Stuart J. Schnitt

48.2k total citations · 11 hit papers
377 papers, 30.5k citations indexed

About

Stuart J. Schnitt is a scholar working on Cancer Research, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stuart J. Schnitt has authored 377 papers receiving a total of 30.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 236 papers in Cancer Research, 190 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 155 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Stuart J. Schnitt's work include Breast Cancer Treatment Studies (219 papers), Breast Lesions and Carcinomas (181 papers) and Cancer and Skin Lesions (59 papers). Stuart J. Schnitt is often cited by papers focused on Breast Cancer Treatment Studies (219 papers), Breast Lesions and Carcinomas (181 papers) and Cancer and Skin Lesions (59 papers). Stuart J. Schnitt collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Stuart J. Schnitt's co-authors include James L. Connolly, Jay R. Harris, Laura C. Collins, Graham A. Colditz, Rulla M. Tamimi, Rebecca Gelman, Ian O. Ellis, Sunil R. Lakhani, Timothy W. Jacobs and Abram Recht and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Stuart J. Schnitt

371 papers receiving 29.6k 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.

  1. WHO classification of tumours of the breast
    2012 1.1k citations Sunil R. Lakhani, Ian O. Ellis et al. profile →
  2. Molecular characterization of the tumor microenvironment in breast cancer
    2004 1.0k citations Stuart J. Schnitt, Kornélia Polyák et al. profile →
  3. Prognostic Factors in Breast Cancer
    2000 840 citations James L. Connolly, Daniel F. Hayes et al. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine profile →
  4. Breast cancer prognostic classification in the molecular era: the role of histological grade
    2010 648 citations Sunil R. Lakhani, Stuart J. Schnitt et al. Breast Cancer Research profile →
  5. The 2019 World Health Organization classification of tumours of the breast
    2020 547 citations Puay Hoon Tan, Ian O. Ellis et al. Histopathology profile →
  6. A Nonapoptotic Cell Death Process, Entosis, that Occurs by Cell-in-Cell Invasion
    2007 547 citations Stuart J. Schnitt et al. profile →
  7. Expression of vascular permeability factor (vascular endothelial growth factor) and its receptors in breast cancer
    1995 536 citations James L. Connolly, Stuart J. Schnitt et al. profile →
  8. Basal-like and triple-negative breast cancers: a critical review with an emphasis on the implications for pathologists and oncologists
    2010 506 citations Stuart J. Schnitt, Sunil R. Lakhani et al. profile →
  9. Society of Surgical Oncology–American Society for Radiation Oncology Consensus Guideline on Margins for Breast-Conserving Surgery With Whole-Breast Irradiation in Stages I and II Invasive Breast Cancer
    2014 451 citations Meena S. Moran, Stuart J. Schnitt et al. profile →
  10. Diagnostic Concordance Among Pathologists Interpreting Breast Biopsy Specimens
    2015 440 citations Kimberly H. Allison, Stuart J. Schnitt et al. profile →
  11. Prognostic and Biologic Significance of ERBB2-Low Expression in Early-Stage Breast Cancer
    2022 147 citations Paolo Tarantino, Nabihah Tayob et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Stuart J. Schnitt 15.7k 12.2k 11.0k 6.8k 5.1k 377 30.5k
P. J. van Diest 8.8k 0.6× 8.3k 0.7× 5.0k 0.5× 7.5k 1.1× 3.4k 0.7× 669 25.4k
Armando E. Giuliano 18.6k 1.2× 10.2k 0.8× 13.0k 1.2× 5.3k 0.8× 10.4k 2.0× 330 28.6k
Ayşegül A. Şahin 10.2k 0.7× 12.1k 1.0× 5.7k 0.5× 9.0k 1.3× 3.1k 0.6× 389 25.3k
Merrick I. Ross 9.4k 0.6× 24.6k 2.0× 6.0k 0.5× 8.2k 1.2× 5.3k 1.0× 425 34.7k
Jorge S. Reis‐Filho 16.4k 1.0× 18.0k 1.5× 7.1k 0.6× 17.1k 2.5× 2.7k 0.5× 521 37.9k
Kelly K. Hunt 24.3k 1.5× 17.5k 1.4× 16.1k 1.5× 4.3k 0.6× 13.3k 2.6× 744 40.5k
Giuseppe Viale 26.1k 1.7× 29.3k 2.4× 12.6k 1.1× 13.1k 1.9× 8.1k 1.6× 768 55.3k
Umberto Veronesi 21.5k 1.4× 12.4k 1.0× 13.4k 1.2× 3.2k 0.5× 9.8k 1.9× 411 32.1k
Emiel J. Rutgers 13.1k 0.8× 8.2k 0.7× 7.3k 0.7× 2.6k 0.4× 4.5k 0.9× 467 21.4k
Henry M. Kuerer 18.5k 1.2× 10.3k 0.8× 11.5k 1.0× 2.2k 0.3× 8.7k 1.7× 490 26.4k

