Nita Ahuja

15.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
111 papers, 10.3k citations indexed

About

Nita Ahuja is a scholar working on Oncology, Molecular Biology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Nita Ahuja has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 10.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Oncology, 52 papers in Molecular Biology and 39 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Nita Ahuja's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (48 papers), Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (28 papers) and Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (19 papers). Nita Ahuja is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (48 papers), Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (28 papers) and Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (19 papers). Nita Ahuja collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and China. Nita Ahuja's co-authors include Stephen B. Baylin, Jean‐Pierre J. Issa, James G. Herman, Minoru Toyota, Mutsumi Ohe-Toyota, Christopher L. Wolfgang, Avinash Mohan, Anup Sharma, Qing Li and James K. V. Willson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Oncology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Nita Ahuja

109 papers receiving 10.1k 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.

CpG island methylator phenotype in colorectal cancer

1999 2.0k citations Nita Ahuja, James G. Herman et al. profile →
Incidence and functional consequences of hMLH1 promoter hypermethylation in colorectal carcinoma

1998 1.5k citations James G. Herman, Nita Ahuja et al. profile →
Aging and DNA methylation in colorectal mucosa and cancer.

1998 523 citations Nita Ahuja, Avinash Mohan et al. PubMed profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nita Ahuja United States	45	5.6k	4.4k	3.1k	2.3k	2.0k	111	10.3k
Anders Jakobsen Denmark	50	2.2k 0.4×	4.6k 1.0×	1.7k 0.5×	2.6k 1.1×	2.5k 1.3×	378	9.6k
Jayesh Desai Australia	45	3.5k 0.6×	7.7k 1.7×	3.3k 1.1×	2.4k 1.0×	4.9k 2.5×	325	13.4k
Robert R. McWilliams United States	46	2.4k 0.4×	5.9k 1.3×	1.1k 0.4×	1.9k 0.8×	1.9k 1.0×	206	8.4k
Federica Perrone Italy	50	2.1k 0.4×	3.6k 0.8×	1.2k 0.4×	1.3k 0.6×	2.7k 1.4×	235	7.9k
Kyoung‐Mee Kim South Korea	49	2.0k 0.4×	3.4k 0.8×	1.6k 0.5×	1.3k 0.6×	4.0k 2.0×	313	8.3k
Gamze Karaca United States	28	3.4k 0.6×	4.6k 1.0×	1.4k 0.5×	4.3k 1.9×	1.2k 0.6×	40	9.6k
Ralf Metzger Germany	40	3.7k 0.7×	2.9k 0.7×	772 0.3×	2.5k 1.1×	2.6k 1.3×	131	8.2k
Koji Tsuta Japan	54	3.2k 0.6×	4.5k 1.0×	818 0.3×	1.9k 0.8×	5.4k 2.7×	301	9.9k
Milind Javle United States	57	3.1k 0.5×	7.4k 1.7×	1.5k 0.5×	2.3k 1.0×	3.9k 2.0×	399	11.9k
Shigeki Sekine Japan	47	2.0k 0.4×	2.3k 0.5×	1.1k 0.4×	894 0.4×	1.8k 0.9×	188	6.2k

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Lee, Valerie, Rose Parkinson, Marianna Zahurak, et al.. (2024). A phase II study of guadecitabine combined with irinotecan vs regorafenib or TAS‐102 in irinotecan‐refractory metastatic colorectal cancer patients. International Journal of Cancer. 154(10). 1794–1801. 7 indexed citations

Lee, Valerie, Judy Wang, Marianna Zahurak, et al.. (2018). A Phase I Trial of a Guadecitabine (SGI-110) and Irinotecan in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Patients Previously Exposed to Irinotecan. Clinical Cancer Research. 24(24). 6160–6167. 39 indexed citations

Thakar, Manjusha, Rupashree Sen, Yi Cai, et al.. (2018). A novel epigenetic modulating agent sensitizes pancreatic cells to a chemotherapy agent. PLoS ONE. 13(6). e0199130–e0199130. 11 indexed citations

Leeds, Ira L., Joseph K. Canner, Jonathan E. Efron, et al.. (2017). The independent effect of cancer on outcomes: a potential limitation of surgical risk prediction. Journal of Surgical Research. 220. 402–409.e6. 26 indexed citations

