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2023

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Medicine

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Citations
65681
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2581
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in France Leader Award

Overview

Rolando Herrero is affiliated with the Costa Rican Agency for Biomedical Research and the INCIENSA Foundation in Costa Rica. Their research work primarily focuses on Medicine, with significant contributions across several specialized subfields including Epidemiology, Surgery, Computer Networks and Communications, Oncology, and Microbiology.

The scientist has extensively addressed topics related to Cervical Cancer and HPV Research, Hepatitis B Virus Studies, Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies, Head and Neck Cancer Studies, Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, Reproductive tract infections research, and IoT and Edge/Fog Computing.

Frequent co-authors in Rolando Herrero's publications include:

  • Carolina Porras
  • Allan Hildesheim
  • Aimée R. Kreimer
  • Bernal Cortés
  • John T. Schiller

The scientist has published regularly in several venues, with the most frequent being:

  • UNC Libraries
  • International Journal of Cancer
  • JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • PLoS ONE
  • Vaccine

Recent papers by Rolando Herrero include:

  • Cervical cancer screening programmes and age-specific coverage estimates for 202 countries and territories worldwide: a review and synthetic analysis, 2022, The Lancet Global Health
  • Cervicovaginal microbiome and natural history of HPV in a longitudinal study, 2020, PLoS Pathogens
  • Evaluation of Durability of a Single Dose of the Bivalent HPV Vaccine: The CVT Trial, 2020, JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • Alcohol drinking and head and neck cancer risk: the joint effect of intensity and duration, 2020, British Journal of Cancer
  • Efficacy of the bivalent HPV vaccine against HPV 16/18-associated precancer: long-term follow-up results from the Costa Rica Vaccine Trial, 2020, The Lancet Oncology

Rolando Herrero has contributed to book publications as well, including a work published by Springer Science+Business Media titled "Fundamentals of IoT Communication Technologies" in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Epidemiologic Classification of Human Papillomavirus Types Associated with Cervical Cancer

    Nubia Muñoz;F. Xavier Bosch;Silvia de Sanjosé;Rolando Herrero

  • Human papillomavirus and oral cancer: the International Agency for Research on Cancer multicenter study.

    Rolando Herrero;Xavier Castellsagué;Michael Pawlita;Jolanta Lissowska

  • Worldwide distribution of human papillomavirus types in cytologically normal women in the International Agency for Research on Cancer HPV prevalence surveys: a pooled analysis.

    G. M. Clifford;S. Gallus;R. Herrero;N. Muñoz

  • Interaction between tobacco and alcohol use and the risk of head and neck cancer: pooled analysis in the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology Consortium.

    Mia Hashibe;Paul Brennan;Shu Chun Chuang;Stefania Boccia

  • Male circumcision, penile human papillomavirus infection, and cervical cancer in female partners

    Xavier Castellsagué;F. Xavier Bosch;Nubia Muñoz;Chris J.L.M. Meijer

  • Effect of oral contraceptives on risk of cervical cancer in women with human papillomavirus infection: the IARC multicentric case-control study

    Victor Moreno;F Xavier Bosch;Nubia Muñoz;Chris J L M Meijer

  • Role of parity and human papillomavirus in cervical cancer: the IARC multicentric case-control study.

    Nubia Muñoz;Silvia Franceschi;Cristina Bosetti;Victor Moreno

  • Worldwide Human Papillomavirus Etiology of Cervical Adenocarcinoma and Its Cofactors: Implications for Screening and Prevention

    Xavier Castellsagué;Mireia Díaz;Silvia de Sanjosé;Nubia Muñoz

  • Epidemiology and molecular pathology of gallbladder cancer.

    Eduardo C. Lazcano-Ponce;J. F. Miquel;Nubia Muñoz;Rolando Herrero

  • Alcohol Drinking in Never Users of Tobacco, Cigarette Smoking in Never Drinkers, and the Risk of Head and Neck Cancer: Pooled Analysis in the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology Consortium

    Mia Hashibe;Paul Brennan;Simone Benhamou;Xavier Castellsague

  • Population-Based Study of Human Papillomavirus Infection and Cervical Neoplasia in Rural Costa Rica

    Rolando Herrero;Allan Hildesheim;Concepcion Bratti;Mark E. Sherman

  • Effect of human papillomavirus 16/18 L1 viruslike particle vaccine among young women with preexisting infection: a randomized trial.

    Allan Hildesheim;Rolando Herrero;Sholom Wacholder;Ana C. Rodriguez

  • Global estimates of human papillomavirus vaccination coverage by region and income level: a pooled analysis

    Laia Bruni;Mireia Diaz;Leslie Barrionuevo-Rosas;Rolando Herrero

  • HPV DNA testing in cervical cancer screening. Results from women in a high-risk province of Costa Rica.

    Mark Schiffman;Rolando Herrero;Allan Hildesheim;Mark E. Sherman

  • The carcinogenicity of human papillomavirus types reflects viral evolution

    Mark Schiffman;Rolando Herrero;Rob DeSalle;Allan Hildesheim

  • Rapid Clearance of Human Papillomavirus and Implications for Clinical Focus on Persistent Infections

    Ana Cecilia Rodríguez;Mark Schiffman;Rolando Herrero;Sholom Wacholder

  • Herpes Simplex Virus-2 as a Human Papillomavirus Cofactor in the Etiology of Invasive Cervical Cancer

    Jennifer S. Smith;Rolando Herrero;Cristina Bosetti;Nubia Muñoz

  • A prospective study of age trends in cervical human papillomavirus acquisition and persistence in Guanacaste, Costa Rica.

    Philip E. Castle;Mark Schiffman;Rolando Herrero;Allan Hildesheim

  • Effect of Human Papillomavirus 16/18 L1 Viruslike Particle Vaccine Among Young Women With Preexisting Infection

    Allan Hildesheim;Rolando Herrero;Sholom Wacholder;Ana C. Rodriguez

  • Population-based Study of Human Papillomavirus Infection and Cervical Neoplasia in Rural Costa Rica

    Rolando Herrero;Allan Hildesheim;Concepcion Bratte;Mark E. Sherman

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Schiffman
Mark Schiffman National Institutes of Health
Allan Hildesheim
Allan Hildesheim National Institutes of Health
Silvia Franceschi
Silvia Franceschi Centro di Riferimento Oncologico
Robert D. Burk
Robert D. Burk Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Sholom Wacholder
Sholom Wacholder National Institutes of Health
Mark E. Sherman
Mark E. Sherman Mayo Clinic
Nubia Muñoz
Nubia Muñoz International Agency For Research On Cancer
Xavier Castellsagué
Xavier Castellsagué University of Barcelona
Chris J.L.M. Meijer
Chris J.L.M. Meijer Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Paolo Boffetta
Paolo Boffetta Stony Brook Medicine

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