Raja R. Seethala

29.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
252 papers, 12.1k citations indexed

About

Raja R. Seethala is a scholar working on Surgery, Oncology and Oral Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Raja R. Seethala has authored 252 papers receiving a total of 12.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 132 papers in Surgery, 110 papers in Oncology and 66 papers in Oral Surgery. Recurrent topics in Raja R. Seethala's work include Salivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment (92 papers), Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology (66 papers) and Ear and Head Tumors (61 papers). Raja R. Seethala is often cited by papers focused on Salivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment (92 papers), Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology (66 papers) and Ear and Head Tumors (61 papers). Raja R. Seethala collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Raja R. Seethala's co-authors include Simion I. Chiosea, Robert L. Ferris, Marina N. Nikiforova, Yuri E. Nikiforov, Eleanor Barnes, Jennifer L. Hunt, Sally E. Carty, Linwah Yip, N. Paul Ohori and Sanja Đačić and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Clinical Oncology and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

Raja R. Seethala

237 papers receiving 11.9k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Impact of Mutational Testing on the Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Cytologically Indeterminate Thyroid Nodules: A Prospective Analysis of 1056 FNA Samples
    2011 582 citations Yuri E. Nikiforov, N. Paul Ohori et al. profile →
  2. Human Papillomavirus Testing in Head and Neck Carcinomas: Guideline From the College of American Pathologists
    2017 390 citations Raja R. Seethala et al. profile →
  3. Highly accurate diagnosis of cancer in thyroid nodules with follicular neoplasm/suspicious for a follicular neoplasm cytology by ThyroSeq v2 next‐generation sequencing assay
    2014 374 citations Yuri E. Nikiforov, Sally E. Carty et al. profile →
  4. Impact of the Multi-Gene ThyroSeq Next-Generation Sequencing Assay on Cancer Diagnosis in Thyroid Nodules with Atypia of Undetermined Significance/Follicular Lesion of Undetermined Significance Cytology
    2015 292 citations Yuri E. Nikiforov, Sally E. Carty et al. Thyroid profile →
  5. Management of Salivary Gland Malignancy: ASCO Guideline
    2021 206 citations Raja R. Seethala et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Raja R. Seethala United States 58 6.8k 5.3k 2.8k 2.4k 2.0k 252 12.1k
Ronald Ghossein United States 70 5.5k 0.8× 4.9k 0.9× 9.8k 3.5× 645 0.3× 2.1k 1.1× 276 16.0k
Zubair Baloch United States 59 8.0k 1.2× 2.9k 0.5× 10.9k 3.9× 778 0.3× 1.8k 0.9× 322 15.7k
S. Pilotti Italy 54 1.6k 0.2× 4.0k 0.8× 1.1k 0.4× 457 0.2× 1.5k 0.8× 175 9.2k
Abbas Agaimy Germany 56 5.1k 0.7× 4.1k 0.8× 173 0.1× 1.1k 0.4× 2.5k 1.3× 611 12.8k
Primož Strojan Slovenia 49 3.1k 0.5× 2.5k 0.5× 319 0.1× 452 0.2× 385 0.2× 244 7.9k
Bayardo Perez‐Ordoñez Canada 51 4.5k 0.7× 4.0k 0.8× 83 0.0× 1.3k 0.5× 1.3k 0.7× 206 9.6k
Paola Collini Italy 55 1.8k 0.3× 4.9k 0.9× 1.7k 0.6× 323 0.1× 1.8k 0.9× 285 11.5k
Renata Ferrarotto United States 33 1.6k 0.2× 2.7k 0.5× 873 0.3× 271 0.1× 530 0.3× 210 4.7k
César A. Moran United States 61 4.1k 0.6× 3.7k 0.7× 1.5k 0.5× 275 0.1× 1.2k 0.6× 404 12.4k
Chan Kwon Jung South Korea 42 2.2k 0.3× 1.4k 0.3× 3.5k 1.3× 133 0.1× 677 0.3× 306 7.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zandberg, Dan P., Lazar Vujanović, David A. Clump, et al.. (2025). Randomized Phase II Study of Concurrent Versus Sequential Pembrolizumab in Combination With Chemoradiation in Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 43(23). 2572–2582.
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Deutsch, Julie S., Tricia R. Cottrell, Krista Y. Chen, et al.. (2024). Pan-tumor harmonization of pathologic response assessment for standardized data collection in neoadjuvant IO trials (PATHdata): Final analysis of a multi-institutional reproducibility study.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 42(16_suppl). 2515–2515.
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Tjendra, Youley, Jaylou M. Velez Torres, Carmen Gomez‐Fernandez, et al.. (2024). Parsing the thyroid cytopathology suspicious for malignancy diagnosis through molecular‐derived risk of malignancy and other related parameters: Insights into nodule characteristics and practice patterns. Cancer Cytopathology. 133(1). e22904–e22904. 1 indexed citations
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Shah, Akeesha A. & Raja R. Seethala. (2021). Squamoglandular Variant of Acinic Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report of a Novel Variant. Head and Neck Pathology. 16(3). 870–875. 5 indexed citations
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Hornick, Jason L., Rhonda K. Yantiss, Laura W. Lamps, et al.. (2018). USCAP 2018 Abstracts: Genitourinary Pathology (894–1126). Modern Pathology. 31(S2). 323a–403. 3 indexed citations
