Table 1 Top 10 most-cited palliative oncology studies in 1995–2005
From: Characteristics and impact of the most-cited palliative oncology studies from 1995 to 2016
Rank | Citations | First Author | Senior Author | Title | Year | Journal | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 687 | Wolfe, J. | Weeks, J.C. | Symptoms and suffering at the end of life in children with cancer | 2000 | New England Journal of Medicine | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | United States |
2 | 675 | Bernabei, R. | Mor, V. | Management of pain in elderly patients with cancer | 1998 | Journal of the American Medical Association | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore | Italy |
3 | 635 | Christakis, N.A. | Lamont, E.B. | Extent and determinants of error in doctors’ prognoses in terminally ill patients: prospective cohort study | 2000 | British Medical Journal | University of Chicago | United States |
4 | 580 | Breitbart, W. | Brescia, R. | Depression, hopelessness, and desire for hastened death in terminally ill patients with cancer | 2000 | Journal of the American Medical Association | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | United States |
5 | 528 | Lunney, J.R. | Guralnik, J.M. | Patterns of functional decline at the end of life | 2003 | Journal of the American Medical Association | National Institutes of Health | United States |
6 | 516 | Earle, C.C. | Weeks, J.C. | Trends in the aggressiveness of cancer care near the end of life | 2004 | Journal of Clinical Oncology | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | United States |
7 | 370 | Maltoni, M. | Kaasa, S. | Prognostic factors in advanced cancer patients: Evidence-based clinical recommendations - A study by the steering committee of the European Association for Palliative Care | 2005 | Journal of Clinical Oncology | Morgagni-Pierantoni Hospital | Italy |
8 | 346 | Vainio, A. | Auvinen, A. | Prevalence of symptoms among patients with advanced cancer: An International Collaborative Study | 1996 | Journal of Pain and Symptom Management | World Health Organization | Switzerland |
9 | 341 | de Stoutz, N.D. | Suarez-Almazor, M. | Opioid rotation for toxicity reduction in terminal cancer patients | 1995 | Journal of Pain and Symptom Management | Medizinische Klinik C, Kantonsspital | Switzerland |
10 | 338 | Murray, S.A. | Clausen, H. | Dying of lung cancer or cardiac failure: Prospective qualitative interview study of patients and their carers in the community | 2002 | British Medical Journal | University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom |