Deborah J. Thompson

28.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
95 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Deborah J. Thompson is a scholar working on Genetics, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Deborah J. Thompson has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Genetics, 20 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 19 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Deborah J. Thompson's work include BRCA gene mutations in cancer (22 papers), Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (16 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (11 papers). Deborah J. Thompson is often cited by papers focused on BRCA gene mutations in cancer (22 papers), Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (16 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (11 papers). Deborah J. Thompson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Deborah J. Thompson's co-authors include Douglas F. Easton, D. Gareth Evans, Michael R. Stratton, Sheila Seal, Nazneen Rahman, Rita Barfoot, Anthony Renwick, Diana Eccles, Tasnim Chagtai and Lesley McGuffog and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Nature Communications and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Deborah J. Thompson

92 papers receiving 5.9k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Screening with magnetic resonance imaging and mammography of a UK population at high familial risk of breast cancer: a prospective multicentre cohort study (MARIBS)

2005 765 citations Martin O. Leach, Douglas F. Easton et al. profile →
PALB2, which encodes a BRCA2-interacting protein, is a breast cancer susceptibility gene

2006 689 citations Deborah J. Thompson, D. Gareth Evans et al. profile →
Truncating mutations in the Fanconi anemia J gene BRIP1 are low-penetrance breast cancer susceptibility alleles

2006 513 citations Deborah J. Thompson, D. Gareth Evans et al. profile →
ATM mutations that cause ataxia-telangiectasia are breast cancer susceptibility alleles

2006 511 citations Deborah J. Thompson, D. Gareth Evans et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Deborah J. Thompson United Kingdom	36	3.2k	2.3k	1.6k	1.4k	1.3k	95	6.1k
Antonis C. Antoniou United Kingdom	42	4.6k 1.4×	2.0k 0.9×	1.8k 1.2×	2.1k 1.5×	1.2k 0.9×	130	6.8k
Melissa C. Southey Australia	53	4.2k 1.3×	3.9k 1.7×	2.5k 1.6×	2.8k 2.1×	2.0k 1.5×	318	10.0k
Andrea Eisen Canada	49	4.9k 1.5×	1.6k 0.7×	2.9k 1.9×	3.1k 2.2×	1.5k 1.1×	189	8.3k
David Euhus United States	40	1.4k 0.4×	2.4k 1.0×	3.0k 1.9×	3.1k 2.2×	1.2k 0.9×	128	7.5k
Nicoline Hoogerbrugge Netherlands	48	2.8k 0.9×	2.2k 0.9×	2.1k 1.3×	2.7k 1.9×	2.9k 2.2×	247	7.9k
Gail E. Tomlinson United States	47	2.6k 0.8×	4.8k 2.1×	1.7k 1.1×	2.0k 1.4×	1.1k 0.8×	173	8.7k
Ellen Warner Canada	40	2.7k 0.9×	860 0.4×	2.2k 1.4×	3.6k 2.6×	1.6k 1.2×	198	8.3k
R.W. Blamey United Kingdom	38	1.7k 0.5×	875 0.4×	2.3k 1.5×	2.7k 2.0×	1.2k 0.9×	130	5.2k
Diana Eccles United Kingdom	49	4.6k 1.4×	3.6k 1.6×	2.6k 1.7×	2.9k 2.1×	2.2k 1.7×	183	9.0k
Marion Kiechle Germany	43	1.2k 0.4×	2.2k 1.0×	1.9k 1.2×	2.3k 1.7×	688 0.5×	311	6.2k

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Conroy, Simon, et al.. (2022). Staff Experience in the NHS: A National Study—An Experience-Based Design Approach. Journal of Patient Experience. 9. 662653297–662653297. 1 indexed citations

Thomas, Chloe, Olena Mandrik, Catherine L. Saunders, et al.. (2021). The Costs and Benefits of Risk Stratification for Colorectal Cancer Screening Based On Phenotypic and Genetic Risk: A Health Economic Analysis. Cancer Prevention Research. 14(8). 811–822. 29 indexed citations

Saunders, Catherine L., Britt Kilian, Deborah J. Thompson, et al.. (2020). External Validation of Risk Prediction Models Incorporating Common Genetic Variants for Incident Colorectal Cancer Using UK Biobank. Cancer Prevention Research. 13(6). 509–520. 18 indexed citations

