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Does prophylactic octreotide decrease the rates of pancreatic fistula and other complications after pancreaticoduodenectomy? Results of a prospective randomized placebo-controlled trialC J Yeo
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland 21287 4606, USA
Ann Surg 232:419-29. 2000..To evaluate the endpoints of complications (specifically pancreatic fistula and total complications) and death in patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy...
Choledochal cyst or pancreatic (retention) cyst: a case reportJon D Vogel
Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287 4606, USA
J Gastrointest Surg 7:754-7. 2003..Right upper quadrant cystic lesions can be difficult to differentiate using noninvasive imaging modalities. The following case report discusses the common cystic lesions of the hepatoduodenal ligament and right sided pancreas...
Pancreaticoduodenectomy with or without distal gastrectomy and extended retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy for periampullary adenocarcinoma, part 2: randomized controlled trial evaluating survival, morbidity, and mortalityCharles J Yeo
Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
Ann Surg 236:355-66; discussion 366-8. 2002..To evaluate, in a prospective, randomized single-institution trial, the end points of operative morbidity, operative mortality, and survival in patients undergoing standard versus radical (extended) pancreaticoduodenectomy...
Autoimmune sclerosing pancreatitis: the surgeon's perspectiveCharles J Yeo
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287-4606, USA
J Gastrointest Surg 9:11-4. 2005
Discovery of new markers of cancer through serial analysis of gene expression: prostate stem cell antigen is overexpressed in pancreatic adenocarcinomaP Argani
Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Cancer Res 61:4320-4. 2001..PSCA is a novel tumor marker for pancreatic carcinoma that has potential diagnostic and therapeutic implications. These results establish the validity of analyses of SAGE databases to identify novel tumor markers...
Differing rates of loss of DPC4 expression and of p53 overexpression among carcinomas of the proximal and distal bile ductsP Argani
Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Cancer 91:1332-41. 2001..Biliary tract carcinomas are clinically heterogeneous. It is not known if molecular heterogeneity underlies the clinical differences...
The SMAD4 protein and prognosis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaM Tascilar
Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 632 Ross Building, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Clin Cancer Res 7:4115-21. 2001..36 (95% confidence interval, 1.01-1.83; P = 0.04). CONCLUSION: Patients undergoing Whipple resection for pancreatic adenocarcinoma survive longer if their cancers express SMAD4...
STK11/LKB1 Peutz-Jeghers gene inactivation in intraductal papillary-mucinous neoplasms of the pancreasN Sato
Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Am J Pathol 159:2017-22. 2001..None of the 22 IPMNs showed hypermethylation of the STK11/LKB1 gene. These results suggest that the STK11/LKB1 gene is involved in the pathogenesis of some IPMNs...
High-throughput drug screening of the DPC4 tumor-suppressor pathway in human pancreatic cancer cellsT A Sohn
Departments of Surgery, Pathology, and Oncology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Ann Surg 233:696-703. 2001..In addition, random drug screening provides an unbiased method for identifying drugs or lead compounds for potential therapeutic use...
Mesothelin is overexpressed in the vast majority of ductal adenocarcinomas of the pancreas: identification of a new pancreatic cancer marker by serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE)P Argani
Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 2242 Weinberg, 410 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21231 2410, USA
Clin Cancer Res 7:3862-8. 2001..In this study, we evaluate the potential utility of mesothelin as a tumor marker for pancreatic adenocarcinoma...
Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas: an increasingly recognized clinicopathologic entityT A Sohn
Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21287-4606, USA
Ann Surg 234:313-21; discussion 321-2. 2001....
Pancreaticoduodenectomy with extended retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy for periampullary adenocarcinomaEugene P Kennedy
Department of Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Medical College, 1025 Walnut Street, Suite 605 College Building, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
Surg Oncol Clin N Am 16:157-76. 2007..These studies, including a large randomized trial of 280 patients from Johns Hopkins University, indicate that there is no demonstrable survival benefit to extended lymphadenectomy for periampullary cancer...
Gene expression profiling identifies markers of ampullary adenocarcinomaN Tjarda Van Heek
Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 2196, USA
Cancer Biol Ther 3:651-6. 2004..001). Measurement of markers of ampullary cancer such as osteopontin may aid in the early detection and differential diagnosis of patients with periampullary lesions...
