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Investigating Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Surface and Air Contamination in an Acute Healthcare Setting During the Peak of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic in London by Zhou, Jie, Otter, Jonathan A, Price, James R, Cimpeanu, Cristina, Meno Garcia, Danel, Kinross, James, Boshier, Piers R, Mason, Sam, Bolt, Frances, Holmes, Alison H, Barclay, Wendy S

“…We evaluated severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) surface and air contamination during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic…”
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Transthoracic Versus Transhiatal Esophagectomy for the Treatment of Esophagogastric Cancer: A Meta-Analysis by BOSHIER, Piers R, ANDERSON, Oliver, HANNA, George B

“…To study the differences in short and long-term outcomes of transthoracic and transhiatal esophagectomy for cancer. Studies have compared transthoracic with…”
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Accuracy and Methodologic Challenges of Volatile Organic Compound-Based Exhaled Breath Tests for Cancer Diagnosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Hanna, George B, Boshier, Piers R, Markar, Sheraz R, Romano, Andrea

“…The detection and quantification of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) within exhaled breath have evolved gradually for the diagnosis of cancer. The overall…”
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Variation of volatile organic compound levels within ambient room air and its impact upon the standardisation of breath sampling by Hewitt, Michael Jonathan, Belluomo, Ilaria, Zuffa, Simone, Boshier, Piers R, Myridakis, Antonis

“…The interest around analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) within breath has increased in the last two decades. Uncertainty remains around…”
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Selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry for targeted analysis of volatile organic compounds in human breath by Belluomo, Ilaria, Boshier, Piers R., Myridakis, Antonis, Vadhwana, Bhamini, Markar, Sheraz R., Spanel, Patrik, Hanna, George B.

“…The analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) within breath for noninvasive disease detection and monitoring is an emergent research field that has the…”
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Assessment of Health Related Quality of Life and Digestive Symptoms in Long-term, Disease Free Survivors After Esophagectomy by Boshier, Piers R., Klevebro, Fredrik, Savva, Katerina V., Waller, Anabelle, Hage, Lory, Hanna, George B., Low, Donald E.

“…OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to investigate long-term HRQOL and symptom evolution in disease free patients up to 20 years after esophagectomy…”
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Global Urinary Volatolomics with (GC×)GC-TOF-MS by Myridakis, Antonis, Wen, Qing, Boshier, Piers R, Parker, Aaron G, Belluomo, Ilaria, Handakas, Evangelos, Hanna, George B

“…Urinary volatolomics offers a noninvasive approach for disease detection and monitoring. Herein we present an improved methodology for global volatolomic…”
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The effects of prehabilitation on body composition in patients undergoing multimodal therapy for esophageal cancer by Halliday, Laura J, Boshier, Piers R, Doganay, Emre, Wynter-Blyth, Venetia, Buckley, John P, Moorthy, Krishna

“…Prehabilitation aims to optimize a patient's functional capacity in preparation for surgery. Esophageal cancer patients have a high incidence of sarcopenia and…”
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Educational needs of the EAES young surgeons by Botti, Marta, Jongen, Audrey C H M, Bîrlog, Clarisa, Botteri, Emanuele, Boshier, Piers R, Francis, Nader, Morales-Conde, Salvador, Senent-Boza, Ana

“…Surgical residency programs are facing ongoing challenges since the pandemic. The Young Member (YM) Task Force of the European Association for Endoscopic…”
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Mass-Spectrometry Analysis of Mixed-Breath, Isolated-Bronchial-Breath, and Gastric-Endoluminal-Air Volatile Fatty Acids in Esophagogastric Cancer by Adam, Mina E, Fehervari, Matyas, Boshier, Piers R, Chin, Sung-Tong, Lin, Geng-Ping, Romano, Andrea, Kumar, Sacheen, Hanna, George B

“…A noninvasive breath test has the potential to improve survival from esophagogastric cancer by facilitating earlier detection. This study aimed to investigate…”
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Redefining the stress cortisol response to surgery by Khoo, Bernard, Boshier, Piers R., Freethy, Alexander, Tharakan, George, Saeed, Samerah, Hill, Neil, Williams, Emma L., Moorthy, Krishna, Tolley, Neil, Jiao, Long R., Spalding, Duncan, Palazzo, Fausto, Meeran, Karim, Tan, Tricia