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All Works

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Goel, Shom, Bojana Jovanović, Melissa E. Hughes, et al.. (2025). A Phase II Study of Abemaciclib for Patients with Retinoblastoma-Positive, Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 31(8). 1427–1436. 3 indexed citations
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Ellis, Ian O., Fleur Webster, Kimberly H. Allison, et al.. (2024). Dataset for reporting of the invasive carcinoma of the breast: recommendations from the International Collaboration on Cancer Reporting (ICCR). Histopathology. 85(3). 418–436. 3 indexed citations
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Jovanović, Bojana, S. Church, Khrystyna North, et al.. (2024). Integrative Multiomic Profiling of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer for Identifying Suitable Therapies. Clinical Cancer Research. 30(20). 4768–4779. 3 indexed citations
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Richardson, Edward T., Vickie Y. Jo, & Stuart J. Schnitt. (2023). Salivary Gland–like Tumors of the Breast. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. 147(9). 1014–1024. 4 indexed citations
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Schnitt, Stuart J., Paolo Tarantino, & Laura C. Collins. (2023). The American Society of Clinical Oncology–College of American Pathologists Guideline Update for Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 Testing in Breast Cancer. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. 147(9). 991–992. 10 indexed citations
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Thennavan, Aatish, Francisco Beça, Susana García‐Recio, et al.. (2021). Molecular analysis of TCGA breast cancer histologic types. Cell Genomics. 1(3). 100067–100067. 62 indexed citations
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Kensler, Kevin H., Gabrielle M. Baker, Andreea Lucia Stancu, et al.. (2020). Deep Learning Image Analysis of Benign Breast Disease to Identify Subsequent Risk of Breast Cancer. JNCI Cancer Spectrum. 5(1). 17 indexed citations
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Baker, Gabrielle M., Michael E. Pyle, Kevin H. Kensler, et al.. (2020). Deep learning assessment of breast terminal duct lobular unit involution: Towards automated prediction of breast cancer risk. PLoS ONE. 15(4). e0231653–e0231653. 33 indexed citations
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Kensler, Kevin H., Francisco Beça, Gabrielle M. Baker, et al.. (2018). Androgen receptor expression in normal breast tissue and subsequent breast cancer risk. npj Breast Cancer. 4(1). 33–33. 23 indexed citations
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Beça, Francisco, Kevin H. Kensler, Benjamin Glass, et al.. (2017). EZH2 protein expression in normal breast epithelium and risk of breast cancer: results from the Nurses’ Health Studies. Breast Cancer Research. 19(1). 28 indexed citations
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Warner, Erica T., Rong Hu, Laura C. Collins, et al.. (2016). Height and Body Size in Childhood, Adolescence, and Young Adulthood and Breast Cancer Risk According to Molecular Subtype in the Nurses' Health Studies. Cancer Prevention Research. 9(9). 732–738. 25 indexed citations
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Moran, Meena S., Stuart J. Schnitt, Armando E. Giuliano, et al.. (2014). Society of Surgical Oncology–American Society for Radiation Oncology Consensus Guideline on Margins for Breast-Conserving Surgery With Whole-Breast Irradiation in Stages I and II Invasive Breast Cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 32(14). 1507–1515. 285 indexed citations
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Martins, Filipe Correia, Subhajyoti De, Vanessa Almendro, et al.. (2012). Evolutionary Pathways in BRCA1-Associated Breast Tumors. Cancer Discovery. 2(6). 503–511. 95 indexed citations
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Hu, Rong, Shaheenah Dawood, Michelle D. Holmes, et al.. (2011). Androgen Receptor Expression and Breast Cancer Survival in Postmenopausal Women. Clinical Cancer Research. 17(7). 1867–1874. 301 indexed citations
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Keller, Patricia J., Lisa M. Arendt, Adam Skibinski, et al.. (2011). Defining the cellular precursors to human breast cancer. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(8). 2772–2777. 160 indexed citations
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Kleer, Celina G., Noga Bloushtain-Qimron, Yu‐Hui Chen, et al.. (2008). Epithelial and Stromal Cathepsin K and CXCL14 Expression in Breast Tumor Progression. Clinical Cancer Research. 14(17). 5357–5367. 80 indexed citations
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Harris, Lyndsay N., Gloria Broadwater, Nancy U. Lin, et al.. (2006). Molecular subtypes of breast cancer in relation to paclitaxel response and outcomes in women with metastatic disease: results from CALGB 9342. Breast Cancer Research. 8(6). 123 indexed citations
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Panico, Luigi, Antonio D’Antonio, Gaetano Salvatore, et al.. (1996). Differential immunohistochemical detection of transforming growth factor α, amphiregulin and CRIPTO in human normal and malignant breast tissues. International Journal of Cancer. 65(1). 51–56. 4 indexed citations
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Panico, Luigi, Antonio D’Antonio, Gaetano Salvatore, et al.. (1996). Differential immunohistochemical detection of transforming growth factor α, amphiregulin and CRIPTO in human normal and malignant breast tissues. International Journal of Cancer. 65(1). 51–56. 93 indexed citations

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