Thomas Mentzel

17.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
271 papers, 10.4k citations indexed

About

Thomas Mentzel is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Mentzel has authored 271 papers receiving a total of 10.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 154 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 121 papers in Oncology and 99 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Mentzel's work include Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment (147 papers), Vascular Tumors and Angiosarcomas (74 papers) and Soft tissue tumor case studies (69 papers). Thomas Mentzel is often cited by papers focused on Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment (147 papers), Vascular Tumors and Angiosarcomas (74 papers) and Soft tissue tumor case studies (69 papers). Thomas Mentzel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Thomas Mentzel's co-authors include Christopher D.�M. Fletcher, Heinz Kutzner, D. Katenkamp, Eduardo Calonje, Alfred Beham, Angelo Paolo Dei Tos, Gabriele Palmedo, Arno Rütten, Uta Flucke and Andrew L. Folpe and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Clinical Cancer Research.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Mentzel

259 papers receiving 10.1k citations

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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.

Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Neoplasms of Soft Tissue and Gynecologic Origin

2005 637 citations Andrew L. Folpe, Thomas Mentzel et al. The American Journal of Surgical Pathology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Mentzel Germany	60	6.1k	4.3k	4.1k	2.6k	1.5k	271	10.4k
Andrew L. Folpe United States	67	8.7k 1.4×	5.5k 1.3×	4.8k 1.2×	3.0k 1.1×	646 0.4×	304	14.7k
Antonio G. Nascimento United States	51	4.6k 0.8×	2.2k 0.5×	4.2k 1.0×	1.6k 0.6×	572 0.4×	142	7.6k
Steven I. Hajdu United States	59	6.6k 1.1×	4.4k 1.0×	2.9k 0.7×	2.4k 0.9×	674 0.5×	228	11.3k
Julia A. Bridge United States	59	8.8k 1.5×	3.7k 0.8×	4.4k 1.1×	2.5k 1.0×	288 0.2×	287	13.2k
Cyril Fisher United Kingdom	75	13.0k 2.2×	8.1k 1.9×	6.1k 1.5×	3.5k 1.3×	636 0.4×	410	20.5k
Anders Rydholm Sweden	59	7.2k 1.2×	3.4k 0.8×	3.7k 0.9×	2.1k 0.8×	238 0.2×	215	9.2k
Louis Guillou Switzerland	50	5.8k 1.0×	2.8k 0.7×	2.4k 0.6×	1.6k 0.6×	210 0.1×	116	8.1k
Sharon W. Weiss United States	69	13.7k 2.3×	8.1k 1.9×	7.8k 1.9×	4.0k 1.5×	1.1k 0.8×	174	22.1k
Paola Collini Italy	55	5.5k 0.9×	4.9k 1.1×	2.1k 0.5×	1.8k 0.7×	219 0.1×	285	11.5k
Jonathan J. Lewis United States	46	6.3k 1.0×	3.6k 0.8×	2.8k 0.7×	1.4k 0.5×	203 0.1×	86	10.0k

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Schmidt, Grethe, David Hebbelstrup Jensen, Christina Enciso Holm, et al.. (2025). Clinicopathological characteristics, long-term prognosis and follow-up recommendations of primary and secondary cutaneous angiosarcoma: A Danish nationwide population-based cohort study. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 51(6). 109680–109680. 2 indexed citations

Dehner, Carina, George Jour, Maximilian Gassenmaier, et al.. (2025). Cutaneous Hemangioma With Epithelioid Features Harboring TPM3/4::ALK Fusions. The American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 49(6). 610–619. 3 indexed citations

Ameline, Baptiste, Andrew L. Folpe, Elizabeth M. Azzato, et al.. (2024). ALK‐rearranged, CD34‐positive spindle cell neoplasms resembling dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: a study of seven cases. Histopathology. 85(4). 649–659. 7 indexed citations

Kommoss, F., Thomas Mentzel, Dietmar Schmidt, et al.. (2021). Spindle Cell Sarcoma of the Uterine Corpus With Adipose Metaplasia: Expanding the Morphologic Spectrum of Neoplasms With MEIS1-NCOA2 Gene Fusion. International Journal of Gynecological Pathology. 41(4). 417–422. 10 indexed citations

