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R. Jeffrey Karnes

R. Jeffrey Karnes

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D-Index
90
Citations
26504
World Ranking
12314
National Ranking
6307

Overview

R. Jeffrey Karnes is affiliated with the Mayo Clinic in the United States and has an extensive publication record primarily focused on medicine, with emphasis on pulmonary and respiratory medicine, surgery, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, cancer research, and urology.

The scientist's research interests center on prostate cancer treatment and research, with significant attention also given to prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment. Other areas of study include bladder and urothelial cancer treatments, urinary and genital oncology studies, urological disorders and treatments, urologic and reproductive health conditions, as well as cancer, lipids, and metabolism.

Karnes has contributed to multiple papers, including the following recent publications:

  • Implementation of Germline Testing for Prostate Cancer: Philadelphia Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference 2019 (2020), Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Prostate Cancer, Version 3.2024 (2024), Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
  • A Systematic Review of the Evidence for the Decipher Genomic Classifier in Prostate Cancer (2020), European Urology
  • Risks from Deferring Treatment for Genitourinary Cancers: A Collaborative Review to Aid Triage and Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020), European Urology
  • MYC drives aggressive prostate cancer by disrupting transcriptional pause release at androgen receptor targets (2022), Nature Communications

The frequent coauthors in Karnes's body of work include Alberto Briganti, Stephen A. Boorjian, Francesco Montorsi, Giorgio Gandaglia, and Matthew K. Tollefson. These collaborators collectively contribute to a robust network of research within urologic oncology and related fields.

Publication venues where Karnes has appeared regularly include:

  • The Journal of Urology (67 publications)
  • European Urology Open Science (33 publications)
  • European Urology (24 publications)
  • Urologic Oncology Seminars and Original Investigations (20 publications)
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology (18 publications)

Karnes's research contributes primarily to the medical fields with a particular focus on cancer, surgery, and diagnostic imaging related to urologic and prostate cancer issues.

Best Publications

  • Discovery and Validation of a Prostate Cancer Genomic Classifier that Predicts Early Metastasis Following Radical Prostatectomy

    Nicholas Erho;Anamaria Crisan;Ismael A. Vergara;Anirban P. Mitra

  • Long-Term Outcome After Radical Prostatectomy for Patients With Lymph Node Positive Prostate Cancer in the Prostate Specific Antigen Era

    Stephen A. Boorjian;R. Houston Thompson;Sameer Siddiqui;Stephanie Bagniewski

  • Long-Term Risk of Clinical Progression After Biochemical Recurrence Following Radical Prostatectomy: The Impact of Time from Surgery to Recurrence

    Stephen A. Boorjian;R. Houston Thompson;Matthew K. Tollefson;Laureano J. Rangel

  • Metastasis-directed Therapy of Regional and Distant Recurrences After Curative Treatment of Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review of the Literature

    Piet Ost;Alberto Bossi;Karel Decaestecker;Gert De Meerleer

  • Validation of a Genomic Classifier that Predicts Metastasis Following Radical Prostatectomy in an At Risk Patient Population

    R. Jeffrey Karnes;Eric J. Bergstralh;Elai Davicioni;Mercedeh Ghadessi

  • B7-H3 Ligand Expression by Prostate Cancer: A Novel Marker of Prognosis and Potential Target for Therapy

    Timothy J. Roth;Yuri Sheinin;Christine M. Lohse;Susan M. Kuntz

  • Long-Term Survival After Radical Prostatectomy Versus External Beam Radiotherapy for Patients with High-Risk Prostate Cancer

    Stephen A. Boorjian;R. Jeffrey Karnes;Rosalia Viterbo;Laureano J. Rangel

  • Cancer control and functional outcomes of salvage radical prostatectomy for radiation-recurrent prostate cancer: a systematic review of the literature.

    Daher C. Chade;Daher C. Chade;James Eastham;Markus Graefen;Jim C. Hu

  • Mayo Clinic Validation of the D’Amico Risk Group Classification for Predicting Survival Following Radical Prostatectomy

    Stephen A Boorjian;R Jeffrey Karnes;Laureano J Rangel;Eric J Bergstralh

  • A Critical Analysis of the Long-Term Impact of Radical Prostatectomy on Cancer Control and Function Outcomes

    Stephen A. Boorjian;James A. Eastham;Markus Graefen;Bertrand Guillonneau

  • Efficiency, Satisfaction, and Costs for Remote Video Visits Following Radical Prostatectomy: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Boyd R. Viers;Deborah J. Lightner;Marcelino E. Rivera;Matthew K. Tollefson

  • Prognostic Factors and Risk Groups in T1G3 Non–Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer Patients Initially Treated with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin: Results of a Retrospective Multicenter Study of 2451 Patients

    Paolo Gontero;Richard Sylvester;Francesca Pisano;Steven Joniau

  • Associations of Luminal and Basal Subtyping of Prostate Cancer With Prognosis and Response to Androgen Deprivation Therapy.

    Shuang G. Zhao;S. Laura Chang;Nicholas Erho;Menggang Yu

  • RNA biomarkers associated with metastatic progression in prostate cancer: a multi-institutional high-throughput analysis of SChLAP1

    John R Prensner;Shuang Zhao;Nicholas Erho;Matthew Schipper

  • A Comparison of BTA Stat, Hemoglobin Dipstick, Telomerase and Vysis Urovysion Assays for the Detection of Urothelial Carcinoma in Urine

    Kevin C. Halling;Walter King;Irina A. Sokolova;R. Jeffrey Karnes

  • Combination of Adjuvant Hormonal and Radiation Therapy Significantly Prolongs Survival of Patients With pT2–4 pN+ Prostate Cancer: Results of a Matched Analysis

    Alberto Briganti;R. Jeffrey Karnes;Luigi Filippo Da Pozzo;Cesare Cozzarini

  • Combined Value of Validated Clinical and Genomic Risk Stratification Tools for Predicting Prostate Cancer Mortality in a High-risk Prostatectomy Cohort

    Matthew R. Cooperberg;Elai Davicioni;Anamaria Crisan;Robert B. Jenkins

  • Salvage radical prostatectomy for radiation-recurrent prostate cancer: a multi-institutional collaboration.

    Daher C. Chade;Daher C. Chade;Shahrokh F. Shariat;Shahrokh F. Shariat;Angel M. Cronin;Caroline J. Savage

  • Stratification of High-risk Prostate Cancer into Prognostic Categories: A European Multi-institutional Study.

    Steven Joniau;Alberto Briganti;Paolo Gontero;Giorgio Gandaglia

  • Development and validation of a 24-gene predictor of response to postoperative radiotherapy in prostate cancer: a matched, retrospective analysis

    Shuang G. Zhao;S. Laura Chang;Daniel E. Spratt;Nicholas Erho

Frequent Co-Authors

Alberto Briganti
Alberto Briganti Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Francesco Montorsi
Francesco Montorsi Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Steven Joniau
Steven Joniau KU Leuven
Giorgio Gandaglia
Giorgio Gandaglia Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Edward M. Schaeffer
Edward M. Schaeffer Northwestern University
Eric A. Klein
Eric A. Klein Cleveland Clinic
John C. Cheville
John C. Cheville Mayo Clinic
Michael L. Blute
Michael L. Blute Harvard University

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