Andrew Jess Dannenberg (born 17 February 1956) is a U.S. physician and researcher, currently Henry R. Erle, M.D. - Roberts Family Professor of Medicine at Weill Medical College/M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. He additionally holds the positions there of Professor of Medicine in Cardiothoracic Surgery and Director of Cancer Prevention. He received a B.s. from Tufts University in 1978 and a M.D. from Washington University School of Medicine in 1982.
AACR-Prevent Cancer Foundation Award for Excellence in Cancer Prevention Research, 2011
Upjohn Achievement Award for scientific research
American Liver Foundation Scholar Award and the
International Life Sciences Research Foundation Award.
His current work deals with the role of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in cancer., He has previously been one of the three lead investigators of a major study on the role of aspirin in the prevention of breast cancer.
According to Web of Science, he has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles, of which 27 have cited over 100 times. The most cited are:
"Cyclooxygenase-2 overexpression and tumor formation are blocked by sulindac in a murine model of familial adenomatous polyposis" by Boolbol SK, Dannenberg AJ, Chadburn A, in Cancer Research 56(11)2556-2560 (1996) Times Cited: 401
"Cyclooxygenase-2 expression is up-regulated in human pancreatic cancer" by Tucker ON, Dannenberg AJ, Yang FK, et al. in Cancer Research 59 (5) 987-990 (1999)Times Cited: 386
"Cyclooxygenase-2 expression is up-regulated in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck" by Chan G, Boyle JO, Yang EK, et al. in Cancer Research 59 (5) 991-994 (1999) Times Cited: 384
"COX‐2 is expressed in human pulmonary, colonic, and mammary tumors" RA Soslow, AJ Dannenberg, D Rush, BM Woerner, KN. in Cancer: 89 ( 12) 2637-2645 (2000) Times Cited: 289
COX-2: A New Target for Cancer Prevention and Treatment ed. by R. N. Dubois and A. J. Dannenberg Basel ; New York : Karger, 2003. ISBN 3-8055-7536-X
The role of COX-2 carcinogenesis by Andrew J Dannenberg; Raymond N Dubois; Steven M Dubinett; Nasser K Altorki; et al. Philadelphia, PA : Saunders, 2004. OCLC: 66570293
Peptic ulcer disease and other acid-related disorders by David Zakim; Andrew J Dannenberg Armonk, N.Y. : Academic Research Associates, 1991. ISBN 978-0-9629180-0-1
