Carol Kruchko

41.7k total citations · 18 hit papers
139 papers, 29.3k citations indexed

About

Carol Kruchko is a scholar working on Genetics, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Carol Kruchko has authored 139 papers receiving a total of 29.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Genetics, 65 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 42 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Carol Kruchko's work include Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (100 papers), Brain Metastases and Treatment (59 papers) and Meningioma and schwannoma management (39 papers). Carol Kruchko is often cited by papers focused on Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (100 papers), Brain Metastases and Treatment (59 papers) and Meningioma and schwannoma management (39 papers). Carol Kruchko collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Canada. Carol Kruchko's co-authors include Jill S. Barnholtz‐Sloan, Quinn T. Ostrom, Haley Gittleman, Yingli Wolinsky, P Farah, Yaning Chen, Gino Cioffi, Kristin Waite, Nirav Patil and Therese A. Dolecek and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute and Cancer.

In The Last Decade

Carol Kruchko

131 papers receiving 29.0k citations

Hit Papers

CBTRUS Statistical Report: Primary Brain and Central Nerv... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2013 2019 2015 2018 2021 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k
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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.

  1. CBTRUS Statistical Report: Primary Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors Diagnosed in the United States in 2006-2010
    2013 9.9k citations Quinn T. Ostrom, Haley Gittleman et al. Neuro-Oncology profile →
  2. CBTRUS Statistical Report: Primary Brain and Other Central Nervous System Tumors Diagnosed in the United States in 2012–2016
    2019 1.7k citations Quinn T. Ostrom, Gino Cioffi et al. Neuro-Oncology profile →
  3. CBTRUS Statistical Report: Primary Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors Diagnosed in the United States in 2008-2012
    2015 1.6k citations Quinn T. Ostrom, Haley Gittleman et al. Neuro-Oncology profile →
  4. CBTRUS Statistical Report: Primary Brain and Other Central Nervous System Tumors Diagnosed in the United States in 2011–2015
    2018 1.5k citations Quinn T. Ostrom, Haley Gittleman et al. Neuro-Oncology profile →
  5. CBTRUS Statistical Report: Primary Brain and Other Central Nervous System Tumors Diagnosed in the United States in 2014–2018
    2021 1.4k citations Quinn T. Ostrom, Gino Cioffi et al. Neuro-Oncology profile →
  6. CBTRUS Statistical Report: Primary Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors Diagnosed in the United States in 2005-2009
    2012 1.3k citations Carol Kruchko et al. Neuro-Oncology profile →
  7. CBTRUS Statistical Report: Primary Brain and Other Central Nervous System Tumors Diagnosed in the United States in 2013–2017
    2020 1.3k citations Quinn T. Ostrom, Nirav Patil et al. Neuro-Oncology profile →
  8. CBTRUS Statistical Report: Primary Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors Diagnosed in the United States in 2007-2011
    2014 1.3k citations Quinn T. Ostrom, Haley Gittleman et al. Neuro-Oncology profile →
  9. CBTRUS Statistical Report: Primary brain and other central nervous system tumors diagnosed in the United States in 2010–2014
    2017 1.2k citations Quinn T. Ostrom, Haley Gittleman et al. Neuro-Oncology profile →
  10. CBTRUS Statistical Report: Primary Brain and Other Central Nervous System Tumors Diagnosed in the United States in 2009–2013
    2016 871 citations Quinn T. Ostrom, Haley Gittleman et al. Neuro-Oncology profile →
  11. CBTRUS Statistical Report: Primary Brain and Other Central Nervous System Tumors Diagnosed in the United States in 2015–2019
    2022 821 citations Quinn T. Ostrom, Mackenzie Price et al. Neuro-Oncology profile →
  12. Brain and other central nervous system tumor statistics, 2021
    2021 656 citations Kimberly D. Miller, Quinn T. Ostrom et al. CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians profile →
  13. Brain tumor epidemiology: Consensus from the Brain Tumor Epidemiology Consortium
    2008 655 citations Melissa L. Bondy, Jill S. Barnholtz‐Sloan et al. Cancer profile →
  14. CBTRUS Statistical Report: Primary Brain and Other Central Nervous System Tumors Diagnosed in the United States in 2016—2020
    2023 437 citations Quinn T. Ostrom, Mackenzie Price et al. Neuro-Oncology profile →
  15. Adult Glioma Incidence and Survival by Race or Ethnicity in the United States From 2000 to 2014
    2018 411 citations Quinn T. Ostrom, Carol Kruchko et al. profile →
  16. Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation Infant and Childhood Primary Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors Diagnosed in the United States in 2007–2011
    2014 385 citations Quinn T. Ostrom, Carol Kruchko et al. Neuro-Oncology profile →
  17. CBTRUS Statistical Report: Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation Childhood and Adolescent Primary Brain and Other Central Nervous System Tumors Diagnosed in the United States in 2014–2018
    2022 157 citations Quinn T. Ostrom, Mackenzie Price et al. Neuro-Oncology profile →
  18. CBTRUS Statistical Report: Primary Brain and Other Central Nervous System Tumors Diagnosed in the United States in 2017–2021
    2024 111 citations Mackenzie Price, Christine Ann Pittman Ballard et al. Neuro-Oncology profile →

Peers

Carol Kruchko
Quinn T. Ostrom United States
David W. Ellison United States
Haley Gittleman United States
Jill S. Barnholtz‐Sloan United States
Warren Mason Canada
Thierry Gorlia Belgium
Michael D. Prados United States
Allan H. Friedman United States
R.O. Mirimanoff Switzerland
Arie Perry United States
Quinn T. Ostrom United States
Carol Kruchko
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carol Kruchko

