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Thomas Heisser

German Cancer Research Center · DE
Area of research
Oncology · Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Research interest
Research interests include Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection, Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes, Genetic factors in colorectal cancer, and Global Cancer Incidence and Screening.
h-index
17
citations
1,490
works
68
NIH funding
primary concept
Medicine
email

Recent publications

Looking at randomized trials with the critical eyes of epidemiologists: the case of screening colonoscopy
European Journal of Epidemiology 2025cited by 5position: middledoi
Accounting for differential exclusions in the Nordic-European initiative on colorectal cancer trial discloses stronger-than-reported effects of screening colonoscopy
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2025cited by 4position: lastdoi
Research Communication: Effects of Screening Colonoscopy on Colorectal Cancer Mortality: Lessons From Comparative Analyses of Randomised Trials
Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics 2025cited by 2position: middledoi
Potential for enhancing efficacy of screening colonoscopy by lowering starting ages and extending screening intervals: A modelling study for Germany
International Journal of Cancer 2025cited by 2position: middledoi
Dollars Needed to Pay per Early-Detected Colorectal Cancer Case in Stool-Based Screening
Annals of Internal Medicine 2025cited by 1position: middledoi
Fecal occult blood tests for colorectal cancer screening in routine medical care
Deutsches Ärzteblatt international 2025cited by 1position: middledoi
Effects of Screening Colonoscopy: Evidence From Observational and Interventional Studies
The American Journal of Gastroenterology 2025cited by 1position: middledoi
Early-detection and prevention effects of screening sigmoidoscopy: evidence from randomized trials revisited
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2025cited by 1position: middledoi
Contributions of early detection and cancer prevention to colorectal cancer mortality reduction by screening colonoscopy: a validated modeling study
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2024cited by 14position: firstdoi
Delayed Cancer Registration and Estimation of Screening Colonoscopy Effects
JAMA Network Open 2024cited by 12position: middledoi
Next-Generation Multitarget Stool DNA vs Fecal Immunochemical Test in Colorectal Cancer Screening
JAMA Internal Medicine 2024cited by 8position: middledoi
Unraveling the effects of screening colonoscopy on colorectal cancer early detection and prevention: the NordICC trial revisited
Cancer Communications 2024cited by 8position: middledoi
The underestimated preventive effects of flexible sigmoidoscopy screening: re-analysis and meta-analysis of randomized trials
European Journal of Epidemiology 2024cited by 7position: middledoi
Indications of sustained delay of colorectal cancer diagnoses in Germany during the first 2 years of the <scp>COVID‐19</scp> pandemic
International Journal of Cancer 2024cited by 3position: middledoi
Disclosing the true impact of screening endoscopy in colorectal cancer prevention
Cancer Communications 2024cited by 2position: firstdoi
Colorectal cancer: A health and economic problem
Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology 2023cited by 198position: middledoi
Reduction in colorectal cancer incidence by screening endoscopy
Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology 2023cited by 70position: middledoi
Prevalence of Colorectal Neoplasia 10 or More Years After a Negative Screening Colonoscopy in 120 000 Repeated Screening Colonoscopies
JAMA Internal Medicine 2023cited by 23position: firstdoi
When gold standards are not so golden: prevalence bias in randomized trials on endoscopic colorectal cancer screening
European Journal of Epidemiology 2023cited by 20position: middledoi
Personalized Initial Screening Age for Colorectal Cancer in Individuals at Average Risk
JAMA Network Open 2023cited by 11position: middledoi
Colonoscopy-Ascertained Prevalence of Advanced Neoplasia According to Fecal Hemoglobin Concentration in a Large Cohort of Fecal Immunochemical Test–Negative Screening Participants
Annals of Internal Medicine 2023cited by 10position: middledoi
Overall and age‐specific risk advancement periods of colorectal cancer for men vs women: Implications for gender‐sensitive screening offers?
International Journal of Cancer 2023cited by 7position: middledoi
Significant underestimation of preventive effects in colorectal cancer screening trial
Gut 2023cited by 6position: firstdoi
Which results would the NordICC trial have found if screening colonoscopy had prevented all incident colorectal cancers?
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2023cited by 5position: middledoi
Beyond familial risk: deriving risk‐adapted starting ages of screening among people with a family history of colorectal cancer
Cancer Communications 2023cited by 2position: middledoi
15-Year Benefits of Sigmoidoscopy Screening on Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Mortality
Annals of Internal Medicine 2023cited by 2position: middledoi
Using risk advancement periods to derive starting ages of colorectal cancer screening according to sex and polygenic risk score: Results from the UK Biobank
medRxiv 2023cited by 1position: middledoi
Overall and stage-specific survival of patients with screen-detected colorectal cancer in European countries: A population-based study in 9 countries
The Lancet Regional Health - Europe 2022cited by 87position: middledoi
Proportion and stage distribution of screen-detected and non-screen-detected colorectal cancer in nine European countries: an international, population-based study
˜The œLancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology 2022cited by 43position: middledoi
Impact of demographic changes and screening colonoscopy on long-term projection of incident colorectal cancer cases in Germany: A modelling study
The Lancet Regional Health - Europe 2022cited by 24position: firstdoi

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Frequent collaborators

Hermann Brenner · Stanford University47 papers (2019–2025)Michael Hoffmeister · Festo (Germany)46 papers (2019–2025)Rafael Cardoso · National Center for Tumor Diseases18 papers (2020–2024)Tobias Niedermaier · Zimmer Biomet (Netherlands)10 papers (2020–2024)Feng Guo · Indiana University Bloomington8 papers (2020–2021)Xuechen Chen · Hong Kong Polytechnic University4 papers (2023–2023)Korbinian Weigl · IFT Institut für Therapieforschung4 papers (2019–2021)Anton Gies · German Cancer Research Center4 papers (2021–2021)Д. В. Сергеев · German Cancer Research Center3 papers (2024–2025)Bernd Holleczek · Krebsregister Saarland3 papers (2020–2024)Tim Holland-Letz · Heidelberg University3 papers (2024–2025)Annette Kopp Schneider · German Cancer Research Center2 papers (2024–2025)Laura Fiona Gruner · German Cancer Research Center2 papers (2021–2021)Efrat L. Amitay · Boehringer Ingelheim (Germany)2 papers (2021–2021)Lina Jansen · Krebsregister Baden-Württemberg2 papers (2020–2024)Leon Klimeck · German Cancer Research Center2 papers (2023–2025)Teresa Seum · German Cancer Research Center2 papers (2024–2025)Petra Schrotz‐King · German Cancer Research Center2 papers (2021–2021)Tobias Moellers · German Cancer Research Center2 papers (2020–2021) · 1 papers (2024–2024)