Esther M. John

76.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
464 papers, 20.6k citations indexed

About

Esther M. John is a scholar working on Oncology, Genetics and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Esther M. John has authored 464 papers receiving a total of 20.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 206 papers in Oncology, 163 papers in Genetics and 89 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Esther M. John's work include BRCA gene mutations in cancer (116 papers), Cancer Risks and Factors (99 papers) and Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (65 papers). Esther M. John is often cited by papers focused on BRCA gene mutations in cancer (116 papers), Cancer Risks and Factors (99 papers) and Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (65 papers). Esther M. John collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Esther M. John's co-authors include Marilie D. Gammon, Jocelyn Koo, Jennifer L. Kelsey, Alice S. Whittemore, Steven A. Narod, David A. Savitz, Barry P. Rosen, Dee W. West, Harvey A. Risch and Gary G. Schwartz and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, JAMA and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Esther M. John

447 papers receiving 19.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Reproductive Factors and Breast Cancer

1993 1.1k citations Esther M. John et al. profile →
Lapatinib Combined With Letrozole Versus Letrozole and Placebo As First-Line Therapy for Postmenopausal Hormone Receptor–Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer

2009 766 citations Esther M. John, Michael F. Press et al. profile →
Prevalence and Penetrance of Germline BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations in a Population Series of 649 Women with Ovarian Cancer

2001 730 citations Esther M. John et al. profile →
CASE-CONTROL STUDY OF CHILDHOOD CANCER AND EXPOSURE TO 60-HZ MAGNETIC FIELDS

1988 567 citations Esther M. John et al. profile →
Prostate Cancer in Relation to Diet, Physical Activity, and Body Size in Blacks, Whites, and Asians in the United States and Canada

