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Specialized doctors worldwide

Who is leading the research on breast cancer (metastatic)? Everyone here comes from a public registry: as principal investigator of a study at ClinicalTrials.gov, or as last author of publications in PubMed. These are two different things, so we list them in two columns side by side instead of combining them into one number.

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Leads the most studies

Registered as principal investigator at ClinicalTrials.gov. Setting up and running a study is years of work.

  1. 1 Jian Zhang Tianjin Cancer Hospital, China leads 19 studies · 4 publications as last author register →
  2. 2 Biyun Wang Fudan University, China leads 19 studies register →
  3. 3 Sara M Tolaney Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, United States leads 14 studies · 10 publications as last author register →
  4. 4 Shu-lian Wang Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, China leads 14 studies register →
  5. 5 Edith A. Perez Mayo Clinic, United States leads 13 studies register →
  6. 6 Ingrid Mayer Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, United States leads 13 studies register →
  7. 7 Hope S. Rugo University of California, San Francisco, United States leads 12 studies · 8 publications as last author register →
  8. 8 Nancy U. Lin Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, United States leads 11 studies · 3 publications as last author register →
  9. 9 Dimitris Mavrudis University Hospital of Crete, Greece leads 11 studies register →
  10. 10 William J. Gradishar Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center, United States leads 11 studies register →

Also leading

  1. 11 Zhong-Yu Yuan Sun Yat-sen University, China leads 11 studies register →
  2. 12 Andrew D. Seidman Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States leads 10 studies register →
  3. 13 Joanne E. Mortimer Sentara Cancer Center, United States leads 10 studies register →
  4. 14 Naoto T Ueno M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, United States leads 10 studies register →
  5. 15 Steven A. Rosenberg National Cancer Institute (NCI), United States leads 10 studies register →
  6. 16 Zhi-Ming Shao Fudan University, China leads 10 studies register →
  7. 17 Herui Yao Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, China leads 9 studies · 3 publications as last author register →
  8. 18 Xiao-jia Wang Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, China leads 9 studies · 3 publications as last author register →
  9. 19 Gary N. Schwartz Norris Cotton Cancer Center, United States leads 9 studies register →
  10. 20 Hannah M. Linden University of Washington, United States leads 9 studies register →
  11. 21 Joyce A O'Shaughnessy Texas Oncology-Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center, United States leads 9 studies register →
  12. 22 Kathy Miller Indiana University, United States leads 9 studies register →
  13. 23 Mary (Nora) L. Disis Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium, United States leads 9 studies register →
  14. 24 Antoinette R. Tan Wake Forest University Health Sciences, United States leads 8 studies register →
  15. 25 Harold J. Burstein Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology, United States leads 8 studies register →

Publishes most about this disease

Counted as last author on publications from the last five years — in medicine the leader of the research group. This also includes physicians who do not register studies but do advance the field.

  1. 1 Sara M Tolaney Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, United States leads 14 studies · 10 publications as last author register →
  2. 2 Fatima Cardoso Advanced Breast Cancer (ABC) Global Alliance, Portugal 10 publications as last author PubMed →
  3. 3 Hope S. Rugo University of California, San Francisco, United States leads 12 studies · 8 publications as last author register →
  4. 4 Mirosława Püskülülloğlu Department of Clinical Oncology, Poland 8 publications as last author PubMed →
  5. 5 Takashi Ishikawa Tokyo Medical University, Japan 6 publications as last author PubMed →
  6. 6 Erwei Song Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, China 5 publications as last author PubMed →
  7. 7 Kun Wang Cancer Center, China 5 publications as last author PubMed →
  8. 8 Hidetoshi Hayashi Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Japan 5 publications as last author PubMed →
  9. 9 Seth A Wander Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, United States 5 publications as last author PubMed →
  10. 10 Jian Zhang Tianjin Cancer Hospital, China leads 19 studies · 4 publications as last author register →

Also leading

  1. 11 Edward Chow Odette Cancer Centre, Canada 4 publications as last author PubMed →
  2. 12 Debu Tripathy The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, United States 4 publications as last author PubMed →
  3. 13 Ting Wang Xijing Hospital, China 4 publications as last author PubMed →
  4. 14 Heena V Dave Institute of Science, India 4 publications as last author PubMed →
  5. 15 Paul Gregorevic The University of Melbourne, Australia 4 publications as last author PubMed →
  6. 16 Özkan Alan Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Turkey 4 publications as last author PubMed →
  7. 17 Christine Desmedt Laboratory for Translational Breast Cancer Research, Belgium 4 publications as last author PubMed →
  8. 18 Guohong Hu Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, China 4 publications as last author PubMed →
  9. 19 Nancy U. Lin Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, United States leads 11 studies · 3 publications as last author register →
  10. 20 Herui Yao Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, China leads 9 studies · 3 publications as last author register →
  11. 21 Xiao-jia Wang Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, China leads 9 studies · 3 publications as last author register →
  12. 22 Norikazu Masuda Graduate School of Medicine, Japan 3 publications as last author PubMed →
  13. 23 Adam Brufsky UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, United States 3 publications as last author PubMed →
  14. 24 Richard L Schilsky American Society of Clinical Oncology 3 publications as last author PubMed →
  15. 25 Toshinari Yamashita Kanagawa Cancer Center, Japan 3 publications as last author PubMed →

Counted from ClinicalTrials.gov and PubMed, updated on 2026-08-10. Is something incorrect, or would you prefer not to be listed? Let us know — we'll adjust it.

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