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Carol Kruchko. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Carol Kruchko based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Carol Kruchko. Carol Kruchko is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gerstl, Jakob V. E., Mackenzie Price, Joshua D. Bernstock, et al.. (2025). Years of life lost due to central nervous system tumor subtypes in the United States. Neuro-Oncology. 27(10). 2738–2746. 2 indexed citations
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Withrow, Diana R., Christine Ann Pittman Ballard, Gino Cioffi, et al.. (2025). Determinants of geographic variation in the incidence of adult nonmalignant meningioma in the United States, 2010–2019. Cancer. 131(18). e70042–e70042.
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Price, Mackenzie, Justin Low, Patrick R. Conlon, et al.. (2025). Improvements in survival for glioblastoma in the post-Stupp protocol era. Neuro-Oncology. 27(9). 2484–2486.
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Ballard, Christine Ann Pittman, Yübo Wang, Carol Kruchko, et al.. (2025). Characteristics of long-term glioblastoma survivors diagnosed from 2010 to 2016 in the United States. Cancer Epidemiology. 97. 102810–102810. 2 indexed citations
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Price, Mackenzie, Katherine Ryan, Corey Neff, et al.. (2023). Childhood, adolescent, and adult primary brain and central nervous system tumor statistics for practicing healthcare providers in neuro-oncology, CBTRUS 2015–2019. Neuro-Oncology Practice. 11(1). 5–25. 17 indexed citations
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Walsh, Kyle M., Mackenzie Price, Corey Neff, et al.. (2023). The joint impacts of sex and race/ethnicity on incidence of grade 1 versus grades 2–3 meningioma across the lifespan. Neuro-Oncology Advances. 5(Supplement_1). i5–i12. 10 indexed citations
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Cioffi, Gino, Corey Neff, Mackenzie Price, et al.. (2023). Medicaid expansion is associated with increased 1-year survival for primary malignant brain tumors. Neuro-Oncology Advances. 5(1). vdad022–vdad022. 3 indexed citations
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Neff, Corey, Mackenzie Price, Gino Cioffi, et al.. (2023). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on treatment patterns in glioblastoma. Neuro-Oncology. 26(3). 581–583.
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Iorgulescu, J. Bryan, Corey Neff, Gino Cioffi, et al.. (2022). Molecular biomarker-defined brain tumors: Epidemiology, validity, and completeness in the United States. Neuro-Oncology. 24(11). 1989–2000. 49 indexed citations
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Momin, Arbaz, Nirav Patil, Pranay Soni, et al.. (2022). Epidemiology of primary malignant non-osseous spinal tumors in the United States. The Spine Journal. 22(8). 1325–1333. 3 indexed citations
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Cioffi, Gino, Kristin Waite, Jonathan L. Finlay, et al.. (2022). Incidence and survival of choroid plexus tumors in the United States. Neuro-Oncology Practice. 10(1). 41–49. 5 indexed citations
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Walsh, Kyle M., Corey Neff, Melissa L. Bondy, et al.. (2022). Influence of county-level geographic/ancestral origin on glioma incidence and outcomes in US Hispanics. Neuro-Oncology. 25(2). 398–406. 15 indexed citations
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Cioffi, Gino, Kristin Waite, Quinn T. Ostrom, et al.. (2022). Epidemiology of pineoblastoma in the United States, 2000–2017. Neuro-Oncology Practice. 9(2). 149–157. 9 indexed citations
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Miller, Kimberly D., Quinn T. Ostrom, Carol Kruchko, et al.. (2021). Brain and other central nervous system tumor statistics, 2021. CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. 71(5). 381–406. 656 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cioffi, Gino, Nirav Patil, Kristin Waite, et al.. (2021). Importance of the intersection of age and sex to understand variation in incidence and survival for primary malignant gliomas. Neuro-Oncology. 24(2). 302–310. 50 indexed citations
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Hodges, Tiffany R., Collin M. Labak, Uma V. Mahajan, et al.. (2021). Impact of race on care, readmissions, and survival for patients with glioblastoma: an analysis of the National Cancer Database. Neuro-Oncology Advances. 3(1). vdab040–vdab040. 17 indexed citations
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Forjaz, Gonçalo, Jill S. Barnholtz‐Sloan, Carol Kruchko, et al.. (2020). An updated histology recode for the analysis of primary malignant and nonmalignant brain and other central nervous system tumors in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program. Neuro-Oncology Advances. 3(1). vdaa175–vdaa175. 24 indexed citations
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Patil, Nirav, Michael E. Kelly, D.N. Yeboa, et al.. (2020). Epidemiology of brainstem high-grade gliomas in children and adolescents in the United States, 2000-2017. Neuro-Oncology. 23(6). 990–998. 30 indexed citations
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Amidei, Christina, Rosemary Cashman, Carol Kruchko, et al.. (2020). The brain tumor not-for-profit and charity experience of COVID-19: reacting and adjusting to an unprecedented global pandemic in the 21st century. Neuro-Oncology Advances. 3(1). vdaa166–vdaa166. 6 indexed citations
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Li, Xiangrong, Carol Kruchko, Xiao‐Cheng Wu, et al.. (2016). Are Benign and Borderline Brain Tumors Underreported?. PubMed. 43(4). 187–94. 19 indexed citations

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