2026 Matteo Fassan: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	85	14447	13604	553	530	1064	33011

Overview

Matteo Fassan is affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy. Their research is primarily situated within the fields of Medicine, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The subfields that are most prominent in their work include Oncology, Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cancer Research, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

Their scholarly output demonstrates a focus on a variety of cancer-related topics. Main topics of their research include:

Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies
Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment

Some of the recent papers associated with Fassan's research are as follows:

"YAP/TAZ activity in stromal cells prevents ageing by controlling cGAS-STING" (2022), published in Nature
"Reprogramming normal cells into tumour precursors requires ECM stiffness and oncogene-mediated changes of cell mechanical properties" (2020), published in Nature Materials
"Evolution of HER2-low expression from primary to recurrent breast cancer" (2021), published in npj Breast Cancer
"miR-196b-5p-mediated downregulation of TSPAN12 and GATA6 promotes tumor progression in non-small cell lung cancer" (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Cholangiocarcinoma" (2021), published in Pathologica

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Matteo Fassan include:

Sara Lonardi
Valentina Angerilli
Francesca Bergamo
Paola Parente
Angelo Paolo Dei Tos

The venues where Fassan most frequently publishes are:

Pathologica
Journal of Clinical Oncology
Cancers
Digestive and Liver Disease
Gastroenterology

Best Publications

Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

Peter J. Campbell;Gad Getz;Jan O. Korbel;Joshua M. Stuart

3090
Citations
Epidemiology of Gastric Cancer

Massimo Rugge;Matteo Fassan;David Y. Graham

1782
Citations
Patient-derived organoids model treatment response of metastatic gastrointestinal cancers

Georgios Vlachogiannis;Somaieh Hedayat;Alexandra Vatsiou;Yann Jamin

1554
Citations
Patterns of somatic structural variation in human cancer genomes

Yilong Li;Nicola D Roberts;Jeremiah A Wala;Jeremiah A Wala;Ofer Shapira;Ofer Shapira

942
Citations
Whole-genome landscape of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours

Aldo Scarpa;David K. Chang;Katia Nones;Katia Nones;Vincenzo Corbo

875
Citations
Micro-RNA profiling in kidney and bladder cancers

Fedra Gottardo;Chang Gong Liu;Manuela Ferracin;George A. Calin

797
Citations
Exome sequencing identifies frequent inactivating mutations in BAP1, ARID1A and PBRM1 in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas

Yuchen Jiao;Timothy M Pawlik;Robert A Anders;Florin M Selaru

672
Citations
MicroRNA expression profiling of human metastatic cancers identifies cancer gene targets.

Raffaele Baffa;Matteo Fassan;Matteo Fassan;Stefano Volinia;Brian O'Hara

623
Citations
Mismatch Repair Deficiency, Microsatellite Instability, and Survival: An Exploratory Analysis of the Medical Research Council Adjuvant Gastric Infusional Chemotherapy (MAGIC) Trial

Elizabeth C Smyth;Andrew Wotherspoon;Clare Peckitt;David Gonzalez

475
Citations
Targeted next-generation sequencing of cancer genes dissects the molecular profiles of intraductal papillary neoplasms of the pancreas.

Eliana Amato;Marco dal Molin;Andrea Mafficini;Jun Yu

355
Citations
Gastritis OLGA-staging and gastric cancer risk: a twelve-year clinico-pathological follow-up study.

Massimo Rugge;M De Boni;Gianmaria Pennelli;M De Bona

337
Citations
Genomic characterization of biliary tract cancers identifies driver genes and predisposing mutations.

Christopher P. Wardell;Masashi Fujita;Toru Yamada;Michele Simbolo

319
Citations
MicroRNA-135b Promotes Cancer Progression by Acting as a Downstream Effector of Oncogenic Pathways in Colon Cancer

Nicola Valeri;Chiara Braconi;Pierluigi Gasparini;Claudio Murgia

312
Citations
DNA Qualification Workflow for Next Generation Sequencing of Histopathological Samples

Michele Simbolo;Marisa Gottardi;Vincenzo Corbo;Matteo Fassan

298
Citations
The SWI/SNF complex is a mechanoregulated inhibitor of YAP and TAZ

Lei Chang;Luca Azzolin;Daniele Di Biagio;Francesca Zanconato

285
Citations
Effect of Pathologic Tumor Response and Nodal Status on Survival in the Medical Research Council Adjuvant Gastric Infusional Chemotherapy Trial

Elizabeth C. Smyth;Matteo Fassan;David Cunningham;William H. Allum

275
Citations
Transcriptional addiction in cancer cells is mediated by YAP/TAZ through BRD4.

Francesca Zanconato;Giusy Battilana;Mattia Forcato;Letizia Filippi

264
Citations
Lung neuroendocrine tumours: Deep sequencing of the four World Health Organization histotypes reveals chromatin-remodelling genes as major players and a prognostic role for TERT, RB1, MEN1 and KMT2D

Michele Simbolo;Andrea Mafficini;Katarzyna O Sikora;Matteo Fassan

236
Citations
Gastritis: the histology report.

Massimo Rugge;Gianmaria Pennelli;Emanuela Pilozzi;Matteo Fassan

223
Citations
Protective role of miR-155 in breast cancer through RAD51 targeting impairs homologous recombination after irradiation

Pierluigi Gasparini;Francesca Lovat;Matteo Fassan;Lucia Casadei

214
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Massimo Rugge University of Padua

Aldo Scarpa University of Verona

Fotios Loupakis Istituto Oncologico Veneto

Fabio Farinati University of Padua

Carlo M. Croce The Ohio State University

Sara Lonardi Istituto Oncologico Veneto

Vittorina Zagonel Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research

David Cunningham Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Angelo Paolo Dei Tos University of Padua

Pierfranco Conte University of Padua

External Links

Personal website of Matteo Fassan

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