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Name Number of Publications Most Recent Publication Publications by All Authors Concept Score Why?
Neoplasms
35
2025
3169
4.950
Why?
Medical Oncology
20
2025
404
4.880
Why?
Colorectal Neoplasms
33
2025
1053
4.110
Why?
Healthcare Disparities
11
2019
486
2.450
Why?
Colonic Neoplasms
15
2025
579
2.190
Why?
Drug Costs
5
2020
66
1.830
Why?
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
28
2025
2544
1.760
Why?
Patient Care Bundles
3
2018
20
1.550
Why?
Health Care Costs
5
2019
251
1.440
Why?
Rectal Neoplasms
9
2024
132
1.390
Why?
Health Care Reform
5
2015
83
1.370
Why?
Adenocarcinoma
15
2024
1173
1.350
Why?
Spiritual Therapies
2
2021
4
1.340
Why?
Antineoplastic Agents
12
2021
2303
1.270
Why?
Health Equity
2
2023
101
1.260
Why?
United States
35
2022
7622
1.190
Why?
National Cancer Institute (U.S.)
3
2017
72
1.170
Why?
Humans
123
2025
93515
1.130
Why?
Medicare
9
2022
455
1.110
Why?
Peritoneal Neoplasms
7
2023
184
1.110
Why?
Hyperthermia, Induced
6
2023
75
1.070
Why?
Appendiceal Neoplasms
6
2023
37
1.070
Why?
Delivery of Health Care
6
2021
452
1.060
Why?
Advance Care Planning
2
2018
44
1.030
Why?
Minority Groups
4
2017
149
1.000
Why?
Religion
2
2018
89
0.990
Why?
Reimbursement Mechanisms
6
2019
40
0.980
Why?
Health Literacy
2
2019
74
0.980
Why?
Clinical Trials as Topic
6
2019
1103
0.980
Why?
Societies, Medical
4
2018
621
0.920
Why?
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
4
2020
557
0.900
Why?
Patient Education as Topic
2
2019
373
0.880
Why?
Stomach Neoplasms
7
2024
308
0.820
Why?
Patient Participation
3
2022
229
0.770
Why?
Survival Analysis
5
2020
1524
0.750
Why?
Terminal Care
2
2021
146
0.700
Why?
Models, Economic
3
2019
61
0.690
Why?
Middle Aged
51
2024
27573
0.680
Why?
Hockey
1
2021
9
0.670
Why?
American Cancer Society
2
2017
13
0.660
Why?
Insurance, Health, Reimbursement
3
2016
58
0.650
Why?
Aged
49
2024
20434
0.630
Why?
Male
58
2025
44557
0.630
Why?
Periodicals as Topic
2
2019
168
0.610
Why?
Urban Population
2
2018
234
0.610
Why?
Breast Neoplasms
8
2022
3110
0.600
Why?
Female
60
2024
48702
0.600
Why?
Health Expenditures
2
2018
102
0.590
Why?
Multimedia
1
2019
9
0.590
Why?
Fluorouracil
16
2025
524
0.590
Why?
Prognosis
11
2023
3911
0.590
Why?
Racism
1
2021
104
0.590
Why?
Insurance, Health
2
2021
179
0.580
Why?
Social Justice
1
2019
61
0.560
Why?
Medicaid
3
2017
258
0.540
Why?
Health Personnel
1
2020
234
0.540
Why?
Organizational Objectives
1
2017
22
0.530
Why?
Glucuronosyltransferase
4
2020
184
0.530
Why?
Social Class
3
2021
141
0.530
Why?
Metformin
2
2018
125
0.520
Why?
Patient Care Team
1
2020
298
0.520
Why?
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
6
2024
1001
0.520
Why?
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
2
2017
64
0.520
Why?
Angiogenesis Inhibitors
4
2017
291
0.510
Why?
Guidelines as Topic
1
2018
163
0.510
Why?
Quality of Health Care
3
2017
382
0.500
Why?
Health Status Disparities
3
2020
219
0.500
Why?
Health Services Misuse
1
2016
20
0.500
Why?
Health Services Research
1
2017
142
0.500
Why?
Neuroendocrine Tumors
3
2024
136
0.490
Why?
Biomedical Research
2
2017
438
0.470
Why?
Internal-External Control
1
2016
45
0.470
Why?
Health Policy
2
2014
206
0.470
Why?
Critical Pathways
1
2016
36
0.470
Why?
Bevacizumab
8
2022
256
0.470
Why?
