• Room 01.003 - Patrick G Johnston Centre for Cancer Research

    United Kingdom

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

Dr Orr is open to wide-ranging PhD applications from candidates with a basic science or clinical background.
His fields of interest include:
- genetic epidemiology of cancer
- biological mechanisms of cancer predisposition
- functional genomics
Previous research experience is desirable although not essential.

20062025

Research activity per year

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  • 2025

    A novel method for subgroup discovery in precision medicine based on topological data analysis

    Loughrey, C., Maguire, S., Dlotko, P., Bai, L., Orr, N. & Jurek-Loughrey, A., 01 Jan 2025, (Accepted) In: BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making.

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  • 2023

    Health diplomacy in action: the cancer legacy of the Good Friday Agreement

    Lawler, M., Sullivan, R., Abou-Alfa, G. K., McCloskey, K., Keatley, D., Feighan, J., Dahut, W., Mulroe, E., Ladner, R., Genead, M., Lowery, M., Gulley, J. L., Scott, C. J., Longley, D. B., Culhane, A., Gallagher, W. M., Orr, N., Chanock, S. J. & Gopal, S., Dec 2023, In: Journal of Cancer Policy. 38, 3 p., 100448.

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  • The SARS-CoV-2 protein NSP2 enhances microRNA-mediated translational repression

    Naeli, P., Zhang, X., Snell, P. H., Chatterjee, S., Kamran, M., Ladak, R. J., Orr, N., Duchaine, T., Sonenberg, N. & Jafarnejad, S. M., Oct 2023, In: Journal of Cell Science. 136, 19, 10 p., jcs261286.

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  • 2022

    A Genome-Wide Gene-Based Gene–Environment Interaction Study of Breast Cancer in More than 90,000 Women

    Wang, X., Chen, H., Kapoor, P. M., Su, Y.-R., Bolla, M. K., Dennis, J., Dunning, A. M., Lush, M., Wang, Q., Michailidou, K., Pharoah, P. D. P., Hopper, J. L., Southey, M. C., Koutros, S., Freeman, L. E. B., Stone, J., Rennert, G., Shibli, R., Murphy, R. A. & Aronson, K. & 51 others, Guénel, P., Truong, T., Teras, L. R., Hodge, J. M., Canzian, F., Kaaks, R., Brenner, H., Arndt, V., Hoppe, R., Lo, W.-Y., Behrens, S., Mannermaa, A., Kosma, V.-M., Jung, A., Becher, H., Giles, G. G., Haiman, C. A., Maskarinec, G., Scott, C., Winham, S., Simard, J., Goldberg, M. S., Zheng, W., Long, J., Troester, M. A., Love, M. I., Peng, C., Tamimi, R., Eliassen, H., García-Closas, M., Figueroa, J., Ahearn, T., Yang, R., Evans, D. G., Howell, A., Hall, P., Czene, K., Wolk, A., Sandler, D. P., Taylor, J. A., Swerdlow, A. J., Orr, N., Lacey, J. V., Wang, S., Olsson, H., Easton, D. F., Milne, R. L., Hsu, L., Kraft, P., Chang-Claude, J. & Lindström, S., 08 Apr 2022, In: Cancer Research Communications. 2, 4, p. 211-219 9 p.

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  • Common variants in breast cancer risk loci predispose to distinct tumor subtypes

    Ahearn, T. U., Zhang, H., Michailidou, K., Milne, R. L., Bolla, M. K., Dennis, J., Dunning, A. M., Lush, M., Wang, Q., Andrulis, I. L., Anton-Culver, H., Arndt, V., Aronson, K. J., Auer, P. L., Augustinsson, A., Baten, A., Becher, H., Behrens, S., Benitez, J. & Bermisheva, M. & 33 others, Blomqvist, C., Bojesen, S. E., Bonanni, B., Børresen-Dale, A.-L., Brauch, H., Brenner, H., Brooks-Wilson, A., Brüning, T., Burwinkel, B., Buys, S. S., Canzian, F., Castelao, J. E., Chang-Claude, J., Chanock, S. J., Chenevix-Trench, G., Clarke, C. L., Collée, J. M., Cox, A., Cross, S. S., Czene, K., Daly, M. B., Devilee, P., Dörk, T., Dwek, M., Eccles, D. M., Evans, D. G., Fasching, P. A., Figueroa, J., Jones, M. E., Orr, N., NBCS Collaborators, ABCTB Investigators & kConFab/AOCS Investigators, 04 Jan 2022, (Early online date) In: Breast Cancer Research. 24, 1, 13 p., 2.

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  • Genome-wide interaction analysis of menopausal hormone therapy use and breast cancer risk among 62,370 women

    Wang, X., Kapoor, P. M., Auer, P. L., Dennis, J., Dunning, A. M., Wang, Q., Lush, M., Michailidou, K., Bolla, M. K., Aronson, K. J., Murphy, R. A., Brooks-Wilson, A., Lee, D. G., Cordina-Duverger, E., Guénel, P., Truong, T., Mulot, C., Teras, L. R., Patel, A. V. & Dossus, L. & 60 others, Kaaks, R., Hoppe, R., Lo, W.-Y., Brüning, T., Hamann, U., Czene, K., Gabrielson, M., Hall, P., Eriksson, M., Jung, A., Becher, H., Couch, F. J., Larson, N. L., Olson, J. E., Ruddy, K. J., Giles, G. G., MacInnis, R. J., Southey, M. C., Le Marchand, L., Wilkens, L. R., Haiman, C. A., Olsson, H., Augustinsson, A., Krüger, U., Wagner, P., Scott, C., Winham, S. J., Vachon, C. M., Perou, C. M., Olshan, A. F., Troester, M. A., Hunter, D. J., Eliassen, H. A., Tamimi, R. M., Brantley, K., Andrulis, I. L., Figueroa, J., Chanock, S. J., Ahearn, T. U., García-Closas, M., Evans, G. D., Newman, W. G., van Veen, E. M., Howell, A., Wolk, A., Håkansson, N., Anton-Culver, H., Ziogas, A., Jones, M. E., Orr, N., Schoemaker, M. J., Swerdlow, A. J., Kitahara, C. M., Linet, M., Prentice, R. L., Easton, D. F., Milne, R. L., Kraft, P., Chang-Claude, J. & Lindström, S., 13 Apr 2022, In: Scientific Reports. 12, 6199.

