Peter C. Burger

62.6k total citations · 9 hit papers
361 papers, 43.0k citations indexed

About

Peter C. Burger is a scholar working on Genetics, Neurology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter C. Burger has authored 361 papers receiving a total of 43.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 234 papers in Genetics, 120 papers in Neurology and 93 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Peter C. Burger's work include Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (233 papers), Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments (59 papers) and Meningioma and schwannoma management (50 papers). Peter C. Burger is often cited by papers focused on Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (233 papers), Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments (59 papers) and Meningioma and schwannoma management (50 papers). Peter C. Burger collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Italy. Peter C. Burger's co-authors include Bernd W. Scheithauer, Paul Kleihues, David N. Louis, Webster K. Cavenee, Hiroko Ohgaki, Otmar D. Wiestler, Anne Jouvet, Sylvan B. Green, F. Stephen Vogel and Tarık Tihan and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Peter C. Burger

357 papers receiving 42.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

The 2007 WHO Classification of Tumours of the Central Nervous System

2007 10.8k citations Peter C. Burger, Bernd W. Scheithauer et al. profile →
Erratum to: The 2007 WHO classification of tumours of the central nervous system

2007 3.1k citations Peter C. Burger, Bernd W. Scheithauer et al. profile →
5′ CpG island methylation is associated with transcriptional silencing of the tumour suppressor p16/CDKN2/MTS1 in human cancers

1995 1.7k citations Peter C. Burger, David Sidransky et al. profile →
The WHO Classification of Tumors of the Nervous System

2002 1.5k citations Bernd W. Scheithauer, Peter C. Burger et al. profile →
The Molecular Basis of Turcot's Syndrome

1995 719 citations Peter C. Burger et al. profile →
Alterations of Chromosome Arms 1p and 19q as Predictors of Survival in Oligodendrogliomas, Astrocytomas, and Mixed Oligoastrocytomas

2000 643 citations Arie Perry, Peter C. Burger et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →
Phase III Study of Craniospinal Radiation Therapy Followed by Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Newly Diagnosed Average-Risk Medulloblastoma

2006 637 citations Roger J. Packer, Amar Gajjar et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →
Postoperative Chemotherapy and Delayed Radiation in Children Less Than Three Years of Age with Malignant Brain Tumors

1993 593 citations Patricia K. Duffner, Marc E. Horowitz et al. profile →
Glioblastoma multiforme and anaplastic astrocytoma pathologic criteria and prognostic implications

