Gunar K. Zagars

17.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
204 papers, 13.4k citations indexed

About

Gunar K. Zagars is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gunar K. Zagars has authored 204 papers receiving a total of 13.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 161 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 68 papers in Oncology and 67 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in Gunar K. Zagars's work include Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research (82 papers), Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (80 papers) and Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment (61 papers). Gunar K. Zagars is often cited by papers focused on Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research (82 papers), Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (80 papers) and Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment (61 papers). Gunar K. Zagars collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Gunar K. Zagars's co-authors include Alan Pollack, Andrew C. von Eschenbach, Matthew T. Ballo, Peter W. T. Pisters, Alan Pollack, John A. Antolak, Raphael E. Pollock, Robert S. Benjamin, Shreyaskumar Patel and Isaac Rosen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, Cancer and Annals of Surgery.

In The Last Decade

Gunar K. Zagars

202 papers receiving 13.0k 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.

Prostate cancer radiation dose response: results of the M. D. Anderson phase III randomized trial

2002 1.1k citations Alan Pollack, Gunar K. Zagars et al. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics profile →
Prognostic factors for patients with localized soft‐tissue sarcoma treated with conservation surgery and radiation therapy

2003 523 citations Gunar K. Zagars, Matthew T. Ballo et al. Cancer profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gunar K. Zagars United States	71	10.5k	3.7k	3.5k	2.9k	2.9k	204	13.4k
Thomas F. DeLaney United States	57	8.0k 0.8×	3.2k 0.8×	3.1k 0.9×	2.4k 0.8×	2.0k 0.7×	272	10.4k
Charles Catton Canada	63	10.9k 1.0×	3.6k 1.0×	4.7k 1.3×	4.3k 1.5×	3.0k 1.0×	328	14.3k
C. Le Péchoux France	50	9.1k 0.9×	1.7k 0.5×	5.9k 1.7×	1.2k 0.4×	1.2k 0.4×	281	11.6k
Nancy P. Mendenhall United States	55	3.5k 0.3×	807 0.2×	2.8k 0.8×	1.7k 0.6×	1.6k 0.6×	357	8.5k
Moody D. Wharam United States	53	5.8k 0.6×	1.9k 0.5×	2.4k 0.7×	2.1k 0.7×	334 0.1×	184	9.3k
Jürgen Dunst Germany	45	3.0k 0.3×	712 0.2×	1.8k 0.5×	2.4k 0.8×	863 0.3×	234	6.9k
Bernard Cummings Canada	52	3.3k 0.3×	790 0.2×	3.4k 1.0×	3.9k 1.3×	1.3k 0.4×	124	8.8k
John C. Breneman United States	41	4.6k 0.4×	1.1k 0.3×	1.6k 0.5×	1.4k 0.5×	586 0.2×	122	6.2k
Horst Zincke United States	90	22.0k 2.1×	3.9k 1.0×	4.6k 1.3×	8.9k 3.0×	727 0.3×	425	28.0k
Cornelis Verhoef Netherlands	53	3.1k 0.3×	1.0k 0.3×	6.1k 1.7×	3.3k 1.1×	501 0.2×	476	11.0k

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Guadagnolo, B. Ashleigh, Gunar K. Zagars, & Matthew T. Ballo. (2008). Long-Term Outcomes for Desmoid Tumors Treated With Radiation Therapy. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 71(2). 441–447. 106 indexed citations

Beadle, Beth M., B. Ashleigh Guadagnolo, Matthew T. Ballo, et al.. (2008). Radiation Treatment Field Delineation for Axillary Metastases from Malignant Melanoma. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 72(1). S105–S106. 1 indexed citations

Lev, Dina, Caimiao Wei, Matthew T. Ballo, et al.. (2007). Optimizing Treatment of Desmoid Tumors. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 25(13). 1785–1791. 201 indexed citations