Aged, 80 and over
24
2024
7061
0.450
Why?
Physicians
2
2020
682
0.450
Why?
Mortality, Premature
1
2015
6
0.450
Why?
Precision Medicine
3
2018
456
0.440
Why?
Liver Neoplasms
5
2025
776
0.440
Why?
Leucovorin
12
2025
200
0.440
Why?
Neoplasm Staging
14
2023
2017
0.430
Why?
Survival Rate
12
2023
1948
0.430
Why?
Chemoprevention
1
2014
93
0.420
Why?
Heart Arrest
1
2017
311
0.400
Why?
Ambulatory Care
1
2015
193
0.400
Why?
Intensive Care Units
1
2016
454
0.380
Why?
Hospitalization
2
2016
937
0.370
Why?
Treatment Outcome
23
2024
9099
0.360
Why?
Pancreatic Neoplasms
4
2024
715
0.360
Why?
Intestinal Neoplasms
2
2024
68
0.360
Why?
Hypoglycemic Agents
1
2014
379
0.360
Why?
Health Services Accessibility
5
2020
481
0.350
Why?
Cytoreduction Surgical Procedures
8
2023
92
0.350
Why?
Palliative Care
3
2023
269
0.350
Why?
Mass Screening
7
2021
696
0.350
Why?
Socioeconomic Factors
6
2020
624
0.350
Why?
Patient Care
1
2012
97
0.340
Why?
Patient-Centered Care
2
2025
220
0.340
Why?
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
1
2014
394
0.330
Why?
Early Detection of Cancer
5
2021
482
0.320
Why?
Adult
30
2024
27918
0.310
Why?
Spirituality
2
2021
88
0.310
Why?
Anus Neoplasms
2
2022
37
0.310
Why?
Algorithms
1
2018
1953
0.310
Why?
Combined Modality Therapy
9
2024
1723
0.310
Why?
Camptothecin
5
2022
196
0.300
Why?
Proto-Oncogene Proteins
3
2024
666
0.300
Why?
Costs and Cost Analysis
3
2022
154
0.290
Why?
Antibodies, Monoclonal
5
2021
1395
0.290
Why?
Receptors, Progesterone
1
2010
196
0.290
Why?
Surveys and Questionnaires
6
2020
2802
0.290
Why?
Retrospective Studies
16
2023
10164
0.280
Why?
Prospective Studies
10
2022
4560
0.280
Why?
Esophageal Neoplasms
3
2020
344
0.280
Why?
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
2
2019
110
0.280
Why?
SEER Program
2
2006
235
0.270
Why?
Receptors, Estrogen
1
2010
413
0.270
Why?
Receptor, ErbB-2
1
2010
280
0.270
Why?
Diabetes Mellitus
1
2014
767
0.270
Why?
Disease-Free Survival
9
2022
1170
0.270
Why?
Follow-Up Studies
6
2019
3830
0.260
Why?
Income
2
2019
87
0.260
Why?
Decision Making
3
2018
674
0.260
Why?
Government Regulation
2
2019
49
0.250
Why?
Forecasting
2
2017
293
0.240
Why?
Incidence
4
2017
1701
0.240
Why?
Organoplatinum Compounds
6
2018
91
0.240
Why?
Clinical Decision-Making
3
2018
291
0.230
Why?
Thromboembolism
1
2006
122
0.220
Why?
Case-Control Studies
4
2017
1931
0.220
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
0.210
Why?
Hepatic Artery
1
2025
82
0.210
Why?
Octreotide
2
2024
29
0.210
Why?
Decision Support Techniques
2
2016
185
0.210
Why?
Cohort Studies
9
2023
3054
0.210
Why?
Cholangiocarcinoma
1
2025
80
0.210
Why?
Risk Factors
7
2017
5899
0.210
Why?
Capecitabine
3
2022
97
0.210
Why?
Bile Duct Neoplasms
1
2025
91
0.210
Why?
Chicago
5
2020
1464
0.210
Why?
Molecular Chaperones
1
2024
125
0.210
Why?
Pharmacogenetics
2
2018
456
0.200
Why?
Neoadjuvant Therapy
4
2024
446
0.200
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
30
0.190
Why?
Neoplasms, Second Primary
2
2024
245
0.190
Why?
Databases, Factual
3
2019
1006
0.190
Why?
Neoplasm Metastasis
5
2019
1061
0.180
Why?
Carcinoma, Renal Cell
1
2006
361
0.180
Why?
