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MENSAH JAMES EDWARD

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh UNIVERSITY OF GHANA Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
School / InstituteUNIV. OF GHANA MEDICAL SCHOOL
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF ANAESTHESIA
medicine
Publications

102

Citations

2,069

H-index

23

i10-index

40

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
20.3
Most cited paper
565
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 11:07
Publications

102 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Trans-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of prostate cancer identifies new susceptibility loci and informs genetic risk prediction
DV Conti, BF Darst, LC Moss, EJ Saunders, X Sheng, A Chou, ...
2021 Nature genetics 53 (1), 65-75, 2021 Health Sciences 565
Characterizing prostate cancer risk through multi-ancestry genome-wide discovery of 187 novel risk variants
A Wang, J Shen, AA Rodriguez, EJ Saunders, F Chen, R Janivara, ...
2023 Nature genetics 55 (12), 2065-2074, 2023 Health Sciences 209
Imputation and subset-based association analysis across different cancer types identifies multiple independent risk loci in the TERT-CLPTM1L region on …
Z Wang, B Zhu, M Zhang, H Parikh, J Jia, CC Chung, JN Sampson, ...
2014 Human molecular genetics 23 (24), 6616-6633, 2014 Health Sciences 119
TMPRSS2:ERG Gene Fusions in Prostate Cancer of West African Men and a Meta-Analysis of Racial Differences
CK Zhou, D Young, ED Yeboah, SB Coburn, Y Tettey, RB Biritwum, ...
2017 American journal of epidemiology 186 (12), 1352-1361, 2017 Health Sciences 106
Evidence of novel susceptibility variants for prostate cancer and a multiancestry polygenic risk score associated with aggressive disease in men of African ancestry
F Chen, RK Madduri, AA Rodriguez, BF Darst, A Chou, X Sheng, A Wang, ...
2023 European urology 84 (1), 13-21, 2023 Health Sciences 59
A rare germline HOXB13 variant contributes to risk of prostate cancer in men of African ancestry
BF Darst, R Hughley, A Pfennig, U Hazra, C Fan, P Wan, X Sheng, L Xia, ...
2022 European urology 81 (5), 458-462, 2022 Health Sciences 52
Validation of a multi-ancestry polygenic risk score and age-specific risks of prostate cancer: A meta-analysis within diverse populations
F Chen, BF Darst, RK Madduri, AA Rodriguez, X Sheng, CT Rentsch, ...
2022 Elife 11, e78304, 2022 Health Sciences 47
Testing the generalizability of ancestry-specific polygenic risk scores to predict prostate cancer in sub-Saharan Africa
MS Kim, D Naidoo, U Hazra, MH Quiver, WC Chen, CN Simonti, ...
2022 Genome biology 23 (1), 194, 2022 Health Sciences 44
A custom genotyping array reveals population-level heterogeneity for the genetic risks of prostate cancer and other cancers in Africa
M Harlemon, O Ajayi, P Kachambwa, MS Kim, CN Simonti, MH Quiver, ...
2020 Cancer research 80 (13), 2956-2966, 2020 Health Sciences 44
Urinary tract infections among bladder outlet obstruction patients in Accra, Ghana: aetiology, antibiotic resistance, and risk factors
K Asafo-Adjei, JE Mensah, AK Labi, NTKD Dayie, ES Donkor
2018 Diseases 6 (3), 65, 2018 Health Sciences 44
Early surgical repair of penile fractures
JE Mensah, B Morton, M Kyei
2010 Ghana medical journal 44 (3), 2010 Health Sciences 41
Development, evaluation, and implementation of a pan-African cancer research network: men of African descent and carcinoma of the prostate
C Andrews, B Fortier, A Hayward, R Lederman, L Petersen, J McBride, ...
2018 Journal of global oncology 4, 1-14, 2018 Health Sciences 40
Genetic signatures of gene flow and malaria-driven natural selection in sub-Saharan populations of the" endemic Burkitt Lymphoma belt"
MH Gouveia, AW Bergen, V Borda, K Nunes, TP Leal, MD Ogwang, ...
2019 PLoS genetics 15 (3), e1008027, 2019 Health Sciences 36
Serum proteomics links suppression of tumor immunity to ancestry and lethal prostate cancer
TZ Minas, J Candia, TH Dorsey, F Baker, W Tang, M Kiely, CJ Smith, ...
2022 Nature communications 13 (1), 1759, 2022 Health Sciences 33
MANAGEMENT OF PROSTATE CANCER IN ACCRA, GHANA.
ED Yeboah, AW Hsing, S Mante, JE Mensah, MY Kyei, J Yarney, ...
2016 Journal of the West African College of Surgeons 6 (4), 31-65, 2016 Health Sciences 33
Evaluating approaches for constructing polygenic risk scores for prostate cancer in men of African and European ancestry
BF Darst, J Shen, RK Madduri, AA Rodriguez, Y Xiao, X Sheng, ...
2023 The American Journal of Human Genetics 110 (7), 1200-1206, 2023 Health Sciences 31
Heterogeneous genetic architectures of prostate cancer susceptibility in sub-Saharan Africa
R Janivara, WC Chen, U Hazra, S Baichoo, I Agalliu, P Kachambwa, ...
2024 Nature Genetics 56 (10), 2093-2103, 2024 Health Sciences 30
Delayed recognition of bilateral ureteral injury after gyneacological surgery
JE Mensah, GO Klufio, F Ahiaku, C Osafo, S Gepi-Attee
2008 Ghana Medical Journal 42 (4), 133, 2008 Health Sciences 30
Overall and central obesity and prostate cancer risk in African men
I Agalliu, WKJ Lin, JS Zhang, JS Jacobson, TE Rohan, B Adusei, ...
2022 Cancer Causes & Control 33 (2), 223-239, 2022 Health Sciences 26
Retrocaval ureter: two case reports
MY Kyei, ED Yeboah, GO Klufio, JE Mensah, S Gepi-Atee, L Zakpaa, ...
2011 Ghana medical journal 45 (4), 177, 2011 Health Sciences 25
Clinicopathologic features and determinants of Gleason score of prostate cancer in Ghanaian men
J Yarney, V Vanderpuye, J Mensah
2013 Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations 31 (3), 325-330, 2013 Health Sciences 24
Usual adult occupation and risk of prostate cancer in West African men: the Ghana Prostate Study
C Adler, MC Friesen, ED Yeboah, Y Tettey, RB Biritwum, AA Adjei, E Tay, ...
2019 Occupational and environmental medicine 76 (2), 71-77, 2019 Health Sciences 23
Contemporary radiation treatment of prostate cancer in Africa: a Ghanaian experience
FA Asamoah, J Yarney, S Awasthi, V Vanderpuye, PS Venkat, AK Fink, ...
2018 Journal of Global Oncology 4, 1-13, 2018 Health Sciences 23
Genome-wide association study of prostate-specific antigen levels in 392,522 men identifies new loci and improves prediction across ancestry groups
TJ Hoffmann, RE Graff, RK Madduri, AA Rodriguez, CL Cario, K Feng, ...
2025 Nature genetics 57 (2), 334-344, 2025 Natural Sciences 22
Penile strangulation by self-placement of metallic nut
MY Kyei, EK Asante, JE Mensah, GO Klufio, A Paintsil, S Gepi-Atee, ...
2015 Ghana medical journal 49 (1), 57, 2015 Health Sciences 22