Survival after gastric adenocarcinoma resection: eighteen-year experience at a single institutionSteven C Cunningham
Department of Oncology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21231-1000, USA
J Gastrointest Surg 9:718-25. 2005..Many of the reported differences among Western series may be due to cohort differences, such as stage of disease, extent of resection, tumor type, and tumor location...
Pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia and infiltrating adenocarcinoma: analysis of progression and recurrence by DPC4 immunohistochemical labelingD M McCarthy
Departments of Pathology, Surgery, and Oncology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
Hum Pathol 32:638-42. 2001..Additionally, Dpc4 expression can be used to differentiate recurrent or persistent adenocarcinoma from a second primary adenocarcinoma...
Immunohistochemical labeling for the Dpc4 gene product is a specific marker for adenocarcinoma in biopsy specimens of the pancreas and bile ductM Tascilar
Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
Am J Clin Pathol 116:831-7. 2001..Importantly, loss of Dpc4 expression has been reported in in situ carcinomas, suggesting that loss of expression should not be equated with invasive carcinoma...
Identification and characterization of differentially methylated CpG islands in pancreatic carcinomaT Ueki
Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Cancer Res 61:8540-6. 2001..ppENK, MICP25, and 27 were variably methylated in normal gastric, duodenal, and colonic mucosae. These data indicate that aberrant methylation of ppENK and its transcriptional repression is a common event in pancreatic carcinogenesis...
Distinctive molecular genetic alterations in sporadic and familial adenomatous polyposis-associated pancreatoblastomas : frequent alterations in the APC/beta-catenin pathway and chromosome 11pS C Abraham
Division of Gastrointestinal Liver Pathology, The Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 2196, USA
Am J Pathol 159:1619-27. 2001..In addition, pancreatoblastoma may represent an extracolonic manifestation of FAP...
Differentially expressed genes in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas identified through serial analysis of gene expressionSteven R Hustinx
Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21231, USA
Cancer Biol Ther 3:1254-61. 2004..TAGmapper should prove to be a powerful tool for the discovery of novel tumor markers through assignment of uncharacterized SAGE tags...
Sensitive and quantitative detection of KRAS2 gene mutations in pancreatic duct juice differentiates patients with pancreatic cancer from chronic pancreatitis, potential for early detectionChanjuan Shi
Department of Pathology, The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21231, USA
Cancer Biol Ther 7:353-360. 2008..LigAmp quantification of mutant KRAS2 in pancreatic juice differentiates pancreatic adenocarcinoma from chronic pancreatitis, and may be a useful early detection tool for pancreatic cancer...
Pancreaticoduodenectomy with or without distal gastrectomy and extended retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy for periampullary adenocarcinoma--part 3: update on 5-year survivalTaylor S Riall
Departments of Surgery, The Sol Goldman Pancreas Cancer Research Center, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Gastrointest Surg 9:1191-204; discussion 1204-6. 2005..002)...
Adenosquamous carcinoma of the pancreas harbors KRAS2, DPC4 and TP53 molecular alterations similar to pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaJonathan R Brody
Department of Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Mod Pathol 22:651-9. 2009..In summary, although pancreatic adenosquamous carcinoma and ductal adenocarcinoma have overlapping pathologic and molecular characteristics, there are distinct differences that may be helpful in diagnostic and therapeutic strategies...
Genetics of the FANCA gene in familial pancreatic cancerC D Rogers
Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21205-2196, USA
J Med Genet 41:e126. 2004
Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas: an updated experienceTaylor A Sohn
Departments of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
Ann Surg 239:788-97; discussion 797-9. 2004..Based on the age at resection data, there appears to be a 5-year lag time from IPMN adenoma (63.2 years) to invasive cancer (68.1 years)...
Role of the DPC4 tumor suppressor gene in adenocarcinoma of the ampulla of Vater: analysis of 140 casesDenis M McCarthy
Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Mod Pathol 16:272-8. 2003..Although ampullary and pancreatic adenocarcinomas share histologic and molecular features, ampullary carcinomas are less likely to show loss of Dpc4 expression or K-ras gene mutations...
