Xiaonan Sun

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Xiaonan Sun is a scholar working on Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaonan Sun has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Oncology, 19 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 15 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Xiaonan Sun's work include Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (11 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (6 papers) and Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies (6 papers). Xiaonan Sun is often cited by papers focused on Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (11 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (6 papers) and Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies (6 papers). Xiaonan Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Xiaonan Sun's co-authors include Liming Shi, Tianye Niu, Ning J. Yue, Ke Nie, Xi Hu, Qin Chen, Salma K. Jabbour, Jianbin Hu, Xuanxuan Wang and Hai Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, Scientific Reports and Clinical Cancer Research.

In The Last Decade

Xiaonan Sun

54 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Rectal Cancer: Assessment of Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation Outcome based on Radiomics of Multiparametric MRI

2016 319 citations Ke Nie, Liming Shi et al. Clinical Cancer Research profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiaonan Sun China	17	509	464	259	248	243	59	1.1k
Markus Hecht Germany	23	891 1.8×	187 0.4×	289 1.1×	370 1.5×	240 1.0×	102	1.4k
X. Liem France	13	278 0.5×	421 0.9×	266 1.0×	56 0.2×	129 0.5×	51	854
Randy Yeh United States	21	611 1.2×	423 0.9×	293 1.1×	113 0.5×	299 1.2×	72	1.1k
David S. Parda United States	18	389 0.8×	378 0.8×	329 1.3×	44 0.2×	419 1.7×	45	1.2k
Michael J. McKay Australia	20	300 0.6×	220 0.5×	271 1.0×	501 2.0×	206 0.8×	64	1.2k
Camilla Comin Italy	24	496 1.0×	291 0.6×	1.1k 4.4×	258 1.0×	409 1.7×	68	1.8k
Tatsushi Kobayashi Japan	15	360 0.7×	198 0.4×	288 1.1×	64 0.3×	334 1.4×	64	971
Evan Wuthrick United States	14	493 1.0×	308 0.7×	366 1.4×	78 0.3×	243 1.0×	59	1.0k
Andrea Ronchi Italy	20	435 0.9×	85 0.2×	412 1.6×	343 1.4×	266 1.1×	111	1.4k
Oliver Koelbl Germany	20	272 0.5×	395 0.9×	490 1.9×	104 0.4×	228 0.9×	73	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaonan Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xiaonan Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xiaonan Sun based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Xiaonan Sun. Xiaonan Sun is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhou, Qiong, Qi Wang, Yongwu Li, Chong Shen, & Xiaonan Sun. (2024). Dosimetric comparison of VMAT plans in preoperative short-course rectal radiotherapy. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 30862–30862.

Dai, Sheng, Fei Wang, Yiming Lv, et al.. (2024). Phase II study of neoadjuvant short-course radiotherapy combined with CAPEOX plus envafolimab in patients with microsatellite stable locally advanced rectal cancer: Updated results of PRECAM study.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 42(16_suppl). 3614–3614.

Sun, Xiaonan, et al.. (2024). Development and reliability and validity testing of a medication literacy scale for medical college students. BMC Medical Education. 24(1). 1238–1238. 1 indexed citations

Hu, Xiao, Jiamiao Hu, Weiwen Zhou, et al.. (2024). Application of nano-radiosensitizers in non-small cell lung cancer. Frontiers in Oncology. 14. 1372780–1372780. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Xia, Xiaonan Sun, Engeng Chen, et al.. (2024). Node-sparing modified short-course Radiotherapy Combined with CAPOX and Tislelizumab for locally Advanced MSS of Middle and low rectal Cancer (mRCAT): an open-label, single-arm, prospective, multicentre clinical trial. BMC Cancer. 24(1). 1247–1247.

Zhou, Weiwen, Jiamiao Hu, Xiao Hu, et al.. (2023). Relationship Between Microstructural Alterations and Cognitive Decline After Whole‐Brain Radiation Therapy for Brain Metastases: An Exploratory Whole‐Brain MR Analysis Based on Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 59(1). 242–252. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Xiaonan, et al.. (2022). An Immune-Related Gene Signature for Predicting Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy Efficacy in Rectal Carcinoma. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 784479–784479. 8 indexed citations

Zhu, Chu, Xuanxuan Wang, Ping Li, et al.. (2021). Developing a Peptide That Inhibits DNA Repair by Blocking the Binding of Artemis and DNA Ligase IV to Enhance Tumor Radiosensitivity. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 111(2). 515–527. 6 indexed citations

Zhu, Chu, et al.. (2020). <p>The Combination of Icotinib Hydrochloride and Fluzoparib Enhances the Radiosensitivity of Biliary Tract Cancer Cells</p>. Cancer Management and Research. Volume 12. 11833–11844. 4 indexed citations

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Shi, Liming, Yang Zhang, Ke Nie, et al.. (2019). Machine learning for prediction of chemoradiation therapy response in rectal cancer using pre-treatment and mid-radiation multi-parametric MRI. Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 61. 33–40. 87 indexed citations

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Cao, Caineng, Qichun Wei, Xiuwen Tang, et al.. (2018). PD‐1 and PD‐L1 in locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Substudy of a randomized phase III trial. Head & Neck. 41(5). 1427–1433. 15 indexed citations

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Nie, Ke, Liming Shi, Qin Chen, et al.. (2016). Rectal Cancer: Assessment of Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation Outcome based on Radiomics of Multiparametric MRI. Clinical Cancer Research. 22(21). 5256–5264. 319 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jin, Ting, Feng Jiang, Qifeng Jin, et al.. (2016). WITHDRAWN: Interim analysis of a prospective randomized non-inferiority trial of cisplatin and fluorouracil induction chemotherapy with or without docetaxel in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Oncotarget. 0(0). 7 indexed citations

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Liu, Hai, Weifang Yang, Tingting Jiang, et al.. (2015). Nimotuzumab abrogates acquired radioresistance of KYSE-150R esophageal cancer cells by inhibiting EGFR signaling and cellular DNA repair. OncoTargets and Therapy. 8. 509–509. 16 indexed citations

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Li, Yongwu, et al.. (2015). A feedback constraint optimization method for intensity-modulated radiation therapy of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Oncology Letters. 10(4). 2043–2050.

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Hu, Jianbin, Yanhong Zhu, Mei Jin, & Xiaonan Sun. (2013). Gastric and duodenal squamous cell carcinoma: metastatic or primary?. World Journal of Surgical Oncology. 11(1). 204–204. 20 indexed citations

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Wang, Guanyu, Luying Liu, Sherven Sharma, et al.. (2012). Bmi-1 confers adaptive radioresistance to KYSE-150R esophageal carcinoma cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 425(2). 309–314. 22 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiaonan, Shuo Zhang, Weiting Ge, et al.. (2011). The dominant negative mutant Artemis enhances tumor cell radiosensitivity. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 101(1). 66–72. 6 indexed citations

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Hu, Jianbin, et al.. (2008). Port site and distant metastases of gallbladder cancer after laparoscopic cholecystectomy diagnosed by positron emission tomography. World Journal of Gastroenterology. 14(41). 6428–6428. 24 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiaonan. (2003). Pre-operative radiochemotherapy of locally advanced rectal cancer. World Journal of Gastroenterology. 9(4). 717–717. 10 indexed citations

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