Cari M. Kitahara

16.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
124 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Cari M. Kitahara is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Oncology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Cari M. Kitahara has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 46 papers in Oncology and 43 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Cari M. Kitahara's work include Radiation Dose and Imaging (48 papers), Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (41 papers) and Cancer Risks and Factors (23 papers). Cari M. Kitahara is often cited by papers focused on Radiation Dose and Imaging (48 papers), Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (41 papers) and Cancer Risks and Factors (23 papers). Cari M. Kitahara collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Denmark. Cari M. Kitahara's co-authors include Julie Ann Sosa, David P. Check, Hyeyeun Lim, Susan S. Devesa, Amy Berrington de González, Martha S. Linet, Neal D. Freedman, Yikyung Park, Meredith S. Shiels and Michele M. Doody and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Cari M. Kitahara

118 papers receiving 6.4k 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.

Trends in Thyroid Cancer Incidence and Mortality in the United States, 1974-2013

2017 1.5k citations Julie Ann Sosa, Cari M. Kitahara et al. profile →
The changing incidence of thyroid cancer

2016 741 citations Cari M. Kitahara, Julie Ann Sosa profile →
Epidemiology of Thyroid Cancer

2022 115 citations Cari M. Kitahara et al. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cari M. Kitahara United States	37	3.2k	1.6k	1.2k	1.1k	1.1k	124	6.5k
Florent de Vathaire France	56	4.1k 1.3×	2.5k 1.6×	2.2k 1.9×	1.9k 1.7×	1.3k 1.2×	279	11.3k
Alice J. Sigurdson United States	44	778 0.2×	938 0.6×	1.7k 1.4×	918 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	123	5.8k
Michael D. Shapiro United States	47	1.3k 0.4×	874 0.6×	1.8k 1.5×	3.3k 2.9×	1.1k 1.0×	283	8.8k
Midori Soda Japan	42	1.1k 0.3×	1.6k 1.0×	4.1k 3.5×	701 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	137	9.1k
Christoph Reiners Germany	48	5.6k 1.8×	676 0.4×	1.8k 1.5×	3.1k 2.7×	689 0.6×	215	7.6k
Weiping Teng China	48	4.9k 1.5×	579 0.4×	256 0.2×	583 0.5×	1.8k 1.6×	329	8.8k
Gary L. Francis United States	34	3.4k 1.1×	830 0.5×	300 0.3×	1.7k 1.5×	955 0.9×	100	5.2k
Paul W. Ladenson United States	63	10.5k 3.3×	1.3k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	3.4k 3.0×	2.3k 2.1×	176	13.7k
Gaurav Agarwal India	33	1.4k 0.4×	1.4k 0.9×	209 0.2×	1.9k 1.6×	594 0.5×	250	4.9k
Matteo Puntoni Italy	33	582 0.2×	1.8k 1.2×	567 0.5×	731 0.6×	1.7k 1.5×	139	4.8k

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Milder, Caitlin M., Elizabeth K. Cahoon, Sara J. Schonfeld, et al.. (2025). Sex-specific radiation-associated lung cancer mortality risks as impacted by smoking among US radiological technologists. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 117(7). 1429–1437. 1 indexed citations

Han, Haegin, et al.. (2025). Fast and accurate peak skin dose estimation method for interventional fluoroscopy patients. Medical Physics. 52(4). 2551–2559.

Karyadi, Danielle M., Bogdanova Ti, Caitlin M. Milder, et al.. (2025). Distinctive molecular features of radiation-induced thyroid cancers. Science Advances. 11(34). eadw7680–eadw7680.

Liu, Danping, et al.. (2023). Absolute and relative risk estimation in the presence of outcome ascertainment gaps and competing risks. Statistics in Medicine. 42(8). 1263–1276.