Postoperative bile duct strictures: management and outcome in the 1990sK D Lillemoe
Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
Ann Surg 232:430-41. 2000..To describe the management and outcome after surgical reconstruction of 156 patients with postoperative bile duct strictures managed in the 1990s...
Hypermethylation of multiple genes in pancreatic adenocarcinomaT Ueki
Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Cancer Res 60:1835-9. 2000..Thus, we conclude that many pancreatic carcinomas hypermethylate a small percentage of genes, whereas a subset displays a CIMP+ phenotype...
Genetic alterations of the transforming growth factor beta receptor genes in pancreatic and biliary adenocarcinomasM Goggins
Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Cancer Res 58:5329-32. 1998..Our results indicate that the TGF-beta type I and type II receptor genes are selective targets of genetic inactivation in pancreatic and biliary cancers...
Exploration of global gene expression patterns in pancreatic adenocarcinoma using cDNA microarraysChristine A Iacobuzio-Donahue
Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Am J Pathol 162:1151-62. 2003..The genes and expressed sequence tags presented in this study provide clues to the pathobiology of pancreatic cancer and implicate a large number of potentially new molecular markers for the detection and treatment of pancreatic cancer...
Immunohistochemical and genetic analysis of non-small cell and small cell gallbladder carcinoma and their precursor lesionsAnil V Parwani
Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland 21231-2410, USA
Mod Pathol 16:299-308. 2003..It is noteworthy that all of these alterations occur at the level of carcinoma in situ...
Results of pancreaticoduodenectomy for lymphoplasmacytic sclerosing pancreatitisJeffrey M Hardacre
Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287-4688, USA
Ann Surg 237:853-8; discussion 858-9. 2003..Nevertheless, differentiation from pancreatic neoplasia remains difficult. Patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy for LPSP have durable relief of symptoms and a subjectively improved quality of life...
Cholecystectomy, liver resection, and pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy for gallbladder cancer: report of five casesJohn R Doty
Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
J Gastrointest Surg 6:776-80. 2002..There is a select group of patients, however, in whom adding a pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy can result in a potentially curative operation by removing extensive regional spread to the peripancreatic lymph nodes...
Polymorphisms of SPINK1 N34S and CFTR in patients with sporadic and familial pancreatic cancerHiroyuki Matsubayashi
Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 2196, USA
Cancer Biol Ther 2:652-5. 2003..Furthermore, the N34S polymorphism is rarely found in patients with severe idiopathic chronic pancreatitis...
Gene expression profiling identifies genes associated with invasive intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreasNorihiro Sato
Departments of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21205-2196, USA
Am J Pathol 164:903-14. 2004..0001). Our findings suggest that preoperative assessment of gene expression profiles may be able to differentiate invasive from noninvasive IPMNs...
Predicting resectability of periampullary cancer with three-dimensional computed tomographyMichael G House
Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Gastrointest Surg 8:280-8. 2004....
Serum macrophage inhibitory cytokine 1 as a marker of pancreatic and other periampullary cancersJens Koopmann
Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Clin Cancer Res 10:2386-92. 2004..In this study, we evaluated serum macrophage inhibitory cytokine-1 (MIC-1) as a marker of pancreatic cancer...
Angiotensin II induces vascular endothelial growth factor in pancreatic cancer cells through an angiotensin II type 1 receptor and ERK1/2 signalingRathai Anandanadesan
Department of Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, 1015 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA
J Gastrointest Surg 12:57-66. 2008..An AT1R-mediated VEGF induction suggests the possibility of AT1R blockade as a novel therapeutic strategy to control angiogenesis in PDA...
Identification of novel highly expressed genes in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas through a bioinformatics analysis of expressed sequence tagsDengfeng Cao
Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21231, USA
Cancer Biol Ther 3:1081-9; discussion 1090-1. 2004....
DNA methylation alterations in the pancreatic juice of patients with suspected pancreatic diseaseHiroyuki Matsubayashi
Department of Pathology, The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Cancer Res 66:1208-17. 2006..The detection and quantification of aberrantly methylated DNA in pancreatic juice is a promising approach to the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer...
