K.C. Allen Chan

18.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
155 papers, 11.3k citations indexed

About

K.C. Allen Chan is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, K.C. Allen Chan has authored 155 papers receiving a total of 11.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 50 papers in Molecular Biology and 50 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in K.C. Allen Chan's work include Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics (54 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (42 papers) and Viral-associated cancers and disorders (32 papers). K.C. Allen Chan is often cited by papers focused on Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics (54 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (42 papers) and Viral-associated cancers and disorders (32 papers). K.C. Allen Chan collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and United States. K.C. Allen Chan's co-authors include Yuk Ming Dennis Lo, Rossa W. K. Chiu, Tak Yeung Leung, Peiyong Jiang, Tze Kin Lau, Fiona M. F. Lun, Anthony T.�C. Chan, Hao Sun, Suk Hang Cheng and Stephen L. Chan and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

K.C. Allen Chan

150 papers receiving 11.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Maternal Plasma DNA Sequencing Reveals the Genome-Wide Genetic and Mutational Profile of the Fetus

2010 766 citations Yuk Ming Dennis Lo, K.C. Allen Chan et al. profile →
Noninvasive prenatal diagnosis of fetal chromosomal aneuploidy by massively parallel genomic sequencing of DNA in maternal plasma

2008 666 citations Rossa W. K. Chiu, K.C. Allen Chan et al. profile →
Plasma DNA tissue mapping by genome-wide methylation sequencing for noninvasive prenatal, cancer, and transplantation assessments

2015 505 citations Kun Sun, Peiyong Jiang et al. profile →
Analysis of Plasma Epstein–Barr Virus DNA to Screen for Nasopharyngeal Cancer

2017 501 citations K.C. Allen Chan, John K. S. Woo et al. profile →
Lengthening and shortening of plasma DNA in hepatocellular carcinoma patients

2015 493 citations Peiyong Jiang, K.C. Allen Chan et al. profile →

Peers

K.C. Allen Chan

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James L.M. Ferrara United States

John N. Lukens United States

Norma K.C. Ramsay United States

Martin Schrappe Germany

Alan F. List United States

Suzanne Kamel‐Reid Canada

David C. Linch United Kingdom

Charles G. Mullighan United States

Jeffrey E. Rubnitz United States

Neal Flomenberg United States

James L.M. Ferrara United States

K.C. Allen Chan

544 ×0.1

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2.7k ×0.7

3.4k ×1.2

ONCOL

988 ×0.7

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Citations per year, relative to K.C. Allen Chan K.C. Allen Chan (= 1×) peers James L.M. Ferrara

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by K.C. Allen Chan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of K.C. Allen Chan

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hu, Xi, Suk Hang Cheng, Zhaoyang Huang, et al.. (2025). Transformer-based deep learning for accurate detection of multiple base modifications using single molecule real-time sequencing. Communications Biology. 8(1). 606–606. 2 indexed citations

Che, Huiwen, Peiyong Jiang, Suk Hang Cheng, et al.. (2024). Genomic origin, fragmentomics, and transcriptional properties of long cell-free DNA molecules in human plasma. Genome Research. 34(2). 189–200. 10 indexed citations

King, Ann D., Qi Yong H. Ai, W.K. Lam, et al.. (2024). Early detection of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: performance of a short contrast-free screening magnetic resonance imaging. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 116(5). 665–672. 6 indexed citations

Chan, K.C. Allen, et al.. (2023). Antibody-Mediated Striatal Encephalitis and Aseptic Meningitis in A Child with Neuropsychiatric Lupus: A Case Report. Hong Kong Journal of Radiology. 1 indexed citations

Kincl, Laurel, et al.. (2023). A fishermen-developed intervention reduced musculoskeletal load associated with commercial Dungeness crab harvesting. Applied Ergonomics. 110. 104016–104016. 1 indexed citations