Mutation
4
2024
4272
0.180
Why?
Circulating Tumor DNA
1
2023
76
0.180
Why?
Kaplan-Meier Estimate
5
2021
876
0.180
Why?
Cost-Benefit Analysis
4
2019
492
0.170
Why?
Cetuximab
3
2017
118
0.170
Why?
Proportional Hazards Models
3
2020
889
0.170
Why?
Food Quality
1
2020
1
0.170
Why?
Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3
1
2020
21
0.160
Why?
Qualitative Research
2
2020
347
0.160
Why?
Kidney Neoplasms
1
2006
546
0.160
Why?
Adiponectin
1
2020
21
0.160
Why?
Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins
1
2020
23
0.160
Why?
ras Proteins
2
2011
132
0.160
Why?
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
5
2023
1448
0.160
Why?
Coordination Complexes
1
2020
20
0.160
Why?
Death
1
2021
97
0.160
Why?
Pharmacists
1
2020
36
0.160
Why?
Molecular Targeted Therapy
2
2020
304
0.160
Why?
Biomarkers, Tumor
3
2018
1660
0.160
Why?
Catheter Ablation
1
2023
345
0.160
Why?
Insulin-Like Growth Factor I
1
2020
116
0.160
Why?
Metastasectomy
1
2019
10
0.150
Why?
Nigeria
1
2020
162
0.150
Why?
Adaptation, Psychological
1
2020
170
0.150
Why?
Drug Prescriptions
2
2018
150
0.150
Why?
Practice Patterns, Physicians'
3
2013
624
0.150
Why?
Self Efficacy
1
2019
58
0.140
Why?
Drug Administration Schedule
5
2020
829
0.140
Why?
Patient Acceptance of Health Care
2
2020
292
0.140
Why?
Multiple Myeloma
1
2022
338
0.140
Why?
Cancer Care Facilities
1
2018
36
0.140
Why?
Leukemia
1
2020
301
0.140
Why?
Chemoradiotherapy, Adjuvant
2
2015
39
0.140
Why?
Hematology
1
2018
31
0.140
Why?
Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological
1
2020
224
0.140
Why?
Lung Neoplasms
3
2022
2365
0.140
Why?
Organ Preservation
3
2024
130
0.140
Why?
Salvage Therapy
2
2017
235
0.140
Why?
Intestinal Obstruction
1
2018
93
0.130
Why?
Residence Characteristics
1
2019
212
0.130
Why?
Rectum
1
2018
149
0.130
Why?
Radiosurgery
1
2021
317
0.130
Why?
Delayed Diagnosis
1
2017
40
0.130
Why?
Medical Order Entry Systems
1
2017
27
0.130
Why?
Quality of Life
3
2021
1780
0.130
Why?
Cost Savings
2
2014
68
0.130
Why?
Sirolimus
1
2018
176
0.130
Why?
Attitude to Health
1
2018
217
0.120
Why?
Dihydrouracil Dehydrogenase (NADP)
1
2016
28
0.120
Why?
Point-of-Care Systems
1
2017
150
0.120
Why?
Pyrimidines
2
2011
384
0.120
Why?
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
4
2019
920
0.120
Why?
Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal
1
2017
131
0.120
Why?
Exercise
1
2019
353
0.120
Why?
Decision Support Systems, Clinical
1
2017
122
0.120
Why?
Age Factors
3
2019
1906
0.120
Why?
Polymorphism, Genetic
1
2019
826
0.120
Why?
Drug Therapy
1
2016
68
0.120
Why?
Cardiovascular Diseases
1
2022
754
0.120
Why?
Physician's Role
1
2017
176
0.110
Why?
Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
2
2017
636
0.110
Why?
Educational Status
1
2016
197
0.110
Why?
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2
1
2015
78
0.110
Why?
Collagen Type I
1
2015
74
0.110
Why?
Choice Behavior
1
2016
159
0.110
Why?
Episode of Care
1
2014
9
0.110
Why?
Chemoradiotherapy
3
2023
326
0.110
Why?
Genetic Testing
2
2018
565
0.110
Why?
Commerce
1
2014
29
0.110
Why?
Colon
1
2018
540
0.110
Why?
Politics
1
2015
51
0.110
Why?
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
1
2016
244
0.110
Why?
Specialization
1
2015
67
0.110
Why?
Logistic Models
3
2019
1243
0.110
Why?
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
1
2017
247
0.100
Why?
Health Insurance Exchanges
1
2014
2
0.100
Why?
