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Name Number of Publications Most Recent Publication Publications by All Authors Concept Score Why?
Neoplasms
35
2025
3250
4.950
Why?
Medical Oncology
20
2025
408
4.940
Why?
Colorectal Neoplasms
33
2025
1069
4.130
Why?
Healthcare Disparities
11
2019
490
2.490
Why?
Colonic Neoplasms
15
2025
589
2.210
Why?
Drug Costs
5
2020
68
1.860
Why?
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
28
2025
2642
1.760
Why?
Patient Care Bundles
3
2018
20
1.580
Why?
Health Care Costs
5
2019
255
1.460
Why?
Rectal Neoplasms
9
2024
134
1.410
Why?
Health Care Reform
5
2015
86
1.390
Why?
Spiritual Therapies
2
2021
4
1.360
Why?
Adenocarcinoma
15
2024
1215
1.360
Why?
Health Equity
2
2023
103
1.270
Why?
Antineoplastic Agents
12
2021
2422
1.250
Why?
United States
35
2022
7767
1.190
Why?
National Cancer Institute (U.S.)
3
2017
72
1.180
Why?
Medicare
9
2022
458
1.130
Why?
Humans
123
2025
96127
1.130
Why?
Peritoneal Neoplasms
7
2023
193
1.120
Why?
Hyperthermia, Induced
6
2023
75
1.090
Why?
Appendiceal Neoplasms
6
2023
37
1.090
Why?
Delivery of Health Care
6
2021
469
1.060
Why?
Advance Care Planning
2
2018
44
1.050
Why?
Minority Groups
4
2017
154
1.010
Why?
Religion
2
2018
89
1.010
Why?
Reimbursement Mechanisms
6
2019
41
1.000
Why?
Health Literacy
2
2019
77
0.990
Why?
Clinical Trials as Topic
6
2019
1178
0.980
Why?
Societies, Medical
4
2018
644
0.920
Why?
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
4
2020
569
0.900
Why?
Patient Education as Topic
2
2019
378
0.890
Why?
Stomach Neoplasms
7
2024
310
0.830
Why?
Patient Participation
3
2022
241
0.770
Why?
Survival Analysis
5
2020
1546
0.760
Why?
Terminal Care
2
2021
146
0.710
Why?
Models, Economic
3
2019
62
0.700
Why?
Hockey
1
2021
9
0.680
Why?
Middle Aged
51
2024
28363
0.680
Why?
American Cancer Society
2
2017
13
0.670
Why?
Insurance, Health, Reimbursement
3
2016
61
0.660
Why?
Aged
49
2024
20964
0.630
Why?
Male
58
2025
45870
0.630
Why?
Periodicals as Topic
2
2019
171
0.610
Why?
Urban Population
2
2018
240
0.610
Why?
Breast Neoplasms
8
2022
3147
0.610
Why?
Health Expenditures
2
2018
101
0.600
Why?
Multimedia
1
2019
9
0.600
Why?
Fluorouracil
16
2025
555
0.600
Why?
Female
60
2024
50063
0.600
Why?
Racism
1
2021
105
0.590
Why?
Prognosis
11
2023
4033
0.590
Why?
Insurance, Health
2
2021
182
0.590
Why?
Social Justice
1
2019
61
0.570
Why?
Medicaid
3
2017
260
0.540
Why?
Organizational Objectives
1
2017
26
0.540
Why?
Health Personnel
1
2020
241
0.540
Why?
Glucuronosyltransferase
4
2020
186
0.540
Why?
Social Class
3
2021
145
0.530
Why?
Metformin
2
2018
126
0.530
Why?
Patient Care Team
1
2020
307
0.530
Why?
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
6
2024
1020
0.520
Why?
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
2
2017
66
0.520
Why?
Angiogenesis Inhibitors
4
2017
299
0.520
Why?
Guidelines as Topic
1
2018
169
0.510
Why?
