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Shelley S. Tworoger

Shelley S. Tworoger

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D-Index
96
Citations
32893
World Ranking
9692
National Ranking
4989

Overview

Shelley S. Tworoger is a researcher affiliated with Harvard University in the United States, specializing primarily in the field of Medicine with an emphasis on Oncology. Their work spans a range of subfields including Oncology, Reproductive Medicine, Immunology, Cancer Research, and Molecular Biology. These focus areas relate closely to their ongoing research interests and publication record.

The main topics addressed in Tworoger's research include:

  • Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
  • Cancer Risks and Factors
  • Cancer survivorship and care
  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research

Tworoger has published extensively, with significant contributions appearing in several key scientific venues. Frequent publication sites include:

  • Cancer Research
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cancers
  • Clinical Cancer Research

Recurring coauthors in Tworoger's research collaborations are:

  • Mary K. Townsend
  • Kathryn L. Terry (43 collaborative works)
  • Cassandra A. Hathaway (39 collaborative works)
  • Naoko Sasamoto (34 collaborative works)
  • Brooke L. Fridley (24 collaborative works)

Among the recent published papers are:

  • "Association Between Breastfeeding and Ovarian Cancer Risk," 2020, published in JAMA Oncology
  • "IgA transcytosis and antigen recognition govern ovarian cancer immunity," 2021, published in Nature
  • "A Prospective Analysis of Circulating Plasma Metabolites Associated with Ovarian Cancer Risk," 2020, published in Cancer Research
  • "C-reactive Protein and Risk of OSA in Four US Cohorts," 2021, published in CHEST Journal
  • "Association of Powder Use in the Genital Area With Risk of Ovarian Cancer," 2020, published in JAMA

Best Publications

  • Plasma 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels and Risk of Incident Hypertension

    John P. Forman;Edward Giovannucci;Michelle D. Holmes;Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari

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

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

  • 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

  • Elevation of circulating branched-chain amino acids is an early event in human pancreatic adenocarcinoma development

    Jared R Mayers;Chen Wu;Chen Wu;Clary B Clish;Peter Kraft

  • Ovarian Cancer Risk Factors by Histologic Subtype: An Analysis From the Ovarian Cancer Cohort Consortium

    Nicolas Wentzensen;Elizabeth M. Poole;Britton Trabert;Emily White

  • Endogenous Steroid Hormone Concentrations and Risk of Breast Cancer Among Premenopausal Women

    A. Heather Eliassen;Stacey A. Missmer;Shelley S. Tworoger;Donna Spiegelman

  • Effect of Exercise on Serum Estrogens in Postmenopausal Women A 12-Month Randomized Clinical Trial

    Anne McTiernan;Shelley S. Tworoger;Shelley S. Tworoger;Cornelia M. Ulrich;Yutaka Yasui

  • 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

  • Circulating sex hormones and breast cancer risk factors in postmenopausal women: Reanalysis of 13 studies

    T J Key;P N Appleby;G K Reeves;A W Roddam;A W Roddam

  • GWAS meta-analysis and replication identifies three new susceptibility loci for ovarian cancer

    Paul D.P. Pharoah;Ya Yu Tsai;Susan J. Ramus;Catherine M. Phelan

  • Sex hormones and risk of breast cancer in premenopausal women: a collaborative reanalysis of individual participant data from seven prospective studies.

    Endogenous Hormones;T J Key;P N Appleby

  • A prospective study of dietary flavonoid intake and incidence of epithelial ovarian cancer.

    Margaret A. Gates;Margaret A. Gates;Shelley S. Tworoger;Shelley S. Tworoger;Jonathan L. Hecht;Immaculata De Vivo;Immaculata De Vivo

  • Adiposity and Sex Hormones in Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Survivors

    Anne McTiernan;Kumar B. Rajan;Shelley S. Tworoger;Melinda Irwin

  • Plasma adiponectin concentrations and risk of incident breast cancer.

    Shelley S. Tworoger;Shelley S. Tworoger;A. Heather Eliassen;A. Heather Eliassen;Theodoros Kelesidis;Graham A. Colditz;Graham A. Colditz

  • 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

  • A candidate precursor to pelvic serous cancer (p53 signature) and its prevalence in ovaries and fallopian tubes from women with BRCA mutations

    Ann K. Folkins;Elke A. Jarboe;Aasia Saleemuddin;Yonghee Lee

  • Human Plasma Ghrelin Levels Increase during a One-Year Exercise Program

    Karen E. Foster-Schubert;Anne McTiernan;Anne McTiernan;R. Scott Frayo;Robert S. Schwartz

  • 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

  • The association of self-reported sleep duration, difficulty sleeping, and snoring with cognitive function in older women.

    Shelley S Tworoger;Sunmin Lee;Eva S Schernhammer;Francine Grodstein

  • Total and High-Molecular-Weight Adiponectin and Resistin in Relation to the Risk for Type 2 Diabetes in Women

    Christin Heidemann;Qi Sun;Rob M. van Dam;James B. Meigs

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan E. Hankinson
Susan E. Hankinson University of Massachusetts Amherst
Daniel W. Cramer
Daniel W. Cramer Brigham and Women's Hospital
Bernard Rosner
Bernard Rosner Harvard University
A. Heather Eliassen
A. Heather Eliassen Harvard University
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Jenny Chang-Claude
Jenny Chang-Claude German Cancer Research Center
Marc T. Goodman
Marc T. Goodman Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Susan J. Ramus
Susan J. Ramus University of New South Wales
Joellen M. Schildkraut
Joellen M. Schildkraut University of Virginia
Ian G. Campbell
Ian G. Campbell Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

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