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  • Physical activity, sedentary time and breast cancer risk: a Mendelian randomisation study

    Dixon-Suen, S. C., Lewis, S. J., Martin, R. M., English, D. R., Boyle, T., Giles, G. G., Michailidou, K., Bolla, M. K., Wang, Q., Dennis, J., Lush, M., Investigators, A., Ahearn, T. U., Ambrosone, C. B., Andrulis, I. L., Anton-Culver, H., Arndt, V., Aronson, K. J., Augustinsson, A. & Auvinen, P. & 31 others, Beane Freeman, L. E., Becher, H., Beckmann, M. W., Behrens, S., Bermisheva, M., Blomqvist, C., Bogdanova, N. V., Bojesen, S. E., Bonanni, B., Brenner, H., Brüning, T., Buys, S. S., Camp, N. J., Campa, D., Canzian, F., Castelao, J. E., Cessna, M. H., Chang-Claude, J., Chanock, S. J., Clarke, C. L., Conroy, D. M., Couch, F. J., Cox, A., Cross, S. S., Czene, K., Daly, M. B., Devilee, P., Hunter, D. J., Orr, N., Scott, C. & Breast Cancer Association Consortium, 06 Sept 2022, (Early online date) In: British Journal of Sports Medicine. 56, 20, p. 1157-1170 14 p.

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  • 2021

    Association of germline genetic variants with breast cancer-specific survival in patient subgroups defined by clinic-pathological variables related to tumor biology and type of systemic treatment

    Morra, A., Escala-Garcia, M., Beesley, J., Keeman, R., Canisius, S., Ahearn, T. U., Andrulis, I. L., Anton-Culver, H., Arndt, V., Auer, P. L., Augustinsson, A., Beane Freeman, L. E., Becher, H., Beckmann, M. W., Behrens, S., Bojesen, S. E., Bolla, M. K., Brenner, H., Brüning, T. & Buys, S. S. & 33 others, Caan, B., Campa, D., Canzian, F., Castelao, J. E., Chang-Claude, J., Chanock, S. J., Cheng, T.-Y. D., Clarke, C. L., Colonna, S. V., Couch, F. J., Cox, A., Cross, S. S., Czene, K., Daly, M. B., Dennis, J., Dörk, T., Dossus, L., Dunning, A. M., Dwek, M., Eccles, D. M., Ekici, A. B., Eliassen, A. H., Eriksson, M., Evans, D. G., Fasching, P. A., Flyger, H., Fritschi, L., Hunter, D. J., Orr, N., Scott, C., NBCS Collaborators, ABCTB Investigators & KConFab Investigators, 18 Aug 2021, In: Breast Cancer Research. 23, 86.

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  • CYP3A7*1C allele: linking premenopausal oestrone and progesterone levels with risk of hormone receptor-positive breast cancers

    Johnson, N., Maguire, S., Morra, A., Kapoor, P. M., Tomczyk, K., Jones, M. E., Schoemaker, M. J., Gilham, C., Bolla, M. K., Wang, Q., Dennis, J., Ahearn, T. U., Andrulis, I. L., Anton-Culver, H., Antonenkova, N. N., Arndt, V., Aronson, K. J., Augustinsson, A., Baynes, C. & Freeman, L. E. B. & 31 others, Beckmann, M. W., Benitez, J., Bermisheva, M., Blomqvist, C., Boeckx, B., Bogdanova, N. V., Bojesen, S. E., Brauch, H., Brenner, H., Burwinkel, B., Campa, D., Canzian, F., Castelao, J. E., Chanock, S. J., Chenevix-Trench, G., Clarke, C. L., Conroy, D. M., Couch, F. J., Cox, A., Cross, S. S., Czene, K., Dörk, T., Eliassen, A. H., Engel, C., Evans, D. G., Fasching, P. A., Figueroa, J., Floris, G., Flyger, H., Orr, N. & NBCS Collaborators, 16 Feb 2021, In: British Journal of Cancer. 124, 4, p. 842-854 13 p.

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  • Functional annotation of the 2q35 breast cancer risk locus implicates a structural variant in influencing activity of a long-range enhancer element

    Baxter, J. S., Johnson, N., Tomczyk, K., Gillespie, A., Maguire, S., Brough, R., Fachal, L., Michailidou, K., Bolla, M. K., Wang, Q., Dennis, J., Ahearn, T. U., Andrulis, I. L., Anton-Culver, H., Antonenkova, N. N., Arndt, V., Aronson, K. J., Augustinsson, A., Becher, H. & Beckmann, M. W. & 31 others, Behrens, S., Benitez, J., Bermisheva, M., Bogdanova, N. V., Bojesen, S. E., Brenner, H., Brucker, S. Y., Cai, Q., Campa, D., Canzian, F., Castelao, J. E., Chan, T. L., Chang-Claude, J., Chanock, S. J., Chenevix-Trench, G., Choi, J.-Y., Clarke, C. L., Colonna, S., Conroy, D. M., Couch, F. J., Cox, A., Cross, S. S., Czene, K., Daly, M. B., Devilee, P., Dörk, T., Dossus, L., Dwek, M., Eccles, D. M., Orr, N. & NBCS Collaborators, 01 Jul 2021, In: American Journal of Human Genetics. 108, 7, p. 1190-1203

