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James M. Ford

Vanderbilt University · US
Area of research
Genetics · Cancer Research
Research interest
Research interests include BRCA gene mutations in cancer, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Genetic factors in colorectal cancer, and DNA Repair Mechanisms.
h-index
97
citations
31,220
works
656
NIH funding
primary concept
Medicine
email

Recent publications

Uterine serous carcinoma and germline genetic testing: patterns of referral, completion and pathogenic variant detection
Journal of Medical Genetics 2026cited by 0position: middledoi
VISTA-induced tumor suppression by a four amino acid intracellular motif
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2025cited by 7position: middledoi
A Four Amino Acid Intracellular Motif of VISTA Blocks Growth Receptor Signaling in Cancer Cells to Induce Tumor Suppression
Cancer Research 2025cited by 2position: middledoi
Germline <i>CDH1</i> Variants and Lifetime Cancer Risk
JAMA 2024cited by 52position: middledoi
Abstract B008: The polyclonal path towards malignant transformation in familial adenomatous polyposis
Cancer Research 2024cited by 0position: middledoi
Abstract 3872: Multi-ancestral origins of colorectal lesionsMulti-ancestral origins of colorectal lesions
Cancer Research 2024cited by 0position: middledoi
Abstract PO2-13-10: Predicting outcomes in locally advanced breast cancer through profiling post-neoadjuvant tissue-based minimal residual disease
Cancer Research 2024cited by 0position: middledoi
Tucatinib plus trastuzumab for chemotherapy-refractory, HER2-positive, RAS wild-type unresectable or metastatic colorectal cancer (MOUNTAINEER): a multicentre, open-label, phase 2 study
The Lancet Oncology 2023cited by 238position: middledoi
Antitumour activity of neratinib in patients with HER2-mutant advanced biliary tract cancers
Nature Communications 2023cited by 81position: middledoi
National Cancer Institute Combination Therapy Platform Trial with Molecular Analysis for Therapy Choice (ComboMATCH)
Clinical Cancer Research 2023cited by 57position: middledoi
The New NCI Precision Medicine Trials
Clinical Cancer Research 2023cited by 12position: middledoi
Abstract 3497: The polyclonal path to malignant transformation in familial adenomatous polyposis
Cancer Research 2023cited by 2position: middledoi
Overall survival in the OlympiA phase III trial of adjuvant olaparib in patients with germline pathogenic variants in BRCA1/2 and high-risk, early breast cancer
Annals of Oncology 2022cited by 433position: middledoi
A phase II study of talazoparib monotherapy in patients with wild-type BRCA1 and BRCA2 with a mutation in other homologous recombination genes
Nature Cancer 2022cited by 130position: middledoi
MITI minimum information guidelines for highly multiplexed tissue images
Nature Methods 2022cited by 85position: middledoi
Circulating tumor DNA monitoring for early recurrence detection in epithelial ovarian cancer
Gynecologic Oncology 2022cited by 74position: lastdoi
A phase II clinical trial of talazoparib monotherapy for PALB2 mutation-associated advanced breast cancer.
Journal of Clinical Oncology 2021cited by 10position: middledoi
Abstract PD10-12: Genomic analysis from the talazoparib beyond BRCA clinical trial: Homologous recombination (HR) deficiency scores, loss-of-heterozygosity and mutations in non-BRCA1/2 mutant tumors with other HR mutations
Cancer Research 2021cited by 0position: middledoi
The Human Tumor Atlas Network: Charting Tumor Transitions across Space and Time at Single-Cell Resolution
Cell 2020cited by 584position: middledoi
Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer: updated clinical practice guidelines
The Lancet Oncology 2020cited by 474position: middledoi
Gastric Cancer Registry: A comprehensive patient-reported resource for multidisciplinary and translational genomic approaches to gastric cancer.
Journal of Clinical Oncology 2020cited by 0position: middledoi
Association of Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes with Homologous Recombination Deficiency and <i>BRCA1/2</i> Status in Patients with Early Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: A Pooled Analysis
Clinical Cancer Research 2019cited by 57position: middledoi
Talazoparib beyond BRCA: A phase II trial of talazoparib monotherapy in <i>BRCA1</i> and <i>BRCA2</i> wild-type patients with advanced HER2-negative breast cancer or other solid tumors with a mutation in homologous recombination (HR) pathway genes.
Journal of Clinical Oncology 2019cited by 48position: middledoi
Promoting Breast Cancer Surveillance: The EMPOWER Study, a Randomized Clinical Trial in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study
Journal of Clinical Oncology 2019cited by 36position: middledoi
Increased MTH1-specific 8-oxodGTPase activity is a hallmark of cancer in colon, lung and pancreatic tissue
DNA repair 2019cited by 30position: lastdoi
Abstract CT138: NCI-MATCH EAY131 -Z1I: Phase II study of AZD1775, a wee-1 kinase inhibitor, in patients with tumors containing <i>BRCA1</i> and <i>BRCA2</i> mutations
Cancer Research 2019cited by 14position: middledoi
Prevalence and molecular etiology of mismatch repair deficiency among gastrointestinal cancers.
Journal of Clinical Oncology 2019cited by 3position: middledoi
Preventive surgery after multiplex genetic panel testing (MGPT).
Journal of Clinical Oncology 2019cited by 1position: middledoi
Abstract CT138: NCI-MATCH EAY131 -Z1I: Phase II study of AZD1775, a wee-1 kinase inhibitor, in patients with tumors containing<i>BRCA1</i>and<i>BRCA2</i>mutations
Clinical Trials 2019cited by 0position: middledoi
NCCN Guidelines Insights: Colorectal Cancer Screening, Version 1.2018
Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network 2018cited by 171position: middledoi

Grants

USM Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program
NSF0833291$899,9992008–2014PIRePORTER
Expanding Undergraduate Research Opportunities at the University of Southern Maine
NSF0418646$50,0002004–2007PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

Melinda L. Telli · Stanford University10 papers (2012–2024)Meredith Mills · Palo Alto University7 papers (2015–2022)Allison W. Kurian · Stanford University7 papers (2012–2019)Joshua J. Gruber · Palo Alto University6 papers (2018–2022) · 5 papers (2017–2026)Judy E. Garber · Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center4 papers (2012–2019)Lyndsay N. Harris · City Of Hope National Medical Center4 papers (2019–2023)Peter J. O’Dwyer · ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group4 papers (2019–2023)Lisa M. McShane · National Cancer Institute4 papers (2019–2023) · 4 papers (2017–2019)Robert J. Gray · University College London4 papers (2019–2023)Stanley R. Hamilton · City Of Hope National Medical Center4 papers (2013–2023)Nicolette M. Chun · Palo Alto University4 papers (2014–2019)Alex McMillan · Palo Alto University4 papers (2019–2022) · 3 papers (2017–2019) · 3 papers (2017–2019)Keith T. Flaherty · Boston Medical Center3 papers (2019–2023)M Snyder · Cardiovascular Institute of the South3 papers (2018–2024) · 3 papers (2017–2019)David R. Patton · National Cancer Institute3 papers (2019–2023)