Francesco Lasorsa

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 881 citations indexed

About

Francesco Lasorsa is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesco Lasorsa has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 881 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 17 papers in Surgery and 9 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Francesco Lasorsa's work include Renal cell carcinoma treatment (15 papers), Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments (7 papers) and Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (6 papers). Francesco Lasorsa is often cited by papers focused on Renal cell carcinoma treatment (15 papers), Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments (7 papers) and Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (6 papers). Francesco Lasorsa collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Romania. Francesco Lasorsa's co-authors include Giuseppe Lucarelli, Pasquale Ditonno, Monica Rutigliano, Michele Battaglia, Matteo Ferro, Savio Domenico Pandolfo, Martina Milella, Felice Crocetto, Nicola Antonio di Meo and Riccardo Autorino and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Urology and Cells.

In The Last Decade

Francesco Lasorsa

41 papers receiving 873 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.

Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Renal Cell Carcinoma: Molecular Basis and Rationale for Their Use in Clinical Practice

2023 81 citations Francesco Lasorsa, Nicola Antonio di Meo et al. Biomedicines profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francesco Lasorsa Italy	15	562	470	263	151	118	45	881
B Torsello Italy	11	281 0.5×	350 0.7×	177 0.7×	69 0.5×	119 1.0×	19	612
Charis Kalogirou Germany	14	229 0.4×	341 0.7×	324 1.2×	122 0.8×	100 0.8×	54	654
Pier Vitale Nuzzo United States	16	500 0.9×	382 0.8×	298 1.1×	389 2.6×	109 0.9×	58	943
Jie‐Ying Liang China	12	483 0.9×	536 1.1×	518 2.0×	258 1.7×	71 0.6×	24	909
Woo Sun Kwon South Korea	16	271 0.5×	267 0.6×	128 0.5×	401 2.7×	89 0.8×	51	677
Jianqun Cai China	14	219 0.4×	435 0.9×	290 1.1×	146 1.0×	154 1.3×	25	768
Samanta Salvi Italy	18	491 0.9×	442 0.9×	551 2.1×	300 2.0×	149 1.3×	45	1.0k
Weifeng Hong China	15	263 0.5×	500 1.1×	364 1.4×	304 2.0×	71 0.6×	52	925
Jingwang Bi China	18	220 0.4×	619 1.3×	334 1.3×	321 2.1×	110 0.9×	27	989
Lisha Ying China	16	233 0.4×	322 0.7×	229 0.9×	371 2.5×	183 1.6×	46	788

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesco Lasorsa

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20 of 20 papers shown

Civita, Evelina La, Felice Crocetto, Francesco Lasorsa, et al.. (2025). FABP4-mediated ERK phosphorylation promotes renal cancer cell migration. BMC Cancer. 25(1). 575–575. 3 indexed citations

Tarantino, Giovanni, Ciro Imbimbo, Matteo Ferro, et al.. (2025). Which Surrogate Marker of Insulin Resistance Among Those Proposed in the Literature Better Predicts the Presence of Non-Metastatic Bladder Cancer?. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 14(8). 2636–2636. 1 indexed citations

Lasorsa, Francesco, et al.. (2025). Robot‐assisted MRI / US fusion transperineal prostate biopsy using the Biobot system: a single‐centre experience. British Journal of Urology. 136(1). 165–168. 1 indexed citations

Pandolfo, Savio Domenico, Simone Cilio, Achille Aveta, et al.. (2024). Upper Tract Urothelial Cancer: Guideline of Guidelines. Cancers. 16(6). 1115–1115. 18 indexed citations

Lambertini, Luca, Luca Morgantini, Donato Cannoletta, et al.. (2024). Extraperitoneal Single Port vs Transperitoneal Multiport Robot assisted radical prostatectomy in frail patients: A propensity score matched comparative analysis. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 50(12). 108741–108741. 7 indexed citations

Lasorsa, Francesco, Eugenio Bologna, Leslie Claire Licari, et al.. (2024). Living Donor Nephrectomy: Analysis of Trends and Outcomes From a Contemporary National Dataset. Urology. 195. 36–41. 1 indexed citations

Mirto, Benito Fabio, Biagio Barone, Raffaele Balsamo, et al.. (2024). Early and late post-procedural complications in different orthotopic neobladder surgical approaches: A systematic review. Surgical Oncology. 55. 102090–102090. 1 indexed citations

Franco, Antonio, Francesco Lasorsa, Christopher L. Coogan, et al.. (2024). Social determinants of health and surgical outcomes of minimally invasive radical prostatectomy: a national population-based study. Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases. 28(3). 767–772. 3 indexed citations

Spilotros, Marco, et al.. (2024). Sacral Neuromodulation: Device Improvement and Current Applications in Urology. Medicina. 60(3). 509–509. 6 indexed citations

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Lasorsa, Francesco, Monica Rutigliano, Martina Milella, et al.. (2024). Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury in Kidney Transplantation: Mechanisms and Potential Therapeutic Targets. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(8). 4332–4332. 20 indexed citations

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Milella, Martina, Monica Rutigliano, Francesco Lasorsa, et al.. (2024). The Role of MUC1 in Renal Cell Carcinoma. Biomolecules. 14(3). 315–315. 39 indexed citations

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Barone, Biagio, Vincenzo Caputo, Luigi Napolitano, et al.. (2024). The detection rate for prostate cancer in systematic and targeted prostate biopsy in biopsy‐naive patients, according to the localization of the lesion at the mpMRI: A single‐center retrospective observational study. The Prostate. 84(13). 1234–1243. 2 indexed citations

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Lasorsa, Francesco, Savio Domenico Pandolfo, Deepika Reddy, et al.. (2024). Focal Therapy for Prostate Cancer: Recent Advances and Insights. Current Oncology. 32(1). 15–15. 3 indexed citations

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Lasorsa, Francesco, Monica Rutigliano, Martina Milella, et al.. (2023). Cancer Stem Cells in Renal Cell Carcinoma: Origins and Biomarkers. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(17). 13179–13179. 35 indexed citations

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Ferro, Matteo, Bernardo Rocco, Martina Maggi, et al.. (2023). Beyond blood biomarkers: the role of SelectMDX in clinically significant prostate cancer identification. Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics. 23(12). 1061–1070. 6 indexed citations

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Ferro, Matteo, Gennaro Musi, Michele Marchioni, et al.. (2023). Radiogenomics in Renal Cancer Management—Current Evidence and Future Prospects. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(5). 4615–4615. 49 indexed citations

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Aveta, Achille, Simone Cilio, Roberto Contieri, et al.. (2023). Urinary Micro-RNAs As Biomarkers of Urological Cancers: A Systematic Review. Preprints.org. 36 indexed citations

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Aveta, Achille, Simone Cilio, Roberto Contieri, et al.. (2023). Urinary MicroRNAs as Biomarkers of Urological Cancers: A Systematic Review. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(13). 10846–10846. 50 indexed citations

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Lasorsa, Francesco, Nicola Antonio di Meo, Monica Rutigliano, et al.. (2023). Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Renal Cell Carcinoma: Molecular Basis and Rationale for Their Use in Clinical Practice. Biomedicines. 11(4). 1071–1071. 81 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lasorsa, Francesco, Nicola Antonio di Meo, Monica Rutigliano, et al.. (2023). Emerging Hallmarks of Metabolic Reprogramming in Prostate Cancer. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(2). 910–910. 33 indexed citations

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