Health Status Disparities
3
2020
221
0.510
Why?
Quality of Health Care
3
2017
404
0.510
Why?
Health Services Misuse
1
2016
21
0.500
Why?
Health Services Research
1
2017
148
0.500
Why?
Neuroendocrine Tumors
3
2024
136
0.500
Why?
Internal-External Control
1
2016
45
0.480
Why?
Biomedical Research
2
2017
441
0.480
Why?
Health Policy
2
2014
208
0.480
Why?
Critical Pathways
1
2016
36
0.480
Why?
Bevacizumab
8
2022
276
0.470
Why?
Aged, 80 and over
24
2024
7232
0.450
Why?
Mortality, Premature
1
2015
6
0.450
Why?
Physicians
2
2020
707
0.450
Why?
Precision Medicine
3
2018
451
0.450
Why?
Liver Neoplasms
5
2025
793
0.450
Why?
Leucovorin
12
2025
227
0.440
Why?
Neoplasm Staging
14
2023
2081
0.430
Why?
Survival Rate
12
2023
1986
0.430
Why?
Chemoprevention
1
2014
93
0.430
Why?
Heart Arrest
1
2017
312
0.410
Why?
Ambulatory Care
1
2015
198
0.400
Why?
Intensive Care Units
1
2016
460
0.380
Why?
Hospitalization
2
2016
943
0.370
Why?
Treatment Outcome
23
2024
9173
0.360
Why?
Intestinal Neoplasms
2
2024
70
0.360
Why?
Hypoglycemic Agents
1
2014
377
0.360
Why?
Pancreatic Neoplasms
4
2024
725
0.360
Why?
Cytoreduction Surgical Procedures
8
2023
92
0.360
Why?
Health Services Accessibility
5
2020
491
0.360
Why?
Palliative Care
3
2023
273
0.360
Why?
Mass Screening
7
2021
710
0.360
Why?
Socioeconomic Factors
6
2020
639
0.350
Why?
Patient Care
1
2012
101
0.350
Why?
Patient-Centered Care
2
2025
228
0.340
Why?
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
1
2014
395
0.330
Why?
Early Detection of Cancer
5
2021
484
0.320
Why?
Spirituality
2
2021
87
0.320
Why?
Adult
30
2024
28718
0.310
Why?
Anus Neoplasms
2
2022
38
0.310
Why?
Combined Modality Therapy
9
2024
1773
0.310
Why?
Algorithms
1
2018
2014
0.310
Why?
Camptothecin
5
2022
204
0.310
Why?
Proto-Oncogene Proteins
3
2024
684
0.300
Why?
Costs and Cost Analysis
3
2022
157
0.300
Why?
Receptors, Progesterone
1
2010
195
0.290
Why?
Antibodies, Monoclonal
5
2021
1431
0.290
Why?
Surveys and Questionnaires
6
2020
2860
0.290
Why?
Retrospective Studies
16
2023
10286
0.290
Why?
Esophageal Neoplasms
3
2020
346
0.280
Why?
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
2
2019
115
0.280
Why?
Prospective Studies
10
2022
4671
0.280
Why?
SEER Program
2
2006
235
0.280
Why?
Receptors, Estrogen
1
2010
417
0.270
Why?
Receptor, ErbB-2
1
2010
280
0.270
Why?
Diabetes Mellitus
1
2014
771
0.270
Why?
Disease-Free Survival
9
2022
1195
0.270
Why?
Income
2
2019
90
0.270
Why?
Follow-Up Studies
6
2019
3927
0.270
Why?
Decision Making
3
2018
694
0.260
Why?
Government Regulation
2
2019
50
0.250
Why?
Forecasting
2
2017
317
0.250
Why?
Incidence
4
2017
1715
0.240
Why?
Organoplatinum Compounds
6
2018
100
0.240
Why?
Clinical Decision-Making
3
2018
296
0.230
Why?
