B Agarwal

Summary

Affiliation: Saint Louis University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Cox-2 is needed but not sufficient for apoptosis induced by Cox-2 selective inhibitors in colon cancer cells
    B Agarwal
    Division of Gastroenterology, St Louis University, School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63105, USA
    Apoptosis 8:649-54. 2003
  2. ncbi Survival in pancreatic carcinoma based on tumor size
    Banke Agarwal
    Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
    Pancreas 36:e15-20. 2008
  3. ncbi Differential response to preoperative chemoradiation and surgery in esophageal adenocarcinomas based on presence of Barrett's esophagus and symptomatic gastroesophageal reflux
    Banke Agarwal
    Department of Gastrointestinal Medicine and Nutrition, M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
    Ann Thorac Surg 79:1716-23. 2005
  4. ncbi EUS and/or EUS-guided FNA in patients with CT and/or magnetic resonance imaging findings of enlarged pancreatic head or dilated pancreatic duct with or without a dilated common bile duct
    Banke Agarwal
    Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
    Gastrointest Endosc 68:237-42; quiz 334, 335. 2008
  5. ncbi Endoscopic ultrasonography in the diagnosis and staging of pancreatic neoplasms
    P Protiva
    St. Louis University School of Medicine, 3635 Vista Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
    Int J Gastrointest Cancer 30:33-45. 2001
  6. ncbi Multimodality diagnostic imaging of diffuse esophageal leiomyomatosis
    Esat Memisoglu
    Department of Radiology, Saint Louis University Hospital, St Louis, MO 63110 2539, USA
    J Comput Assist Tomogr 30:100-4. 2006
  7. ncbi Endoscopic ultrasound after preoperative chemoradiation can help identify patients who benefit maximally after surgical esophageal resection
    Banke Agarwal
    Department of GI Medicine and Nutrition, Medical Oncology and Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
    Am J Gastroenterol 99:1258-66. 2004
  8. ncbi Malignant mediastinal lymphadenopathy detected by staging EUS in patients with pancreaticobiliary cancer
    Banke Agarwal
    Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Department of Pathology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
    Gastrointest Endosc 61:849-53. 2005
  9. ncbi Diagnostic value of EUS-FNA in patients suspected of having pancreatic cancer with a focal lesion on CT scan/MRI but without obstructive jaundice
    Naveen B Krishna
    Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63105, USA
    Pancreas 38:625-30. 2009
  10. ncbi EUS/EUS-FNA for suspected pancreatic cancer: influence of chronic pancreatitis and clinical presentation with or without obstructive jaundice on performance characteristics
    Naveen B Krishna
    Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
    Gastrointest Endosc 70:70-9. 2009