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  • The topology of data: opportunities for cancer research

    Loughrey, C. F., Fitzpatrick, P., Orr, N. & Jurek-Loughrey, A., 01 Oct 2021, In: Bioinformatics. 37, 19, p. 3091–3098

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  • 2020

    A network analysis to identify mediators of germline-driven differences in breast cancer prognosis

    Escala-Garcia, M., Abraham, J., Andrulis, I. L., Anton-Culver, H., Arndt, V., Ashworth, A., Auer, P. L., Auvinen, P., Beckmann, M. W., Beesley, J., Behrens, S., Benitez, J., Bermisheva, M., Blomqvist, C., Blot, W., Bogdanova, N. V., Bojesen, S. E., Bolla, M. K., Børresen-Dale, A.-L. & Brauch, H. & 125 others, Brenner, H., Brucker, S. Y., Burwinkel, B., Caldas, C., Canzian, F., Chang-Claude, J., Chanock, S. J., Chin, S.-F., Clarke, C. L., Couch, F. J., Cox, A., Cross, S. S., Czene, K., Daly, M. B., Dennis, J., Devilee, P., Dunn, J. A., Dunning, A. M., Dwek, M., Earl, H. M., Eccles, D. M., Eliassen, A. H., Ellberg, C., Evans, D. G., Fasching, P. A., Figueroa, J., Flyger, H., Gago-Dominguez, M., Gapstur, S. M., García-Closas, M., García-Sáenz, J. A., Gaudet, M. M., George, A., Giles, G. G., Goldgar, D. E., González-Neira, A., Grip, M., Guénel, P., Guo, Q., Haiman, C. A., Håkansson, N., Hamann, U., Harrington, P. A., Hiller, L., Hooning, M. J., Hopper, J. L., Howell, A., Huang, C.-S., Huang, G., Hunter, D. J., Jakubowska, A., John, E. M., Kaaks, R., Kapoor, P. M., Keeman, R., Kitahara, C. M., Koppert, L. B., Kraft, P., Kristensen, V. N., Lambrechts, D., Le Marchand, L., Lejbkowicz, F., Lindblom, A., Lubiński, J., Mannermaa, A., Manoochehri, M., Manoukian, S., Margolin, S., Martinez, M. E., Maurer, T., Mavroudis, D., Meindl, A., Milne, R. L., Mulligan, A. M., Neuhausen, S. L., Nevanlinna, H., Newman, W. G., Olshan, A. F., Olson, J. E., Olsson, H., Orr, N., Peterlongo, P., Petridis, C., Prentice, R. L., Presneau, N., Punie, K., Ramachandran, D., Rennert, G., Romero, A., Sachchithananthan, M., Saloustros, E., Sawyer, E. J., Schmutzler, R. K., Schwentner, L., Scott, C., Simard, J., Sohn, C., Southey, M. C., Swerdlow, A. J., Tamimi, R. M., Tapper, W. J., Teixeira, M. R., Terry, M. B., Thorne, H., Tollenaar, R. A. E. M., Tomlinson, I., Troester, M. A., Truong, T., Turnbull, C., Vachon, C. M., van der Kolk, L. E., Wang, Q., Winqvist, R., Wolk, A., Yang, X. R., Ziogas, A., Pharoah, P. D. P., Hall, P., Wessels, L. F. A., Chenevix-Trench, G., Bader, G. D., Dörk, T., Easton, D. F., Canisius, S. & Schmidt, M. K., 16 Jan 2020, In: Nature Communications. 11, 1, p. 312

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  • Assessment of structural chromosomal instability phenotypes as biomarkers of carboplatin response in Triple Negative Breast Cancer: the TNT trial

    Sipos, O., Tovey, H., Quist, J., Haider, S., Nowinski, S., Gazinska, P., Kernaghan, S., Toms, C., Maguire, S., Orr, N., Linn, S., Owen, J., Gillet, C., Pinder, S., Bliss, J., Tutt, A., Cheang, M. & Grigoriadis, A., 20 Oct 2020, (Early online date) In: Annals of Oncology.

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  • Combined associations of a polygenic risk score and classical risk factors with breast cancer risk

    Kapoor, P. M., Mavaddat, N., Choudhury, P. P., Wilcox, A. N., Lindström, S., Behrens, S., Michailidou, K., Dennis, J., Bolla, M. K., Wang, Q., Jung, A., Abu-Ful, Z., Ahearn, T., Andrulis, I. L., Anton-Culver, H., Arndt, V., Aronson, K. J., Auer, P. L., Freeman, L. E. B. & Becher, H. & 31 others, Beckmann, M. W., Beeghly-Fadiel, A., Benitez, J., Bernstein, L., Bojesen, S. E., Brauch, H., Brenner, H., Brüning, T., Cai, Q., Campa, D., Canzian, F., Carracedo, A., Carter, B. D., Castelao, J. E., Chanock, S. J., Chatterjee, N., Chenevix-Trench, G., Clarke, C. L., Couch, F. J., Cox, A., Cross, S. S., Czene, K., Dai, J. Y., Earp, H. S., Ekici, A. B., Eliassen, A. H., Eriksson, M., Hunter, D. J., Jones, M. E., Orr, N. & ABCTB Investigators, 02 May 2020, (Early online date) In: Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

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  • Common susceptibility loci for male breast cancer

