Research Description

My research interests are diverse and include: treatment of breast cancer, especially in young or pregnant women; familial cancers; molecular genetics of cancer; cancer risk assessment and chemoprevention; breast cancer and minority populations and disparities in health outcomes. My clinical interests include breast cancer, cancer risk assessment, cancer prevention, and general hematology and medical oncology.

Selected Publications

Rebbeck TR, Lynch HT, Neuhausen SL, Narod SA, Van't Veer L, Garber JE, Evans G, Isaacs C, Daly MB, Matloff E, Olopade OI, Weber BL; Prevention and Observation of Surgical End Points Study Group. Prophylactic oophorectomy in carriers of BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations. N Engl J Med. 2002 May 23;346(21):1616-22. Epub 2002 May 20.

Huo Z, Giger ML, Olopade OI, Wolverton DE, Weber BL, Metz CE, Zhong W, Cummings SA.Computerized analysis of digitized mammograms of BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutation carriers. Radiology. 2002 Nov;225(2):519-26.

Adebamowo CA, Ogundiran TO, Adenipekun AA, Oyesegun RA, Campbell OB, Akang EE, Rotimi CN, Olopade OI. Waist-hip ratio and breast cancer risk in urbanized Nigerian women. Breast Cancer Res. 2003;5(2):R18-24. Epub 2002 Dec 19.

Grushko TA, Blackwood MA, Schumm PL, Hagos FG, Adeyanju MO, Feldman MD, Sanders MO, Weber BL, Olopade OI. Molecular-cytogenetic analysis of HER-2/neu gene in BRCA1-associated breast cancers. Cancer Res. 2002 Mar 1;62(5):1481-8.

Olopade OI, Pomykala HM, Hagos F, Sveen LW, Espinosa R 3rd, Dreyling MH, Gursky S, Stadler WM, Le Beau MM, Bohlander SK. Construction of a 2.8-megabase yeast artificial chromosome contig and cloning of the human methylthioadenosine phosphorylase gene from the tumor suppressor region on 9p21. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1995 Jul 3;92(14):6489-93.