Genome-and transcriptome-wide association studies of 386,000 Asian and European-ancestry women provide new insights into breast cancer genetics

G Jia, J Ping, X Shu, Y Yang, Q Cai, SS Kweon… - The American Journal of …, 2022 - cell.com
By combining data from 160,500 individuals with breast cancer and 226,196 controls of
Asian and European ancestry, we conducted genome-and transcriptome-wide association …

Mammography screening is associated with more favourable breast cancer tumour characteristics and better overall survival: case-only analysis of 3739 Asian breast …

ZL Lim, PJ Ho, AJ Khng, YS Yeoh, ATW Ong, BKT Tan… - BMC medicine, 2022 - Springer
Background Early detection of breast cancer (BC) through mammography screening (MAM)
is known to reduce mortality. We examined the differential effect that mammography has on …

Ethnic predisposition, risk factors and breast cancer presentation; a 10-year data. Single centered prospective cohort study from Karachi

N Sultan, SA Memon, M Mooghal, S Wali… - Annals of Medicine …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Background: Breast cancer, a leading cause of mortality among females, has been the
center of research for many decades. Work is in progress to advance the research …

[HTML][HTML] Attitudes and barriers to mammography screening in Singaporean women through the eyes of their adult children: A focus group study

JJK Liow, ZL Lim, PJ Ho, SA Goh, S Murali… - … -Qualitative Research in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Early detection of breast cancers is known to save lives, yet less than 40% of Singaporean
women participate in routine mammography screening. While previous research to …

Germline breast cancer susceptibility genes, tumor characteristics, and survival

PJ Ho, AJ Khng, HW Loh, WK Ho, CH Yip… - Genome medicine, 2021 - Springer
Background Mutations in certain genes are known to increase breast cancer risk. We study
the relevance of rare protein-truncating variants (PTVs) that may result in loss-of-function in …

Characterizing the Relationship between Expression Quantitative Trait Loci (eQTLs), DNA Methylation Quantitative Trait Loci (mQTLs), and Breast Cancer Risk …

PJ Ho, A Khng, BKT Tan, CC Khor, EY Tan, GH Lim… - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In the last few decades, studies have found many common genetic
variants linked to breast cancer. Most of these variants are in non-coding regions or regions …

How Asian Breast Cancer Patients Experience Unequal Incidence of Chemotherapy Side Effects: A Look at Ethnic Disparities in Febrile Neutropenia Rates

ZL Lim, PJ Ho, M Hartman, EY Tan, NKBM Riza… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In this two-part study, we assessed the risk factors associated with FN. On
top of commonly associated risk factors such as age and body mass index, we found that …

Long-Term Oncologic Outcomes of Omitting Axillary Surgery in Breast Cancer Patients with Chest Wall Recurrence after Mastectomy

GH Lim, VS Alcantara, JC Allen Jr, SE Saffari… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Simple Summary The management of the axilla for post-mastectomy breast cancer patients
who develop a chest wall recurrence (CWR) remains to be established. This study aimed to …

Overlap of high-risk individuals predicted by family history, and genetic and non-genetic breast cancer risk prediction models: implications for risk stratification

PJ Ho, WK Ho, AJ Khng, YS Yeoh, BKT Tan, EY Tan… - BMC medicine, 2022 - Springer
Background Family history, and genetic and non-genetic risk factors can stratify women
according to their individual risk of developing breast cancer. The extent of overlap between …

Alterations to DNA methylation patterns induced by chemotherapy treatment are associated with negative impacts on the olfactory pathway

PJ Ho, AJ Khng, BKT Tan, GH Lim, SM Tan… - Breast Cancer …, 2023 - Springer
Background Exposure to cytotoxic chemotherapy treatment may alter DNA methylation
(DNAm) in breast cancer patients. Methods We performed DNAm analysis in 125 breast …