Deanna J. Attai

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Deanna J. Attai is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Cancer Research and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Deanna J. Attai has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in General Health Professions, 20 papers in Cancer Research and 18 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Deanna J. Attai's work include Breast Cancer Treatment Studies (20 papers), Social Media in Health Education (17 papers) and Health Literacy and Information Accessibility (14 papers). Deanna J. Attai is often cited by papers focused on Breast Cancer Treatment Studies (20 papers), Social Media in Health Education (17 papers) and Health Literacy and Information Accessibility (14 papers). Deanna J. Attai collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Deanna J. Attai's co-authors include Alicia C. Staley, Jeffrey Landercasper, Michael S. Cowher, Mohammed Al-Hamadani, Maggie L. DiNome, Don S. Dizon, Jennifer L. Baker, Matthew S. Katz, Carlie K. Thompson and Minna K. Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Cancer.

In The Last Decade

Deanna J. Attai

55 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Twitter Social Media is an Effective Tool for Breast Cancer Patient Education and Support: Patient-Reported Outcomes by Survey

2015 268 citations Deanna J. Attai, Michael S. Cowher et al. Journal of Medical Internet Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Deanna J. Attai United States	22	490	476	325	317	262	58	1.3k
Alicia C. Staley United States	10	246 0.5×	205 0.4×	282 0.9×	190 0.6×	169 0.6×	13	762
Grace Clarke Hillyer United States	27	418 0.9×	381 0.8×	618 1.9×	165 0.5×	128 0.5×	114	2.4k
Merry Jennifer Markham United States	20	304 0.6×	183 0.4×	420 1.3×	69 0.2×	120 0.5×	103	1.3k
Gem M. Le United States	22	262 0.5×	149 0.3×	377 1.2×	110 0.3×	88 0.3×	44	1.1k
Alexandra J. Greenberg United States	20	432 0.9×	175 0.4×	347 1.1×	52 0.2×	54 0.2×	58	1.6k
Ingrid J. Hall United States	26	384 0.8×	131 0.3×	1.3k 3.9×	195 0.6×	184 0.7×	93	2.2k
Sun Hee Rim United States	22	240 0.5×	88 0.2×	853 2.6×	100 0.3×	136 0.5×	57	1.6k
Yanni Hao United States	19	168 0.3×	114 0.2×	440 1.4×	251 0.8×	80 0.3×	89	1.5k
Robert Sage Australia	21	88 0.2×	254 0.5×	568 1.7×	188 0.6×	123 0.5×	68	1.8k
Dinorah Martinez Tyson United States	18	245 0.5×	156 0.3×	387 1.2×	43 0.1×	40 0.2×	57	1.2k

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Gresham, Gillian, Michael Luu, N. Lynn Henry, et al.. (2025). Clinician and Patient Perspectives on a Patient-Facing Online Breast Cancer Symptom Visualization Tool. JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics. 9(9). e2400109–e2400109. 1 indexed citations

Ye, Linda, Dennis Rünger, Joseph Hadaya, et al.. (2022). Higher risk tumor features are not associated with higher nodal stage in patients with estrogen receptor-positive, node-positive breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 193(2). 429–436. 1 indexed citations

Utengen, Audun, Deanna J. Attai, Emily K. Drake, et al.. (2022). Social Media and Professional Development for Oncology Professionals. JCO Oncology Practice. 18(8). 566–571. 10 indexed citations

Dobaria, Vishal, Deanna J. Attai, Jennifer L. Baker, et al.. (2021). National trends and predictors of mastectomy with immediate breast reconstruction. The American Journal of Surgery. 222(4). 773–779. 23 indexed citations

Baker, Jennifer L., Amy M. Kusske, Carlie K. Thompson, et al.. (2021). SAVI SCOUT® localization of metastatic axillary lymph node prior to neoadjuvant chemotherapy for targeted axillary dissection: a pilot study. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 191(1). 107–114. 24 indexed citations

Yao, Katharine, Deanna J. Attai, Richard J. Bleicher, et al.. (2021). Covid-19 related oncologist’s concerns about breast cancer treatment delays and physician well-being (the CROWN study). Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 186(3). 625–635. 15 indexed citations

Lee, Minna K., Yas Sanaiha, Amy M. Kusske, et al.. (2020). A comparison of two non-radioactive alternatives to wire for the localization of non-palpable breast cancers. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 182(2). 299–303. 28 indexed citations

Shimkhada, Riti, et al.. (2020). Using a Twitter Chat to Rapidly Identify Barriers and Policy Solutions for Metastatic Breast Cancer Care: Qualitative Study. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 7(1). e23178–e23178. 23 indexed citations

Ye, Linda, Dennis Rünger, Joseph Hadaya, et al.. (2020). Assessing the Burden of Nodal Disease for Breast Cancer Patients with Clinically Positive Nodes: Hope for More Limited Axillary Surgery. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 28(5). 2609–2618. 10 indexed citations

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Staley, Alicia C., et al.. (2020). A History of #BCSM and Insights for Patient-Centered Online Interaction and Engagement. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(4). 304–312. 11 indexed citations

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Thompson, Carlie K., Deanna J. Attai, Jennifer L. Baker, et al.. (2020). National Trends in Immediate Breast Reconstruction: An Analysis of Implant-Based Versus Autologous Reconstruction After Mastectomy. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 27(12). 4777–4785. 34 indexed citations

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Berry, Leonard L., Deanna J. Attai, Debra L. Scammon, & Rana Awdish. (2020). When the Aims and the Ends of Health Care Misalign. Journal of Service Research. 25(1). 160–184. 26 indexed citations

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DiNome, Maggie L., et al.. (2019). Microchipping the breast: an effective new technology for localizing non-palpable breast lesions for surgery. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 175(1). 165–170. 33 indexed citations

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Hegde, John V., Xiaoyan Wang, Deanna J. Attai, et al.. (2017). Assessing the Effect of Lifetime Contralateral Breast Cancer Risk on the Selection of Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy for Unilateral Breast Cancer. Clinical Breast Cancer. 18(2). e205–e218. 6 indexed citations

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Radford, Diane M., Alicia C. Staley, Jeffrey Landercasper, et al.. (2017). What do social media-savvy cancer survivors tell us about the completeness of survivorship care plans?. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 35(15_suppl). 10063–10063.

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Wagner, Justin P., Amalia Cochran, Christian Jones, et al.. (2017). Professional Use of Social Media Among Surgeons: Results of a Multi-Institutional Study. Journal of surgical education. 75(3). 804–810. 44 indexed citations

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Yashar, Catheryn M., Deanna J. Attai, E. Brian Butler, et al.. (2016). Strut-based accelerated partial breast irradiation: Report of treatment results for 250 consecutive patients at 5 years from a multicenter retrospective study. Brachytherapy. 15(6). 780–787. 21 indexed citations

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Attai, Deanna J., Diane M. Radford, & Michael S. Cowher. (2016). Tweeting the Meeting: Twitter Use at The American Society of Breast Surgeons Annual Meeting 2013–2016. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 23(10). 3418–3422. 46 indexed citations

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Attai, Deanna J.. (2016). What Are We Missing?. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 23(10). 3088–3092. 2 indexed citations

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Attai, Deanna J., et al.. (2015). Twitter Social Media is an Effective Tool for Breast Cancer Patient Education and Support: Patient-Reported Outcomes by Survey. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 17(7). e188–e188. 268 indexed citations breakdown →

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