Huw Thomas

13.1k citations

39 papers · 3.7k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 22

Oncology top 1%
Pathology and Forensic Medicine top 0.5%
Surgery top 5%
Genetics top 2%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine top 5%

Co-authors: Brian P. Saunders Lara Lipton Oliver M. Sieber Ian Tomlinson Malcolm G. Dunlop Shirley V. Hodgson Matthew D. Rutter Isis Dove‐Edwin
Topics: Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (27 papers)Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (17 papers)Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies (12 papers)
Cited by: Pathology and Forensic Medicine Oncology Cancer Research
Journals: New England Journal of Medicine Nature Communications Nature Genetics
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Netherlands

In The Last Decade

Huw Thomas

38 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Guidelines for colorectal cancer screening and surveillance in moderate and high risk groups (update from 2002)

2010 816 citations S R Cairns, J H Scholefield et al. Gut profile →
Multiple Colorectal Adenomas, Classic Adenomatous Polyposis, and Germ-Line Mutations inMYH

2003 596 citations Oliver M. Sieber, Lara Lipton et al. profile →
Guidelines for the management of hereditary colorectal cancer from the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG)/Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGBI)/United Kingdom Cancer Genetics Group (UKCGG)

2019 255 citations Kevin Monahan, Nicola Bradshaw et al. Gut profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Diagnostic yield of colonoscopy surveillance in Lynch syndrome 2025 ·Frontline Gastroenterology ·Stephanie Poo,(unknown),Jonathan D. Walton,Sarah C. Marshall,Huw Thomas,Andrew Latchford,Amanda J. Cross,Kevin Monahan	0
2	Germline de novo mutations in families with Mendelian cancer syndromes caused by defects in DNA repair 2023 ·Nature Communications ·Kitty Sherwood,(unknown),(unknown),Lynn Martin,Archie Campbell,Raheleh Rahbari,(unknown),Duncan Sproul,Andrew Green,Julian R. Sampson,Alan Donaldson,Kai‐Ren Ong,Karl Heinimann,Maartje Nielsen,Huw Thomas,Andrew Latchford,Claire Palles,Ian Tomlinson	7
3	Guidelines for the management of hereditary colorectal cancer from the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG)/Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGBI)/United Kingdom Cancer Genetics Group (UKCGG)breakdown → 2019 ·Gut ·Kevin Monahan,Nicola Bradshaw,Sunil Dolwani,Bianca DeSouza,Malcolm G. Dunlop,James E. East,Mohammad Ilyas,Asha Kaur,Fiona Lalloo,Andrew Latchford,Matthew D. Rutter,Ian Tomlinson,Huw Thomas,James Hill	255
4	Common colorectal cancer risk alleles contribute to the multiple colorectal adenoma phenotype, but do not influence colonic polyposis in FAP 2014 ·European Journal of Human Genetics ·(unknown),Timothy Cheng,(unknown),Maggie Gorman,Lynn Martin,Ella Barclay,Graham Casey,Brian P. Saunders,Huw Thomas,Sue Clark,Ian Tomlinson	14
5	Differences in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Phenotype between South Asians and Northern Europeans Living in North West London, UK 2011 ·The American Journal of Gastroenterology ·David G. Walker,Horace R. Williams,(unknown),Joel Mawdsley,Jayantha Arnold,(unknown),Huw Thomas,Julian Teare,Ailsa Hart,Maxton Pitcher,Julian R.F. Walters,Sara E. Marshall,Timothy R. Orchard	51
6	Guidelines for colorectal cancer screening and surveillance in moderate and high risk groups (update from 2002)breakdown → 2010 ·Gut ·S R Cairns,J H Scholefield,R. Steele,Malcolm G. Dunlop,Huw Thomas,D. Gareth Evans,Jayne Eaden,Matthew D. Rutter,(unknown),Brian P. Saunders,Anneke Lucassen,P Jenkins,P D Fairclough,Christopher R.J. Woodhouse	816
7	Narrow band imaging with magnification for the characterization of small and diminutive colonic polyps: pit pattern and vascular pattern intensity 2008 ·Endoscopy ·James E. East,(unknown),Paul Bassett,(unknown),Huw Thomas,Thomas Guenther,Paris Tekkis,(unknown)	100
8	Smooth-muscle myosin mutations in hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer syndrome 2008 ·British Journal of Cancer ·Nicola Vickaryous,Guadalupe Polanco‐Echeverry,(unknown),Nirosha Suraweera,Huw Thomas,(unknown),A. Silver	14