Thompson, Deborah J., et al.. (2020). Analysis of the Experience-Based Design Feedback Data on a National Scale. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(6). 1068–1076. 2 indexed citations

Oppen, James David van, et al.. (2019). The Acute Frailty Network: experiences from a whole-systems quality improvement collaborative for acutely ill older patients in the English NHS. European Geriatric Medicine. 10(4). 559–565. 12 indexed citations

Schooling, C. Mary, Shan Luo, Shiu Lun Au Yeung, et al.. (2018). Genetic predictors of testosterone and their associations with cardiovascular disease and risk factors: A Mendelian randomization investigation. International Journal of Cardiology. 267. 171–176. 40 indexed citations

Kho, Pik Fang, et al.. (2018). Abstract LB-164: Global study of chromatin interactions reveals biologically relevant candidate target genes at endometrial cancer risk loci. Cancer Research. 78(13_Supplement). LB–164. 1 indexed citations

Blackmore, Christopher, et al.. (2018). An Omental Lymphatic Malformation Mimicking Ascites in a 2‐Year‐Old Boy. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 67(1). e14–e15.

Burgess, Stephen, Deborah J. Thompson, Jessica M. B. Rees, et al.. (2017). Dissecting Causal Pathways Using Mendelian Randomization with Summarized Genetic Data: Application to Age at Menarche and Risk of Breast Cancer. Genetics. 207(2). 481–487. 135 indexed citations

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Varghese, Jajini S., Paula L. Smith, Elizabeth Folkerd, et al.. (2012). The Heritability of Mammographic Breast Density and Circulating Sex-Hormone Levels: Two Independent Breast Cancer Risk Factors. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 21(12). 2167–2175. 18 indexed citations

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Kaiser, Meghann L., Deborah J. Thompson, Darren Malinoski, Christopher Lane, & Marianne Cinat. (2011). Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Hospital-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Among Burn Patients. Journal of Burn Care & Research. 32(3). 429–434. 33 indexed citations

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Mavaddat, Nasim, Paul D.P. Pharoah, Fiona M. Blows, et al.. (2010). Familial relative risks for breast cancer by pathological subtype: a population-based cohort study. Breast Cancer Research. 12(1). R10–R10. 30 indexed citations

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Gilbert, Fiona J., Ruth Warren, Gek Kwan-Lim, et al.. (2009). Cancers inBRCA1andBRCA2Carriers and in Women at High Risk for Breast Cancer: MR Imaging and Mammographic Features. Radiology. 252(2). 358–368. 52 indexed citations

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Conway, Jennifer, Wojtek Karolak, Deborah J. Thompson, Andrew E. Warren, & Stacy B. O’Blenes. (2009). Severe Tracheal Compression Due to a Seroma: A Rare Cause of Respiratory Insufficiency After a Modified Blalock–Taussig Shunt. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 87(5). 1621–1621. 1 indexed citations

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Warren, Ruth, Linda Pointon, Deborah J. Thompson, et al.. (2005). Reading Protocol for Dynamic Contrast-enhanced MR Images of the Breast: Sensitivity and Specificity Analysis. Radiology. 236(3). 779–788. 88 indexed citations

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Szabo, Csilla I., Mieke Schutte, Annegien Broeks, et al.. (2004). Are ATM Mutations 7271T→G and IVS10-6T→G Really High-Risk Breast Cancer-Susceptibility Alleles?. Cancer Research. 64(3). 840–843. 43 indexed citations

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Thompson, Deborah J., D. O. Stram, David E. Goldgar, & John S. Witte. (2003). Haplotype Tagging Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Association Studies. Human Heredity. 56(1-3). 48–55. 47 indexed citations

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Bartels, Peter H., Rodolfo Montironi, David G. Bostwick, et al.. (2001). Karyometry of secretory cell nuclei in high‐grade PIN lesions*. The Prostate. 48(3). 144–155. 13 indexed citations

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Stratton, J. F., Deborah J. Thompson, Lynda G. Bobrow, et al.. (1999). The Genetic Epidemiology of Early-Onset Epithelial Ovarian Cancer: A Population-Based Study. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 65(6). 1725–1732. 58 indexed citations

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Bartels, Peter H., Rodolfo Montironi, Vinícius Duval da Silva, et al.. (1999). Tissue Architecture Analysis in Prostate Cancer and Its Precursors: An Innovative Approach to Computerized Histometry. European Urology. 35(5-6). 484–491. 14 indexed citations

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