Differences in survival for patients with resectable versus unresectable metastases from pancreatic islet cell cancerMichael G House
Department of Surgery, the Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA
J Gastrointest Surg 10:138-45. 2006..Patterns of liver metastases from islet cell tumors, specifically multiple bilobar metastases that are not amenable to resection and/or ablation, predict a poor outcome despite resection of the primary pancreatic tumor...
Expression and prognostic significance of 14-3-3sigma and ERM family protein expression in periampullary neoplasmsSteven R Hustinx
Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Cancer Biol Ther 4:596-601. 2005..4; 0.9-2.2, p = 0.14). Aberrant expression of 14-3-3sigma may contribute to the outcome of patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma...
Barrett's esophagus with high grade dysplasia: surgical results and long-term outcome--an updateElaine E Tseng
Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Gastrointest Surg 7:164-70; discussion 170-1. 2003..Overall prevalence of occult adenocarcinoma remains high. We have demonstrated a declining incidence of occult cancer and treatment of earlier stage adenocarcinoma when found in this population of patients treated with esophagectomy...
Standard vs. radical pancreaticoduodenectomy for periampullary adenocarcinoma: a prospective, randomized trial evaluating quality of life in pancreaticoduodenectomy survivorsTom C Nguyen
Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21287-4606, USA
J Gastrointest Surg 7:1-9; discussion 9-11. 2003..These results imply that no negative long-term QOL measures are associated with radical pancreaticoduodenectomy (as performed in this study) for periampullary adenocarcinoma...
Diagnostic laparoscopy for periampullary and pancreatic cancer: what is the true benefit?Christopher J Barreiro
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21287-4603, USA
J Gastrointest Surg 6:75-81. 2002..Of the 107 patients categorized as likely to be resectable, 89 were actually resected (83.2%). In contrast, only 10 of the 51 patients categorized as likely to be unresectable could be resected (19.6%)...
Immunohistochemical validation of a novel epithelial and a novel stromal marker of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma identified by global expression microarrays: sea urchin fascin homolog and heat shock protein 47Anirban Maitra
Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Clin Pathol 118:52-9. 2002..Fascin and HSP47 are novel tumor markers with potential diagnostic and therapeutic implications for pancreatic carcinoma. These results establish the usefulness of global expression platforms to identify novel tumor markers...
Prevention of pancreatic cancer and strategies for management of familial pancreatic cancerR H Hruban
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
Dig Dis 19:76-84. 2001....
Homozygous deletion map at 18q21.1 in pancreatic cancerS A Hahn
Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Cancer Res 56:490-4. 1996....
Renal cell carcinoma metastatic to the pancreas: results of surgical managementT A Sohn
Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287
J Gastrointest Surg 5:346-51. 2001..The current report suggests that pancreatic metastases from renal cell carcinoma should be managed aggressively with complete resection when possible...
DPC4, a candidate tumor suppressor gene at human chromosome 18q21.1S A Hahn
Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Science 271:350-3. 1996..1. These results identify DPC4 as a candidate tumor suppressor gene whose inactivation may play a role in pancreatic and possibly other human cancers...
Discovery of novel tumor markers of pancreatic cancer using global gene expression technologyChristine A Iacobuzio-Donahue
Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins MedicalInstitutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21231-2410, USA
Am J Pathol 160:1239-49. 2002..The remaining 69 genes have not been implicated in pancreatic cancer before, and have immediate potential as novel therapeutic targets and tumor markers of pancreatic cancer...
Homozygous deletion of the MTAP gene in invasive adenocarcinoma of the pancreas and in periampullary cancer: a potential new target for therapySteven R Hustinx
Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Cancer Biol Ther 4:83-6. 2005..Thus, pancreatic cancer is a promising cancer type in which to explore novel chemotherapeutic strategies to exploit the selective loss of MTAP function...
Age- and disease-related methylation of multiple genes in nonneoplastic duodenum and in duodenal juiceHiroyuki Matsubayashi
Department of Pathology, Division of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Clin Cancer Res 11:573-83. 2005..Patients who develop pancreatic cancer may have a greater propensity to methylate CpG islands than age-matched controls...
