Bassel Atassi

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Bassel Atassi is a scholar working on Hepatology, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Bassel Atassi has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Hepatology, 14 papers in Surgery and 9 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Bassel Atassi's work include Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis (22 papers), Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies (12 papers) and Health and Conflict Studies (4 papers). Bassel Atassi is often cited by papers focused on Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis (22 papers), Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies (12 papers) and Health and Conflict Studies (4 papers). Bassel Atassi collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Syria. Bassel Atassi's co-authors include Riad Salem, Robert J. Lewandowski, Robert K. Ryu, Reed A. Omary, Mary F. Mulcahy, Kent T. Sato, Laura Kulik, Vanessa L. Gates, Al B. Benson and Michaël Abécassis and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Bassel Atassi

37 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Radioembolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Using Yttrium-90 Microspheres: A Comprehensive Report of Long-term Outcomes

2009 740 citations Riad Salem, Robert J. Lewandowski et al. Gastroenterology profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Bassel Atassi	3.1k	1.1k	1.1k	1.1k	859	37	3.7k
Ahsun Riaz	4.9k 1.6×	1.7k 1.5×	2.1k 1.8×	1.8k 1.7×	1.2k 1.3×	141	5.9k
Ryan Hickey	2.3k 0.8×	619 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	992 0.9×	424 0.5×	61	2.8k
Talia Baker	5.4k 1.8×	1.5k 1.3×	2.2k 2.0×	3.1k 3.0×	723 0.8×	109	6.5k
Siddharth A. Padia	1.4k 0.4×	682 0.6×	510 0.5×	743 0.7×	450 0.5×	93	2.3k
Ramona Gupta	1.4k 0.5×	526 0.5×	594 0.5×	647 0.6×	311 0.4×	32	1.9k
Nicholas Fidelman	1.1k 0.3×	519 0.5×	852 0.8×	897 0.9×	318 0.4×	117	2.3k
Francesco Fiore	1.1k 0.4×	629 0.6×	526 0.5×	637 0.6×	270 0.3×	64	2.1k
S. Mouli	1.3k 0.4×	669 0.6×	611 0.5×	625 0.6×	272 0.3×	69	2.0k
Christoph J. Zech	1.4k 0.4×	342 0.3×	1.1k 0.9×	723 0.7×	1.2k 1.4×	90	2.8k
Hidetsugu Nakayama	483 0.2×	1.0k 0.9×	317 0.3×	304 0.3×	508 0.6×	84	1.9k

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Marzouk, Manar, et al.. (2024). Accessing breast cancer care in a protracted conflict: Qualitative exploration of the perspectives of women with breast cancer in northwest Syria. Social Science & Medicine. 361. 117364–117364. 2 indexed citations

Atassi, Bassel, et al.. (2017). Metastatic Malignant Paraganglioma: A Case Report and Review of Literature. World Journal of Oncology. 8(3). 92–95. 8 indexed citations

Sankari, Abdulghani, et al.. (2016). War is the Enemy of Health. Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine in War-Torn Syria. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 13(2). 147–155. 42 indexed citations

Lewandowski, Robert J., Khairuddin Memon, Mary F. Mulcahy, et al.. (2014). Twelve-year experience of radioembolization for colorectal hepatic metastases in 214 patients: survival by era and chemotherapy. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 41(10). 1861–1869. 64 indexed citations

Memon, Khairuddin, Robert J. Lewandowski, Mary F. Mulcahy, et al.. (2011). Radioembolization for Neuroendocrine Liver Metastases: Safety, Imaging, and Long-Term Outcomes. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 83(3). 887–894. 101 indexed citations

Rezvani, Maryam, Paul Nikolaidis, Senta Berggruen, et al.. (2010). Does Multidetector CT Attenuation Change in Colon Cancer Liver Metastases Treated with⁹⁰Y Help Predict Metabolic Activity at FDG PET?. Radiology. 255(1). 164–172. 23 indexed citations

