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105
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39352
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6789
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3585

Kathy J. Helzlsouer 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 Kathy J. Helzlsouer sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 363 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kathy J. Helzlsouer 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 Kathy J. Helzlsouer sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 105 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kathy J. Helzlsouer is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with specific attention to epidemiology, oncology, and genetics. The scientist engages in work related to cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research, viral-associated cancers and disorders, herpesvirus infections and treatments, as well as BRCA gene mutations in cancer.

Helzlsouer has coauthored publications with various researchers, including Jeanine M. Buchanich, Craig Newcomb, Terri Washington, C. Stephen Foster, and Lucia Sobrin.

Key recent papers include the following:

  • Use of immunosuppression and subsequent cancer incidence: cohort study (2023, BMJ Oncology)
  • P559: The impact of patient race and polygenic risk scores on genetic counselors' risk assessment and management in breast cancer vignettes (2025, Genetics in Medicine Open)

The frequent venues for Helzlsouer's publications are BMJ Oncology and Genetics in Medicine Open.

Best Publications

  • Lowering homocysteine in patients with ischemic stroke to prevent recurrent stroke, myocardial infarction, and death: the Vitamin Intervention for Stroke Prevention (VISP) randomized controlled trial.

    James F. Toole;M. René Malinow;Lloyd E. Chambless;J. David Spence

  • Body mass index, serum sex hormones, and breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women.

    T J Key;P N Appleby;G K Reeves;A Roddam

  • The Built Environment and Obesity

    Mia A. Papas;Mia A. Papas;Anthony J. Alberg;Anthony J. Alberg;Reid Ewing;Kathy J. Helzlsouer;Kathy J. Helzlsouer

  • Weighing the Risks and Benefits of Tamoxifen Treatment for Preventing Breast Cancer

    Mitchell H. Gail;Joseph P. Costantino;John Bryant;Robert Croyle

  • Genome-wide association study of circulating vitamin D levels

    Jiyoung Ahn;Kai Yu;Rachael Stolzenberg-Solomon;K. Claire Simon

  • Leisure Time Physical Activity of Moderate to Vigorous Intensity and Mortality: A Large Pooled Cohort Analysis

    Steven C. Moore;Alpa V. Patel;Charles E. Matthews;Amy Berrington de Gonzalez

  • Genome-wide association study identifies variants in the ABO locus associated with susceptibility to pancreatic cancer

    Laufey Amundadottir;Peter Kraft;Rachael Z. Stolzenberg-Solomon;Charles S. Fuchs

  • C-reactive protein and the risk of incident colorectal cancer.

    Thomas P. Erlinger;Elizabeth A. Platz;Nader Rifai;Kathy J. Helzlsouer

  • A genome-wide association study identifies pancreatic cancer susceptibility loci on chromosomes 13q22.1, 1q32.1 and 5p15.33

    Gloria M. Petersen;Laufey Amundadottir;Charles S. Fuchs;Peter Kraft

  • XPD polymorphisms: effects on DNA repair proficiency

    Ruth M. Lunn;Kathy J. Helzlsouer;Ram Parshad;David M. Umbach

  • Association Between α-Tocopherol, γ-Tocopherol, Selenium, and Subsequent Prostate Cancer

    Kathy J. Helzlsouer;Han-Yao Huang;Anthony J. Alberg;Sandra Hoffman

  • Natural history of celiac disease autoimmunity in a USA cohort followed since 1974

    Carlo Catassi;Debby Kryszak;Bushra Bhatti;Craig Sturgeon

  • Chlorophyllin intervention reduces aflatoxin-DNA adducts in individuals at high risk for liver cancer.

    Patricia A. Egner;Jin Bing Wang;Yuan Rong Zhu;Bao Chu Zhang

  • Fruit, Vegetable, and Antioxidant Intake and All-Cause, Cancer, and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in a Community-dwelling Population in Washington County, Maryland

    Jeanine M. Genkinger;Elizabeth A. Platz;Sandra C. Hoffman;George W. Comstock

  • Cigarette smoking and pancreatic cancer: a pooled analysis from the pancreatic cancer cohort consortium.

    Shannon M. Lynch;Alina Vrieling;Jay H. Lubin;Peter Kraft

  • Circulating sex hormones and breast cancer risk factors in postmenopausal women: Reanalysis of 13 studies

    T J Key;P N Appleby;G K Reeves;A W Roddam;A W Roddam

  • Historical Comparison of Perfluorooctanesulfonate, Perfluorooctanoate, and Other Fluorochemicals in Human Blood

    Geary W. Olsen;Han Yao Huang;Kathy J. Helzlsouer;Kathy J. Helzlsouer;Kristen J. Hansen

  • Prevalence of menopausal symptoms among women with a history of breast cancer and attitudes toward estrogen replacement therapy.

    Rima J. Couzi;Kathy J. Helzlsouer;John H. Fetting

  • Insulin-like growth factors, their binding proteins, and prostate cancer risk: analysis of individual patient data from 12 prospective studies.

    Andrew W. Roddam;Naomi E. Allen;Paul Appleby;Timothy J. Key

  • Anthropometric measures, body mass index, and pancreatic cancer: a pooled analysis from the Pancreatic Cancer Cohort Consortium (PanScan).

    Alan A. Arslan;Kathy J. Helzlsouer;Charles Kooperberg;Xiao Ou Shu

Frequent Co-Authors

George W. Comstock
George W. Comstock Johns Hopkins University
Anthony J. Alberg
Anthony J. Alberg University of South Carolina
Anne Zeleniuch-Jacquotte
Anne Zeleniuch-Jacquotte New York University
J. Michael Gaziano
J. Michael Gaziano Brigham and Women's Hospital
Kala Visvanathan
Kala Visvanathan Johns Hopkins University
Elizabeth A. Platz
Elizabeth A. Platz Johns Hopkins University
Dimitrios Trichopoulos
Dimitrios Trichopoulos Harvard University
Xiao-Ou Shu
Xiao-Ou Shu Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Julie E. Buring
Julie E. Buring Brigham and Women's Hospital
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne

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