Bernard Fisher

73.9k citations

433 papers · 51.5k indexed · 25 hit papers · h-index 102

Cancer Research top 0.01%
Oncology top 0.01%
Pathology and Forensic Medicine top 0.01%
Surgery top 0.05%
Genetics top 0.05%

Co-authors: Edwin R. Fisher Norman Wolmark Carol Redmond D. Lawrence Wickerham Richard G. Margolese Stewart Anderson John Bryant Melvin Deutsch
Topics: Breast Cancer Treatment Studies (156 papers)Breast Lesions and Carcinomas (59 papers)Estrogen and related hormone effects (46 papers)
Cited by: Cancer Research Pathology and Forensic Medicine Oncology
Journals: Nature Science New England Journal of Medicine
Partner nations: United States Canada United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Bernard Fisher

427 papers receiving 48.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Twenty-Year Follow-up of a Randomized Trial Comparing Total Mastectomy, Lumpectomy, and Lumpectomy plus Irradiation for the Treatment of Invasive Breast Cancer

2002 4.4k citations Bernard Fisher, John Bryant et al. profile →
Tamoxifen for Prevention of Breast Cancer: Report of the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project P-1 Study

1998 4.0k citations Bernard Fisher, D. Lawrence Wickerham et al. profile →
Effect of preoperative chemotherapy on the outcome of women with operable breast cancer.

1998 1.7k citations Bernard Fisher, John Bryant et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →
Five-Year Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Total Mastectomy and Segmental Mastectomy with or without Radiation in the Treatment of Breast Cancer

1985 1.7k citations Bernard Fisher, Richard G. Margolese et al. profile →
Effect of preoperative chemotherapy on local-regional disease in women with operable breast cancer: findings from National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project B-18.

1997 1.4k citations Bernard Fisher, A Brown et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →
Reanalysis and Results after 12 Years of Follow-up in a Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Total Mastectomy with Lumpectomy with or without Irradiation in the Treatment of Breast Cancer

1995 1.1k citations Bernard Fisher, Carol Redmond et al. profile →
Ten-Year Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Radical Mastectomy and Total Mastectomy with or without Radiation

1985 987 citations Bernard Fisher, Carol Redmond et al. profile →
Twenty-Five-Year Follow-up of a Randomized Trial Comparing Radical Mastectomy, Total Mastectomy, and Total Mastectomy Followed by Irradiation

2002 958 citations Bernard Fisher, John Bryant et al. profile →
Tamoxifen for the Prevention of Breast Cancer: Current Status of the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project P-1 Study

2005 937 citations Bernard Fisher, D. Lawrence Wickerham et al. profile →
The Effect on Tumor Response of Adding Sequential Preoperative Docetaxel to Preoperative Doxorubicin and Cyclophosphamide: Preliminary Results From National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project Protocol B-27

2003 865 citations Harry D. Bear, Eleftherios P. Mamounas et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →
Relation of number of positive axillary nodes to the prognosis of patients with primary breast cancer. An NSABP update

1983 840 citations Bernard Fisher, D. Lawrence Wickerham et al. profile →
Sequential Preoperative or Postoperative Docetaxel Added to Preoperative Doxorubicin Plus Cyclophosphamide for Operable Breast Cancer: National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project Protocol B-27

2006 722 citations Harry D. Bear, Eleftherios P. Mamounas et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →
Cause-specific mortality in long-term survivors of breast cancer who participated in trials of radiotherapy.

1994 693 citations Carol Redmond, Bernard Fisher et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →
Pathologic findings from the national surgical adjuvant breast project (protocol 6) I. Intraductal carcinoma (DCIS)

1986 648 citations Edwin R. Fisher, Richard Sass et al. profile →
Lumpectomy Compared with Lumpectomy and Radiation Therapy for the Treatment of Intraductal Breast Cancer

1993 618 citations Bernard Fisher, Carol Redmond et al. profile →
Lumpectomy and radiation therapy for the treatment of intraductal breast cancer: findings from National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project B-17.

