Stephen S. Hecht
University of Minnesota
Stephen S. Hecht is an American chemist and cancer researcher. He is the Wallin Land Grant Professor of Cancer Prevention in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at the University of Minnesota. He is also a member of the University of Minnesota's Medicinal Chemistry graduate program, as well as the Program Leader of the Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention Program of the Masonic Cancer Center. Since January 2013, he has also been the editor-in-chief of Chemical Research in Toxicolog
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Stephen S. Hecht is an American chemist and cancer researcher. He is the Wallin Land Grant Professor of Cancer Prevention in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at the University of Minnesota. He is also a member of the University of Minnesota's Medicinal Chemistry graduate program, as well as the Program Leader of the Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention Program of the Masonic Cancer Center. Since January 2013, he has also been the editor-in-chief of Chemical Research in Toxicology.
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University of Minnesota
Top Publications
- Tobacco Smoke Carcinogens and Lung Cancer (1999) - 1,989 citations
- Tobacco carcinogens, their biomarkers and tobacco-induced cancer (2003) - 1,565 citations
- Tobacco smoke carcinogens, DNA damage and p53 mutations in smoking-associated cancers (2002) - 1,140 citations
- Biochemistry, Biology, and Carcinogenicity of Tobacco-Specific N -Nitrosamines (1998) - 1,077 citations
- Activation of chemically diverse procarcinogens by human cytochrome P-450 1B1. (1996) - 797 citations
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- Full name
- Stephen S. Hecht
- ORCID
- 0000-0001-7228-1356
- OpenAlex ID
- https://openalex.org/A5033402104
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- Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment, Smoking Behavior and Cessation, Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Bioactive Compounds and Antitumor Agents
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- Tobacco Smoke Carcinogens and Lung Cancer ↗1999 · JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute1,989OpenAlex citations
- Tobacco carcinogens, their biomarkers and tobacco-induced cancer ↗2003 · Nature reviews. Cancer1,565OpenAlex citations
- 1,140OpenAlex citations
- Biochemistry, Biology, and Carcinogenicity of Tobacco-Specific N -Nitrosamines ↗1998 · Chemical Research in Toxicology1,077OpenAlex citations
- 797OpenAlex citations
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- Tobacco Smoke Carcinogens and Lung Cancer ↗1999 · JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
- Tobacco carcinogens, their biomarkers and tobacco-induced cancer ↗2003 · Nature reviews. Cancer
- Biochemistry, Biology, and Carcinogenicity of Tobacco-Specific N -Nitrosamines ↗1998 · Chemical Research in Toxicology
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