Cheryl Thompson

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Professor, Interim Vice Chair for Education and Endowed Chair in Cancer Population Sciences Research, Department of Public Health Sciences
Chief, Division of Epidemiology

Dr. Thompson is a population scientist who studies genetic and environmental factors related to cancer risk and outcomes.

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Recent Publications

DNA Methylation Classes of Stage II and III Primary Melanomas and Their Clinical and Prognostic Significance

Conway, K., Edmiston, S. N., Vondras, A., Reiner, A., Corcoran, D. L., Shen, R., Parrish, E. A., Hao, H., Lin, L., Kenney, J. M., Ilelaboye, G., Kostrzewa, C. E., Kuan, P. F., Busam, K. J., Lezcano, C., Lee, T. K., Hernando, E., Googe, P. B., Ollila, D. W. & Moschos, S. & 107 others, Gorlov, I., Amos, C. I., Ernstoff, M. S., Cust, A. E., Wilmott, J. S., Scolyer, R. A., Mann, G. J., Vergara, I. A., Ko, J., Rees, J. R., Yan, S., Nagore, E., Bosenberg, M., Rothberg, B. G., Osman, I., Lee, J. E., Saenger, Y., Bogner, P., Thompson, C. L., Gerstenblith, M., Holmen, S. L., Funchain, P., Brunsgaard, E., Depcik-Smith, N. D., Luo, L., Boyce, T., Orlow, I., Begg, C. B., Berwick, M., Thomas, N. E., Berwick, M., Luo, L., Boyce, T. W., Reynolds, A. Z., Wiggins, C., Thomas, N. E., Conway, K., Edmiston, S. N., Ollila, D. W., Hao, H., Parrish, E., Googe, P. B., Moschos, S. J., Corcoran, D., Vondras, A., Tsai, Y. S., Lin, L., Shen, R., Begg, C. B., Arora, A., Seshan, V., Reiner, A., Kostrzewa, C. E., Busam, K. J., Orlow, I., Lezcano, C., Kenney, J. M., Sadeghi, K. D., O'connell, K., Ilelaboye, G. E., Parmar, H., Leong, S., Corrales, S., Scolyer, R. A., Cust, A. E., Wilmott, J. S., Mann, G. J., Shang, P., Burke, H., Ferguson, P. M., Jakrot, V., Lee, T. K., Hernando, E., Osman, I., Hanniford, D., Argibay, D., Moran, U., Heguy, A., Ramaswami, S., Amos, C. I., Gorlov, I. P., Zhu, D., Ernstoff, M., Bogner, P. N., Lee, J. E., Rees, J. R., Yan, S., Gerstenblith, M. R., Thompson, C., Ko, J. S., Funchain, P., Ngo, P., Bosenberg, M., Gould Rothberg, B. E., Panse, G., Saenger, Y. M., Fullerton, B. T., Holmen, S. L., Colman, H., Brunsgaard, E. K., Wada, D., Nagore, E., Manrique-Silva, E., Requena, C., Traves, V., Millan-Esteban, D. & Rainka, M., Nov 1 2024, In: JCO Precision Oncology. 8, 00375.

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Association between pre-diagnosis recreational physical activity and risk of breast cancer recurrence: the California Teachers Study

Lin, D., Thompson, C. L., Demalis, A., Derbes, R., Al-Shaar, L., Spielfogel, E. S. & Sturgeon, K. M., Jul 2024, In: Cancer Causes and Control. 35, 7, p. 1089-1100 12 p.

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Associations of pre-diagnosis physical activity with treatment tolerance and treatment efficacy in breast cancer patients with neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Lin, D., Sturgeon, K. M., Muscat, J. E., Zhou, S., Hobkirk, A. L., O’Brien, K. M., Sandler, D. P. & Thompson, C. L., May 2024, In: Breast Cancer. 31, 3, p. 519-528 10 p.

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The distribution of esophageal cancer patients enrolled in care at the Uganda Cancer Institute by sub-regions, districts and ethnicity

Obayo, S., Mulumba, Y., Thompson, C. L., Gibson, M. K., Cooney, M. M. & Orem, J., Apr 1 2024, In: African Health Sciences. 24, 1, p. 206-213 8 p.

