Research focus
Recurring themes across recent publications include Genome-Wide Association, Breast Cancer, Association Identifies, Cancer Susceptibility. Work appears regularly in Nature Genetics, Nature, Bioinformatics. See the publication list below for the most-cited works compiled from OpenAlex.
Recent publications
- Genome-wide association study identifies novel breast cancer susceptibility lociDOI
- LDlink: a web-based application for exploring population-specific haplotype structure and linking correlated alleles of possible functional variantsDOI
- Assessing the Probability That a Positive Report is False: An Approach for Molecular Epidemiology StudiesDOI
- A genome-wide association study identifies alleles in FGFR2 associated with risk of sporadic postmenopausal breast cancerDOI
- Replicating genotype鈥損henotype associationsDOI
- Polygenic Risk Scores for Prediction of Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer SubtypesDOI
- Genome-wide association study of prostate cancer identifies a second risk locus at 8q24DOI
- Large-scale genotyping identifies 41 new loci associated with breast cancer riskDOI
- Multiple loci identified in a genome-wide association study of prostate cancerDOI
- Genome-wide association scan identifies a colorectal cancer susceptibility locus on chromosome 8q24DOI
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Email Stephen J. Chanock 6-12 months before your application deadline. Read several recent papers and reference specific work in your message. Use our how to email a Japanese professor guide for the proven email structure.
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External profiles
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2324-3393
- OpenAlex: openalex.org
Profile compiled from public sources (Researchmap, OpenAlex, Hiroshima University faculty directory). Last refreshed 2026-05. Report incorrect information.