Salem Billan

7.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
66 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Salem Billan is a scholar working on Oncology, Surgery and Otorhinolaryngology. According to data from OpenAlex, Salem Billan has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Oncology, 25 papers in Surgery and 19 papers in Otorhinolaryngology. Recurrent topics in Salem Billan's work include Head and Neck Cancer Studies (19 papers), Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (9 papers) and Salivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment (9 papers). Salem Billan is often cited by papers focused on Head and Neck Cancer Studies (19 papers), Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (9 papers) and Salivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment (9 papers). Salem Billan collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Germany. Salem Billan's co-authors include Abraham Kuten, Roxolyana Abdah‐Bortnyak, Ulrike Tisch, Hossam Haick, Gang Peng, Yoav Y. Broza, Ziv Gil, Orit Kaidar‐Person, Meggie Hakim and Marwan Hakim and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Nature Nanotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Salem Billan

58 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Diagnosing lung cancer in exhaled breath using gold nanoparticles

2009 1.0k citations Gang Peng, Ulrike Tisch et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
Detection of lung, breast, colorectal, and prostate cancers from exhaled breath using a single array of nanosensors

2010 604 citations Gang Peng, Marwan Hakim et al. British Journal of Cancer profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Salem Billan Israel	20	1.7k	926	571	537	367	66	3.1k
Sung Hee Lim South Korea	31	1.3k 0.8×	613 0.7×	855 1.5×	1.1k 2.0×	391 1.1×	119	3.5k
Roxolyana Abdah‐Bortnyak Israel	11	1.6k 1.0×	910 1.0×	330 0.6×	71 0.1×	360 1.0×	28	2.1k
Shih‐Hao Huang Taiwan	23	546 0.3×	399 0.4×	569 1.0×	455 0.8×	29 0.1×	65	2.1k
Xianrang Song China	45	3.6k 2.1×	1.5k 1.6×	5.4k 9.5×	648 1.2×	171 0.5×	199	7.3k
Tian‐Lu Cheng Taiwan	41	763 0.5×	247 0.3×	2.1k 3.7×	987 1.8×	375 1.0×	161	4.8k
Rosa Terracciano Italy	31	334 0.2×	102 0.1×	727 1.3×	165 0.3×	250 0.7×	73	2.7k
Pengfei Rong China	39	2.6k 1.5×	163 0.2×	1.5k 2.6×	324 0.6×	61 0.2×	163	5.3k
Congjian Xu China	35	1.3k 0.7×	214 0.2×	2.1k 3.7×	755 1.4×	205 0.6×	158	4.9k
Keith A. Cengel United States	36	4.2k 2.5×	82 0.1×	1.4k 2.5×	929 1.7×	64 0.2×	193	8.0k
Peter M. Wilson United States	30	310 0.2×	478 0.5×	1.3k 2.2×	1.1k 2.0×	20 0.1×	59	3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Salem Billan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Salem Billan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Salem Billan

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20 of 20 papers shown

Na’ara, Shorook, et al.. (2025). Evaluation and Outcomes of Iatrogenic Oropharyngeal Dysphagia. Clinical Otolaryngology. 50(4). 751–757.

Billan, Salem, et al.. (2025). Comparative evaluation of symmetry, dosimetry, and toxicity in prostate cancer EBRT with spacing techniques. Frontiers in Oncology. 15. 1668726–1668726.

Suleiman, Mahmoud, et al.. (2024). Implementing stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation with STOPSTORM.eu consortium support: intermediate results of a prospective Israeli single-institutional trial. Strahlentherapie und Onkologie. 201(2). 126–134.

Billan, Salem, et al.. (2024). Rectal spacer in radiotherapy for prostate cancer: Correlation of spacer symmetry to rectal dosimetry.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 42(16_suppl). e17102–e17102. 1 indexed citations

Mortier, Laurent, Jean‐Jacques Grob, Ralf Gutzmer, et al.. (2024). Pembrolizumab for Locally Advanced or Recurrent/Metastatic Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Long-Term Results of the Phase 2 Keynote-629 Study. 9(1).

Bornstein, Jacob, et al.. (2024). Changing the paradigm: Elimination – Not only of cervical cancer. Gynecologic Oncology Reports. 54. 101445–101445.

Muñoz‐Couselo, Eva, Brett Hughes, Laurent Mortier, et al.. (2024). Pembrolizumab (pembro) for locally advanced (LA) or recurrent/metastatic (R/M) cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC): Long-term results of the phase 2 KEYNOTE-629 study.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 42(16_suppl). 9554–9554. 3 indexed citations

Doweck, Ilana, Aron Popovtzer, Daniel Hendler, et al.. (2023). First-line programmed death-1 inhibitor treatment for locoregionally advanced or metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma – A real-world experience from Israel. Frontiers in Oncology. 13. 1117804–1117804. 11 indexed citations

Billan, Salem, et al.. (2023). A late presentation of inguinoscrotal cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) masquerading as hidradenitis suppurativa—a case report. Journal of Surgical Case Reports. 2023(8). rjad459–rjad459. 2 indexed citations

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Na’ara, Shorook, Abhishek Mukherjee, Salem Billan, & Ziv Gil. (2020). <p>Contemporary Multidisciplinary Management of Sinonasal Mucosal Melanoma</p>. OncoTargets and Therapy. Volume 13. 2289–2298. 18 indexed citations

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Gil, Ziv, et al.. (2019). Developing an independent Palestinian cancer care capacity. The Lancet Oncology. 20(11). 1485–1486. 2 indexed citations

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Kaidar‐Person, Orit, Ziv Gil, & Salem Billan. (2018). Precision medicine in head and neck cancer. Drug Resistance Updates. 40. 13–16. 133 indexed citations

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Gil, Ziv, et al.. (2018). Building independence in health care and a partnership between nations. The Lancet Oncology. 19(7). 869–870. 3 indexed citations

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Kaidar‐Person, Orit, et al.. (2015). Toxicity of Treatment for Anal Carcinoma: 2D versus 3D Planning.. PubMed. 17(7). 414–7. 1 indexed citations

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Agbarya, Abed, et al.. (2014). Hormone dependent metastatic salivary gland carcinoma: a case report. SpringerPlus. 3(1). 363–363. 5 indexed citations

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Hakim, Marwan, Salem Billan, Ulrike Tisch, et al.. (2011). Diagnosis of head-and-neck cancer from exhaled breath. British Journal of Cancer. 104(10). 1649–1655. 170 indexed citations

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Meirovitz, Amichay, Salem Billan, Roxolyana Abdah‐Bortnyak, et al.. (2010). Cytokines levels, Severity of acute mucositis and the need of PEG tube installation during chemo-radiation for head and neck cancer - a prospective pilot study. Radiation Oncology. 5(1). 16–16. 67 indexed citations

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Peng, Gang, Marwan Hakim, Yoav Y. Broza, et al.. (2010). Detection of lung, breast, colorectal, and prostate cancers from exhaled breath using a single array of nanosensors. British Journal of Cancer. 103(4). 542–551. 604 indexed citations breakdown →

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Peng, Gang, Ulrike Tisch, Meggie Hakim, et al.. (2009). Diagnosing lung cancer in exhaled breath using gold nanoparticles. Nature Nanotechnology. 4(10). 669–673. 1025 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kuten, Abraham, et al.. (2003). Neoadjuvant Radiotherapy Concurrent With Weekly Paclitaxel and Carboplatin and Followed by Surgery in Locally Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer. American Journal of Clinical Oncology. 26(2). 184–187. 9 indexed citations

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