Anthony Howell

62.1k total citations · 10 hit papers
684 papers, 42.9k citations indexed

About

Anthony Howell is a scholar working on Oncology, Genetics and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Anthony Howell has authored 684 papers receiving a total of 42.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 362 papers in Oncology, 317 papers in Genetics and 230 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Anthony Howell's work include Estrogen and related hormone effects (184 papers), Breast Cancer Treatment Studies (137 papers) and BRCA gene mutations in cancer (122 papers). Anthony Howell is often cited by papers focused on Estrogen and related hormone effects (184 papers), Breast Cancer Treatment Studies (137 papers) and BRCA gene mutations in cancer (122 papers). Anthony Howell collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Anthony Howell's co-authors include Jack Cuzick, Michael P. Lisanti, Federica Sotgia, Ubaldo Martinez‐Outschoorn, D. Gareth Evans, Mitch Dowsett, John Forbes, Richard G. Pestell, Michelle Harvie and Robert B. Clarke and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Anthony Howell

662 papers receiving 41.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Results of the ATAC (Arimidex, Tamoxifen, Alone or in Combination) trial after completion of 5 years' adjuvant treatment for breast cancer

2005 1.7k citations Anthony Howell, Jack Cuzick et al. profile →
Effect of anastrozole and tamoxifen as adjuvant treatment for early-stage breast cancer: 10-year analysis of the ATAC trial

2010 1.1k citations Jack Cuzick, Ivana Šestak et al. profile →
Zoledronic acid versus pamidronate in the treatment of skeletal metastases in patients with breast cancer or osteolytic lesions of multiple myeloma: a phase III, double-blind, comparative trial.

2002 676 citations Anthony Howell, John R. Mackey et al. PubMed profile →
Long‐term efficacy and safety of zoledronic acid compared with pamidronate disodium in the treatment of skeletal complications in patients with advanced multiple myeloma or breast carcinoma

2003 657 citations Anthony Howell, John R. Mackey et al. profile →
The effects of intermittent or continuous energy restriction on weight loss and metabolic disease risk markers: a randomized trial in young overweight women

2010 577 citations Michelle Harvie, Mary Pegington et al. profile →
Prediction of Risk of Distant Recurrence Using the 21-Gene Recurrence Score in Node-Negative and Node-Positive Postmenopausal Patients With Breast Cancer Treated With Anastrozole or Tamoxifen: A TransATAC Study

2010 546 citations Mitch Dowsett, Jack Cuzick et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →
Prognostic Value of a Combined Estrogen Receptor, Progesterone Receptor, Ki-67, and Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 Immunohistochemical Score and Comparison With the Genomic Health Recurrence Score in Early Breast Cancer

2011 540 citations Jack Cuzick, Mitch Dowsett et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →
First results from the International Breast Cancer Intervention Study (IBIS-I): a randomised prevention trial

2002 533 citations Michael Baum, Anthony Howell et al. profile →
Dissociation between steroid receptor expression and cell proliferation in the human breast.

1997 514 citations Robert B. Clarke, Anthony Howell et al. PubMed profile →
Antibiotics that target mitochondria effectively eradicate cancer stem cells, across multiple tumor types: Treating cancer like an infectious disease

