Markku Aarnio

6.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
36 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Markku Aarnio is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Surgery and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Markku Aarnio has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 17 papers in Surgery and 13 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Markku Aarnio's work include Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (18 papers), Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (13 papers) and Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management (12 papers). Markku Aarnio is often cited by papers focused on Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (18 papers), Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (13 papers) and Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management (12 papers). Markku Aarnio collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United States and Namibia. Markku Aarnio's co-authors include Jukka‐Pekka Mecklin, Lauri A. Aaltonen, Heikki Järvinen, Albert de la Chapelle, Païvi Peltomäki, Reijo Salovaara, Harri Mustonen, Katja Aktan–Collan, Eero Pukkala and Risto Sankila and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Gastroenterology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Markku Aarnio

35 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Controlled 15-year trial on screening for colorectal cancer in families with hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer

2000 926 citations Heikki Järvinen, Markku Aarnio et al. Gastroenterology profile →
Cancer risk in mutation carriers of DNA-mismatch-repair genes

1999 889 citations Markku Aarnio, Risto Sankila et al. International Journal of Cancer profile →
Antibiotic Therapy vs Appendectomy for Treatment of Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis

2015 483 citations Paulina Salminen, Hannu Paajanen et al. JAMA profile →
Five-Year Follow-up of Antibiotic Therapy for Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis in the APPAC Randomized Clinical Trial

2018 271 citations Paulina Salminen, Risto Tuominen et al. JAMA profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Markku Aarnio Finland	23	3.0k	2.2k	1.5k	986	984	36	4.5k
P. Kienle Germany	21	274 0.1×	1.0k 0.5×	845 0.6×	66 0.1×	180 0.2×	73	1.7k
Sharon S. Lum United States	22	276 0.1×	637 0.3×	392 0.3×	64 0.1×	364 0.4×	102	1.4k
Richard Hardwick United Kingdom	29	480 0.2×	524 0.2×	1.9k 1.2×	42 0.0×	140 0.1×	81	2.8k
G. Schellong Germany	25	1.2k 0.4×	595 0.3×	131 0.1×	96 0.1×	65 0.1×	106	2.6k
Ian T. Jones Australia	23	537 0.2×	1.1k 0.5×	640 0.4×	37 0.0×	207 0.2×	74	1.8k
Damienne Castaigne France	36	228 0.1×	558 0.2×	1.1k 0.7×	28 0.0×	205 0.2×	110	3.4k
N C Armitage United Kingdom	20	387 0.1×	1.0k 0.5×	777 0.5×	73 0.1×	155 0.2×	30	1.6k
Eric Eisenhauer United States	26	139 0.0×	514 0.2×	1.9k 1.3×	100 0.1×	130 0.1×	79	3.0k
Melanie Goldfarb United States	27	212 0.1×	638 0.3×	962 0.6×	33 0.0×	162 0.2×	104	1.9k
LaSalle D. Leffall United States	18	213 0.1×	653 0.3×	357 0.2×	68 0.1×	355 0.4×	71	1.3k

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Haijanen, Jussi, Suvi Sippola, Risto Tuominen, et al.. (2019). Cost analysis of antibiotic therapy versus appendectomy for treatment of uncomplicated acute appendicitis: 5-year results of the APPAC randomized clinical trial. PLoS ONE. 14(7). e0220202–e0220202. 28 indexed citations

Mecklin, Jukka‐Pekka, et al.. (2018). Recurrent groin hernia surgery after primary open inguinal procedures: a reappraisal of the open preperitoneal (Ugahary) technique. Hernia. 23(4). 671–675. 1 indexed citations

Lietzén, Elina, Juha Grönroos, Tero Rautio, et al.. (2016). Is preoperative distinction between complicated and uncomplicated acute appendicitis feasible without imaging?. Surgery. 160(3). 789–795. 35 indexed citations

Salminen, Paulina, Hannu Paajanen, Tero Rautio, et al.. (2015). Antibiotic Therapy vs Appendectomy for Treatment of Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 70(10). 619–620. 1 indexed citations

Salminen, Paulina, Hannu Paajanen, Tero Rautio, et al.. (2015). Antibiotic Therapy vs Appendectomy for Treatment of Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis. JAMA. 313(23). 2340–2340. 483 indexed citations breakdown →

