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Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments

Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments is a research topic within Oncology. Science Explorer counts 40k 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 represents advancements in the research and treatment of colorectal cancer, focusing on topics such as preoperative and postoperative therapies, laparoscopic surgery, tumor markers, neoadjuvant therapy, and clinical practice guidelines. It covers a wide range of studies related to treatment strategies, surgical techniques, adjuvant therapies, and prognostic factors for colorectal cancer patients.

  • Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy
  • Rectal Cancer
  • Adjuvant Chemotherapy
  • Laparoscopic Surgery
  • Tumor Markers
  • Total Mesorectal Excision
  • Neoadjuvant Therapy
  • Pathological Response
  • Anastomotic Leakage
  • Clinical Practice Guidelines
Research works
40k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
13.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+28%
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 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.6k and 1.3k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 1.6k works
  2. 2 United States 1.3k works
  3. 3 Japan 748 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 496 works
  5. 5 Italy 378 works
  6. 6 Germany 324 works
  7. 7 India 257 works
  8. 8 South Korea 245 works
  9. 9 Spain 223 works
  10. 10 Netherlands 206 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.

China: 27.9%United States: 22.2%Japan: 13.0%United Kingdom: 8.6%6 others listed: 28.3%28%largest
China1,609 · 27.9%United States1,278 · 22.2%Japan748 · 13.0%United Kingdom496 · 8.6%6 others listed1,632 · 28.3%

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

Which institutions lead Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Cleveland Clinic publishes the most Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments research, followed by Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College and Sun Yat-sen University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Cleveland Clinic United States 72 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College China 55 works
  3. 3 Sun Yat-sen University China 42 works
  4. 4 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center United States 40 works
  5. 5 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center United States 39 works
  6. 6 Fujian Medical University China 36 works
  7. 7 Kashiwa Municipal Hospital Japan 30 works
  8. 8 Sichuan University China 28 works
  9. 9 Peking University China 27 works
  10. 10 National Cancer Center Hospital East Japan 22 works

Who are the leading researchers in Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments include Ionuţ Negoi, Daniel J. Sargent and Mircea Beuran.

  1. 1 Ionuţ Negoi 4.8k citations
  2. 2 Daniel J. Sargent 4.1k citations
  3. 3 Mircea Beuran 3.2k citations

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

Where is Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments research done?

The largest centres of Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan), Guangzhou (China) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kashiwa.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 215 works
  2. 2 Tokyo Japan 174 works
  3. 3 Guangzhou China 144 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 141 works
  5. 5 Seoul South Korea 128 works
  6. 6 London United Kingdom 118 works
  7. 7 Cleveland United States 96 works
  8. 8 New York United States 93 works
  9. 9 Moscow Russia 85 works
  10. 10 Chengdu China 84 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KashiwaJP · 52.6 works73×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments?

Among universities, judged by research, Humanitas University, Fujian Medical University 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%10%20%30%mean 16.72%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Humanitas University: 8, 23.0%Fujian Medical University: 36, 10.7%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 55, 7.8%Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy: 12, 14.0%Tokyo Medical and Dental University: 12, 20.6%Jikei University School of Medicine: 8, 24.2%Sun Yat-sen University: 42, 18.5%Tokyo Medical University: 10, 10.4%Chongqing Medical University: 19, 17.1%Harbin Medical University: 11, 20.9%Humanitas UniversityCarol Davila Univers…Fujian Medical Unive…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
1Humanitas University Italy 67.823.0%13.9×8 +309.5%
2Fujian Medical University China 58.910.7%13.0×36 +101.4%
3Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College China 57.37.8%7.3×55 +169.7%
4Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy Romania 57.014.0%9.3×12 +340.8%
5Tokyo Medical and Dental University Japan 56.920.6%12.1×12 +50.4%
6Jikei University School of Medicine Japan 56.624.2%12.2×8 +55.0%
7Sun Yat-sen University China 54.218.5%3.4×42 +145.8%
8Tokyo Medical University Japan 49.810.4%19.6×10 +143.1%
9Chongqing Medical University China 47.217.1%7.2×19 +22.4%
10Harbin Medical University China 45.020.9%7.1×11 +2.4%

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 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments.

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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.