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Vesa Kataja
Researcher at University of Eastern Finland
Publications - 176
Citations - 20363
Vesa Kataja is an academic researcher from University of Eastern Finland. The author has contributed to research in topics: Breast cancer & Cancer. The author has an hindex of 61, co-authored 165 publications receiving 18764 citations. Previous affiliations of Vesa Kataja include McGill University & University of Chicago.
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Genome-wide association study identifies novel breast cancer susceptibility loci
Douglas F. Easton,Karen A. Pooley,Alison M. Dunning,Paul D.P. Pharoah,Deborah J. Thompson,Dennis G. Ballinger,Jeffery P. Struewing,Jonathan J. Morrison,Helen I. Field,Robert Luben,Nicholas J. Wareham,Shahana Ahmed,Catherine S. Healey,Richard Bowman,Kerstin B. Meyer,Christopher A. Haiman,Laurence K. Kolonel,Brian E. Henderson,Loic Le Marchand,Paul Brennan,Suleeporn Sangrajrang,Valerie Gaborieau,Fabrice Odefrey,Chen-Yang Shen,Pei-Ei Wu,Hui-Chun Wang,Diana Eccles,D. Gareth Evans,Julian Peto,Olivia Fletcher,Nichola Johnson,Sheila Seal,Michael R. Stratton,Nazneen Rahman,Georgia Chenevix-Trench,Georgia Chenevix-Trench,Stig E. Bojesen,Børge G. Nordestgaard,C K Axelsson,Montserrat Garcia-Closas,Louise A. Brinton,Stephen J. Chanock,Jolanta Lissowska,Beata Peplonska,Heli Nevanlinna,Rainer Fagerholm,H Eerola,Daehee Kang,Keun-Young Yoo,Dong-Young Noh,Sei Hyun Ahn,David J. Hunter,Susan E. Hankinson,David G. Cox,Per Hall,Sara Wedrén,Jianjun Liu,Yen-Ling Low,Natalia Bogdanova,Peter Schu¨rmann,Do¨rk Do¨rk,Rob A. E. M. Tollenaar,Catharina E. Jacobi,Peter Devilee,Jan G. M. Klijn,Alice J. Sigurdson,Michele M. Doody,Bruce H. Alexander,Jinghui Zhang,Angela Cox,Ian W. Brock,Gordon MacPherson,Malcolm W.R. Reed,Fergus J. Couch,Ellen L. Goode,Janet E. Olson,Hanne Meijers-Heijboer,Hanne Meijers-Heijboer,Ans M.W. van den Ouweland,André G. Uitterlinden,Fernando Rivadeneira,Roger L. Milne,Gloria Ribas,Anna González-Neira,Javier Benitez,John L. Hopper,Margaret R. E. McCredie,Margaret R. E. McCredie,Margaret R. E. McCredie,Melissa C. Southey,Melissa C. Southey,Graham G. Giles,Chris Schroen,Christina Justenhoven,Christina Justenhoven,Hiltrud Brauch,Hiltrud Brauch,Ute Hamann,Yon-Dschun Ko,Amanda B. Spurdle,Jonathan Beesley,Xiaoqing Chen,_ kConFab,Arto Mannermaa,Veli-Matti Kosma,Vesa Kataja,Jaana M. Hartikainen,Nicholas E. Day,David Cox,Bruce A.J. Ponder +109 more
TL;DR: To identify further susceptibility alleles, a two-stage genome-wide association study in 4,398 breast cancer cases and 4,316 controls was conducted, followed by a third stage in which 30 single nucleotide polymorphisms were tested for confirmation.
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Adjuvant docetaxel or vinorelbine with or without trastuzumab for breast cancer.
