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Hector Mesa

Medicine · Indiana University

Publications

124

Citations

1,164

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

34

Publishing since 1993

Research summary
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Hector Mesa works in diagnostic pathology, the medical specialty that examines tissue and cell samples to identify and characterize diseases, especially cancers. Much of the research focuses on tumors across many organs (thyroid, pancreas, lung, kidney, esophagus, salivary glands, and others), using laboratory markers and large clinical databases to improve how these cancers are recognized and classified. The work includes both detailed case reports of unusual diagnoses and population-level studies of tumor incidence and outcomes.

Diagnostic and surgical pathology of tumorsImmunohistochemical and molecular markers for cancer diagnosisPopulation-based cancer studies (SEER database)Rare tumors and challenging diagnostic casesLymphoma and hematologic pathology

Publication activity grew markedly around 2022–2023 after a steadier earlier period, averaging roughly 12 papers per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 12.2/year recently
2017: 5 publications172018: 3 publications182019: 6 publications192020: 5 publications202021: 4 publications212022: 13 publications222023: 21 publications21232024: 13 publications242025: 11 publications252026: 3 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • American Journal of Clinical Pathology×13
  • International Journal of Surgical Pathology×7
  • Diagnostic Cytopathology×5
  • Human Pathology×4
  • Cancers×3

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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