Rolf Sauer

28.6k total citations · 7 hit papers
388 papers, 19.3k citations indexed

About

Rolf Sauer is a scholar working on Surgery, Oncology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Rolf Sauer has authored 388 papers receiving a total of 19.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 161 papers in Surgery, 138 papers in Oncology and 100 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Rolf Sauer's work include Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (59 papers), Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas (56 papers) and Breast Cancer Treatment Studies (50 papers). Rolf Sauer is often cited by papers focused on Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (59 papers), Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas (56 papers) and Breast Cancer Treatment Studies (50 papers). Rolf Sauer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Rolf Sauer's co-authors include Claus Rödel, Rainer Fietkau, Torsten Liersch, Christian Wittekind, Werner Hohenberger, Peter Martus, Heinz Becker, Gerhard G. Grabenbauer, Clemens F. Hess and R. Raab and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Rolf Sauer

379 papers receiving 18.9k 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.

Preoperative versus Postoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Rectal Cancer

2004 4.4k citations Rolf Sauer, Heinz Becker et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
Preoperative Versus Postoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: Results of the German CAO/ARO/AIO-94 Randomized Phase III Trial After a Median Follow-Up of 11 Years

2012 1.4k citations Rolf Sauer, Torsten Liersch et al. profile →
Prognostic Significance of Tumor Regression After Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Rectal Cancer

2005 968 citations Claus Rödel, Peter Martus et al. profile →
Phase III Randomized Trial of Amifostine as a Radioprotector in Head and Neck Cancer

2000 623 citations Rolf Sauer et al. profile →
Combined-Modality Treatment and Selective Organ Preservation in Invasive Bladder Cancer: Long-Term Results

2002 462 citations Claus Rödel, Gerhard G. Grabenbauer et al. profile →
Nomograms for Predicting Local Recurrence, Distant Metastases, and Overall Survival for Patients With Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer on the Basis of European Randomized Clinical Trials

2011 386 citations Claus Rödel, Rolf Sauer et al. profile →
Tumor Regression Grading After Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Carcinoma Revisited: Updated Results of the CAO/ARO/AIO-94 Trial

2014 324 citations Emmanouil Fokas, Torsten Liersch et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rolf Sauer Germany	57	11.2k	10.4k	5.0k	2.9k	1.8k	388	19.3k
Claus Rödel Germany	52	11.3k 1.0×	9.7k 0.9×	3.6k 0.7×	1.8k 0.6×	831 0.5×	261	16.1k
Christian Wittekind Germany	59	10.7k 1.0×	9.4k 0.9×	4.5k 0.9×	1.4k 0.5×	1.3k 0.7×	218	17.3k
Harm van Tinteren Netherlands	69	5.2k 0.5×	6.1k 0.6×	5.7k 1.1×	2.1k 0.7×	1.8k 1.0×	340	17.1k
P. Maingon France	47	6.8k 0.6×	6.7k 0.6×	4.7k 0.9×	2.0k 0.7×	818 0.4×	267	13.3k
Eli Glatstein United States	79	7.3k 0.7×	3.8k 0.4×	10.8k 2.2×	2.4k 0.9×	1.7k 0.9×	357	20.4k
Theodore L. Phillips United States	66	4.7k 0.4×	3.7k 0.4×	8.2k 1.6×	3.4k 1.2×	1.1k 0.6×	310	16.4k
Nancy Y. Lee United States	65	6.1k 0.5×	7.4k 0.7×	5.6k 1.1×	3.3k 1.2×	1.6k 0.9×	382	18.7k
Paul M. Harari United States	60	8.6k 0.8×	4.0k 0.4×	7.2k 1.4×	3.1k 1.1×	1.8k 1.0×	303	18.1k
Thomas F. Pajak United States	57	6.1k 0.5×	9.6k 0.9×	9.4k 1.9×	1.5k 0.5×	1.3k 0.7×	165	19.6k
Ashok R. Shaha United States	87	7.4k 0.7×	14.2k 1.4×	4.3k 0.9×	2.2k 0.8×	936 0.5×	528	26.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rolf Sauer

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Fokas, Emmanouil, Michael Flentje, Rolf Sauer, et al.. (2020). Quality of life in rectal cancer patients with or without oxaliplatin in the randomised CAO/ARO/AIO-04 phase 3 trial. European Journal of Cancer. 144. 281–290. 13 indexed citations