Heikki Joensuu,Pirkko-Liisa Kellokumpu-Lehtinen,Petri Bono,Tuomo Alanko,Vesa Kataja,Raija Asola,Tapio Utriainen,R. Kokko,Akseli Hemminki,Maija Tarkkanen,Taina Turpeenniemi-Hujanen,Sirkku Jyrkkiö,Martti Flander,Leena Helle,Seija Ingalsuo,Kaisu Johansson,Anna-Stina Jääskeläinen,Marjo Pajunen,Mervi Rauhala,Jaana Kaleva-Kerola,T. Salminen,M. Leinonen,Inkeri Elomaa,Jorma Isola +23 more
TL;DR: A short course of trastuzumab administered concomitantly with docetaxel or vinorelbine is effective in women with breast cancer who have an amplified HER2/neu gene.
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Large-scale genotyping identifies 41 new loci associated with breast cancer risk
Kyriaki Michailidou,Per Hall,Anna González-Neira,Maya Ghoussaini,Joe Dennis,Roger L. Milne,Marjanka K. Schmidt,Jenny Chang-Claude,Stig E. Bojesen,Manjeet K. Bolla,Qin Wang,Ed Dicks,Andy C. H. Lee,Clare Turnbull,Nazneen Rahman,Olivia Fletcher,Julian Peto,Lorna Gibson,Isabel dos Santos Silva,Heli Nevanlinna,Taru A. Muranen,Kristiina Aittomäki,Carl Blomqvist,Kamila Czene,Astrid K. Irwanto,Jianjun Liu,Quinten Waisfisz,Hanne Meijers-Heijboer,Muriel A. Adank,Rob B. van der Luijt,Rebecca Hein,N. Dahmen,Lars Beckman,Alfons Meindl,Rita K. Schmutzler,Bertram Müller-Myhsok,Peter Lichtner,John L. Hopper,Melissa C. Southey,Enes Makalic,Daniel F. Schmidt,Andre G. Uitterlinden,Albert Hofman,David J. Hunter,Stephen J. Chanock,Daniel Vincent,Francois Bacot,Daniel C. Tessier,Sander Canisius,Lodewyk F. A. Wessels,Christopher A. Haiman,Mitul Shah,Robert Luben,Judith E. Brown,Craig Luccarini,Nils Schoof,Keith Humphreys,Jingmei Li,Børge G. Nordestgaard,Sune F. Nielsen,Henrik Flyger,Fergus J. Couch,Xianshu Wang,Celine M. Vachon,Kristen N. Stevens,Diether Lambrechts,Matthieu Moisse,Robert Paridaens,Marie Rose Christiaens,Anja Rudolph,Stefan Nickels,Dieter Flesch-Janys,Dieter Flesch-Janys,Dieter Flesch-Janys,Nichola Johnson,Zoe Aitken,Kirsimari Aaltonen,Kirsimari Aaltonen,Tuomas Heikkinen,Annegien Broeks,Laura J. Van 'T Veer,C. Ellen van der Schoot,Pascal Guénel,Thérèse Truong,Pierre Laurent-Puig,Florence Menegaux,Frederik Marmé,Andreas Schneeweiss,Christof Sohn,Barbara Burwinkel,M. Pilar Zamora,Jose Ignacio Arias Perez,Guillermo Pita,M. Rosario Alonso,Angela Cox,Ian W. Brock,Simon S. Cross,Malcolm W.R. Reed,Elinor J. Sawyer,Ian Tomlinson,Michael J. Kerin,Nicola Miller,Brian E. Henderson,Fredrick R. Schumacher,Loic Le Marchand,Irene L. Andrulis,Julia A. Knight,Gord Glendon,Anna Marie Mulligan,Annika Lindblom,Sara Margolin,Maartje J. Hooning,Antoinette Hollestelle,Ans M.W. van den Ouweland,Agnes Jager,Quang M. Bui,Jennifer Stone,Gillian S. Dite,Carmel Apicella,Helen Tsimiklis,Graham