Primary Prevention
1
2014
85
0.100
Why?
Social Support
1
2016
233
0.100
Why?
Research Design
1
2017
617
0.100
Why?
Time Factors
5
2019
5410
0.100
Why?
Eligibility Determination
1
2014
38
0.100
Why?
Practice Guidelines as Topic
2
2018
1053
0.100
Why?
Policy Making
1
2014
61
0.100
Why?
Infusions, Intravenous
3
2020
401
0.100
Why?
Neovascularization, Pathologic
1
2015
353
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
178
0.100
Why?
Comorbidity
2
2022
1007
0.100
Why?
Patient Outcome Assessment
1
2013
86
0.100
Why?
Off-Label Use
1
2012
16
0.100
Why?
New York
1
2013
76
0.100
Why?
Maximum Tolerated Dose
3
2019
259
0.090
Why?
Paclitaxel
2
2019
479
0.090
Why?
Carcinoembryonic Antigen
2
2023
40
0.090
Why?
Insurance Coverage
1
2014
142
0.090
Why?
Patents as Topic
1
2012
11
0.090
Why?
Attitude of Health Personnel
2
2016
660
0.090
Why?
Geriatric Assessment
1
2013
188
0.090
Why?
Peptides
1
2015
656
0.090
Why?
Alanine
1
2012
83
0.090
Why?
Life Style
1
2013
183
0.090
Why?
Genomics
1
2017
848
0.090
Why?
Triazines
1
2012
54
0.090
Why?
Chromosomal Instability
1
2011
22
0.090
Why?
Ploidies
1
2011
39
0.080
Why?
Loss of Heterozygosity
1
2011
84
0.080
Why?
Cost Sharing
1
2011
20
0.080
Why?
Young Adult
4
2018
6930
0.080
Why?
Longitudinal Studies
1
2014
1161
0.080
Why?
Thiazoles
1
2011
124
0.080
Why?
Neoplastic Cells, Circulating
1
2011
72
0.080
Why?
Vitamin D
1
2013
272
0.080
Why?
Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf
1
2011
162
0.080
Why?
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
1
2017
1077
0.080
Why?
Multivariate Analysis
3
2020
985
0.080
Why?
Genotype
3
2020
1866
0.080
Why?
Pilot Projects
3
2018
917
0.080
Why?
Statistics as Topic
1
2010
228
0.080
Why?
Disease Progression
3
2019
1531
0.070
Why?
Drug Therapy, Combination
1
2011
759
0.070
Why?
Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
3
2018
512
0.070
Why?
Microsatellite Instability
2
2024
64
0.070
Why?
Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors
2
2020
60
0.070
Why?
Prostatic Neoplasms
1
2019
1775
0.070
Why?
ErbB Receptors
1
2011
506
0.070
Why?
Positron-Emission Tomography
2
2020
349
0.070
Why?
Multicenter Studies as Topic
1
2008
181
0.070
Why?
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
1
2012
418
0.070
Why?
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
1
2016
2484
0.070
Why?
Treatment Failure
1
2008
292
0.070
Why?
Predictive Value of Tests
3
2016
1713
0.060
Why?
Protein Kinase Inhibitors
1
2011
603
0.060
Why?
Body Mass Index
2
2009
811
0.060
Why?
Sex Factors
2
2021
1105
0.060
Why?
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
1
2008
270
0.060
Why?
Administration, Oral
2
2022
657
0.060
Why?
Platelet-Derived Growth Factor
1
2006
66
0.060
Why?
Canada
2
2017
194
0.060
Why?
Imatinib Mesylate
1
2006
127
0.060
Why?
Interferon-alpha
1
2006
187
0.060
Why?
Patient Safety
2
2019
218
0.060
Why?
Health Care Surveys
2
2020
285
0.060
Why?
Benzamides
1
2006
246
0.060
Why?
Culture
1
2005
53
0.050
Why?
Regression Analysis
1
2006
579
0.050
Why?
Age Distribution
1
2005
206
0.050
Why?
Piperazines
1
2006
284
0.050
Why?
DNA Mismatch Repair
1
2024
58
0.050
Why?
Patient Selection
2
2018
690
0.050
Why?
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
2
2019
1914
0.050
Why?
Microwaves
1
2023
32
0.050
Why?
Advance Directives
1
2023
64
0.050
Why?
Peritoneum
1
2023
52
0.050
Why?
Risk Assessment
3
2019
2441
0.050
Why?