Ballo, Matthew T., Gunar K. Zagars, Erich M. Sturgis, et al.. (2004). Melanoma metastatic to cervical lymph nodes: Can radiotherapy replace formal dissection after local excision of nodal disease. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 60. S256–S257. 2 indexed citations

Ballo, Matthew T., Gunar K. Zagars, Peter W. T. Pisters, et al.. (2001). SPERMATIC CORD SARCOMA:. The Journal of Urology. 1306–1310. 2 indexed citations

Storey, Mark R, Alan Pollack, Gunar K. Zagars, et al.. (2000). Complications from radiotherapy dose escalation in prostate cancer: preliminary results of a randomized trial. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 48(3). 635–642. 360 indexed citations

Liebross, Robert H., Alan Pollack, Scott P. Lankford, et al.. (1999). Transrectal ultrasound for staging prostate carcinoma prior to radiation therapy. Cancer. 85(7). 1577–1585. 1 indexed citations

Ballo, Matthew T., Gunar K. Zagars, & Alan Pollack. (1998). Radiation therapy in the management of desmoid tumors. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 42(5). 1007–1014. 122 indexed citations

Pollack, Alan, et al.. (1997). Retinoblastoma protein expression and radiation response in muscle-invasive bladder cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 39(3). 687–695. 27 indexed citations

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Lankford, Scott P., Alan Pollack, & Gunar K. Zagars. (1997). Prostate-specific antigen cancer volume: A significant prognostic factor in prostate cancer patients at intermediate risk of failing radiotherapy. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 38(2). 327–333. 11 indexed citations

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Pollack, Alan, et al.. (1997). Significance of downstaging in muscle-invasive bladder cancer treated with preoperative radiotherapy. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 37(1). 41–49. 8 indexed citations

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Pollack, Alan, Scott P. Lankford, Gunar K. Zagars, & R. Joseph Babaian. (1996). Prostate specific antigen density as a prognostic factor for patients with prostate carcinoma treated with radiotherapy. Cancer. 77(8). 1515–1523. 17 indexed citations

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Zagars, Gunar K., Alan Pollack, & Andrew C. von Eschenbach. (1995). Prostate cancer and radiation therapy—The message conveyed by serum prostate-specific antigen. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 33(1). 23–35. 81 indexed citations

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Geara, Fady, Gunar K. Zagars, & Alan Pollack. (1994). Influence of initial presentation on treatment outcome of clinically localized prostate cancer treated by definitive radiation therapy. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 30(2). 331–337. 4 indexed citations

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Zagars, Gunar K., Nicholas E. Sherman, & Richard J. Babaian. (1991). Prostate-Specific Antigen and External Beam Radiation Therapy in Prostate Cancer. Cancer. 67(2). 412–420. 80 indexed citations

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Zagars, Gunar K., Andrew C. von Eschenbach, Alberto G. Ayala, Timothy E. Schultheiss, & Nicholas E. Sherman. (1991). The influence of local control on metastatic dissemination of prostate cancer treated by external beam megavoltage radiation therapy. Cancer. 68(11). 2370–2377. 102 indexed citations

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Zagars, Gunar K., et al.. (1990). The role of serum prostatc acid phosphatase in the management of adenocarcinoma of the prostate with radiotherapy. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 19(6). 1383–1388. 7 indexed citations

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Zagars, Gunar K.. (1988). Seminoma with bulky abdominal disease. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 14(2). 395–397. 9 indexed citations

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Zagars, Gunar K., Douglas E. Johnson, Andrew C. von Eschenbach, & David H. Hussey. (1988). Adjuvant estrogen following radiation therapy for stage C adenocarcinoma of the prostate: Long-term results of a prospective randomized study. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 14(6). 1085–1091. 120 indexed citations

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Zagars, Gunar K., et al.. (1985). Misonidazole and hemibody irradiation in the palliation of widespread metastases. American Journal of Clinical Oncology. 8(4). 293–297. 4 indexed citations

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