Elizabeth Mary Swisher
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist) | Gynecologic Oncology
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance 825 Eastlake Avenue Seattle WA, 98109About
Dr. Swisher is a UW associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology and an adjunct associate professor of medical genetics. She is the medical director of the Breast and Ovarian Cancer Prevention Program ...
Education and Training
Univ of Ca, San Diego, Sch of Med, La Jolla Ca 1992
Univ. of Calif. SOM, San Diego 1992
Board Certification
Obstetrics and GynecologyAmerican Board of Obstetrics and GynecologyABOG- Gynecologic Oncology
Obstetrics and GynecologyAmerican Board of Obstetrics and GynecologyABOG- 2001
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- BRCA1 transcriptionally regulates genes involved in breast tumorigenesis.
- Predictors of occult neoplasia in women undergoing risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy.
- Common polymorphisms in TP53 and MDM2 and the relationship to TP53 mutations and clinical outcomes in women with ovarian and peritoneal carcinomas.
- Alternate molecular genetic pathways in ovarian carcinomas of common histological types.
- Functional characterization of a novel BRCA1-null ovarian cancer cell line in response to ionizing radiation.
- Defining women at high risk of ovarian cancer.
- CD83 gene polymorphisms increase susceptibility to human invasive cervical cancer.
- Intratumoral T cells, tumor-associated macrophages, and regulatory T cells: association with p53 mutations, circulating tumor DNA and survival in women with ovarian cancer.
- Secondary BRCA1 mutations in BRCA1-mutated ovarian carcinomas with platinum resistance.
- Genomic structure of chromosome 17 deletions in BRCA1-associated ovarian cancers.
- Immunohistochemical markers in endometrial hyperplasia: is there a panel with promise? A review.
- DNA hypermethylation, Her-2/neu overexpression and p53 mutations in ovarian carcinoma.
- Expression of shared idiotypes in chronic lymphocytic leukemia and small lymphocytic lymphoma.
- Functional restoration of BRCA2 protein by secondary BRCA2 mutations in BRCA2-mutated ovarian carcinoma.
- Detection of the HE4 protein in urine as a biomarker for ovarian neoplasms.
Clinical Trials
Awards
- 2011 Seattle Super Doctors
Fellowships
- Washington University SOM
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