G. Giles,Gianluca Severi,Laura Baglietto,Peter A. Fasching,Lothar Haeberle,Arif B. Ekici,Matthias W. Beckmann,Hermann Brenner,Heiko Müller,Volker Arndt,Christa Stegmaier,Anthony J. Swerdlow,Alan Ashworth,Nick Orr,Michael Jones,Jonine D. Figueroa,Jolanta Lissowska,Louise A. Brinton,Mark S. Goldberg,Martine Dumont,Robert Winqvist,Katri Pylkäs,Arja Jukkola-Vuorinen,Mervi Grip,Hiltrud Brauch,Ute Hamann,Thomas Brüning,Paolo Radice,Paolo Peterlongo,Siranoush Manoukian,Bernardo Bonanni,Peter Devilee,Rob A. E. M. Tollenaar,Caroline M. Seynaeve,Christi J. van Asperen,Anna Jakubowska,Jan Lubinski,Katarzyna Jaworska,Katarzyna Durda,Arto Mannermaa,Vesa Kataja,Veli-Matti Kosma,Jaana M. Hartikainen,Natalia Bogdanova,Natalia Antonenkova,Thilo Dörk,Vessela N. Kristensen,Hoda Anton-Culver,Susan L. Slager,Amanda E. Toland,Stephen Edge,Florentia Fostira,Daehee Kang,Keun-Young Yoo,Dong Young Noh,Keitaro Matsuo,Hidemi Ito,Hiroji Iwata,Aiko Sueta,Anna H. Wu,Chiu-Chen Tseng,David Van Den Berg,Daniel O. Stram,Xiao-Ou Shu,Wei Lu,Yu Tang Gao,Hui Cai,Soo Hwang Teo,Cheng Har Yip,Sze Yee Phuah,Belinda K. Cornes,Mikael Hartman,Hui Miao,Wei-Yen Lim,J. H. Sng,Kenneth Muir,Artitaya Lophatananon,Sarah Stewart-Brown,Pornthep Siriwanarangsan,Chen-Yang Shen,Chia-Ni Hsiung,Pei Ei Wu,Shian Ling Ding,Suleeporn Sangrajrang,Valerie Gaborieau,Paul Brennan,James McKay,William Blot,Lisa B. Signorello,Qiuyin Cai,Wei Zheng,Sandra Deming-Halverson,Martha J. Shrubsole,Jirong Long,Jacques Simard,M Garcia-Closas,Paul D.P. Pharoah,Georgia Chenevix-Trench,Alison M. Dunning,Javier Benitez,Douglas F. Easton +220 more
TL;DR: A meta-analysis of 9 genome-wide association studies, including 10,052 breast cancer cases and 12,575 controls of European ancestry, and identified 29,807 SNPs for further genotyping suggests that more than 1,000 additional loci are involved in breast cancer susceptibility.
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Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes are prognostic in triple negative breast cancer and predictive for trastuzumab benefit in early breast cancer: results from the FinHER trial
Sherene Loi,Sherene Loi,Stefan Michiels,Stefan Michiels,Roberto Salgado,Nicolas Sirtaine,Vinu Jose,Debora Fumagalli,P-L Kellokumpu-Lehtinen,Petri Bono,Vesa Kataja,Christine Desmedt,Martine Piccart,Sibylle Loibl,Carsten Denkert,Mark J. Smyth,Heikki Joensuu,Christos Sotiriou +17 more
TL;DR: Higher levels of TILs present at diagnosis were significantly associated with decreased distant recurrence rates in primary TNBC, and an association between higher levels ofTILs and increased trastuzumab benefit in HER2+ disease is reported for the first time.