Thromboembolism
1
2006
128
0.230
Why?
Case-Control Studies
4
2017
1958
0.230
Why?
Infusions, Intra-Arterial
1
2025
41
0.220
Why?
Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous
1
2025
50
0.220
Why?
X-linked Nuclear Protein
1
2024
11
0.220
Why?
Co-Repressor Proteins
1
2024
25
0.220
Why?
Receptors, Peptide
1
2024
31
0.220
Why?
Hepatic Artery
1
2025
84
0.220
Why?
Octreotide
2
2024
29
0.220
Why?
Decision Support Techniques
2
2016
186
0.220
Why?
Cholangiocarcinoma
1
2025
80
0.210
Why?
Cohort Studies
9
2023
3107
0.210
Why?
Capecitabine
3
2022
99
0.210
Why?
Bile Duct Neoplasms
1
2025
91
0.210
Why?
Risk Factors
7
2017
5960
0.210
Why?
Molecular Chaperones
1
2024
127
0.210
Why?
Chicago
5
2020
1503
0.210
Why?
Pharmacogenetics
2
2018
456
0.210
Why?
Neoadjuvant Therapy
4
2024
444
0.210
Why?
Surgical Oncology
1
2023
29
0.200
Why?
Benzimidazoles
1
2024
112
0.200
Why?
Venous Thrombosis
1
2006
257
0.200
Why?
Appendix
1
2023
31
0.190
Why?
Neoplasms, Second Primary
2
2024
247
0.190
Why?
Databases, Factual
3
2019
1010
0.190
Why?
Neoplasm Metastasis
5
2019
1103
0.180
Why?
Carcinoma, Renal Cell
1
2006
367
0.180
Why?
Circulating Tumor DNA
1
2023
75
0.180
Why?
Kaplan-Meier Estimate
5
2021
886
0.180
Why?
Mutation
4
2024
4374
0.180
Why?
Cost-Benefit Analysis
4
2019
501
0.170
Why?
Cetuximab
3
2017
119
0.170
Why?
Food Quality
1
2020
1
0.170
Why?
Proportional Hazards Models
3
2020
901
0.170
Why?
Catheter Ablation
1
2023
266
0.170
Why?
Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3
1
2020
21
0.170
Why?
Adiponectin
1
2020
21
0.170
Why?
Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins
1
2020
23
0.170
Why?
Qualitative Research
2
2020
361
0.170
Why?
ras Proteins
2
2011
134
0.160
Why?
Kidney Neoplasms
1
2006
558
0.160
Why?
Coordination Complexes
1
2020
20
0.160
Why?
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
5
2023
1469
0.160
Why?
Death
1
2021
97
0.160
Why?
Molecular Targeted Therapy
2
2020
305
0.160
Why?
Pharmacists
1
2020
36
0.160
Why?
Biomarkers, Tumor
3
2018
1665
0.160
Why?
Insulin-Like Growth Factor I
1
2020
116
0.160
Why?
Metastasectomy
1
2019
10
0.160
Why?
Nigeria
1
2020
162
0.150
Why?
Adaptation, Psychological
1
2020
174
0.150
Why?
Drug Prescriptions
2
2018
151
0.150
Why?
Practice Patterns, Physicians'
3
2013
647
0.150
Why?
Self Efficacy
1
2019
61
0.150
Why?
Drug Administration Schedule
5
2020
873
0.140
Why?
Patient Acceptance of Health Care
2
2020
296
0.140
Why?
Cancer Care Facilities
1
2018
36
0.140
Why?
Multiple Myeloma
1
2022
354
0.140
Why?
Leukemia
1
2020
328
0.140
Why?
Chemoradiotherapy, Adjuvant
2
2015
39
0.140
Why?
Hematology
1
2018
31
0.140
Why?
Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological
1
2020
226
0.140
Why?
Organ Preservation
3
2024
130
0.140
Why?
