Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Lajos Pusztai, M.D., D.Phil, is Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology) at Yale University / Yale School of Medicine / Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT. The public record shows 1,394 publications with 69,704 citations (h-index 114), centered on Breast Cancer Treatment Studies, HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics. It also documents an investigator role on 13 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 16 companies, 2 NIH-funded awards (2017–2025).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · bioRxiv
- Top research focus: Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
- 13 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 16 companies
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Indications focusfrom trials led + research topics
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Drugs & moleculesacross trials, industry payments and publications
Works withtrial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Scholarshipindexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
View publications ↓Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 78 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 450.
Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Listed as an investigator on 13 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Signatera-Guided CDK4/6 Inhibitor Therapy in Breast Cancer
Sponsor: Natera, Inc.
InvestigatorRecruitingNCT07214532 - DNA-guided Second Line Adjuvant Therapy for High Residual Risk, Estrogen Receptor Positive, HER-2 Negative Breast Cancer (DARE)
Sponsor: Criterium, Inc.
InvestigatorPhase 2Active, not recruitingNCT04567420 - A Clinical Trial Evaluating the Safety and Clinical Activity of Radioiodide (131I-) as a Novel Targeted Therapy for Metastatic Breast Cancer That Overexpresses Functional Na/I Symporter
Sponsor: Yale University
InvestigatorPhase 1/PHASE2WithdrawnNCT02988648
Industry payments
Updated 14 Jul 2026
16 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCProgram year20253 payments$17,070openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- AstraZeneca UK LimitedProgram year20255 payments$12,569openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- Gilead Sciences, Inc.Program year20257 payments
NIH funding
Updated 14 Jul 2026
2 NIH research awards on record, funded 2017–2025 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Serum biomarkers to predict immune related adverse events and benefit from single agent pembrolizumab therapy in early stage triple negative breast cancer
Arizona State University-Tempe Campus
FY2026$632,461R01CA286128 - Serum biomarkers to predict immune related adverse events and benefit from single agent pembrolizumab therapy in early stage triple negative breast cancer
Arizona State University-Tempe Campus
FY2025$643,798R01CA286128
Publications
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
Most-cited worksby citation count (OpenAlex)
- 01Pembrolizumab for Early Triple-Negative Breast Cancer3,125 citations2020
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Background & recognition
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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Educationdegrees and training on record
- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →medicine.yale.edu ↗
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Editorial & leadership rolesjournal and society appointments
- Chief
Breast Medical Oncology Section, Yale Cancer Center
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Genetics, Genomics and Epigenetics Program, Yale Cancer Center
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Center for Breast Cancer, Yale Cancer Center
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- Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (FASCO)
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Secondary affiliationsappointments beyond the home institution
- Member
Scientific Advisory Board, Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF); BCRF Investigator since 2002
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Yale School of Medicine
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Yale School of Medicine
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- Podcast guest
"Oncology Today with Dr Neil Love" - 5-Minute Journal Club Issue 2: Current and Future Role of Tumor-Informed Circulating Tumor DNA Assays
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"Meet Dr. Lajos Pusztai", Yale Cancer Center media player
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