William Allum

19.0k total citations · 6 hit papers
140 papers, 12.2k citations indexed

About

William Allum is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, William Allum has authored 140 papers receiving a total of 12.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 94 papers in Surgery and 35 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in William Allum's work include Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (88 papers), Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment (63 papers) and Esophageal and GI Pathology (29 papers). William Allum is often cited by papers focused on Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (88 papers), Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment (63 papers) and Esophageal and GI Pathology (29 papers). William Allum collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and Italy. William Allum's co-authors include David Cunningham, Ruth E. Langley, Andrés Cervantes, Sally Stenning, Marcel Verheij, J N Thompson, Cornelis J.�H. van de Velde, Simon Weeden, Stephen Falk and M. Nicolson and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

William Allum

133 papers receiving 12.0k citations

Hit Papers

Perioperative Chemotherap... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 2010 2016 2009 2018 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Perioperative Chemotherapy versus Surgery Alone for Resectable Gastroesophageal Cancer
    2006 4.5k citations David Cunningham, William Allum et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  2. Gastric cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up
    2010 1.1k citations Alicia Okines, Marcel Verheij et al. Annals of Oncology profile →
  3. Gastric cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up
    2016 1.1k citations Elizabeth Smyth, Marcel Verheij et al. Annals of Oncology profile →
  4. Long-Term Results of a Randomized Trial of Surgery With or Without Preoperative Chemotherapy in Esophageal Cancer
    2009 721 citations William Allum, Sally Stenning et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →
  5. Guidelines for Perioperative Care in Esophagectomy: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society Recommendations
    2018 373 citations William Allum et al. profile →
  6. Mismatch Repair Deficiency, Microsatellite Instability, and Survival
    2017 365 citations Elizabeth Smyth, Andrew Wotherspoon et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
William Allum 9.4k 6.8k 3.5k 3.2k 977 140 12.2k
Stephen Falk 7.7k 0.8× 5.6k 0.8× 2.1k 0.6× 4.9k 1.5× 840 0.9× 123 11.4k
M. Nicolson 7.9k 0.8× 4.2k 0.6× 2.3k 0.7× 4.5k 1.4× 1.3k 1.3× 112 10.8k
Narikazu Boku 10.0k 1.1× 6.3k 0.9× 3.1k 0.9× 8.1k 2.5× 1.8k 1.8× 541 15.3k
Timothy Iveson 10.3k 1.1× 8.4k 1.2× 2.7k 0.8× 9.2k 2.8× 2.0k 2.0× 117 17.1k
Mitsuru Sasako 21.0k 2.2× 10.4k 1.5× 11.3k 3.3× 5.0k 1.6× 1.6k 1.6× 317 24.7k
Daniele Marrelli 4.5k 0.5× 3.6k 0.5× 1.9k 0.5× 1.7k 0.5× 1.1k 1.1× 259 7.4k
Franco Roviello 4.8k 0.5× 3.9k 0.6× 1.9k 0.5× 2.1k 0.6× 1.4k 1.5× 289 8.3k
Hiroki Yamaue 5.7k 0.6× 6.9k 1.0× 1.1k 0.3× 7.8k 2.4× 1.9k 2.0× 582 13.3k
Keun Won Ryu 6.0k 0.6× 3.2k 0.5× 3.3k 1.0× 1.5k 0.5× 715 0.7× 259 7.7k
C. Mariette 7.5k 0.8× 8.7k 1.3× 941 0.3× 2.9k 0.9× 743 0.8× 239 11.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by William Allum

