Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment is a research topic within Oncology. Science Explorer counts 41k research works in it since 1950. 4.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the diagnosis, treatment, and molecular characterization of Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP) site. It includes research on metastatic patterns, molecular profiling to identify tissue of origin, immunohistochemical markers, diagnostic algorithms, and clinical management strategies.
- Cancer of Unknown Primary
- Metastasis
- Tissue of Origin
- Molecular Profiling
- Immunohistochemistry
- Diagnostic Algorithm
- Soft Tissue Metastases
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Unknown Primary Tumours
- Clinical Management
- Research works
- 41k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 4.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +15% the tick is no change
This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.
Which countries lead Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.3k and 587 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.3k works
- 2 China 587 works
- 3 India 493 works
- 4 Japan 435 works
- 5 United Kingdom 267 works
- 6 Germany 226 works
- 7 Italy 190 works
- 8 Spain 178 works
- 9 Brazil 169 works
- 10 Türkiye 156 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment research?
By volume in 2022–2025, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center publishes the most Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment research, followed by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterUnited States 35 works
- 2 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterUnited States 26 works
- 3 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 21 works
- 4 Cleveland ClinicUnited States 18 works
- 5 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 17 works
- 6 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 16 works
- 7 Tata Memorial HospitalIndia 14 works
- 8 Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchIndia 13 works
- 9 Saveetha UniversityIndia 13 works
- 10 Mohammed V UniversityMorocco 12 works
Who are the leading researchers in Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment include F. Stephen Hodi, Enriqueta Felip and Caroline Robert.
- 1 F. Stephen Hodi United States 3.4k citations
- 2 Enriqueta Felip Spain 3.3k citations
- 3 Caroline Robert France 3.3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment research done?
The largest centres of Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment research in 2022–2025 are New York (United States), Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan) and London (United Kingdom).
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where is the best place to study Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment?
Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harvard UniversityUnited States | 44.7 | 11.1% | 1.5× | 10 | +63.1% |
| 2 | All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia | 44.4 | 2.4% | 6.3× | 21 | +116.4% |
| 3 | Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye | 44.2 | 5.2% | 5.0× | 16 | — |
| 4 | Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina | 44.0 | 13.3% | 1.3× | 12 | +43.0% |
| 5 | Alexandria UniversityEgypt | 42.6 | 7.5% | 3.4× | 9 | +131.8% |
| 6 | Sichuan UniversityChina | 40.4 | 10.5% | 1.1× | 11 | +120.9% |
| 7 | Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina | 39.8 | 7.0% | 3.1× | 17 | +48.6% |
| 8 | Mohamed I UniversityMorocco | 37.1 | 0.0% | 10.3× | 9 | — |
| 9 | Institute of Medical SciencesIndia | 36.2 | 6.0% | 5.1× | 9 | +83.4% |
| 10 | Washington University in St. LouisUnited States | 35.9 | 9.1% | 2.3× | 9 | +71.0% |
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 Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 15% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.
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.