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Francis Aitpillah · Sankore

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital

Francis Aitpillah

ORCID, self-asserted

ORCID 0000-0001-9495-6887

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Publications

15

Citations

291

h-index

8

Computed over the works the graph holds, so it is a floor rather than a career figure.

i10-index

7

Works published 2022 onward have been swept for this country. Figures are complete within that window, to the extent the open indexes are.

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Every institution this scholar has appeared with on a work, by how many.

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital18 works
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology6 works

Publications

15 works in the graph, newest first.

Etiology of gene expression‐based subtypes of breast cancer in the Ghana Breast Health Study
2026International Journal of CancerJournalOpen access0 citations10.1002/ijc.70332
Kinome-Focused CRISPR-Cas9 Screens in African Ancestry Patient-Derived Breast Cancer Organoids Identify Essential Kinases and Synergy of EGFR and FGFR1 Inhibition
2025Cancer ResearchJournalOpen access16 citations10.1158/0008-5472.can-24-0775
Evaluating the efficacy of dilute povidone-iodine versus normal saline for preventing surgical site infections following appendectomy: a prospective observational study in Ghanaian tertiary hospital
2025BMC SurgeryJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s12893-025-03088-0
A Preliminary Comparative Study on Clinical and Pathologic Response Patterns of Breast Cancer in Ghanaian Women Undergoing Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Hormonal Therapy
2025Journal of the West African College of SurgeonsJournalOpen access0 citations10.4103/jwas.jwas_181_24

Comparative analysis of breast cancer characteristics in young premenopausal and postmenopausal women in Ghana

2024Scientific ReportsJournalOpen access7 citations10.1038/s41598-024-52129-w

Contribution of Prediagnostic Host Factors to Shaping the Stromal Microenvironment of Breast Cancer among Sub-Saharan African Women

2024Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & PreventionJournalOpen access4 citations10.1158/1055-9965.epi-24-0390

Associations of Circulating Estrogens and Estrogen Metabolites with Fecal and Oral Microbiome in Postmenopausal Women in the Ghana Breast Health Study

2023Microbiology SpectrumJournalOpen access26 citations10.1128/spectrum.01572-23

A gist on an obscure neoplasm in Ghana: gastrointestinal stromal tumours

2023BMC Research NotesJournalOpen access1 citations10.1186/s13104-023-06593-8

Mosquito control exposures and breast cancer risk: analysis of 1071 cases and 2096 controls from the Ghana Breast Health Study

2023Breast Cancer ResearchJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s13058-023-01737-x

African Ancestry–Associated Gene Expression Profiles in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Underlie Altered Tumor Biology and Clinical Outcome in Women of African Descent

2022Cancer DiscoveryJournalOpen access138 citations10.1158/2159-8290.cd-22-0138

Breast Cancer Risk in Women from Ghana Carrying Rare Germline Pathogenic Mutations

2022Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & PreventionJournalOpen access33 citations10.1158/1055-9965.epi-21-1397

The oral microbiome and breast cancer and nonmalignant breast disease, and its relationship with the fecal microbiome in the Ghana Breast Health Study

2022International Journal of CancerJournalOpen access33 citations10.1002/ijc.34145

Measured body size and serum estrogen metabolism in postmenopausal women: the Ghana Breast Health Study

2022Breast Cancer ResearchJournalOpen access14 citations10.1186/s13058-022-01500-8

Barriers to colorectal cancer screening in Ghana: a qualitative study of patients and physicians

2022Cancer Causes & ControlJournalOpen access10 citations10.1007/s10552-022-01578-7

Relation of circulating estrogens with hair relaxer and skin lightener use among postmenopausal women in Ghana

2022Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental EpidemiologyJournalOpen access9 citations10.1038/s41370-021-00407-4