1998 615 citations Bernard Fisher, James J. Dignam et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →
The pathology of invasive breast cancerA Syllabus Derived from Findings of the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast Project (Protocol No. 4)

1975 602 citations Edwin R. Fisher, Bernard Fisher et al. profile →
L-Phenylalanine Mustard (L-PAM) in the Management of Primary Breast Cancer

1975 560 citations Bernard Fisher, Carol Redmond et al. profile →
Long-Term Outcomes of Invasive Ipsilateral Breast Tumor Recurrences After Lumpectomy in NSABP B-17 and B-24 Randomized Clinical Trials for DCIS

2011 517 citations James J. Dignam, Bernard Fisher et al. profile →
The benefit of leucovorin-modulated fluorouracil as postoperative adjuvant therapy for primary colon cancer: results from National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project protocol C-03.

1993 516 citations Norman Wolmark, Bernard Fisher et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →
erbB-2 and Response to Doxorubicin in Patients With Axillary Lymph Node-Positive, Hormone Receptor- Negative Breast Cancer

1998 515 citations Soonmyung Paik, John Bryant et al. profile →
Pathologic findings from the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project: prognostic significance of erbB-2 protein overexpression in primary breast cancer.

1990 499 citations Soonmyoung Paik, Rachel B. Hazan et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →
Cancer of the breast: Size of neoplasm and prognosis

1969 386 citations Bernard Fisher, Nelson H. Slack et al. profile →
Phase I safety trial of intravenous ascorbic acid in patients with severe sepsis

2014 384 citations Alpha A. Fowler, Bernard Fisher et al. profile →
Effect of surgical removal on the growth and kinetics of residual tumor.

