Walter J. Curran

58.1k total citations · 13 hit papers
748 papers, 37.5k citations indexed

About

Walter J. Curran is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Radiation. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter J. Curran has authored 748 papers receiving a total of 37.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 353 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 260 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 173 papers in Radiation. Recurrent topics in Walter J. Curran's work include Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (168 papers), Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (165 papers) and Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging (131 papers). Walter J. Curran is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (168 papers), Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (165 papers) and Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging (131 papers). Walter J. Curran collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Walter J. Curran's co-authors include Minesh P. Mehta, Xiaofeng Yang, Charles Scott, Yang Lei, Tonghe Wang, Maria Werner‐Wasik, Laurie E. Gaspar, James L. Mulshine, Giorgio V. Scagliotti and Yi‐Long Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Walter J. Curran

733 papers receiving 36.8k 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.

Lung cancer: current therapies and new targeted treatments

2016 2.5k citations Walter J. Curran et al. profile →
Whole brain radiation therapy with or without stereotactic radiosurgery boost for patients with one to three brain metastases: phase III results of the RTOG 9508 randomised trial

2004 1.8k citations David W. Andrews, Maria Werner‐Wasik et al. profile →
Meta-Analysis of Concomitant Versus Sequential Radiochemotherapy in Locally Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

2010 1.3k citations Anne Aupérin, C. Le Péchoux et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →
Sequential vs Concurrent Chemoradiation for Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Randomized Phase III Trial RTOG 9410

2011 876 citations Walter J. Curran, Rebecca Paulus et al. profile →
A New Prognostic Index and Comparison to Three Other Indices for Patients With Brain Metastases: An Analysis of 1,960 Patients in the RTOG Database

2007 763 citations Brian Berkey, Minesh P. Mehta et al. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics profile →
Dose-Dense Temozolomide for Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma: A Randomized Phase III Clinical Trial

2013 742 citations Mark R. Gilbert, Meihua Wang et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →
Common toxicity criteria: version 2.0. an improved reference for grading the acute effects of cancer treatment: impact on radiotherapy

2000 684 citations Benjamin W. Corn, Walter J. Curran et al. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics profile →
Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) 88-08 and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) 4588: Preliminary Results of a Phase III Trial in Regionally Advanced, Unresectable Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

1995 541 citations Walter J. Curran et al. profile →
Phase III Trial of Chemotherapy Plus Radiotherapy Compared With Radiotherapy Alone for Pure and Mixed Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma: Intergroup Radiation Therapy Oncology Group Trial 9402

2006 508 citations Gregory Cairncross, Brian Berkey et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →
Deep learning in medical image registration: a review

2020 420 citations Yang Lei, Tonghe Wang et al. Physics in Medicine and Biology profile →
Long-Term Results of NRG Oncology RTOG 0617: Standard- Versus High-Dose Chemoradiotherapy With or Without Cetuximab for Unresectable Stage III Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

2019 352 citations Rebecca Paulus, Walter J. Curran et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →
Paired cycle‐GAN‐based image correction for quantitative cone‐beam computed tomography

2019 200 citations Yang Lei, Tonghe Wang et al. profile →
A review of deep learning based methods for medical image multi-organ segmentation