    Maguire, S., Perrakis, E., Tomczyk, K., Jones, M., Fletcher, O., Pugh, M., Winter, T., Thompson, K., Cooke, R., Trainer, A. H., Paul, J., Bojesen, S. E., Flyger, H., Nevanlinna, H., Mattson, J., Friedman, E., Laitman, Y., Palli, D., Masala, G. & Zanna, I. & 23 others, Ottini, L., Silvestri, V., Hollestelle, A., Hooning, M. J., Novaković, S., Krajc, M., Gago-Dominguez, M., Castelao, J. E., Olsson, H., Hedenfalk, I., Saloustros, E., Georgoulias, V., Easton, D. F., Pharoah, P., Dunning, A. M., Timothy Bishop, D., Neuhausen, S. L., Steele, L., Ashworth, A., García-Closas, M., Houlston, R., Swerdlow, A. J. & Orr, N., 12 Aug 2020, (Early online date) In: Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 2020, dja101.

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  • Fine-mapping of 150 breast cancer risk regions identifies 191 likely target genes

    Fachal, L., Aschard, H., Beesley, J., Barnes, D. R., Allen, J., Kar, S., Pooley, K. A., Dennis, J., Michailidou, K., Turman, C., Soucy, P., Lemaçon, A., Lush, M., Tyrer, J. P., Ghoussaini, M., Moradi Marjaneh, M., Jiang, X., Agata, S., Aittomäki, K. & Alonso, M. R. & 31 others, Andrulis, I. L., Anton-Culver, H., Antonenkova, N. N., Arason, A., Arndt, V., Aronson, K. J., Arun, B. K., Auber, B., Auer, P. L., Azzollini, J., Balmaña, J., Barkardottir, R. B., Barrowdale, D., Beeghly-Fadiel, A., Benitez, J., Bermisheva, M., Białkowska, K., Blanco, A. M., Blomqvist, C., Blot, W., Bogdanova, N. V., Bojesen, S. E., Bolla, M. K., Bonanni, B., Borg, A., Bosse, K., Brauch, H., Brenner, H., Briceno, I., Orr, N. & GEMO Study Collaborators, 07 Jan 2020, In: Nature Genetics. 52, 1, p. 56-73

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  • Genome-wide association meta-analyses combining multiple risk phenotypes provide insights into the genetic architecture of cutaneous melanoma susceptibility

    Landi, M. T., Bishop, D. T., MacGregor, S., Machiela, M. J., Stratigos, A. J., Ghiorzo, P., Brossard, M., Calista, D., Choi, J., Fargnoli, M. C., Zhang, T., Rodolfo, M., Trower, A. J., Menin, C., Martinez, J., Hadjisavvas, A., Song, L., Stefanaki, I., Scolyer, R. & Yang, R. & 31 others, Goldstein, A. M., Potrony, M., Kypreou, K. P., Pastorino, L., Queirolo, P., Pellegrini, C., Cattaneo, L., Zawistowski, M., Gimenez-Xavier, P., Rodriguez, A., Elefanti, L., Manoukian, S., Rivoltini, L., Smith, B. H., Loizidou, M. A., Del Regno, L., Massi, D., Mandala, M., Khosrotehrani, K., Akslen, L. A., Amos, C. I., Andresen, P. A., Avril, M.-F., Azizi, E., Soyer, H. P., Bataille, V., Chen, W. V., Hunter, D., Orr, N., Brown, K. M. & GenoMEL Consortium, 01 May 2020, In: Nature Genetics. 52, 5, p. 494-504 11 p.

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

    Zhang, H., Ahearn, T. U., Lecarpentier, J., Barnes, D., Beesley, J., Qi, G., Jiang, X., O'Mara, T. A., Zhao, N., Bolla, M. K., Dunning, A. M., Dennis, J., Wang, Q., Ful, Z. A., Aittomäki, K., Andrulis, I. L., Anton-Culver, H., Arndt, V., Aronson, K. J. & Arun, B. K. & 31 others, Auer, P. L., Azzollini, J., Barrowdale, D., Becher, H., Beckmann, M. W., Behrens, S., Benitez, J., Bermisheva, M., Bialkowska, K., Blanco, A., Blomqvist, C., Bogdanova, N. V., Bojesen, S. E., Bonanni, B., Bondavalli, D., Borg, A., Brauch, H., Brenner, H., Briceno, I., Broeks, A., Brucker, S. Y., Brüning, T., Burwinkel, B., Buys, S. S., Byers, H., Caldés, T., Caligo, M. A., Daly, M. B., Jones, M. E., Orr, N. & KConFab Investigators, 01 Jun 2020, In: Nature Genetics. 52, 6, p. 572-581 10 p.

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  • Germline HOXB13 mutations p.G84E and p.R217C do not confer an increased breast cancer risk

    Liu, J., Prager-van der Smissen, W. J. C., Collée, J. M., Bolla, M. K., Wang, Q., Michailidou, K., Dennis, J., Ahearn, T. U., Aittomäki, K., Ambrosone, C. B., Andrulis, I. L., Anton-Culver, H., Antonenkova, N. N., Arndt, V., Arnold, N., Aronson, K. J., Augustinsson, A., Auvinen, P., Becher, H. & Beckmann, M. W. & 31 others, Behrens, S., Bermisheva, M., Bernstein, L., Bogdanova, N. V., Bogdanova-Markov, N., Bojesen, S. E., Brauch, H., Brenner, H., Briceno, I., Brucker, S. Y., Brüning, T., Burwinkel, B., Cai, Q., Cai, H., Campa, D., Canzian, F., Castelao, J. E., Chang-Claude, J., Chanock, S. J., Choi, J.-Y., Christiaens, M., Clarke, C. L., Couch, F. J., Czene, K., Daly, M. B., Devilee, P., Hunter, D. J., Kim, S.-W., Orr, N., Scott, C. & NBCS Collaborators, 16 Jun 2020, In: Scientific Reports. 10, 1, p. 9688

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  • Hotspot identification for Mapper graphs

    Loughrey, C., Orr, N., Jurek-Loughrey, A. & Dlotko, P., 11 Dec 2020.

