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Steven Skates

Massachusetts General Hospital
Verified email at mgh.harvard.edu
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Screening for ovarian cancer

KJ Carlson, SJ Skates, DE Singer - Annals of internal medicine, 1994 - acpjournals.org
Purpose: To critically review the available evidence for screening asymptomatic women for
ovarian cancer with ultrasonography or the CA 125 radioimmunoassay (CA 125) or both. …

Proteogenomics connects somatic mutations to signalling in breast cancer

…, P Yan, SR Davies, RR Townsend, SJ Skates, J Wang… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Somatic mutations have been extensively characterized in breast cancer, but the effects of
these genetic alterations on the proteomic landscape remain poorly understood. Here we …

Multi-site assessment of the precision and reproducibility of multiple reaction monitoring–based measurements of proteins in plasma

TA Addona, SE Abbatiello, B Schilling, SJ Skates… - Nature …, 2009 - nature.com
Verification of candidate biomarkers relies upon specific, quantitative assays optimized for
selective detection of target proteins, and is increasingly viewed as a critical step in the …

A novel multiple marker bioassay utilizing HE4 and CA125 for the prediction of ovarian cancer in patients with a pelvic mass

…, W Gajewski, R Kurman, RC Bast Jr, SJ Skates - Gynecologic …, 2009 - Elsevier
INTRODUCTION: Patients diagnosed with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) have improved
outcomes when cared for at centers experienced in the management of EOC. The objective of …

[HTML][HTML] Ovarian cancer screening and mortality in the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS): a randomised controlled trial

…, AJ McGuire, S Campbell, M Parmar, SJ Skates - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background Ovarian cancer has a poor prognosis, with just 40% of patients surviving 5
years. We designed this trial to establish the effect of early detection by screening on ovarian …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated proteogenomic characterization of human high-grade serous ovarian cancer

…, S Madhavan, P Wang, GA Whiteley, SJ Skates… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
To provide a detailed analysis of the molecular components and underlying mechanisms
associated with ovarian cancer, we performed a comprehensive mass-spectrometry-based …

Biomarkers and strategies for early detection of ovarian cancer

…, KH Lu, KS Anderson, CW Drescher, SJ Skates - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2020 - AACR
Early detection of ovarian cancer remains an important unmet medical need. Effective
screening could reduce mortality by 10%–30%. Used individually, neither serum CA125 nor …

[HTML][HTML] An analysis of the lowest effective intensity of prophylactic anticoagulation for patients with nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation

EM Hylek, SJ Skates, MA Sheehan… - New England Journal …, 1996 - Mass Medical Soc
Background To avert major hemorrhage, physicians need to know the lowest intensity of
anticoagulation that is effective in preventing stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation. Since the …

[HTML][HTML] Ovarian cancer population screening and mortality after long-term follow-up in the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS): a …

…, L Fallowfield, AJ McGuire, S Campbell, SJ Skates… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Ovarian cancer continues to have a poor prognosis with the majority of women
diagnosed with advanced disease. Therefore, we undertook the UK Collaborative Trial of …

[HTML][HTML] Sensitivity and specificity of multimodal and ultrasound screening for ovarian cancer, and stage distribution of detected cancers: results of the prevalence …

…, L Fallowfield, N Singh, A Dawnay, SJ Skates… - The lancet …, 2009 - thelancet.com
Background Ovarian cancer has a high case–fatality ratio, with most women not diagnosed
until the disease is in its advanced stages. The United Kingdom Collaborative Trial of …