Walter Rayford

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Walter Rayford is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter Rayford has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 17 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Walter Rayford's work include Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (20 papers), Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research (19 papers) and Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications (4 papers). Walter Rayford is often cited by papers focused on Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (20 papers), Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research (19 papers) and Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications (4 papers). Walter Rayford collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Sweden. Walter Rayford's co-authors include Jacques Lapointe, Patrick O. Brown, Julian P. T. Higgins, David Botstein, Robert Tibshirani, Eric Bair, Lars Egevad, Peter Ekman, Matt van de Rijn and Jonathan R. Pollack and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Walter Rayford

50 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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Gene expression profiling identifies clinically relevant subtypes of prostate cancer

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Walter Rayford United States	22	1.2k	845	487	420	281	52	2.3k
Antonio Hurtado‐Coll Canada	24	887 0.7×	1.2k 1.5×	608 1.2×	349 0.8×	172 0.6×	39	2.0k
Tommaso Prayer‐Galetti Italy	20	862 0.7×	1.1k 1.3×	430 0.9×	449 1.1×	460 1.6×	50	2.1k
Jeri Kim United States	29	1.3k 1.0×	1.5k 1.7×	581 1.2×	1.2k 2.9×	343 1.2×	101	3.3k
Jeff Simko United States	22	1.1k 0.9×	1.3k 1.5×	656 1.3×	534 1.3×	485 1.7×	61	2.5k
Gary J. Smith United States	25	785 0.6×	579 0.7×	333 0.7×	471 1.1×	288 1.0×	74	1.8k
James V. Tricoli United States	26	1.1k 0.9×	433 0.5×	553 1.1×	565 1.3×	129 0.5×	62	2.3k
Yongmei Chen United States	26	757 0.6×	1.5k 1.7×	566 1.2×	348 0.8×	208 0.7×	96	2.4k
Funda Vakar‐Lopez United States	25	905 0.7×	1.0k 1.2×	308 0.6×	490 1.2×	410 1.5×	59	2.2k
Dimitrios Spentzos United States	26	1.7k 1.4×	443 0.5×	913 1.9×	567 1.4×	94 0.3×	43	2.6k

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Kensler, Kevin H., Shivanshu Awasthi, Bruce J. Trock, et al.. (2022). Variation in Molecularly Defined Prostate Tumor Subtypes by Self-identified Race. European Urology Open Science. 40. 19–26. 8 indexed citations

Ledet, Elisa M., et al.. (2012). Characterization of germline copy number variation in high‐risk African American families with prostate cancer. The Prostate. 73(6). 614–623. 24 indexed citations

Ledet, Elisa M., Oliver Sartor, Walter Rayford, Joan E. Bailey‐Wilson, & Diptasri Mandal. (2011). Suggestive evidence of linkage identified at chromosomes 12q24 and 2p16 in African American prostate cancer families from louisiana. The Prostate. 72(9). 938–947. 17 indexed citations

Carpenter, William R., Paul A. Godley, Jack A. Clark, et al.. (2009). Racial differences in trust and regular source of patient care and the implications for prostate cancer screening use. Cancer. 115(21). 5048–5059. 91 indexed citations

Mandal, Diptasri, et al.. (2008). Recruitment strategies and comparison of prostate cancer-specific clinical data on African-American and Caucasian males with and without family history. Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases. 11(3). 274–279. 5 indexed citations

Martinez, Miguel, et al.. (2008). How to Engage the Latino or African American Patient with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Crossing Socioeconomic and Cultural Barriers. The American Journal of Medicine. 121(8). S11–S17. 10 indexed citations

Orom, Heather, Louis A. Penner, Brady T. West, et al.. (2008). Personality predicts prostate cancer treatment decision‐making difficulty and satisfaction. Psycho-Oncology. 18(3). 290–299. 38 indexed citations

Hoke, Gerald, et al.. (2006). Racial differences in pathogenetic mechanisms, prevalence, and progression of benign prostatic hyperplasia. Urology. 68(5). 924–930. 4 indexed citations

Kuvibidila, Solo & Walter Rayford. (2006). Correlation between serum prostate-specific antigen and alpha-1-antitrypsin in men without and with prostate cancer. Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine. 147(4). 174–181. 12 indexed citations

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Koochekpour, Shahriar, Oliver Sartor, Masao Hiraiwa, et al.. (2005). Saposin C stimulates growth and invasion, activates p42/44 and SAPK/JNK signaling pathways of MAPK and upregulates uPA/uPAR expression in prostate cancer and stromal cells. Asian Journal of Andrology. 7(2). 147–158. 28 indexed citations

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Kuvibidila, Solo, et al.. (2004). Increased levels of serum transferrin receptor and serum transferrin receptor/log ferritin ratios in men with prostate cancer and the implications for body-iron stores. Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine. 144(4). 176–182. 25 indexed citations

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Koochekpour, Shahriar, Grace A. Maresh, Adrienne Katner, et al.. (2004). Establishment and characterization of a primary androgen‐responsive African‐American prostate cancer cell line, E006AA. The Prostate. 60(2). 141–152. 52 indexed citations

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Martin, B M, et al.. (2003). Complexed PSA performance for prostate cancer detection in an African-American population. Urology. 62(5). 835–839. 4 indexed citations

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Martín, Benjamín, et al.. (2003). cPSA and fPSA elimination in African-American men. Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases. 6(2). 163–168. 4 indexed citations

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Cheli, Carol D, et al.. (2003). Similar age-specific PSA, complexed PSA, and percent cPSA levels among African-American and white men of southern Louisiana. Urology. 61(2). 375–379. 14 indexed citations

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Katner, Adrienne, et al.. (2002). Induction of cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in human prostate carcinoma cells by a recombinant adenovirus expressing p27^Kip1. The Prostate. 53(1). 77–87. 49 indexed citations

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RUTCHIK, SCOTT, et al.. (2001). Practice patterns in the diagnosis and treatment of erectile dysfunction among family practice physicians. Urology. 57(1). 146–150. 24 indexed citations

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Phillips, John L., McClellan M. Walther, John C. Pezzullo, et al.. (2000). Predictive Value of Preoperative Tests in Discriminating Bilateral Adrenal Hyperplasia from an Aldosterone-Producing Adrenal Adenoma. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 85(12). 4526–4533. 128 indexed citations

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Rayford, Walter, Hung-Cheng Lai, Lavinia P. Middleton, et al.. (1999). DECREASED EXPRESSION OF p27KIP1 IS ASSOCIATED WITH DECREASED SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS WITH METASTATIC RENAL CELL CARCINOMA. The Journal of Urology. 196–196. 2 indexed citations

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Rayford, Walter, et al.. (1997). Muscarinic cholinergic receptors promote growth of human prostate cancer cells. The Prostate. 30(3). 160–166. 84 indexed citations

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