“…Summary Background Cortisol levels rise with the physiological stress of surgery. Previous studies have used older, less‐specific assays, have not…”
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Evaluation of the Oesophagogastric Cancer-Associated Microbiome: A Systematic Review and Quality Assessment by Vadhwana, Bhamini, Tarazi, Munir, Boshier, Piers R, Hanna, George B

“…Oesophagogastric cancer is the fifth most common cancer worldwide, with poor survival outcomes. The role of bacteria in the pathogenesis of oesophagogastric…”
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Commentary: Per oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM): Should it now be considered the first-line therapeutic approach for patients with achalasia? by Boshier, Piers R., Low, Donald E.

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Impact of oral cleansing strategies on exhaled volatile organic compound levels by Vadhwana, Bhamini, Belluomo, Ilaria, Boshier, Piers R., Pavlou, Chrystalla, Španěl, Patrik, Hanna, George B.

“…Rationale The analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) within exhaled breath potentially offers a non‐invasive method for the detection and surveillance…”
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A Complete Pipeline for Untargeted Urinary Volatolomic Profiling with Sorptive Extraction and Dual Polar and Nonpolar Column Methodologies Coupled with Gas Chromatography Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry by Wen, Qing, Myridakis, Antonis, Boshier, Piers R., Zuffa, Simone, Belluomo, Ilaria, Parker, Aaron G., Chin, Sung-Tong, Hakim, Stephanie, Markar, Sheraz R., Hanna, George B.

“…Volatolomics offers an opportunity for noninvasive detection and monitoring of human disease. While gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) remains the…”
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Cross Platform Analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds Using Selected Ion Flow Tube and Proton-Transfer-Reaction Mass Spectrometry by Lin, Geng-Ping, Vadhwana, Bhamini, Belluomo, Ilaria, Boshier, Piers R, Španěl, Patrik, Hanna, George B

“…Volatile breath metabolites serve as potential disease biomarkers. Online mass spectrometry (MS) presents real-time quantification of breath volatile organic…”
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Endogenous aldehyde accumulation generates genotoxicity and exhaled biomarkers in esophageal adenocarcinoma by Antonowicz, Stefan, Bodai, Zsolt, Wiggins, Tom, Markar, Sheraz R., Boshier, Piers R., Goh, Yan Mei, Adam, Mina E., Lu, Haonan, Kudo, Hiromi, Rosini, Francesca, Goldin, Robert, Moralli, Daniela, Green, Catherine M., Peters, Chris J., Habib, Nagy, Gabra, Hani, Fitzgerald, Rebecca C., Takats, Zoltan, Hanna, George B.

“…Volatile aldehydes are enriched in esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) patients’ breath and could improve early diagnosis, however the mechanisms of their…”
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Urinary Volatile Organic Compound Analysis for the Diagnosis of Cancer: A Systematic Literature Review and Quality Assessment by Wen, Qing, Boshier, Piers, Myridakis, Antonis, Belluomo, Ilaria, Hanna, George B

“…The analysis of urinary volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is a promising field of research with the potential to discover new biomarkers for cancer early…”
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Systematic review and validation of clinical models predicting survival after oesophagectomy for adenocarcinoma by Boshier, Piers R, Swaray, Alison, Vadhwana, Bhamini, O'Sullivan, Arun, Low, Donald E, Hanna, George B, Peters, Christopher J

“…Oesophageal adenocarcinoma poses a significant global health burden, yet the staging used to predict survival has limited ability to stratify patients by…”
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Selective Epidurography for the Assessment of Epidural Catheter Placement After Esophagectomy by Boshier, Piers R., Woodward, Crystal, Nikravan, Sara, Neal, Joseph M., Warren, Daniel, Low, Donald E.

“…Adequate pain control immediately after esophagostomy is critical to patient recovery and may be compromised by uncertainty regarding correct epidural catheter…”
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