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Kathryn J. Ruddy

Researcher at Mayo Clinic

Publications -  367
Citations -  10099

Kathryn J. Ruddy is an academic researcher from Mayo Clinic. The author has contributed to research in topics: Breast cancer & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 40, co-authored 257 publications receiving 7035 citations. Previous affiliations of Kathryn J. Ruddy include Brigham and Women's Hospital & North Central College.

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Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

Kyriaki Michailidou, +396 more
- 02 Nov 2017 - 
TL;DR: A genome-wide association study of breast cancer in 122,977 cases and 105,974 controls of European ancestry and 14,068 cases and 13,104 controls of East Asian ancestry finds that heritability of Breast cancer due to all single-nucleotide polymorphisms in regulatory features was 2–5-fold enriched relative to the genome- wide average.
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Polygenic Risk Scores for Prediction of Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Subtypes

Nasim Mavaddat, +310 more
TL;DR: This PRS, optimized for prediction of estrogen receptor (ER)-specific disease, from the largest available genome-wide association dataset is developed and empirically validated and is a powerful and reliable predictor of breast cancer risk that may improve breast cancer prevention programs.
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Patient adherence and persistence with oral anticancer treatment

TL;DR: In this article, a review article describes available data regarding adherence and persistence among patients with cancer, as well as studies of interventions to improve adherence, which ranged from 16% to 100% with different therapies and different methods of measurement.
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Prospective Study of Fertility Concerns and Preservation Strategies in Young Women With Breast Cancer

TL;DR: Greater concern about fertility was associated with younger age, nonwhite race, not having children, and receipt of chemotherapy, while only a minority of women currently pursue available fertility preservation strategies in this setting.