Paajanen, Hannu, Juha Grönroos, Tero Rautio, et al.. (2013). A prospective randomized controlled multicenter trial comparing antibiotic therapy with appendectomy in the treatment of uncomplicated acute appendicitis (APPAC trial). BMC Surgery. 13(1). 3–3. 50 indexed citations

Aarnio, Markku, Matti Juhola, Annette Gylling, et al.. (2012). Uroepithelial and kidney carcinoma in Lynch syndrome. Familial Cancer. 11(3). 395–401. 23 indexed citations

Gylling, Annette, Wael M. Abdel‐Rahman, Taina T. Nieminen, et al.. (2012). Breast carcinoma and Lynch syndrome: molecular analysis of tumors arising in mutation carriers, non-carriers, and sporadic cases. Breast Cancer Research. 14(3). R90–R90. 35 indexed citations

Gylling, Annette, Taina T. Nieminen, Wael M. Abdel‐Rahman, et al.. (2008). Differential cancer predisposition in Lynch syndrome: insights from molecular analysis of brain and urinary tract tumors. Carcinogenesis. 29(7). 1351–1359. 77 indexed citations

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Mecklin, Jukka‐Pekka, Markku Aarnio, Esa Läärä, et al.. (2007). Development of Colorectal Tumors in Colonoscopic Surveillance in Lynch Syndrome. Gastroenterology. 133(4). 1093–1098. 89 indexed citations

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Gylling, Annette, Wael M. Abdel‐Rahman, Martti Juhola, et al.. (2007). Is gastric cancer part of the tumour spectrum of hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer? A molecular genetic study. Gut. 56(7). 926–933. 79 indexed citations

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Kairaluoma, M., et al.. (2004). Immediate Repair of Obstetric Anal Sphincter Rupture: Medium-Term Outcome of the Overlap Technique. Diseases of the Colon & Rectum. 47(9). 1358–1363. 20 indexed citations

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Renkonen‐Sinisalo, Laura, P. Sipponen, Markku Aarnio, et al.. (2002). No Support for Endoscopic Surveillance for Gastric Cancer in Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colorectal Cancer. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology. 37(5). 574–577. 54 indexed citations

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Järvinen, Heikki, Markku Aarnio, Harri Mustonen, et al.. (2000). Controlled 15-year trial on screening for colorectal cancer in families with hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer. Gastroenterology. 118(5). 829–834. 926 indexed citations breakdown →

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Aarnio, Markku, Risto Sankila, Eero Pukkala, et al.. (1999). Cancer risk in mutation carriers of DNA‐mismatch‐repair genes. International Journal of Cancer. 81(2). 214–218. 74 indexed citations

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Aarnio, Markku, Risto Sankila, Eero Pukkala, et al.. (1999). Cancer risk in mutation carriers of DNA-mismatch-repair genes. International Journal of Cancer. 81(2). 214–218. 889 indexed citations breakdown →

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Larramendy, Marcelo L., Wael El‐Rifai, Arto Kokkola, et al.. (1998). Comparative Genomic Hybridization Reveals Differences in DNA Copy Number Changes between Sporadic Gastric Carcinomas and Gastric Carcinomas from Patients with Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer. Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics. 106(1). 62–65. 18 indexed citations

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Aarnio, Markku, Harri Mustonen, Jukka‐Pekka Mecklin, & Heikki Järvinen. (1998). Prognosis of colorectal cancer varies in different high-risk conditions. Annals of Medicine. 30(1). 75–80. 58 indexed citations

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Aarnio, Markku, Reijo Salovaara, Lauri A. Aaltonen, Jukka‐Pekka Mecklin, & Heikki Järvinen. (1997). Features of gastric cancer in hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer syndrome. International Journal of Cancer. 74(5). 551–555. 119 indexed citations

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Aarnio, Markku, Jukka‐Pekka Mecklin, Lauri A. Aaltonen, Minna Nyström, & Heikki Järvinen. (1995). Life‐time risk of different cancers in hereditary non‐polyposis colorectal cancer (hnpcc) syndrome. International Journal of Cancer. 64(6). 430–433. 421 indexed citations

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