Kana Wu

22.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
248 papers, 12.8k citations indexed

About

Kana Wu is a scholar working on Oncology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kana Wu has authored 248 papers receiving a total of 12.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 104 papers in Oncology, 90 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 73 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Kana Wu's work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (86 papers), Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (77 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (35 papers). Kana Wu is often cited by papers focused on Nutritional Studies and Diet (86 papers), Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (77 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (35 papers). Kana Wu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. Kana Wu's co-authors include Edward L. Giovannucci, Charles S. Fuchs, Andrew T. Chan, Walter C. Willett, Shuji Ogino, Mingyang Song, Yin Cao, Jeffrey A. Meyerhardt, Frank B. Hu and Reiko Nishihara and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Kana Wu

244 papers receiving 12.5k 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.

Long-Term Colorectal-Cancer Incidence and Mortality after Lower Endoscopy

2013 1.1k citations Reiko Nishihara, Kana Wu et al. profile →
Rising incidence of early-onset colorectal cancer — a call to action

2020 419 citations Tomotaka Ugai, Rong Zhong et al. profile →
Association of Obesity With Risk of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer Among Women

2018 337 citations Po‐Hong Liu, Kana Wu et al. profile →
Development and Validation of an Empirical Dietary Inflammatory Index

2016 323 citations Fred K. Tabung, Stephanie A. Smith‐Warner et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kana Wu United States	63	5.4k	3.0k	2.9k	2.4k	2.2k	248	12.8k
Motoki Iwasaki Japan	58	3.3k 0.6×	2.6k 0.9×	2.2k 0.8×	1.9k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	433	12.0k
Loı̈c Le Marchand United States	73	4.9k 0.9×	3.7k 1.2×	3.0k 1.1×	5.3k 2.2×	2.8k 1.3×	528	18.4k
Amanda J. Cross United States	61	3.2k 0.6×	3.5k 1.2×	1.3k 0.5×	2.6k 1.1×	1.9k 0.8×	185	11.0k
Renato Talamini Italy	69	6.7k 1.2×	3.3k 1.1×	3.3k 1.1×	2.8k 1.2×	1.7k 0.8×	447	17.8k
Domenico Palli Italy	65	2.9k 0.5×	3.0k 1.0×	1.6k 0.5×	2.3k 1.0×	1.6k 0.7×	310	12.1k
Shizuka Sasazuki Japan	58	2.9k 0.5×	2.4k 0.8×	2.1k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	212	10.1k
Jo L. Freudenheim United States	64	3.1k 0.6×	3.3k 1.1×	2.0k 0.7×	3.4k 1.4×	1.9k 0.8×	320	14.0k
Rudolf Kaaks Germany	70	6.2k 1.1×	3.5k 1.2×	1.6k 0.6×	4.9k 2.0×	3.3k 1.5×	308	18.2k
E. Giovannucci United States	41	3.2k 0.6×	2.2k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	2.5k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	67	10.1k
Ellen Kampman Netherlands	50	3.5k 0.6×	2.4k 0.8×	1.9k 0.7×	2.0k 0.8×	2.2k 1.0×	254	9.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kana Wu

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Yin, Mingyang Song, Molin Wang, et al.. (2024). All‐cause and cause‐specific mortality risk and loss in life expectancy associated with incident type 2 diabetes onset age and duration. Journal of Internal Medicine. 296(3). 260–279.

Lyu, Zhangyan, Dong Hang, Xiaosheng He, et al.. (2023). Simple Prediction Model for Colorectal Serrated Polyps: Development and External Validation Study in U.S. Prospective Cohorts. Cancer Prevention Research. 16(5). 293–302. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Shuqi, Jinhee Hur, Rui Song, et al.. (2023). Adherence to the World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research cancer prevention recommendations throughout the life course and risk of colorectal cancer precursors. British Journal of Cancer. 128(12). 2243–2252. 3 indexed citations

Yuan, Chen, Hee‐Kyung Joh, Qiao-Li Wang, et al.. (2022). Sugar-sweetened beverage and sugar consumption and colorectal cancer incidence and mortality according to anatomic subsite. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 115(6). 1481–1489. 25 indexed citations

