The Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) in PubMed is the National Library of Medicine’s controlled vocabulary used for indexing articles. These terms are helpful in retrieving publications on a specific topic. Some MeSH records will include a year to indicate when the subject heading was introduced to the database. But often times, the MeSH record may provide two distinct years, while other records may provide none. To learn more about dates in MeSH, see this recent video (1:48 min) from the National Library of Medicine Training Center.
Clarivate Analytics 2017 Highly Cited MSK Researchers
The 2017 Highly Cited Researchers Report from Clarivate Analytics (the company behind Web of Science) is an annual list recognizing leading researchers in the sciences and social sciences from all over the world. This year the report includes approximately 3,400 highly cited researchers. To learn how a researcher makes this list, take a moment to review the methodology. If you prefer, you can also view a short video (8.51 min) on their methodology webpage which provides a brief overview, how the report is compiled, and showcases two researchers and their thoughts of what it means to be included in this year’s report.
I am delighted to share that the following 14 MSK researchers have made the list this year:
| Sander, Chris | Biology & Biochemistry |
| Baselga, Jose | Clinical Medicine |
| Hudis, Clifford A. | Clinical Medicine |
| Kris, Mark G. | Clinical Medicine |
| Ladanyi, Marc | Clinical Medicine |
| Motzer, Robert J. | Clinical Medicine |
| Riely, Gregory J. | Clinical Medicine |
| Scher, Howard I. | Clinical Medicine |
| Travis, William D. | Clinical Medicine |
| Wolchok, Jedd D. | Clinical Medicine |
| Geissmann, Frederic | Immunology |
| Pamer, Eric G. | Immunology |
| Rudensky, Alexander Y. | Immunology |
| Thompson, Craig B. | Molecular Biology & Genetics |
On behalf of the library staff, heart-felt congratulations to these researchers and to all of our distinguished authors, who through their research contribute daily to the ever-growing body of scholarly works.
Donna Gibson
Director of Library Services
A New Guideline for Oropharyngeal Cancer, Math Model for Immunotherapies and More…
While surfing the web, I found these stories of interest:
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NCI Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG): Uncovering the causes of cancer, training future researchers.
- As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has endorsed the recently published American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) evidence-based clinical practice guideline on radiation therapy for oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC).
- Researchers at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have developed the first mathematical model to predict how a cancer patient will benefit from select immunotherapies. To create this model, researchers used data from melanoma and lung cancer patients being treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors. Read more about this development in Nature.