Gai, Wanxia, Stephanie C Y Yu, Wenlei Peng, et al.. (2023). Droplet digital PCR is a cost‐effective method for analyzing long cell‐free DNA in maternal plasma: Application in preeclampsia. Prenatal Diagnosis. 43(11). 1385–1393. 2 indexed citations

Chan, Rebecca W.Y., Peter Pak‐Hang Cheung, Meng Ni, et al.. (2022). Fragmentomics of urinary cell-free DNA in nuclease knockout mouse models. PLoS Genetics. 18(7). e1010262–e1010262. 11 indexed citations

Deng, Jiaen, Lu Ji, Masashi Yukawa, et al.. (2022). Effects of nucleases on cell-free extrachromosomal circular DNA. JCI Insight. 7(8). 21 indexed citations

Han, Diana, Meng Ni, Rebecca W.Y. Chan, et al.. (2021). Nuclease deficiencies alter plasma cell-free DNA methylation profiles. Genome Research. 31(11). 2008–2021. 11 indexed citations

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Ai, Qi Yong H., Weitian Chen, Tiffany Y. So, et al.. (2020). Quantitative T1ρ MRI of the Head and Neck Discriminates Carcinoma and Benign Hyperplasia in the Nasopharynx. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 41(12). 2339–2344. 9 indexed citations

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Hui, Edwin P., Brigette Ma, W.K. Lam, et al.. (2020). Integrating postradiotherapy plasma Epstein–Barr virus DNA and TNM stage for risk stratification of nasopharyngeal carcinoma to adjuvant therapy. Annals of Oncology. 31(6). 769–779. 72 indexed citations

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Jiang, Peiyong, Tingting Xie, Spencer C Ding, et al.. (2020). Detection and characterization of jagged ends of double-stranded DNA in plasma. Genome Research. 30(8). 1144–1153. 76 indexed citations

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King, Ann D., John K. S. Woo, Qi Yong H. Ai, et al.. (2019). Complementary roles of MRI and endoscopic examination in the early detection of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Annals of Oncology. 30(6). 977–982. 56 indexed citations

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Sun, Kun, Peiyong Jiang, Suk Hang Cheng, et al.. (2019). Orientation-aware plasma cell-free DNA fragmentation analysis in open chromatin regions informs tissue of origin. Genome Research. 29(3). 418–427. 153 indexed citations

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King, Ann D., Benjamin King Hong Law, Kunwar S. Bhatia, et al.. (2017). MR Imaging Criteria for the Detection of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Discrimination of Early-Stage Primary Tumors from Benign Hyperplasia. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 39(3). 515–523. 32 indexed citations

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Chan, K.C. Allen, Emily C W Hung, John K. S. Woo, et al.. (2013). Early detection of nasopharyngeal carcinoma by plasma Epstein‐Barr virus DNA analysis in a surveillance program. Cancer. 119(10). 1838–1844. 123 indexed citations

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Bernstorff, Wolfram von, Remco A. Spanjaard, K.C. Allen Chan, et al.. (1999). Pancreatic cancer cells can evade immune surveillance via nonfunctional Fas (APO-1/CD95) receptors and aberrant expression of functional Fas ligand. Surgery. 125(1). 73–84. 12 indexed citations

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Wing, Yun Kwok, et al.. (1997). Simultaneous determination of imipramine, desipramine and their 2- and 10-hydroxylated metabolites in human plasma and urine by high-performance liquid chromatography. Journal of Chromatography B Biomedical Sciences and Applications. 693(1). 153–158. 32 indexed citations

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Chan, K.C. Allen, et al.. (1995). Clinical Manifestations of Primary Hyperparathyroidism Before and After Parathyroidectomy A Case-Control Study. Annals of Surgery. 222(3). 402–402. 165 indexed citations

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Jones, R. D. M., et al.. (1993). PHARMACOKINETICS OF FLUMAZENIL AND MIDAZOLAM. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 70(3). 286–292. 40 indexed citations

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