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Dan Theodorescu 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 Dan Theodorescu sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 464 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Dan Theodorescu 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 Dan Theodorescu sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 95 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2014 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Dan Theodorescu is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their research output spans various topics primarily in medicine, with a focus on bladder and urothelial cancer treatments, epigenetics and DNA methylation, urinary and genital oncology studies, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, cancer research and treatments, as well as immune cell function and interaction.

Theodorescu has a substantial publication record in the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their subfields of study highlight a concentration in surgery, molecular biology, oncology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and immunology.

Frequent publication venues for Theodorescu include:

  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Cancer Research
  • The Journal of Urology
  • Clinical Cancer Research
  • iScience

Among their peer collaborators, Theodorescu has worked repeatedly with James C. Costello, David J. McConkey, Tahlita C.M. Zuiverloon, Teemu D. Laajala, and Florus C. de Jong.

Recent notable publications include:

  • Advances in bladder cancer biology and therapy, 2020, Nature Reviews. Cancer
  • Bladder cancer, 2023, Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • An N-Cadherin 2 expressing epithelial cell subpopulation predicts response to surgery, chemotherapy and immunotherapy in bladder cancer, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Assessment of Luminal and Basal Phenotypes in Bladder Cancer, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Inhibition of the CCL2 receptor, CCR2, enhances tumor response to immune checkpoint therapy, 2020, Communications Biology

Throughout their career, Theodorescu has been recognized with several awards, including fellowship in the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2019, membership in the National Academy of Medicine since 2014, and membership in the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Detection of Circulating Tumor DNA in Early- and Late-Stage Human Malignancies

    Chetan Bettegowda;Chetan Bettegowda;Mark Sausen;Rebecca J. Leary;Isaac Kinde

  • TERT promoter mutations occur frequently in gliomas and a subset of tumors derived from cells with low rates of self-renewal

    Patrick J. Killela;Zachary J. Reitman;Yuchen Jiao;Chetan Bettegowda

  • Frequent mutations of chromatin remodeling genes in transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder

    Yaoting Gui;Guangwu Guo;Yi Huang;Xueda Hu

  • Naturally Occurring Human Urinary Peptides for Use in Diagnosis of Chronic Kidney Disease

    David M. Good;Petra Zürbig;Àngel Argilés;Hartwig W. Bauer

  • The multiMiR R package and database: integration of microRNA–target interactions along with their disease and drug associations

    Yuanbin Ru;Katerina J. Kechris;Boris Tabakoff;Paula Hoffman

  • Whole-genome and whole-exome sequencing of bladder cancer identifies frequent alterations in genes involved in sister chromatid cohesion and segregation

    Guangwu Guo;Xiaojuan Sun;Chao Chen;Song Wu

  • Discovery and validation of new protein biomarkers for urothelial cancer: a prospective analysis

    Dan Theodorescu;Stefan Wittke;Mark M Ross;Michael Walden

  • Advances in bladder cancer biology and therapy

    Linda L. Tran;Jin-Fen Xiao;Neeraj Agarwal;Jason E. Duex

  • TERT PROMOTER MUTATIONS OCCUR FREQUENTLY IN GLIOMAS AND A SUBSET OF TUMORS DERIVED FROM CELLS WITH LOW RATES OF SELF-RENEWAL

    Hai Yan;P.J. Killela;Z.J. Reitman;Y. Jiao

  • Metastasis: a therapeutic target for cancer

    Patricia S Steeg;Dan Theodorescu

  • Clinical proteomics: A need to define the field and to begin to set adequate standards.

    Harald Mischak;Rolf Apweiler;Rosamonde E. Banks;Mark Conaway

  • Recommendations for Biomarker Identification and Qualification in Clinical Proteomics

    Harald Mischak;Guenter Allmaier;Rolf Apweiler;Teresa Attwood

  • A strategy for predicting the chemosensitivity of human cancers and its application to drug discovery

    J. K. Lee;D. M. Havaleshko;H. Cho;John N Weinstein

  • TERT promoter mutations and telomerase reactivation in urothelial cancer

    Sumit Borah;Linghe Xi;Arthur J. Zaug;Arthur J. Zaug;Natasha M. Powell;Natasha M. Powell

  • RhoGDI2 is an invasion and metastasis suppressor gene in human cancer.

    John J. Gildea;M. Jabed Seraj;Gary Oxford;Michael A. Harding

  • Cellular Disposal of miR23b by RAB27-Dependent Exosome Release Is Linked to Acquisition of Metastatic Properties

    Marie Stampe Ostenfeld;Dennis K. Jeppesen;Jens R. Laurberg;Anders T. Boysen

  • Cancer incidence after localized therapy for prostate cancer

    Kihyuck Moon;George J. Stukenborg;Jessica Keim;Dan Theodorescu;Dan Theodorescu

  • Molecular cloning and characterization of a lysophosphatidic acid receptor, Edg-7, expressed in prostate.

    Dong-Soon Im;Christopher E. Heise;Michael A. Harding;Susan R. George

  • Fibroblast cell interactions with human melanoma cells affect tumor cell growth as a function of tumor progression

    Isabelle Cornil;Dan Theodorescu;Shan Man;Meenhard Herlyn

  • Isolation and Identification of Potential Urinary Microparticle Biomarkers of Bladder Cancer

    David M Smalley;Nicholas E Sheman;Kristina Nelson;Dan Theodorescu

Frequent Co-Authors

Henry F. Frierson
Henry F. Frierson University of Virginia
Mark R. Conaway
Mark R. Conaway University of Virginia
Harald Mischak
Harald Mischak University of Glasgow
Martin A. Schwartz
Martin A. Schwartz Yale University
Michael Dean
Michael Dean National Institutes of Health
David L. Brautigan
David L. Brautigan University of Virginia
Christopher A. Moskaluk
Christopher A. Moskaluk University of Virginia
Bogdan Czerniak
Bogdan Czerniak The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Lyuba Varticovski
Lyuba Varticovski National Institutes of Health
Jan Novak
Jan Novak University of Alabama at Birmingham

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