HuR status is a powerful marker for prognosis and response to gemcitabine-based chemotherapy for resected pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma patientsNathan G Richards
Department of Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
Ann Surg 252:499-505; discussion 505-6. 2010..Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is a devastating disease that killed nearly 38,000 people in the United States this past year...
Angiotensin II regulates the expression of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in pancreatic cancer cellsNavdeep Chehl
Department of Surgery, Jefferson Pancreatic, Biliary and Related Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, 1015 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
J Gastrointest Surg 13:2189-200. 2009....
MKK4 status predicts survival after resection of gastric adenocarcinomaSteven C Cunningham
Department of Oncology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21231-1000, USA
Arch Surg 141:1095-9; discussion 1100. 2006..This finding may provide a useful prognostic tool in patients with gastric adenocarcinoma...
Multifocal neoplastic precursor lesions associated with lobular atrophy of the pancreas in patients having a strong family history of pancreatic cancerKieran Brune
Department of Pathology, The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA
Am J Surg Pathol 30:1067-76. 2006..The multifocal nature of familial pancreatic neoplasia suggests that surveillance of these patients is warranted after partial pancreatectomy...
The Whipple operation: is a radical resection of benefit?Charles J Yeo
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Adv Surg 37:1-27. 2003
Aberrant methylation of preproenkephalin and p16 genes in pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaNoriyoshi Fukushima
Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 2196, USA
Am J Pathol 160:1573-81. 2002....
MUC4 expression increases progressively in pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasiaMichael J Swartz
Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Am J Clin Pathol 117:791-6. 2002..Our data help establish the patterns of MUC4 expression in neoplastic precursors in the pancreas and add further support to the progression model for pancreatic adenocarcinoma...
Esophagectomy for adenocarcinoma in patients 45 years of age and youngerJ Scott Bolton
Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Md. 21136, USA
J Gastrointest Surg 5:620-5. 2001..Esophagectomy may be performed with low mortality, and survival is reasonable for early-stage disease. Young patients with Barrett's esophagus are not immune from the development of adenocarcinoma and need to be screened accordingly...
ACVR1B (ALK4, activin receptor type 1B) gene mutations in pancreatic carcinomaG H Su
Department of Oncology, Pathology, and Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 98:3254-7. 2001..Here we describe the gene structure and novel somatic mutations of the activin type I receptor, ACVR1B, in pancreatic cancer. ACVR1B has not been described previously as a mutated tumor-suppressor gene...
Is outpatient laparoscopic cholecystectomy safe and cost-effective? A model to study transition of careL A Fleisher
Department of Anesthesiology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Anesthesiology 90:1746-55. 1999..The aim of the current trial was to determine the safety and cost savings of performing laparoscopic cholecystectomy in an outpatient setting using a "mock" outpatient setting...
Novel germline p16(INK4) allele (Asp145Cys) in a family with multiple pancreatic carcinomas. Mutations in brief no. 148. OnlineC A Moskaluk
The Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Hum Mutat 12:70. 1998..This coding change is not a known polymorphism, and occurs at a codon position in which another missese/splicing change has been shown to be linked to familial melanoma/pancreas cancer...
Genomic sequencing of DPC4 in the analysis of familial pancreatic carcinomaC A Moskaluk
Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 2196, USA
Diagn Mol Pathol 6:85-90. 1997..No mutations in the coding sequences of the DPC4 gene were found; hence, it appears that germline mutations in DPC4 cannot account for many of the familial aggregations of pancreatic carcinoma...
Prognostic relevance of lymph node ratio following pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic cancerTimothy M Pawlik
Department of Surgery, The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 22187 6681, USA
Surgery 141:610-8. 2007....
HLA-G upregulation in pre-malignant and malignant lesions of the gastrointestinal tractDonna E Hansel
Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Int J Gastrointest Cancer 35:15-23. 2005..We propose that HLA-G expression is upregulated in a large percentage of gastrointestinal lesions and may serve to mediate immune-responsiveness in certain instances...
