Valerie McCormack

14.9k citations

132 papers · 7.4k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 44

Oncology top 0.5%
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening 59
- Cancer Risks and Factors 23
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection 21
Cancer Research top 1%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine top 0.5%
- Digital Radiography and Breast Imaging 19
Artificial Intelligence top 1%
- AI in cancer detection 16
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging top 2%
Epidemiology
- Cervical Cancer and HPV Research 20
Surgery
- Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment 15
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
- Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging 13

Co-authors: Isabel dos‐Santos‐Silva Joachim Schüz Hyuna Sung Miranda M Fidler-Benaoudia Bianca De Stavola Emily Heer Andrew Harper Sarah Vinnicombe
Cited by: Oncology Cancer Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Journals: Nature Medicine (2 papers)Nature Communications (1 paper)Journal of Clinical Oncology (1 paper)
Partner nations: France United Kingdom United States

In The Last Decade

Valerie McCormack

130 papers receiving 7.2k citations

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2025 Nature Medicine
2023 Cancers
2020 The Lancet Global Health
2006 Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention

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1	Measuring the WHO Global Breast Cancer Initiative Pillars’ key performance indicators in Sub-Saharan Africa: experience in the African Breast Cancer—Disparities in Outcomes hospital-based cohort study EClinicalMedicine ·Pauline Boucheron,Annelle Zietsman,Angelica A. Anele,A.U. Offiah,Moses Galukande,Groesbeck P. Parham,Leeya F. Pinder,Tingting Mo,Milena Foerster,Joachim Schüz,Benjamin O. Anderson,Mary Nyangasi,Isabel dos‐Santos‐Silva,Valerie McCormack	2025	3
2	HIV status alters immune cell infiltration and activation profile in women with breast cancer Nature Communications ·Marcus Bauer,Pablo Santos,Andreas Wilfer,Eunice J. van den Berg,Annelle Zietsman,Martina Vetter,Sandy Kaufhold,Claudia Wickenhauser,Isabel dos‐Santos‐Silva,Wenlong Carl Chen,Herbert Cubasch,Nivashini Murugan,Valerie McCormack,Maureen Joffe,Barbara Seliger,Eva Johanna Kantelhardt	2025	2
3	Quality of life in long-term breast cancer survivors in Sub-Saharan Africa: the African Breast Cancer–Disparities in Outcomes study Journal of Cancer Survivorship ·Pauline Boucheron,Valerie McCormack,Allen Naamala,Chris Sule Oyamienlen,Johanna Pontac,Agnes Kaggwa,Teopista Nakazibwe,Ann Nteziryayo,Esther Ezeigbo,Kingsley Iwuoha,Selma Elishi,Moses Galukande,Angelica A. Anele,Annelle Zietsman,Milena Foerster,Joachim Schüz,Isabel dos‐Santos‐Silva	2024	1
4	Impact of Cancer Across the Intergenerational Family: A Multidimensional Perspective From African Countries JCO Global Oncology ·Hannah Simba,Sharon Kapambwe,Jane Bates,Rose Anorlu,Miriam Mutebi,Florence Guida,Joachim Schüz,Valerie McCormack	2024	0
5	Smokeless tobacco (snuff) and site‐specific cancer risks in adult Black South African women: Findings from the Johannesburg Cancer Study International Journal of Cancer ·Melitah Motlhale,Freddy Sitas,Chantal Babb de Villiers,Hannah Simba,Ariadna Feliu,Wenlong Carl Chen,Joachim Schüz,Mazvita Muchengeti,Valerie McCormack	2024	1
6	The South African breast cancer and HIV outcomes study: Profiling the cancer centres and cohort characteristics, diagnostic pathways, and treatment approaches SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Witness Mapanga,Oluwatosin Ayeni,Wenlong Carl Chen,Judith S. Jacobson,Alfred I. Neugut,Paul Ruff,Herbert Cubasch,Daniel S. O’Neil,Ines Buccimazza,Sharon Čačala,Laura W. Stopforth,Hayley A. Farrow,Sarah Nietz,Boitumelo Phakathi,Tobias Chirwa,Valerie McCormack,Maureen Joffe	2023	1
7	Survival Disparities Between Patients with Breast Cancer With and Without HIV: A Research Framework JCO Global Oncology ·Steady Chasimpha,Isabel dos‐Santos‐Silva,Yehoda M. Martei,Surbhi Grover,Herbert Cubasch,Valerie McCormack	2023	2
8	Drivers of disparities in stage at diagnosis among women with breast cancer: South African breast cancers and HIV outcomes cohort PLoS ONE ·Witness Mapanga,Shane A. Norris,Ashleigh Craig,Oluwatosin Ayeni,Wenlong Carl Chen,Judith S. Jacobson,Alfred I. Neugut,Paul Ruff,Herbert Cubasch,Daniel S. O’Neil,Ines Buccimazza,Sharon Čačala,Laura W. Stopforth,Hayley A. Farrow,Sarah Nietz,Boitumelo Phakathi,Tobias Chirwa,Valerie McCormack,Maureen Joffe	2023	5
9	Multimorbidity and overall survival among women with breast cancer: results from the South African Breast Cancer and HIV Outcomes Study Breast Cancer Research ·Oluwatosin Ayeni,Maureen Joffe,Witness Mapanga,Wenlong Carl Chen,Daniel S. O’Neil,Boitumelo Phakathi,Sarah Nietz,Ines Buccimazza,Sharon Čačala,Laura W. Stopforth,Judith S. Jacobson,Katherine D. Crew,Alfred I. Neugut,Duvern Ramiah,Paul Ruff,Herbert Cubasch,Tobias Chirwa,Valerie McCormack,Lisa K. Micklesfield,Shane A. Norris	2023	6
