Harold Lau

3.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
80 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Harold Lau is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology and Otorhinolaryngology. According to data from OpenAlex, Harold Lau has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 29 papers in Oncology and 28 papers in Otorhinolaryngology. Recurrent topics in Harold Lau's work include Head and Neck Cancer Studies (27 papers), Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (23 papers) and Cancer survivorship and care (16 papers). Harold Lau is often cited by papers focused on Head and Neck Cancer Studies (27 papers), Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (23 papers) and Cancer survivorship and care (16 papers). Harold Lau collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Japan. Harold Lau's co-authors include S. Nicole Culos‐Reed, L Capozzi, Margaret L. McNeely, John W. Robinson, Melanie R. Keats, Desirée Hao, Joseph C. Dort, Egidio Del Fabbro, Charles L. Loprinzi and Thomas J. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, Cancer and The Journal of Urology.

In The Last Decade

Harold Lau

76 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Management of Cancer Cachexia: ASCO Guideline

2020 373 citations Harold Lau et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →
Effect of Standard vs Dose-Escalated Radiation Therapy for Patients With Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer

2018 225 citations Jeff M. Michalski, Jennifer Moughan et al. profile →
Management of Salivary Gland Malignancy: ASCO Guideline

2021 206 citations J.L. Geiger, Nofisat Ismaila et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Harold Lau Canada	26	1.0k	904	657	557	540	80	2.6k
Matthew Parliament Canada	37	1.3k 1.3×	2.3k 2.6×	833 1.3×	667 1.2×	533 1.0×	107	4.5k
Claes Mercke Sweden	23	465 0.4×	742 0.8×	382 0.6×	554 1.0×	223 0.4×	81	1.6k
Kristopher Dennis Canada	23	930 0.9×	596 0.7×	1.7k 2.6×	116 0.2×	332 0.6×	114	2.7k
Jean‐Léon Lagrange France	27	602 0.6×	1.4k 1.6×	583 0.9×	47 0.1×	235 0.4×	75	2.7k
Mark Zafereo United States	41	1.6k 1.6×	942 1.0×	1.8k 2.7×	1.2k 2.2×	188 0.3×	192	4.9k
Élisabeth Luporsi France	28	749 0.7×	907 1.0×	862 1.3×	341 0.6×	55 0.1×	53	2.2k
Patricia Doornaert Netherlands	40	936 0.9×	2.1k 2.3×	1.4k 2.1×	3.0k 5.4×	715 1.3×	107	4.6k
Piotr Milecki Poland	22	1.7k 1.6×	1.3k 1.4×	430 0.7×	93 0.2×	100 0.2×	99	2.6k
Bjørn Henning Grønberg Norway	27	1.2k 1.2×	1.3k 1.5×	245 0.4×	59 0.1×	709 1.3×	111	3.1k
Roland Perfekt Sweden	16	266 0.3×	416 0.5×	214 0.3×	126 0.2×	161 0.3×	29	1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Harold Lau

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Fields of papers citing papers by Harold Lau

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Harold Lau

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Harold Lau. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Harold Lau 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 Harold Lau. Harold Lau 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

Lau, Harold, Fabian Weykamp, Sebastian Regnery, et al.. (2025). Prospective planning comparison of magnetic resonance-guided vs. internal target volume-based stereotactic body radiotherapy of hepatic metastases – Which patients do really benefit from an MR-linac?. Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology. 52. 100941–100941.

McNeely, Margaret L., Shirin M. Shallwani, Christopher M. Sellar, et al.. (2025). Role of Qualified Exercise Professionals in Medical Clearance for Exercise: Alberta Cancer Exercise Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Study. Cancers. 17(17). 2873–2873.

McNeely, Margaret L., Shirin M. Shallwani, Christopher M. Sellar, et al.. (2025). Baseline Characteristics of Participants in the Alberta Cancer Exercise Hybrid Effectiveness–Implementation Study: A Wake-Up Call for Action. Cancers. 17(5). 772–772. 1 indexed citations

Wierzbicki, Marcin, Sameer Parpia, Vijayananda Kundapur, et al.. (2024). Toxicity in patients receiving radiotherapy for ultracentral stage I non-small cell lung cancer: A secondary analysis of the LUSTRE randomized trial. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 202. 110605–110605.