Salvage Therapy
2
2017
238
0.140
Why?
Lung Neoplasms
3
2022
2463
0.140
Why?
Intestinal Obstruction
1
2018
94
0.140
Why?
Residence Characteristics
1
2019
213
0.140
Why?
Radiosurgery
1
2021
316
0.140
Why?
Rectum
1
2018
151
0.140
Why?
Delayed Diagnosis
1
2017
41
0.130
Why?
Medical Order Entry Systems
1
2017
27
0.130
Why?
Quality of Life
3
2021
1816
0.130
Why?
Cost Savings
2
2014
71
0.130
Why?
Sirolimus
1
2018
177
0.130
Why?
Attitude to Health
1
2018
226
0.130
Why?
Dihydrouracil Dehydrogenase (NADP)
1
2016
28
0.120
Why?
Point-of-Care Systems
1
2017
155
0.120
Why?
Pyrimidines
2
2011
386
0.120
Why?
Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal
1
2017
133
0.120
Why?
Exercise
1
2019
354
0.120
Why?
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
4
2019
935
0.120
Why?
Decision Support Systems, Clinical
1
2017
123
0.120
Why?
Polymorphism, Genetic
1
2019
829
0.120
Why?
Age Factors
3
2019
1963
0.120
Why?
Drug Therapy
1
2016
70
0.120
Why?
Cardiovascular Diseases
1
2022
777
0.120
Why?
Physician's Role
1
2017
186
0.120
Why?
Educational Status
1
2016
202
0.110
Why?
Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
2
2017
647
0.110
Why?
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2
1
2015
81
0.110
Why?
Collagen Type I
1
2015
74
0.110
Why?
Choice Behavior
1
2016
165
0.110
Why?
Episode of Care
1
2014
9
0.110
Why?
Chemoradiotherapy
3
2023
328
0.110
Why?
Commerce
1
2014
31
0.110
Why?
Genetic Testing
2
2018
565
0.110
Why?
Colon
1
2018
541
0.110
Why?
Politics
1
2015
53
0.110
Why?
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
1
2016
244
0.110
Why?
Specialization
1
2015
69
0.110
Why?
Logistic Models
3
2019
1268
0.110
Why?
Health Insurance Exchanges
1
2014
2
0.110
Why?
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
1
2017
248
0.110
Why?
Primary Prevention
1
2014
86
0.110
Why?
Social Support
1
2016
239
0.100
Why?
Eligibility Determination
1
2014
38
0.100
Why?
Research Design
1
2017
631
0.100
Why?
Policy Making
1
2014
63
0.100
Why?
Time Factors
5
2019
5585
0.100
Why?
Practice Guidelines as Topic
2
2018
1096
0.100
Why?
Infusions, Intravenous
3
2020
423
0.100
Why?
Neovascularization, Pathologic
1
2015
355
0.100
Why?
Chemotherapy, Cancer, Regional Perfusion
2
2023
18
0.100
Why?
Delaware
1
2013
2
0.100
Why?
Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)
2
2011
180
0.100
Why?
Comorbidity
2
2022
1011
0.100
Why?
Patient Outcome Assessment
1
2013
87
0.100
Why?
Off-Label Use
1
2012
16
0.100
Why?
New York
1
2013
75
0.100
Why?
Maximum Tolerated Dose
3
2019
270
0.100
Why?
Carcinoembryonic Antigen
2
2023
41
0.100
Why?
Paclitaxel
2
2019
498
0.100
Why?
Insurance Coverage
1
2014
144
0.090
Why?
Patents as Topic
1
2012
12
0.090
Why?
Geriatric Assessment
1
2013
192
0.090
Why?
Attitude of Health Personnel
2
2016
682
0.090
Why?
Peptides
1
2015
672
0.090
Why?
Alanine
1
2012
85
0.090
Why?
Life Style
1
2013
186
0.090
Why?
