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Cheryl Thompson

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cpt5425@psu.edu

A050 Public Health Sciences
Hershey, PA 17033

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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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Breast Cancer
Colon Cancer
Neoplasm
Melanoma
Malignant Neoplasm
Odds Ratio
Confidence Interval
Breast Cancer Patients
Obesity
Colorectal Adenoma
Colon Cancer Risk
Genetic Polymorphism
Sleep Duration
Colon Carcinoma
United States
Population-based Case-control Study
Body Mass Index
African American
Tumor
Cancer Risk

Recent Publications

Torso synthetic CT generation by integrating deep learning and segmentation for FDG-PET/MR attenuation correction

Heo, J. U., Sun, S., Jones, R. S., Gu, Y., Jiang, Y., Qian, P., Baydoun, A., Arsenault, T. H., Traughber, M., Helo, R. A., Thompson, C., Yao, M., Dorth, J., Nakayama, J., Waggoner, S. E., Biswas, T., Harris, E., Sandstrom, S. K., Traughber, B. & Muzic, R. F., Nov 6 2025, In: Biomedical Physics and Engineering Express. 11, 6

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Prevalence and predictive testing preferences for breast cancer treatment side effects

McCall, M. K., Destin, D., Miller, M. E., Schumacher, F. R. & Thompson, C. L., Dec 2025, In: Supportive Care in Cancer. 33, 12, 1095.

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miRNAs Regulating GSTP1 as Potential Diagnostic Biomarkers in Prostate Cancer

Verma, S., Thompson, C. L., Fu, P., MacLennan, G. T. & Gupta, S., Sep 15 2025, In: Prostate. 85, 13, p. 1235-1244 10 p.

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Tumor miRNA Signatures Associate with Outcomes of Patients with Stage II/III Melanoma

Wiggins, J. M., Zhang, Q., Zhang, Y., Vand-Rajabpour, F., Hanniford, D., He, L., Lu, Y., Kenney, J. M., Sadeghi, K. D., Argibay, D., Orlow, I., Busam, K. J., Lezcano, C., Lee, T. K., Luo, L., Gorlov, I. P., Amos, C., Ernstoff, M. S., Seshan, V. E. & Cust, A. E. & 34 others, Wilmott, J., Scolyer, R. A., Mann, G. J., Reiner, A., Kostrzewa, C. E., Nagore, E., Funchain, P., Ko, J., Edmiston, S. N., Conway, K., Googe, P. B., Ollila, D. W., Lee, J. E., Rees, J. R., Thompson, C. L., Gerstenblith, M., Bosenberg, M., Gould Rothberg, B. E., Osman, I., Saenger, Y., Reynolds, A. Z., Boyce, T., Holmen, S., Yan, S., Brunsgaard, E., Bogner, P., Kuan, P. F., Thomas, N. E., Begg, C. B., Shen, R., Berwick, M., Shao, Y., Polsky, D. & Hernando, E., Dec 15 2025, In: Clinical Cancer Research. 31, 24, p. 5225-5236 12 p.

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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. & 103 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., 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., Begg, C. B., Arora, A., Seshan, V., Reiner, A., Kostrzewa, C. E., Busam, K. J., 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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