Michalski, Jeff M., Jennifer Moughan, James A. Purdy, et al.. (2023). Long-Term Outcomes of NRG/RTOG 0126, a Randomized Trial of High Dose (79.2 Gy) vs. Standard Dose (70.2 Gy) Radiation Therapy (RT) for Men with Localized Prostate Cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 117(2). S4–S5. 3 indexed citations

Lau, Harold, et al.. (2023). Advances in Irradiation Technology for Plant Disease Resistance: A Review. Agricultural Reviews. 1 indexed citations

McNeely, Margaret L., Christopher M. Sellar, Edith Pituskin, et al.. (2022). Feasibility of Implementing Cancer-Specific Community-Based Exercise Programming: A Multi-Centre Randomized Trial. Cancers. 14(11). 2737–2737. 7 indexed citations

Daun, Julia T., Rosie Twomey, Joseph C. Dort, et al.. (2022). A Qualitative Study of Patient and Healthcare Provider Perspectives on Building Multiphasic Exercise Prehabilitation into the Surgical Care Pathway for Head and Neck Cancer. Current Oncology. 29(8). 5942–5954. 15 indexed citations

Geiger, J.L., Nofisat Ismaila, Beth M. Beadle, et al.. (2021). Management of Salivary Gland Malignancy: ASCO Guideline. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 39(17). 1909–1941. 206 indexed citations breakdown →

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Huang, Kitty, Robyn Banerjee, Brock Debenham, et al.. (2021). Novel imaging classification system of nodal disease in human papillomavirus‐mediated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma prognostic of patient outcomes. Head & Neck. 43(6). 1854–1863. 3 indexed citations

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Ko, Jenny J., Jodi Siever, Desirée Hao, Richard J. Simpson, & Harold Lau. (2016). Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of Head and Neck: Clinical Predictors of Outcome from a Canadian Centre. Current Oncology. 23(1). 26–33. 49 indexed citations

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Taggar, Amandeep, J. Mackenzie, Haocheng Li, et al.. (2016). Survival was Significantly Better with Surgical/Medical/Radiation Co-interventions in a Single-Institution Practice Audit of Frameless Stereotactic Radiosurgery. Cureus. 8(5). e612–e612. 3 indexed citations

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Capozzi, L, et al.. (2014). A clinic-supported group exercise program for head and neck cancer survivors: managing cancer and treatment side effects to improve quality of life. Supportive Care in Cancer. 23(4). 1001–1007. 29 indexed citations

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Liu, Hongwei, et al.. (2013). The influence of target and patient characteristics on the volume obtained from cone beam CT in lung stereotactic body radiation therapy. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 106(3). 312–316. 17 indexed citations

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Liu, Hongwei, et al.. (2013). Factors influencing intrafractional target shifts in lung stereotactic body radiation therapy. Practical Radiation Oncology. 4(1). e45–e51. 7 indexed citations

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Dunscombe, Peter, Harold Lau, Paul Burns, et al.. (2013). The Effect of Contouring Variability on Dosimetric Parameters for Brain Metastases Treated With Stereotactic Radiosurgery. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 87(5). 924–931. 31 indexed citations

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Liu, Hongwei, et al.. (2012). Implementation of Lung Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy at a Regional Cancer Centre. Journal of medical imaging and radiation sciences. 43(4). 245–252. 1 indexed citations

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Brockton, Nigel T., Alexander C. Klimowicz, Pinaki Bose, et al.. (2012). High stromal carbonic anhydrase IX expression is associated with nodal metastasis and decreased survival in patients with surgically-treated oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma. Oral Oncology. 48(7). 615–622. 50 indexed citations

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Hao, Desirée, Harold Lau, Misha Eliasziw, et al.. (2011). Comparing ERCC1 protein expression, mRNA levels, and genotype in squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck treated with concurrent chemoradiation stratified by HPV status. Head & Neck. 34(6). 785–791. 16 indexed citations

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Robinson, John W., Bryan Donnelly, Jodi Siever, et al.. (2009). A randomized trial of external beam radiotherapy versus cryoablation in patients with localized prostate cancer. Cancer. 115(20). 4695–4704. 36 indexed citations

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