Rainer Fietkau

19.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
480 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

About

Rainer Fietkau is a scholar working on Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Rainer Fietkau has authored 480 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 178 papers in Oncology, 125 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 124 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Rainer Fietkau's work include Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (82 papers), Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (48 papers) and Head and Neck Cancer Studies (48 papers). Rainer Fietkau is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (82 papers), Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (48 papers) and Head and Neck Cancer Studies (48 papers). Rainer Fietkau collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Rainer Fietkau's co-authors include Benjamin Frey, Udo S. Gaipl, Rolf Sauer, Oliver J. Ott, Luitpold Distel, Roland Wunderlich, Markus Hecht, Lisa Deloch, Günther Klautke and Yvonne Rubner and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Rainer Fietkau

463 papers receiving 9.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

ESPEN Guidelines on Enteral Nutrition: Non-surgical oncology

2006 653 citations Rainer Fietkau et al. profile →
The 2021 Updated European Association of Urology Guidelines on Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma

2021 212 citations Rainer Fietkau et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rainer Fietkau Germany	50	3.8k	2.6k	2.1k	1.9k	1.4k	480	9.9k
Stephen Y. Lai United States	51	2.7k 0.7×	2.0k 0.8×	1.9k 0.9×	915 0.5×	767 0.5×	271	8.3k
K. S. Clifford Chao United States	46	2.8k 0.8×	3.8k 1.5×	3.7k 1.8×	2.4k 1.3×	550 0.4×	143	10.7k
Atsushi Kubo Japan	48	1.8k 0.5×	2.3k 0.9×	2.0k 1.0×	1.8k 1.0×	829 0.6×	335	10.0k
Marek Ancukiewicz United States	47	3.3k 0.9×	2.1k 0.8×	4.3k 2.0×	1.4k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	127	11.8k
Giuliano Mariani Italy	57	1.6k 0.4×	2.4k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	2.3k 1.2×	868 0.6×	462	12.1k
Dora L.�W. Kwong Hong Kong	53	3.4k 0.9×	3.5k 1.4×	3.0k 1.4×	1.1k 0.6×	485 0.3×	219	11.1k
David Raben United States	48	6.8k 1.8×	3.7k 1.4×	5.6k 2.6×	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	236	15.2k
Lennart Blomqvist Sweden	46	3.9k 1.0×	3.5k 1.3×	1.1k 0.5×	1.8k 0.9×	963 0.7×	176	9.7k
Primož Strojan Slovenia	49	2.5k 0.7×	3.1k 1.2×	1.9k 0.9×	844 0.5×	328 0.2×	244	7.9k
Christopher M. Nutting United Kingdom	51	2.6k 0.7×	2.5k 1.0×	3.7k 1.8×	2.1k 1.1×	345 0.2×	192	10.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rainer Fietkau

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Szwed, Marzena, Agnieszka Majkowska‐Pilip, Benjamin Frey, et al.. (2025). Pt-Au Nanoparticles in Combination with Near-Infrared-Based Hyperthermia Increase the Temperature and Impact on the Viability and Immune Phenotype of Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(4). 1574–1574.

Stieb, Sonja, Cihan Gani, Oliver J. Ott, et al.. (2024). Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in combination with deep regional hyperthermia followed by surgery for rectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Strahlentherapie und Onkologie. 201(2). 151–162.

Huang, Yixing, Ahmed M. Gomaa, Udo S. Gaipl, et al.. (2024). Principles of artificial intelligence in radiooncology. Strahlentherapie und Onkologie. 201(3). 210–235. 8 indexed citations

Fietkau, Rainer, et al.. (2024). Initial needle tracking with the first standalone combined infrared camera – CT system for brachytherapy—analysis of tracking accuracy and uncertainties. Strahlentherapie und Onkologie. 201(2). 163–172. 3 indexed citations

Fietkau, Rainer, Jürgen Siebler, Marianne Pavel, et al.. (2024). A Hybrid Type III Effectiveness-Implementation Trial to Optimize Medication Safety With Oral Antitumor Therapy in Real-World: The AMBORA Competence and Consultation Center. JCO Oncology Practice. 20(9). 1219–1230. 1 indexed citations

