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Kristen Purrington

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Schmit S, Purrington K, Figueiredo J
Cancer Res . 2023 Aug; 83(15):2443-2444. PMID: 37525976
Recent initiatives by the research community to characterize the genomic and molecular landscapes of tumors in ancestrally diverse and admixed populations, including the publication by Ding and colleagues in this...
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Wehbe A, Gonte M, ONeill S, Amit-Yousif A, Purrington K, Manning M, et al.
Cancer Med . 2023 Jun; 12(14):15482-15491. PMID: 37329206
Background: This study aimed to identify predictors of nonadherence to breast cancer screening guidelines in an urban screening clinic among high- and average-risk women in the United States. Methods: We...
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Mandelblatt J, Ruterbusch J, Thompson H, Zhou X, Bethea T, Adams-Campbell L, et al.
Cancer . 2023 Mar; 129(10):1557-1568. PMID: 36935617
Background: Discrimination can adversely affect health and accelerate aging, but little is known about these relationships in cancer survivors. This study examines associations of discrimination and aging among self-identified African...
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Manning M, Lucas T, Purrington K, Thompson H, Albrecht T, Penner L
Soc Sci Med . 2022 Apr; 316:114982. PMID: 35484000
Background: Assumptions regarding within-race variation in the associations between measures of discrimination racism and health-related behaviors among African Americans have been largely unexplored. Methods: We conducted secondary analyses of two...
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Li Y, Xiao X, Li J, Byun J, Cheng C, Bosse Y, et al.
Hum Mol Genet . 2022 Feb; 31(16):2831-2843. PMID: 35138370
Differences by sex in lung cancer incidence and mortality have been reported which cannot be fully explained by sex differences in smoking behavior, implying existence of genetic and molecular basis...
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Manning M, ONeill S, Purrington K
Breast J . 2021 May; 27(7):586-594. PMID: 33991030
Breast density notification laws have been adopted in the absence of consistent guidelines for post-notification follow-up. This can lead to inconsistent and potentially deficient management of women's health due to...
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Lusk C, Watza D, Dyson G, Craig D, Ratliff V, Wenzlaff A, et al.
Clin Cancer Res . 2019 Apr; 25(14):4300-4308. PMID: 30979741
Purpose: Identifying novel driver genes and mutations in African American non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cases can inform targeted therapy and improve outcomes for this traditionally underrepresented population. Experimental Design:...
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Mavaddat N, Michailidou K, Dennis J, Lush M, Fachal L, Lee A, et al.
Am J Hum Genet . 2018 Dec; 104(1):21-34. PMID: 30554720
Stratification of women according to their risk of breast cancer based on polygenic risk scores (PRSs) could improve screening and prevention strategies. Our aim was to develop PRSs, optimized for...
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Manning M, Albrecht T, ONeill S, Purrington K
J Am Coll Radiol . 2018 Oct; 16(6):797-803. PMID: 30342908
Guidelines recommend supplemental breast cancer screening for women at increased breast cancer risk; however, the passage of breast density notification laws may lead to supplemental screening that is incongruent with...
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Manning M, Albrecht T, Penner L, Purrington K
Ann Behav Med . 2018 Oct; 53(8):721-731. PMID: 30285074
Background: Breast density notification laws mandate reporting of dense breast to applicable women. The same psychological and systemic barriers that yield between-race differences in mammography use will probably yield between-race...