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Overview

Ronald Simon is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany, focusing primarily on medical research across a range of oncology-related topics. Their research spans multiple subfields within medicine, including oncology, molecular biology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, surgery, and cancer research.

The main fields of study associated with their work are:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these, the key subfields include:

  • Oncology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Surgery
  • Cancer Research

Simon's research also focuses on several principal topics relevant to cancer treatment and diagnostics, including:

  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer

The scientist has published extensively in multiple venues, with a high frequency of articles in:

  • Cancer Research
  • American Journal of Clinical Pathology
  • Pathology
  • Cancers
  • Laboratory Investigation

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Treatment outcome of atypical EGFR mutations in the German National Network Genomic Medicine Lung Cancer (nNGM), 2022, Annals of Oncology
  • Mesothelin Expression in Human Tumors: A Tissue Microarray Study on 12,679 Tumors, 2021, Biomedicines
  • p63 expression in human tumors and normal tissues: a tissue microarray study on 10,200 tumors, 2021, Biomarker Research
  • Trophoblast Cell Surface Antigen 2 Expression in Human Tumors: A Tissue Microarray Study on 18,563 Tumors, 2022, Pathobiology
  • MMR deficiency in urothelial carcinoma of the bladder presents with temporal and spatial homogeneity throughout the tumor mass, 2020, Urologic Oncology Seminars and Original Investigations

Regular collaboration is an important aspect of their academic work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Guido Sauter
  • Maximilian Lennartz
  • Sarah Minner
  • Eike Burandt
  • Claudia Hube-Magg

Best Publications

  • Oncogenic Signaling Pathways in The Cancer Genome Atlas

    Francisco Sanchez-Vega;Marco Mina;Joshua Armenia;Walid K. Chatila

  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

    Peter J. Campbell;Gad Getz;Jan O. Korbel;Joshua M. Stuart

  • Cell-of-Origin Patterns Dominate the Molecular Classification of 10,000 Tumors from 33 Types of Cancer.

    Katherine A. Hoadley;Christina Yau;Christina Yau;Toshinori Hinoue;Denise M. Wolf

  • Comprehensive Characterization of Cancer Driver Genes and Mutations.

    Matthew H Bailey;Collin Tokheim;Eduard Porta-Pardo;Sohini Sengupta

  • Genomic and Functional Approaches to Understanding Cancer Aneuploidy

    Alison M. Taylor;Alison M. Taylor;Juliann Shih;Gavin Ha;Gavin Ha;Galen F. Gao

  • Patterns of somatic structural variation in human cancer genomes

    Yilong Li;Nicola D Roberts;Jeremiah A Wala;Jeremiah A Wala;Ofer Shapira;Ofer Shapira

  • Pathogenic Germline Variants in 10,389 Adult Cancers

    Kuan-Lin Huang;R Jay Mashl;Yige Wu;Deborah I Ritter

  • Erratum: Comprehensive Characterization of Cancer Driver Genes and Mutations (ARTICLE (2018) 173(2) (371–385), (S009286741830237X), (10.1016/j.cell.2018.02.060))

    Matthew H. Bailey;Collin Tokheim;Eduard Porta-Pardo;Sohini Sengupta

  • Prognostic relevance of gene amplifications and coamplifications in breast cancer.

    Khawla Al-Kuraya;Peter Schraml;Joachim Torhorst;Coya Tapia

  • Frequent high-level expression of the immunotherapeutic target Ep-CAM in colon, stomach, prostate and lung cancers.

    P Went;M Vasei;L Bubendorf;L Terracciano

  • Estrogen receptor alpha (ESR1) gene amplification is frequent in breast cancer.

    Frederik Holst;Phillip R Stahl;Christian Ruiz;Olaf Hellwinkel

  • Pan-cancer Alterations of the MYC Oncogene and Its Proximal Network across the Cancer Genome Atlas

    Franz X. Schaub;Varsha Dhankani;Ashton C. Berger;Mihir Trivedi

  • Integrative Genomic Analyses Reveal an Androgen-Driven Somatic Alteration Landscape in Early-Onset Prostate Cancer

    Joachim Weischenfeldt;Ronald Simon;Lars Feuerbach;Karin Schlangen

  • Genomic Deletion of PTEN Is Associated with Tumor Progression and Early PSA Recurrence in ERG Fusion-Positive and Fusion-Negative Prostate Cancer

    Antje Krohn;Tobias Diedler;Lia Burkhardt;Pascale Sophie Mayer

  • Patterns of HER-2/neu Amplification and Overexpression in Primary and Metastatic Breast Cancer

    Ronald Simon;Antonio Nocito;Tanja Hübscher;Christoph Bucher

  • High Ep-CAM expression is associated with poor prognosis in node-positive breast cancer.

    Gilbert Spizzo;Guenther Gastl;Peter Obrist;Philip Went

  • High level PSMA expression is associated with early PSA recurrence in surgically treated prostate cancer.

    Sarah Minner;Corinna Wittmer;Markus Graefen;Georg Salomon

  • Prevalence of KIT expression in human tumors

    Philip Th Went;Stephan Dirnhofer;Marcel Bundi;Martina Mirlacher

  • Clinical Utility of Quantitative Gleason Grading in Prostate Biopsies and Prostatectomy Specimens

    Guido Sauter;Stefan Steurer;Till Sebastian Clauditz;Till Krech

  • The Molecular Taxonomy of Primary Prostate Cancer

    Adam Abeshouse;Jaeil Ahn;Rehan Akbani;Adrian Ally

Frequent Co-Authors

Thorsten Schlomm
Thorsten Schlomm Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Guido Sauter
Guido Sauter Universität Hamburg
Markus Graefen
Markus Graefen Universität Hamburg
Hartwig Huland
Hartwig Huland Universität Hamburg
Jakob R. Izbicki
Jakob R. Izbicki Universität Hamburg
Luigi Terracciano
Luigi Terracciano University Hospital of Basel
Carsten Bokemeyer
Carsten Bokemeyer Universität Hamburg
Michael J. Mihatsch
Michael J. Mihatsch University Hospital of Basel
Volkmar Müller
Volkmar Müller Universität Hamburg
Christoph Plass
Christoph Plass German Cancer Research Center

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