William Foo

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

William Foo is a scholar working on Otorhinolaryngology, Oncology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, William Foo has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Otorhinolaryngology, 15 papers in Oncology and 11 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in William Foo's work include Head and Neck Cancer Studies (17 papers), Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment (11 papers) and Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations (7 papers). William Foo is often cited by papers focused on Head and Neck Cancer Studies (17 papers), Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment (11 papers) and Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations (7 papers). William Foo collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. William Foo's co-authors include W.H. Lau, Y.F. Poon, Stephen C.K. Law, Stewart Y. Tung, J. H. C. Ho, John K. C. Chan, Roger KC Ngan, Anne W.M. Lee, Fred Cheung and Michael M.H. Cheung and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, Cancer and British Journal of Cancer.

In The Last Decade

William Foo

29 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Retrospective analysis of 5037 patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated during 1976–1985: Overall survival and patterns of failure

1992 544 citations Y.F. Poon, William Foo et al. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
William Foo China	19	1.3k	1.2k	960	652	547	30	2.4k
Pierre Lavertu United States	35	1.4k 1.1×	2.2k 1.9×	2.4k 2.5×	273 0.4×	1.2k 2.3×	137	4.4k
Giulio Cantù Italy	30	1.1k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	1.8k 1.9×	128 0.2×	462 0.8×	70	2.9k
Bradley A. Schiff United States	25	895 0.7×	629 0.5×	867 0.9×	110 0.2×	697 1.3×	70	2.4k
W.M. Sze China	19	1.5k 1.2×	1.7k 1.4×	2.3k 2.3×	476 0.7×	992 1.8×	31	3.4k
Guy J. Petruzzelli United States	25	668 0.5×	557 0.5×	867 0.9×	93 0.1×	264 0.5×	85	1.9k
Xavier León Spain	32	1.3k 1.0×	1.5k 1.3×	1.5k 1.5×	119 0.2×	1.0k 1.9×	219	3.5k
Woong Sub Koom South Korea	29	1.7k 1.3×	344 0.3×	1.4k 1.5×	370 0.6×	1.1k 2.0×	165	3.2k
Young Soo Rho South Korea	25	726 0.6×	431 0.4×	865 0.9×	190 0.3×	369 0.7×	119	2.2k
Matthew E. Spector United States	31	1.1k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	1.2k 1.3×	94 0.1×	843 1.5×	189	3.1k
John Cho Canada	33	1.1k 0.8×	1.5k 1.3×	1.2k 1.3×	182 0.3×	1.9k 3.5×	127	3.8k

Countries citing papers authored by William Foo

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Fields of papers citing papers by William Foo

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Foo

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Chan, Clw, Rth Ho, Peter W. H. Lee, et al.. (2006). A Randomized Controlled Trial of Psychosocial Interventions Using the Psychophysiological Framework for Chinese Breast Cancer Patients. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology. 24(1). 3–26. 48 indexed citations

Au, W.Y., Randy D. Gascoyne, Nhu D. Le, et al.. (2004). Hodgkin’s lymphoma in Chinese migrants to British Columbia:a 25-year survey. Annals of Oncology. 15(4). 626–630. 29 indexed citations

Leung, GM, TQ Thach, Eric Chan, et al.. (2004). Short‐term, medium‐term, long‐term, and lifetime risks of developing and dying of breast carcinoma in a Westernized Chinese population. Cancer. 103(3). 501–508. 10 indexed citations

Au, Joseph S. K., Oscar W.K. Mang, William Foo, & Stephen C.K. Law. (2004). Time trends of lung cancer incidence by histologic types and smoking prevalence in Hong Kong 1983–2000. Lung Cancer. 45(2). 143–152. 39 indexed citations

Au, Joseph S. K., Chi-Ching Law, William Foo, & W.H. Lau. (2003). In-depth evaluation of the AJCC/UICC 1997 staging system of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Prognostic homogeneity and proposed refinements. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 56(2). 413–426. 57 indexed citations

Leung, GM, TQ Thach, TH Lam, et al.. (2002). Trends in breast cancer incidence in Hong Kong between 1973 and 1999: an age-period-cohort analysis. British Journal of Cancer. 87(9). 982–988. 93 indexed citations

Cheung, Michael M.C., John K. C. Chan, Wai‐Hon Lau, Roger KC Ngan, & William Foo. (2002). Early stage nasal NK/T-cell lymphoma: clinical outcome, prognostic factors, and the effect of treatment modality. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 54(1). 182–190. 221 indexed citations

Lee, Anne W.M., William Foo, Oscar Mang, et al.. (2002). Changing epidemiology of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Hong Kong over a 20‐year period (1980–99): An encouraging reduction in both incidence and mortality. International Journal of Cancer. 103(5). 680–685. 139 indexed citations

Cheung, Michael M.H., John K. C. Chan, W.H. Lau, et al.. (1998). Primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the nose and nasopharynx: clinical features, tumor immunophenotype, and treatment outcome in 113 patients.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 16(1). 70–77. 352 indexed citations

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Lee, Anne W.M., William Foo, Stephen C.K. Law, et al.. (1997). Reirradiation for recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Factors affecting the therapeutic ratio and ways for improvement. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 38(1). 43–52. 118 indexed citations

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Foo, William, et al.. (1996). Staging of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Evaluation of N-staging by Ho and UICC/AJCC systems. Clinical Oncology. 8(3). 146–154. 34 indexed citations

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Foo, William, et al.. (1996). N-staging of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Discrepancy between UICC/AJCC and Ho systems. Clinical Oncology. 8(3). 155–159. 11 indexed citations

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Lee, Anne W.M., David Chan, Jack F. Fowler, et al.. (1995). Effect of time, dose and fractionation on local control of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 36(1). 24–31. 38 indexed citations

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Lee, Anne W.M., David Chan, Jack F. Fowler, et al.. (1994). T1 nasopharyngeal carcinoma: The effect of waiting time on tumor control. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 30(5). 1111–1117. 40 indexed citations

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Foo, William, et al.. (1994). Nasopharyngeal carcinoma: evaluation of n-staging by ho and ajcc/uicc system. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 30. 202–202. 5 indexed citations

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Poon, Y.F., William Foo, Stephen C.K. Law, et al.. (1992). Retrospective analysis of 5037 patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated during 1976–1985: Overall survival and patterns of failure. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 23(2). 261–270. 544 indexed citations breakdown →

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Choi, Peter, et al.. (1992). High-dose-rate remote afterloading irradiation of carcinoma of the cervix in Hong Kong: Unexpectedly high complication rate. Clinical Oncology. 4(3). 186–191. 12 indexed citations

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Teo, Peter M.L., S.F. Leung, Peter S. Y. Yu, et al.. (1991). A comparison of Ho's, international union against cancer, and American joint committee stage classifications for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Cancer. 67(2). 434–439. 35 indexed citations

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Leung, S.F., S.Y. Tsao, P. Teo, & William Foo. (1990). Cranial nerve involvement by nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Response to treatment and clinical significance. Clinical Oncology. 2(3). 138–141. 15 indexed citations

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Lee, Anne W.M., J. H. C. Ho, Vincent Tse, et al.. (1988). Clinical diagnosis of late temporal lobe necrosis following radiation therapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Cancer. 61(8). 1535–1542. 156 indexed citations

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