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Charles M. Balch is affiliated with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on medical fields with an emphasis on oncology, radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging. The scientist has contributed substantially to the understanding and treatment of various cancer types, as well as advancing knowledge in public health and epidemiology.

The major topics of their work include:

  • Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy
  • Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management
  • Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies
  • Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
  • Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies
  • History of Medical Practice
  • Health and Medical Research Impacts

Balch has published extensively, with 81 publications in medicine and many focused more narrowly within subfields such as oncology (22), radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging (20), public health (8), epidemiology (7), and cancer research (6).

Frequent publication venues include:

  • Annals of Surgical Oncology (18 publications)
  • Breast Cancer (2 publications)
  • Cancer Research (2 publications)
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology (2 publications)
  • BMC Medicine (1 publication)

Among the recent papers they contributed to are:

  • Distinct clinical and somatic mutational features of breast tumors with high-, low-, or non-expressing human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 status (2022), published in BMC Medicine
  • Global Cancer Surgery: pragmatic solutions to improve cancer surgery outcomes worldwide (2023), published in The Lancet Oncology
  • The Clinicopathological and Survival Profiles Comparison Across Primary Sites in Acral Melanoma (2020), published in Annals of Surgical Oncology
  • An Evidence-Based Staging System for Mucosal Melanoma: A Proposal (2022), published in Annals of Surgical Oncology
  • Surgical Oncologists and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Guiding Cancer Patients Effectively through Turbulence and Change (2020), published in Annals of Surgical Oncology

Collaboration with colleagues is also noticeable, with frequent co-authors including Cheukfai Li, Guochun Zhang, Chongyang Ren, Hsiaopei Mok, and Li Cao. These partnerships indicate a networked research environment contributing collectively to oncology and related medical topics.

Best Publications

  • AJCC Cancer Staging Manual

    Mahul B. Amin;Stephen B. Edge;Frederick L. Greene;David R. Byrd

  • Final Version of 2009 AJCC Melanoma Staging and Classification

    Charles M. Balch;Jeffrey E. Gershenwald;Seng Jaw Soong;John F. Thompson

  • Final Version of the American Joint Committee on Cancer Staging System for Cutaneous Melanoma

    Charles M. Balch;Antonio C. Buzaid;Seng-Jaw Soong;Michael B. Atkins

  • Prognostic Factors Analysis of 17,600 Melanoma Patients: Validation of the American Joint Committee on Cancer Melanoma Staging System

    Charles M. Balch;Seng-Jaw Soong;Jeffrey E. Gershenwald;John F. Thompson

  • Burnout and medical errors among American surgeons.

    Tait D. Shanafelt;Charles M. Balch;Gerald Bechamps;Tom Russell

  • 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

  • A differentiation antigen of human NK and K cells identified by a monoclonal antibody (HNK-1).

    T. Abo;Charles M Balch

  • Burnout and career satisfaction among American surgeons.

    Tait D. Shanafelt;Charles M. Balch;Gerald J. Bechamps;Thomas Russell

  • Multi-institutional melanoma lymphatic mapping experience: the prognostic value of sentinel lymph node status in 612 stage I or II melanoma patients.

    Jeffrey E. Gershenwald;William Thompson;Paul F. Mansfield;Jeffrey E. Lee

  • Special Report: Suicidal Ideation Among American Surgeons

    Tait D. Shanafelt;Charles M. Balch;Charles M. Balch;Lotte N. Dyrbye;Gerald Bechamps

  • The orderly progression of melanoma nodal metastases.

    Douglas Reintgen;C. Cruse;Karen Wells;Claudia Berman

  • Efficacy of an elective regional lymph node dissection of 1 to 4 mm thick melanomas for patients 60 years of age and younger.

    Charles M. Balch;Seng Jaw Soong;Alfred A. Bartolucci;Marshall M. Urist

  • A multifactorial analysis of melanoma: prognostic histopathological features comparing Clark's and Breslow's staging methods.

    Charles M. Balch;Tariq M. Murad;Seng-Jaw Soong;Anna Lee Ingalls

  • Efficacy of 2-cm surgical margins for intermediate-thickness melanomas (1 to 4 mm). Results of a multi-institutional randomized surgical trial.

    Charles M. Balch;Marshall M. Urist;Constantine P. Karakousis;Thomas J. Smith

  • Thin Stage I Primary Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma

    Umberto Veronesi;Natale Cascinelli;Jerzy Adamus;Jerzy Adamus;Charles M Balch

  • Relationship Between Work-Home Conflicts and Burnout Among American Surgeons: A Comparison by Sex

    Liselotte N. Dyrbye;Tait D. Shanafelt;Charles M. Balch;Daniel Satele

  • Diagnosis and Treatment of Early Melanoma: NIH Consensus Development Panel on Early Melanoma

    Lowell A. Goldsmith;Frederic B. Askin;Alfred E. Chang;Cynthia Cohen

  • Patterns of recurrence following a negative sentinel lymph node biopsy in 243 patients with stage I or II melanoma.

    Jeffrey E. Gershenwald;Maria I. Colome;Jeffrey E. Lee;Paul F. Mansfield

  • Global cancer surgery: delivering safe, affordable, and timely cancer surgery

    Richard Sullivan;Richard Sullivan;Olusegun Isaac Alatise;Benjamin O. Anderson;Benjamin O. Anderson;Riccardo Audisio

  • Long-Term Results of a Multi-Institutional Randomized Trial Comparing Prognostic Factors and Surgical Results for Intermediate Thickness Melanomas (1.0 to 4.0 mm)

    Charles M. Balch;Seng Jaw Soong;Merrick I. Ross;Marshall M. Urist

Frequent Co-Authors

Merrick I. Ross
Merrick I. Ross The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jeffrey E. Gershenwald
Jeffrey E. Gershenwald The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
John F. Thompson
John F. Thompson University of Sydney
Andrew L. Warshaw
Andrew L. Warshaw Harvard University
John L. Cameron
John L. Cameron Johns Hopkins University
Alfred Cuschieri
Alfred Cuschieri University of Dundee
Kelly M. McMasters
Kelly M. McMasters University of Louisville
John P. Neoptolemos
John P. Neoptolemos Heidelberg University
Tait D. Shanafelt
Tait D. Shanafelt Stanford University
Daniel G. Coit
Daniel G. Coit Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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