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Cancer Biology

Human biology deviating into uncontrolled cellular growth.

Cancer Biology Researchers

Amosy M'Koma, MD, MS, PhD

Associate Professor
School of Medicine

(615) 327-6796
amkoma@mmc.edu

Aramandla Ramesh, PhD

Associate Vice President for Research and Innovation, Professor of Cancer Biology and Pharmacology
Office for Research and Innovation
Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence, National Center for Medical Education Development & Research

(615) 327-6486
aramesh@mmc.edu

Amos Sakwe, PhD, MSCI

Associate Professor
School of Graduate Studies and Research
Center for Women's Health Research

(615) 327-6064
asakwe@mmc.edu

Anil Shanker, MS PhD

Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation & Professor of Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Neuroscience, and Pharmacology
Office for Research and Innovation
Center for Women's Health Research, Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence, Center for Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience

(615) 327-6460
VP-Research@mmc.edu

Clivel Charlton, PhD

Director, Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience & Professor
School of Medicine
Center for Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience

(615) 327-6971
ccharlton@mmc.edu

Chandravanu Dash, PhD, MSc

Executive Director Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research, Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Physiology
School of Medicine
Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research, Center for Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience

(615) 327-6996
cdash@mmc.edu

Dana Marshall, MS, PhD, FSSCI

Associate Professor
School of Medicine

(615) 327-6549
dmarshall@mmc.edu

James Cade, DDS, FACD, DABOM, FAAOMP

Associate Professor
School of Dentistry

(615) 327-6360
jcade@mmc.edu

Richard L. Martin, III, MD, MPH

Co-Director/Medical Director, Sickle Cell Center & Assistant Professor
School of Medicine

(615) 327-5894
rlmartin@mmc.edu

Samuel Evans Adunyah, PhD

Chair, Dept. of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology & Professor
School of Medicine

