Jens Overgaard

53.1k total citations · 10 hit papers
699 papers, 36.6k citations indexed

About

Jens Overgaard is a scholar working on Cancer Research, Oncology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Jens Overgaard has authored 699 papers receiving a total of 36.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 238 papers in Cancer Research, 199 papers in Oncology and 189 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Jens Overgaard's work include Head and Neck Cancer Studies (173 papers), Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (109 papers) and Breast Cancer Treatment Studies (83 papers). Jens Overgaard is often cited by papers focused on Head and Neck Cancer Studies (173 papers), Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (109 papers) and Breast Cancer Treatment Studies (83 papers). Jens Overgaard collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United States and Norway. Jens Overgaard's co-authors include Marie Overgaard, Michael R. Horsman, Søren M. Bentzen, Jan Alsner, Marianne Nordsmark, Cai Grau, Jørgen Johansen, Jesper Grau Eriksen, Ole S. Nielsen and Henning T. Mouridsen and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Jens Overgaard

673 papers receiving 35.5k citations

Hit Papers

Postoperative Radiotherapy in High-Risk Premenopausal Wom... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1997 1999 1996 2006 2005 500 1000 1.5k
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  1. Postoperative Radiotherapy in High-Risk Premenopausal Women with Breast Cancer Who Receive Adjuvant Chemotherapy
    1997 1.9k citations Marie Overgaard, Jens Overgaard et al. profile →
  2. Postoperative radiotherapy in high-risk postmenopausal breast-cancer patients given adjuvant tamoxifen: Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group DBCG 82c randomised trial
    1999 1.2k citations Marie Overgaard, Maj‐Britt Jensen et al. profile →
  3. Pretreatment oxygenation predicts radiation response in advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
    1996 812 citations Marianne Nordsmark, Marie Overgaard et al. profile →
  4. Hyperfractionated or accelerated radiotherapy in head and neck cancer: a meta-analysis
    2006 752 citations Jens Overgaard et al. profile →
  5. Prognostic value of tumor oxygenation in 397 head and neck tumors after primary radiation therapy. An international multi-center study
    2005 739 citations Marianne Nordsmark, Jens Overgaard et al. profile →
  6. Radiation oncology in the era of precision medicine
    2016 567 citations Jens Overgaard et al. profile →
  7. Imaging hypoxia to improve radiotherapy outcome
    2012 502 citations Michael R. Horsman, Morten Busk et al. profile →
  8. Five compared with six fractions per week of conventional radiotherapy of squamous-cell carcinoma of head and neck: DAHANCA 6&7 randomised controlled trial
    2003 481 citations Jens Overgaard, Marie Overgaard et al. profile →
  9. Effect of HPV-Associated p16INK4A Expression on Response to Radiotherapy and Survival in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck
    2009 475 citations Jesper Grau Eriksen, Trine Tramm et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →
  10. Randomised trial of hyperthermia as adjuvant to radiotherapy for recurrent or metastatic malignant melanoma
    1995 444 citations Jens Overgaard et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jens Overgaard Denmark 93 13.9k 10.3k 9.3k 8.9k 7.5k 699 36.6k
Ralph R. Weichselbaum United States 107 7.6k 0.5× 18.7k 1.8× 10.6k 1.1× 5.5k 0.6× 5.7k 0.8× 707 48.4k
Søren M. Bentzen United States 89 5.7k 0.4× 7.3k 0.7× 12.1k 1.3× 10.6k 1.2× 5.1k 0.7× 523 29.2k
Quynh‐Thu Le United States 79 5.2k 0.4× 7.8k 0.8× 7.0k 0.8× 4.3k 0.5× 5.8k 0.8× 461 25.4k
Jürgen Debus Germany 94 5.6k 0.4× 12.4k 1.2× 19.8k 2.1× 12.6k 1.4× 8.8k 1.2× 1.3k 43.7k
Walter J. Curran United States 89 3.8k 0.3× 10.4k 1.0× 19.7k 2.1× 8.6k 1.0× 3.3k 0.4× 748 37.5k
Denis Lacombe Belgium 34 7.7k 0.6× 15.2k 1.5× 14.2k 1.5× 7.1k 0.8× 4.7k 0.6× 113 41.0k
C. René Leemans Netherlands 81 3.9k 0.3× 11.7k 1.1× 8.5k 0.9× 6.8k 0.8× 9.1k 1.2× 532 33.8k
Richard L. Wahl United States 90 4.2k 0.3× 6.6k 0.6× 8.5k 0.9× 20.0k 2.2× 4.8k 0.6× 584 34.3k
Brian O’Sullivan Canada 90 3.1k 0.2× 11.2k 1.1× 16.5k 1.8× 3.6k 0.4× 11.0k 1.5× 591 33.9k
Richard Kaplan United Kingdom 48 6.8k 0.5× 22.4k 2.2× 20.2k 2.2× 7.5k 0.8× 7.8k 1.0× 173 46.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Olsson, Caroline, Maths Karlsson, Jaran Eriksen, et al.. (2024). Danish and Swedish National Data Collections for Cancer – Solutions for Radiotherapy. Clinical Oncology. 37. 103657–103657. 2 indexed citations
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Holm, Anne I. S., Christian Rønn Hansen, Ruta Zukauskaite, et al.. (2024). High-dose loco-regional pattern of failure after primary radiotherapy in p16 positive and negative head and neck squamous cell carcinoma – A DAHANCA 19 study. Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology. 46. 100772–100772. 4 indexed citations
