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Stuart J. Schnitt is affiliated with Brigham and Women's Hospital in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on oncology, pathology, and breast cancer studies, with a significant publication record in these fields. The main fields of study include Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with particular attention to subfields such as Oncology, Cancer Research, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their work addresses various topics related to breast cancer, cancer genomics, and diagnostic methods, including a focus on advanced breast cancer therapies and the application of artificial intelligence in cancer detection. Additional topics of interest include HER2/EGFR in cancer research as well as radiomics and machine learning in medical imaging.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Stuart J. Schnitt include Elizabeth A. Mittendorf, Tari A. King, Sara M. Tolaney, Laura C. Collins, and Gabrielle M. Baker.

The scientist publishes regularly in several venues, with the most frequent publication outlets being:

  • Cancer Research
  • Modern Pathology
  • Annals of Surgical Oncology
  • npj Breast Cancer
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Stuart J. Schnitt include:

  • "The 2019 World Health Organization classification of tumours of the breast," 2020, Histopathology
  • "ESMO expert consensus statements (ECS) on the definition, diagnosis, and management of HER2-low breast cancer," 2023, Annals of Oncology
  • "The path to a better biomarker: application of a risk management framework for the implementation of PD-L1 and TILs as immuno-oncology biomarkers in breast cancer clinical trials and daily practice," 2020, The Journal of Pathology
  • "Prognostic and Biologic Significance of ERBB2-Low Expression in Early-Stage Breast Cancer," 2022, JAMA Oncology
  • "Pitfalls in assessing stromal tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (sTILs) in breast cancer," 2020, npj Breast Cancer

Best Publications

  • WHO classification of tumours of the breast

    Sunil R. Lakhani;Ian O. Ellis;Stuart J. Schnitt;Puay Hoon Tan

  • Molecular Definition of Breast Tumor Heterogeneity

    Michail Shipitsin;Lauren L. Campbell;Pedram Argani;Stanislawa Weremowicz

  • Prognostic factors in breast cancer. College of American Pathologists Consensus Statement 1999.

    Fitzgibbons Pl;Page Dl;Weaver D;Thor Ad

  • Molecular characterization of the tumor microenvironment in breast cancer

    Minna Allinen;Rameen Beroukhim;Li Cai;Cameron Brennan

  • Society of surgical oncology-American Society for Radiation Oncology consensus guideline on margins for breast-conserving surgery with whole-breast irradiation in stages i and II invasive breast cancer

    Meena S. Moran;Stuart J. Schnitt;Armando E. Giuliano;Jay R. Harris

  • Prognostic Factors in Breast Cancer

    Patrick L. Fitzgibbons;Patrick L. Fitzgibbons;David L. Page;Donald Weaver;Ann D. Thor

  • Breast cancer prognostic classification in the molecular era: the role of histological grade

    Emad A. Rakha;Jorge S. Reis-Filho;Frederick Baehner;David J. Dabbs

  • Expression of vascular permeability factor (vascular endothelial growth factor) and its receptors in breast cancer

    Lawrence F Brown;Brygida Berse;Robert W Jackman;Kathi Tognazzi

  • Assessing Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes in Solid Tumors: A Practical Review for Pathologists and Proposal for a Standardized Method from the International Immuno-Oncology Biomarkers Working Group Part 2 TILs in Melanoma, Gastrointestinal Tract Carcinomas, Non–Small Cell Lung Carcinoma and Mesothelioma, Endometrial and Ovarian Carcinomas, Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck, Genitourinary Carcinomas, and Primary Brain Tumors

    Shona Hendry;Roberto Salgado;Thomas Gevaert;Prudence A. Russell;Prudence A. Russell

  • Basal-like and triple-negative breast cancers: a critical review with an emphasis on the implications for pathologists and oncologists

    Sunil Badve;David J. Dabbs;Stuart J. Schnitt;Frederick L. Baehner

  • Relationship of patient age to pathologic features of the tumor and prognosis for patients with stage I or II breast cancer.

    Asa J. Nixon;Donna Neuberg;Daniel F. Hayes;Rebecca Gelman

  • Assessing Tumor-infiltrating Lymphocytes in Solid Tumors: A Practical Review for Pathologists and Proposal for a Standardized Method from the International Immunooncology Biomarkers Working Group: Part 1: Assessing the Host Immune Response, TILs in Invasive Breast Carcinoma and Ductal Carcinoma in Situ, Metastatic Tumor Deposits and Areas for Further Research

    Shona Hendry;Roberto Salgado;Thomas Gevaert;Prudence A. Russell;Prudence A. Russell

  • A Nonapoptotic Cell Death Process, Entosis, that Occurs by Cell-in-Cell Invasion

    Michael Overholtzer;Arnaud A. Mailleux;Ghassan Mouneimne;Guillaume Normand

  • Outcome at 8 Years After Breast-Conserving Surgery and Radiation Therapy for Invasive Breast Cancer: Influence of Margin Status and Systemic Therapy on Local Recurrence

    Catherine C. Park;Michihide Mitsumori;Asa Nixon;Abram Recht

  • A prospective study of benign breast disease and the risk of breast cancer.

    Stephanie J. London;James L. Connolly;Stuart J. Schnitt;Graham A. Colditz

  • Specificity of HercepTest in Determining HER-2/neu Status of Breast Cancers Using the United States Food and Drug Administration–Approved Scoring System

    Timothy W. Jacobs;Allen M. Gown;Hadi Yaziji;Melissa J. Barnes

  • The relationship between microscopic margins of resection and the risk of local recurrence in patients with breast cancer treated with breast‐conserving surgery and radiation therapy

    Stuart J. Schnitt;Anthony Abner;Rebecca Gelman;James L. Connolly

  • Emergence of constitutively active estrogen receptor-α mutations in pretreated advanced estrogen receptor positive breast cancer

    Rinath Jeselsohn;Roman Yelensky;Gilles Buchwalter;Gilles Buchwalter;Garrett Frampton

  • Diagnostic architectural and dynamic features at breast MR imaging: Multicenter study

    Mitchell D. Schnall;Jeffrey Blume;David A. Bluemke;Gia A. DeAngelis

  • Luminal B breast tumors are not HER2 positive – authors' response

    Rulla May Tamimi;Rulla May Tamimi;Stuart Jay Schnitt;Graham A. Colditz;Graham A. Colditz;Laura Christine Collins

Frequent Co-Authors

James L. Connolly
James L. Connolly Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Rulla M. Tamimi
Rulla M. Tamimi Cornell University
Jay R. Harris
Jay R. Harris Brigham and Women's Hospital
Abram Recht
Abram Recht Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Graham A. Colditz
Graham A. Colditz Washington University in St. Louis
Rebecca Gelman
Rebecca Gelman Harvard University
Nadine Tung
Nadine Tung Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Judy Garber
Judy Garber Harvard University
Bernard Rosner
Bernard Rosner Harvard University
Andrea L. Richardson
Andrea L. Richardson Johns Hopkins University

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