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89893
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Alexander J. Lazar publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexander J. Lazar sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 601 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Alexander J. Lazar D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexander J. Lazar sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 126 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Alexander J. Lazar is affiliated with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on oncology and related subfields.

They have contributed extensively to the fields of oncology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, molecular biology, cancer research, and pathology and forensic medicine. The main topics of their work include:

  • Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Vascular Tumors and Angiosarcomas
  • Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Cardiac tumors and thrombi

Alexander J. Lazar's publication record features several recent papers notable for their contribution to hematolymphoid tumors, immunotherapy, and tumor classification. Representative recent publications include:

  • The 5th edition of the World Health Organization Classification of Haematolymphoid Tumours: Lymphoid Neoplasms, 2022, Leukemia
  • B cells and tertiary lymphoid structures promote immunotherapy response, 2020, Nature
  • B cells are associated with survival and immunotherapy response in sarcoma, 2020, Nature
  • The 2019 World Health Organization classification of tumours of the breast, 2020, Histopathology
  • Dietary fiber and probiotics influence the gut microbiome and melanoma immunotherapy response, 2021, Science

Their frequent co-authors comprise several researchers with whom they have collaborated extensively:

  • Khalida Wani (84 co-publications)
  • Wei-Lien Wang (69 co-publications)
  • Davis R. Ingram (68 co-publications)
  • Jennifer A. Wargo (65 co-publications)
  • Emily Z. Keung (53 co-publications)

Their work has appeared in a range of publication venues, with the most frequent outlets including:

  • Cancer Research (56 publications)
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology (26 publications)
  • Clinical Cancer Research (18 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (13 publications)
  • Nature Communications (11 publications)

Best Publications

  • Gut microbiome modulates response to anti–PD-1 immunotherapy in melanoma patients

    V. Gopalakrishnan;V. Gopalakrishnan;C. N. Spencer;C. N. Spencer;L. Nezi;A. Reuben

  • The Immune Landscape of Cancer

    Vésteinn Thorsson;David L Gibbs;Scott D Brown;Denise Wolf

  • Oncogenic Signaling Pathways in The Cancer Genome Atlas

    Francisco Sanchez-Vega;Marco Mina;Joshua Armenia;Walid K. Chatila

  • Genomic Classification of Cutaneous Melanoma

    Rehan Akbani;Kadir C. Akdemir;B. Arman Aksoy;Monique Albert

  • An Integrated TCGA Pan-Cancer Clinical Data Resource to Drive High-Quality Survival Outcome Analytics.

    Jianfang Liu;Tara Lichtenberg;Katherine A Hoadley;Laila M Poisson

  • Cell-of-Origin Patterns Dominate the Molecular Classification of 10,000 Tumors from 33 Types of Cancer.

    Katherine A. Hoadley;Christina Yau;Christina Yau;Toshinori Hinoue;Denise M. Wolf

  • Comprehensive Characterization of Cancer Driver Genes and Mutations.

    Matthew H Bailey;Collin Tokheim;Eduard Porta-Pardo;Sohini Sengupta

  • B cells and tertiary lymphoid structures promote immunotherapy response

    Beth A. Helmink;Sangeetha M. Reddy;Jianjun Gao;Shaojun Zhang

  • Melanoma staging: Evidence-based changes in the American Joint Committee on Cancer eighth edition cancer staging manual.

    Jeffrey E. Gershenwald;Richard A. Scolyer;Kenneth R. Hess;Vernon K. Sondak

  • B cells are associated with survival and immunotherapy response in sarcoma.

    Florent Petitprez;Aurélien de Reyniès;Emily Z. Keung;Tom Wei Wu Chen

  • Machine Learning Identifies Stemness Features Associated with Oncogenic Dedifferentiation

    Tathiane M Malta;Artem Sokolov;Andrew J Gentles;Tomasz Burzykowski

  • Loss of PTEN Promotes Resistance to T Cell–Mediated Immunotherapy

    Weiyi Peng;Jie Qing Chen;Chengwen Liu;Shruti Malu

  • Circulating Tumor DNA Analysis in Patients With Cancer: American Society of Clinical Oncology and College of American Pathologists Joint Review

    Jason D. Merker;Geoffrey R. Oxnard;Carolyn Compton;Maximilian Diehn

  • Pembrolizumab in advanced soft-tissue sarcoma and bone sarcoma (SARC028): a multicentre, two-cohort, single-arm, open-label, phase 2 trial

    Hussein A Tawbi;Melissa Burgess;Vanessa Bolejack;Brian A Van Tine

  • Genomic and Functional Approaches to Understanding Cancer Aneuploidy

    Alison M. Taylor;Alison M. Taylor;Juliann Shih;Gavin Ha;Gavin Ha;Galen F. Gao

  • Comprehensive and Integrated Genomic Characterization of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcomas

    Adam Abeshouse;Clement Adebamowo;Sally N. Adebamowo;Rehan Akbani

  • Spatial Organization and Molecular Correlation of Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes Using Deep Learning on Pathology Images.

    Joel Saltz;Rajarsi Gupta;Le Hou;Tahsin Kurc

  • Analysis of Immune Signatures in Longitudinal Tumor Samples Yields Insight into Biomarkers of Response and Mechanisms of Resistance to Immune Checkpoint Blockade.

    Pei Ling Chen;Whijae Roh;Alexandre Reuben;Zachary A. Cooper

  • Integrative Analysis Identifies Four Molecular and Clinical Subsets in Uveal Melanoma

    A. Gordon Robertson;Juliann Shih;Juliann Shih;Christina Yau;Ewan A. Gibb

  • NRAS mutation status is an independent prognostic factor in metastatic melanoma.

    John A. Jakob;Roland L. Bassett;Chaan S. Ng;Jonathan L. Curry

Frequent Co-Authors

Raphael E. Pollock
Raphael E. Pollock The Ohio State University
Michael A. Davies
Michael A. Davies The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jeffrey E. Gershenwald
Jeffrey E. Gershenwald The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Patrick Hwu
Patrick Hwu The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jennifer A. Wargo
Jennifer A. Wargo The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Victor G. Prieto
Victor G. Prieto The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jason Roszik
Jason Roszik The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Eduardo Calonje
Eduardo Calonje St Thomas' Hospital
Shreyaskumar Patel
Shreyaskumar Patel The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Robert S. Benjamin
Robert S. Benjamin The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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