Genomics
1
2017
855
0.090
Why?
Triazines
1
2012
55
0.090
Why?
Chromosomal Instability
1
2011
23
0.090
Why?
Ploidies
1
2011
41
0.090
Why?
Loss of Heterozygosity
1
2011
86
0.090
Why?
Cost Sharing
1
2011
20
0.090
Why?
Longitudinal Studies
1
2014
1175
0.080
Why?
Young Adult
4
2018
7025
0.080
Why?
Neoplastic Cells, Circulating
1
2011
74
0.080
Why?
Thiazoles
1
2011
130
0.080
Why?
Vitamin D
1
2013
273
0.080
Why?
Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf
1
2011
162
0.080
Why?
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
1
2017
1105
0.080
Why?
Multivariate Analysis
3
2020
1010
0.080
Why?
Genotype
3
2020
1882
0.080
Why?
Statistics as Topic
1
2010
236
0.080
Why?
Pilot Projects
3
2018
938
0.080
Why?
Disease Progression
3
2019
1568
0.080
Why?
Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
3
2018
518
0.080
Why?
Drug Therapy, Combination
1
2011
813
0.080
Why?
Microsatellite Instability
2
2024
64
0.070
Why?
Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors
2
2020
60
0.070
Why?
ErbB Receptors
1
2011
513
0.070
Why?
Prostatic Neoplasms
1
2019
1798
0.070
Why?
Positron-Emission Tomography
2
2020
354
0.070
Why?
Multicenter Studies as Topic
1
2008
183
0.070
Why?
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
1
2012
426
0.070
Why?
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
1
2016
2494
0.070
Why?
Treatment Failure
1
2008
297
0.070
Why?
Body Mass Index
2
2009
815
0.060
Why?
Protein Kinase Inhibitors
1
2011
611
0.060
Why?
Predictive Value of Tests
3
2016
1807
0.060
Why?
Sex Factors
2
2021
1133
0.060
Why?
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
1
2008
276
0.060
Why?
Administration, Oral
2
2022
688
0.060
Why?
Platelet-Derived Growth Factor
1
2006
66
0.060
Why?
Canada
2
2017
215
0.060
Why?
Imatinib Mesylate
1
2006
127
0.060
Why?
Interferon-alpha
1
2006
215
0.060
Why?
Patient Safety
2
2019
223
0.060
Why?
Health Care Surveys
2
2020
295
0.060
Why?
Benzamides
1
2006
248
0.060
Why?
Culture
1
2005
54
0.050
Why?
Regression Analysis
1
2006
599
0.050
Why?
Age Distribution
1
2005
209
0.050
Why?
Piperazines
1
2006
296
0.050
Why?
DNA Mismatch Repair
1
2024
61
0.050
Why?
Patient Selection
2
2018
709
0.050
Why?
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
2
2019
1973
0.050
Why?
Microwaves
1
2023
32
0.050
Why?
Advance Directives
1
2023
64
0.050
Why?
Peritoneum
1
2023
56
0.050
Why?
Risk Assessment
3
2019
2480
0.050
Why?
Head and Neck Neoplasms
1
2009
1089
0.050
Why?
Hepatectomy
1
2023
178
0.050
Why?
Monoterpenes
1
2022
6
0.050
Why?
GPI-Linked Proteins
1
2022
55
0.050
Why?
Celecoxib
1
2022
33
0.050
Why?
Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases
1
2023
285
0.050
Why?
Adolescent
3
2025
9896
0.050
Why?
Physician-Patient Relations
2
2020
635
0.040
Why?
Dietary Fats
1
2022
137
0.040
Why?
Disease Management
1
2024
360
0.040
Why?
Drug Combinations
1
2022
214
0.040
Why?
Cause of Death
1
2022
278
0.040
Why?
Occult Blood
1
2021
28
0.040
Why?
Gastrectomy
1
2021
70
0.040
Why?
