Franco Sasso

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Franco Sasso is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Franco Sasso has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Epidemiology and 6 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Franco Sasso's work include Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (6 papers), Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism (3 papers) and Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (3 papers). Franco Sasso is often cited by papers focused on Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (6 papers), Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism (3 papers) and Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (3 papers). Franco Sasso collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Croatia and Slovenia. Franco Sasso's co-authors include Claudio Tiribelli, Lory Saveria Crocè, Stefano Bellentani, Gioconda Saccoccio, Flora Masutti, Giovanni Brandi, Gabriele Pozzato, Flavio Manenti, Nives Jonjić and Toni Valković and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of Internal Medicine, Gut and The Journal of Urology.

In The Last Decade

Franco Sasso

20 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Hepatic Steatosis in Northern Italy

2000 1.0k citations Stefano Bellentani, Gioconda Saccoccio et al. Annals of Internal Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Franco Sasso Italy	11	1.4k	729	676	608	338	20	2.1k
Axel Balian France	21	1.1k 0.7×	503 0.7×	298 0.4×	485 0.8×	310 0.9×	41	1.9k
Julia C. Iezzoni United States	22	1.9k 1.3×	396 0.5×	774 1.1×	945 1.6×	190 0.6×	43	2.8k
Tomoaki Nakajima Japan	13	1.5k 1.1×	366 0.5×	783 1.2×	630 1.0×	118 0.3×	32	2.0k
George A. Bannayan United States	17	1.2k 0.9×	323 0.4×	801 1.2×	332 0.5×	138 0.4×	27	2.1k
Ezio David Italy	23	2.4k 1.7×	249 0.3×	767 1.1×	1.5k 2.4×	154 0.5×	54	3.1k
Paul C.L. Choi Hong Kong	14	1.1k 0.8×	176 0.2×	323 0.5×	652 1.1×	106 0.3×	33	1.6k
Amitabh Suman United States	17	1.1k 0.8×	197 0.3×	520 0.8×	633 1.0×	212 0.6×	27	1.7k
Paolo De Paolis Italy	12	1.1k 0.8×	182 0.2×	420 0.6×	523 0.9×	225 0.7×	53	1.6k
Katharina Staufer Austria	24	1.0k 0.7×	326 0.4×	163 0.2×	966 1.6×	253 0.7×	56	1.9k
Kota Fujii Japan	11	1.4k 1.0×	358 0.5×	766 1.1×	506 0.8×	103 0.3×	32	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Franco Sasso

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Franco Sasso

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Franco Sasso. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Franco Sasso 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 Franco Sasso. Franco Sasso is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Jonjić, Nives, et al.. (2006). Predicting Sentinel Lymph Node Metastases in Infiltrating Breast Carcinoma With Vascular Invasion. International Journal of Surgical Pathology. 14(4). 306–311. 8 indexed citations

Campa, Cristiana, et al.. (2004). Antihypertensive Treatment and Renal Damage. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology. 44(3). 401–406. 7 indexed citations

Mustacchi, Giorgio, Rita Ceccherini, Stefano Milani, et al.. (2003). Tamoxifen alone versus adjuvant tamoxifen for operable breast cancer of the elderly: long-term results of the phase III randomized controlled multicenter GRETA trial. Annals of Oncology. 14(3). 414–420. 146 indexed citations

Jonjić, Nives, Gordana Zamolo, Sanja Štifter, et al.. (2003). Cytomorphological variations, proliferation and angiogenesis in the prognosis of cutaneous melanoma. Clinical and Experimental Dermatology. 28(3). 310–314. 10 indexed citations

Tirelli, Giancarlo, et al.. (2003). Flow cytometry expression of p53 and PCNA in oral/oropharynx carcinomas and their lymph node metastases.. PubMed. 23(5b). 4127–32. 5 indexed citations

Tirelli, Giancarlo, et al.. (2002). Do Ki67, S-phase, S + G2M and DNA ploidy, evaluated by flow cytometry, reveal locoregional metastasis in oral cavity and oropharynx carcinomas?. Oncology Reports. 9(3). 575–80. 5 indexed citations

Sasso, Franco, et al.. (2002). Primary Synovial Sarcoma of the Penis. The Journal of Urology. 168(2). 633–633. 3 indexed citations

Valković, Toni, et al.. (2002). Valkovic, T. et al. Correlation between vascular endothelial growth factor, angiogenesis, and tumor-associated macrophages in invasive ductal breast carcinomas. Virchows Arch. 440, 583-588. 22 indexed citations

Valković, Toni, et al.. (2001). Correlation between vascular endothelial growth factor, angiogenesis, and tumor-associated macrophages in invasive ductal breast carcinoma. Archiv für Pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für Klinische Medicin. 440(6). 583–588. 133 indexed citations

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Bellentani, Stefano, Gioconda Saccoccio, Flora Masutti, et al.. (2000). Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Hepatic Steatosis in Northern Italy. Annals of Internal Medicine. 132(2). 112–117. 1022 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jonjić, Nives, Toni Valković, Ksenija Lučin, et al.. (1999). Comparison of microvessel density with tumor associated macrophages in invasive breast carcinoma.. PubMed. 18(5B). 3767–70. 18 indexed citations

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Marković, Saša, Eldar M. Gadžijev, Borut Štabuc, et al.. (1998). Treatment options in Western hepatocellular carcinoma: a prospective study of 224 patients. Journal of Hepatology. 29(4). 650–659. 36 indexed citations

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Jonjić, Nives, et al.. (1998). Epidermal growth factor-receptor expression correlates with tumor cell proliferation and prognosis in gastric cancer.. PubMed. 17(5B). 3883–8. 26 indexed citations

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Bellentani, Stefano, Gioconda Saccoccio, Claudio Tiribelli, et al.. (1997). Drinking habits as cofactors of risk for alcohol induced liver damage. Gut. 41(6). 845–850. 454 indexed citations

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Mazzaro, Cesare, Vittorina Zagonel, S. Monfardini, et al.. (1996). Hepatitis C virus and non‐Hodgkin's lymphomas. British Journal of Haematology. 94(3). 544–550. 146 indexed citations

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Mustać, Elvira, Mauro Melato, Franco Sasso, et al.. (1996). The lectin-binding sites for peanut agglutinin in invasive breast ductal carcinomas and their role as a prognostic factor. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology. 122(11). 693–697. 4 indexed citations

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Mazzaro, Cesare, Vittorina Zagonel, S. Monfardini, et al.. (1996). Hepatitis C virus and non-Hodgkins lymphoma. 5 indexed citations

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Pozzato, Gabriele, Michéle Moretti, Lory Saveria Crocè, et al.. (1995). Interferon therapy in chronic hepatitis C virus: Evidence of different outcome with respect to different viral strains. Journal of Medical Virology. 45(4). 445–450. 37 indexed citations

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Crocè, Lory Saveria, et al.. (1993). Strategies in the study of hepatocellular carcinoma worldwide. Journal of Surgical Oncology. 53(S3). 37–39. 2 indexed citations

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Melato, M., Franco Sasso, & Fabrizio Zanconati. (1993). Liver cirrhosis and liver cancer. A study of their relationship in 2562 autopsies. ArTS Archivio della ricerca di Trieste (University of Trieste https://www.units.it/). 139. 25–30. 1 indexed citations

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