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Kenneth L. Pitter

Medicine · The Ohio State University

Mid career · publishing since 2005Rising activity

Publications

118

Citations

6,668

Est. group size

~12

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

22

Publishing since 2005

Research summary
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Kenneth L. Pitter's research focuses on pancreatic cancer, particularly how different states or subtypes of tumor cells (such as a 'basal' cell state) form, persist, and contribute to tumor growth. His work uses laboratory models of pancreatic cancer to study cell signaling pathways like WNT and Notch, which help control how cells decide their identity and behavior, and also touches on liver bile-duct cancer (cholangiocarcinoma) treatment approaches.

Pancreatic cancer biologyTumor cell state and plasticityCancer signaling pathways (WNT/Notch)Preclinical cancer modelsHepatobiliary cancer treatment

Publication output was relatively low and variable from 2017-2022 but spiked sharply in 2023, likely reflecting a cluster of related dataset and supplementary-file releases, with continued activity into 2024-2026.

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

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 11.2/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 13 publications182019: 4 publications192020: 6 publications202021: 1 publication212022: 1 publication222023: 38 publications38232024: 5 publications242025: 9 publications252026: 3 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics×15
  • Cancer Research×5
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology×4
  • JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute×2
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences×2
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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