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Peter V. Danenberg publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter V. Danenberg sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 176 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Peter V. Danenberg D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter V. Danenberg sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 59 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Peter V. Danenberg is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research spans primarily across the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine.

The main subfields of study include Cancer Research, Oncology, Molecular Biology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. The scientist's work covers several topics related to cancer, such as Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, RNA modifications and cancer, Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies, Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments, and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes.

Peter V. Danenberg has published research in venues such as:

  • Cancer Drug Resistance
  • World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Danenberg are:

  • Using cfRNA as a tool to evaluate clinical treatment outcomes in patients with metastatic lung cancers and other tumors, 2021, Cancer Drug Resistance
  • Patient-centered developments in colon- and rectal cancer with a multidisciplinary international team: From translational research to national guidelines, 2021, World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Collaborative work has involved frequent co-authors including Kathleen D. Danenberg, Luis E. Raez, Daniel Sumarriva, J. Usher, and Jacob Sands.

Best Publications

  • MethyLight: a high-throughput assay to measure DNA methylation

    Cindy A. Eads;Kathleen D. Danenberg;Kazuyuki Kawakami;Leonard B. Saltz

  • Colorectal Tumors Responding to 5-Fluorouracil Have Low Gene Expression Levels of Dihydropyrimidine Dehydrogenase, Thymidylate Synthase, and Thymidine Phosphorylase

    Dennis Salonga;Kathleen D. Danenberg;Martin Johnson;Ralf Metzger

  • Low ERCC1 expression correlates with prolonged survival after cisplatin plus gemcitabine chemotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer.

    Reginald V N Lord;Jan Brabender;David R Gandara;Vicente Alberola

  • Thymidylate Synthase Gene and Protein Expression Correlate and Are Associated with Response to 5-Fluorouracil in Human Colorectal and Gastric Tumors

    Patrick G. Johnston;Heinz-Josef Lenz;Cynthia G. Leichman;Kathleen D. Danenberg

  • ERCC1 and Thymidylate Synthase mRNA Levels Predict Survival for Colorectal Cancer Patients Receiving Combination Oxaliplatin and Fluorouracil Chemotherapy

    Yoshinori Shirota;Jan Stoehlmacher;Jan Brabender;Yi-Ping Xiong

  • Thymidylate synthetase - a target enzyme in cancer chemotherapy.

    Peter V. Danenberg

  • ERCC1 mRNA levels complement thymidylate synthase mRNA levels in predicting response and survival for gastric cancer patients receiving combination cisplatin and fluorouracil chemotherapy.

    Ralf Metzger;Cynthia Gail Leichman;Kathleen D. Danenberg;Peter V. Danenberg

  • Quantitation of intratumoral thymidylate synthase expression predicts for disseminated colorectal cancer response and resistance to protracted-infusion fluorouracil and weekly leucovorin.

    Cynthia Gail Leichman;Heinz-Josef Lenz;Lawrence Leichman;Kathleen Danenberg

  • Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor and HER2-neu mRNA Expression in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Is Correlated with Survival

    Jan Brabender;Kathleen D. Danenberg;Ralf Metzger;Paul M. Schneider

  • CpG Island Hypermethylation in Human Colorectal Tumors Is Not Associated with DNA Methyltransferase Overexpression

    Cindy A. Eads;Kathleen D. Danenberg;Kazuyuki Kawakami;Leonard B. Saltz

  • Standing the test of time: targeting thymidylate biosynthesis in cancer therapy

    Peter M. Wilson;Peter V. Danenberg;Patrick G. Johnston;Heinz-Josef Lenz

  • ERCC1 and RRM1 gene expressions but not EGFR are predictive of shorter survival in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer treated with cisplatin and gemcitabine

    P. Ceppi;M. Volante;S. Novello;I. Rapa

  • Thymidylate synthase mRNA level in adenocarcinoma of the stomach: a predictor for primary tumor response and overall survival.

    Heinz-Josef Lenz;Cynthia Gail Leichman;Kathleen D. Danenberg;Peter V. Danenberg

  • An In vivo Platform for Translational Drug Development in Pancreatic Cancer

    Belen Rubio-Viqueira;Antonio Jimeno;George Cusatis;Xianfeng Zhang

  • Fluorinated Pyrimidines and Their Nucleosides

    Charles Heidelberger;Peter V. Danenberg;Richard G. Moran

  • NAD(P)H:quinone Oxidoreductase Gene Expression in Human Colon Carcinoma Cells: Characterization of a Mutation Which Modulates DT-diaphorase Activity and Mitomycin Sensitivity

    Robert D. Traver;Tetsuro Horikoshi;Kathleen D. Danenberg;Thomas H. W. Stadlbauer

  • Hypermethylated APC DNA in Plasma and Prognosis of Patients With Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

    Kazuyuki Kawakami;Jan Brabender;Reginald V. Lord;Susan Groshen

  • Quantitative Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Promoter Methylation Analysis in Tumor Tissue, Serum, and Plasma DNA of Patients with Lung Cancer

    Henning Usadel;Jan Brabender;Kathy D. Danenberg;Carmen Jerónimo

  • Fields of aberrant CpG island hypermethylation in Barrett's esophagus and associated adenocarcinoma.

    Cindy A. Eads;Reginald V. Lord;Soudamini K. Kurumboor;Kumari Wickramasinghe

  • High basal level gene expression of thymidine phosphorylase (platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor) in colorectal tumors is associated with nonresponse to 5-fluorouracil.

    R Metzger;K Danenberg;C G Leichman;D Salonga

Frequent Co-Authors

Kathleen D. Danenberg
Kathleen D. Danenberg University of Southern California
Tom R. DeMeester
Tom R. DeMeester University of Southern California
Heinz-Josef Lenz
Heinz-Josef Lenz University of Southern California
Susan Groshen
Susan Groshen University of Southern California
Jeffrey A. Hagen
Jeffrey A. Hagen University of Southern California
Charles Heidelberger
Charles Heidelberger University of Southern California
Jeffrey H. Peters
Jeffrey H. Peters University Hospitals of Cleveland
Joseph R. Bertino
Joseph R. Bertino Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Kenichi Sugihara
Kenichi Sugihara Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Daniel V. Santi
Daniel V. Santi University of California, San Francisco

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