2015 383 citations Anthony Howell et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Randomised phase-2 screening trial of intermittent energy restriction plus resistance exercise versus resistance exercise alone during chemotherapy for advanced breast cancer 2025 ·British Journal of Cancer ·Michelle Harvie, Mary Pegington, Anthony Howell, (unknown), (unknown), Danielle E. Rose, (unknown), Anthony Maxwell, Emma Barrett, Katharine Sellers, Suzanne Krizak, Sacha J. Howell	0
2	How do women at increased risk of breast cancer make sense of their risk? An interpretative phenomenological analysis 2023 ·British Journal of Health Psychology ·Victoria G. Woof, Lorna McWilliams, Anthony Howell, D. Gareth Evans, David French	4
3	Tamoxifen evolution 2023 ·British Journal of Cancer ·Anthony Howell, Sacha J. Howell	39
4	Reversing the Genomic, Epigenetic, and Triple-Negative Breast Cancer–Enhancing Effects of Obesity 2022 ·Cancer Prevention Research ·Laura W. Bowers, (unknown), Meghana G. Shamsunder, (unknown), Emily L. Rossi, Stephanie A. Montgomery, Michael F. Coleman, Weida Gong, Joel S. Parker, Anthony Howell, Michelle Harvie, Stephen D. Hursting	16
5	Breast Cancer Risk Stratification in Women of Screening Age: Incremental Effects of Adding Mammographic Density, Polygenic Risk and a Gene Panel 2021 ·SSRN Electronic Journal ·D. Gareth Evans, Elke M. van Veen, Elaine F. Harkness, Adam R. Brentnall, Susan Astley, Helen L. Byers, Emma R. Woodward, Sarah N. Sampson, (unknown), Sacha J. Howell, Anthony Maxwell, William G. Newman, Jack Cuzick, Anthony Howell	1
6	‘For me it's about not feeling like I'm on a diet’: a thematic analysis of women's experiences of an intermittent energy restricted diet to reduce breast cancer risk 2018 ·Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics ·Louise S. Donnelly, Rachel Shaw, Mary Pegington, Christopher J. Armitage, D. Gareth Evans, Anthony Howell, Michelle Harvie	9
7	RAZOR: A Phase II Open Randomized Trial of Screening Plus Goserelin and Raloxifene Versus Screening Alone in Premenopausal Women at Increased Risk of Breast Cancer 2017 ·Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention ·Anthony Howell, Linda Ashcroft, Lesley Fallowfield, Diana Eccles, Rosalind A. Eeles, Ann Ward, Adam R. Brentnall, Mitch Dowsett, Jack Cuzick, (unknown), Caroline Boggis, (unknown), Jamie C. Sergeant, Judith E. Adams, D. Gareth Evans	4
8	Participant-Reported Symptoms and Their Effect on Long-Term Adherence in the International Breast Cancer Intervention Study I (IBIS I) 2017 ·Journal of Clinical Oncology ·Samuel G. Smith, Ivana Šestak, Anthony Howell, John Forbes, Jack Cuzick	31
9	Could Intermittent Energy Restriction and Intermittent Fasting Reduce Rates of Cancer in Obese, Overweight, and Normal-Weight Subjects? A Summary of Evidence 2016 ·Advances in Nutrition ·Michelle Harvie, Anthony Howell	39
10	Breast Cancer Risk in Young Women in the National Breast Screening Programme: Implications for Applying NICE Guidelines for Additional Screening and Chemoprevention 2014 ·Cancer Prevention Research ·D. Gareth Evans, Adam R. Brentnall, Michelle Harvie, Sarah Dawe, Jamie C. Sergeant, Paula Stavrinos, Susan Astley, Mary Wilson, John Ainsworth, Jack Cuzick, Iain Buchan, Louise S. Donnelly, Anthony Howell	32
11	Assessing Individual Breast Cancer Risk within the U.K. National Health Service Breast Screening Program: A New Paradigm for Cancer Prevention 2012 ·Cancer Prevention Research ·D. Gareth Evans, Jane Warwick, Susan Astley, Paula Stavrinos, (unknown), Sarah Ingham, Helen McBurney, (unknown), Michelle Harvie, Mary Wilson, Ursula Beetles, Ruth Warren, Alan Hufton, Jamie C. Sergeant, William G. Newman, Iain Buchan, Jack Cuzick, Anthony Howell	93
12	Influence of Comorbidities and Age on Risk of Death Without Recurrence: A Retrospective Analysis of the Arimidex, Tamoxifen Alone or in Combination Trial 2011 ·Journal of Clinical Oncology ·Alistair Ring, Ivana Šestak, Michael Baum, Anthony Howell, Aman U. Buzdar, Mitch Dowsett, John Forbes, Jack Cuzick	50
13	Biomarkers of Dietary Energy Restriction in Women at Increased Risk of Breast Cancer 2009 ·Cancer Prevention Research ·Kai Ren Ong, Andrew H. Sims, Michelle Harvie, Mary Ann Chapman, Warwick B. Dunn, David Broadhurst, Royston Goodacre, Mary Wilson, (unknown), Robert B. Clarke, Anthony Howell	39
14	Effect of Anastrozole on Bone Mineral Density: 5-Year Results From the Anastrozole, Tamoxifen, Alone or in Combination Trial 18233230 2008 ·Journal of Clinical Oncology ·Richard Eastell, Judith E. Adams, Robert E. Coleman, Anthony Howell, R.A. Hannon, Jack Cuzick, John R. Mackey, Matthias W. Beckmann, Glen Clack	306
15	The Screening of Women Aged Less Than 50 Years At Increased Risk of Breast Cancer By Virtue of Their Family History. 2006 ·Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) ·Anthony Howell, (unknown), (unknown), A Shenton, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	3
16	Relationships between different measurements of vascularity and clinico-pathological parameters in breast cancer. 1999 ·PubMed ·Neil Pendleton, Sima Pazouki, Egidius H.J. Heerkens, (unknown), D. M. Chisholm, (unknown), Anthony Howell, M.A. Horan, (unknown)	8
17	Adjuvant chemotherapy for premenopausal breast cancer: a meta-analysis using quality-adjusted survival 1995 ·Cancer Discovery ·Richard D. Gelber, Bernard F. Cole, Aron Goldhirsch, Gianni Bonadonna, Anthony Howell, C S McArdle, H.T. Mouridsen, R.D. Rubens, K Welvaart	3
18	A controlled trial of adjuvant tamoxifen, with or without prednisolone, in post-menopausal women with operable breast cancer 1994 ·British Journal of Cancer ·IS Fentiman, Anthony Howell, (unknown), Siow Ming Lee, Malcolm Ranson, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), WM Gregory, R A Sellwood	8
19	How my teaching about the management of stroke would change after my own. 1984 ·BMJ ·Anthony Howell	2
20	The effect of prolactin and other hormones on lactalbumin production by normal and neoplastic human breast tissue 1979 ·Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) ·George D. Wilson, KL Woods, Anthony Howell	1

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