Biography
Dr. Caporaso received his undergraduate degree from Rutgers University and his M.D. from the University of New Jersey. In 1983 he came to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as an Oncology fellow in the Medicine Branch. He has served as a research fellow and biotechnology fellow in the Environmental Epidemiology Branch of NCI. Since 1996, he has been the Chief of the Pharmacogenetics Section, Genetic Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics. He is a current member of the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) steering committee, the DCEG Lung Cancer Interest Group, the NCI Program Review Group for Lung Cancer, the World Trade Center Health Registry Scientific Advisory Committee, and the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) Biomarkers Subcommittee. In addition, he serves as the NCI Tobacco Co-Champion to set priorities and guide implementation of tobacco-related research, and Co-Chair of theTobacco Research Opportunity Team.
Research Interests
- Molecular epidemiology of lung cancer and tobacco
- Etiology of chronic lymphocytic leukemia and related hematologic and lymphoproliferative conditions
Keywords
lung cancer, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, molecular epidemiology, tobacco, nicotine dependency
Selected Publications
- Marti GE, Rawstron AC, Ghia P, Hillmen P, Houlston RS, Kay N, Schleinitz TA, Caporaso N on behalf of the International Familial CLL Consortium. Diagnostic criteria for monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis. Br J Haematol 2005;130:325-332.
- Yang SH, Mechanic LE, Yang P, Landi MT, Bowman ED, Wampfler J, Meerzaman D, Hong KM, Mann F, Dracheva T, Fukuoka J, Travis W, Caporaso NE, Harris CC, Jen J. Mutations in the tyrosine kinase domain of the epidermal growth factor receptor in non-small-cell lung cancer. Clin Cancer Res 2005;11:2106-2110.
- Caporaso N, Marti GE, Goldin L. Perspectives on familial chronic lymphocytic leukemia: genes and the environment. Semin Hematol 2004;41:201-206.
- Goldin LR, et al., Caporaso N. A genome scan of 18 families with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Br J Haematol 2003;121:866-873.
- Marti GE, Carter P, Abbasi F., Caporaso N. B Cell Monoclonal Lymphocytosis and B cell abnormalities in familial B-CLL. Cytometry 2003, 52B: 1-12.