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Email

heather.thorne@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary Conjoint Principal Fellow
The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology
ORCID

0000-0003-3610-2511

A/Prof Heather Thorne

Honorary Conjoint Principal Fellow
The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology

136 Scholarly works
2 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Recurrent intra-tumour heterogeneity is a hallmark of metastatic prostate cancer
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-74334-z
  • 2025

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Revealing the Remaining Genetic Cause of Breast and Ovarian Cancer in Multi-Case Families. What We Are Missing Matters
  • 2023

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Using Real World Data to Drive Cancer Care Research and Delivery
  • 2015

    Journal article

    Altered significance of D'Amico risk classification in patients with prostate cancer linked to a familial breast cancer (kConFab) cohort
    DOI: 10.1111/bju.12792
  • 2012

    Journal article

    High grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia does not display loss of heterozygosity at the mutation locus in BRCA2 mutation carriers with aggressive prostate cancer
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.11519.x
  • 2011

    Journal article

    Decreased prostate cancer-specific survival of men with BRCA2 mutations from multiple breast cancer families
    DOI: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-10-0397
  • 2008

    Journal article

    Loss of heterozygosity at the BRCA2 locus detected by multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification is common in prostate cancers from men with a germline BRCA2 mutation
    DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-07-5237
Heather Thorne

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Germline BRCA1 pathogenic variants and T cell dysfunction
    DOI: 10.1016/j.iotech.2026.101601
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Clarifying risk-factor associations with quantitative breast tumor features: a pooled analysis of 24 studies.
    DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djag244
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Australian Adaptation of Resources to Communicate Hereditary Cancer Risk With Family Members
    DOI: 10.1002/pon.70513
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Integrating breast tumour homologous recombination deficiency status to aid germline BRCA1 and BRCA2 variant classification
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2026.106199
  • 2026

    Journal article

    A0396 Tumour cell evolution within patient-derived models of localised hereditary prostate cancer
    DOI: 10.1016/s0302-2838(26)00451-3
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Parity and lactation induce T-cell-mediated breast cancer protection
    DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09713-5
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Breast implant associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma is a heterogeneous T cell disease with active pro-tumour cross-talk and immune suppression
    DOI: 10.1038/s41375-026-03049-3
  • 2025

    Other

    Table 2 from Gene-Expression Profiling of Mucinous Ovarian Tumors and Comparison with Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal Tumors Identifies Markers Associated with Adverse Outcomes
    DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.30706335

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