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  • 2019

    Characterisation of a male and female breast cancer predisposition locus at 14q24.1

    Winter, T., Thompson, K., Maguire, S., Vaclova, T., Perrakis, E., Barry, P., Fletcher, O., Jafarnejad, S. M. & Orr, N., 09 Oct 2019.

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  • Comparative validation of breast cancer risk prediction models and projections for future risk stratification

    Choudhury, P. P., Wilcox, A. N., Brook, M. N., Zhang, Y., Ahearn, T., Orr, N., Coulson, P., Schoemaker, M. J., Jones, M. E., Gail, M. H., Swerdlow, A. J., Chatterjee, N. & Garcia-Closas, M., 04 Jun 2019, (Early online date) In: Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

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  • Epigenome-wide association study for lifetime estrogen exposure identifies an epigenetic signature associated with breast cancer risk

    Johansson, A., Palli, D., Masala, G., Grioni, S., Agnoli, C., Tumino, R., Giurdanella, M. C., Fasanelli, F., Sacerdote, C., Panico, S., Mattiello, A., Polidoro, S., Jones, M. E., Schoemaker, M. J., Orr, N., Tomczyk, K., Johnson, N., Fletcher, O., Perduca, V. & Baglietto, L. & 14 others, Dugué, P.-A., Southey, M. C., Giles, G. G., English, D. R., Milne, R. L., Severi, G., Ambatipudi, S., Cuenin, C., Chajès, V., Romieu, I., Herceg, Z., Swerdlow, A. J., Vineis, P. & Flanagan, J. M., 30 Apr 2019, In: Clinical Epigenetics. 11, 12 p., 66.

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  • Genetic susceptibility to radiation-induced breast cancer after Hodgkin lymphoma

    Opstal-van Winden, A. W. J., de Haan, H. G., Hauptmann, M., Schmidt, M. K., Broeks, A., Russell, N. S., Janus, C. P. M., Krol, A. D. G., van der Baan, F. H., De Bruin, M. L., van Eggermond, A. M., Dennis, J., Anton-Culver, H., Haiman, C. A., Sawyer, E. J., Cox, A., Devilee, P., Hooning, M. J., Peto, J. & Couch, F. J. & 10 others, Pharoah, P., Orr, N., Easton, D. F., Aleman, B. M. P., Strong, L. C., Bhatia, S., Cooke, R., Robison, L. L., Swerdlow, A. J. & van Leeuwen, F. E., 07 Mar 2019, In: Blood. 133, 10, p. 1130-1139 10 p.

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  • Genome-wide association study of germline variants and breast cancer-specific mortality

    Escala-Garcia, M., Guo, Q., Dörk, T., Canisius, S., Keeman, R., Dennis, J., Beesley, J., Lecarpentier, J., Bolla, M. K., Wang, Q., Abraham, J., Andrulis, I. L., Anton-Culver, H., Arndt, V., Auer, P. L., Beckmann, M. W., Behrens, S., Benitez, J., Bermisheva, M. & Bernstein, L. & 31 others, Blomqvist, C., Boeckx, B., Bojesen, S. E., Bonanni, B., Børresen-Dale, A.-L., Brauch, H., Brenner, H., Brentnall, A., Brinton, L., Broberg, P., Brock, I. W., Brucker, S. Y., Burwinkel, B., Caldas, C., Caldés, T., Campa, D., Canzian, F., Carracedo, A., Carter, B. D., Castelao, J. E., Chang-Claude, J., Chanock, S. J., Chenevix-Trench, G., Cheng, T.-Y. D., Chin, S.-F., Clarke, C. L., Cordina-Duverger, E., Couch, F. J., Cox, D. G., Orr, N. & NBCS Collaborators, 19 Mar 2019, In: British Journal of Cancer. 120, 6, p. 647-657 11 p.

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  • Overlapping genetic architecture between Parkinson disease and melanoma

    Dube, U., Ibanez, L., Budde, J. P., Benitez, B. A., Davis, A. A., Harari, O., Iles, M. M., Law, M. H., Brown, K. M., Agee, M., Alipanahi, B., Auton, A., Bell, R. K., Bryc, K., Elson, S. L., Fontanillas, P., Furlotte, N. A., Hinds, D. A., Huber, K. E. & Kleinman, A. & 30 others, Litterman, N. K., McCreight, J. C., McIntyre, M. H., Mountain, J. L., Noblin, E. S., Northover, C. A. M., Pitts, S. J., Sathirapongsasuti, J. F., Sazonova, O. V., Shelton, J. F., Shringarpure, S., Tian, C., Wilson, C. H., Lee, J. E., Martin, N. G., Kumar, R., Taylor, J. C., Brown, K. M., Duffy, D. L., Fang, S., Chen, W. V., Lang, J., Mackie, R. M., Wu, W., Craig, J. E., Simms, L. A., Orr, N., Ward, S. V., Hayward, N. K. & Han, J., 16 Dec 2019, In: Acta Neuropathologica. 139, 2, p. 347-364 18 p.