Koelsche, Christian, Jamal Benhamida, F. Kommoss, et al.. (2021). Intimal sarcomas and undifferentiated cardiac sarcomas carry mutually exclusive MDM2, MDM4, and CDK6 amplifications and share a common DNA methylation signature. Modern Pathology. 34(12). 2122–2129. 24 indexed citations

Held, Laura, et al.. (2020). Metaplastic spiradenocarcinoma: Report of two cases with sarcomatous differentiation. Journal of Cutaneous Pathology. 48(3). 384–389. 1 indexed citations

Hillebrandt-Roeffen, Melissa H.S., Uta Flucke, Thomas Mentzel, et al.. (2020). Olaparib and temozolomide in desmoplastic small round cell tumors: a promising combination in vitro and in vivo. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology. 146(7). 1659–1670. 21 indexed citations

Kutzner, Heinz, et al.. (2017). Fibroblastic connective tissue nevus: Clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study of 14 cases. Journal of Cutaneous Pathology. 44(10). 827–834. 8 indexed citations

Agaimy, Abbas, Matthias Bieg, Michael Michal, et al.. (2016). Recurrent Somatic PDGFRB Mutations in Sporadic Infantile/Solitary Adult Myofibromas But Not in Angioleiomyomas and Myopericytomas. The American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 41(2). 195–203. 62 indexed citations

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Jahn, Stephan, Karl Kashofer, Iris Halbwedl, et al.. (2015). Mutational dichotomy in desmoplastic malignant melanoma corroborated by multigene panel analysis. Modern Pathology. 28(7). 895–903. 14 indexed citations

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Ugurel, Selma, Thomas Mentzel, Jochen Utikal, et al.. (2013). Neoadjuvant Imatinib in Advanced Primary or Locally Recurrent Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans: A Multicenter Phase II DeCOG Trial with Long-term Follow-up. Clinical Cancer Research. 20(2). 499–510. 100 indexed citations

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Mentzel, Thomas, Heinz Kutzner, Luís Requena, & Arndt Hartmann. (2010). Hauttumoren als Markerläsionen hereditärer Tumorsyndrome. Der Pathologe. 31(6). 489–496. 3 indexed citations

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Mentzel, Thomas. (2010). Spindelzelliges Rhabdomyosarkom des Erwachsenen : Eine neue Entität im Spektrum maligner mesenchymaler Tumoren des Weichgewebes (Schwerpunkt). Der Pathologe. 31(2). 91–96. 1 indexed citations

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Mertz, Kirsten D., et al.. (2009). A rare case of atypical cellular neurothekeoma in a 68‐year‐old woman. Journal of Cutaneous Pathology. 36(11). 1210–1214. 7 indexed citations

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Kazakov, Dmitry V., Thomas Mentzel, Robert A. Erlandson, Petr Mukenšnábl, & Michal Michal. (2006). Clear Cell Trichoblastoma. American Journal of Dermatopathology. 28(3). 197–201. 18 indexed citations

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Mentzel, Thomas & Heinz Kutzner. (2002). Lymphgefäßtumoren der Haut und des Weichgewebes. Der Pathologe. 23(2). 118–127. 10 indexed citations

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Michal, Michal, Michal Zámečník, Julie C. Fanburg–Smith, et al.. (2002). Histologically Benign Cutaneous Dendritic Cell Tumor With Pseudorosettes. The American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 26(12). 1644–1648. 4 indexed citations

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Tos, Angelo Paolo Dei, Claudio Doglioni, Roberta Maestro, et al.. (1999). Synovial sarcoma exhibits deregulation of the G1-S cell cycle checkpoint and of the apoptotic pathway. Laboratory Investigation. 79. 3 indexed citations

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Bainbridge, Terry C., et al.. (1997). Solitary fibrous tumor of urinary bladder: Report of two cases. Human Pathology. 28(10). 1204–1206. 28 indexed citations

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Mentzel, Thomas, Eduardo Calonje, Catherine Wadden, et al.. (1996). Myxofibrosarcoma. The American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 20(4). 391–405. 361 indexed citations

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