Irene Yu

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 777 citations indexed

About

Irene Yu is a scholar working on Oncology, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Irene Yu has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 777 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Oncology, 9 papers in Surgery and 7 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Irene Yu's work include Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies (8 papers), Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (4 papers) and Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology (4 papers). Irene Yu is often cited by papers focused on Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies (8 papers), Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (4 papers) and Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology (4 papers). Irene Yu collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Japan. Irene Yu's co-authors include Ali H. Rajput, Joanne Trinh, Alex Rajput, Carles Vilariño‐Güell, Jan Aasly, Matthew J. Farrer, Chelsea Szu‐Tu, Mary Joy Encarnacion, Christina Thompson and A. Jon Stoessl and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism and International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics.

In The Last Decade

Irene Yu

27 papers receiving 765 citations

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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.

Alpha‐synuclein p.H50Q, a novel pathogenic mutation for Parkinson's disease

2013 502 citations Carles Vilariño‐Güell, Irene Yu et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Irene Yu Canada	12	468	213	206	158	116	29	777
Arsalan Ahmad Pakistan	11	190 0.4×	74 0.3×	71 0.3×	192 1.2×	27 0.2×	57	568
Sergey Kisselev United States	14	394 0.8×	124 0.6×	189 0.9×	177 1.1×	43 0.4×	17	772
Samir Makani United States	9	183 0.4×	99 0.5×	106 0.5×	97 0.6×	71 0.6×	24	546
Carolyn Goldschmidt United States	4	107 0.2×	38 0.2×	47 0.2×	164 1.0×	85 0.7×	9	773
Valeria Muzio Italy	15	61 0.1×	81 0.4×	86 0.4×	191 1.2×	174 1.5×	22	660
Aleksandra Rutkowska Poland	12	26 0.1×	54 0.3×	82 0.4×	175 1.1×	47 0.4×	22	439
Jacek Furtak Poland	14	74 0.2×	29 0.1×	27 0.1×	172 1.1×	51 0.4×	50	632
Ryoko Koike Japan	13	186 0.4×	62 0.3×	142 0.7×	161 1.0×	15 0.1×	35	444
Devon Conway United States	15	173 0.4×	17 0.1×	32 0.2×	153 1.0×	105 0.9×	63	822
Roy Kim United States	14	20 0.0×	35 0.2×	68 0.3×	255 1.6×	77 0.7×	31	724

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Irene Yu

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Nguyen, Anna‐Lisa V., et al.. (2025). Comparing virtual and in-person training for intracavernosal injection therapy in a multidisciplinary sexual health clinic within a prostate cancer survivorship program. Canadian Urological Association Journal. 19(9). E294–E300. 1 indexed citations

Titmuss, Emma, Irene Yu, Erin Pleasance, et al.. (2024). Exploration of Germline Correlates and Risk of Immune-Related Adverse Events in Advanced Cancer Patients Treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors. Current Oncology. 31(4). 1865–1875. 1 indexed citations

Yu, Irene, et al.. (2024). Outcomes of an opioid-free peri-operative protocol for colorectal surgery. 1(3-4). 100034–100034.

Yu, Irene, et al.. (2023). Immunotherapy: Recent Advances and Its Future as a Neoadjuvant, Adjuvant, and Primary Treatment in Colorectal Cancer. Cells. 12(2). 258–258. 22 indexed citations

Yu, Irene, Colleen McGahan, Diego Villa, et al.. (2022). The clinical impact of COVID-19 on patients with cancer in British Columbia: An observational study. Heliyon. 8(12). e12140–e12140. 3 indexed citations

Wu, Rongrong, Irene Yu, Yoshihisa Tokumaru, et al.. (2022). Decreased bile acid metabolism and association with prognosis reflecting microbiome in tumor microenvironment involved in cancer cell proliferation in breast cancer.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 40(16_suppl). e12539–e12539. 3 indexed citations

Yu, Irene, Rongrong Wu, Yoshihisa Tokumaru, Krista P. Terracina, & Kazuaki Takabe. (2022). The Role of the Microbiome on the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Colorectal Cancer. Cancers. 14(22). 5685–5685. 21 indexed citations

Yu, Irene, Caroline Speers, Janine M. Davies, et al.. (2021). Impact of Tumor Location on Patient Outcomes in Small Bowel Cancers. Clinical Colorectal Cancer. 21(2). 107–113. 3 indexed citations

Yu, Irene, et al.. (2020). The Use of Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy in Patients With Neuroendocrine Tumor Cardiac Metastases. Clinical Nuclear Medicine. 46(1). e23–e26. 3 indexed citations

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Yu, Irene & Winson Y. Cheung. (2018). A Contemporary Review of the Treatment Landscape and the Role of Predictive and Prognostic Biomarkers in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2018. 1–10. 11 indexed citations

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Yu, Irene & Winson Y. Cheung. (2017). Comparison of 5-FU vs capecitabine in combination with mitomycin or cisplatin in the treatment of anal cancer.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 35(15_suppl). 3576–3576.

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McLeod, Jane D., Irene Yu, & Paris‐Ann Ingledew. (2016). Peering into the Deep: Characterizing the Internet Search Patterns of Patients with Gynecologic Cancers. Journal of Cancer Education. 32(1). 85–90. 29 indexed citations

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Yu, Irene, Yi Chen, Jenny Y. Ruan, Jennifer Chang, & Winson Y. Cheung. (2015). Risk and management of venous thromboembolisms in bevacizumab-treated metastatic colorectal cancer patients. Supportive Care in Cancer. 24(3). 1199–1208. 11 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Sarah, et al.. (2014). Sifting Through It All: Characterizing Melanoma Patients’ Utilization of the Internet as an Information Source. Journal of Cancer Education. 30(3). 580–584. 30 indexed citations

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Ingledew, Paris‐Ann, et al.. (2014). Caught in the Web: The Quality of Online Resources for Cancer Patients. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 90(1). S604–S604. 3 indexed citations

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Trinh, Joanne, Carles Vilariño‐Güell, Irene Yu, et al.. (2013). STX6 rs1411478 is not associated with increased risk of Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 19(5). 563–565. 12 indexed citations

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Yu, Irene & Winson Y. Cheung. (2013). Risk of arterial (ATE) and venous thromboembolism (VTE) in a population-based cohort of bevacizumab-treated metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) patients.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 31(4_suppl). 545–545. 1 indexed citations

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Singh, Bhuvanesh, Se‐Heon Kim, John F. Carew, et al.. (2000). Genome‐Wide Screening for Radiation Response Factors in Head and Neck Cancer. The Laryngoscope. 110(8). 1251–1256. 9 indexed citations

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Yu, Irene, Maria V. DeVita, & Arnold Komisar. (1998). Long‐term follow‐up after subtotal parathyroidectomy in patients with renal failure. The Laryngoscope. 108(12). 1824–1828. 12 indexed citations

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Yu, Irene, et al.. (1998). Human Endometrial Stromal Cells Generate Uncombined α-Subunit from Human Chorionic Gonadotropin, Which Can Synergize with Progesterone to Induce Decidualization. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 83(2). 575–581. 23 indexed citations

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