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  • Polygenic Risk Scores for Prediction of Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Subtypes

    Mavaddat, N., Michailidou, K., Dennis, J., Lush, M., Fachal, L., Lee, A., Tyrer, J. P., Chen, T.-H., Wang, Q., Bolla, M. K., Yang, X., Adank, M. A., Ahearn, T., Aittomäki, K., Allen, J., Andrulis, I. L., Anton-Culver, H., Antonenkova, N. N., Arndt, V. & Aronson, K. J. & 31 others, Auer, P. L., Auvinen, P., Barrdahl, M., Beane Freeman, L. E., Beckmann, M. W., Behrens, S., Benitez, J., Bermisheva, M., Bernstein, L., Blomqvist, C., Bogdanova, N. V., Bojesen, S. E., Bonanni, B., Børresen-Dale, A.-L., Brauch, H., Bremer, M., Brenner, H., Brentnall, A., Brock, I. W., Brooks-Wilson, A., Brucker, S. Y., Brüning, T., Burwinkel, B., Campa, D., Carter, B. D., Castelao, J. E., Chanock, S. J., Chlebowski, R., Christiansen, H., Orr, N. & ABCTB Investigators, 03 Jan 2019, In: American Journal of Human Genetics. 104, 1, p. 21-34 14 p.

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  • Runs of homozygosity and testicular cancer risk

    Loveday, C., Sud, A., Litchfield, K., Levy, M., Holroyd, A., Broderick, P., Kote-Jarai, Z., Dunning, A. M., Muir, K., Peto, J., Eeles, R., Easton, D. F., Dudakia, D., Orr, N., Pashayan, N., Reid, A., Huddart, R. A., Houlston, R. S., Turnbull, C. & UK Testicular Cancer Collaboration & 1 others, The PRACTICAL Consortium, 16 Jul 2019, In: Andrology. 7, 4, p. 555-564

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  • Validation of breast cancer risk model incorporating classical risk factors and polygenic risk scores in 14 prospective cohort studies in 6 countries

    Choudhury, P. P., Wilcox, A. N., Gao, C., Carter, B. D., Hüsing, A., Brook, M. N., Eriksson, M., Martin, K., Scott, C., Shi, M., Ahearn, T., Jones, M., Orr, N., Schoemaker, M., Czene, K., Chang-Claude, J., Simard, J., Easton, D. F., Schmidt, M. K. & Sandler, D. P. & 12 others, Weinberg, C., Vachon, C. M., Milne, R., Hall, P., Swerdlow, A. J., Kaaks, R., Barrdahl, M., Gaudet, M. M., Antoniou, A., Kraft, P., García-Closas, M. & Chatterjee, N., 01 Jul 2019, In: Cancer Research. 79, 13 (Supplement), Abstract 962.

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  • 2018

    Assessment of moderate coffee consumption and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer: a Mendelian randomization study

    Ong, J.-S., Hwang, L.-D., Cuellar-Partida, G., Martin, N. G., Chenevix-Trench, G., Quinn, M. C. J., Cornelis, M. C., Gharahkhani, P., Webb, P. M., MacGregor, S., Orr, N. & Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium, Apr 2018, In: International Journal of Epidemiology. 47, 2, p. 450–459

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  • Capture Hi-C identifies putative target genes at 33 breast cancer risk loci

    Baxter, J. S., Leavy, O. C., Dryden, N. H., Maguire, S., Johnson, N., Fedele, V., Simigdala, N., Martin, L.-A., Andrews, S., Wingett, S. W., Assiotis, I., Fenwick, K., Chauhan, R., Rust, A. G., Orr, N., Dudbridge, F., Haider, S. & Fletcher, O., 12 Mar 2018, In: Nature Communications. 9, 13 p., 1028.

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  • Contribution of female breast cancer predisposition SNPs to risk of male breast cancer

    Orr, N., Jones, M., Maguire, S. & Swerdlow, A., 01 Jul 2018, In: Cancer Research. 78, 13 (Supplement), Abstract 241.

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  • DNA methylation index of lifetime estrogen exposure in breast cancer

    Johansson, A., Palli, D., Masala, G., Grioni, S., Agnoli, C., Tumino, R., Giurdanella, M. C., Fasanelli, F., Sacerdote, C., Panico, S., Mattiello, A., Swerdlow, A., Schoemaker, M., Jones, M., Orr, N., Fletcher, O., Johnson, N., Tomczyk, K., Vineis, P. & Flanagan, J. M., 01 Jul 2018, In: Cancer Research. 78, 13 (Supplement), Abstract 5316:.

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  • E-cadherin breast tumor expression, risk factors and survival: Pooled analysis of 5,933 cases from 12 studies in the Breast Cancer Association Consortium

    Horne, H. N., Oh, H., Sherman, M. E., Palakal, M., Hewitt, S. M., Schmidt, M. K., Milne, R. L., Hardisson, D., Benitez, J., Blomqvist, C., Bolla, M. K., Brenner, H., Chang-Claude, J., Cora, R., Couch, F. J., Cuk, K., Devilee, P., Easton, D. F., Eccles, D. M. & Eilber, U. & 32 others, Hartikainen, J. M., Heikkilä, P., Holleczek, B., Hooning, M. J., Jones, M., Keeman, R., Mannermaa, A., Martens, J. W. M., Muranen, T. A., Nevanlinna, H., Olson, J. E., Orr, N., Perez, J. I. A., Pharoah, P. D. P., Ruddy, K. J., Saum, K.-U., Schoemaker, M. J., Seynaeve, C., Sironen, R., Smit, V. T. H. B. M., Swerdlow, A. J., Tengström, M., Thomas, A. S., Timmermans, A. M., Tollenaar, R. A. E. M., Troester, M. A., van Asperen, C. J., van Deurzen, C. H. M., Van Leeuwen, F. F., Van't Veer, L. J., García-Closas, M. & Figueroa, J. D., 26 Apr 2018, In: Scientific Reports. 8, 1, p. 6574