Head and Neck Neoplasms
1
2009
1073
0.050
Why?
Hepatectomy
1
2023
177
0.050
Why?
Physician-Patient Relations
2
2020
576
0.050
Why?
Monoterpenes
1
2022
6
0.050
Why?
Adolescent
3
2025
9606
0.040
Why?
GPI-Linked Proteins
1
2022
55
0.040
Why?
Celecoxib
1
2022
33
0.040
Why?
Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases
1
2023
282
0.040
Why?
Disease Management
1
2024
358
0.040
Why?
Dietary Fats
1
2022
135
0.040
Why?
Drug Combinations
1
2022
200
0.040
Why?
Cause of Death
1
2022
273
0.040
Why?
Occult Blood
1
2021
27
0.040
Why?
Gastrectomy
1
2021
71
0.040
Why?
C-Peptide
1
2020
184
0.040
Why?
Confidence Intervals
1
2020
217
0.040
Why?
Illinois
1
2021
520
0.040
Why?
Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
1
2023
454
0.040
Why?
Odds Ratio
2
2015
711
0.040
Why?
Obesity
1
2006
1018
0.040
Why?
Chronic Disease
1
2023
960
0.040
Why?
Diet
1
2022
460
0.040
Why?
Albumins
1
2019
123
0.040
Why?
Organometallic Compounds
1
2020
139
0.040
Why?
Colonoscopy
1
2021
303
0.040
Why?
Clinical Trials, Phase III as Topic
1
2019
165
0.040
Why?
Non-Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
1
2018
7
0.040
Why?
Biliary Tract Neoplasms
1
2019
36
0.040
Why?
Markov Chains
1
2019
135
0.040
Why?
Maintenance Chemotherapy
1
2019
91
0.040
Why?
Telemedicine
1
2021
225
0.030
Why?
Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 70-kDa
1
2018
46
0.030
Why?
Quality-Adjusted Life Years
1
2019
156
0.030
Why?
Filgrastim
1
2017
56
0.030
Why?
Genotyping Techniques
1
2018
71
0.030
Why?
Drug Synergism
1
2018
315
0.030
Why?
Leukocytes, Mononuclear
1
2018
208
0.030
Why?
Neoplasm Proteins
1
2020
537
0.030
Why?
Drug Labeling
1
2017
41
0.030
Why?
Genes, ras
1
2017
97
0.030
Why?
Hospitals
1
2019
328
0.030
Why?
Neoplasm Invasiveness
1
2018
572
0.030
Why?
TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases
1
2018
215
0.030
Why?
Postoperative Care
1
2017
235
0.030
Why?
Stakeholder Participation
1
2016
24
0.030
Why?
Academic Medical Centers
1
2019
394
0.030
Why?
Advisory Committees
1
2016
90
0.030
Why?
Phosphorylation
1
2018
1133
0.030
Why?
Snake Venoms
1
2015
9
0.030
Why?
Intention to Treat Analysis
1
2015
80
0.030
Why?
Cost of Illness
1
2016
159
0.030
Why?
Polyethylene Glycols
1
2017
373
0.030
Why?
Preoperative Care
1
2017
406
0.030
Why?
Lymphatic Metastasis
1
2017
504
0.030
Why?
Germ-Line Mutation
1
2018
381
0.030
Why?
Pyrroles
1
2015
165
0.030
Why?
Genetic Association Studies
1
2016
300
0.030
Why?
Electronic Health Records
1
2018
372
0.030
Why?
Preoperative Period
1
2014
96
0.030
Why?
Haplotypes
1
2016
647
0.030
Why?
Indoles
1
2015
303
0.020
Why?
Remission Induction
1
2015
738
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
21
0.020
Why?
Collagen Type IV
1
2012
28
0.020
Why?
alpha-Fetoproteins
1
2012
45
0.020
Why?
Deoxycytidine
1
2012
208
0.020
Why?
Nausea
1
2012
93
0.020
Why?
Self Report
1
2013
328
0.020
Why?
Dasatinib
1
2011
38
0.020
Why?
src-Family Kinases
1
2011
70
0.020
Why?
Fatigue
1
2012
181
0.020
Why?
DNA Mutational Analysis
1
2011
543
0.020
Why?
Recurrence
1
2010
1190
0.020
Why?
Models, Statistical
1
2010
585
0.020
Why?
Cross-Sectional Studies
1
2012
1847
0.020
Why?
Hypertension
1
2012
757
0.010
Why?
Animals
1
2022
28155
0.010
Why?
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