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Carlo M. Contreras

Medicine · The Ohio State University

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Established · publishing since 1973
Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and ManagementPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology ResearchSarcoma Diagnosis and TreatmentCancer Genomics and DiagnosticsCAR-T cell therapy research

Publications

100

Citations

3,286

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

54

Publishing since 1973

Research summary
AI-generated

Carlo M. Contreras is a surgical oncologist whose work centers on the diagnosis, treatment, and clinical management of skin cancers such as melanoma (including acral and uveal subtypes) and Merkel cell carcinoma, as well as gastrointestinal and hepatic tumors like GISTs and gallbladder cancer. His research spans clinical guideline development, surgical technique innovation (including imaging-guided surgery), and efforts to make cancer treatment testing more accessible and affordable through tissue-based drug screening models. He also contributes to clinical practice guidelines (NCCN) and surgical training frameworks.

Melanoma diagnosis and surgical treatmentSkin cancer surgical innovation and imagingGastrointestinal and hepatobiliary tumor surgeryCancer clinical practice guidelinesPatient-derived tumor models for drug testing

Publication output has remained fairly steady over the last decade, fluctuating between roughly 4 and 13 papers per year without a clear sustained upward or downward trend.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 7.8/year recently
2017: 13 publications13172018: 5 publications182019: 7 publications192020: 4 publications202021: 8 publications212022: 10 publications222023: 6 publications232024: 10 publications242025: 10 publications252026: 3 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology×10
  • Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network×8
  • Annals of Surgical Oncology×6
  • The American Journal of Surgery×4
  • Surgical Clinics of North America×3
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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