Riaz, Ahsun, Vanessa L. Gates, Bassel Atassi, et al.. (2010). Radiation Segmentectomy: A Novel Approach to Increase Safety and Efficacy of Radioembolization. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 79(1). 163–171. 182 indexed citations

Salem, Riad, Robert J. Lewandowski, Mary F. Mulcahy, et al.. (2009). Radioembolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Using Yttrium-90 Microspheres: A Comprehensive Report of Long-term Outcomes. Gastroenterology. 138(1). 52–64. 740 indexed citations breakdown →

Rhee, Thomas K., Jie Deng, Bassel Atassi, et al.. (2008). Tumor Response after Yttrium-90 Radioembolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Comparison of Diffusion-weighted Functional MR Imaging with Anatomic MR Imaging. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. 19(8). 1180–1186. 91 indexed citations

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Atassi, Bassel, G Pizzi, Robert J. Lewandowski, et al.. (2008). Multimodality Imaging Following⁹⁰Y Radioembolization: A Comprehensive Review and Pictorial Essay. Radiographics. 28(1). 81–99. 103 indexed citations

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Atassi, Bassel, Robert J. Lewandowski, Saad Ibrahim, et al.. (2008). Biliary Sequelae following Radioembolization with Yttrium-90 Microspheres. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. 19(5). 691–697. 115 indexed citations

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Jakobs, Tatjana, Bassel Atassi, Edward F. Reda, et al.. (2008). Fibrosis, Portal Hypertension, and Hepatic Volume Changes Induced by Intra-arterial Radiotherapy with 90Yttrium Microspheres. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 53(9). 2556–2563. 108 indexed citations

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Larson, Andrew C., Dingxin Wang, Bassel Atassi, et al.. (2008). Transcatheter Intraarterial Perfusion: MR Monitoring of Chemoembolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma—Feasibility of Initial Clinical Translation. Radiology. 246(3). 964–971. 38 indexed citations

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Sato, Kent T., Robert J. Lewandowski, Mary F. Mulcahy, et al.. (2008). Unresectable Chemorefractory Liver Metastases: Radioembolization with⁹⁰Y Microspheres—Safety, Efficacy, and Survival. Radiology. 247(2). 507–515. 179 indexed citations

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Salem, Riad, Bassel Atassi, Robert J. Lewandowski, et al.. (2008). Incidence of Radiation Pneumonitis After Hepatic Intra-Arterial Radiotherapy With Yttrium-90 Microspheres Assuming Uniform Lung Distribution. American Journal of Clinical Oncology. 31(5). 431–438. 126 indexed citations

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Young, Joseph Y., Thomas K. Rhee, Bassel Atassi, et al.. (2007). Radiation Dose Limits and Liver Toxicities Resulting from Multiple Yttrium-90 Radioembolization Treatments for Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. 18(11). 1375–1382. 89 indexed citations

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Lewandowski, Robert J., Dingxin Wang, Bassel Atassi, et al.. (2007). A Comparison of Chemoembolization Endpoints Using Angiographic versus Transcatheter Intraarterial Perfusion/MR Imaging Monitoring. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. 18(10). 1249–1257. 67 indexed citations

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Kulik, Laura, Brian I. Carr, Mary F. Mulcahy, et al.. (2007). Safety and efficacy of 90Y radiotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma with and without portal vein thrombosis. Hepatology. 47(1). 71–81. 430 indexed citations

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Kulik, Laura, Bassel Atassi, Robert J. Lewandowski, et al.. (2006). Yttrium-90 microspheres (TheraSphere®) treatment of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma: Downstaging to resection, RFA and bridge to transplantation. Journal of Surgical Oncology. 94(7). 572–586. 244 indexed citations

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Salem, Riad, Robert J. Lewandowski, Bassel Atassi, et al.. (2005). Treatment of Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Use of 90Y Microspheres (TheraSphere): Safety, Tumor Response, and Survival. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. 16(12). 1627–1639. 302 indexed citations

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