The role of HuR in gemcitabine efficacy in pancreatic cancer: HuR Up-regulates the expression of the gemcitabine metabolizing enzyme deoxycytidine kinaseChristina L Costantino
Department of Surgery, Jefferson Center for Pancreatic, Biliary and Related Cancers, Departments of Pathology and Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Cancer Res 69:4567-72. 2009..We propose that HuR levels in PDA modulate the therapeutic efficacy of gemcitabine, thus serving as a marker of the clinical utility of this common chemotherapeutic agent and a potential target for intervention in pancreatic cancer...
Induction of osteopontin expression by nicotine and cigarette smoke in the pancreas and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cellsGalina Chipitsyna
Department of Surgery, Jefferson Pancreatic, Biliary and Related Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
Int J Cancer 125:276-85. 2009..They provide the first insight into a nicotine-initiated signal transduction pathway that regulates OPN as a possible tumorigenic mechanism in PDA...
Trends in long-term survival following liver resection for hepatic colorectal metastasesMichael A Choti
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
Ann Surg 235:759-66. 2002..To examine trends in outcomes of patients undergoing resection at a single tertiary care referral center over a 16-year period...
Pancreaticobiliary cancers with deficient methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase genotypesHiroyuki Matsubayashi
Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 2196, USA
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 3:752-60. 2005..Methyl group deficiency might promote carcinogenesis by inducing DNA breaks and DNA hypomethylation. We hypothesized that deficient methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) genotypes could promote pancreatic cancer development...
DPC4 gene status of the primary carcinoma correlates with patterns of failure in patients with pancreatic cancerChristine A Iacobuzio-Donahue
Department of Pathology, Surgery, and Oncology, The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA
J Clin Oncol 27:1806-13. 2009..A comprehensive study of pancreatic cancers from patients who have succumbed to their disease has the potential to greatly expand our understanding of the most lethal stage of this disease and identify novel areas for intervention...
Claudin-4, mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 4, and stratifin are markers of gastric adenocarcinoma precursor lesionsSteven C Cunningham
Department of Oncology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore Maryland 21231, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:281-7. 2006..These findings may prove useful in the diagnosis and therapeutic targeting of gastric adenocarcinoma precursor lesions...
Retroperitoneal masses with associated human chorionic gonadotropin production: Report of two casesAmy S Duffield
Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Clin Chim Acta 395:166-9. 2008..The production of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) can be stimulated by both pregnancy and malignancy...
Reduction of pp32 expression in poorly differentiated pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas and intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms with moderate dysplasiaJonathan R Brody
Department of Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, 1015 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
Mod Pathol 20:1238-44. 2007....
Resected periampullary adenocarcinoma: 5-year survivors and their 6- to 10-year follow-upTaylor S Riall
Department of Surgery, The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
Surgery 140:764-72. 2006..Many studies have reported 5-year survival data after pancreaticoduodenectomy for periampullary adenocarcinoma. This study evaluates 10-year survival in patients surviving 5 years after initial surgery...
Evaluation of osteopontin as biomarker for pancreatic adenocarcinomaJens Koopmann
Department of Pathology and Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 13:487-91. 2004..In contrast, only 62% of these patients with resectable pancreatic cancer had elevated CA19-9. CONCLUSIONS: Serum OPN may have utility as a diagnostic marker in patients with pancreatic cancer...
Missense mutations of MADH4: characterization of the mutational hot spot and functional consequences in human tumorsChristine A Iacobuzio-Donahue
Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21231, USA
Clin Cancer Res 10:1597-604. 2004..We present the MADH4 genetic status determined on a new set of pancreatic, biliary, and duodenal cancers with comparison to the mutational data reported for various tumor types...
p16 Inactivation in pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasias (PanINs) arising in patients with chronic pancreatitisChristophe Rosty
Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Am J Surg Pathol 27:1495-501. 2003..This alteration, common to pancreatic cancer-associated PanINs, may contribute to the predisposition of patients with chronic pancreatitis to develop pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma...
Solid-pseudopapillary tumors of the pancreas are genetically distinct from pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas and almost always harbor beta-catenin mutationsSusan C Abraham
Department of Pathology, Division of Gastrointestinal Liver Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 2196, USA
Am J Pathol 160:1361-9. 2002..Overexpression of p53 was limited to only 3 of 19 (15.8%) SPTs. These results emphasize the two distinct, divergent genetic pathways of neoplastic progression in pancreatic ductal and nonductal neoplasms...