Detail Information

Publications17

  1. ncbi Cox-2 is needed but not sufficient for apoptosis induced by Cox-2 selective inhibitors in colon cancer cells
    B Agarwal
    Division of Gastroenterology, St Louis University, School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63105, USA
    Apoptosis 8:649-54. 2003
    ..In conclusion, selective Cox-2 inhibitors can induce apoptosis independent of Cox-2 expression. However they may selectively target cells that express Cox-2 by decreasing their Cox-2 protein expression...
  2. ncbi Survival in pancreatic carcinoma based on tumor size
    Banke Agarwal
    Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
    Pancreas 36:e15-20. 2008
    ..We investigated survival and resectability as tumor size increased from 20 mm or smaller to 30 mm or larger...
  3. ncbi Differential response to preoperative chemoradiation and surgery in esophageal adenocarcinomas based on presence of Barrett's esophagus and symptomatic gastroesophageal reflux
    Banke Agarwal
    Department of Gastrointestinal Medicine and Nutrition, M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
    Ann Thorac Surg 79:1716-23. 2005
    ..In this study, we investigated potential differences in clinical outcomes in esophageal adenocarcinoma patients based on the presence of identifiable Barrett's mucosa and/or history of symptomatic GERD...
  4. ncbi EUS and/or EUS-guided FNA in patients with CT and/or magnetic resonance imaging findings of enlarged pancreatic head or dilated pancreatic duct with or without a dilated common bile duct
    Banke Agarwal
    Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
    Gastrointest Endosc 68:237-42; quiz 334, 335. 2008
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  5. ncbi Endoscopic ultrasonography in the diagnosis and staging of pancreatic neoplasms
    P Protiva
    St. Louis University School of Medicine, 3635 Vista Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
    Int J Gastrointest Cancer 30:33-45. 2001
    ..EUS-FNA in conjunction with helical CT also provides reliable preoperative staging of pancreatic tumors. EUS with FNA therefore appears to be a promising tool in the fight against pancreatic cancer...
  6. ncbi Multimodality diagnostic imaging of diffuse esophageal leiomyomatosis
    Esat Memisoglu
    Department of Radiology, Saint Louis University Hospital, St Louis, MO 63110 2539, USA
    J Comput Assist Tomogr 30:100-4. 2006
    ..The characteristic clinical, histologic, and multimodality imaging findings may distinguish this benign tumor from its malignant counterpart leiomyosarcoma and from achalasia...
  7. ncbi Endoscopic ultrasound after preoperative chemoradiation can help identify patients who benefit maximally after surgical esophageal resection
    Banke Agarwal
    Department of GI Medicine and Nutrition, Medical Oncology and Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
    Am J Gastroenterol 99:1258-66. 2004
    ..EUS and EUS-guided FNA can be helpful in identifying residual tumor in the lymph nodes after preoperative chemoXRT to select patients who benefit maximally from surgery...
  8. ncbi Malignant mediastinal lymphadenopathy detected by staging EUS in patients with pancreaticobiliary cancer
    Banke Agarwal
    Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Department of Pathology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
    Gastrointest Endosc 61:849-53. 2005
    ..Because of its important implications, endosonographers should routinely assess for MML in patients who undergo staging EUS for pancreaticobiliary malignancy...
  9. ncbi Diagnostic value of EUS-FNA in patients suspected of having pancreatic cancer with a focal lesion on CT scan/MRI but without obstructive jaundice
    Naveen B Krishna
    Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63105, USA
    Pancreas 38:625-30. 2009
    ..We evaluated the performance characteristics of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) in this patient subset...
  10. ncbi EUS/EUS-FNA for suspected pancreatic cancer: influence of chronic pancreatitis and clinical presentation with or without obstructive jaundice on performance characteristics
    Naveen B Krishna
    Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
    Gastrointest Endosc 70:70-9. 2009
    ..EUS-FNA also has lower accuracy in patients with underlying chronic pancreatitis (CP)...
  11. ncbi Periportal lymphadenopathy in patients without identifiable pancreatobiliary or hepatic malignancy
    Naveen B Krishna
    Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Department of Pathology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
    Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 4:1373-7. 2006
    ..We recommend that these nodes be sampled with fine-needle aspiration at the time of EUS examination...
  12. ncbi Intraductal US in evaluation of biliary strictures without a mass lesion on CT scan or magnetic resonance imaging: significance of focal wall thickening and extrinsic compression at the stricture site
    Naveen B Krishna
    Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
    Gastrointest Endosc 66:90-6. 2007
    ..We studied the clinical value of 2 easily assessed IDUS findings: wall thickness and extrinsic compression at the stricture site...
  13. ncbi Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration and multidetector spiral CT in the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer
    Banke Agarwal
    Department of Gastrointestinal Medicine and Nutrition, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
    Am J Gastroenterol 99:844-50. 2004
    ..CONCLUSIONS: The EUS with FNA can be a valuable adjunct to newer high-resolution multidetector spiral CT for diagnostic evaluation of patients with suspected pancreatic cancer...
  14. ncbi Immunostaining as an adjunct to cytology for diagnosis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma
    Banke Agarwal
    Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
    Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 6:1425-31. 2008
    ..We evaluated if the diagnostic accuracy of pancreatic cancer from endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-fine-needle aspiration (FNA) can be improved by combined evaluation of cytology and immunostaining with these markers...
  15. ncbi Endoscopic diagnosis and staging of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma
    Mohit Mehra
    Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63105, USA
    Curr Opin Gastroenterol 24:623-6. 2008
    ..The present review summarizes recent findings and puts them in context with studies on the diagnosis and management of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma published earlier...
  16. ncbi Intraductal US is a useful adjunct to ERCP for distinguishing malignant from benign biliary strictures
    Richard J Farrell
    Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
    Gastrointest Endosc 56:681-7. 2002
    ..Intraductal US is unsuitable for assessing lymph nodes associated with malignant strictures...
  17. ncbi Dilated pancreatic duct and common bile duct in a patient with abdominal pain and weight loss
    Banke Agarwal
    Am J Gastroenterol 99:1623-5. 2004