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Richard P. Gallagher

Richard P. Gallagher

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Medicine

D-Index
77
Citations
25653
World Ranking
18322
National Ranking
773

Overview

Richard P. Gallagher is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a strong emphasis on oncology and cancer research.

Their published work includes multiple topics, notably cutaneous melanoma detection and management, melanoma and MAPK pathways, immunotherapy and immune responses, skin protection and aging, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, vitamin D research studies, and air quality and health impacts.

Frequent publication venues for their research include UNC Libraries, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, JNCI Cancer Spectrum, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, and Cancer Reports.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Richard P. Gallagher are Marianne Berwick, Peter A. Kanetsky, Colin B. Begg, Nancy E. Thomas, and Klaus J. Busam.

Their recent papers include:

  • Comparison of Clinicopathologic Features and Survival of Histopathologically Amelanotic and Pigmented Melanomas: A Population-Based Study, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Association Between NRAS and BRAF Mutational Status and Melanoma-Specific Survival Among Patients With Higher-Risk Primary Melanoma, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Association of Known Melanoma Risk Factors with Primary Melanoma of the Scalp and Neck, 2020, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • Persistent organic pollutants and risk of cutaneous malignant melanoma among women, 2021, Cancer Reports
  • Comparison of community pathologists with expert dermatopathologists evaluating Breslow thickness and histopathologic subtype in a large international population-based study of melanoma, 2021, JAAD International

Best Publications

  • Breast cancer and hormone replacement therapy: collaborative reanalysis of data from 51 epidemiological studies of 52 705 women with breast cancer and 108 411 women without breast cancer

    E. E. Calle;C. W. Heath;R. J. Coates;J. M. Liff

  • Breast cancer and hormonal contraceptives : collaborative reanalysis of individual data on 53.297 women with breast cancer and 100.239 women without breast cancer from 54 epidemiological studies

    E. E. Calle;C. W. Heath;H. L. Miracle-McMahill;R. J. Coates

  • Alcohol, tobacco and breast cancer - Collaborative reanalysis of individual data from 53 epidemiological studies, including 58 515 women with breast cancer and 95 067 women without the disease

    N Hamajima;K Hirose;K Tajima;T Rohan

  • Menarche, menopause, and breast cancer risk: Individual participant meta-analysis, including 118 964 women with breast cancer from 117 epidemiological studies

    N. Hamajima;K. Hirose;K. Tajima;T. Rohan

  • Prostate Cancer in Relation to Diet, Physical Activity, and Body Size in Blacks, Whites, and Asians in the United States and Canada

    Whittemore As;Kolonel Ln;Wu Ah;John Em

  • Dietary intake of fiber and decreased risk of cancers of the colon and rectum: Evidence from the combined analysis of 13 case-control studies

    Geoffrey R. Howe;Enrique Benito;Roberto Castelleto;Jacqueline Cornée

  • Type and timing of menopausal hormone therapy and breast cancer risk: individual participant meta-analysis of the worldwide epidemiological evidence

    N. Hamajima;K. Hirose;K. Tajima;T. Rohan

  • Diet, Physical Activity, and Colorectal Cancer Among Chinese in North America and China

    Alice S. Whittemore;Anna H. Wu-Williams;Marion Lee;Zheng Shu

  • Genetic variation in TNF and IL10 and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a report from the InterLymph Consortium

    Nathaniel Rothman;Christine F Skibola;Sophia S Wang;Gareth Morgan

  • Family History and Prostate Cancer Risk in Black, White, and Asian Men in the United States and Canada

    Alice S. Whittemore;Anna H. Wu;Laurence N. Kolonel;Esther M. John

  • Power-Frequency Electric and Magnetic Fields and Risk of Childhood Leukemia in Canada

    M. L. McBride;R. P. Gallagher;G. Thériault;B. G. Armstrong

  • Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocyte Grade in Primary Melanomas Is Independently Associated With Melanoma-Specific Survival in the Population-Based Genes, Environment and Melanoma Study

    Nancy E. Thomas;Klaus J. Busam;Lynn From;Anne Kricker

  • The relationship between dietary fat intake and risk of colorectal cancer: evidence from the combined analysis of 13 case-control studies

    Geoffrey R. Howe;Kristan J. Aronson;Enrique Benito;Roberto Castelleto

  • Lifetime Risk of Melanoma in CDKN2A Mutation Carriers in a Population-Based Sample

    Colin B. Begg;Irene Orlow;Amanda J. Hummer;Bruce K. Armstrong

  • Body site distribution of cutaneous malignant melanoma in relationship to patterns of sun exposure

    J M Elwood;R P Gallagher

  • Cohort Study of Air Canada Pilots: Mortality, Cancer Incidence, and Leukemia Risk

    Pierre R. Band;Nhu D. Le;Raymond Fang;Michéle Deschamps

  • Breast cancer and hormonal contraceptives: further results

    EE Calle;CW Heath;HL Miracle-McMahill;RJ Coates

  • Serum androgens and sex hormone-binding globulins in relation to lifestyle factors in older African-American, white, and Asian men in the United States and Canada.

    A H Wu;A S Whittemore;L N Kolonel;E M John

  • Risk Factors for Ocular Melanoma: Western Canada Melanoma Study

    Gallagher Rp;Elwood Jm;Rootman J;Spinelli Jj

  • Quality, quantity and harmony: the DataSHaPER approach to integrating data across bioclinical studies

    Isabel Fortier;Paul R. Burton;Paula J. Robson;Vincent Ferretti

Frequent Co-Authors

John J. Spinelli
John J. Spinelli University of British Columbia
Marianne Berwick
Marianne Berwick University of New Mexico
Bruce K. Armstrong
Bruce K. Armstrong University of Sydney
Colin B. Begg
Colin B. Begg Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Stephen B. Gruber
Stephen B. Gruber City Of Hope National Medical Center
Terence Dwyer
Terence Dwyer University of Oxford
Hoda Anton-Culver
Hoda Anton-Culver University of California, Irvine
Irene Orlow
Irene Orlow Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Angela Brooks-Wilson
Angela Brooks-Wilson Simon Fraser University
Klaus J. Busam
Klaus J. Busam Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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