Kathy Pan

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Kathy Pan is a scholar working on Oncology, Genetics and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Kathy Pan has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Oncology, 23 papers in Genetics and 22 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Kathy Pan's work include Cancer Risks and Factors (37 papers), Estrogen and related hormone effects (16 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (14 papers). Kathy Pan is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Risks and Factors (37 papers), Estrogen and related hormone effects (16 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (14 papers). Kathy Pan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Saudi Arabia and Canada. Kathy Pan's co-authors include Rowan T. Chlebowski, Thomas E. Rohan, JoAnn E. Manson, Dorothy S. Lane, Garnet L. Anderson, Aaron K. Aragaki, Ross L. Prentice, Juhua Luo, Karen Johnson and Michael S. Simon and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Journal of Clinical Oncology and JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

In The Last Decade

Kathy Pan

74 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

  1. Association of Menopausal Hormone Therapy With Breast Cancer Incidence and Mortality During Long-term Follow-up of the Women’s Health Initiative Randomized Clinical Trials
    2020 227 citations Rowan T. Chlebowski, Garnet L. Anderson 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
Kathy Pan United States 16 604 343 320 278 253 76 1.4k
Gabriela Torres-Mejı́a Mexico 25 745 1.2× 300 0.9× 397 1.2× 333 1.2× 112 0.4× 82 1.7k
Annekatrin Lukanova Sweden 18 661 1.1× 322 0.9× 168 0.5× 298 1.1× 163 0.6× 21 1.3k
P.A.H. van Noord Netherlands 23 660 1.1× 445 1.3× 311 1.0× 176 0.6× 224 0.9× 36 1.9k
Petra H. Peeters Netherlands 24 910 1.5× 218 0.6× 149 0.5× 146 0.5× 343 1.4× 43 1.6k
M. Patricia Madigan United States 10 749 1.2× 344 1.0× 476 1.5× 385 1.4× 79 0.3× 13 1.5k
Jennifer R. Klemp United States 24 870 1.4× 256 0.7× 445 1.4× 376 1.4× 159 0.6× 77 1.7k
Sylvie Mesrine France 26 638 1.1× 127 0.4× 607 1.9× 160 0.6× 181 0.7× 55 1.8k
Chi-Chen Hong United States 21 914 1.5× 384 1.1× 368 1.1× 380 1.4× 120 0.5× 45 1.5k
David J. Hunter United States 11 235 0.4× 353 1.0× 270 0.8× 227 0.8× 96 0.4× 14 1.4k
Karen L. Koenig United States 14 692 1.1× 222 0.6× 519 1.6× 207 0.7× 57 0.2× 16 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Kathy Pan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kathy Pan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kathy Pan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kathy Pan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kathy Pan 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 Kathy Pan. Kathy Pan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chlebowski, Rowan T., Aaron K. Aragaki, Kathy Pan, et al.. (2024). Breast cancer incidence and mortality by metabolic syndrome and obesity: The Women’s Health Initiative. Cancer. 130(18). 3147–3156. 15 indexed citations
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Chlebowski, Rowan T., Aaron K. Aragaki, Kathy Pan, et al.. (2024). Menopausal hormone therapy and ovarian and endometrial cancers: Long-term follow-up of the Women’s Health Initiative randomized trials.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 42(16_suppl). 10506–10506. 1 indexed citations
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Nelson, Rebecca A., Rowan T. Chlebowski, Kathy Pan, et al.. (2024). Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool (BCRAT) and long-term breast cancer mortality in the Women's Health Initiative. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 209(1). 49–60. 3 indexed citations
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Chlebowski, Rowan T., Aaron K. Aragaki, Kathy Pan, et al.. (2024). Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Ovarian and Endometrial Cancers: Long-Term Follow-Up of the Women's Health Initiative Randomized Trials. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 42(30). 3537–3549. 8 indexed citations
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Chlebowski, Rowan T., Aaron K. Aragaki, Kathy Pan, et al.. (2024). Dietary Intervention Favorably Influences Physical Functioning: The Women’s Health Initiative Randomized Dietary Modification Trial. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 124(11). 1409–1418.e6.
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Chlebowski, Rowan T., Aaron K. Aragaki, Kathy Pan, et al.. (2024). Randomized trials of estrogen-alone and breast cancer incidence: a meta-analysis. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 206(1). 177–184. 9 indexed citations