1995 500 citations Alice S. Whittemore, Anna H. Wu et al. profile →

Peers

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Citations

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Esther M. John

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Breast Cancer Risk Modification in Women with Pathogenic Variants in BRCA1 , BRCA2 , ATM , CHEK2 , and PALB2 2025 ·Cancer Research Communications ·Allison W. Kurian, Elisha Hughes, Ryan Bernhisel, (unknown), Eric C. Polley, Siddhartha Yadav, Chunling Hu, Jennifer L. Caswell‐Jin, Esther M. John, Aladdin H. Shadyab, Rowan T. Chlebowski, Rami Nassir, Peter Kraft, Marcia L. Stefanick, Fergus J. Couch	0
2	Changes in Breast Cancer Risk and Risk Factor Profiles among U.S.-Born and Immigrant Asian American Women Residing in the San Francisco Bay Area 2023 ·Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention ·Esther M. John, Jocelyn Koo, Sue A. Ingles, Allison W. Kurian, Lisa M. Hines	3
3	Diet Quality and All-Cause Mortality in Women with Breast Cancer from the Breast Cancer Family Registry 2023 ·Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention ·Danielle E. Haslam, Esther M. John, Julia A. Knight, (unknown), Saundra S. Buys, Irene L. Andrulis, Mary B. Daly, Jeanine M. Genkinger, Mary Beth Terry, Fang Fang Zhang	4
4	Overall survival is the lowest among young women with postpartum breast cancer 2022 ·European Journal of Cancer ·Elena Shagisultanova, Dexiang Gao, Eryn Callihan, (unknown), Betsy Risendal, Lisa M. Hines, Martha L. Slattery, Kathy B. Baumgartner, Pepper Schedin, Esther M. John, Virginia F. Borges	13
5	High-Efficiency Quantum Dot Lasers as Comb Sources for DWDM Applications 2022 ·Applied Sciences ·Mario Dumont, (unknown), Esther M. John, John E. Bowers	19
6	Identification of Novel Susceptibility Loci and Genes for Prostate Cancer Risk: A Transcriptome-Wide Association Study in Over 140,000 European Descendants 2019 ·Cancer Research ·Lang Wu, Jifeng Wang, Qiuyin Cai, Taylor B. Cavazos, Nima C. Emami, Jirong Long, Xiao‐Ou Shu, Yingchang Lu, Xingyi Guo, Joshua A. Bauer, Bogdan Paşaniuc, Kathryn L. Penney, Matthew L. Freedman, Zsofia Kote‐Jarai, Esther M. John, Christopher A. Haiman, Rosalind A. Eeles, Wei Zheng	37
7	Reproductive history, breast‐feeding and risk of triple negative breast cancer: The Breast Cancer Etiology in Minorities (BEM) study 2018 ·International Journal of Cancer ·Esther M. John, Lisa M. Hines, Amanda I. Phipps, Jocelyn Koo, Teri A. Longacre, Sue A. Ingles, Kathy B. Baumgartner, Martha L. Slattery, Anna H. Wu	54
8	Non-invasive optical spectroscopic monitoring of breast development during puberty 2017 ·Breast Cancer Research ·Lothar Lilge, Mary Beth Terry, (unknown), Dushanthi Pinnaduwage, Gord Glendon, Danielle Hanna, (unknown), Angela R. Bradbury, Saundra S. Buys, Mary B. Daly, Esther M. John, Julia A. Knight, Irene L. Andrulis	8
9	The Effect of Patient and Contextual Characteristics on Racial/Ethnic Disparity in Breast Cancer Mortality 2016 ·Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention ·Richard Sposto, Theresa H.M. Keegan, Cheryl Vigen, Marilyn L. Kwan, Leslie Bernstein, Esther M. John, Iona Cheng, Juan Yang, Jocelyn Koo, Allison W. Kurian, Bette J. Caan, Yani Lu, Kristine R. Monroe, Salma Shariff‐Marco, Scarlett Lin Gomez, Anna H. Wu	22
10	The Interaction between Genetic Ancestry and Breast Cancer Risk Factors among Hispanic Women: The Breast Cancer Health Disparities Study 2016 ·Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention ·Lisa M. Hines, Rebecca L. Sedjo, Tim Byers, Esther M. John, Laura Fejerman, Mariana C. Stern, Kathy B. Baumgartner, Anna R. Giuliano, Gabriela Torres-Mejı́a, Roger K. Wolff, Kylie K. Harrall, Martha L. Slattery	18
11	Contribution of the Neighborhood Environment and Obesity to Breast Cancer Survival: The California Breast Cancer Survivorship Consortium 2015 ·Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention ·Iona Cheng, Salma Shariff‐Marco, Jocelyn Koo, Kristine R. Monroe, Juan Yang, Esther M. John, Allison W. Kurian, Marilyn L. Kwan, Brian E. Henderson, Leslie Bernstein, Yani Lu, Richard Sposto, Cheryl Vigen, Anna H. Wu, Scarlett Lin Gomez, Theresa H.M. Keegan	27
12	Interaction between Common Breast Cancer Susceptibility Variants, Genetic Ancestry, and Nongenetic Risk Factors in Hispanic Women 2015 ·Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention ·Laura Fejerman, Mariana C. Stern, Esther M. John, Gabriela Torres-Mejı́a, Lisa M. Hines, Roger K. Wolff, Kathy B. Baumgartner, Anna R. Giuliano, Elad Ziv, Eliseo J. Pérez‐Stable, Martha L. Slattery	17
13	Overall and Abdominal Adiposity and Premenopausal Breast Cancer Risk among Hispanic Women: The Breast Cancer Health Disparities Study 2014 ·Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention ·Esther M. John, Meera Sangaramoorthy, Lisa M. Hines, Mariana C. Stern, Kathy B. Baumgartner, Anna R. Giuliano, Roger K. Wolff, Martha L. Slattery	29
14	Body Size Throughout Adult Life Influences Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Risk among Hispanic Women: The Breast Cancer Health Disparities Study 2014 ·Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention ·Esther M. John, Meera Sangaramoorthy, Lisa M. Hines, Mariana C. Stern, Kathy B. Baumgartner, Anna R. Giuliano, Roger K. Wolff, Martha L. Slattery	17
15	Risk of Pancreatic Cancer in Breast Cancer Families from the Breast Cancer Family Registry 2013 ·Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention ·Evelina Mocci, Roger L. Milne, (unknown), John L. Hopper, Esther M. John, Irene L. Andrulis, Wendy K. Chung, Mary B. Daly, Saundra S. Buys, Núria Malats, David E. Goldgar	61
16	An Admixture Scan in 1,484 African American Women with Breast Cancer 2009 ·Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention ·Laura Fejerman, Christopher A. Haiman, David Reich, Arti Tandon, Rahul C. Deo, Esther M. John, Sue A. Ingles, Christine B. Ambrosone, Dana H. Bovbjerg, Lina Jandorf, (unknown), Gregory Ciupak, Alice S. Whittemore, Michael F. Press, Giske Ursin, Leslie Bernstein, Scott Huntsman, Brian E. Henderson, Elad Ziv, Matthew L. Freedman	42
17	High Frequency of Hereditary Colorectal Cancer in Newfoundland Likely Involves Novel Susceptibility Genes 2005 ·Clinical Cancer Research ·Michael O. Woods, (unknown), (unknown), Susan Stuckless, Jane S. Green, Aaron Pollett, J. Desmond Robb, Roger C. Green, Marina E. Croitoru, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Esther M. John, Steven Gallinger, H. Banfield Younghusband, Bharati Bapat, Patrick S. Parfrey	45
18	Colorectal 13–22 2004 ·British journal of surgery ·F. M. Smith, John Calvin Coffey, Nollaig A. Parfrey, (unknown), (unknown), Michael T. Walsh, (unknown), R. B. Stephens, Esther M. John, W. O. Kirwan, H. P. Redmond, (unknown), Robert Freeman	1
19	Comparative Analysis of Breast Cancer Contamination in Mobilized and Nonmobilized Hematopoietic Grafts 1996 ·Journal of Hematotherapy ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), José Luís Passos‐Coelho, John M. Davis, A M Huelskamp, Stephen J. Noga, Nancy E. Davidson, Esther M. John, Brenda Cooper, S L Gerson, H M Lazarus, Kent Holland, Stefan Glück, TJ Moss, (unknown), Linda T. Vahdat, Karen H. Antman	11
20	Large-Volume Leukapheresis Using Regional Citrate Anticoagulation to Collect Peripheral Blood Progenitor Cells 1995 ·Journal of Hematotherapy ·José Luís Passos‐Coelho, H. Braine, Susan Wright, Janice M. Davis, K G Schepers, A M Huelskamp, (unknown), Stephen J. Noga, Esther M. John	43

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