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  • Genome-wide association study implicates immune dysfunction in the development of Hodgkin lymphoma

    Sud, A., Thomsen, H., Orlando, G., Försti, A., Law, P. J., Broderick, P., Cooke, R., Hariri, F., Pastinen, T., Easton, D. F., Pharoah, P. D. P., Dunning, A. M., Peto, J., Canzian, F., Eeles, R., Kote-Jarai, Z., Muir, K., Pashayan, N., Campa, D. & Hoffmann, P. & 9 others, Nöthen, M. M., Jöckel, K.-H., von Strandmann, E. P., Swerdlow, A. J., Engert, A., Orr, N., Hemminki, K., Houlston, R. S. & PRACTICAL Consortium, 08 Nov 2018, In: Blood. 132, 19, p. 2040-2052 13 p.

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  • Joint associations of a polygenic risk score and environmental risk factors for breast cancer in the Breast Cancer Association Consortium

    Rudolph, A., Song, M., Brook, M. N., Milne, R. L., Mavaddat, N., Michailidou, K., Bolla, M. K., Wang, Q., Dennis, J., Wilcox, A. N., Hopper, J. L., Southey, M. C., Keeman, R., Fasching, P. A., Beckmann, M. W., Gago-Dominguez, M., Castelao, J. E., Guénel, P., Truong, T. & Bojesen, S. E. & 31 others, Flyger, H., Brenner, H., Arndt, V., Brauch, H., Brüning, T., Mannermaa, A., Kosma, V. M., Lambrechts, D., Keupers, M., Couch, F. J., Vachon, C., Giles, G. G., MacInnis, R. J., Figueroa, J., Brinton, L., Czene, K., Brand, J. S., Gabrielson, M., Humphreys, K., Cox, A., Cross, S. S., Dunning, A. M., Orr, N., Swerdlow, A., Hall, P., Pharoah, P. D. P., Schmidt, M. K., Easton, D. F., Chatterjee, N., Chang-Claude, J. & García-Closas, M., Apr 2018, In: International Journal of Epidemiology. 47, 2, p. 526-536 11 p.

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  • Large-scale Analysis Demonstrates Familial Testicular Cancer to have Polygenic Aetiology

    Loveday, C., Law, P., Litchfield, K., Levy, M., Holroyd, A., Broderick, P., Kote-Jarai, Z., Dunning, A. M., Muir, K., Peto, J., Eeles, R., Easton, D. F., Dudakia, D., Orr, N., Pashayan, N., Reid, A., Huddart, R. A., Houlston, R. S., Turnbull, C. & UK Testicular Cancer Collaboration, The PRACTICAL Consortium, 21 Jun 2018, In: European Urology. 74, 3, p. 248-252

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  • Novel pleiotropic risk loci for melanoma and nevus density implicate multiple biological pathways

    Duffy, D. L., Zhu, G., Li, X., Sanna, M., Iles, M. M., Jacobs, L. C., Evans, D. M., Yazar, S., Beesley, J., Law, M. H., Kraft, P., Visconti, A., Taylor, J. C., Lui, F., Wright, M. J., Henders, A. K., Bowdler, L., Glass, D., Ikram, A. M. & Uitterlinden, A. G. & 30 others, Madden, P. A., Heath, A. C., Nelson, E. C., Green, A. C., Chanock, S., Barrett, J. H., Brown, M. A., Hayward, N. K., MacGregor, S., Sturm, R. A., Hewitt, A. W., Lee, J. E., Brossard, M., Moses, E. K., Song, F., Kumar, R., Easton, D. F., Pharoah, P. D. P., Swerdlow, A. J., Kypreou, K. P., Harland, M., Randerson-Moor, J., Akslen, L. A., Andresen, P. A., Avril, M. F., Azizi, E., Brown, K. M., Chen, W. V., Orr, N. & Hunter, D. J., 01 Dec 2018, In: Nature Communications. 9, 1, 4774.

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  • Rare variants in DNA damage repair genes are associated with male breast cancer predisposition

    Maguire, S. L., Tomczyk, K., Perrakis, E., Saunders, E., Leongamornlert, D., Kote‐Jarai, Z., Eeles, R., Garcia-Closas, M., Pharoah, P., Easton, D. F., Lord, C. J., Ashworth, A., Swerdlow, A. & Orr, N., 01 Jul 2018, In: Cancer Research. 78, 13 (Supplement), Abstract 1225.

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  • Validation of loci at 2q14.2 and 15q21.3 as risk factors for testicular cancer

    Loveday, C., Litchfield, K., Levy, M., Holroyd, A., Broderick, P., Kote-Jarai, Z., Dunning, A. M., Muir, K., Peto, J., Eeles, R., Easton, D. F., Dudakia, D., Orr, N., Pashayan, N., Reid, A., Huddart, R. A., Houlston, R. S. & Turnbull, C., 27 Feb 2018, In: Oncotarget. 9, 16, p. 12630-12638

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  • 2017

    Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

    Michailidou, K., Lindström, S., Dennis, J., Beesley, J., Hui, S., Kar, S., Lemaçon, A., Soucy, P., Glubb, D., Rostamianfar, A., Bolla, M. K., Wang, Q., Tyrer, J., Dicks, E., Lee, A., Wang, Z., Allen, J., Keeman, R., Eilber, U. & French, J. D. & 23 others, Qing Chen, X., Fachal, L., McCue, K., McCart Reed, A. E., Ghoussaini, M., Carroll, J. S., Jiang, X., Finucane, H., Adams, M., Adank, M. A., Ahsan, H., Aittomäki, K., Anton-Culver, H., Antonenkova, N. N., Arndt, V., Aronson, K. J., Arun, B., Auer, P. L., Bacot, F., Barrdahl, M., Baynes, C., Beckmann, M. W. & Orr, N., 02 Nov 2017, In: Nature. 551, 7678, p. 92-94 3 p.

