Simon Heeke

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Simon Heeke is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Heeke has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 30 papers in Oncology and 25 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Simon Heeke's work include Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations (34 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (23 papers) and Lung Cancer Research Studies (12 papers). Simon Heeke is often cited by papers focused on Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations (34 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (23 papers) and Lung Cancer Research Studies (12 papers). Simon Heeke collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Austria. Simon Heeke's co-authors include Paul Hofman, Catherine Alix‐Panabières, Klaus Pantel, Baharia Mograbi, Marius Ilié, Véronique Hofman, Charles‐Hugo Marquette, Keunchil Park, Satoru Miura and James Chih‐Hsin Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Cancer Research.

In The Last Decade

Simon Heeke

56 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Clinical insights into small cell lung cancer: Tumor heterogeneity, diagnosis, therapy, and future directions

2023 179 citations Carl M. Gay, Simon Heeke et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simon Heeke France	19	794	649	490	358	138	59	1.3k
Leonel F. Hernandez‐Aya United States	17	629 0.8×	306 0.5×	325 0.7×	319 0.9×	178 1.3×	60	1.1k
Tatsuro Fukuhara Japan	19	1.1k 1.4×	1.1k 1.8×	318 0.6×	445 1.2×	127 0.9×	55	1.6k
Marta Castiglia Italy	22	619 0.8×	518 0.8×	608 1.2×	730 2.0×	75 0.5×	52	1.5k
Sofía Braga Portugal	17	931 1.2×	430 0.7×	357 0.7×	431 1.2×	150 1.1×	52	1.5k
María González‐Cao Spain	23	1.0k 1.3×	516 0.8×	441 0.9×	659 1.8×	384 2.8×	73	1.6k
Àlvaro Quintanal-Villalonga United States	16	623 0.8×	545 0.8×	363 0.7×	676 1.9×	78 0.6×	37	1.2k
Irene Vanni Italy	16	456 0.6×	319 0.5×	323 0.7×	390 1.1×	137 1.0×	45	920
Alessandro Leonetti Italy	18	1.1k 1.4×	1.2k 1.8×	424 0.9×	848 2.4×	142 1.0×	54	2.0k
Muhammad A. Khattak Australia	19	848 1.1×	276 0.4×	505 1.0×	389 1.1×	179 1.3×	44	1.2k
Florian Castet Spain	8	524 0.7×	379 0.6×	334 0.7×	437 1.2×	310 2.2×	20	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Heeke

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Yang, Yan, Monique B. Nilsson, Xiaoxing Yu, et al.. (2025). The Activity of EGFR CAR NK and CAR T Cells against EGFR Inhibitor–Resistant NSCLC and Drug-Tolerant Persister Cells. Clinical Cancer Research. 31(22). 4745–4762. 1 indexed citations

Venetis, Konstantinos, Francesco Pepe, Omshree Shetty, et al.. (2025). International society of liquid biopsy (ISLB) perspective on minimal requirements for ctDNA testing in solid tumors. PubMed. 8. 100301–100301. 7 indexed citations

Gay, Carl M., Taofeek K. Owonikoko, Lauren A. Byers, et al.. (2025). Multidimensional Analysis of B7 Homolog 3 RNA Expression in Small Cell Lung Cancer Molecular Subtypes. Clinical Cancer Research. 31(16). 3476–3482. 1 indexed citations

Hong, Lingzhi, Sonia Patel, Leylah Drusbosky, et al.. (2024). Molecular landscape of ERBB2 alterations in 3000 advanced NSCLC patients. npj Precision Oncology. 8(1). 217–217. 11 indexed citations

Park, Sehhoon, Tae Hee Hong, Soohyun Hwang, et al.. (2024). Comprehensive analysis of transcription factor-based molecular subtypes and their correlation to clinical outcomes in small-cell lung cancer. EBioMedicine. 102. 105062–105062. 22 indexed citations