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Peila, Rita, Xiaonan Xue, Qibin Qi, et al.. (2023). Healthy Lifestyle Index and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Among Postmenopausal Women With Normal Body Mass Index. Journal of the American Heart Association. 12(12). e029111–e029111. 11 indexed citations
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Thomson, Cynthia A., Marian L. Neuhouser, Luohua Jiang, et al.. (2023). Frequency of Consuming Breakfast Meals and After-Dinner Snacks Is not Associated with Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Risk: Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study. Journal of Nutrition. 153(4). 1089–1100. 1 indexed citations
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Peila, Rita, Xiaonan Xue, Michael J. LaMonte, et al.. (2023). Menopausal hormone therapy and change in physical activity in the Women's Health Initiative hormone therapy clinical trials. Menopause The Journal of The North American Menopause Society. 30(9). 898–905. 3 indexed citations
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Pan, Kathy, Aaron K. Aragaki, Yvonne Michael, et al.. (2022). Long-term dietary intervention influence on physical activity in the Women’s Health Initiative Dietary Modification randomized trial. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 195(1). 43–54. 4 indexed citations
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Peila, Rita, Rowan T. Chlebowski, JoAnn E. Manson, et al.. (2021). Low-Fat Dietary Modification and Risk of Ductal Carcinoma In Situ of the Breast in the Women's Health Initiative Dietary Modification Trial. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 30(9). 1753–1756. 4 indexed citations
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Pan, Kathy, Aaron K. Aragaki, Marian L. Neuhouser, et al.. (2021). Low-fat dietary pattern and breast cancer mortality by metabolic syndrome components: a secondary analysis of the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) randomised trial. British Journal of Cancer. 125(3). 372–379. 14 indexed citations
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Chebet, Joy J., Cynthia A. Thomson, Lindsay N. Kohler, et al.. (2020). Association of Diet Quality and Physical Activity on Obesity-Related Cancer Risk and Mortality in Black Women: Results from the Women's Health Initiative. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 29(3). 591–598. 8 indexed citations
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Chlebowski, Rowan T., Garnet L. Anderson, Aaron K. Aragaki, et al.. (2020). Association of Menopausal Hormone Therapy With Breast Cancer Incidence and Mortality During Long-term Follow-up of the Women's Health Initiative Randomized Clinical Trials. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 75(12). 737–739. 5 indexed citations
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Pan, Kathy, Rowan T. Chlebowski, Joanne Mortimer, et al.. (2020). Insulin resistance and breast cancer incidence and mortality in postmenopausal women in the Women’s Health Initiative. Cancer. 126(16). 3638–3647. 64 indexed citations
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Chlebowski, Rowan T., Steve Rapp, Aaron K. Aragaki, et al.. (2020). Low-fat dietary pattern and global cognitive function: Exploratory analyses of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) randomized Dietary Modification trial. EClinicalMedicine. 18. 100240–100240. 8 indexed citations
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Lam, Phillip H., Ana Barac, Anju Nohria, et al.. (2020). Temporal Associations and Outcomes of Breast Cancer and Heart Failure in Postmenopausal Women. JACC CardioOncology. 2(4). 567–577. 9 indexed citations
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Trabert, Britton, Kara A. Michels, Garnet L. Anderson, et al.. (2019). Circulating androgens and postmenopausal ovarian cancer risk in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study. International Journal of Cancer. 145(8). 2051–2060. 15 indexed citations
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Arthur, Rhonda, Geoffrey C. Kabat, Mimi Kim, et al.. (2018). Adiposity, history of diabetes, and risk of pancreatic cancer in postmenopausal women. Annals of Epidemiology. 29. 23–29.e1. 7 indexed citations
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Chlebowski, Rowan T., Reina Haque, Haley Hedlin, et al.. (2015). Benefit/risk for adjuvant breast cancer therapy with tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitor use by age, and race/ethnicity. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 154(3). 609–616. 15 indexed citations

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