Laura Fejerman

Summary

Affiliation: University of California
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi African ancestry of the population of Buenos Aires
    Laura Fejerman
    Institute of Biological Anthropology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK ox ac uk
    Am J Phys Anthropol 128:164-70. 2005
  2. ncbi Population differences in breast cancer severity
    Laura Fejerman
    Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Institute for Human Genetics and Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCSF, 2200 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94143 1732, USA
    Pharmacogenomics 9:323-33. 2008
  3. ncbi Genetic ancestry and risk of breast cancer among U.S. Latinas
    Laura Fejerman
    Division of General Internal Medicine and Lung Biology Center, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143 1732, USA
    Cancer Res 68:9723-8. 2008
  4. ncbi European ancestry is positively associated with breast cancer risk in Mexican women
    Laura Fejerman
    Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Institute for Human Genetics, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 19:1074-82. 2010
  5. ncbi Admixture mapping identifies a locus on 6q25 associated with breast cancer risk in US Latinas
    Laura Fejerman
    Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Institute for Human Genetics and Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
    Hum Mol Genet 21:1907-17. 2012
  6. ncbi An admixture scan in 1,484 African American women with breast cancer
    Laura Fejerman
    Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Institute for Human Genetics and Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18:3110-7. 2009
  7. ncbi History shaped the geographic distribution of genomic admixture on the island of Puerto Rico
    Marc Via
    Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 6:e16513. 2011

Detail Information

Publications7

  1. ncbi African ancestry of the population of Buenos Aires
    Laura Fejerman
    Institute of Biological Anthropology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK ox ac uk
    Am J Phys Anthropol 128:164-70. 2005
    ..However, as our results suggest, this reduction did not mean a total disappearance of African genes from the genetic pool of the Buenos Aires population...
  2. ncbi Population differences in breast cancer severity
    Laura Fejerman
    Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Institute for Human Genetics and Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCSF, 2200 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94143 1732, USA
    Pharmacogenomics 9:323-33. 2008
    ..Studies evaluating the risk for particular tumor subtypes combining genetic and environmental variables and analyzing cases from different populations are needed to understand population differences in the severity of breast cancer...
  3. ncbi Genetic ancestry and risk of breast cancer among U.S. Latinas
    Laura Fejerman
    Division of General Internal Medicine and Lung Biology Center, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143 1732, USA
    Cancer Res 68:9723-8. 2008
    ..39; 95% CI, 1.06-2.11; P=0.013). Further work is needed to determine if the association is due to genetic differences between populations or possibly due to environmental factors not measured...
  4. ncbi European ancestry is positively associated with breast cancer risk in Mexican women
    Laura Fejerman
    Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Institute for Human Genetics, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 19:1074-82. 2010
    ....
  5. ncbi Admixture mapping identifies a locus on 6q25 associated with breast cancer risk in US Latinas
    Laura Fejerman
    Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Institute for Human Genetics and Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
    Hum Mol Genet 21:1907-17. 2012
    ..Fine-mapping within the 6q25 and possibly the 11p15 loci will lead to the discovery of the biologically functional variant/s behind this association...
  6. ncbi An admixture scan in 1,484 African American women with breast cancer
    Laura Fejerman
    Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Institute for Human Genetics and Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18:3110-7. 2009
    ..However, we found little evidence that genetic ancestry at any one region contributes significantly to breast cancer risk or hormone receptor status...
  7. ncbi History shaped the geographic distribution of genomic admixture on the island of Puerto Rico
    Marc Via
    Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 6:e16513. 2011
    ..More generally, our results demonstrate the importance of incorporating social and geographic data with genetics when studying contemporary admixed populations...