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Barbara J. McNeil

Barbara J. McNeil

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Medicine

D-Index
100
Citations
71673
World Ranking
8102
National Ranking
4202

Overview

Barbara J. McNeil is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of medicine, with specific focus on subfields such as radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, oncology, immunology, and surgery.

The main topics of their scientific work address a range of biomedical and clinical issues, including:

  • Radiopharmaceutical chemistry and applications
  • Lung cancer treatments and mutations
  • Lung cancer research studies
  • Inflammation biomarkers and pathways
  • Pancreatitis pathology and treatment
  • Apelin-related biomedical research

Barbara J. McNeil has contributed to peer-reviewed academic literature, with recent papers published in notable journals such as:

  • "Radiotheranostics: a roadmap for future development," 2020, The Lancet Oncology
  • "Plasma Endocan Levels Are Associated With Organ Dysfunction, Fluid Accumulation and Poor Outcome in Sepsis Patients With Acute Respiratory Failure," 2025, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Collaborations have involved several frequently coauthoring researchers, including:

  • Ken Herrmann
  • Markus Schwaiger
  • Jason S. Lewis
  • Stephen B. Solomon
  • Michaël Baumann

The primary venues for publication reflect the focus areas of the scientist's work, notably:

  • The Lancet Oncology
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Best Publications

  • The meaning and use of the area under a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve.

    James A. Hanley;Barbara J. McNeil

  • A method of comparing the areas under receiver operating characteristic curves derived from the same cases.

    J A Hanley;B J McNeil

  • On the Elicitation of Preferences for Alternative Therapies

    Barbara J. McNeil;Stephen G. Pauker;Harold C. Sox;Amos Tversky

  • Patient satisfaction as an indicator of quality care.

    P D Cleary;B J McNeil

  • Does More Intensive Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Elderly Reduce Mortality? Analysis Using Instrumental Variables

    M. Mcclellan;B. J. Mcneil;J. P. Newhouse

  • Primer on Certain Elements of Medical Decision Making

    B J McNeil;E Keller;S J Adelstein

  • Validating recommendations for coronary angiography following acute myocardial infarction in the elderly: A matched analysis using propensity scores

    Sharon-Lise T. Normand;Mary Beth Landrum;Edward Guadagnoli;John Z. Ayanian;John Z. Ayanian

  • Probabilistic sensitivity analysis using Monte Carlo simulation. A practical approach.

    Peter Doubilet;Colin B. Begg;Milton C. Weinstein;Peter Braun

  • Speech and survival: tradeoffs between quality and quantity of life in laryngeal cancer.

    Barbara J. McNeil;Ralph Weichselbaum;Stephen G. Pauker

  • CT and MR imaging in staging non-small cell bronchogenic carcinoma: report of the Radiologic Diagnostic Oncology Group.

    W R Webb;C Gatsonis;E A Zerhouni;R T Heelan

  • Statistical Approaches to the Analysis of Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) Curves

    Barbara J. McNeil;James A. Hanley

  • The importance of co-existent disease in the occurrence of postoperative complications and one-year recovery in patients undergoing total hip replacement. Comorbidity and outcomes after hip replacement.

    Sheldon Greenfield;Giovanni Apolone;Barbara J. McNeil;Paul D. Cleary

  • Comparison of magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasonography in staging early prostate cancer. Results of a multi-institutional cooperative trial.

    Matthew D. Rifkin;Elias A. Zerhouni;Constantine A. Gatsonis;Leslie E. Quint

  • Fallacy of the five-year survival in lung cancer

    Barbara J. McNeil;Ralph Weichselbaum;Stephen G. Pauker

  • Use and Misuse of the Term “Cost Effective” in Medicine

    Peter Doubilet;Milton C. Weinstein;Barbara J. McNeil

  • Comparison of CT and MR imaging in staging of neck metastases.

    Hugh D. Curtin;Hemant Ishwaran;Anthony A. Mancuso;Robert W. Dalley

  • Auranofin therapy and quality of life in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Results of a multicenter trial

    Claire Bombardier;James Ware;I.Jon Russell;Martin Larson

  • Knowledge and practices of generalist and specialist physicians regarding drug therapy for acute myocardial infarction

    John Z. Ayanian;Paul J. Hauptman;Edward Guadagnoli;Elliott M Antman

  • Staging of advanced ovarian cancer: comparison of imaging modalities--report from the Radiological Diagnostic Oncology Group.

    Clare M. C. Tempany;Kelly H. Zou;Stuart G. Silverman;Douglas L. Brown

  • Use of Cardiac Procedures and Outcomes in Elderly Patients with Myocardial Infarction in the United States and Canada

    J V Tu;C L Pashos;C D Naylor;E Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Sharon-Lise T. Normand
Sharon-Lise T. Normand Harvard University
Nancy L. Keating
Nancy L. Keating Harvard University
Arnold M. Epstein
Arnold M. Epstein Harvard University
Constantine Gatsonis
Constantine Gatsonis Brown University
Bruce E. Landon
Bruce E. Landon Harvard University
Stephen G. Pauker
Stephen G. Pauker Tufts Medical Center
John Z. Ayanian
John Z. Ayanian University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Paul D. Cleary
Paul D. Cleary Yale University
Joseph P. Newhouse
Joseph P. Newhouse Harvard University
Clare M. Tempany
Clare M. Tempany Brigham and Women's Hospital

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