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Vitale‐Cross, Lynn, Daniel Martı́n, Abraham Schneider, et al.. (2015). Prevention of Tumor Growth Driven by PIK3CA and HPV Oncogenes by Targeting mTOR Signaling with Metformin in Oral Squamous Carcinomas Expressing OCT3. Cancer Prevention Research. 8(3). 197–207. 48 indexed citations
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Concha‐Benavente, Fernando, Raghvendra M. Srivastava, Sumita Trivedi, et al.. (2015). Identification of the Cell-Intrinsic and -Extrinsic Pathways Downstream of EGFR and IFNγ That Induce PD-L1 Expression in Head and Neck Cancer. Cancer Research. 76(5). 1031–1043. 253 indexed citations
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Srivastava, Raghvendra M., Sumita Trivedi, Fernando Concha‐Benavente, et al.. (2015). STAT1-Induced HLA Class I Upregulation Enhances Immunogenicity and Clinical Response to Anti-EGFR mAb Cetuximab Therapy in HNC Patients. Cancer Immunology Research. 3(8). 936–945. 64 indexed citations
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McCoy, Kelly L., Raja R. Seethala, Michaele J. Armstrong, et al.. (2015). The clinical importance of parathyroid atypia: Is long-term surveillance necessary?. Surgery. 158(4). 929–936. 29 indexed citations
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Nikiforov, Yuri E., Sally E. Carty, Simion I. Chiosea, et al.. (2015). Impact of the Multi-Gene ThyroSeq Next-Generation Sequencing Assay on Cancer Diagnosis in Thyroid Nodules with Atypia of Undetermined Significance/Follicular Lesion of Undetermined Significance Cytology. Thyroid. 25(11). 1217–1223. 292 indexed citations breakdown →
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Egloff, Ann Marie, Ju-Whei Lee, Corey J. Langer, et al.. (2014). Phase II Study of Cetuximab in Combination with Cisplatin and Radiation in Unresectable, Locally Advanced Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Trial E3303. Clinical Cancer Research. 20(19). 5041–5051. 26 indexed citations
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Leibowitz, Michael S., Rahul Srivastava, Pedro A. Andrade Filho, et al.. (2013). SHP2 Is Overexpressed and Inhibits pSTAT1-Mediated APM Component Expression, T-cell Attracting Chemokine Secretion, and CTL Recognition in Head and Neck Cancer Cells. Clinical Cancer Research. 19(4). 798–808. 63 indexed citations
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Wheeler, Sarah, Doris R. Siwak, Raymond L. Chai, et al.. (2012). Tumor Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor and EGFR PY1068 Are Independent Prognostic Indicators for Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Clinical Cancer Research. 18(8). 2278–2289. 63 indexed citations
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Wheeler, Sarah, et al.. (2012). Lyn Kinase Mediates Cell Motility and Tumor Growth in EGFRvIII-Expressing Head and Neck Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 18(10). 2850–2860. 29 indexed citations
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Bhola, Neil E., Sufi M. Thomas, Maria L. Freilino, et al.. (2011). Targeting GPCR-Mediated p70S6K Activity May Improve Head and Neck Cancer Response to Cetuximab. Clinical Cancer Research. 17(15). 4996–5004. 25 indexed citations
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Vaezi, Alec, Shama Buch, William E. Gooding, et al.. (2011). XPF Expression Correlates with Clinical Outcome in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck. Clinical Cancer Research. 17(16). 5513–5522. 42 indexed citations
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Ferris, Robert L., Liqiang Xi, Raja R. Seethala, et al.. (2011). Intraoperative qRT-PCR for Detection of Lymph Node Metastasis in Head and Neck Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 17(7). 1858–1866. 48 indexed citations
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Knowles, Lynn M., Laura P. Stabile, Ann Marie Egloff, et al.. (2009). HGF and c-Met Participate in Paracrine Tumorigenic Pathways in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 15(11). 3740–3750. 175 indexed citations
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Lai, Stephen Y., Priya Koppikar, Sufi M. Thomas, et al.. (2009). Intratumoral Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Antisense DNA Therapy in Head and Neck Cancer: First Human Application and Potential Antitumor Mechanisms. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 27(8). 1235–1242. 46 indexed citations
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Zhang, Weiping, Neil E. Bhola, Shailaja Kalyankrishna, et al.. (2008). Kinin B2 Receptor Mediates Induction of Cyclooxygenase-2 and Is Overexpressed in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas. Molecular Cancer Research. 6(12). 1946–1956. 30 indexed citations

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