Mirko Nitsche

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Mirko Nitsche is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mirko Nitsche has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Surgery, 11 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 10 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Mirko Nitsche's work include Breast Cancer Treatment Studies (7 papers), Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (6 papers) and Head and Neck Cancer Studies (5 papers). Mirko Nitsche is often cited by papers focused on Breast Cancer Treatment Studies (7 papers), Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (6 papers) and Head and Neck Cancer Studies (5 papers). Mirko Nitsche collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and United States. Mirko Nitsche's co-authors include Marco Prinz, Uwe‐Karsten Hanisch, Matthias Mack, Alexander Mildner, Josef Priller, Hauke Schmidt, Mathias Heikenwälder, Wolfgang Brück, Doron Merkler and Robert Michael Hermann and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Mirko Nitsche

38 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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Microglia in the adult brain arise from Ly-6ChiCCR2+ monocytes only under defined host conditions

2007 855 citations Alexander Mildner, Hauke Schmidt et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mirko Nitsche Germany	14	681	527	257	228	195	41	1.4k
Josefine Radke Germany	18	352 0.5×	232 0.4×	372 1.4×	91 0.4×	132 0.7×	42	1.2k
Makiko Mizutani Japan	9	613 0.9×	541 1.0×	299 1.2×	47 0.2×	226 1.2×	24	1.2k
Leonor Gouveia Sweden	10	547 0.8×	162 0.3×	682 2.7×	131 0.6×	125 0.6×	16	1.4k
Khayrun Nahar Switzerland	7	617 0.9×	160 0.3×	621 2.4×	82 0.4×	116 0.6×	8	1.4k
Anne Cotleur United States	14	456 0.7×	563 1.1×	201 0.8×	75 0.3×	171 0.9×	20	1.2k
Melanie‐Jane Hannocks Germany	13	351 0.5×	205 0.4×	374 1.5×	74 0.3×	127 0.7×	16	1.3k
Ermanna Turano Italy	12	421 0.6×	283 0.5×	770 3.0×	199 0.9×	93 0.5×	26	1.7k
Yvette Zarb Switzerland	8	585 0.9×	166 0.3×	608 2.4×	72 0.3×	105 0.5×	10	1.3k
Adi Vaknin‐Dembinsky Israel	23	214 0.3×	573 1.1×	627 2.4×	221 1.0×	191 1.0×	80	2.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mirko Nitsche

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Christiansen, Hans, et al.. (2025). Breast Edema After Breast-Conserving Surgery and Radiotherapy: Introduction of a Clinically Meaningful Classification and Evaluation of the Incidence After Normo- and Hypofractionated Treatments. Cancers. 17(14). 2368–2368.

Krug, David, Mirko Nitsche, Wolfgang Hoffmann, et al.. (2023). The impact of palliative radiotherapy on health-related quality of life in patients with head and neck cancer – Results of a multicenter prospective cohort study. Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology. 41. 100633–100633. 1 indexed citations

Krause, Fabian, et al.. (2022). The tumor core boost study: A feasibility study of radical dose escalation to the central part of large tumors with an integrated boost in the palliative treatment setting. Strahlentherapie und Onkologie. 199(3). 258–267. 3 indexed citations

Zimmermann, Heiner, Mirko Nitsche, Christiane Pott, et al.. (2021). Reduction of immunosuppression combined with whole-brain radiotherapy and concurrent systemic rituximab is an effective yet toxic treatment of primary central nervous system post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (pCNS-PTLD): 14 cases from the prospective German PTLD registry. Annals of Hematology. 100(8). 2043–2050. 8 indexed citations

Rades, Dirk, Barbara Šegedin, Antonio J. Conde-Moreno, et al.. (2019). Patient-Reported Outcomes–Secondary Analysis of the SCORE-2 Trial Comparing 4 Gy × 5 to 3 Gy × 10 for Metastatic Epidural Spinal Cord Compression. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 105(4). 760–764. 13 indexed citations

