William Foulkes, MD, PhD
Primary Axis:
Medical Genetics and Genomics
Secondary Axis:
Cancer
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Research focuses on inherited susceptibility to cancer, mainly of the breast and colorectum and also ovarian and prostate.
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Breast cancer, Cancer genetics, Cancer susceptibility genes, Hereditary cancer, Basal-like breast cancer, Male cancers
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Montreal General Hospital Publications:
Rio Frio T, Bahubeshi MA, Kanellopoulou C, Hamel N, Niedziela M, Sabbaghian N, Pouchet C, Gilbert L, O’Brien PK, Serfas K, Broderick P, Houlston R, Lesueur F, Bonora E, Muljo S, Schimke N, Bouron-Dal Soglio D, Arseneau J, Schultz KA, Priest J, Nguyen V, Harach R, Livinston D, Foulkes WD, Tischkowitz M. DICER1 Mutations in multinodular goiter with and without Ovarian Sertoli-Leydig Tumors. JAMA 305 (1), 68-77; Jan 2011
Baker K, Lachapelle J, Zlobec I, Bismar TA, Terracciano L, Foulkes WD. Prognostic significance of CD8+ T lymphocytes in breast cancer depends upon both oestrogen receptor status and histological grade. Histopathology. 58(7):1107-1116. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2011.03846.x; Jun 2011
Foulkes WD, Bahubeshi A, Hamel N, Pasini B, Asioli S, Baynam G, Choong CS, Charles A, Frieder RP, Dishop MK, Graf N, Ekim M, Bouron-Dal Soglio D, Arseneau J, Young RH, Sabbaghian N, Srivastava A, Tischkowitz MD, Priest JR. Extending the Phenotypes Associated with DICER1 Mutations. Hum Mutat. doi: 10.1002/humu.21600. [Epub ahead of print]; 31 Aug 2011
