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William Foulkes
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Research
Latest papers
ASO Visual Abstract: Impact of Ethnicity on the Uptake of Risk-Reducing Mastectomy in Unaffected BRCA1/2 and PALB2 Carriers in Canada.
Annals of surgical oncology · 2026
Impact of Ethnicity on the Uptake of Risk Reducing Mastectomy in Unaffected BRCA1/2 and PALB2 Carriers in Canada.
Annals of surgical oncology · 2026
Parity, breastfeeding, and the risk of early-onset breast cancer in women with a BRCA1 pathogenic variant
British Journal of Cancer · 2025
Latest funding
- $1,338,908
Investigating and targeting pathogenic variants in DICER1-related tumour predisposition
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
Incretin-mimetic drugs for cancer prevention: Mechanisms and clinical potential
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $10,000
SCCOHT symposium 2025 in Montreal
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
20 publications.
ASO Visual Abstract: Impact of Ethnicity on the Uptake of Risk-Reducing Mastectomy in Unaffected BRCA1/2 and PALB2 Carriers in Canada.
Mashal S, Melanson A, Apostolova C, Ferroum A, Villareal-Corpuz V, Meterissian S, Martel K, Boileau JF, Basik M, Foulkes W, Wong SM, Prakash I
Impact of Ethnicity on the Uptake of Risk Reducing Mastectomy in Unaffected BRCA1/2 and PALB2 Carriers in Canada.
Mashal S, Melanson A, Apostolova C, Ferroum A, Villareal-Corpuz V, Meterissian S, Martel K, Boileau JF, Basik M, Foulkes W, Wong SM, Prakash I
Parity, breastfeeding, and the risk of early-onset breast cancer in women with a BRCA1 pathogenic variant
Kotsopoulos J, Maxwell CA, Lubinski J, Huzarski T, Kim RH, Tung N, Eisen A, Foulkes W, Aeilts A, Neuhausen SL
"I just wanted more": Hereditary cancer syndromes patients' perspectives on the utility of circulating tumour DNA testing for cancer screening.
Adi-Wauran E, Clausen M, Shickh S, Gagliardi AR, Denburg A, Oldfield LE, Sam J, Reble E, Krishnapillai S, Regier DA, Baxter NN, Dawson L, Penney LS, Foulkes W, Basik M, Sun S, Schrader KA, Karsan A, Pollett A, Pugh TJ, CHARM consortium, Kim RH, Bombard Y
A Validated Highly Sensitive Microsatellite Instability Assay Accurately Identifies Individuals Harboring Biallelic Germline PMS2 Pathogenic Variants in Constitutional Mismatch Repair Deficiency.
Marín F, Canet-Hermida J, Bianchi V, Chung J, Wimmer K, Foulkes W, Pérez-Alonso V, Domínguez-Pinilla N, Sábado C, Vázquez-Gómez F, Molinés A, Fioravantti V, Carrasco E, Stengs L, Edwards M, Negm L, Das A, Aronson M, Pastor Á, Rueda D, González-Granado LI, Tabori U, Capellá G, Pineda M
Risk-reducing mastectomy and breast cancer mortality in women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 pathogenic variant: an international analysis
Metcalfe K, Huzarski T, Gronwald J, Kotsopoulos J, Kim R, Moller P, Pal T, Aeilts A, Eisen A, Karlan B
Incidence of endometrial cancer in BRCA mutation carriers
Kotsopoulos J, Lubinski J, Huzarski T, Bychkovsky BL, Moller P, Kim RH, Tung N, Eisen A, Foulkes W, Singer CF
Disturbed sleep is associated with reduced verbal episodic memory and entorhinal cortex volume in younger middle-aged women with risk-reducing early ovarian removal.
Gervais NJ, Gravelsins L, Brown A, Reuben R, Perovic M, Karkaby L, Nicoll G, Laird K, Ramana S, Bernardini MQ, Jacobson M, Velsher L, Foulkes W, Rajah MN, Olsen RK, Grady C, Einstein G
Constitutional Microsatellite Instability, Genotype, and Phenotype Correlations in Constitutional Mismatch Repair Deficiency.