Kaltenborn, Alexander, et al.. (2016). Low-dose external beam radiotherapy for greater trochanteric pain syndrome. Strahlentherapie und Onkologie. 193(4). 260–268. 11 indexed citations

Hermann, Robert Michael, et al.. (2015). Late radiation sequelae as a consequence of breast-conserving therapy with cobalt irradiation aggravated by various risk factors. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(2). 20150026–20150026. 1 indexed citations

Nitsche, Mirko, et al.. (2015). Cardiac Toxicity after Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer: Myths and Facts. Breast Care. 10(2). 131–135. 12 indexed citations

Nitsche, Mirko, Juergen Dunst, Ulrich M. Carl, & Robert Michael Hermann. (2015). Emerging Role of Hypofractionated Radiotherapy with Simultaneous Integrated Boost in Modern Radiotherapy of Breast Cancer. Breast Care. 10(5). 320–324. 9 indexed citations

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Nitsche, Mirko, et al.. (2012). Fludarabine combined with radiotherapy in patients with locally advanced NSCLC lung carcinoma: a phase I study. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology. 138(7). 1113–1120. 7 indexed citations

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Nitsche, Mirko & Robert Michael Hermann. (2011). Axillary Irradiation as an Imperative Alternative to Axillary Dissection in Clinically Lymph Node-Negative but Sentinel Node-Positive Breast Cancer Patients?. Breast Care. 6(5). 353–358. 2 indexed citations

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Fayyazi, Afshin, et al.. (2008). Thymic alterations in mice deficient for the SNARE protein VAMP8/endobrevin. Cell and Tissue Research. 334(2). 227–242. 11 indexed citations

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Hermann, Robert Michael, Carsten Gründker, Margret Rave‐Fränk, et al.. (2007). No supra-additive effects of goserelin and radiotherapy on clonogenic survival of prostate carcinoma cells in vitro. Radiation Oncology. 2(1). 31–31. 8 indexed citations

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Hermann, Robert Michael, Hans Christiansen, Andrea Hille, et al.. (2007). Radiosensitization Dependent on p53 Function in Bronchial Carcinoma Cells by the Isoflavone Genistein and Estradiol in Vitro*. Strahlentherapie und Onkologie. 183(4). 195–202. 14 indexed citations

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Mildner, Alexander, Hauke Schmidt, Mirko Nitsche, et al.. (2007). Microglia in the adult brain arise from Ly-6ChiCCR2+ monocytes only under defined host conditions. Nature Neuroscience. 10(12). 1544–1553. 855 indexed citations breakdown →

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Christiansen, Hans, Robert Michael Hermann, Alexios Martin, et al.. (2006). Long-term follow-up after transoral laser microsurgery and adjuvant radiotherapy for advanced recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 65(4). 1067–1074. 20 indexed citations

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Christiansen, Hans, Robert Michael Hermann, Alexios Martin, et al.. (2005). Neck Lymph Node Metastases from an Unknown Primary Tumor. Strahlentherapie und Onkologie. 181(6). 355–362. 26 indexed citations

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Nitsche, Mirko, Robert Michael Hermann, Hans Christiansen, Joachim Berger, & Olivier Pradier. (2005). Rationale for Individualized Therapy in Sinonasal Teratocarcinosarcoma (SNTC): Case Report. Oncology Research and Treatment. 28(12). 653–656. 19 indexed citations

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Christiansen, Hans, Robert Michael Hermann, Andrea Hille, et al.. (2004). Concomitant radiochemotherapy in primary inoperable advanced head and neck cancer with 5‐fluorouracil and mitomycin‐C. Head & Neck. 26(10). 845–853. 12 indexed citations

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Rave‐Fränk, Margret, et al.. (2001). In vitro response of human dermal fibroblasts to X-irradiation: relationship between radiation-induced clonogenic cell death, chromosome aberrations and markers of proliferative senescence or differentiation. International Journal of Radiation Biology. 77(12). 1163–1174. 26 indexed citations

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