Krug, David, René Baumann, Wilfried Budach, et al.. (2020). Commercially Available Gene Expression Assays as Predictive Tools for Adjuvant Radiotherapy? A Critical Review. Breast Care. 15(2). 118–127. 11 indexed citations

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

Sprenger, Thilo, Tim Beißbarth, Rolf Sauer, et al.. (2018). Long-term prognostic impact of surgical complications in the German Rectal Cancer Trial CAO/ARO/AIO-94. British journal of surgery. 105(11). 1510–1518. 43 indexed citations

Harms, Wolfgang, Wilfried Budach, Jürgen Dunst, et al.. (2016). DEGRO practical guidelines for radiotherapy of breast cancer VI: therapy of locoregional breast cancer recurrences. Strahlentherapie und Onkologie. 192(4). 199–208. 54 indexed citations

Sauer, Rolf, et al.. (2014). Mitteilungen der Fachgesellschaften. Strahlentherapie und Onkologie. 190(2). 237–237. 1 indexed citations

Sauer, Rolf, et al.. (2013). Mitteilungen der Fachgesellschaften. Strahlentherapie und Onkologie. 189(10). 915–915. 1 indexed citations

Sauer, Rolf, et al.. (2008). Multimodale Therapie des Rektumkarzinoms. Onkologie. 31(5). 24–28. 1 indexed citations

Ernst‐Stecken, Antje, et al.. (2006). Dose Escalation in Large Anterior Skull-Base Tumors by Means of IMRT. Strahlentherapie und Onkologie. 182(3). 183–189. 18 indexed citations

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Raab, Hans-Rudolf, Markus W. Büchler, & Rolf Sauer. (2005). Das Rektumkarzinom: Fortschritte durch interdisziplinäre Behandlung. Visceral Medicine. 21(2). 106–107. 1 indexed citations

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Sauer, Rolf, Heinz Becker, Werner Hohenberger, et al.. (2004). Preoperative versus Postoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Rectal Cancer. New England Journal of Medicine. 351(17). 1731–1740. 4391 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rödel, Claus & Rolf Sauer. (2004). Radiotherapy and concurrent radiochemotherapy for rectal cancer. Surgical Oncology. 13(2-3). 93–101. 20 indexed citations

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Rödel, Claus, Gerhard G. Grabenbauer, Reinhard Kühn, et al.. (2002). Organ preservation in patients with invasive bladder cancer: initial results of an intensified protocol of transurethral surgery and radiation therapy plus concurrent cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 52(5). 1303–1309. 33 indexed citations

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Sauer, Rolf, Werner Hohenberger, Christian Wittekind, et al.. (1999). Neoadjuvante radiochemotherapie von weichteilsarkomen. Strahlentherapie und Onkologie. 175(6). 259–266. 30 indexed citations

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Keilholz, Ludwig, M. Heinrich Seegenschmiedt, & Rolf Sauer. (1998). Radiotherapie bei schmerzhaften degenerativ-entzündlichen Gelenkerkrankungen : Indikation, Technik und klinische Ergebnisse. Strahlentherapie und Onkologie. 174(5). 243–250. 4 indexed citations

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Martus, Peter, S. Birkenhake, & Rolf Sauer. (1998). The age correction of survival probabilities in cancer studies. Strahlentherapie und Onkologie. 174(1). 1–6. 4 indexed citations

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Petrovich, Zbigniew, Luc Baert, Stuart D. Boyd, et al.. (1998). Management of Carcinoma of the Bladder. American Journal of Clinical Oncology. 21(3). 217–222. 15 indexed citations

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Seegenschmiedt, M. Heinrich, et al.. (1997). Epicondylopathia humeri: Indikation, Technik, klinische Ergebnisse der Radiotherapie. Strahlentherapie und Onkologie. 173(4). 208–218. 8 indexed citations

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Alth, G & Rolf Sauer. (1991). Interventional radiation therapy : techniques-brachytherapy. Springer eBooks. 21 indexed citations

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Sauer, Rolf, et al.. (1987). Kombinationstherapie der Oropharynx- und Hypopharynxkarzinome. 1 indexed citations

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