Yi, Joo Mi, Eun‐Jin Kang, Hyun‐Mi Kwon, et al.. (2017). Epigenetically altered miR-1247 functions as a tumor suppressor in pancreatic cancer. Oncotarget. 8(16). 26600–26612. 23 indexed citations

Vlodrop, Iris J.H. van, Sophie C. Joosten, Tim De Meyer, et al.. (2016). A Four-Gene Promoter Methylation Marker Panel Consisting of GREM1, NEURL, LAD1, and NEFH Predicts Survival of Clear Cell Renal Cell Cancer Patients. Clinical Cancer Research. 23(8). 2006–2018. 44 indexed citations

Deckers, Ivette A.G., Leo J. Schouten, Leander Van Neste, et al.. (2015). Promoter Methylation of CDO1 Identifies Clear-Cell Renal Cell Cancer Patients with Poor Survival Outcome. Clinical Cancer Research. 21(15). 3492–3500. 49 indexed citations

Melotte, Veerle, Joo Mi Yi, Marjolein H.F.M. Lentjes, et al.. (2014). Spectrin Repeat Containing Nuclear Envelope 1 and Forkhead Box Protein E1 Are Promising Markers for the Detection of Colorectal Cancer in Blood. Cancer Prevention Research. 8(2). 157–164. 31 indexed citations

Wrangle, John, Emi Ota Machida, Ludmila Danilova, et al.. (2014). Functional Identification of Cancer-Specific Methylation of CDO1 , HOXA9 , and TAC1 for the Diagnosis of Lung Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 20(7). 1856–1864. 65 indexed citations

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Jeschke, Jana, Heather M. O’Hagan, Wei Zhang, et al.. (2013). Frequent Inactivation of Cysteine Dioxygenase Type 1 Contributes to Survival of Breast Cancer Cells and Resistance to Anthracyclines. Clinical Cancer Research. 19(12). 3201–3211. 68 indexed citations

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Yi, Joo Mi, Angela A. Guzzetta, Vasudev J. Bailey, et al.. (2013). Novel Methylation Biomarker Panel for the Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 19(23). 6544–6555. 118 indexed citations

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Keeley, Brian P., Alejandro Stark, Thomas R. Pisanic, et al.. (2013). Extraction and processing of circulating DNA from large sample volumes using methylation on beads for the detection of rare epigenetic events. Clinica Chimica Acta. 425. 169–175. 41 indexed citations

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Fu, Tao, Emmanouil P. Pappou, Angela A. Guzzetta, et al.. (2012). CpG Island Methylator Phenotype–Positive Tumors in the Absence of MLH1 Methylation Constitute a Distinct Subset of Duodenal Adenocarcinomas and Are Associated with Poor Prognosis. Clinical Cancer Research. 18(17). 4743–4752. 41 indexed citations

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Peng, Peter D., Omar Hyder, Michael N. Mavros, et al.. (2012). Management and Recurrence Patterns of Desmoids Tumors: A Multi-institutional Analysis of 211 Patients. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 19(13). 4036–4042. 99 indexed citations

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Jeschke, Jana, Leander Van Neste, Sabine C. Glöckner, et al.. (2012). Biomarkers for detection and prognosis of breast cancer identified by a functional hypermethylome screen. Epigenetics. 7(7). 701–709. 56 indexed citations

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Yi, Joo Mi, Mashaal Dhir, Leander Van Neste, et al.. (2011). Genomic and Epigenomic Integration Identifies a Prognostic Signature in Colon Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 17(6). 1535–1545. 118 indexed citations

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Downing, Stephanie R., Nita Ahuja, Tolulope A. Oyetunji, David C. Chang, & Wayne Frederick. (2010). Disparity in limb-salvage surgery among sarcoma patients. The American Journal of Surgery. 199(4). 549–553. 14 indexed citations

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Reddy, Sushanth, Barish H. Edil, John L. Cameron, et al.. (2008). Pancreatic Resection of Isolated Metastases from Nonpancreatic Primary Cancers. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 15(11). 3199–3206. 129 indexed citations

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Meguid, Robert A., Mark B. Slidell, Christopher L. Wolfgang, David C. Chang, & Nita Ahuja. (2008). Is There a Difference in Survival Between Right- Versus Left-Sided Colon Cancers?. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 15(9). 2388–2394. 400 indexed citations

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Ahuja, Nita, Avinash Mohan, Qing Li, et al.. (1997). Association between CpG island methylation and microsatellite instability in colorectal cancer.. PubMed. 57(16). 3370–4. 249 indexed citations

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