovarian cancer, 2020, Annals of Oncology

Lynne R. Wilkens has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Loïc Le Marchand
  • Christopher A. Haiman
  • Iona Cheng
  • Veronica Wendy Setiawan
  • Song-Yi Park

Their publications are commonly found in the following venues:

  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • UNC Libraries
  • Cancer Research
  • Current Developments in Nutrition
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Risk of COVID-19 among front-line health-care workers and the general community: a prospective cohort study.

    Long H. Nguyen;David A. Drew;Mark S. Graham;Amit D. Joshi

  • 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

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

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

  • Genetic analyses of diverse populations improves discovery for complex traits

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

  • Association between endometriosis and risk of histological subtypes of ovarian cancer: a pooled analysis of case-control studies.

    Celeste Leigh Pearce;Claire Templeman;Mary Anne Rossing;Alice Lee

  • Common Genetic Variation In Cellular Transport Genes and Epithelial Ovarian Cancer (EOC) Risk

    Ganna Chornokur;Hui-Yi Lin;Jonathan P. Tyrer;Kate Lawrenson

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

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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Ovarian Cancer Risk Factors by Histologic Subtype: An Analysis From the Ovarian Cancer Cohort Consortium

    Nicolas Wentzensen;Elizabeth M. Poole;Britton Trabert;Emily White

  • Animal fat consumption and prostate cancer: a prospective study in Hawaii.

    Loic Le Marchand;Laurence N. Kolonel;Lynne R. Wilkens;Beth C. Myers

  • Hormone-receptor expression and ovarian cancer survival: an Ovarian Tumor Tissue Analysis consortium study

    Weiva Sieh;Martin Köbel;Teri A Longacre;David D Bowtell;David D Bowtell

  • Identification of 12 new susceptibility loci for different histotypes of epithelial ovarian cancer

    Catherine M Phelan;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Jonathan P Tyrer;Siddhartha P Kar

  • Association of Soy and Fiber Consumption with the Risk of Endometrial Cancer

    Marc T. Goodman;Lynne R. Wilkens;Jean H. Hankin;Li Ching Lyu

  • Dietary Variety Increases the Probability of Nutrient Adequacy among Adults

    Janet A. Foote;Suzanne P. Murphy;Lynne R. Wilkens;P. Peter Basiotis

Frequent Co-Authors

Loic Le Marchand
Loic Le Marchand University of Hawaii at Manoa
Laurence N. Kolonel
Laurence N. Kolonel University of Hawaii at Manoa
Brian E. Henderson
Brian E. Henderson University of Southern California
Christopher A. Haiman
Christopher A. Haiman University of Southern California
Marc T. Goodman
Marc T. Goodman Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Daniel O. Stram
Daniel O. Stram University of Southern California
Suzanne P. Murphy
Suzanne P. Murphy University of Hawaii at Manoa
Anna H. Wu
Anna H. Wu University of Southern California
Malcolm C. Pike
Malcolm C. Pike Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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