Confidence Intervals
1
2020
220
0.040
Why?
C-Peptide
1
2020
186
0.040
Why?
Illinois
1
2021
531
0.040
Why?
Odds Ratio
2
2015
713
0.040
Why?
Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
1
2023
465
0.040
Why?
Obesity
1
2006
1034
0.040
Why?
Chronic Disease
1
2023
983
0.040
Why?
Diet
1
2022
461
0.040
Why?
Organometallic Compounds
1
2020
148
0.040
Why?
Albumins
1
2019
135
0.040
Why?
Colonoscopy
1
2021
304
0.040
Why?
Clinical Trials, Phase III as Topic
1
2019
178
0.040
Why?
Non-Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
1
2018
7
0.040
Why?
Biliary Tract Neoplasms
1
2019
37
0.040
Why?
Markov Chains
1
2019
137
0.040
Why?
Maintenance Chemotherapy
1
2019
91
0.040
Why?
Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 70-kDa
1
2018
46
0.040
Why?
Telemedicine
1
2021
229
0.040
Why?
Quality-Adjusted Life Years
1
2019
157
0.030
Why?
Filgrastim
1
2017
59
0.030
Why?
Genotyping Techniques
1
2018
71
0.030
Why?
Drug Synergism
1
2018
318
0.030
Why?
Leukocytes, Mononuclear
1
2018
212
0.030
Why?
Drug Labeling
1
2017
42
0.030
Why?
Genes, ras
1
2017
97
0.030
Why?
Neoplasm Proteins
1
2020
554
0.030
Why?
Hospitals
1
2019
329
0.030
Why?
TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases
1
2018
217
0.030
Why?
Neoplasm Invasiveness
1
2018
590
0.030
Why?
Postoperative Care
1
2017
239
0.030
Why?
Stakeholder Participation
1
2016
24
0.030
Why?
Academic Medical Centers
1
2019
422
0.030
Why?
Advisory Committees
1
2016
94
0.030
Why?
Snake Venoms
1
2015
9
0.030
Why?
Phosphorylation
1
2018
1157
0.030
Why?
Intention to Treat Analysis
1
2015
81
0.030
Why?
Cost of Illness
1
2016
161
0.030
Why?
Polyethylene Glycols
1
2017
377
0.030
Why?
Preoperative Care
1
2017
418
0.030
Why?
Lymphatic Metastasis
1
2017
514
0.030
Why?
Germ-Line Mutation
1
2018
381
0.030
Why?
Pyrroles
1
2015
172
0.030
Why?
Genetic Association Studies
1
2016
301
0.030
Why?
Electronic Health Records
1
2018
372
0.030
Why?
Preoperative Period
1
2014
98
0.030
Why?
Haplotypes
1
2016
650
0.030
Why?
Indoles
1
2015
317
0.030
Why?
Remission Induction
1
2015
769
0.020
Why?
Insurance Claim Review
1
2012
47
0.020
Why?
Health Services for the Aged
1
2012
32
0.020
Why?
Appetite
1
2012
26
0.020
Why?
Collagen Type IV
1
2012
28
0.020
Why?
alpha-Fetoproteins
1
2012
46
0.020
Why?
Deoxycytidine
1
2012
215
0.020
Why?
Self Report
1
2013
328
0.020
Why?
Dasatinib
1
2011
39
0.020
Why?
src-Family Kinases
1
2011
70
0.020
Why?
Fatigue
1
2012
185
0.020
Why?
Nausea
1
2012
182
0.020
Why?
DNA Mutational Analysis
1
2011
547
0.020
Why?
Recurrence
1
2010
1218
0.020
Why?
Models, Statistical
1
2010
594
0.020
Why?
Cross-Sectional Studies
1
2012
1874
0.020
Why?
Hypertension
1
2012
777
0.010
Why?
Animals
1
2022
28945
0.010
Why?
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