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Murray F. Brennan 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 Murray F. Brennan sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 1,070 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Murray F. Brennan 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 Murray F. Brennan sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 201 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in United States Leader Award
  • 1995 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Murray F. Brennan is affiliated with the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with numerous contributions addressing subfields such as Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology, Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The scientist's work covers several key topics, including:

  • Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
  • Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics

Recent publications by Murray F. Brennan illustrate a focus on cancer management and surgical oncology. These include:

  • Clinical genomic profiling in the management of patients with soft tissue and bone sarcoma, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Global Cancer Surgery: pragmatic solutions to improve cancer surgery outcomes worldwide, 2023, The Lancet Oncology
  • Prophylactic Lateral Neck Dissection for Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma is not Associated with Improved Survival, 2021, Annals of Surgical Oncology
  • Molecular and phenotypic profiling of colorectal cancer patients in West Africa reveals biological insights, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Getting Chemotherapy Directly to the Liver: The Historical Evolution of Hepatic Artery Chemotherapy, 2020, Journal of the American College of Surgeons

The scientist has published frequently in several medical journals, most notably:

  • Annals of Surgical Oncology
  • The Journal of Sexual Medicine
  • Journal of Surgical Oncology
  • The Lancet Oncology
  • Annals of Surgery

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Samuel Singer
  • Mithat Gönen
  • Laura H. Tang
  • Vivian E. Strong
  • T. Peter Kingham

In recognition of their contributions to medical research, Murray F. Brennan was made a Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in 1995.

Best Publications

  • Clinical Score for Predicting Recurrence After Hepatic Resection for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: Analysis of 1001 Consecutive Cases

    Yuman Fong;Joseph Fortner;Ruth L. Sun;Murray F. Brennan

  • Two hundred gastrointestinal stromal tumors: recurrence patterns and prognostic factors for survival.

    Ronald P. Dematteo;Jonathan J. Lewis;Denis H. Y. Leung;Salvinder S. Mudan

  • impact of Hospital Volume on Operative Mortality for Major Cancer Surgery

    Colin B. Begg;Laura D. Cramer;William J. Hoskins;Murray F. Brennan

  • The treatment of soft-tissue sarcomas of the extremities: prospective randomized evaluations of (1) limb-sparing surgery plus radiation therapy compared with amputation and (2) the role of adjuvant chemotherapy.

    S A Rosenberg;J Tepper;E Glatstein;J Costa

  • Adjuvant imatinib mesylate after resection of localised, primary gastrointestinal stromal tumour: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

    Ronald P. DeMatteo;Karla V. Ballman;Cristina R. Antonescu;Robert G. Maki

  • Liver resection for colorectal metastases.

    Y Fong;A M Cohen;J G Fortner;W E Enker

  • Analysis of prognostic factors in 1,041 patients with localized soft tissue sarcomas of the extremities.

    P. W. T. Pisters;Denis H. Y. Leung;J. M. Woodruff;W. Shi

  • Determinants of Long-Term Survival After Major Surgery and the Adverse Effect of Postoperative Complications

    Shukri F. Khuri;Shukri F. Khuri;William G. Henderson;Ralph G. DePalma;Cecilia Mosca

  • Actual 10-Year Survival After Resection of Colorectal Liver Metastases Defines Cure

    James S. Tomlinson;William R. Jarnagin;Ronald P. DeMatteo;Yuman Fong

  • Long-term results of a prospective randomized trial of adjuvant brachytherapy in soft tissue sarcoma.

    P. W. T. Pisters;L. B. Harrison;Denis H. Y. Leung;J. M. Woodruff

  • Retroperitoneal soft-tissue sarcoma: analysis of 500 patients treated and followed at a single institution.

    Jonathan J. Lewis;Denis Leung;James M. Woodruff;Murray F. Brennan

  • Hepatic arterial infusion of chemotherapy after resection of hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer

    Nancy Kemeny;Ying Huang;Alfred M. Cohen;Weiji Shi

  • Prognostic indicators for survival after resection of pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

    Richard J. Geer;Murray F. Brennan

  • Acquired Resistance to Imatinib in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Occurs Through Secondary Gene Mutation

    Cristina R. Antonescu;Peter Besmer;Tianhua Guo;Knarik Arkun

  • Merkel Cell Carcinoma: Prognosis and Treatment of Patients From a Single Institution

    Peter J. Allen;Wilbur B. Bowne;David P. Jaques;Murray F. Brennan

  • Long-Term Survival After Curative Resection for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Clinicopathologic Analysis of 5-Year Survivors

    Kevin C. Conlon;David S. Klimstra;Murray F. Brennan

  • Clinicopathologic correlates of solitary fibrous tumors.

    Jason S. Gold;Cristina R. Antonescu;Cristina Hajdu;Cristina R. Ferrone

  • Quality of complication reporting in the surgical literature.

    Robert C. G. Martin;Murray F. Brennan;David P. Jaques

  • Relation of perioperative deaths to hospital volume among patients undergoing pancreatic resection for malignancy.

    Michael D. Lieberman;Harold Kilburn;Michael Lindsey;Murray F. Brennan

  • Delivering affordable cancer care in high-income countries

    Richard Sullivan;Jeffrey Peppercorn;Karol Sikora;John Zalcberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel G. Coit
Daniel G. Coit Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Peter J. Allen
Peter J. Allen Duke University
Mithat Gonen
Mithat Gonen Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Samuel Singer
Samuel Singer Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
David S. Klimstra
David S. Klimstra Yale University
Yuman Fong
Yuman Fong City Of Hope National Medical Center
Cristina R. Antonescu
Cristina R. Antonescu Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Ronald P. DeMatteo
Ronald P. DeMatteo University of Pennsylvania
Robert G. Maki
Robert G. Maki University of Pennsylvania
William R. Jarnagin
William R. Jarnagin Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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