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D-Index
97
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46817
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9115
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4700

Saundra S. Buys 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 Saundra S. Buys sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 339 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Saundra S. Buys 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 Saundra S. Buys sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 97 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Saundra S. Buys is affiliated with the Huntsman Cancer Institute in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a focus on various subfields including Genetics, Oncology, Cancer Research, Reproductive Medicine, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The main topics addressed in their work cover a range of cancer-related genetic and epidemiological issues. These include:

  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Cancer Risks and Factors
  • Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment
  • Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Breast Cancer Treatment Studies

Saundra S. Buys has contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • "Genetic/Familial High-Risk Assessment: Breast, Ovarian, and Pancreatic, Version 2.2021, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology" (2021), published in the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
  • "Genome-wide association study identifies 32 novel breast cancer susceptibility loci from overall and subtype-specific analyses" (2020), published in Nature Genetics
  • "NCCN Guidelines Insights: Genetic/Familial High-Risk Assessment: Breast, Ovarian, and Pancreatic, Version 1.2020" (2020), published in the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
  • "A human breast cancer-derived xenograft and organoid platform for drug discovery and precision oncology" (2022), published in Nature Cancer
  • "NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Genetic/Familial High-Risk Assessment: Breast, Ovarian, and Pancreatic, Version 2.2024" (2023), published in the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Saundra S. Buys has worked alongside multiple co-authors including Irene L. Andrulis, Esther M. John, John L. Hopper, D. Gareth Evans, and Wendy K. Chung.

Their work has appeared in a variety of publication venues, with multiple articles featured in:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Breast Cancer Research
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Cancer Research
  • Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Best Publications

  • Mortality Results from a Randomized Prostate-Cancer Screening Trial

    Gerald L. Andriole;E. David Crawford;Robert L. Grubb;Saundra S. Buys

  • Risks of Breast, Ovarian, and Contralateral Breast Cancer for BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers

    Karoline B. Kuchenbaecker;Karoline B. Kuchenbaecker;John L. Hopper;Daniel R. Barnes;Kelly-Anne Phillips

  • A genome-wide association study identifies alleles in FGFR2 associated with risk of sporadic postmenopausal breast cancer

    David J Hunter;David J Hunter;Peter Kraft;Kevin B Jacobs;David G Cox

  • Effect of screening on ovarian cancer mortality: the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Randomized Controlled Trial.

    Saundra S. Buys;Edward Partridge;Amanda Black;Christine C. Johnson

  • Prostate Cancer Screening in the Randomized Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial: Mortality Results after 13 Years of Follow-up

    Gerald L. Andriole;E. David Crawford;Robert L. Grubb;Saundra S. Buys

  • The national lung screening trial: Overview and study design

    Constantine A. Gatsonis;Denise R. Aberle;Christine D. Berg;William C. Black

  • Colorectal-cancer incidence and mortality with screening flexible sigmoidoscopy

    Robert E. Schoen;Paul F. Pinsky;Joel L. Weissfeld;Lance A. Yokochi

  • Design of the prostate, lung, colorectal and ovarian (PLCO) cancer screening trial

    Philip C Prorok;Gerald L Andriole;Robert S. Bresalier;Saundra S Buys

  • Tumor grafts derived from women with breast cancer authentically reflect tumor pathology, growth, metastasis and disease outcomes

    Yoko S. Derose;Guoying Wang;Yi Chun Lin;Philip S. Bernard

  • Breast-Cancer Risk in Families with Mutations in PALB2

    A. C. Antoniou;S. Casadei;T. Heikkinen;D. Barrowdale

  • Genetic/familial high-risk assessment: Breast, ovarian, and pancreatic, version 2.2021

    Mary B. Daly;Tuya Pal;Michael P. Berry;Saundra S. Buys

  • Screening by Chest Radiograph and Lung Cancer Mortality: The Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) Randomized Trial

    Martin M. Oken;Willam G. Hocking;Paul A. Kvale;Gerald L. Andriole

  • A multistage genome-wide association study in breast cancer identifies two new risk alleles at 1p11.2 and 14q24.1 (RAD51L1).

    Gilles Thomas;Kevin B Jacobs;Kevin B Jacobs;Peter Kraft;Meredith Yeager;Meredith Yeager

  • Sequence analysis of BRCA1 and BRCA2: correlation of mutations with family history and ovarian cancer risk.

    T S Frank;S A Manley;O I Olopade;S Cummings

  • Newly discovered breast cancer susceptibility loci on 3p24 and 17q23.2.

    Shahana Ahmed;Gilles Thomas;Maya Ghoussaini;Catherine S. Healey

  • NCCN Guidelines Insights: Genetic/Familial High-Risk Assessment: Breast and Ovarian, Version 2.2017.

    Mary B. Daly;Robert Pilarski;Michael Berry;Saundra S. Buys

  • Genetic/familial high-risk assessment: breast and ovarian.

    Mary B. Daly;Jennifer E. Axilbund;Saundra Buys;Beth Crawford

  • Association of type and location of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations with risk of breast and ovarian cancer.

    Timothy R. Rebbeck;Nandita Mitra;Fei Wan;Olga M. Sinilnikova

  • Breast cancer screening and diagnosis: Clinical practice guidelines in oncology™

    Therese B. Bevers;Benjamin O. Anderson;Ermelinda Bonaccio;Patrick I. Borgen

  • Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis

    Therese B. Bevers;Benjamin O. Anderson;Ermelinda Bonaccio;Sandra Buys

Frequent Co-Authors

Irene L. Andrulis
Irene L. Andrulis University of Toronto
Esther M. John
Esther M. John Stanford University
Mary B. Daly
Mary B. Daly Fox Chase Cancer Center
Mary Beth Terry
Mary Beth Terry Columbia University
Melissa C. Southey
Melissa C. Southey Monash University
John L. Hopper
John L. Hopper University of Melbourne
Roger L. Milne
Roger L. Milne Cancer Council Victoria
David E. Goldgar
David E. Goldgar University of Utah
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne

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