Luo, Qianlai, Jonathan N. Hofmann, Ruth M. Pfeiffer, et al.. (2023). Impact of overweight and obesity on US renal cell carcinoma incidence trends (1995‐2018). International Journal of Cancer. 153(1). 64–72. 2 indexed citations

Mai, Zhi‐Ming, Michael R. Sargen, Mark P. Little, et al.. (2022). Reproductive factors, hormone use, and incidence of melanoma in a cohort of US Radiologic Technologists. Human Reproduction. 37(5). 1059–1068. 5 indexed citations

Mai, Zhi‐Ming, Cari M. Kitahara, Michael R. Sargen, et al.. (2022). Use of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs and Incidence of Melanoma in the United States Radiologic Technologists Study. Cancer Prevention Research. 15(11). 727–732. 1 indexed citations

Kitahara, Cari M.. (2022). Obesity, Physical Activity, and Thyroid Cancer Risk: Disentangling True Associations from Detection Bias. Thyroid. 33(3). 276–277. 7 indexed citations

Pasqual, Elisa, Julie Ann Sosa, Yingxi Chen, et al.. (2022). Trends in the Management of Localized Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in the United States (2000–2018). Thyroid. 32(4). 397–410. 47 indexed citations

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Little, Mark P., Michael G. Kimlin, Cari M. Kitahara, et al.. (2021). Lifetime Ambient UV Radiation Exposure and Risk of Basal Cell Carcinoma by Anatomic Site in a Nationwide U.S. Cohort, 1983–2005. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 30(10). 1932–1946. 6 indexed citations

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Kitahara, Cari M., Anders Ekbom, Anders Engeland, et al.. (2021). Maternal health, in-utero, and perinatal exposures and risk of thyroid cancer in offspring: a Nordic population-based nested case-control study. STM:n Hallinnonalan avoin julkaisuarkisto (Julkari).

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Berndt, Sonja I., et al.. (2021). Weight Change and Incident Distal Colorectal Adenoma Risk in the PLCO Cancer Screening Trial. JNCI Cancer Spectrum. 6(1). 3 indexed citations

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Morton, Lindsay M., Cari M. Kitahara, Amy Berrington de González, et al.. (2021). Assessment of surveillance versus etiologic factors in the reciprocal association between papillary thyroid cancer and breast cancer. Cancer Epidemiology. 74. 101985–101985. 1 indexed citations

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Villoing, Daphnée, et al.. (2020). NCINM: organ dose calculator for patients undergoing nuclear medicine procedures. Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express. 6(5). 55010–55010. 11 indexed citations

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Cahoon, Elizabeth K., Cari M. Kitahara, Michele M. Doody, et al.. (2015). Female Estrogen-Related Factors and Incidence of Basal Cell Carcinoma in a Nationwide US Cohort. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 33(34). 4058–4065. 23 indexed citations

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Kunzmann, Andrew T., Helen G. Coleman, Wen‐Yi Huang, et al.. (2015). Dietary fiber intake and risk of colorectal cancer and incident and recurrent adenoma in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 102(4). 881–890. 146 indexed citations

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Kitahara, Cari M., Britton Trabert, Hormuzd A. Katki, et al.. (2014). Body Mass Index, Physical Activity, and Serum Markers of Inflammation, Immunity, and Insulin Resistance. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 23(12). 2840–2849. 76 indexed citations

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Ren, Yan, Cari M. Kitahara, Amy Berrington de González, et al.. (2014). Lack of Association between Fingernail Selenium and Thyroid Cancer Risk: A Case-Control Study in French Polynesia. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention. 15(13). 5187–5194. 10 indexed citations

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Kitahara, Cari M., Michael Gamborg, Amy Berrington de González, Thorkild I. A. Sørensen, & Jennifer L. Baker. (2013). Childhood Height and Body Mass Index Were Associated with Risk of Adult Thyroid Cancer in a Large Cohort Study. Cancer Research. 74(1). 235–242. 62 indexed citations

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Kitahara, Cari M., Elizabeth A. Platz, Laura E. Beane Freeman, et al.. (2011). Obesity and Thyroid Cancer Risk among U.S. Men and Women: A Pooled Analysis of Five Prospective Studies. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 20(3). 464–472. 220 indexed citations

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