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Matthias W. Beckmann is affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Oncology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Cancer Research, and Reproductive Medicine.

The topics addressed in Beckmann's work include:

  • Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments
  • Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
  • Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
  • Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Uterine Myomas and Treatments
  • Endometriosis Research and Treatment

Beckmann has contributed to a range of publications, including the following recent papers:

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 32 novel breast cancer susceptibility loci from overall and subtype-specific analyses (2020) in Nature Genetics
  • The Randomized AMBORA Trial: Impact of Pharmacological/Pharmaceutical Care on Medication Safety and Patient-Reported Outcomes During Treatment With New Oral Anticancer Agents (2021) in Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Physical activity, sedentary time and breast cancer risk: a Mendelian randomisation study (2022) in British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Prognostic effect of low-level HER2 expression in patients with clinically negative HER2 status (2021) in European Journal of Cancer
  • SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Pregnancy - a Review of the Current Literature and Possible Impact on Maternal and Neonatal Outcome (2020) in Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Beckmann include:

  • Peter A. Fasching
  • Arndt Hartmann
  • Lothar Häberle
  • Carolin C. Hack
  • Alexander Hein

Beckmann's work frequently appears in several publication venues among which are:

  • Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde
  • Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics
  • Frauenheilkunde up2date
  • Cancers
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Inhibiting DNA Methylation Causes an Interferon Response in Cancer via dsRNA Including Endogenous Retroviruses

    Katherine B. Chiappinelli;Pamela L. Strissel;Alexis Desrichard;Huili Li

  • Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

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

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

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

  • Clinical aspects of Mayer–Rokitansky–Kuester–Hauser syndrome: recommendations for clinical diagnosis and staging

    Peter Oppelt;Stefan P. Renner;Anja Kellermann;Sara Brucker

  • RAD51B in Familial Breast Cancer

    Liisa M. Pelttari;Sofia Khan;Mikko Vuorela;Johanna I. Kiiski

  • 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

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

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

  • Prediction of BRCA1 Status in Patients with Breast Cancer Using Estrogen Receptor and Basal Phenotype

    Sunil R. Lakhani;Jorge S. Reis-Filho;Laura Fulford;Frederique Penault-Llorca

  • Breast Cancer Risk Genes - Association Analysis in More than 113,000 Women

    Leila Dorling;Sara Carvalho;Jamie Allen

  • Inherited Mutations in 17 Breast Cancer Susceptibility Genes Among a Large Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cohort Unselected for Family History of Breast Cancer

    Fergus J. Couch;Steven N. Hart;Priyanka Sharma;Amanda Ewart Toland

  • Parent-of-origin-specific allelic associations among 106 genomic loci for age at menarche

    John R.B. Perry;Felix Day;Cathy E. Elks;Patrick Sulem

  • Circulating Tumor Cells Predict Survival in Early Average-to-High Risk Breast Cancer Patients

    Brigitte Rack;Christian Schindlbeck;Julia Jückstock;Ulrich Andergassen

  • 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

  • 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

  • Genomic analyses identify hundreds of variants associated with age at menarche and support a role for puberty timing in cancer risk

    Felix R. Day;Deborah J. Thompson;Hannes Helgason;Hannes Helgason;Daniel I. Chasman

  • Association Between CYP2D6 Polymorphisms and Outcomes Among Women With Early Stage Breast Cancer Treated With Tamoxifen

    Werner Schroth;Matthew P. Goetz;Ute Hamann;Peter A. Fasching;Peter A. Fasching

  • MicroRNA related polymorphisms and breast cancer risk

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

  • Erratum: Inhibiting DNA Methylation Causes an Interferon Response in Cancer via dsRNA Including Endogenous Retroviruses (Cell (2015) 152 (974-986))

    Katherine B. Chiappinelli;Pamela L. Strissel;Alexis Desrichard;Huili Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Hiltrud Brauch
Hiltrud Brauch German Cancer Research Center
Peter A. Fasching
Peter A. Fasching University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Jenny Chang-Claude
Jenny Chang-Claude German Cancer Research Center
Roger L. Milne
Roger L. Milne Cancer Council Victoria
Paul D.P. Pharoah
Paul D.P. Pharoah University of Cambridge
Melissa C. Southey
Melissa C. Southey Monash University
Georgia Chenevix-Trench
Georgia Chenevix-Trench QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Douglas F. Easton
Douglas F. Easton University of Cambridge

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