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  • Characterization of germline susceptibility to male breast cancer

    Perrakis, E., Maguire, S., Tomczyk, K., Swerdlow, A. J. & Orr, N., 01 Jul 2017, In: Cancer Research. 77, 13 (Supplement), Abstract 1313.

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  • Genetic Determinants of Breast Cancer Risk in Childhood Cancer Survivors

    Meier, M. & Orr, N., 01 Nov 2017, In: Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 109, 11, 2 p., djx088.

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  • Genome-wide association study of classical Hodgkin lymphoma identifies key regulators of disease susceptibility

    Sud, A., Thomsen, H., Law, P. J., Försti, A., Filho, M. I. D. S., Holroyd, A., Broderick, P., Orlando, G., Lenive, O., Wright, L., Cooke, R., Easton, D., Pharoah, P., Dunning, A., Peto, J., Canzian, F., Eeles, R., Kote-Jarai, Z., Muir, K. & Pashayan, N. & 16 others, Hoffmann, P., Nöthen, M. M., Jöckel, K.-H., Strandmann, E. P. V., Lightfoot, T., Kane, E., Roman, E., Lake, A., Montgomery, D., Jarrett, R. F., Swerdlow, A. J., Engert, A., Orr, N., Hemminki, K., Houlston, R. S. & PRACTICAL Consortium, 01 Dec 2017, In: Nature Communications. 8, 1, p. 1892 11 p.

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  • Identification of 12 new susceptibility loci for different histotypes of epithelial ovarian cancer

    Phelan, C. M., Kuchenbaecker, K. B., Tyrer, J. P., Kar, S. P., Lawrenson, K., Winham, S. J., Dennis, J., Pirie, A., Riggan, M. J., Chornokur, G., Earp, M. A., Lyra, P. C., Lee, J. M., Coetzee, S., Beesley, J., McGuffog, L., Soucy, P., Dicks, E., Lee, A. & Barrowdale, D. & 36 others, Lecarpentier, J., Leslie, G., Aalfs, C. M., Aben, K. K. H., Adams, M., Adlard, J., Andrulis, I. L., Anton-Culver, H., Antonenkova, N., Aravantinos, G., Arnold, N., Arun, B. K., Arver, B., Azzollini, J., Balmaña, J., Banerjee, S. N., Barjhoux, L., Barkardottir, R. B., Bean, Y., Black, A., Campbell, I., Daly, M. B., Ding, Y. C., Flanagan, J. M., Hunter, D. J., Jones, M. E., Kim, S. W., McLaughlin, J. R., Orr, N., Richardson, A., AOCS study group, EMBRACE Study, OPAL study group, KConFab Investigators, GEMO Study Collaborators & HEBON Study, 01 May 2017, In: Nature Genetics. 49, 5, p. 680-691 12 p.

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  • Identification of 19 new risk loci and potential regulatory mechanisms influencing susceptibility to testicular germ cell tumor

    Litchfield, K., Levy, M., Orlando, G., Loveday, C., Law, P. J., Migliorini, G., Holroyd, A., Broderick, P., Karlsson, R., Haugen, T. B., Kristiansen, W., Nsengimana, J., Fenwick, K., Assiotis, I., Kote-Jarai, Z., Dunning, A. M., Muir, K. R., Peto, J., Eeles, R. & Easton, D. F. & 12 others, Dudakia, D., Orr, N., Pashayan, N., Bishop, D. T., Reid, A., Huddart, R. A., Shipley, J., Grotmol, T., Wiklund, F., Houlston, R. S., Turnbull, C. & UK Testicular Cancer Collaboration, 12 Jun 2017, In: Nature Genetics. 49, 7, p. 1133-1140 8 p.

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  • Identification of ten variants associated with risk of estrogen-receptor-negative breast cancer

    Milne, R. L., Kuchenbaecker, K. B., Michailidou, K., Beesley, J., Kar, S., Lindström, S., Hui, S., Lemaçon, A., Soucy, P., Dennis, J., Jiang, X., Rostamianfar, A., Finucane, H., Bolla, M. K., McGuffog, L., Wang, Q., Aalfs, C. M., Abctctb, I., Adams, M. & Adlard, J. & 34 others, Agata, S., Ahmed, S., Ahsan, H., Aittom, K. Ä., Fares, A. E., Allen, J., Ambrosone, C. B., Amos, C. I., Andrulis, I. L., Anton-Culver, H., Antonenkova, N. N., Arndt, V., Arnold, N., Aronson, K. J., Auber, B., Auer, P. L., Ausems, M. G. M., Azzollini, J., François, B., Balma, J. N., Barile, M., Barjhoux, L., Barkardottir, R. B., Barrdahl, M., Barnes, D., Barrowdale, D., Baynes, C., Beckmann, M. W., Benitez, J., Orr, N., ABCTB Investigators, EMBRACE, GEMO Study Collaborators & NBSC Collaborators, 01 Dec 2017, In: Nature Genetics. 49, 12, p. 1767-1778 15 p.

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  • Molecular and genomic characterization of a newly established male breast cancer cell line

    Vaclova, T., Maguire, S., Pugh, M., Barry, P. & Orr, N., 01 Jul 2017, In: Cancer Research. 77, 13 (Supplement), Abstract 816.

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