Deborah A. Kuban

20.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
272 papers, 14.9k citations indexed

About

Deborah A. Kuban is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Radiation and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Deborah A. Kuban has authored 272 papers receiving a total of 14.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 226 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 130 papers in Radiation and 47 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Deborah A. Kuban's work include Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (199 papers), Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research (164 papers) and Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (130 papers). Deborah A. Kuban is often cited by papers focused on Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (199 papers), Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research (164 papers) and Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (130 papers). Deborah A. Kuban collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Spain. Deborah A. Kuban's co-authors include Lei Dong, Alan Pollack, Andrew K. Lee, Eugene Huang, George Starkschall, Susan L. Tucker, Paul F. Schellhammer, Rex Cheung, Radhe Mohan and Howard M. Sandler and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Deborah A. Kuban

268 papers receiving 14.5k 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.

Quality of Life and Satisfaction with Outcome among Prostate-Cancer Survivors

2008 1.7k citations Jeff M. Michalski, Louis L. Pisters et al. profile →
Prostate cancer radiation dose response: results of the M. D. Anderson phase III randomized trial

2002 1.1k citations Alan Pollack, Eugene Huang et al. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics profile →
Long-Term Results of the M. D. Anderson Randomized Dose-Escalation Trial for Prostate Cancer

2007 938 citations Deborah A. Kuban, Susan L. Tucker et al. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics profile →
Predicting the Outcome of Salvage Radiation Therapy for Recurrent Prostate Cancer After Radical Prostatectomy

2007 633 citations Mitchell S. Anscher, Jeff M. Michalski et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →
Validation of an accelerated ‘demons’ algorithm for deformable image registration in radiation therapy

2005 473 citations Lei Dong, Radhe Mohan et al. profile →
Prostate Specific Antigen Best Practice Statement: 2009 Update

2009 390 citations Deborah A. Kuban et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Deborah A. Kuban	11.9k	7.3k	3.4k	2.0k	1.5k	272	14.9k
Jeff M. Michalski	11.8k 1.0×	7.4k 1.0×	4.8k 1.4×	2.2k 1.1×	1.9k 1.3×	373	15.7k
Mack Roach	12.7k 1.1×	7.1k 1.0×	3.8k 1.1×	2.3k 1.1×	1.7k 1.2×	374	16.2k
Steven A. Leibel	11.1k 0.9×	8.5k 1.2×	6.0k 1.7×	2.8k 1.4×	1.7k 1.1×	208	17.1k
Patrick A. Kupelian	10.1k 0.9×	7.9k 1.1×	4.6k 1.3×	1.6k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	342	13.8k
Gerald E. Hanks	13.9k 1.2×	6.6k 0.9×	3.3k 1.0×	3.9k 1.9×	2.2k 1.5×	393	19.4k
Juanita Crook	5.6k 0.5×	3.1k 0.4×	1.5k 0.4×	1.9k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	278	8.3k
Margie Hunt	8.1k 0.7×	8.2k 1.1×	4.4k 1.3×	1.9k 0.9×	815 0.5×	207	11.9k
Eric M. Horwitz	7.6k 0.6×	3.7k 0.5×	1.5k 0.4×	1.7k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	292	10.3k
Anthony V. D’Amico	13.2k 1.1×	2.4k 0.3×	1.8k 0.5×	2.6k 1.3×	2.4k 1.6×	361	16.4k
Mitchell S. Anscher	6.6k 0.6×	3.4k 0.5×	5.0k 1.4×	2.5k 1.2×	2.4k 1.6×	268	12.8k

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Hassanzadeh, Comron, Deborah A. Kuban, Roland L. Bassett, et al.. (2025). Hypofractionated, Dose-Escalated Radiation Versus Conventionally Fractionated Radiation for Localized Prostate Cancer: Long-Term Update of a Phase III, Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 43(18). 2044–2048.

