Search Results - "Tsai, Susan"
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Importance of Lean Body Mass in the Oncologic Patient
Published in Nutrition in clinical practice (01-10-2012)“…Loss of lean body develops from an imbalance in protein synthesis and catabolism and is associated with a variety of different disease and nondisease states,…”
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Development of primary human pancreatic cancer organoids, matched stromal and immune cells and 3D tumor microenvironment models
Published in BMC cancer (27-03-2018)“…Patient-derived tumor models are the new standard for pre-clinical drug testing and biomarker discovery. However, the emerging technology of primary pancreatic…”
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Plasma extracellular RNA profiles in healthy and cancer patients
Published in Scientific reports (20-01-2016)“…Extracellular vesicles are selectively enriched in RNA that has potential as disease biomarkers. To systemically characterize circulating extracellular RNA…”
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Circulating giant macrophages as a potential biomarker of solid tumors
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (04-03-2014)“…Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) derived from primary tumors are believed to facilitate circulating tumor cell (CTC) seeding of distant metastases, but the…”
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Neoadjuvant FOLFIRINOX for Borderline Resectable Pancreas Cancer: A New Treatment Paradigm?
Published in The oncologist (Dayton, Ohio) (01-03-2014)“…Background. Borderline resectable pancreatic cancer is best treated by multimodality therapy. FOLFIRINOX (5‐fluorouracil, oxaliplatin, irinotecan, and…”
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CXCR4 expression in tumor associated cells in blood is prognostic for progression and survival in pancreatic cancer
Published in PloS one (08-03-2022)“…The aggressive nature and metastatic potential of pancreatic cancer (PC) results in poor prognosis and high mortality. A better understanding of the underlying…”
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A Phase II Clinical Trial of Molecular Profiled Neoadjuvant Therapy for Localized Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
Published in Annals of surgery (01-10-2018)“…OBJECTIVES:One facet of precision medicine is the use of tumor molecular profiling to guide chemotherapeutic selection. We conducted the first prospective…”
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A machine learning based delta-radiomics process for early prediction of treatment response of pancreatic cancer
Published in NPJ precision oncology (04-10-2019)“…Changes of radiomic features over time in longitudinal images, delta radiomics, can potentially be used as a biomarker to predict treatment response. This…”
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Mortalin/HSPA9 targeting selectively induces KRAS tumor cell death by perturbing mitochondrial membrane permeability
Published in Oncogene (21-05-2020)“…The mitochondrial HSP70 chaperone mortalin (HSPA9/GRP75) is often upregulated and mislocalized in MEK/ERK-deregulated tumors. Here, we show that mortalin…”
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Survival of patients with resectable pancreatic cancer who received neoadjuvant therapy
Published in Surgery (01-03-2016)“…Background Enthusiasm for neoadjuvant therapy is growing from the emerging consensus that pancreatic cancer is a systemic disease at the time of diagnosis…”
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Pancreatobiliary Maljunction-Associated Gallbladder Cancer is as Common in the West, Shows Distinct Clinicopathologic Characteristics and Offers an Invaluable Model for Anatomy-Induced Reflux-Associated Physio-Chemical Carcinogenesis
Published in Annals of surgery (01-07-2022)“…OBJECTIVE:To determine the associations of pancreatobiliary maljunction (PBM) in the West. BACKGROUND:PBM (anomalous union of common bile duct and pancreatic…”
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Arterial resection at the time of pancreatectomy for cancer
Published in Surgery (01-05-2014)“…Background Tumor-induced arterial abutment/encasement has been traditionally a contraindication to surgery in patients with localized pancreatic cancer (PC)…”
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Chemotherapy for Surgically Resected Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
Published in Annals of surgical oncology (01-10-2015)“…Background The benefit of chemotherapy for surgically resected intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) remains poorly defined. The present study sought to…”
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Improving Treatment Response Prediction for Chemoradiation Therapy of Pancreatic Cancer Using a Combination of Delta-Radiomics and the Clinical Biomarker CA19-9
Published in Frontiers in oncology (08-01-2020)“…Recently we showed that delta radiomics features (DRF) from daily CT-guided chemoradiation therapy (CRT) is associated with early prediction of treatment…”
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Metabolic Heterogeneity in Patient Tumor-Derived Organoids by Primary Site and Drug Treatment
Published in Frontiers in oncology (15-05-2020)“…New tools are needed to match cancer patients with effective treatments. Patient-derived organoids offer a high-throughput platform to personalize treatments…”
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Techniques of Vascular Resection and Reconstruction in Pancreatic Cancer
Published in The Surgical clinics of North America (01-12-2016)“…Multimodality therapy has become the standard approach for the treatment of pancreatic cancer. With improved response rates to newer chemotherapeutic agents,…”
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Automated machine learning (AutoML) can predict 90-day mortality after gastrectomy for cancer
Published in Scientific reports (08-07-2023)“…Early postoperative mortality risk prediction is crucial for clinical management of gastric cancer. This study aims to predict 90-day mortality in gastric…”
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Sarcopenia negatively impacts short-term outcomes in patients undergoing hepatic resection for colorectal liver metastasis
Published in HPB (Oxford, England) (01-07-2011)“…Abstract Background As indications for liver resection expand, objective measures to assess the risk of peri-operative morbidity are needed. The impact of…”
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Multi-Phenotypic subtyping of circulating tumor cells using sequential fluorescent quenching and restaining
Published in Scientific reports (20-09-2016)“…In tissue biopsies formalin fixed paraffin embedded cancer blocks are micro-sectioned producing multiple semi-identical specimens which are analyzed and…”
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