2021 151 citations Yang Lei, Tonghe Wang et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Contrast-enhanced MRI synthesis from non-contrast MRI using attention CycleGAN 2021 ·Tonghe Wang, Yang Lei, Walter J. Curran, Tian Liu, Xiaofeng Yang	9
2	Synthetic CT generation from non-attenuation corrected PET images for whole-body PET imaging 2019 ·Physics in Medicine and Biology ·Xue Dong, Tonghe Wang, Yang Lei, Kristin Higgins, Tian Liu, Walter J. Curran, Hui Mao, Jonathon A. Nye, Xiaofeng Yang	92
3	Whole-body PET estimation from low count statistics using cycle-consistent generative adversarial networks 2019 ·Physics in Medicine and Biology ·Yang Lei, Xue Dong, Tonghe Wang, Kristin Higgins, (unknown), Walter J. Curran, Hui Mao, Jonathon A. Nye, Xiaofeng Yang	79
4	Patterns of Failure According to Tumor Histology and Treatment Schedule in Patients with Locally Advanced Inoperable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Secondary Analysis of NRG Oncology RTOG 9410 2018 ·Ritsuko Komaki, Rebecca Paulus, Walter J. Curran, Corey J. Langer, Jin S. Lee, James D. Cox, Ronald C. McGarry, Maria Werner‐Wasik, (unknown), Jeff M. Michalski, (unknown), M.A. Hallman, Elizabeth Gore, William T. Sause, M.M. Dominello, (unknown), A. William Blackstock, Jeffrey D. Bradley	1
5	Magnetic resonance imaging-based pseudo computed tomography using anatomic signature and joint dictionary learning 2018 ·Journal of Medical Imaging ·Yang Lei, Hui‐Kuo G. Shu, Sibo Tian, Jiwoong Jeong, (unknown), Hyunsuk Shim, Hui Mao, Tonghe Wang, Ashesh B. Jani, Walter J. Curran, Xiaofeng Yang	26
6	Identification of a Tumor-Suppressive Human-Specific MicroRNA within the FHIT Tumor-Suppressor Gene 2014 ·Cancer Research ·Baocheng Hu, Xiaomin Ying, Jian Wang, Jittima Piriyapongsa, I. King Jordan, (unknown), Fang Yu, (unknown), Yazhuo Li, Hongyan Wang, Wooi Loon Ng, (unknown), Xiang Wang, Chenguang Wang, Xiaofei Zheng, Wen‐Hsiung Li, Walter J. Curran, Ya Wang	47
7	Benefit From Procarbazine, Lomustine, and Vincristine in Oligodendroglial Tumors Is Associated With Mutation of IDH 2014 ·Journal of Clinical Oncology ·J. Gregory Cairncross, Meihua Wang, Robert B. Jenkins, Edward G. Shaw, Caterina Giannini, David Brachman, Jan C. Buckner, Karen Fink, Luís Souhami, Normand Laperrière, Jason T. Huse, Minesh P. Mehta, Walter J. Curran	285
8	Dose-Dense Temozolomide for Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma: A Randomized Phase III Clinical Trial breakdown → 2013 ·Journal of Clinical Oncology ·Mark R. Gilbert, Meihua Wang, Kenneth Aldape, Roger Stupp, Monika E. Hegi, Kurt A. Jaeckle, Terri S. Armstrong, Jeffrey S. Wefel, Minhee Won, Deborah T. Blumenthal, Anita Mahajan, Christopher J. Schultz, Sara Erridge, Brigitta G. Baumert, (unknown), Tzahala Tzuk-Shina, Paul D. Brown, Arnab Chakravarti, Walter J. Curran, Minesh P. Mehta	742
9	Novel Small-Molecule Inhibitors of Bcl-XL to Treat Lung Cancer 2013 ·Cancer Research ·Dongkyoo Park, Andrew T. Magis, Rui Li, Taofeek K. Owonikoko, Gabriel Sica, Shi‐Yong Sun, Suresh S. Ramalingam, Fadlo R. Khuri, Walter J. Curran, Xingming Deng	59
10	Bcl2 Induces DNA Replication Stress by Inhibiting Ribonucleotide Reductase 2013 ·Cancer Research ·Maohua Xie, Yun Yen, Taofeek K. Owonikoko, Suresh S. Ramalingam, Fadlo R. Khuri, Walter J. Curran, Paul W. Doetsch, Xingming Deng	39