Hassanzadeh, Comron, Osama Mohamad, Teresa L. Bruno, et al.. (2025). Early outcomes following local salvage treatment with MRI-assisted low-dose rate brachytherapy (MARS) for MRI-visible postsurgical bed recurrences and focal intraprostatic recurrences. Brachytherapy. 24(2). 231–237. 1 indexed citations

Hassanzadeh, Comron, Deborah A. Kuban, Roland L. Bassett, et al.. (2024). Hypofractionated, Dose-Escalated Radiation vs. Conventionally Fractionated Radiation for Localized Prostate Cancer: Long-Term Update of a Phase 3, Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 120(2). S56–S56. 1 indexed citations

Johnston, Patricia A., et al.. (2020). COVID-19 and Oncology: Operationalizing Best Practices Across Collaborative Health Systems. Clinical journal of oncology nursing. 24(4). 444–447. 3 indexed citations

Hoffman, Richard M., Robert J. Volk, Brian F. Chapin, et al.. (2019). Impact of Multidisciplinary Counseling on Awareness of Prostate Cancer Treatment Options. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 105(1). E442–E442. 1 indexed citations

Hoffman, Karen E., Khinh Ranh Voong, Lawrence B. Levy, et al.. (2018). Randomized Trial of Hypofractionated, Dose-Escalated, Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) Versus Conventionally Fractionated IMRT for Localized Prostate Cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 36(29). 2943–2949. 91 indexed citations

Le, Yen‐Chi L., Stephanie L. McFall, Theresa Byrd, et al.. (2016). Is “Active Surveillance” an Acceptable Alternative?: A Qualitative Study of Couples’ Decision Making about Early-Stage, Localized Prostate Cancer. Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics. 6(1). 51–61. 14 indexed citations

Hoffman, Karen E., Lawrence B. Levy, Andrew K. Lee, et al.. (2012). Is Androgen Deprivation Therapy Necessary in All Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer Patients Treated in the Dose Escalation Era?. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 85(3). 693–699. 41 indexed citations

Choi, Seungtaek, Teresa L. Bruno, Andrew K. Lee, et al.. (2011). Long-term tumor control after brachytherapy for base-of-prostate cancer. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Archambault, Louis, Tina M. Briere, Falk Pönisch, et al.. (2010). Toward a Real-Time In Vivo Dosimetry System Using Plastic Scintillation Detectors. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 78(1). 280–287. 79 indexed citations

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Tucker, S.L., Lei Dong, Walter Bosch, et al.. (2007). Fit of a Generalized Lyman Normal-Tissue Complication Probability (NTCP) Model to Grade ≥ 2 Late Rectal Toxicity Data From Patients Treated on Protocol RTOG 94-06. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 69(3). S8–S9. 27 indexed citations

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Crevoisier, R. de, A Melancon, Deborah A. Kuban, et al.. (2007). Changes in the Pelvic Anatomy After an IMRT Treatment Fraction of Prostate Cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 68(5). 1529–1536. 37 indexed citations

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Cheung, R., et al.. (2004). The dose response characteristics of low and intermediate risk prostate cancer treated with external beam radiotherapy. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 60. S451–S452. 1 indexed citations

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Cheung, Rex, Susan L. Tucker, Lei Dong, et al.. (2004). Characterization of rectal normal tissue complication probability after high-dose external beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 58(5). 1513–1519. 52 indexed citations

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Rosser, Charles J., Motoyoshi Tanaka, Louis L. Pisters, et al.. (2004). Adenoviral-mediated PTEN transgene expression sensitizes Bcl-2-expressing prostate cancer cells to radiation. Cancer Gene Therapy. 11(4). 273–279. 52 indexed citations

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Hung, Arthur, Larry Levy, & Deborah A. Kuban. (2002). Stage T1c Prostate Cancer. The Cancer Journal. 8(6). 440–444. 7 indexed citations

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Campbell, Timothy, John C. Blasko, E. David Crawford, et al.. (2001). Clinical staging of prostate cancer: Reproducibility and clarification of issues. International Journal of Cancer. 96(3). 198–209. 19 indexed citations

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Kuban, Deborah A., Anas M. El‐Mahdi, & Paul F. Schellhammer. (1995). Potential benefit of improved local tumor control in patients with prostate carcinoma. Cancer. 75(9). 2373–2382. 34 indexed citations

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Kuban, Deborah A., Anas M. El‐Mahdi, & Paul F. Schellhammer. (1989). Mortality in prostatic carcinoma. Urology. 33(1). 1–5. 8 indexed citations

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Kuban, Deborah A., Anas M. El‐Mahdi, & Paul F. Schellhammer. (1989). Prognosis in patients with local recurrence after definitive irradiation for prostatic carcinoma. Cancer. 63(12). 2421–2425. 35 indexed citations

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