Alison H. Brand

ORCID: 0000-0001-7975-6326 · 9 papers in corpus
other 2025
Gynecologic Oncology ·doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2025.05.013

OBJECTIVE: Many epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) risk factors relate to sex hormones. The association between these factors and the expression of androgen receptor (AR), estrogen receptor-α (ER), and progesterone receptor (PR) in tumors is u…

observational 2023
The journal of pathology. Clinical research ·doi:10.1002/cjp2.311

Our objective was to test whether p53 expression status is associated with survival for women diagnosed with the most common ovarian carcinoma histotypes (high-grade serous carcinoma [HGSC], endometrioid carcinoma [EC], and clear cell carci…

other 2022
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology ·doi:10.1158/1055-9965.epi-21-0677

BACKGROUND: Ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC) is a rare ovarian cancer histotype that tends to be resistant to standard platinum-based chemotherapeutics. We sought to better understand the role of DNA methylation in clinical and biologica…

observational 2022
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research ·doi:10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-21-3817

PURPOSE: To identify molecular subclasses of clear cell ovarian carcinoma (CCOC) and assess their impact on clinical presentation and outcomes. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: We profiled 421 primary CCOCs that passed quality control using a targeted…

observational 2021
·doi:10.1101/2021.09.16.21262993

Abstract ARID1A (BAF250a) is a component of the SWI/SNF chromatin modifying complex, plays an important tumor suppressor role, and is considered prognostic in several malignancies. However, in ovarian carcinomas there are contradictory repo…

observational 2021
The Journal of Pathology ·doi:10.1002/path.5849

ARID1A (BAF250a) is a component of the SWI/SNF chromatin modifying complex, plays an important tumour suppressor role, and is considered prognostic in several malignancies. However, in ovarian carcinomas there are contradictory reports on i…

observational 2021

OBJECTIVE: Risk-reducing bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (RRBSO) substantially reduces ovarian cancer risk in women with pathogenic gene variants and is generally recommended by age 34-45 years. Natural menopause is a vulnerable period for …

other 2019
Nature communications ·doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11862-x

Mucinous ovarian carcinoma (MOC) is a unique subtype of ovarian cancer with an uncertain etiology, including whether it genuinely arises at the ovary or is metastatic disease from other organs. In addition, the molecular drivers of invasive…

other 2011
The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology ·doi:10.1111/j.1479-828x.2011.01308.x

BACKGROUND: In 2009, the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) published College Statement C-Gyn 25: "Prophylactic oophorectomy at the time of hysterectomy for benign gynaecological disease, …