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Penelope M. Webb is affiliated with the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Reproductive Medicine, Oncology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Genetics, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

Their published work covers several main topics related to cancer and reproductive health, including:

  • Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment
  • Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments
  • Cancer Risks and Factors
  • Vitamin D Research Studies
  • Endometriosis Research and Treatment
  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • Estrogen and related hormone effects

Recent papers by Penelope M. Webb include:

  • Global epidemiology of epithelial ovarian cancer, 2024, published in Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Webb include:

  • Marc T. Goodman
  • Susan J. Jordan
  • Andrew Berchuck
  • Jennifer A. Doherty
  • Celeste Leigh Pearce

Common publication venues where Webb's research appears are:

  • Gynecologic Oncology
  • JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • International Journal of Epidemiology
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • UNC Libraries

In addition to journal articles, Webb has contributed to book publications, including "Essential Epidemiology" published in 2024 by Cambridge University Press.

Best Publications

  • BRCA Mutation Frequency and Patterns of Treatment Response in BRCA Mutation–Positive Women With Ovarian Cancer: A Report From the Australian Ovarian Cancer Study Group

    Kathryn Alsop;Sian Fereday;Cliff Meldrum;Anna deFazio

  • 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

  • Epidemiology of epithelial ovarian cancer.

    Penelope M. Webb;Penelope M. Webb;Susan J. Jordan;Susan J. Jordan

  • Type I and II Endometrial Cancers: Have They Different Risk Factors?

    Veronica Wendy Setiawan;Hannah P. Yang;Malcolm C. Pike;Malcolm C. Pike;Susan E. McCann;Susan E. McCann

  • EPIDEMIOLOGY OF, AND RISK-FACTORS FOR, HELICOBACTER-PYLORI INFECTION AMONG 3194 ASYMPTOMATIC SUBJECTS IN 17 POPULATIONS.

    D Forman;Gui De Backer;J Elder;H Moller

  • Relation between infection with Helicobacter pylori and living conditions in childhood: evidence for person to person transmission in early life

    P M Webb;T Knight;S Greaves;A Wilson

  • 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

  • A genome-wide association study identifies susceptibility loci for ovarian cancer at 2q31 and 8q24

    Ellen L Goode;Georgia Chenevix-Trench;Honglin Song;Susan J Ramus

  • Obesity and the risk of epithelial ovarian cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Catherine M. Olsen;Adèle C. Green;David C. Whiteman;Shahram Sadeghi;Shahram Sadeghi

  • Cigarette Smoking and Adenocarcinomas of the Esophagus and Esophagogastric Junction: A Pooled Analysis From the International BEACON Consortium

    Michael B. Cook;Farin Kamangar;Farin Kamangar;David C. Whiteman;Neal D. Freedman

  • Combined effects of obesity, acid reflux and smoking on the risk of adenocarcinomas of the oesophagus.

    David C. Whiteman;Shahram Sadeghi;Nirmala Pandeya;Bernard Mark Smithers

  • A genome-wide association study identifies a new ovarian cancer susceptibility locus on 9p22.2.

    Honglin Song;Susan J. Ramus;Jonathan Tyrer;Kelly L. Bolton;Kelly L. Bolton

  • Ovarian cancer and smoking: individual participant meta-analysis including 28 114 women with ovarian cancer from 51 epidemiological studies

    E. E. Calle;S. M. Gapstur;A. V. Patel;L. Dal Maso

  • Common variants at 19p13 are associated with susceptibility to ovarian cancer.

    Kelly L Bolton;Kelly L Bolton;Jonathan Tyrer;Honglin Song;Susan J Ramus

  • Ovulation and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer

    David M Purdie;Christopher J Bain;Victor Siskind;Penelope M Webb

  • Aspirin, Nonaspirin Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug, and Acetaminophen Use and Risk of Invasive Epithelial Ovarian Cancer: A Pooled Analysis in the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium

    Britton Trabert;Roberta B. Ness;Wei Hsuan Lo-Ciganic;Megan A. Murphy

  • Tumor Mismatch Repair Immunohistochemistry and DNA MLH1 Methylation Testing of Patients With Endometrial Cancer Diagnosed at Age Younger Than 60 Years Optimizes Triage for Population-Level Germline Mismatch Repair Gene Mutation Testing

    Daniel D. Buchanan;Yen Y. Tan;Michael D. Walsh;Mark Clendenning

  • Obesity and risk of ovarian cancer subtypes: evidence from the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium

    Catherine M Olsen;Christina M Nagle;David C Whiteman;Roberta Ness

  • Recreational and occupational field exposure to freshwater cyanobacteria - a review of anecdotal and case reports, epidemiological studies and the challenges for epidemiologic assessment

    Ian Stewart;Ian Stewart;Penelope M Webb;Philip J Schluter;Glendon Reginald Shaw;Glendon Reginald Shaw;Glendon Reginald Shaw

  • Talcum powder, chronic pelvic inflammation and NSAIDs in relation to risk of epithelial ovarian cancer.

    Melissa A. Merritt;Melissa A. Merritt;Adèle C. Green;Christina M. Nagle;Penelope M. Webb

Frequent Co-Authors

David C. Whiteman
David C. Whiteman QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Adèle C. Green
Adèle C. Green QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Jennifer A. Doherty
Jennifer A. Doherty University of Utah
Marc T. Goodman
Marc T. Goodman Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Anna H. Wu
Anna H. Wu University of Southern California
Joellen M. Schildkraut
Joellen M. Schildkraut University of Virginia
Daniel W. Cramer
Daniel W. Cramer Brigham and Women's Hospital
Jenny Chang-Claude
Jenny Chang-Claude German Cancer Research Center
Harvey A. Risch
Harvey A. Risch Yale University
Andrew Berchuck
Andrew Berchuck Duke University

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