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The promise and challenges of multi-cancer early detection assays for reducing cancer disparities

Thompson, C. L. & Baskin, M. L., 2024, In: Frontiers in Oncology. 14, 1305843.

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Epigenetic aging differentially impacts breast cancer risk by self-reported race

Wu, Y., Miller, M. E., Gilmore, H. L., Thompson, C. L. & Schumacher, F. R., Oct 2024, In: PloS one. 19, 10, e0308174.

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TLE3 Sustains Luminal Breast Cancer Lineage Fidelity to Suppress Metastasis

Anstine, L. J., Majmudar, P. R., Aponte, A., Singh, S., Zhao, R., Weber-Bonk, K. L., Abdul-Karim, F. W., Valentine, M., Seachrist, D. D., Grennel-Nickelson, K. E., Cuellar-Vite, L., Sizemore, G. M., Sizemore, S. T., Webb, B. M., Thompson, C. L. & Keri, R. A., Apr 1 2023, In: Cancer Research. 83, 7, p. 997-1015 19 p.

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Associations Between Leisure-Time Physical Activity Level and Peripheral Immune Cell Populations in the US General Population, Analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Data, 1999–2018

Lin, D., Thompson, C. L., Ba, D. M., Muscat, J. E., Zhou, S., Rogers, C. J. & Sturgeon, K. M., Dec 2023, In: Sports Medicine - Open. 9, 1, 101.

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Clinicopathological characteristics and treatment outcomes of oesophageal cancer patients in Uganda

Obayo, S., Mulumba, Y., Thompson, C. L., Gibson, M. K., Cooney, M. M. & Orem, J., 2023, In: ecancermedicalscience. 17, 1576.

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Integrating primary care, shared decision making, and community engagement to facilitate equitable access to multi-cancer early detection clinical trials

Thompson, C. L., Buchanan, A. H., Myers, R. & Weinberg, D. S., 2023, In: Frontiers in Oncology. 13, 1307459.

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InterMEL: An international biorepository and clinical database to uncover predictors of survival in early-stage melanoma

InterMEL Consortium, Apr 2023, In: PloS one. 18, 4 April, e0269324.

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Abdominopelvic MR to CT registration using a synthetic CT intermediate

Heo, J. U., Zhou, F., Jones, R., Zheng, J., Song, X., Qian, P., Baydoun, A., Traughber, M. S., Kuo, J. W., Helo, R. A., Thompson, C., Avril, N., DeVincent, D., Hunt, H., Gupta, A., Faraji, N., Kharouta, M. Z., Kardan, A., Bitonte, D. & Langmack, C. B. & 11 others, Nelson, A., Kruzer, A., Yao, M., Dorth, J., Nakayama, J., Waggoner, S. E., Biswas, T., Harris, E., Sandstrom, S., Traughber, B. J. & Muzic, R. F., Sep 2022, In: Journal of applied clinical medical physics. 23, 9, e13731.

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Obesity accelerates acute promyelocytic leukemia in mice and reduces sex differences in latency and penetrance

Kincaid, J. W. R., Weiss, G., Hill-Baskin, A. E., Schmidt, H. M., Omoijuanfo, O., Thompson, C. L., Beck, R. C. & Berger, N. A., Jul 2022, In: Obesity. 30, 7, p. 1420-1429 10 p.

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Descriptive Epidemiology of Women in the Emergency Department with Gonorrhea and Chlamydial Infection in the United States

Sheele, J. M., Bragg, K. J., Bragg, B., Campos, S. C., Elkins, J. M., Niforatos, J. D. & Thompson, C. L., Apr 1 2022, In: Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal. 44, 2, p. 144-157 14 p.

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Prediction model for gonorrhea, chlamydia, and trichomoniasis in the emergency department

Sheele, J. M., Niforatos, J. D., Elkins, J. M., Campos, S. C. & Thompson, C. L., Jan 2022, In: American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 51, p. 313-319 7 p.

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