1979 331 citations Bernard Fisher, Elizabeth Saffer et al. PubMed profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Effect of preoperative chemotherapy on the outcome of women with operable breast cancer 2023 ·Journal of Clinical Oncology ·Bernard Fisher,John Bryant,Norman Wolmark,E.P. Mamounas,A Brown,Edwin R. Fisher,D. Lawrence Wickerham,Mirsada Begovič,Arthur P. DeCillis,(unknown),Richard G. Margolese,Anatolio B. Cruz,James L. Hoehn,Alan Lees,N V Dimitrov,Harry D. Bear	18
2	Reduced plasma ascorbic acid levels in recipients of myeloablative conditioning and hematopoietic cell transplantation 2019 ·European Journal Of Haematology ·(unknown),Gary Simmons,Bernard Fisher,(unknown),Jason Reed,Catherine Roberts,Ramesh Natarajan,Alpha A. Fowler,Amir A. Toor	9
3	Attenuation of Red Blood Cell Storage Lesions with Vitamin C 2017 ·Antioxidants ·(unknown),Bernard Fisher,(unknown),Alpha A. Fowler,Ramesh Natarajan	20
4	Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1 Upregulates Adiponectin in Diabetic Mouse Hearts And Attenuates Post-Ischemic Injury 2008 ·Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology ·Ramesh Natarajan,Fadi N. Salloum,Bernard Fisher,Rakesh C. Kukreja,Alpha A. Fowler	49
5	Pathologic findings from the national surgical adjuvant breast and bowel project: Twelve-year observations concerning lobular carcinoma in situ 2004 ·Breast Diseases A Year Book Quarterly ·Edwin R. Fisher,(unknown),Bernard Fisher,Lavinia P. Middleton	4
6	Tamoxifen, Radiation Therapy, or Both for Prevention of Ipsilateral Breast Tumor Recurrence After Lumpectomy in Women With Invasive Breast Cancers of One Centimeter or Less 2002 ·Journal of Clinical Oncology ·Bernard Fisher,John Bryant,James J. Dignam,D. Lawrence Wickerham,Eleftherios P. Mamounas,Edwin R. Fisher,Richard G. Margolese,(unknown),Soonmyung Paik,Thomas M. Pisansky,Norman Wolmark	447
7	Reoxygenating microvascular endothelium exhibits temporal dissociation of NF-κB and AP-1 activation 2002 ·Free Radical Biology and Medicine ·Ramesh Natarajan,Bernard Fisher,D. Gareth Jones,Shobha Ghosh,Alpha A. Fowler	28
8	Soluble E-Selectin Levels in Sepsis and Critical Illness 1997 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·(unknown),Curtis N. Sessler,L. Dawson Beall,Bernard Fisher,Al M. Best,Alpha A. Fowler	87
9	A Dual-Binding Antibody to E- and L-Selectin Attenuates Sepsis-Induced Lung Injury 1995 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Philip C. Ridings,Alastair Windsor,Mark A. Jutila,(unknown),Bernard Fisher,Milton M. Sholley,H J Sugerman,Alpha A. Fowler	46
10	Circulating ICAM-1 Is Increased in Septic Shock 1995 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Curtis N. Sessler,Alastair Windsor,Mitchell S. Schwartz,Luke S. Watson,Bernard Fisher,H J Sugerman,Alpha A. Fowler	113
11	Pharmacologic Reduction in Tumor Necrosis Factor Activity of Pulmonary Alveolar Macrophages 1993 ·American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology ·Sandra K. Leeper-Woodford,Bernard Fisher,Harvey J. Sugerman,Alpha A. Fowler	12
12	Pathologic findings from the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project: prognostic significance of erbB-2 protein overexpression in primary breast cancer.breakdown → 1990 ·Journal of Clinical Oncology ·Soonmyoung Paik,Rachel B. Hazan,Edwin R. Fisher,Richard Sass,Bernard Fisher,Carol Redmond,Joseph Schlessinger,Marc E. Lippman,C. Richter King	499
13	[The NSABP. National Surgical Adjuvant Project for Breast and Bowel Cancers. (Definition, role, methodology, therapeutic trials, results, philosophy)]. 1985 ·PubMed ·(unknown),R Poisson,(unknown),Elise F. Nassif,R. Guévin,(unknown),(unknown),P. Enel,Bernard Fisher	1
14	Laboratory and clinical research in breast cancer--a personal adventure: the David A. Karnofsky memorial lecture. 1980 ·PubMed ·Bernard Fisher	280
15	Correlation of antitumor chemoimmunotherapy with serum inhibition of tumor cell destruction. 1978 ·Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) ·Bernard Fisher,(unknown),Mark C. Gebhardt,(unknown),Elizabeth Saffer	2
16	Comparison of the inhibition of tumor growth following local or systemic administration of Corynebacterium parvum or other immunostimulating agents with or without cyclophosphamide. 1978 ·Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) ·Bernard Fisher,Mark C. Gebhardt,(unknown),Elizabeth Saffer	6
17	Surgical Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Cancer of the Breast 1968 ·Annals of Surgery ·Bernard Fisher,Robert G. Ravdin,Robert K. Ausman,Nelson H. Slack,George E. Moore,Rudolf J. Noer	264
18	SIGNIFICANCE OF ERYTHROCYTOSIS AND INCREASED ERYTHROPOIETIN SECRETION AFTER RENAL TRANSPLANTATION 1967 ·The Lancet ·(unknown),(unknown),Andrew Dekker,Albert Kreutner,Bernard Fisher	28
19	Experimental Studies of Factors Influencing Hepatic Metastases 1962 ·Cancer Research ·Edwin R. Fisher,Bernard Fisher	58
20	Potassium ion as a cardioplegic agent in total cardiac bypass and during hypothermia with coronary perfusion 1960 ·Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ·(unknown),Bernard Fisher	4

About Bernard Fisher

Bernard Fisher is a scholar working on Cancer Research, Oncology and Pathology and Forensic Medicine, having authored 433 papers that have together received 51.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Breast Cancer Treatment Studies (156 papers), Breast Lesions and Carcinomas (59 papers) and Estrogen and related hormone effects (46 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cancer Research (31.0k citations), Pathology and Forensic Medicine (17.1k citations) and Oncology (24.0k citations). Bernard Fisher has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Edwin R. Fisher, Norman Wolmark, Carol Redmond, D. Lawrence Wickerham, Richard G. Margolese, Stewart Anderson, John Bryant, Melvin Deutsch, Jong‐Hyeon Jeong and Joseph P. Costantino. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

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