Webster K. Cavenee
Webster K. "Web" Cavenee is the Director of Strategic Alliances in Central Nervous System Cancers at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research and Distinguished Professor at the University of California, San Diego. He was the Director of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research until 2015 when it was taken over by Richard Kolodner. His laboratory studies gene mutations in cancer, most notably in EGFR and glioblastoma multiforme.
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Webster K. "Web" Cavenee is the Director of Strategic Alliances in Central Nervous System Cancers at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research and Distinguished Professor at the University of California, San Diego. He was the Director of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research until 2015 when it was taken over by Richard Kolodner. His laboratory studies gene mutations in cancer, most notably in EGFR and glioblastoma multiforme.
Top Publications
- The 2016 World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System: a summary (2016) - 16,212 citations
- Erratum to: The 2007 WHO classification of tumours of the central nervous system (2007) - 4,462 citations
- Malignant astrocytic glioma: genetics, biology, and paths to treatment (2007) - 2,340 citations
- The WHO Classification of Tumors of the Nervous System (2002) - 1,976 citations
- Expression of recessive alleles by chromosomal mechanisms in retinoblastoma (1983) - 1,954 citations
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- Full name
- Webster K. Cavenee
- ORCID
- 0000-0003-3804-9179
- OpenAlex ID
- https://openalex.org/A5072507966
Research interests
- Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research, Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities, Cancer-related Molecular Pathways, PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer
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- The 2016 World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System: a summary ↗2016 · Acta Neuropathologica16,212OpenAlex citations
- Erratum to: The 2007 WHO classification of tumours of the central nervous system ↗2007 · Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)4,462OpenAlex citations
- Malignant astrocytic glioma: genetics, biology, and paths to treatment ↗2007 · Genes & Development2,340OpenAlex citations
- The WHO Classification of Tumors of the Nervous System ↗2002 · Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology1,976OpenAlex citations
- 1,954OpenAlex citations
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- The 2016 World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System: a summary ↗2016 · Acta Neuropathologica
- Erratum to: The 2007 WHO classification of tumours of the central nervous system ↗2007 · Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
- Malignant astrocytic glioma: genetics, biology, and paths to treatment ↗2007 · Genes & Development
- The WHO Classification of Tumors of the Nervous System ↗2002 · Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology
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