1985 541 citations Peter C. Burger et al. Cancer profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Phase 3 randomized trial of high-dose methotrexate for young children with high-risk embryonal brain tumors: A report from the Children’s Oncology Group 2025 ·Neuro-Oncology ·Claire Mazewski, Sarah Leary, Guolian Kang, Bryan Li, Stewart J. Kellie, Laura L. Hayes, Dennis Shaw, Ben Ho, Alyssa Reddy, Jeffrey M. Gossett, Peter C. Burger, Alexander R. Judkins, (unknown), J. Russell Geyer, Amar Gajjar, Ian F. Pollack, Maryam Fouladi, Annie Huang	3
2	Next-generation sequencing in neuropathologic diagnosis of infections of the nervous system 2016 ·Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation ·Steven L. Salzberg, Florian P. Breitwieser, Anupama Kumar, Haiping Hao, Peter C. Burger, Fausto J. Rodríguez, Michael Lim, Alfredo Quiñones‐Hinojosa, Gary L. Gallia, Jeffrey A. Tornheim, Michael T. Melia, Cynthia L. Sears, Carlos A. Pardo	121
3	MGMT inactivation and clinical response in newly diagnosed GBM patients treated with Gliadel 2015 ·Journal of Clinical Neuroscience ·Rachel Grossman, Peter C. Burger, Ethan Soudry, Betty Tyler, Kaisorn L. Chaichana, Jon Weingart, Alessandro Olivi, Gary L. Gallia, David Sidransky, Alfredo Quiñones‐Hinojosa, Xiaobu Ye, Henry Brem	21
4	Invasive adenoma and pituitary carcinoma: a SEER database analysis 2014 ·PMC ·(unknown), Sachin Batra, Michael Lim, Gary L. Gallia, Peter C. Burger, Roberto Salvatori, Gary S. Wand, Alfredo Quiñones‐Hinojosa, Lawrence Kleinberg, Kristin J. Redmond	1
5	High-Risk Medulloblastoma: A Pediatric Oncology Group Randomized Trial of Chemotherapy Before or After Radiation Therapy (POG 9031) 2013 ·Journal of Clinical Oncology ·Nancy J. Tarbell, Henry S. Friedman, William R. Polkinghorn, Torunn I. Yock, Tianni Zhou, Zhengjia Chen, Peter C. Burger, Patrick D. Barnes, Larry E. Kun	108
6	Induction Chemotherapy and Conformal Radiation Therapy for Very Young Children With Nonmetastatic Medulloblastoma: Children's Oncology Group Study P9934 2012 ·Journal of Clinical Oncology ·David M. Ashley, Thomas E. Merchant, Douglas Strother, Tianni Zhou, Patricia K. Duffner, Peter C. Burger, Douglas C. Miller, (unknown), Melanie J. Bonner, Michael E. Msall, Allen Buxton, Russell Geyer, Larry E. Kun, Lee Coleman, Ian F. Pollack	67
7	Outcome of Children With Metastatic Medulloblastoma Treated With Carboplatin During Craniospinal Radiotherapy: A Children's Oncology Group Phase I/II Study 2012 ·Journal of Clinical Oncology ·Regina I. Jakacki, Peter C. Burger, Tianni Zhou, Emiko J. Holmes, Mehmet Koçak, Arzu Onar, Joel Goldwein, Minesh P. Mehta, Roger J. Packer, Nancy J. Tarbell, Charles R. Fitz, Gilbert Vézina, Joanne M. Hilden, Ian F. Pollack	131
8	Disseminated oligodendroglial-like leptomeningeal tumor of childhood: a distinctive clinicopathologic entity 2012 ·Acta Neuropathologica ·Fausto J. Rodríguez, Arie Perry, Marc K. Rosenblum, Sherry Krawitz, Kenneth J. Cohen, Doris Lin, Stacy Mosier, Ming‐Tseh Lin, Charles G. Eberhart, Peter C. Burger	115
9	Intensive Multimodality Treatment for Children With Newly Diagnosed CNS Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor 2008 ·Journal of Clinical Oncology ·Susan Chi, Mary Ann Zimmerman, Xiaopan Yao, Kenneth J. Cohen, Peter C. Burger, Jaclyn A. Biegel, Lucy B. Rorke‐Adams, Michael J. Fisher, Anna J. Janss, Claire Mazewski, Stewart Goldman, Peter Manley, Daniel C. Bowers, Anne Bendel, Joshua T. Rubin, Christopher Turner, Karen J. Marcus, Liliana Goumnerova, Nicole J. Ullrich, Mark W. Kieran	297
10	Phase III Study of Craniospinal Radiation Therapy Followed by Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Newly Diagnosed Average-Risk Medulloblastoma breakdown → 2006 ·Journal of Clinical Oncology ·Roger J. Packer, Amar Gajjar, Gilbert Vézina, Lucy B. Rorke‐Adams, Peter C. Burger, Patricia L. Robertson, Lisa A. Bayer, Deborah A. Lafond, Bernadine R. Donahue, (unknown), Karin M. Muraszko, James Langston, Richard Sposto	637
11	Pilocytic and Pilomyxoid Hypothalamic/Chiasmatic Astrocytomas 2004 ·Neurosurgery ·Ricardo J. Komotar, Peter C. Burger, Benjamin S. Carson, Henry Brem, Alessandro Olivi, Patricia T. Goldthwaite, Tarık Tihan	130
12	Primary Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma of the Central Nervous System 2003 ·The American Journal of Surgical Pathology ·David H. George, Bernd W. Scheithauer, Fügen Aker, Paul J. Kurtin, Peter C. Burger, José Cameselle‐Teijeiro, Roger E. McLendon, Joseph E. Parisi, Werner Paulus, Wolfgang Roggendorf, (unknown)	64
13	Pituicytoma 2000 ·The American Journal of Surgical Pathology ·Daniel J. Brat, Bernd W. Scheithauer, Susan M. Staugaitis, Robert N. N. Holtzman, Susan Morgello, Peter C. Burger	154
14	Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor of the Central Nervous System: A Highly Malignant Tumor of Infancy and Childhood Frequently Mistaken for Medulloblastoma 1998 ·The American Journal of Surgical Pathology ·Peter C. Burger, (unknown), Tarık Tihan, Henry S. Friedman, Douglas Strother, James L. Kepner, Patricia K. Duffner, Larry E. Kun, Elizabeth J. Perlman	315
15	Stereotactic brain biopsies: specimen preparation and evaluation. 1997 ·PubMed ·Peter C. Burger, James S. Nelson	26
16	Desmoplastic Infantile Gangliogliomas 1994 ·Neurosurgery ·Patricia K. Duffner, Peter C. Burger, Michael E. Cohen, Robert A. Sanford, Jeffrey P. Krischer, Roy D. Elterman, Patricia A. Aronin, Jeanette Pullen, Marc E. Horowitz, Andrew D. Parent, Paul Martin, Larry E. Kun	56
17	Preradiation chemotherapy in advanced medulloblastoma a pediatric oncology group pilot study 1993 ·Cancer ·(unknown), Michael A. Nigro, Patrick R. Thomas, Peter C. Burger, Jeffrey Krischer, Robert A. Morantz, (unknown), Arlynn F. Mulne, Richard B. Towbin, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Larry E. Kun	43
18	Postmortem (Specimen) MR 1990 ·American Journal of Neuroradiology ·Peter C. Burger	7
19	Neuroimaging of scuba diving injuries to the CNS 1988 ·American Journal of Neuroradiology ·Lisa Warren, W T Djang, Richard E. Moon, Enrico M. Camporesi, (unknown), Douglas C. Anthony, E. Wayne Massey, Peter C. Burger, E. Ralph Heinz	11
20	Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Brain Iron 1986 ·American Journal of Neuroradiology ·Burton P. Drayer, Peter C. Burger, Robert H. Darwin, Stephen J. Riederer, Robert J. Herfkens, G. Allan Johnson	136

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