Gallon R, Phelps R, Hayes C, Brugieres L, Guerrini-Rousseau L, Colas C, Muleris M, Ryan NAJ, Evans DG, Grice H, Jessop E, Kunzemann-Martinez A, Marshall L, Schamschula E, Oberhuber K, Azizi AA, Baris Feldman H, Beilken A, Brauer N, Brozou T, Dahan K, Demirsoy U, Florkin B, Foulkes W, Januszkiewicz-Lewandowska D, Jones KJ, Kratz CP, Lobitz S, Meade J, Nathrath M, Pander HJ, Perne C, Ragab I, Ripperger T, Rosenbaum T, Rueda D, Sarosiek T, Sehested A, Spier I, Suerink M, Zimmermann SY, Zschocke J, Borthwick GM, Wimmer K, Burn J, Jackson MS, Santibanez-Koref M
“Game Changer”: Health Professionals’ Views on the Clinical Utility of Circulating Tumor DNA Testing in Hereditary Cancer Syndrome Management
Investigating and targeting pathogenic variants in DICER1-related tumour predisposition
Principal investigators: Foulkes, William D; Fabian, Marc R; Huang, Sidong
Keywords: Cancer Predisposition Syndrome; Dicer1-Related Tumour Predisposition; Microrna Processing; Sarcoma
Incretin-mimetic drugs for cancer prevention: Mechanisms and clinical potential
Principal investigators: Pollak, Michael N; Ammendolea, Cathy; Azoulay, Laurent; Muller, William J
Keywords: Biomarkers; Cancer Prevention; Mechanisms; Obesity; Pharmacoepidemiology; Semaglutide; Tirzepatide
SCCOHT symposium 2025 in Montreal
Principal investigators: Foulkes, William D
Keywords: Small Cell Carcinoma Of The Ovary, Hypercalcemic Type; Smarca4-Related Cancer
Investigating and targeting pathogenic variants in DICER1 tumour predisposition syndrome
Principal investigators: Foulkes, William D; Fabian, Marc R; Huang, Sidong
Keywords: Cancer Predisposition Syndrome; Dicer1 Tumour Predisposition Syndrome; Microrna Processing; Sarcoma
p300 histone acetyltransferase-dependency in SWI/SNF-deficient cancers: mechanisms and therapeutic implications
Principal investigators: Huang, Sidong
Keywords: Histone Acetyltransferase; P300; Smarca4; Swi/Snf
Exploiting genetic vulnerabilities to improve outcomes in small cell carcinoma of the ovary
Principal investigators: Huang, Sidong
Keywords: Drug Resistance; Functional Genetics; Parp Inhibitors; Small Cell Ovarian Carcinoma; Smarca4; Synthetic Lethal Screen; Targeted Cancer Therapy; Variants Of Uncertain Significance
Rationalizing Genetic Referral Practices in Pediatric Oncology: An eHealth Decision-Support Tool for Identifying Cancer Predisposition Syndromes
Principal investigators: Goudie, Catherine; Pechlivanoglou, Petros
Keywords: Cancer Predisposition Syndrome; Decision Support Tool; Ehealth; Genetics; Health Economics; Health Resource Allocation; Oncology; Pediatric; Second Malignancies; Tumor Surveillance Protocols
Early detection of cancer in high-risk patients through profiling of circulating tumour DNA
Principal investigators: Pugh, Trevor J; Kim, Raymond; Pollett, Aaron
Keywords: Circulating Tumour Dna; Epigenetics; Genomics; Hereditary Cancer Syndrome
Deregulation of the anaphase promoting complex in human cancer
Principal investigators: Teodoro, Jose G
Keywords: Anaphase Promoting Complex; Cdc20; Cell Cycle; Mitosis; Oncogenesis; Ovarian Cancer
Exploring the influence of DICER1 mutations on the mTOR signalling pathway
Principal investigators: Foulkes, William D; Fabian, Marc R
Keywords: Dicer1; Gene Expression; Gene Silencing; Metabolism; Microrna; Mtor; Neoplasm
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Oncology
- Cancer Research
- Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research
- Social Studies of Medicine
- Epidemiology Division
- Genome Sciences Centre
- McGill Cancer Centre
- Other
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Mark Basik
Social Studies of Medicine
4 shared papers, latest 2026
Andrea Eisen
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Louise Bordeleau
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Joanne Kotsopoulos
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Lesa Dawson
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2 shared papers, latest 2024
Ipshita Prakash
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2 shared papers, latest 2026
Aaron Pollett
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2 shared papers, latest 2024
Sarkis Meterissian
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2 shared papers, latest 2026
Yvonne Bombard
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
2 shared papers, latest 2024
Jacques Simard
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2 shared papers, latest 2015
Aly Karsan
Genome Sciences Centre
2 shared papers, latest 2024
Kelly Metcalfe
Plastic Surgery
2 shared papers, latest 2024
Marie-Claude Bourgeois-Daigneault
Cancer Research
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Yann Joly
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1 shared papers, latest 2014
Gillian Einstein
Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Gillian Einstein
Psychology
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Pavel Hamet
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1 shared papers, latest 2014
Jay Nadeau
Biomedical Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2010
Cheryl Grady
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1 shared papers, latest 2023
Raymond Kim
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Ryszard Grygorczyk
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2010
Avram Denburg
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1 shared papers, latest 2024
Rama Khokha
Cancer Research
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Uri Tabori
Genetics and Genome Biology
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Michael Witcher
Oncology
1 shared papers, latest 2020
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