Kara Maxwell

Assistant Professor

University of Pennsylvania

United States

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Kara Maxwell is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research primarily focuses on cancer genetics and epidemiology, with recent articles addressing topics such as TP53 variant clusters, BRIP1 pathogenic variants in CNS cancers, and the efficacy of PARP inhibitors in various cancer patients. She is also involved in pediatric cancer surveillance and the application of polygenic risk scores in cancer screening.

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Susan Domchek

Professor, Clinician-Educator

University of Pennsylvania

UNITED STATES

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Brian Egleston

Research Professor

Fox Chase Cancer Center

UNITED STATES

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Daniel J. Powell

University of Pennsylvania

UNITED STATES

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Philip Lupo

Professor

Baylor College of Medicine

UNITED STATES

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Kathleen Houlahan

McMaster University

CANADA

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Madison Kilbride

Assistant Professor

University of Utah

UNITED STATES

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Jack Brzezinski

Associate Professor

University of Washington

UNITED STATES

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Wendy Chung

Kennedy Family Professor

Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

UNITED STATES

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Pierre Hainaut

Professor, Cancer Biology. Director, IAB

Université Grenoble Alpes

FRANCE

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Alison M. Taylor

Assistant Professor

Columbia University Irving Medical Center

UNITED STATES

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Olufunmilayo I. Olopade

University of Chicago

UNITED STATES

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Articles (17)

TP53 variant clusters stratify phenotypic diversity in germline carriers and reveal an osteosarcoma-prone subgroup

Update on Pediatric Surveillance Recommendations for PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome, DICER1-Related Tumor Predisposition, and Tuberous Sclerosis Complex

Exploration of possible association of BRIP1 pathogenic variants with central nervous system cancers in an institutional cohort

[18F]FluorThanatrace PET imaging as a biomarker of response to PARP inhibitors in breast cancer

Insights on Future Directions in Cancer Research from the AACR NextGen Stars

Assessing olaparib efficacy in U.S. Veterans with metastatic prostate cancer utilizing a time-indifferent -rate method ideal for real-world analyses

Prevalence of H. pylori and Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia in BRCA1 and BRCA2 Carriers

Adult-Onset Cancer Predisposition Syndromes in Children and Adolescents—To Test or not to Test?

Toward Application of Polygenic Risk Scores to Both Enhance and Deintensify Breast Cancer Screening

Is It Time to Incorporate Liquid Biopsy into High-Risk Cancer Surveillance Protocols in Li–Fraumeni Syndrome?

PMS2CL interference leading to erroneous identification of a pathogenic PMS2 variant in Black patients

Uptake of Genetic Research Results and Patient-Reported Outcomes With Return of Results Incorporating Web-Based Predisclosure Education

PTEN Loss and BRCA1 Promoter Hypermethylation Negatively Predict for Immunogenicity in BRCA-Deficient Ovarian Cancer

The distinct impacts of race and genetic ancestry on health

Clinical and Functional Significance of TP53 Exon 4–Intron 4 Splice Junction Variants

A Natural Language Processing–Assisted Extraction System for Gleason Scores: Development and Usability Study

The relationship between circulating lipids and breast cancer risk: A Mendelian randomization study

Collaborators (11)

Susan Domchek

Brian Egleston

Daniel J. Powell

Philip Lupo

Kathleen Houlahan

Madison Kilbride

Jack Brzezinski

Wendy Chung

Pierre Hainaut

Alison M. Taylor

Olufunmilayo I. Olopade

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