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  • 2001 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Charles B. Wilson is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on fields related to Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong emphasis on Cancer Research, Oncology, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's main topics of study include Breast Cancer Treatment Studies, African Botany and Ecology Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research, Advanced Biosensing Techniques and Applications, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, and BRCA gene mutations in cancer.

Wilson's recent published papers include:

  • Avian Use of Habitat Patches Dominated by Exotic Leucaena leucocephala or Native Tree Species in Urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (2022) published in Tanzania Journal of Science
  • Does Neo-adjuvant chemotherapy response in the primary breast tumour correlate with axillary response in proven node positive ER positive HER2 negative disease? (2020) published in European Journal of Cancer
  • Should chemotherapy in neoadjuvant setting in node positive breast cancers be guided by biology over magnitude of tumour burden? (2020) published in European Journal of Cancer
  • Understanding geographical inequalities through the construction of a Risk of NEET Index for local authorities. (2025) published in International Journal for Population Data Science

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Wilson include:

  • Nikhilesh Borkar
  • Elena Provenzano
  • Emanuele Garreffa
  • John R. Benson
  • Parto Forouhi

The main publication venues where Wilson's work appears regularly are:

  • European Journal of Cancer
  • Tanzania Journal of Science
  • International Journal for Population Data Science

Charles B. Wilson was awarded membership in the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in 2001.

Best Publications

  • Evaluation of BCNU and/or radiotherapy in the treatment of anaplastic gliomas: A cooperative clinical trial

    Walker;Alexander E;Hunt We;MacCarty Cs

  • Randomized comparisons of radiotherapy and nitrosoureas for the treatment of malignant glioma after surgery.

    Walker;Green Sb;Byar Dp;Alexander E

  • Normal perfusion pressure breakthrough theory.

    Robert F. Spetzler;Charles B. Wilson;Phillip Weinstein;Max Mehdorn

  • Three-dimensional structure of the LDL receptor-binding domain of human apolipoprotein E.

    Charles Wilson;Mark R. Wardell;Karl H. Weisgraber;Robert W. Mahley

  • Comparisons of carmustine, procarbazine, and high-dose methylprednisolone as additions to surgery and radiotherapy for the treatment of malignant glioma.

    Green Sb;Byar Dp;Walker;Pistenmaa Da

  • Superiority of post-radiotherapy adjuvant chemotherapy with CCNU, procarbazine, and vincristine (PCV) over BCNU for anaplastic gliomas: NCOG 6G61 final report.

    Victor A. Levin;Pamela Silver;John Hannigan;William M. Wara

  • Transsphenoidal microsurgical removal of 250 pituitary adenomas

    Charles B. Wilson;Lawrence C. Dempsey

  • Transsphenoidal microsurgery for Cushing's disease: initial outcome and long-term results.

    Gary D. Hammer;J. Blake Tyrrell;Kathleen R. Lamborn;Carol B. Applebury

  • Radiation therapy in the treatment of partially resected meningiomas.

    Nicholas M. Barbaro;Philip H. Gutin;Charles B. Wilson;Glenn E. Sheline

  • A decade of pituitary microsurgery. The Herbert Olivecrona lecture.

    Charles B. Wilson

  • Age‐related and gender‐related occurrence of pituitary adenomas

    Thomas Mindermann;Charles B. Wilson

  • Endovascular and surgical treatment of unruptured cerebral aneurysms : Comparison of risks

    S. Claiborne Johnston;Charles B. Wilson;Van V. Halbach;Randall T. Higashida

  • Development of an Animal Brain Tumor Model and Its Response to Therapy with 1,3-Bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea

    Marvin Barker;Takao Hoshino;Ozdemir Gurcay;Charles B. Wilson

  • Evaluation of microvascular decompression and partial sensory rhizotomy in 252 cases of trigeminal neuralgia

    Joshua B. Bederson;Charles B. Wilson

  • Development of acquired arteriovenous fistulas in rats due to venous hypertension

    Tomoaki Terada;Randall T. Higashida;Van V. Halbach;Christopher F. Dowd

  • Reoperation for Recurrent Glioblastoma and Anaplastic Astrocytoma

    Griffith R. Harsh;Victor A. Levin;Philip H. Gutin;Margaret Seager

  • Results of transsphenoidal microsurgery for growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma in a series of 214 patients.

    Donald A. Ross;Charles B. Wilson

  • Endovascular treatment of vertebral artery dissections and pseudoaneurysms

    Van V. Halbach;Randall T. Higashida;Christopher F. Dowd;Kenneth W. Fraser

  • Pineal region tumors in children.

    Michael S. B. Edwards;Roger J. Hudgins;Charles B. Wilson;Victor A. Levin

  • Development of multiple lesions during radiation therapy and chemotherapy in patients with gliomas

    Ali K. Choucair;Victor A. Levin;Philip H. Gutin;Richard L. Davis

Frequent Co-Authors

Victor A. Levin
Victor A. Levin The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
William M. Wara
William M. Wara Kaiser Permanente
Richard L. Davis
Richard L. Davis University of California, San Francisco
Michael S. B. Edwards
Michael S. B. Edwards Stanford University
Arnulf Grubler
Arnulf Grubler International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Philip H. Gutin
Philip H. Gutin Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Randall T. Higashida
Randall T. Higashida University of California, San Francisco
Van V. Halbach
Van V. Halbach University of California, San Francisco
Michael D. Prados
Michael D. Prados University of California, San Francisco
David L. McCollum
David L. McCollum Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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