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Matthias W. Beckmann

Researcher at University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

Publications -  913
Citations -  40161

Matthias W. Beckmann is an academic researcher from University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. The author has contributed to research in topics: Breast cancer & Cancer. The author has an hindex of 83, co-authored 836 publications receiving 33443 citations. Previous affiliations of Matthias W. Beckmann include National Institutes of Health & University of Chicago.

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Quantification of fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEE) and ethyl glucuronide (EtG) in meconium from newborns for detection of alcohol abuse in a maternal health evaluation study

TL;DR: It is concluded that the combined use of FAEE and EtG in meconium as markers for fetal alcohol exposure essentially increases the accuracy of the interpretation and helps to avoid false positive and false-negative results.
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HER2 Dimerization Inhibitor Pertuzumab - Mode of Action and Clinical Data in Breast Cancer

TL;DR: Results of the pivotal phase III study CLEOPATRA in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer demonstrated that the addition of pertuzumab to first-line combination therapy with docetaxel and trastuzumAB significantly prolonged progression-free and overall survival without increasing cardiac toxicity.
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Effects of Intramuscular Testosterone Undecanoate on Body Composition and Bone Mineral Density in Female-to-Male Transsexuals

TL;DR: Mueller et al. as mentioned in this paper evaluated the effect of long-acting intramuscular testosterone undecanoate on body composition and bone mineral density during cross-sex hormone therapy in female-to-male transsexuals.
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Association of vitamin D levels and risk of ovarian cancer: a Mendelian randomization study.

Jue-Sheng Ong, +126 more
TL;DR: Genetically lowered 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations were associated with higher ovarian cancer susceptibility in Europeans, and increasing plasma vitamin D levels may reduce risk of ovarian cancer.
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Large-Scale Genomic Analyses Link Reproductive Aging to Hypothalamic Signaling, Breast Cancer Susceptibility, and BRCA1-Mediated DNA Repair EDITORIAL COMMENT

Felix R. Day, +267 more
TL;DR: This is the first study to confirm the link between early and late menopause and breast cancer risk using genetic information and identifies both common and low-frequency coding variants associated with ANM.