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Busk, Morten, Michael R. Horsman, Jens Overgaard, & Steen Jakobsen. (2020). In vitro hypoxia responsiveness of [18F] FDG and [18F] FAZA retention: influence of shaking versus stagnant conditions, glass versus polystyrene substrata and cell number down-scaling. EJNMMI Radiopharmacy and Chemistry. 5(1). 1 indexed citations
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Ejlertsen, Bent, Birgitte Vrou Offersen, Jens Overgaard, et al.. (2017). Forty years of landmark trials undertaken by the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group (DBCG) nationwide or in international collaboration. Acta Oncologica. 57(1). 3–12. 15 indexed citations
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Nielsen, Steffen, Morten Høyer, Lise Bentzen, et al.. (2017). Validation of genetic predictors of late radiation-induced morbidity in prostate cancer patients. Acta Oncologica. 56(11). 1514–1521. 7 indexed citations
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Grau, Cai, et al.. (2016). Failure pattern and salvage treatment after radical treatment of head and neck cancer. Acta Oncologica. 55(5). 625–632. 40 indexed citations
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Tramm, Trine, Simen Myhre, Marianne Kyndi, et al.. (2014). Development and Validation of a Gene Profile Predicting Benefit of Postmastectomy Radiotherapy in Patients with High-Risk Breast Cancer: A Study of Gene Expression in the DBCG82bc Cohort. Clinical Cancer Research. 20(20). 5272–5280. 71 indexed citations
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Tramm, Trine, Brita Singers Sørensen, Jens Overgaard, & Jan Alsner. (2013). Optimal Reference Genes for Normalization of qRT-PCR Data from Archival Formalin-fixed, Paraffin-embedded Breast Tumors Controlling for Tumor Cell Content and Decay of mRNA. Diagnostic Molecular Pathology. 22(3). 181–187. 23 indexed citations
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Toustrup, Kasper, Brita Singers Sørensen, Marianne Nordsmark, et al.. (2011). Development of a Hypoxia Gene Expression Classifier with Predictive Impact for Hypoxic Modification of Radiotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer. Cancer Research. 71(17). 5923–5931. 177 indexed citations
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Offersen, Birgitte Vrou, et al.. (2011). Should Postmastectomy Radiotherapy to the Chest Wall and Regional Lymph Nodes Be Standard for Patients with 1–3 Positive Lymph Nodes?. Breast Care. 6(5). 347–351. 6 indexed citations
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Agarwal, Roshan, Simen Myhre, Mark Carey, et al.. (2009). Integrative Analysis of Cyclin Protein Levels Identifies Cyclin B1 as a Classifier and Predictor of Outcomes in Breast Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 15(11). 3654–3662. 111 indexed citations
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Kyndi, Marianne, Flemming Brandt Sørensen, Helle Knudsen, et al.. (2008). Estrogen Receptor, Progesterone Receptor, HER-2, and Response to Postmastectomy Radiotherapy in High-Risk Breast Cancer: The Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 26(9). 1419–1426. 432 indexed citations
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Overgaard, Jens. (2004). The Danish Head and Neck Cancer Study Group DAHANCA : Past, Present and Future-a continuous process of clinical trials. 30(2). 129. 5 indexed citations
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Olive, PL, Michael R. Horsman, Cai Grau, & Jens Overgaard. (1997). Detection of hypoxic cells in a C3H mouse mammary carcinoma using the comet assay. British Journal of Cancer. 76(6). 694–699. 28 indexed citations
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Safwat, Akmal, Ole S. Nielsen, Samy A. El-Badawy, & Jens Overgaard. (1996). Effect of radiation dose rate and cyclophosphamide on pulmonary toxicity after total body irradiation in a mouse model. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 34(1). 85–91. 14 indexed citations
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Grau, Cai, Michael R. Horsman, & Jens Overgaard. (1992). Improving the radiation response in a c3h mouse mammary carcinoma by normobaric oxygen or carbogen breathing. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 22(3). 415–419. 57 indexed citations
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Overgaard, Jens. (1984). Hyperthermic oncology, 1984 : proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Hyperthermic Oncology, held at Aarhus, Denmark, 2-6 July 1984. Taylor & Francis eBooks.

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