(615) 327-6446
sadunyah@mmc.edu

Subodh Nag, PhD

Assistant Professor
School of Medicine

(615) 327-6926
snag@mmc.edu

Cancer Biology Publications

Genome-Wide Meta-Analyses of Breast, Ovarian, and Prostate Cancer Association Studies Identify Multiple New Susceptibility Loci Shared by at Least Two Cancer Types.
Siddhartha P Kar, Jonathan Beesley, Ali Amin Al Olama, Kyriaki Michailidou, Jonathan Tyrer, ZSofia Kote-Jarai, Kate Lawrenson, Sara Lindstrom, Susan J Ramus, Deborah J Thompson, Adam S Kibel, Agnieszka Dansonka-Mieszkowska, Agnieszka Michael, Aida K Dieffenbach, Aleksandra Gentry-Maharaj, Alice S Whittemore, Alicja Wolk, Alvaro Monteiro, Ana Peixoto, Andrzej Kierzek, Angela Cox, Anja Rudolph, Anna Gonzalez-Neira, Anna H Wu, Annika Lindblom, Anthony Swerdlow, Argyrios Ziogas, Arif B Ekici, Barbara Burwinkel, Beth Y Karlan, Børge G Nordestgaard, Carl Blomqvist, Catherine Phelan, Catriona McLean, Celeste Leigh Pearce, Celine Vachon, Cezary Cybulski, Chavdar Slavov, Christa Stegmaier, Christiane Maier, Christine B Ambrosone, Claus K Høgdall, Craig C Teerlink, Daehee Kang, Daniel C Tessier, Daniel J Schaid, Daniel O Stram, Daniel W Cramer, David E Neal, Diana Eccles, Dieter Flesch-Janys, Digna R Velez Edwards, Dominika Wokozorczyk, Douglas A Levine, Drakoulis Yannoukakos, Elinor J Sawyer, Elisa V Bandera, Elizabeth M Poole, Ellen L Goode, Elza Khusnutdinova, Estrid Høgdall, Fengju Song, Fiona Bruinsma, Florian Heitz, Francesmary Modugno, Freddie C Hamdy, Fredrik Wiklund, Graham G Giles, Håkan Olsson, Hans Wildiers, Hans-Ulrich Ulmer, Hardev Pandha, Harvey A Risch, Hatef Darabi, Helga B Salvesen, Heli Nevanlinna, Henrik Gronberg, Hermann Brenner, Hiltrud Brauch, Hoda Anton-Culver, Honglin Song, Hui-Yi Lim, Iain McNeish, Ian Campbell, Ignace Vergote, Jacek Gronwald, Jan Lubiński, Janet L Stanford, Javier Benítez, Jennifer A Doherty, Jennifer B Permuth, Jenny Chang-Claude, Jenny L Donovan, Joe Dennis, Joellen M Schildkraut, Johanna Schleutker, John L Hopper, Jolanta Kupryjanczyk, Jong Y Park, Jonine Figueroa, Judith A Clements, Julia A Knight, Julian Peto, Julie M Cunningham, Julio Pow-Sang, Jyotsna Batra, Kamila Czene, Karen H Lu, Kathleen Herkommer, Kay-Tee Khaw, Keitaro Matsuo, Kenneth Muir, Kenneth Offitt, Kexin Chen, Kirsten B Moysich, Kristiina Aittomäki, Kunle Odunsi, Lambertus A Kiemeney, Leon F A G Massuger, Liesel M Fitzgerald, Linda S Cook, Lisa Cannon-Albright, Maartje J Hooning, Malcolm C Pike, Manjeet K Bolla, Manuel Luedeke, Manuel R Teixeira, Marc T Goodman, Marjanka K Schmidt, Marjorie Riggan, Markus Aly, Mary Anne Rossing, Matthias W Beckmann, Matthieu Moisse, Maureen Sanderson, Melissa C Southey, Michael Jones, Michael Lush, Michelle A T Hildebrandt, Ming-Feng Hou, Minouk J Schoemaker, Montserrat Garcia-Closas, Natalia Bogdanova, Nazneen Rahman, Nhu D Le, Nick Orr, Nicolas Wentzensen, Nora Pashayan, Paolo Peterlongo, Pascal Guénel, Paul Brennan, Paula Paulo, Penelope M Webb, Per Broberg, Peter A Fasching, Peter Devilee, Qin Wang, Qiuyin Cai, Qiyuan Li, Radka Kaneva, Ralf Butzow, Reidun Kristin Kopperud, Rita K Schmutzler, Robert A Stephenson, Robert J MacInnis, Robert N Hoover, Robert Winqvist, Roberta Ness, Roger L Milne, Ruth C Travis, Sara Benlloch, Sara H Olson, Shannon K McDonnell, Shelley S Tworoger, Sofia Maia, Sonja Berndt, Soo Chin Lee, Soo-Hwang Teo, Stephen N Thibodeau, Stig E Bojesen, Susan M Gapstur, Susanne Krüger Kjær, Tanja Pejovic, Teuvo L J Tammela, Thilo Dörk, Thomas Brüning, Tiina Wahlfors, Tim J Key, Todd L Edwards, Usha Menon, Ute Hamann, Vanio Mitev, Veli-Matti Kosma, Veronica Wendy Setiawan, Vessela Kristensen, Volker Arndt, Walther Vogel, Wei Zheng, Weiva Sieh, William J Blot, Wojciech Kluzniak, Xiao-Ou Shu, Yu-Tang Gao, Fredrick Schumacher, Matthew L Freedman, Andrew Berchuck, Alison M Dunning, Jacques Simard, Christopher A Haiman, Amanda Spurdle, Thomas A Sellers, David J Hunter, Brian E Henderson, Peter Kraft, Stephen J Chanock, Fergus J Couch, Per Hall, Simon A Gayther, Douglas F Easton, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Rosalind Eeles, Paul D P Pharoah, Diether Lambrechts

Racial and Gender Disparities in Incidence of Lung and Bronchus Cancer in the United States: A Longitudinal Analysis.
Mohammad A Tabatabai, Jean-Jacques Kengwoung-Keumo, Gabriela R Oates, Juliette T Guemmegne, Akinola Akinlawon, Green Ekadi, Mona N Fouad, Karan P Singh

Histologic and Racial/Ethnic Patterns of Appendiceal Cancer among Young Patients.
Timothy Gibbs, Mary K Washington, Cathy Eng, Kamran Idrees, Jamaine Davis, Andreana N Holowatyj

Adherence to Cancer Prevention Guidelines and Cancer Risk in Low-Income and African American Populations.
Shaneda Warren Andersen, William J Blot, Xiao-Ou Shu, Jennifer S Sonderman, Mark D Steinwandel, Margaret K Hargreaves, Wei Zheng

Establishing a Cohort and a Biorepository to Identify Biomarkers for Early Detection of Lung Cancer: The Nashville Lung Cancer Screening Cohort.
Dhairya A Lakhani, Sheau-Chiann Chen, Sanja Antic, Anel Muterspaugh, Christine Cook, Nancy Liu, Hina Shujat, Sophie Jouan, Brandon Winston, Kim Fields, Janelle Wenstrup, Sara L Block, Amy Hinton, Alexandra Miller, Sarah Atmajoana, John T Helton, Khushbu Patel, Aneri B Balar, Katrina Brewer, Subodh Nag, Rajbir Singh, Anthony Disher, Luis Huerta, Richard Fremont, Otis Rickman, Heidi Chen, Rosana Eisenberg, Kim L Sandler, Alexis Paulson, Ronald C Walker, Chirayu Shah, Gary T Smith, Bennett Landman, Stephen Deppen, Eric L Grogan, Melinda C Aldrich, Pierre P Massion