Thomas Heisser

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 450 citations indexed

About

Thomas Heisser is a scholar working on Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Heisser has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 450 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Oncology, 27 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 21 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Thomas Heisser's work include Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (36 papers), Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (27 papers) and Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (21 papers). Thomas Heisser is often cited by papers focused on Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (36 papers), Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (27 papers) and Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (21 papers). Thomas Heisser collaborates with scholars based in Germany and United States. Thomas Heisser's co-authors include Hermann Brenner, Michael Hoffmeister, Rafael Cardoso, Feng Guo, Tom Stargardt, Katharina Elisabeth Fischer, Tobias Niedermaier, Korbinian Weigl, Anna Zhu and Anton Gies and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Heisser

33 papers receiving 440 citations

Hit Papers

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Colorectal cancer: A health and economic problem

2023 78 citations Thomas Heisser, Michael Hoffmeister et al. Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Heisser Germany	12	325	187	131	71	55	37	450
Trine Frøslev Denmark	10	296 0.9×	170 0.9×	90 0.7×	67 0.9×	28 0.5×	15	375
Louise Nott Australia	11	360 1.1×	161 0.9×	87 0.7×	87 1.2×	32 0.6×	65	456
Dayna R. Cenin Australia	8	278 0.9×	142 0.8×	114 0.9×	75 1.1×	31 0.6×	16	347
Jeffrey T. Yorio United States	8	193 0.6×	136 0.7×	58 0.4×	70 1.0×	22 0.4×	22	323
Zhuo Geng United States	6	268 0.8×	135 0.7×	70 0.5×	100 1.4×	22 0.4×	13	387
Lamar S. McGinnis United States	10	296 0.9×	152 0.8×	109 0.8×	100 1.4×	46 0.8×	18	504
Colden Johanson United States	5	335 1.0×	238 1.3×	139 1.1×	106 1.5×	20 0.4×	10	440
María Ederra Spain	13	400 1.2×	174 0.9×	74 0.6×	37 0.5×	17 0.3×	29	563
Jewel Samadder United States	11	437 1.3×	252 1.3×	254 1.9×	144 2.0×	11 0.2×	25	562

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Brenner, Hermann, Д. В. Сергеев, Thomas Heisser, & Michael Hoffmeister. (2025). Effects of Screening Colonoscopy: Evidence From Observational and Interventional Studies. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 121(3). 619–627.

Heisser, Thomas, et al.. (2025). Potential for enhancing efficacy of screening colonoscopy by lowering starting ages and extending screening intervals: A modelling study for Germany. International Journal of Cancer. 156(12). 2303–2310.

Brenner, Hermann, Tim Holland‐Letz, Annette Kopp‐Schneider, Thomas Heisser, & Michael Hoffmeister. (2025). Early-detection and prevention effects of screening sigmoidoscopy: evidence from randomized trials revisited. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 118(3). 422–428.

Brenner, Hermann, Thomas Heisser, & Michael Hoffmeister. (2025). Looking at randomized trials with the critical eyes of epidemiologists: the case of screening colonoscopy. European Journal of Epidemiology. 40(8). 881–889. 1 indexed citations

Brenner, Hermann, Tim Holland‐Letz, Michael Hoffmeister, & Thomas Heisser. (2025). Accounting for differential exclusions in the Nordic-European initiative on colorectal cancer trial discloses stronger-than-reported effects of screening colonoscopy. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 180. 111669–111669. 4 indexed citations

Brenner, Hermann, Tim Holland‐Letz, Annette Kopp‐Schneider, Thomas Heisser, & Michael Hoffmeister. (2024). Unraveling the effects of screening colonoscopy on colorectal cancer early detection and prevention: the NordICC trial revisited. Cancer Communications. 45(3). 205–208. 3 indexed citations

Heisser, Thomas, Д. В. Сергеев, Michael Hoffmeister, & Hermann Brenner. (2024). Contributions of early detection and cancer prevention to colorectal cancer mortality reduction by screening colonoscopy: a validated modeling study. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 100(4). 710–717.e9. 3 indexed citations

Brenner, Hermann, Thomas Heisser, & Michael Hoffmeister. (2024). Delayed Cancer Registration and Estimation of Screening Colonoscopy Effects. JAMA Network Open. 7(10). e2435669–e2435669. 7 indexed citations

Chen, Xuechen, Thomas Heisser, Rafael Cardoso, Michael Hoffmeister, & Hermann Brenner. (2023). Overall and age‐specific risk advancement periods of colorectal cancer for men vs women: Implications for gender‐sensitive screening offers?. International Journal of Cancer. 153(3). 547–551. 4 indexed citations

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Brenner, Hermann, Thomas Heisser, Rafael Cardoso, & Michael Hoffmeister. (2023). When gold standards are not so golden: prevalence bias in randomized trials on endoscopic colorectal cancer screening. European Journal of Epidemiology. 38(9). 933–937. 9 indexed citations

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Brenner, Hermann, Thomas Heisser, Rafael Cardoso, & Michael Hoffmeister. (2023). Reduction in colorectal cancer incidence by screening endoscopy. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 21(2). 125–133. 43 indexed citations

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Heisser, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Colorectal cancer: A health and economic problem. Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology. 66. 101839–101839. 78 indexed citations breakdown →

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Heisser, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Prevalence of Colorectal Neoplasia 10 or More Years After a Negative Screening Colonoscopy in 120 000 Repeated Screening Colonoscopies. JAMA Internal Medicine. 183(3). 183–183. 13 indexed citations

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Heisser, Thomas, et al.. (2022). Impact of demographic changes and screening colonoscopy on long-term projection of incident colorectal cancer cases in Germany: A modelling study. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe. 20. 100451–100451. 10 indexed citations

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Brenner, Hermann, Rafael Cardoso, Thomas Heisser, Michael Hoffmeister, & Bernd Holleczek. (2022). Indications of substantial delay of colorectal cancer diagnoses due to COVID-19 in Germany. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe. 23. 100543–100543. 6 indexed citations

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Heisser, Thomas, et al.. (2021). Strongly Divergent Impact of Adherence Patterns on Efficacy of Colorectal Cancer Screening: The Need to Refine Adherence Statistics. Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology. 12(9). e00399–e00399. 6 indexed citations

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Heisser, Thomas, Korbinian Weigl, Michael Hoffmeister, & Hermann Brenner. (2020). Age-specific sequence of colorectal cancer screening options in Germany: A model-based critical evaluation. PLoS Medicine. 17(7). e1003194–e1003194. 16 indexed citations

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Heisser, Thomas, Feng Guo, Tobias Niedermaier, et al.. (2020). Low Risk of Advanced Neoplasms for up to 20 Years After Negative Colonoscopy Result: Potential for Personalized Follow-up Screening Intervals. Gastroenterology. 159(6). 2235–2237.e4. 5 indexed citations

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Guo, Feng, Korbinian Weigl, Prudence R. Carr, et al.. (2020). Use of Polygenic Risk Scores to Select Screening Intervals After Negative Findings From Colonoscopy. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 18(12). 2742–2751.e7. 14 indexed citations

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Fischer, Katharina Elisabeth, Thomas Heisser, & Tom Stargardt. (2016). Health benefit assessment of pharmaceuticals: An international comparison of decisions from Germany, England, Scotland and Australia. Health Policy. 120(10). 1115–1122. 39 indexed citations

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