9	Narrow band imaging for colonoscopic surveillance in hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer 2007 ·Gut ·James E. East,Noriko Suzuki,(unknown),Thomas Guenther,Huw Thomas,Brian P. Saunders	146
10	Investigation of pathogenic mechanisms in multiple colorectal adenoma patients without germline APC or MYH/MUTYH mutations 2007 ·British Journal of Cancer ·(unknown),Kimberley Howarth,Stefania Segditsas,Germano Guerra,Huw Thomas,R K S Phillips,I C Talbot,Maggie Gorman,Marco Novelli,Oliver M. Sieber,Ian Tomlinson	23
11	Prevention of colorectal cancer by colonoscopic surveillance in individuals with a family history of colorectal cancer: 16 year, prospective, follow-up study 2005 ·BMJ ·Isis Dove‐Edwin,Peter Sasieni,(unknown),Huw Thomas	158
12	Evidence for an Association between Compound Heterozygosity for Germ Line Mutations in the Hemochromatosis (HFE) Gene and Increased Risk of Colorectal Cancer 2005 ·Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention ·James P. Robinson,Victoria Johnson,Pauline Rogers,Richard S. Houlston,(unknown),D. Timothy Bishop,D. Gareth Evans,Huw Thomas,Ian Tomlinson,Andrew Silver	22
13	Germline Mutations but Not Somatic Changes at the MYH Locus Contribute to the Pathogenesis of Unselected Colorectal Cancers 2003 ·American Journal Of Pathology ·Sarah Halford,Andrew Rowan,Lara Lipton,Oliver M. Sieber,Kevin Pack,Huw Thomas,Shirley V. Hodgson,Walter F. Bodmer,Ian Tomlinson	102
14	Contribution of the CHEK2 1100delC variant to risk of multiple colorectal adenoma and carcinoma 2003 ·Cancer Letters ·Lara Lipton,Christina Fleischmann,Oliver M. Sieber,Huw Thomas,Shirley V. Hodgson,Ian Tomlinson,Richard S. Houlston	23
15	Total colonic dye-spray increases the detection of diminutive adenomas during routine colonoscopy: A randomized controlled trial 2002 ·Gastrointestinal Endoscopy ·Jim C. Brooker,Brian P. Saunders,Syed G. Shah,Catherine Thapar,Huw Thomas,Wendy Atkin,Chris R. Cardwell,Christopher B. Williams	205
16	The outcome of endometrial carcinoma surveillance by ultrasound scan in women at risk of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal carcinoma and familial colorectal carcinoma 2002 ·Cancer ·Isis Dove‐Edwin,(unknown),Sheila Goff,Gemma G. Kenter,R Carpenter,Hans F. A. Vasen,Huw Thomas	147
17	Inherited susceptibility to colorectal adenomas and carcinomas: Evidence for a new predisposition gene on 15q14-q22 1999 ·Gastroenterology ·(unknown),Nazneen Rahman,Ian M. Frayling,Jon Mangion,Rita Barfoot,Rifat Hamoudi,(unknown),John Northover,Huw Thomas,Kay Neale,(unknown),Ian Talbot,Richard S. Houlston,Michael R. Stratton	81
18	A Long-Range Restriction Map of Human Chromosome 5q21-q23 1993 ·Genomics ·(unknown),Sally Cottrell,Huw Thomas,T. Alwyn Jones,(unknown),Garret M. Hampton,(unknown),Denise Sheer,Walter F. Bodmer,Ellen Solomon,Anna-Maria Frischauf	5
19	Genetic analysis of colorectal cancer. 1989 ·PubMed ·Walter F. Bodmer,S Cottrell,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),E. Solomon,Huw Thomas,Liliana Varesco	10
20	A study of the use of intravenous cannulas for medical emergencies in Newham--implications for financial savings 1987 ·Postgraduate Medical Journal ·(unknown),Huw Thomas,Christen Barras,Peter Kopelman	4

About Huw Thomas

Huw Thomas is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Oncology and Surgery, having authored 39 papers that have together received 3.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (27 papers), Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (17 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Pathology and Forensic Medicine (2.1k citations), Oncology (2.2k citations) and Cancer Research (571 citations). Huw Thomas has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Brian P. Saunders, Lara Lipton, Oliver M. Sieber, Ian Tomlinson, Malcolm G. Dunlop, Shirley V. Hodgson, Matthew D. Rutter, Isis Dove‐Edwin, James E. East and D. Gareth Evans. Their work appears in journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Nature Communications and Nature Genetics.

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