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Breast Cancer Treatment Studies

Breast Cancer Treatment Studies is a research topic within Cancer Research. Science Explorer counts 54k research works in it since 1950. 13.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on molecular research, treatment response, and prognostic markers in breast cancer. It covers topics such as gene expression patterns, molecular subtypes, neoadjuvant therapy, radiotherapy, and the impact of hormone receptors on survival. The papers also discuss the development of clinical practice guidelines for breast cancer management.

  • Gene Expression
  • Breast Tumours
  • Treatment Response
  • Molecular Subtypes
  • Prognostic Markers
  • Neoadjuvant Therapy
  • Radiotherapy
  • Hormone Receptors
  • Survival Analysis
  • Clinical Practice Guidelines
Research works
54k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
7.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
13.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+17%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Breast Cancer Treatment Studies research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (2.2k and 1.6k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 2.2k works
  2. 2 China 1.6k works
  3. 3 India 539 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 508 works
  5. 5 Italy 421 works
  6. 6 Japan 350 works
  7. 7 Germany 337 works
  8. 8 South Korea 309 works
  9. 9 Spain 279 works
  10. 10 France 241 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 33.0%China: 23.2%India: 7.9%United Kingdom: 7.5%6 others listed: 28.5%33%largest
United States2,242 · 33.0%China1,578 · 23.2%India539 · 7.9%United Kingdom508 · 7.5%6 others listed1,937 · 28.5%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Breast Cancer Treatment Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center publishes the most Breast Cancer Treatment Studies research, followed by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College.

Who are the leading researchers in Breast Cancer Treatment Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Breast Cancer Treatment Studies include Mike Clarke, Walter C. Willett and Hermann Brenner.

  1. 1 Mike Clarke United Kingdom 7.5k citations
  2. 2 Walter C. Willett United States 6.8k citations
  3. 3 Hermann Brenner Germany 5.8k citations
  4. 4 Ahmedin Jemal United States 4.9k citations
  5. 5 Charles M. Perou United States 4.2k citations
  6. 6 Gordon B. Mills United States 3.7k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Breast Cancer Treatment Studies research done?

The largest centres of Breast Cancer Treatment Studies research in 2022–2025 are New York (United States), Seoul (South Korea), Beijing (China) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Rozzano.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 New York United States 194 works
  2. 2 Seoul South Korea 191 works
  3. 3 Beijing China 189 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 154 works
  5. 5 London United Kingdom 139 works
  6. 6 Boston United States 130 works
  7. 7 Guangzhou China 125 works
  8. 8 Houston United States 112 works
  9. 9 Tokyo Japan 98 works
  10. 10 Rome Italy 94 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. RozzanoIT · 21.2 works15×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Breast Cancer Treatment Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Breast Cancer Treatment Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Humanitas University, Institute of Cancer Research and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 21.11%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Humanitas University: 9, 30.6%Institute of Cancer Research: 10, 26.1%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 65, 13.2%Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University: 14, 18.4%Ulsan College: 11, 15.6%Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland: 9, 14.5%Harbin Medical University: 16, 24.9%University of Ulsan: 15, 14.9%Harvard University: 38, 22.8%University of Milan: 18, 30.1%Humanitas UniversityInstitute of Cancer …Shanghai Medical Col…Chinese Academy of M…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Humanitas UniversityItaly 71.130.6%12.8×9 +173.0%
2 Institute of Cancer ResearchUnited Kingdom 57.226.1%32.4×10 -15.5%
3 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 55.413.2%7.1×65 +77.7%
4 Shanghai Medical College of Fudan UniversityChina 54.318.4%18.4×14 +63.8%
5 Ulsan CollegeSouth Korea 53.015.6%12.1×11 +110.6%
6 Royal College of Surgeons in IrelandIreland 52.614.5%11.7×9 +98.5%
7 Harbin Medical UniversityChina 52.424.9%8.6×16 -12.7%
8 University of UlsanSouth Korea 50.714.9%9.0×15 +83.9%
9 Harvard UniversityUnited States 49.322.8%3.2×38 +40.2%
10 University of MilanItaly 45.630.1%2.9×18 +1.7%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Breast Cancer Treatment Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Breast Cancer Treatment Studies.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.