Schmidt, Eva, Luitpold Distel, Ramona Erber, et al.. (2024). Tumor-Associated Neutrophils Are a Negative Prognostic Factor in Early Luminal Breast Cancers Lacking Immunosuppressive Macrophage Recruitment. Cancers. 16(18). 3160–3160. 7 indexed citations

Oertel, Markus F., Dennis Göerlich, S. Morris, et al.. (2024). Defining the Role of Radiotherapy for Indolent, Primary Cutaneous B-Cell Lymphoma – First Results from a Multicenter Registry by the International Lymphoma Radiation Oncology Group (ILROG). International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 120(2). S65–S66. 1 indexed citations

Bähr, Oliver, Ghazaleh Tabatabai, Rainer Fietkau, Roland Goldbrunner, & Martin Glas. (2024). Tumor treating fields (TTFields) therapy in patients with glioblastoma: Long-term survival results from TTFields in Germany in routine clinical care (TIGER) study.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 42(16_suppl). 2036–2036. 6 indexed citations

Strnad, Vratislav, Michael Lotter, Stephan Kreppner, et al.. (2023). On the implant stability in adaptive multi-catheter breast brachytherapy: Establishment of a decision-tree for treatment re-planning. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 183. 109597–109597. 4 indexed citations

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Putz, Florian, et al.. (2023). Non-Professional Phagocytosis Increases in Melanoma Cells and Tissues with Increasing E-Cadherin Expression. Current Oncology. 30(8). 7542–7552. 2 indexed citations

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Rieckmann, Thorsten, Markus Hecht, Antoniu‐Oreste Gostian, et al.. (2023). Radiotherapy combined with docetaxel alters the immune phenotype of HNSCC cells and results in increased surface expression of CD137 and release of HMGB1 of specifically HPV-positive tumor cells. Neoplasia. 45. 100944–100944. 2 indexed citations

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Deloch, Lisa, Stephanie Hehlgans, Michael Rückert, et al.. (2022). Radon Improves Clinical Response in an Animal Model of Rheumatoid Arthritis Accompanied by Increased Numbers of Peripheral Blood B Cells and Interleukin-5 Concentration. Cells. 11(4). 689–689. 5 indexed citations

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Lotter, Michael, et al.. (2021). Dosimetry, Optimization and FMEA of Total Skin Electron Irradiation (TSEI). Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik. 32(2). 228–239. 6 indexed citations

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Rutzner, Sandra, et al.. (2020). Deterioration of Health‐Related Quality of Life Scores under Treatment Predicts Longer Survival. BioMed Research International. 2020(1). 3565238–3565238. 10 indexed citations

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Piroth, Marc D., René Baumann, Wilfried Budach, et al.. (2018). Heart toxicity from breast cancer radiotherapy. Strahlentherapie und Onkologie. 195(1). 1–12. 157 indexed citations

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Haderlein, Marlen, Claudia Scherl, Sabine Semrau, et al.. (2017). Impact of postoperative radiotherapy and HER2/new overexpression in salivary duct carcinoma. Strahlentherapie und Onkologie. 193(11). 961–970. 24 indexed citations

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Frey, Benjamin, Michael Rückert, Julia Weber, et al.. (2017). Hypofractionated Irradiation Has Immune Stimulatory Potential and Induces a Timely Restricted Infiltration of Immune Cells in Colon Cancer Tumors. Frontiers in Immunology. 8. 231–231. 84 indexed citations

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Distel, Luitpold, et al.. (2017). Brain volume reduction after whole-brain radiotherapy: quantification and prognostic relevance. Neuro-Oncology. 20(2). 268–278. 13 indexed citations

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Haderlein, Marlen, et al.. (2016). Ex Vivo Apoptosis in CD8+ Lymphocytes Predicts Rectal Cancer Patient Outcome. Gastroenterology Research and Practice. 2016. 1–7. 6 indexed citations

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Nickel, Jens, et al.. (2003). [Differential diagnosis of tailgut cyst in the case of a rectal carcinoma with presacral mass].. PubMed. 55(2). 78–83. 1 indexed citations

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