11	Niclosamide Overcomes Acquired Resistance to Erlotinib through Suppression of STAT3 in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer 2013 ·Molecular Cancer Therapeutics ·Rui Li, Zhongliang Hu, Shi‐Yong Sun, Zhuo G. Chen, Taofeek K. Owonikoko, Gabriel Sica, Suresh S. Ramalingam, Walter J. Curran, Fadlo R. Khuri, Xingming Deng	129
12	RNAi-Mediated Targeting of Noncoding and Coding Sequences in DNA Repair Gene Messages Efficiently Radiosensitizes Human Tumor Cells 2012 ·Cancer Research ·Zhiming Zheng, Wooi Loon Ng, Xiangming Zhang, Jeffrey J. Olson, Chunhai Hao, Walter J. Curran, Ya Wang	25
13	Ultrasound Histogram Assessment of Acute and Late Parotid Gland Injury Following Head-and-Neck Radiation Therapy 2012 ·International Journal of Radiation OncologyBiologyPhysics ·Xiaofeng Yang, Jonathan J. Beitler, David S. Yu, Srini Tridandapani, Walter J. Curran, (unknown)	1
14	Rapamycin Induces Bad Phosphorylation in Association with Its Resistance to Human Lung Cancer Cells 2011 ·Molecular Cancer Therapeutics ·Yan Liu, Shi‐Yong Sun, Taofeek K. Owonikoko, Gabriel Sica, Walter J. Curran, Fadlo R. Khuri, Xingming Deng	40
15	Hypofractionated Stereotactic Radiation Therapy: An Effective Therapy for Recurrent High-Grade Gliomas 2010 ·Journal of Clinical Oncology ·Shannon Fogh, David W. Andrews, Jon Glass, Walter J. Curran, Charles A. Glass, Colin E. Champ, James J. Evans, Terry Hyslop, Edward Pequignot, Beverly Downes, (unknown), Mitchell Maltenfort, Adam P. Dicker, Maria Werner‐Wasik	254
16	Meta-Analysis of Concomitant Versus Sequential Radiochemotherapy in Locally Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer breakdown → 2010 ·Journal of Clinical Oncology ·Anne Aupérin, C. Le Péchoux, Estelle Rolland, Walter J. Curran, Kiyoyuki Furuse, P. Fournel, J. Belderbos, Gerald H. Clamon, H Cüneyt Ulutin, Rebecca Paulus, Takeharu Yamanaka, Marie‐Cécile Bozonnat, A. L. J. Uitterhoeve, Xiaofei Wang, Lesley Stewart, R. Arriagada, Sarah Burdett, Jean‐Pierre Pignon	1329
17	Short Delay in Initiation of Radiotherapy May Not Affect Outcome of Patients With Glioblastoma: A Secondary Analysis From the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group Database 2008 ·Journal of Clinical Oncology ·Deborah T. Blumenthal, Minhee Won, Minesh P. Mehta, Walter J. Curran, Luís Souhami, Jeff M. Michalski, Leland Rogers, Benjamin W. Corn	80
18	Incidence, Risk, and Sequelae of Posterior Fossa Syndrome in Pediatric Medulloblastoma 2008 ·International Journal of Radiation OncologyBiologyPhysics ·(unknown), Natia Esiashvili, Claire Mazewski, Roger J. Hudgins, Mourad Tighiouart, Anna J. Janss, Frederick P. Schwaibold, Ian Crocker, Walter J. Curran, Robert B. Marcus	1
19	Phase III Trial of Chemotherapy Plus Radiotherapy Compared With Radiotherapy Alone for Pure and Mixed Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma: Intergroup Radiation Therapy Oncology Group Trial 9402 breakdown → 2006 ·Journal of Clinical Oncology ·Gregory Cairncross, Brian Berkey, Edward Shaw, Robert B. Jenkins, Bernd W. Scheithauer, David Brachman, Jan C. Buckner, Karen Fink, Luís Souhami, (unknown), Minesh P. Mehta, Walter J. Curran	508
20	Phase II Study of Paclitaxel and Cisplatin in Combination with Split Course Concomitant Hyperfractionated Re-Irradiation in Patients with Recurrent Squamous Cell Cancer of the Head and Neck: Results of RTOG 99-11 2005 ·International Journal of Radiation OncologyBiologyPhysics ·Eric M. Horwitz, Jonathan Harris, Corey J. Langer, Nicos Nicolaou, M.S. Kies, Walter J. Curran, Stuart J. Wong, K.K. Ang	7

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