Lan, Tuo, Yikyung Park, Graham A. Colditz, et al.. (2022). Adolescent dietary patterns in relation to later prostate cancer risk and mortality in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study. British Journal of Cancer. 128(1). 57–62. 2 indexed citations

Gurjao, Carino, Rong Zhong, Koichiro Haruki, et al.. (2021). Discovery and Features of an Alkylating Signature in Colorectal Cancer. Cancer Discovery. 11(10). 2446–2455. 42 indexed citations

Nimptsch, Katharina, Dong Hoon Lee, Xuehong Zhang, et al.. (2021). Dairy intake during adolescence and risk of colorectal adenoma later in life. British Journal of Cancer. 124(6). 1160–1168. 11 indexed citations

Lo, Chun‐Han, Long H. Nguyen, Kana Wu, et al.. (2020). Periodontal Disease, Tooth Loss, and Risk of Serrated Polyps and Conventional Adenomas. Cancer Prevention Research. 13(8). 699–706. 8 indexed citations

Ma, Wenjie, Long H. Nguyen, Mingyang Song, et al.. (2019). Intake of Dietary Fiber, Fruits, and Vegetables and Risk of Diverticulitis. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 114(9). 1531–1538. 40 indexed citations

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Jovani, Manol, Wenjie Ma, Amit D. Joshi, et al.. (2019). Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Risk of Diverticulitis. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 114(2). 315–321. 21 indexed citations

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Katagiri, Ryoko, Mingyang Song, Xuehong Zhang, et al.. (2019). Dietary Intake of Branched-Chain Amino Acids and Risk of Colorectal Cancer. Cancer Prevention Research. 13(1). 65–72. 17 indexed citations

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Yang, Wanshui, Yanan Ma, Mingyang Song, et al.. (2018). Calcium Intake and Survival after Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis. Clinical Cancer Research. 25(6). 1980–1988. 32 indexed citations

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Samraj, Annie N., Kimberly A. Bertrand, Robert Luben, et al.. (2018). Polyclonal human antibodies against glycans bearing red meat-derived non-human sialic acid N-glycolylneuraminic acid are stable, reproducible, complex and vary between individuals: Total antibody levels are associated with colorectal cancer risk. PLoS ONE. 13(6). e0197464–e0197464. 44 indexed citations

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McCleary, Nadine J., Kaori Sato, Reiko Nishihara, et al.. (2015). Prognostic Utility of Molecular Factors by Age at Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 22(6). 1489–1498. 11 indexed citations

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Song, Mingyang, Raaj S. Mehta, Kana Wu, et al.. (2015). Plasma Inflammatory Markers and Risk of Advanced Colorectal Adenoma in Women. Cancer Prevention Research. 9(1). 27–34. 32 indexed citations

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Song, Mingyang, Frank B. Hu, Donna Spiegelman, et al.. (2015). Adulthood Weight Change and Risk of Colorectal Cancer in the Nurses' Health Study and Health Professionals Follow-up Study. Cancer Prevention Research. 8(7). 620–627. 34 indexed citations

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Song, Mingyang, Kana Wu, Raaj S. Mehta, et al.. (2014). Urinary PGE-M Levels Are Associated with Risk of Colorectal Adenomas and Chemopreventive Response to Anti-Inflammatory Drugs. Cancer Prevention Research. 7(7). 758–765. 31 indexed citations

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Yamauchi, Mai, Paul Lochhead, Yu Imamura, et al.. (2013). Physical Activity, Tumor PTGS2 Expression, and Survival in Patients with Colorectal Cancer. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 22(6). 1142–1152. 33 indexed citations

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Ng, Kimmie, Brian M. Wolpin, Jeffrey A. Meyerhardt, et al.. (2009). Prospective study of predictors of vitamin D status and survival in patients with colorectal cancer. British Journal of Cancer. 101(6). 916–923. 105 indexed citations

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Ng, Kimmie, Jeffrey A. Meyerhardt, Kana Wu, et al.. (2008). Circulating 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels and Survival in Patients With Colorectal Cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 26(18). 2984–2991. 237 indexed citations

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