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Susan J. Ramus is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their research focuses primarily on oncology, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant emphasis on ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment. Their body of work spans several aspects of cancer research, including genetic associations, DNA repair mechanisms, and cancer genomics and diagnostics.

The scientist has published extensively in journals such as JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Nature Genetics, British Journal of Cancer, and Journal of Medical Genetics. Their recent notable papers include:

  • Ovarian and Breast Cancer Risks Associated With Pathogenic Variants in RAD51C and RAD51D, 2020, JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • The genomic and immune landscape of long-term survivors of high-grade serous ovarian cancer, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Clinical and pathological associations of PTEN expression in ovarian cancer: a multicentre study from the Ovarian Tumour Tissue Analysis Consortium, 2020, British Journal of Cancer
  • Comprehensive epithelial tubo-ovarian cancer risk prediction model incorporating genetic and epidemiological risk factors, 2021, Journal of Medical Genetics
  • Population-based targeted sequencing of 54 candidate genes identifies PALB2 as a susceptibility gene for high-grade serous ovarian cancer, 2020, Journal of Medical Genetics

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Susan J. Ramus include Ellen L. Goode, Paul D.P. Pharoah, Simon A. Gayther, Jennifer A. Doherty, and Joellen M. Schildkraut. The partnerships suggest a network concentrated in cancer genetics and epidemiology.

Their publications appear frequently in venues such as:

  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Gynecologic Oncology
  • Clinical Cancer Research
  • JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute

The primary fields of study encompass Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Subfields include reproductive medicine, genetics, molecular biology, cancer research, and oncology.

Main topics covered in their research consist of:

  • Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment
  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Age-dependent DNA methylation of genes that are suppressed in stem cells is a hallmark of cancer

    Andrew E. Teschendorff;Usha Menon;Aleksandra Gentry-Maharaj;Susan J. Ramus

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

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

  • Pathology of Breast and Ovarian Cancers among BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers: Results from the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 (CIMBA).

    Nasim Mavaddat;Daniel Barrowdale;Irene L. Andrulis;Susan M. Domchek

  • Association Between BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations and Survival in Women with Invasive Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

    Kelly L. Bolton;Kelly L. Bolton;Georgia Chenevix-Trench;Cindy Goh;Siegal Sadetzki

  • 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

  • DNA methylation patterns in hereditary human cancers mimic sporadic tumorigenesis

    Manel Esteller;Mario F. Fraga;Mingzhou Guo;Jesus Garcia-Foncillas

  • Hormone-receptor expression and ovarian cancer survival: an Ovarian Tumor Tissue Analysis consortium study

    Weiva Sieh;Martin Köbel;Teri A Longacre;David D Bowtell;David D Bowtell

  • Germline Mutations in the BRIP1, BARD1, PALB2, and NBN Genes in Women With Ovarian Cancer

    Susan J. Ramus;Honglin Song;Ed Dicks;Jonathan P. Tyrer

  • 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

  • Identification of Germ-Line E-cadherin Mutations in Gastric Cancer Families of European Origin

    Simon A. Gayther;Kylie L. Gorringe;Susan J. Ramus;David Huntsman

  • 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

  • Multiple loci with different cancer specificities within the 8q24 gene desert.

    Maya Ghoussaini;Honglin Song;Thibaud Koessler;Ali Amin Al Olama

  • A locus on 19p13 modifies risk of breast cancer in BRCA1 mutation carriers and is associated with hormone receptor-negative breast cancer in the general population

    Antonis C. Antoniou;Xianshu Wang;Zachary S. Fredericksen;Lesley McGuffog

  • 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

  • An epigenetic signature in peripheral blood predicts active ovarian cancer.

    Andrew E. Teschendorff;Usha Menon;Aleksandra Gentry-Maharaj;Susan J. Ramus

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 32 novel breast cancer susceptibility loci from overall and subtype-specific analyses

    Haoyu Zhang;Haoyu Zhang;Thomas U. Ahearn;Julie Lecarpentier;Daniel Barnes

  • Genome-wide association study in BRCA1 mutation carriers identifies novel loci associated with breast and ovarian cancer risk

    Fergus J. Couch;Xianshu Wang;Lesley McGuffog;Andrew Lee

  • Contribution of Germline Mutations in the RAD51B, RAD51C, and RAD51D Genes to Ovarian Cancer in the Population

    Honglin Song;Ed Dicks;Susan J. Ramus;Jonathan P. Tyrer

  • Cancer Risks Associated With Germline PALB2 Pathogenic Variants: An International Study of 524 Families

    Xin Yang;Goska Leslie;Alicja Doroszuk;Sandra Schneider

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul D.P. Pharoah
Paul D.P. Pharoah University of Cambridge
Ellen L. Goode
Ellen L. Goode Mayo Clinic
Georgia Chenevix-Trench
Georgia Chenevix-Trench QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Joellen M. Schildkraut
Joellen M. Schildkraut University of Virginia
Jenny Chang-Claude
Jenny Chang-Claude German Cancer Research Center
Usha Menon
Usha Menon University College London
Andrew Berchuck
Andrew Berchuck Duke University
Simon A. Gayther
Simon A. Gayther Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Susanne K. Kjaer
Susanne K. Kjaer University of Copenhagen
Ian G. Campbell
Ian G. Campbell Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

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