10	Cadmium and volumetric mammographic density: A cross-sectional study in Polish women PLoS ONE ·Beata Pepłońska,Beata Janasik,Valerie McCormack,Agnieszka Bukowska,Paweł Kałużny	2020	10
11	Determinants of stage at diagnosis of breast cancer in Nigerian women: sociodemographic, breast cancer awareness, health care access and clinical factors Cancer Causes & Control ·Elima Jedy‐Agba,Valerie McCormack,Oluwole Olaomi,Wunmi Badejo,Monday Yilkudi,Terna Yawe,Emmanuel Ezeome,Iliya Karniliyus Salu,Elijah Miner,Ikechukwu Anosike,Sally N. Adebamowo,Benjamin Achusi,Isabel dos‐Santos‐Silva,Clement Adebamowo	2017	48
12	Investigation of breast cancer sub-populations in black and white women in South Africa Breast Cancer Research and Treatment ·Caroline Dickens,Ruth M. Pfeiffer,William F. Anderson,Raquel Duarte,Patricia Kellett,Joachim Schüz,Danuta Kielkowski,Valerie McCormack	2016	11
13	African Breast Cancer—Disparities in Outcomes (ABC-DO): protocol of a multicountry mobile health prospective study of breast cancer survival in sub-Saharan Africa BMJ Open ·Fiona McKenzie,Annelle Zietsman,Moses Galukande,Angelica A. Anele,Charles Adisa,Herbert Cubasch,Groesbeck P. Parham,Benjamin O. Anderson,Behnoush Abedi‐Ardekani,Joachim Schüz,Isabel dos‐Santos‐Silva,Valerie McCormack	2016	44
14	Physical Activity and Risk of Male Breast Cancer Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention ·Hannah Arem,Louise A. Brinton,Steven C. Moore,Susan M. Gapstur,Laurel A. Habel,Kenneth C. Johnson,Laurence N. Kolonel,Valerie McCormack,Karin B. Michels,Howard D. Sesso,Giske Ursin,Stephen K. Van Den Eeden,Elisabete Weiderpass,Michael B. Cook,Charles E. Matthews	2015	2
15	Breast cancer receptor status and stage at diagnosis in over 1,200 consecutive public hospital patients in Soweto, South Africa: a case series Breast Cancer Research ·Valerie McCormack,Maureen Joffe,Eunice J. van den Berg,Nadine Broeze,Isabel dos‐Santos‐Silva,Isabelle Romieu,Judith S. Jacobson,Alfred I. Neugut,Joachim Schüz,Herbert Cubasch	2013	89
16	STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology – Molecular Epidemiology (STROBE‐ME): An extension of the STROBE statement European Journal of Clinical Investigation ·V. Gallo,Matthias Egger,Valerie McCormack,Peter B. Farmer,John P. A. Ioannidis,Micheline Kirsch‐Volders,Giuseppe Matullo,David H. Phillips,Bernadette Schoket,Ulf Strömberg,Roel Vermeulen,Christopher P. Wild,Miquel Porta,Paolo Vineis	2011	56
17	Automated registration of diagnostic to prediagnostic x‐ray mammograms: Evaluation and comparison to radiologists’ accuracy Medical Physics ·Snehal M. Pinto Pereira,John H. Hipwell,Valerie McCormack,Christine Tanner,Sue Moss,Louise Wilkinson,Lisanne Khoo,Catriona Pagliari,Pippa Skippage,Carole J. Kliger,David J. Hawkes,Isabel dos‐Santos‐Silva	2010	7
18	Premenopausal Mammographic Density in Relation to Cyclic Variations in Endogenous Sex Hormone Levels, Prolactin, and Insulin-like Growth Factors Cancer Research ·Kate Walker,Olivia Fletcher,Nichola Johnson,Ben Coupland,Valerie McCormack,Elizabeth Folkerd,Lorna J. Gibson,Stephen G. Hillier,Jeff M.P. Holly,Sue Moss,Mitch Dowsett,Julian Peto,Isabel dos‐Santos‐Silva	2009	54
19	Birth characteristics and adult cancer incidence: Swedish cohort of over 11,000 men and women : International Journal of Cancer International Journal of Cancer ·Valerie McCormack,I. dos Santos Silva,Ilona Koupil,David A. Leon,Hans Lithell	2005	2
20	Fetal growth and subsequent risk of breast cancer: results from long term follow up of Swedish cohort BMJ ·Valerie McCormack,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown)	2003	112

About Valerie McCormack

Valerie McCormack is a scholar working on Oncology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, having authored 132 papers that have together received 7.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (59 papers), Cancer Risks and Factors (23 papers), Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (21 papers), Cervical Cancer and HPV Research (20 papers), Digital Radiography and Breast Imaging (19 papers), AI in cancer detection (16 papers), Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment (15 papers) and Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Oncology (3.6k citations), Cancer Research (1.3k citations) and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (2.3k citations). Valerie McCormack has collaborated with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and United States. Frequent co-authors include Isabel dos‐Santos‐Silva, Joachim Schüz, Hyuna Sung, Miranda M Fidler-Benaoudia, Bianca De Stavola, Emily Heer, Andrew Harper, Sarah Vinnicombe, Elima Jedy‐Agba and Clement Adebamowo. Their work appears in journals such as Nature Medicine, Nature Communications and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

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