Leo E. Gerweck

6.2k citations

75 papers · 4.9k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 35

Impact in

Radiation top 0.2%
- Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques
- Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging top 0.5%
- Effects of Radiation Exposure

Papers in

Radiation 14
- Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques 14
Cancer Research 18
- Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism 15

Co-authors: Herman D. Suit Sergey V. Kozin Harald Paganetti Andrzej Niemierko Jay S. Loeffler Michael Goitein Marek Ancukiewicz E. Röttinger
Journals: Radiation Research (19 papers)International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics (15 papers)Radiotherapy and Oncology (4 papers)Cancer Research (3 papers)Molecular Cancer Therapeutics (1 paper)
Partner nations: United States China Canada

In The Last Decade

Leo E. Gerweck

74 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Relative biological effectiveness (RBE) values for proton beam therapy 2002 · 1.1k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2002 International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics

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All Works

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1	Proton FLASH effects on mouse skin at different oxygen tensions Physics in Medicine and Biology ·Yulian Xia, Leo E. Gerweck, E Cascio, Qingyuan Yang, Peigen Huang, Andrzej Niemierko, Alejandro Bertolet, Konrad P. Nesteruk, Aimee L. McNamara, Jan Schuemann	2023	26
2	Absence of Tissue-Sparing Effects in Partial Proton FLASH Irradiation in Murine Intestine Cancers ·Yulian Xia, Leo E. Gerweck, E Cascio, Liqun Gu, Qingyuan Yang, Xinyue Dong, Peigen Huang, Alejandro Bertolet, Konrad P. Nesteruk, Wonmo Sung, Aimee L. McNamara, Jan Schuemann	2023	29
3	MicroRNA-378 enhances radiation response in ectopic and orthotopic implantation models of glioblastoma Journal of Neuro-Oncology ·Wende Li, Yujiao Liu, Weining Yang, Xiaoxing Han, Sen Li, Hao Liu, Leo E. Gerweck, Dai Fukumura, Jay S. Loeffler, Burton B. Yang, Rakesh K. Jain, Peigen Huang	2017	22
4	Determinates of tumor response to radiation: Tumor cells, tumor stroma and permanent local control Radiotherapy and Oncology ·Wende Li, Peigen Huang, David J. Chen, Leo E. Gerweck	2014	6
5	Dose-rate effects in external beam radiotherapy redux Radiotherapy and Oncology ·C. Clifton Ling, Leo E. Gerweck, Marco Zaider, Ellen Yorke	2010	92
6	Proton vs carbon ion beams in the definitive radiation treatment of cancer patients Radiotherapy and Oncology ·Herman D. Suit, Thomas F. DeLaney, S. Nahum Goldberg, Harald Paganetti, Ben Clasie, Leo E. Gerweck, Andrzej Niemierko, Eric J. Hall, J. Flanz, Leszczyński Wacław, Alexei Trofimov	2010	220
7	Perivascular nitric oxide gradients normalize tumor vasculature Nature Medicine ·Satoshi Kashiwagi, Kosuke Tsukada, Lei Xu, Jun‐ichi Miyazaki, Sergey V. Kozin, James Tyrrell, William C. Sessa, Leo E. Gerweck, Rakesh K. Jain, Dai Fukumura	2008	137
8	Iodine-124-labeled iodo-azomycin-galactoside imaging of tumor hypoxia in mice with serial microPET scanning European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging ·Pat Zanzonico, Joseph A. O’Donoghue, J. D. Chapman, Richard F. Schneider, Shangde Cai, Steven M. Larson, Bixiu Wen, Yu‐Chun Chen, Ronald D. Finn, Shutian Ruan, Leo E. Gerweck, John L. Humm, Clifton C. Ling	2003	83
9	Relative biological effectiveness (RBE) values for proton beam therapy International Journal of Radiation OncologyBiologyPhysics ·Harald Paganetti, Andrzej Niemierko, Marek Ancukiewicz, Leo E. Gerweck, Michael Goitein, Jay S. Loeffler, Herman D. Suit Hit paper breakdown →	2002	1084
10	Relative biological effectiveness of proton beams in clinical therapy Radiotherapy and Oncology ·Leo E. Gerweck, Sergey V. Kozin	1999	167
11	Enhancement of fractionated-dose irradiation by retinoic acid plus interferon International Journal of Radiation OncologyBiologyPhysics ·Leo E. Gerweck, 龙邵安, Thomas F. DeLaney	1998	6
12	The reproducibility and relationship between single and fractionated dose estimates of the surviving fraction at 2 Gy International Journal of Radiation OncologyBiologyPhysics ·Leo E. Gerweck, 龙邵安	1996	3
13	Quantitative analysis of angiogenesis and growth of bone: effect of indomethacin exposure in a combined in vitro-in vivo approach Research in Experimental Medicine ·Michael Leunig, Yuan Fan, Leo E. Gerweck, David A. Berk, Rakesh K. Jain	1995	9
14	Energy Status Parameters, Hypoxia Fraction and Radiocurability Across Tumor Types Acta Oncologica ·Leo E. Gerweck, Jason A. Koutcher, 龙邵安	1995	7
15	Multivariate determinants of radiocurability I: Prediction of single fraction tumor control doses International Journal of Radiation OncologyBiologyPhysics ·Leo E. Gerweck, 龙邵安, Anthony L. Zietman	1994	44
16	Relationship of changes in pH and energy status to hypoxic cell fraction and hyperthermia sensitivity International Journal of Radiation OncologyBiologyPhysics ·Jason A. Koutcher, Henrik Carpelan, Alice B. Kornblith, David Cowburn, Thomas J. Brady, Leo E. Gerweck	1990	42
17	³¹P NMR spectra of extremity sarcomas: Diversity of metabolic profiles and changes in response to chemotherapy Magnetic Resonance in Medicine ·Jason A. Koutcher, Douglas Ballon, Martin C. Graham, John H. Healey, Ephraim S. Casper, Robert T. Heelan, Leo E. Gerweck	1990	37
18	Response of cells to hyperthermia under acute and chronic hypoxic conditions. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) ·Leo E. Gerweck, Torbjoern G. Nygaard, Perring Fh	1979	137
19	Potential for hyperthermia and radiation therapy. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) ·Herman D. Suit, Leo E. Gerweck	1979	103
20	Enhancement of mammalian cell sensitivity to hyperthermia by pH alteration. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) ·Leo E. Gerweck, E. Röttinger	1976	89

About Leo E. Gerweck

Leo E. Gerweck is a scholar working on Radiation, Cancer Research, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Biophysics and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, having authored 75 papers that have together received 4.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry (19 papers), Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (15 papers), Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (14 papers), Effects of Radiation Exposure (14 papers), Heat shock proteins research (10 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (6 papers), thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses (6 papers) and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Radiation (1.4k citations), Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging (1.5k citations), Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (2.0k citations), Cancer Research (791 citations) and Biomedical Engineering (1.1k citations). Leo E. Gerweck has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Herman D. Suit, Sergey V. Kozin, Harald Paganetti, Andrzej Niemierko, Jay S. Loeffler, Michael Goitein, Marek Ancukiewicz, E. Röttinger, Edward L. Gillette and William C. Dewey. Their work appears in journals such as Radiation Research, International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, Radiotherapy and Oncology, Cancer Research and Molecular Cancer Therapeutics.

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