Leah M. Backhus

3.2k total citations
131 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Leah M. Backhus is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Leah M. Backhus has authored 131 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 41 papers in Oncology and 34 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Leah M. Backhus's work include Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (58 papers), Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations (39 papers) and Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (19 papers). Leah M. Backhus is often cited by papers focused on Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (58 papers), Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations (39 papers) and Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (19 papers). Leah M. Backhus collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Leah M. Backhus's co-authors include Joseph B. Shrager, Mark F. Berry, Natalie S. Lui, Awori J. Hayanga, Thomas K. Varghese, Steve Zeliadt, Farhood Farjah, Michael S. Mulligan, Aaron M. Cheng and Douglas Z. Liou and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Leah M. Backhus

116 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Leah M. Backhus	696	341	340	203	193	131	1.5k
Raj Satkunasivam	762 1.1×	415 1.2×	775 2.3×	460 2.3×	578 3.0×	113	2.4k
Richard S. Matulewicz	631 0.9×	224 0.7×	586 1.7×	135 0.7×	45 0.2×	111	1.5k
Paul Abrahamse	275 0.4×	824 2.4×	504 1.5×	337 1.7×	98 0.5×	86	2.4k
Samuel L. Washington	511 0.7×	271 0.8×	196 0.6×	226 1.1×	88 0.5×	119	1.1k
Amy N. Luckenbaugh	669 1.0×	242 0.7×	356 1.0×	240 1.2×	247 1.3×	66	1.8k
Nicola Pavan	678 1.0×	456 1.3×	462 1.4×	193 1.0×	28 0.1×	115	1.5k
Yash S. Khandwala	485 0.7×	73 0.2×	214 0.6×	155 0.8×	32 0.2×	37	1.1k
Robert P. Eckstein	373 0.5×	340 1.0×	604 1.8×	136 0.7×	359 1.9×	68	2.1k
Alchiede Simonato	799 1.1×	544 1.6×	1.1k 3.3×	126 0.6×	23 0.1×	137	2.4k
Kandace P. McGuire	321 0.5×	972 2.9×	766 2.3×	160 0.8×	108 0.6×	83	2.4k

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Ding, Victoria Y., Kevin ten Haaf, Julie Wu, et al.. (2025). Eligibility and Prognostic Performance of Smoking Duration–Based Versus Pack-Year–Based U.S. National Lung Cancer Screening Criteria Across Racial and Ethnic Groups. Annals of Internal Medicine. 179(2). 196–206.

Kent, Michael S., Brian Mitzman, Onkar V. Khullar, et al.. (2024). The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Expert Consensus Document on the Management of Pleural Drains After Pulmonary Lobectomy. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 118(4). 764–777. 4 indexed citations

Berry, Mark F., Natalie S. Lui, Irmina A. Elliott, et al.. (2024). What Is an Adequate Margin During Sublobar Resection of ≤3 cm N0 Subsolid Lung Adenocarcinomas?. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 118(4). 801–809. 1 indexed citations

Backhus, Leah M., Lori C. Sakoda, Louise M. Henderson, et al.. (2024). The American Cancer Society National Lung Cancer Roundtable strategic plan: Lung cancer in women. Cancer. 130(23). 3985–3995. 6 indexed citations

Elliott, Irmina A., Douglas Z. Liou, Leah M. Backhus, et al.. (2024). Lepidic-Type Lung Adenocarcinomas: Is It Safe to Observe for Growth Before Treating?. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 118(4). 817–823.

Choi, Eunji, Julie Wu, Joel W. Neal, et al.. (2024). Racial and ethnic differences in second primary lung cancer risk among lung cancer survivors. JNCI Cancer Spectrum. 8(5). 1 indexed citations

Elliott, Irmina A., Brandon A. Guenthart, Douglas Z. Liou, et al.. (2024). Barriers to Completing Low Dose Computed Tomography Scan for Lung Cancer Screening. Clinical Lung Cancer. 25(5). 424–430. 3 indexed citations

Elliott, Irmina A., Douglas Z. Liou, Leah M. Backhus, et al.. (2023). The impact of refusing esophagectomy for treatment of locally advanced esophageal adenocarcinoma. JTCVS Open. 16. 987–995.

Choi, Eunji, Sophia J. Luo, Victoria Y. Ding, et al.. (2023). Risk model‐based management for second primary lung cancer among lung cancer survivors through a validated risk prediction model. Cancer. 130(5). 770–780. 3 indexed citations

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Kidane, Biniam, Matthew J. Bott, Jonathan Spicer, et al.. (2023). The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) 2023 Expert Consensus Document: Staging and multidisciplinary management of patients with early-stage non–small cell lung cancer. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 166(3). 637–654. 24 indexed citations

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Wu, Julie, Eunji Choi, Nathaniel J. Myall, et al.. (2023). Overall Survival Among Patients With De Novo Stage IV Metastatic and Distant Metastatic Recurrent Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer. JAMA Network Open. 6(9). e2335813–e2335813. 6 indexed citations

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Yang, Chi‐Fu Jeffrey, Irmina A. Elliott, Brandon A. Guenthart, et al.. (2023). Comparison of failure to rescue in younger versus elderly patients following lung cancer resection. JTCVS Open. 16. 855–872. 1 indexed citations

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Liou, Douglas Z., et al.. (2023). The impact of neoadjuvant immunotherapy on perioperative outcomes and survival after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer. JTCVS Open. 14. 547–560. 3 indexed citations

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Choi, Eunji, Julie Wu, Jacqueline V. Aredo, et al.. (2023). Second Primary Lung Cancer Among Lung Cancer Survivors Who Never Smoked. JAMA Network Open. 6(11). e2343278–e2343278. 6 indexed citations

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Choi, Eunji, Sophia J. Luo, Jacqueline V. Aredo, et al.. (2021). The Survival Impact of Second Primary Lung Cancer in Patients With Lung Cancer. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 114(4). 618–625. 19 indexed citations

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Yang, Chi‐Fu Jeffrey, Shivani A. Shah, Douglas Z. Liou, et al.. (2019). A national analysis of open versus minimally invasive thymectomy for stage I to III thymoma. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 160(2). 555–567.e15. 37 indexed citations

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Pompili, Cecilia, S. Hasegawa, Ichiro Yoshino, et al.. (2018). P2.15-21 Post Resection Lung Cancer Surveillance: Comparisons of Practice Between STS, ESTS and JACS Members. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 13(10). S825–S826. 1 indexed citations

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Richardson, Michael, Leah M. Backhus, Mark F. Berry, et al.. (2017). Intraoperative costs of video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy can be dramatically reduced without compromising outcomes. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 155(3). 1267–1277.e1. 6 indexed citations

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Farjah, Farhood, Leah M. Backhus, Aaron M. Cheng, et al.. (2015). Failure to rescue and pulmonary resection for lung cancer. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 149(5). 1365–1373.e3. 40 indexed citations

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Zeliadt, Steven B., Nishant K. Sekaran, Christopher G. Slatore, et al.. (2011). Comparison of Demographic Characteristics, Surgical Resection Patterns, and Survival Outcomes for Veterans and Nonveterans with Non-small Cell Lung Cancer in the Pacific Northwest. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 6(10). 1726–1732. 24 indexed citations

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