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Nanda, Anil, Eliot Marshall, Jennifer Rusby, et al.. (2024). Lymphoedema Rates Following Targeted Axillary Dissection in Breast Cancer Patients. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 50. 108940–108940.
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Grosser, Bianca, David Cunningham, Matthew Nankivell, et al.. (2023). Stroma AReactive Invasion Front Areas (SARIFA) improves prognostic risk stratification of perioperative chemotherapy treated oesophagogastric cancer patients from the MAGIC and the ST03 trial. British Journal of Cancer. 130(3). 457–466. 7 indexed citations
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Allum, William & Karen Smith. (2023). The role of surgical care practitioners in the extended surgical team. Bulletin of The Royal College of Surgeons of England. 105(3). 114–117. 2 indexed citations
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Saito, Yuichi, Takaki Yoshikawa, Takashi Oshima, et al.. (2021). Increasing frequency of gene copy number aberrations is associated with immunosuppression and predicts poor prognosis in gastric adenocarcinoma. British journal of surgery. 109(3). 291–297. 4 indexed citations
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Allum, William, Elizabeth Smyth, Jane Blazeby, et al.. (2019). Quality assurance of surgery in the randomized ST03 trial of perioperative chemotherapy in carcinoma of the stomach and gastro-oesophageal junction. British journal of surgery. 106(9). 1204–1215. 4 indexed citations
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Évrard, Serge, Iris Noordhoek, Carmela Caballero, et al.. (2019). European Society of Surgical Oncology's strategy for clinical research: Paving the way for a culture of research in cancer surgery. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 45(9). 1515–1519. 1 indexed citations
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Smyth, Elizabeth, Matteo Fassan, Kyriakos Kouvelakis, et al.. (2017). ATM loss, MSI and survival in the MAGIC trial. Annals of Oncology. 28. v220–v221.
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Smyth, Elizabeth, Matteo Fassan, David Cunningham, et al.. (2016). Effect of Pathologic Tumor Response and Nodal Status on Survival in the Medical Research Council Adjuvant Gastric Infusional Chemotherapy Trial. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 34(23). 2721–2727. 206 indexed citations
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Smyth, Elizabeth, Marcel Verheij, William Allum, et al.. (2016). Gastric cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up. Annals of Oncology. 27. v38–v49. 1083 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fontana, Elisa, Elizabeth Smyth, David Cunningham, et al.. (2015). Improved survival in resected oesophageal and gastric adenocarcinomas over a decade: the Royal Marsden experience 2001–2010. Gastric Cancer. 19(4). 1114–1124. 8 indexed citations
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Andreyev, Jervoise, S.E. Davidson, Catherine W. Gillespie, William Allum, & E T Swarbrick. (2011). Practice guidance on the management of acute and chronic gastrointestinal problems arising as a result of treatment for cancer. Gut. 61(2). 179–192. 214 indexed citations
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Okines, Alicia, Marcel Verheij, William Allum, David Cunningham, & Andrés Cervantes. (2010). Gastric cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up. Annals of Oncology. 21(suppl 5). v50–v54. 1084 indexed citations breakdown →
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Palser, Tom, David Cromwell, Richard Hardwick, et al.. (2009). Re-organisation of oesophago-gastric cancer care in England: progress and remaining challenges. BMC Health Services Research. 9(1). 204–204. 35 indexed citations
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Cunningham, David, William Allum, Sally Stenning, et al.. (2006). Perioperative Chemotherapy versus Surgery Alone for Resectable Gastroesophageal Cancer. New England Journal of Medicine. 355(1). 11–20. 4494 indexed citations breakdown →
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Archer, Caroline, Marina Parton, Ian E. Smith, et al.. (2003). Early changes in apoptosis and proliferation following primary chemotherapy for breast cancer. British Journal of Cancer. 89(6). 1035–1041. 71 indexed citations
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Fielding, J W L & William Allum. (1996). Premalignancy and early cancer in general surgery. Oxford University Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Winslet, M. C., et al.. (1996). The influence of age on the surgical management of carcinoma ofthe stomach. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 22(3). 220–224. 21 indexed citations
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Allum, William, et al.. (1983). Recurrent thymoma with myasthenia gravis.. BMJ. 286(6363). 440.1–440. 5 indexed citations

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