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HER2-Positive Breast Cancer: Research Leaders and Landscape

The most active researchers, institutions, and subtopics in HER2-Positive Breast Cancer, from recent PubMed records. Public authorship only, every figure verifiable by PMID.

Analyzed 597 recent PubMed papers (2021-2026) matching "HER2 positive breast cancer antibody drug conjugate". Source: NLM PubMed. Generated July 2026.

Top research leaders (by recent publication volume)

#ResearcherAffiliationPapers
1Curigliano GiuseppeUniversity of Milan20
2Im Seock-AhSeoul National University Hospital17
3Bardia AdityaMassachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center17
4Cortés JavierInternational Breast Cancer Center16
5Kim Sung-BaeUniversity of Ulsan College of Medicine12
6Modi ShanuMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center12
7Wang XiaojiaZhejiang Cancer Hospital12
8Iwata HirojiAichi Cancer Center Hospital11
9Tsurutani JunjiShowa University11
10Park Yeon HeeSungkyunkwan University School of Medicine11
11Tarantino PaoloDana-Farber Cancer Institute11
12Li WeiThe First Hospital of Jilin University11
13Xu BingheCancer Hospital11
14Yan MinThe Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University & H9
15Zhang JianPhase I Clinical Trial Center9
16De Laurentiis MichelinoIstituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione G Pascale9
17Saura CristinaVall d'Hebron University Hospital9
18Prat AleixUniversity of Barcelona9

Ranked by recent publication volume; names not yet disambiguated and not citation-weighted. The full brief adds ORCID disambiguation, citation weighting, and clinical-trial investigator data.

Leading institutions

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (28), University of Ulsan College of Medicine (21), Inc. (21), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (21), University of Milan (20), AstraZeneca (16), Ltd. (15), Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center (15), Seoul National University Hospital (15), Medical Oncology (14)

Active subtopics

Breast Neoplasms (386), Immunoconjugates (368), Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases (364), Trastuzumab (296), Camptothecin (231), Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized (126), Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological (113), Ado-Trastuzumab Emtansine (94), Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols (80)

Top journals

ESMO open (25), Frontiers in oncology (19), Cancers (17), The oncologist (14), Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology (13), Future oncology (London, England) (13)

Representative recent papers

HER2 Expression in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Vulva: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. (2026) · PMID 42449705

Efficacy evaluation of novel targeted drugs in patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive breast cancer: A me (2026) · PMID 42447291

A pneumolysin mutant (ΔA146 ply) induces pyroptosis in triple-negative and HER2-positive breast cancer cells via the Caspase-1/GSD (2026) · PMID 42445432

Duocarmycin-Bearing Antibody-Mimetic Drug Conjugate Combined With an ATR Inhibitor Results in Complete Tumor Regression in a KPL-4 (2026) · PMID 42410700

HER2-low as a unique subgroup in breast cancer: insights from neoadjuvant chemotherapy response and survival analysis. (2026) · PMID 42409624

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