World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
91
Citations
28831
World Ranking
11812
National Ranking
6055

Overview

Maxine Sun is affiliated with Harvard Medical School in the United States and has a broad research portfolio primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work has a significant focus on Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, and Immunology.

Their research centers around several main topics, including renal cell carcinoma treatment, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, cancer genomics and diagnostics, pancreatic and hepatic oncology research, ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, economic and financial impacts of cancer, and renal and related cancers.

Maxine Sun has published extensively in a variety of journals, with frequent appearances in the Journal of Clinical Oncology (16 publications), The Oncologist (13 publications), Cancer Cell (4 publications), Annals of Oncology (4 publications), and ESMO Open (3 publications).

Their recent notable papers include:

  • Interplay of somatic alterations and immune infiltration modulates response to PD-1 blockade in advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma (2020, Nature Medicine)
  • Tumor and immune reprogramming during immunotherapy in advanced renal cell carcinoma (2021, Cancer Cell)
  • Progressive immune dysfunction with advancing disease stage in renal cell carcinoma (2021, Cancer Cell)
  • Integrative molecular characterization of sarcomatoid and rhabdoid renal cell carcinoma (2021, Nature Communications)
  • High-sensitivity C-reactive protein is associated with clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (2020, Blood Advances)

Maxine Sun collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Toni K. Choueiri, David A. Braun, Sabina Signoretti, Eddy Saad, and Marc Machaalani, reflecting a strong network within the oncology and cancer research communities.

Best Publications

  • Epidemiology of Renal Cell Carcinoma.

    Umberto Capitanio;Karim Bensalah;Axel Bex;Stephen A. Boorjian

  • Interplay of somatic alterations and immune infiltration modulates response to PD-1 blockade in advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma

    David A. Braun;David A. Braun;Yue Hou;Ziad Bakouny;Miriam Ficial;Miriam Ficial

  • Distribution of metastatic sites in renal cell carcinoma: a population-based analysis

    M. Bianchi;M. Sun;C. Jeldres;S. F. Shariat

  • Updated Nomogram Predicting Lymph Node Invasion in Patients with Prostate Cancer Undergoing Extended Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection: The Essential Importance of Percentage of Positive Cores

    Alberto Briganti;Alessandro Larcher;Firas Abdollah;Umberto Capitanio

  • Distribution of metastatic sites in patients with prostate cancer: A population-based analysis

    Giorgio Gandaglia;Giorgio Gandaglia;Firas Abdollah;Firas Abdollah;Jonas Schiffmann;Vincent Trudeau

  • Perioperative Outcomes of Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy Compared With Open Radical Prostatectomy: Results From the Nationwide Inpatient Sample

    Quoc Dien Trinh;Quoc Dien Trinh;Jesse Sammon;Maxine Sun;Praful Ravi

  • Molecular epidemiological survey of haemoglobinopathies in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of southern China

    F Xiong;M Sun;X Zhang;R Cai

  • Tumor and immune reprogramming during immunotherapy in advanced renal cell carcinoma

    Kevin Bi;Kevin Bi;Meng Xiao He;Meng Xiao He;Ziad Bakouny;Abhay Kanodia;Abhay Kanodia

  • Prognostic Factors and Predictive Models in Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Contemporary Review

    Maxine Sun;Shahrokh F. Shariat;Christopher Cheng;Vincenzo Ficarra

  • Age-Adjusted Incidence, Mortality, and Survival Rates of Stage-Specific Renal Cell Carcinoma in North America: A Trend Analysis

    Maxine Sun;Rodolphe Thuret;Rodolphe Thuret;Firas Abdollah;Firas Abdollah;Giovanni Lughezzani;Giovanni Lughezzani

  • Impact of Adjuvant Radiotherapy on Survival of Patients With Node-Positive Prostate Cancer

    Firas Abdollah;R. Jeffrey Karnes;Nazareno Suardi;Cesare Cozzarini

  • Progressive immune dysfunction with advancing disease stage in renal cell carcinoma

    David A. Braun;Kelly Street;Kelly P. Burke;David L. Cookmeyer

  • Impact of the Site of Metastases on Survival in Patients with Metastatic Prostate Cancer

    Giorgio Gandaglia;Giorgio Gandaglia;Pierre I. Karakiewicz;Alberto Briganti;Niccolò Maria Passoni

  • Incidence, survival and mortality rates of stage-specific bladder cancer in United States: A trend analysis

    Firas Abdollah;Firas Abdollah;Giorgio Gandaglia;Giorgio Gandaglia;Rodolphe Thuret;Rodolphe Thuret;Jan Schmitges;Jan Schmitges

  • Prognostic Significance of Extent of Disease in Bone in Patients With Androgen-Independent Prostate Cancer

    P. Sabbatini;S. M. Larson;A. Kremer;Z.-F. Zhang

  • More Extensive Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection Improves Survival in Patients with Node-positive Prostate Cancer

    Firas Abdollah;Giorgio Gandaglia;Nazareno Suardi;Umberto Capitanio

  • Survival Analyses of Patients With Metastatic Renal Cancer Treated With Targeted Therapy With or Without Cytoreductive Nephrectomy: A National Cancer Data Base Study

    Nawar Hanna;Maxine Sun;Christian P. Meyer;Paul L. Nguyen

  • A Systematic Review of the Volume–Outcome Relationship for Radical Prostatectomy

    Quoc Dien Trinh;Anders Bjartell;Stephen J. Freedland;Brent K. Hollenbeck

  • The European Network for the Study of Adrenal Tumors staging system is prognostically superior to the international union against cancer-staging system: A North American validation

    Giovanni Lughezzani;Maxine Sun;Paul Perrotte;Claudio Jeldres

  • Comparative Effectiveness of Robot-Assisted and Open Radical Prostatectomy in the Postdissemination Era

    Giorgio Gandaglia;Jesse D. Sammon;Steven L. Chang;Toni K. Choueiri

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierre I. Karakiewicz
Pierre I. Karakiewicz University of Montreal
Quoc-Dien Trinh
Quoc-Dien Trinh Brigham and Women's Hospital
Shahrokh F. Shariat
Shahrokh F. Shariat Medical University of Vienna
Paul Perrotte
Paul Perrotte University of Montreal
Francesco Montorsi
Francesco Montorsi Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Mani Menon
Mani Menon Henry Ford Hospital
Markus Graefen
Markus Graefen Universität Hamburg
Alberto Briganti
Alberto Briganti Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Giorgio Gandaglia
Giorgio Gandaglia Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Marco Bianchi
Marco Bianchi Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Exploring online degrees can offer more accessible and flexible routes into healthcare careers beyond the traditional medical school path. For those interested in hospital management or policy, it’s crucial to choose which online healthcare administration programs have cahme accreditation? to ensure a quality education recognized by employers.

Registered nurses looking to advance may benefit from rn to bsn without clinicals programs, which streamline studies without requiring additional in-person training. If you're interested in leadership or advanced practice, pursuing the shortest post master's dnp program can accelerate your progress.

Convenience is a key factor for many professionals, so consider options like online dnp programs without clinicals. These pathways make it possible to achieve the highest levels of nursing expertise online, often on your schedule. Each of these online degrees offers unique opportunities to build your healthcare career and align your studies with your life goals.

Best Scientists Citing Maxine Sun

Trending Scientists