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Peter Broderick is affiliated with the Institute of Cancer Research in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on the study of cancer and genetic factors related to it.

Their work is concentrated in several subfields, including:

  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cancer Research
  • Oncology

The main topics in Peter Broderick's research include:

  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Testicular diseases and treatments
  • Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection

Broderick has published extensively in prominent scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Nature Genetics
  • Nature Communications
  • British Journal of Cancer
  • Preprints.org
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Notable papers authored or co-authored by Broderick include:

  • "Fine-mapping analysis including over 254,000 East Asian and European descendants identifies 136 putative colorectal cancer susceptibility genes," 2024, Nature Communications
  • "Deciphering colorectal cancer genetics through multi-omic analysis of 100,204 cases and 154,587 controls of European and east Asian ancestries," 2022, Nature Genetics
  • "Genetically predicted physical activity levels are associated with lower colorectal cancer risk: a Mendelian randomisation study," 2021, British Journal of Cancer
  • "Genomic landscape of platinum resistant and sensitive testicular cancers," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Author Correction: Deciphering colorectal cancer genetics through multi-omic analysis of 100,204 cases and 154,587 controls of European and east Asian ancestries," 2023, Nature Genetics

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Maria Timofeeva
  • Philip Law
  • Susan M. Farrington
  • Ceres Fernández-Rozadilla
  • Zhishan Chen

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association scan of tag SNPs identifies a susceptibility locus for lung cancer at 15q25.1

    Christopher I. Amos;Xifeng Wu;Peter Broderick;Ivan P. Gorlov

  • 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

  • Common 5p15.33 and 6p21.33 variants influence lung cancer risk.

    Yufei Wang;Peter Broderick;Emily Webb;Xifeng Wu

  • 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

  • Rare variants of large effect in BRCA2 and CHEK2 affect risk of lung cancer

    Yufei Wang;James D McKay;Thorunn Rafnar;Zhaoming Wang

  • A genome-wide association study identifies six susceptibility loci for chronic lymphocytic leukemia

    Maria Chiara Di Bernardo;Dalemari Crowther-Swanepoel;Peter Broderick;Emily Webb

  • 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

  • Multiple Independent Loci at Chromosome 15q25.1 Affect Smoking Quantity: a Meta-Analysis and Comparison with Lung Cancer and COPD

    Nancy L. Saccone;Nancy L. Saccone;Robert C Culverhouse;Tae-Hwi Schwantes-An;Dale S. Cannon

  • 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

  • Genome-wide association study of glioma subtypes identifies specific differences in genetic susceptibility to glioblastoma and non-glioblastoma tumors

    Beatrice S Melin;Jill S Barnholtz-Sloan;Margaret R Wrensch;Christoffer Johansen

  • DICER1 Mutations in Familial Multinodular Goiter With and Without Ovarian Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumors

    Thomas Rio Frio;Amin Bahubeshi;Chryssa Kanellopoulou;Nancy Hamel

  • Novel breast cancer susceptibility locus at 9q31.2: results of a genome-wide association study.

    Olivia Fletcher;Nichola Johnson;Nick Orr;Fay J. Hosking

  • Common variants at 2q37.3, 8q24.21, 15q21.3 and 16q24.1 influence chronic lymphocytic leukemia risk

    Dalemari Crowther-Swanepoel;Peter Broderick;Maria Chiara Di Bernardo;Sara E. Dobbins

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

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

  • Deciphering the Impact of Common Genetic Variation on Lung Cancer Risk: A Genome-Wide Association Study

    Peter Broderick;Yufei Wang;Jayaram Vijayakrishnan;Athena Matakidou

  • 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

Richard S. Houlston
Richard S. Houlston Institute of Cancer Research
Kari Hemminki
Kari Hemminki Charles University
Ian Tomlinson
Ian Tomlinson University of Oxford
Per Hoffmann
Per Hoffmann University of Bonn
Anthony J. Swerdlow
Anthony J. Swerdlow Institute of Cancer Research
Julian Peto
Julian Peto London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Malcolm G. Dunlop
Malcolm G. Dunlop University of Edinburgh
Markus M. Nöthen
Markus M. Nöthen University Hospital Bonn
Luis G. Carvajal-Carmona
Luis G. Carvajal-Carmona University of California, Davis
Harry Campbell
Harry Campbell University of Edinburgh

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