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MicroRNA related polymorphisms and breast cancer risk
Sofia Khan,Dario Greco,Dario Greco,Kyriaki Michailidou,Roger L. Milne,Roger L. Milne,Taru A. Muranen,Tuomas Heikkinen,Kirsimari Aaltonen,Joe Dennis,Manjeet K. Bolla,Jianjun Liu,Per Hall,Astrid Irwanto,Keith Humphreys,Jingmei Li,Kamila Czene,Jenny Chang-Claude,Rebecca Hein,Anja Rudolph,Petra Seibold,Dieter Flesch-Janys,Olivia Fletcher,Julian Peto,Isabel dos Santos Silva,Nichola Johnson,Lorna Gibson,Zoe Aitken,John L. Hopper,Helen Tsimiklis,Minh Bui,Enes Makalic,Daniel F. Schmidt,Melissa C. Southey,Carmel Apicella,Jennifer Stone,Quinten Waisfisz,Hanne Meijers-Heijboer,Muriel A. Adank,Rob B. van der Luijt,Alfons Meindl,Rita K. Schmutzler,Bertram Müller-Myhsok,Peter Lichtner,Clare Turnbull,Nazneen Rahman,Stephen J. Chanock,David J. Hunter,Angela Cox,Simon S. Cross,Malcolm W.R. Reed,Marjanka K. Schmidt,Annegien Broeks,Laura Van't Veer,Frans B. L. Hogervorst,Peter A. Fasching,Michael G. Schrauder,Arif B. Ekici,Matthias W. Beckmann,Stig E. Bojesen,Børge G. Nordestgaard,Sune F. Nielsen,Henrik Flyger,Javier Benitez,Pilar Zamora,Jose Ignacio Arias Perez,Christopher A. Haiman,Brian E. Henderson,Fredrick R. Schumacher,Loic Le Marchand,Paul D.P. Pharoah,Alison M. Dunning,Mitul Shah,Robert Luben,Judith E. Brown,Fergus J. Couch,Xianshu Wang,Celine M. Vachon,Janet E. Olson,Diether Lambrechts,Matthieu Moisse,Robert Paridaens,Marie-Rose Christiaens,Pascal Guénel,Thérèse Truong,Pierre Laurent-Puig,Claire Mulot,F Marmé,Barbara Burwinkel,Andreas Schneeweiss,Christof Sohn,Elinor J. Sawyer,Ian Tomlinson,Michael J. Kerin,Nicola Miller,Irene L. Andrulis,Julia A. Knight,Sandrine Tchatchou,Anna Marie Mulligan,Thilo Dörk,Natalia Bogdanova,Natalia Antonenkova,Hoda Anton-Culver,Hatef Darabi,Mikael Eriksson,Montserrat Garcia-Closas,Jonine D. Figueroa,Jolanta Lissowska,Louise A. Brinton,Peter Devilee,Robert A.E.M. Tollenaar,Caroline Seynaeve,Christi J. van Asperen,Vessela N. Kristensen,Susan L. Slager,Amanda E. Toland,Christine B. Ambrosone,Drakoulis Yannoukakos,Annika Lindblom,Sara Margolin,Paolo Radice,Paolo Peterlongo,Monica Barile,Paolo Mariani,Maartje J. Hooning,John W.M. Martens,J. Margriet Collée,Agnes Jager,Anna Jakubowska,Jan Lubinski,Katarzyna Jaworska-Bieniek,Katarzyna Durda,Graham G. Giles,Catriona McLean,Hiltrud Brauch,Thomas Brüning,Yon-Dschun Ko,Hermann Brenner,Aida Karina Dieffenbach,Volker Arndt,Christa Stegmaier,Anthony J. Swerdlow,Alan Ashworth,Nick Orr,Michael Jones,Jacques Simard,Mark S. Goldberg,Martine Dumont,Robert Winqvist,Katri Pylkäs,Arja Jukkola-Vuorinen,Mervi Grip,Vesa Kataja,Veli-Matti Kosma,Jaana M. Hartikainen,Arto Mannermaa,Ute Hamann,Georgia Chenevix-Trench,Carl Blomqvist,Kristiina Aittomäki,Douglas F. Easton,Heli Nevanlinna +161 more
TL;DR: Five miRNA binding site SNPs associated significantly with breast cancer risk are located in the 3′ UTR of CASP8, HDDC3, DROSHA, MUSTN1, and MYCL1, respectively, which belongs to miRNA machinery genes and has a central role in initial miRNA processing.