Ilié, Marius, Salomé Lalvée, Olivier Bordone, et al.. (2024). Shifting from Immunohistochemistry to Screen for ALK Rearrangements: Real-World Experience in a Large Single-Center Cohort of Patients with Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer. Cancers. 16(12). 2219–2219. 5 indexed citations

Ilié, Marius, Simon Heeke, Denis Horgan, & Paul Hofman. (2024). Navigating Change in Tumor Naming: Exploring the Complexities and Considerations of Shifting Toward Molecular Classifications. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 42(27). 3183–3186. 3 indexed citations

Tran, Hai T., Simon Heeke, Sheeba J. Sujit, et al.. (2023). Circulating tumor DNA and radiological tumor volume identify patients at risk for relapse with resected, early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer. Annals of Oncology. 35(2). 183–189. 32 indexed citations

Heeke, Simon, Jacques Boutros, Marius Ilié, et al.. (2022). Molecular Profiling in Non-Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma: Towards a Switch to Next-Generation Sequencing Reflex Testing. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 12(10). 1684–1684. 10 indexed citations

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Ilié, Marius, Jonathan Benzaquen, Simon Heeke, et al.. (2022). Deep Learning Facilitates Distinguishing Histologic Subtypes of Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Tumors on Digital Whole-Slide Images. Cancers. 14(7). 1740–1740. 11 indexed citations

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Benzaquen, Jonathan, Véronique Hofman, Simon Heeke, et al.. (2022). Deciphering the Impact of HER2 Alterations on Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: From Biological Mechanisms to Therapeutic Approaches. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 12(10). 1651–1651. 9 indexed citations

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Mograbi, Baharia, Simon Heeke, & Paul Hofman. (2021). The Importance of STK11/LKB1 Assessment in Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinomas. Diagnostics. 11(2). 196–196. 26 indexed citations

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Haschka, David, Piotr Tymoszuk, Verena Petzer, et al.. (2021). Ferritin H deficiency deteriorates cellular iron handling and worsens Salmonella typhimurium infection by triggering hyperinflammation. JCI Insight. 6(13). 22 indexed citations

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Nadal, Ernest, Simon Heeke, Jonathan Benzaquen, et al.. (2020). Two Patients With Advanced-Stage Lung Adenocarcinoma With Radiologic Complete Response to Nivolumab Treatment Harboring an STK11/LKB1 Mutation. JCO Precision Oncology. 4(4). 1239–1245. 11 indexed citations

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Heeke, Simon, Jonathan Benzaquen, Véronique Hofman, et al.. (2020). Comparison of Three Sequencing Panels Used for the Assessment of Tumor Mutational Burden in NSCLC Reveals Low Comparability. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 15(9). 1535–1540. 14 indexed citations

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Lassalle, Sandra, Véronique Hofman, Simon Heeke, et al.. (2020). Targeted Assessment of the EGFR Status as Reflex Testing in Treatment-Naive Non-Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma Patients: A Single Laboratory Experience (LPCE, Nice, France). Cancers. 12(4). 955–955. 17 indexed citations

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Hofman, Paul, Simon Heeke, Catherine Alix‐Panabières, & Klaus Pantel. (2019). Liquid biopsy in the era of immuno-oncology: is it ready for prime-time use for cancer patients?. Annals of Oncology. 30(9). 1448–1459. 151 indexed citations

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Hofman, Véronique, Simon Heeke, Charles‐Hugo Marquette, Marius Ilié, & Paul Hofman. (2019). Circulating Tumor Cell Detection in Lung Cancer: But to What End?. Cancers. 11(2). 262–262. 19 indexed citations

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Heeke, Simon, Baharia Mograbi, Catherine Alix‐Panabières, & Paul Hofman. (2019). Never Travel Alone: The Crosstalk of Circulating Tumor Cells and the Blood Microenvironment. Cells. 8(7). 714–714. 106 indexed citations

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Hofman, Véronique, Sandra Lassalle, Coraline Bence, et al.. (2018). Any Place for Immunohistochemistry within the Predictive Biomarkers of Treatment in Lung Cancer Patients?. Cancers. 10(3). 70–70. 16 indexed citations

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