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Overview

Paula Soares is affiliated with the University of Porto in Portugal and has an extensive publication record primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Surgery, Genetics, and Oncology.

Their research covers key topics with a strong focus on cancer diagnosis and treatment, particularly thyroid cancer. Main topics of their work include:

  • Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances
  • BRCA Gene Mutations in Cancer
  • Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments
  • Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Urinary and Genital Oncology Studies
  • Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment

Paula Soares has contributed to publications in several frequent venues, including:

  • Endocrine Abstracts
  • Cancers
  • Diagnostics
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Genes

Some of their recent papers are:

  • 2023 European Thyroid Association Clinical Practice Guidelines for thyroid nodule management, 2023, European Thyroid Journal
  • Biomarkers for Bladder Cancer Diagnosis and Surveillance: A Comprehensive Review, 2020, Diagnostics
  • Ubiquitin-Specific Proteases: Players in Cancer Cellular Processes, 2021, Pharmaceuticals
  • Endocrine-disrupting chemicals and endocrine neoplasia: A forty-year systematic review, 2022, Environmental Research
  • LRP1B: A Giant Lost in Cancer Translation, 2021, Pharmaceuticals

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Paula Soares include:

  • Şule Canberk
  • Valdemar Máximo
  • Manuel Sobrinho-Simões
  • João Vinagre
  • José Manuel Lopes

The scientist's research reflects a multidisciplinary approach toward understanding molecular and clinical aspects of cancer and endocrine diseases, contributing to clinical guidelines and comprehensive reviews in their field of study.

Best Publications

  • The mTOR signalling pathway in human cancer.

    Helena Pópulo;José Manuel Lopes;Paula Soares

  • Frequency of TERT promoter mutations in human cancers.

    João Vinagre;Ana Almeida;Ana Almeida;Helena Pópulo;Rui Batista

  • BRAF mutations and RET/PTC rearrangements are alternative events in the etiopathogenesis of PTC

    Paula Soares;Vítor Trovisco;Ana Sofia Rocha;Jorge Lima

  • Melanoma treatment in review.

    Beatriz Domingues;José Manuel Lopes;Paula Soares;Helena Pópulo

  • TERT promoter mutations are a major indicator of poor outcome in differentiated thyroid carcinomas.

    Miguel Melo;Miguel Melo;Adriana Gaspar da Rocha;Adriana Gaspar da Rocha;João Vinagre;João Vinagre;Rui Batista

  • BRAF mutations are associated with some histological types of papillary thyroid carcinoma.

    Vítor Trovisco;Inês Vieira de Castro;Paula Soares;Paula Soares;Valdemar Máximo

  • E-cadherin gene ( CDH1 ) promoter methylation as the second hit in sporadic diffuse gastric carcinoma

    Jc Machado;C Oliveira;R Carvalho;P Soares

  • PAX8-PPARγ rearrangement is frequently detected in the follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma

    P. Castro;A. P. Rebocho;R. J. Soares;J. Magalhães

  • Mitochondrial DNA somatic mutations (point mutations and large deletions) and mitochondrial DNA variants in human thyroid pathology: a study with emphasis on Hürthle cell tumors.

    Valdemar Máximo;Paula Soares;Jorge Lima;José Cameselle-Teijeiro

  • Type and prevalence of BRAF mutations are closely associated with papillary thyroid carcinoma histotype and patients' age but not with tumour aggressiveness

    Vítor Trovisco;Paula Soares;Paula Soares;Ana Preto;Inês Vieira de Castro

  • Evaluating a growth model for forest management using continuous forest inventory data

    Paula Soares;Margarida Tomé;J P Skovsgaard;Jerome K Vanclay

  • 3-D mapping of a multi-layered Mediterranean forest using ALS data

    António Ferraz;António Ferraz;Frédéric Bretar;Stéphane Jacquemoud;Gil Gonçalves

  • BRAF mutations are not a major event in post-Chernobyl childhood thyroid carcinomas

    Jorge Lima;Vítor Trovisco;Paula Soares;Valdemar Máximo

  • Differential Clinicopathological Risk and Prognosis of Major Papillary Thyroid Cancer Variants.

    Xiaoguang Shi;Rengyun Liu;Fulvio Basolo;Riccardo Giannini

  • E-cadherin gene mutations provide a genetic basis for the phenotypic divergence of mixed gastric carcinomas.

    Jc Machado;P Soares;F Carneiro;A Rocha

  • A generalized nonlinear mixed-effects height-diameter model for Eucalyptus globulus L. in northwestern Spain.

    Felipe Crecente-Campo;Margarida Tomé;Paula Soares;Ulises Diéguez-Aranda

  • A critical look at procedures for validating growth and yield models.

    S. Huang;Y. Yang;Y. Wang;A. Amaro

  • Mitochondrial Dynamics Protein Drp1 Is Overexpressed in Oncocytic Thyroid Tumors and Regulates Cancer Cell Migration

    André Ferreira-da-Silva;Cristina Valacca;Elisabete Rios;Helena Pópulo

  • Somatic and germline mutation in GRIM-19, a dual function gene involved in mitochondrial metabolism and cell death, is linked to mitochondrion-rich (Hürthle cell) tumours of the thyroid

    V Máximo;T Botelho;J Capela;P Soares

  • Effect of tree, stand, and site variables on the allometry of Eucalyptus globulus tree biomass

    Nuno AntónioN. António;Margarida ToméM. Tomé;José ToméJ. Tomé;Paula SoaresP. Soares

Frequent Co-Authors

Manuel Sobrinho-Simões
Manuel Sobrinho-Simões University of Porto
Raquel Seruca
Raquel Seruca University of Porto
Margarida Tomé
Margarida Tomé University of Lisbon
Fátima Carneiro
Fátima Carneiro University of Porto
Isabel Ferreira
Isabel Ferreira University of Porto
Luísa Pereira
Luísa Pereira University of Porto
António Amorim
António Amorim University of Lisbon
Rolf Inge Skotheim
Rolf Inge Skotheim Oslo University Hospital
Carla Oliveira
Carla Oliveira University of Porto
Geert Berx
Geert Berx Ghent University

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