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2023

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Medicine

D-Index
143
Citations
100557
World Ranking
1480
National Ranking
46

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Canada Leader Award
  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Mark Levine is affiliated with McMaster University in Canada. Their research contributions primarily focus on the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant work in oncology and related subfields.

The main subfields of study that characterize Levine's research include:

  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Surgery

The scientist's research topics cover a range of cancer-related themes, including:

  • Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
  • Cancer survivorship and care
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research
  • Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology
  • Breast Lesions and Carcinomas
  • Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management

Levine has published extensively in several prominent medical and oncology journals. The frequent venues for their publications include:

  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • The Lancet
  • UNC Libraries
  • New England Journal of Medicine
  • JAMA Oncology

Some recent papers authored in collaboration with various researchers illustrate the scope and focus of Levine's work:

  • "Anthracycline-containing and taxane-containing chemotherapy for early-stage operable breast cancer: a patient-level meta-analysis of 100,800 women from 86 randomised trials," 2023, The Lancet
  • "Omitting Radiotherapy after Breast-Conserving Surgery in Luminal A Breast Cancer," 2023, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Developing a Data and Analytics Platform to Enable a Breast Cancer Learning Health System at a Regional Cancer Center," 2023, JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics
  • "Metformin in Combination With Chemoradiotherapy in Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer," 2021, JAMA Oncology
  • "Treatment of cancer-associated venous thromboembolism: 12-month outcomes of the placebo versus rivaroxaban randomization of the SELECT-D Trial (SELECT-D: 12m)," 2020, Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Levine collaborates frequently with other researchers in related oncology and clinical fields. Noted frequent co-authors include:

  • Sameer Parpia
  • Gregory R. Pond
  • Timothy J. Whelan
  • Kathleen I. Pritchard
  • Lois E. Shepherd

In recognition of their scientific contributions, Levine has been awarded the title of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Effects of chemotherapy and hormonal therapy for early breast cancer on recurrence and 15-year survival: an overview of the randomised trials

    O. Abe;R. Abe;K. Enomoto;K. Kikuchi

  • Evidence-Based Medicine: A New Approach to Teaching the Practice of Medicine

    Gordon Guyatt;John Cairns;David Churchill;Deborah Cook

  • Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia in Patients Treated with Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin or Unfractionated Heparin

    Theodore E. Warkentin;Mark N. Levine;Jack Hirsh;Peter Horsewood

  • Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin versus a Coumarin for the Prevention of Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism in Patients with Cancer

    Agnes Y.Y. Lee;Mark N. Levine;Ross I. Baker;Chris Bowden

  • Vitamin C as an Antioxidant: Evaluation of Its Role in Disease Prevention

    Sebastian J. Padayatty;Arie Katz;Yaohui Wang;Peter Eck

  • Long-Term Results of Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer

    Timothy J Whelan;Jean-Philippe Pignol;Mark N Levine;Jim A Julian

  • A comparison of low-molecular-weight heparin administered primarily at home with unfractionated heparin administered in the hospital for proximal deep-vein thrombosis.

    Mark Levine;Michael Gent;Jack Hirsh;Jacques Leclerc

  • 2000 Update of Recommendations for the Use of Hematopoietic Colony-Stimulating Factors: Evidence-Based, Clinical Practice Guidelines*

    Thomas J. Smith;Howard Ozer;Langdon L. Miller;Charles A. Schiffer

  • American Society of Clinical Oncology Guideline: Recommendations for Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis and Treatment in Patients With Cancer

    Gary H. Lyman;Alok A. Khorana;Anna Falanga;Daniel Clarke-Pearson

  • Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis and Treatment in Patients With Cancer: ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline Update

    Nigel S Key;Alok A Khorana;Nicole M Kuderer;Kari Bohlke

  • Regional Nodal Irradiation in Early-Stage Breast Cancer

    Timothy J. Whelan;Ivo A. Olivotto;Wendy R. Parulekar;Ida Ackerman

  • Comparison of an Oral Factor Xa Inhibitor With Low Molecular Weight Heparin in Patients With Cancer With Venous Thromboembolism: Results of a Randomized Trial (SELECT-D)

    Annie M. Young;Andrea Marshall;Jenny Thirlwall;Oliver Chapman

  • Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis and Treatment in Patients With Cancer: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Update 2014

    Gary H. Lyman;Gary H. Lyman;Kari Bohlke;Alok A. Khorana;Nicole M. Kuderer

  • Hemorrhagic Complications of Anticoagulant Treatment

    Mark N. Levine;Gary Raskob;Seth Landefeld;Clive Kearon

  • Hemorrhagic Complications of Anticoagulant and Thrombolytic Treatment: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines (8th Edition)

    Sam Schulman;Rebecca J. Beyth;Clive Kearon;Mark N. Levine

  • Randomized trial of intensive cyclophosphamide, epirubicin, and fluorouracil chemotherapy compared with cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and fluorouracil in premenopausal women with node-positive breast cancer. National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group.

    M. N. Levine;V. H. Bramwell;K. I. Pritchard;B. D. Norris

  • Venous Thromboembolism and Cancer: Risks and Outcomes

    Agnes Y.Y. Lee;Mark N. Levine

  • Low molecular weight heparin, therapy with dalteparin, and survival in advanced cancer: the fragmin advanced malignancy outcome study (FAMOUS).

    Ajay K. Kakkar;Mark N. Levine;Zbigniew Kadziola;Nicholas R. Lemoine

  • New concepts in the biology and biochemistry of ascorbic acid.

    Mark Levine

  • A randomized trial to assess the efficacy of surgery in addition to radiotherapy in patients with a single cerebral metastasis

    Arlan H. Mintz;John Kestle;Michel P. Rathbone;Laurie Gaspar

Frequent Co-Authors

Jim A. Julian
Jim A. Julian McMaster University
Timothy J. Whelan
Timothy J. Whelan McMaster University
Kathleen I. Pritchard
Kathleen I. Pritchard University of Toronto
Jack Hirsh
Jack Hirsh McMaster University
Michael Gent
Michael Gent McMaster University
Gregory R. Pond
Gregory R. Pond McMaster University
Amiram Gafni
Amiram Gafni McMaster University
Alexander G.G. Turpie
Alexander G.G. Turpie McMaster University
Ajay K. Kakkar
Ajay K. Kakkar University College London
Jeffrey S. Ginsberg
Jeffrey S. Ginsberg McMaster University

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