Area of research
Genetics · Oncology
Research interest
Research interests include BRCA gene mutations in cancer, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Estrogen and related hormone effects, and Cancer Risks and Factors.
Genome-wide association study of germline variants and breast cancer-specific mortality
A transcriptome-wide association study of 229,000 women identifies new candidate susceptibility genes for breast cancer
Antioxidant supplementation and breast cancer prognosis in postmenopausal women undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy
Circulating enterolactone concentrations and prognosis of postmenopausal breast cancer: assessment of mediation by inflammatory markers
Associations between adjuvant radiotherapy and different causes of death in a German breast cancer cohort
Prognostic impact of surgery for early-stage invasive breast cancer on breast cancer-specific survival, overall survival, and recurrence risk: a population-based analysis
Genomic analyses identify hundreds of variants associated with age at menarche and support a role for puberty timing in cancer risk
Body mass index and breast cancer survival: a Mendelian randomization analysis
Anti-nuclear autoantibodies in the general German population: prevalence and lack of association with selected cardiovascular and metabolic disorders—findings of a multicenter population-based study
Determination of nasal and oropharyngeal microbiomes in a multicenter population-based study – findings from Pretest 1 of the German National Cohort
Gene–environment interactions involving functional variants: Results from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium
<i>PHIP</i>- a novel candidate breast cancer susceptibility locus on 6q14.1
Abstract P5-08-21: The effect of family history on screening procedures and prognosis in breast cancer patients – Results of a large population-based case–control study on breast cancer
Quality of life over time in a German cohort of breast cancer survivors
Associations between radiotherapy and causes of death as potential late side effects in a German breast cancer cohort
Genetically Predicted Body Mass Index and Breast Cancer Risk: Mendelian Randomization Analyses of Data from 145,000 Women of European Descent
<i>PALB2</i>, <i>CHEK2</i> and <i>ATM</i> rare variants and cancer risk: data from COGS
Genome-Wide Meta-Analyses of Breast, Ovarian, and Prostate Cancer Association Studies Identify Multiple New Susceptibility Loci Shared by at Least Two Cancer Types
Identification of four novel susceptibility loci for oestrogen receptor negative breast cancer
Cross-Cancer Genome-Wide Analysis of Lung, Ovary, Breast, Prostate, and Colorectal Cancer Reveals Novel Pleiotropic Associations
Association of genetic susceptibility variants for type 2 diabetes with breast cancer risk in women of European ancestry
Genomic analyses for age at menarche identify 389 independent signals and indicate BMI-independent effects of puberty timing on cancer susceptibility
Association of circulating inflammatory biomarkers and dietary inflammation potential with postmenopausal breast cancer prognosis.
Genome-wide association analysis of more than 120,000 individuals identifies 15 new susceptibility loci for breast cancer
Prediction of Breast Cancer Risk Based on Profiling With Common Genetic Variants
Large-scale genomic analyses link reproductive aging to hypothalamic signaling, breast cancer susceptibility and BRCA1-mediated DNA repair
Identification of Novel Genetic Markers of Breast Cancer Survival
Dietary inflammation potential and postmenopausal breast cancer risk in a German case-control study
Fine-mapping identifies two additional breast cancer susceptibility loci at 9q31.2
Common germline polymorphisms associated with breast cancer-specific survival