2026 Carlos Caldas: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	152	1060	974	112	105	673	119630

Overview

Carlos Caldas is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their primary research interests lie within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine. The scientist's work focuses extensively on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Genetics.

The main topics covered in their research include:

Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
Cancer Cells and Metastasis
Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies

Their recent publications feature studies published in high-impact journals, illustrating diverse aspects of cancer biology and therapy. Key recent papers include:

Multi-omic machine learning predictor of breast cancer therapy response, 2021, Nature
Expansion sequencing: Spatially precise in situ transcriptomics in intact biological systems, 2021, Science
Caring for patients with cancer in the COVID-19 era, 2020, Nature Medicine
Imaging mass cytometry and multiplatform genomics define the phenogenomic landscape of breast cancer, 2020, Nature Cancer
Cancer-associated fibroblast compositions change with breast cancer progression linking the ratio of S100A4+ and PDPN+ CAFs to clinical outcome, 2020, Nature Cancer

Carlos Caldas frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable co-authors include Oscar M. Rueda, Suet-Feung Chin, Alejandra Bruna, Stephen-John Sammut, and Elena Provenzano.

Their work is published in several prominent venues, with multiple publications appearing in:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Cancer Research
Nature Communications
Nature Cancer
Breast Cancer Research

Beyond journal articles, Carlos Caldas has contributed to book publications as well. A recent book titled SAÚDE DA MULHER E OBSTETRÍCIA: DO ENSINO À ASSISTÊNCIA was published in 2024 by Editora Humanize eBooks.

Best Publications

Signatures of mutational processes in human cancer

Ludmil B. Alexandrov;Serena Nik-Zainal;Serena Nik-Zainal;David C. Wedge;Samuel A. J. R. Aparicio

10789
Citations
The genomic and transcriptomic architecture of 2,000 breast tumours reveals novel subgroups

Christina Curtis;Christina Curtis;Sohrab P Shah;Suet-Feung Chin;Gulisa Turashvili

6086
Citations
Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

Peter J. Campbell;Gad Getz;Jan O. Korbel;Joshua M. Stuart

3090
Citations
Analysis of Circulating Tumor DNA to Monitor Metastatic Breast Cancer

Sarah-Jane Dawson;Dana W Y Tsui;Muhammed Murtaza;Heather Biggs

2387
Citations
Loss of acetylation at Lys16 and trimethylation at Lys20 of histone H4 is a common hallmark of human cancer

Mario F Fraga;Esteban Ballestar;Ana Villar-Garea;Manuel Boix-Chornet

2313
Citations
International network of cancer genome projects

Thomas J. Hudson;Thomas J. Hudson;Warwick Anderson;Axel Aretz;Anna D. Barker

2242
Citations
The clonal and mutational evolution spectrum of primary triple-negative breast cancers

Sohrab P. Shah;Andrew Roth;Rodrigo Goya;Arusha Oloumi

2232
Citations
Liquid biopsies come of age: towards implementation of circulating tumour DNA

Jonathan C. M. Wan;Charles E. Massie;Javier Garcia-Corbacho;Florent Mouliere

2215
Citations
Landscape of somatic mutations in 560 breast cancer whole-genome sequences

Serena Nik-Zainal;Serena Nik-Zainal;Helen Davies;Johan Staaf;Manasa Ramakrishna

2186
Citations
The landscape of cancer genes and mutational processes in breast cancer

Philip J. Stephens;Patrick S. Tarpey;Helen Davies;Peter Van Loo;Peter Van Loo

1903
Citations
Non-invasive analysis of acquired resistance to cancer therapy by sequencing of plasma DNA

Muhammed Murtaza;Sarah-Jane Dawson;Dana W. Y. Tsui;Davina Gale

1615
Citations
Patient-derived xenograft models: an emerging platform for translational cancer research.

Manuel Hidalgo;Frederic Amant;Andrew V. Biankin;Eva Budinská

1614
Citations
The somatic mutation profiles of 2,433 breast cancers refines their genomic and transcriptomic landscapes

Bernard Pereira;Suet Feung Chin;Oscar M. Rueda;Hans Kristian Moen Vollan

1541
Citations
Frequent somatic mutations and homozygous deletions of the p16 (MTS1) gene in pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

C Caldas;S A Hahn;L T da Costa;M S Redston

1521
Citations
Subtyping of breast cancer by immunohistochemistry to investigate a relationship between subtype and short and long term survival: a collaborative analysis of data for 10,159 cases from 12 studies

Fiona M. Blows;Kristy E. Driver;Marjanka K. Schmidt;Annegien Broeks

1453
Citations
Noninvasive Identification and Monitoring of Cancer Mutations by Targeted Deep Sequencing of Plasma DNA

Tim Forshew;Muhammed Murtaza;Christine Parkinson;Christine Parkinson;Davina Gale

1446
Citations
Mutational evolution in a lobular breast tumour profiled at single nucleotide resolution

Sohrab P. Shah;Ryan D. Morin;Jaswinder Khattra;Leah Prentice

1306
Citations
Molecular Classification and Molecular Forecasting of Breast Cancer: Ready for Clinical Application?

James D. Brenton;Lisa A. Carey;Ahmed Ashour Ahmed;Carlos Caldas

1283
Citations
MicroRNA expression profiling of human breast cancer identifies new markers of tumor subtype

Cherie Blenkiron;Leonard D Goldstein;Natalie P Thorne;Inmaculada Spiteri

1203
Citations
Genetic Unmasking of an Epigenetically Silenced microRNA in Human Cancer Cells

Amaia Lujambio;Santiago Ropero;Esteban Ballestar;Mario F. Fraga

1147
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Suet-Feung Chin University of Cambridge

Paul D.P. Pharoah University of Cambridge

Samuel Aparicio University of British Columbia

Ian O. Ellis University of Nottingham

Anne Lise Børresen-Dale Oslo University Hospital

Rebecca C. Fitzgerald University of Cambridge

James D. Brenton University of Cambridge

Andrew E. Teschendorff University College London

Andrew R. Green University of Nottingham

Christina Curtis Stanford University

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