Highly expressed genes in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas: a comprehensive characterization and comparison of the transcription profiles obtained from three major technologiesChristine A Iacobuzio-Donahue
Departments of Pathology, Surgery, Oncology, and Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Cancer Res 63:8614-22. 2003....
Expression of neuropilin-1 in high-grade dysplasia, invasive cancer, and metastases of the human gastrointestinal tractDonna E Hansel
Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Surg Pathol 28:347-56. 2004..This up-regulation appears to parallel invasive behavior and may therefore be used as a potential marker for cancer aggressiveness in this system...
Increased expression and processing of the Alzheimer amyloid precursor protein in pancreatic cancer may influence cellular proliferationDonna E Hansel
Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Cancer Res 63:7032-7. 2003..We propose that APP may function to promote growth in pancreatic cancer cells via signaling through sAPP and may therefore represent a novel therapeutic target in pancreatic cancer...
Identification of hepatocarcinoma-intestine-pancreas/pancreatitis-associated protein I as a biomarker for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma by protein biochip technologyChristophe Rosty
Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21205-2196, USA
Cancer Res 62:1868-75. 2002..Taken together, these data suggest that pancreatic juice measurement of HIP/PAP-I may help to identify patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma...
Screening for pancreatic neoplasia in high-risk individuals: an EUS-based approachMarcia Irene Canto
Department of Medicine Gastroenterology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2:606-21. 2004..We prospectively evaluated the feasibility of screening for pancreatic neoplasia in high-risk individuals...
Almost all infiltrating colloid carcinomas of the pancreas and periampullary region arise from in situ papillary neoplasms: a study of 39 casesGregory Seidel
Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Am J Surg Pathol 26:56-63. 2002..Instead, other factors such as tumor location, perineural invasion, vascular invasion, and margin status after resection are far more important...
Multicomponent analysis of the pancreatic adenocarcinoma progression model using a pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia tissue microarrayAnirban Maitra
Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Mod Pathol 16:902-12. 2003....
Genetic and immunohistochemical analysis of pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma: frequent allelic loss on chromosome 11p and alterations in the APC/beta-catenin pathwaySusan C Abraham
Department of Pathology, Division of GI LiverPathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 2196, USA
Am J Pathol 160:953-62. 2002..These results indicate that ACCs are genetically distinct from pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas, but some cases contain genetic alterations common to histologically similar pancreatoblastomas...
Expression of the caudal-type homeodomain transcription factors CDX 1/2 and outcome in carcinomas of the ampulla of VaterDonna E Hansel
MBBS, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 720 Rutland Ave, Ross 771, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Clin Oncol 23:1811-8. 2005..We assessed the expression of these putative intestinal epithelial-specific transcription factors and their influence on patient outcome...
An introduction to pancreatic adenocarcinoma genetics, pathology and therapyScott E Kern
Department of Oncology, Surgery, and Pathology, The Sidney Kimmel Comphrehensive Cancer Center, John s Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, USA
Cancer Biol Ther 1:607-13. 2002..The accumulating discoveries regarding the genetic basis of pancreatic cancer and developments in the clinical management of the disease provide hope for meaningful improvements in the understanding and control of this disease...
MAGE1 is expressed by a subset of pancreatic endocrine neoplasms and associated lymph node and liver metastasesDonna E Hansel
Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Int J Gastrointest Cancer 33:141-7. 2003..Expression of MAGE1 has subsequently been identified in a number of neoplastic cell types, including testicular germ cell and breast cancer cells, which has led to the development of antitumor MAGE1 vaccines...
Global expression analysis of well-differentiated pancreatic endocrine neoplasms using oligonucleotide microarraysAnirban Maitra
Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Clin Cancer Res 9:5988-95. 2003..Global expression microarrays can document abnormal pathways that impact on tumorigenesis and disease progression...
Pancreaticoduodenectomy: role of interventional radiologists in managing patients and complicationsTaylor A Sohn
Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 600 North Wolfe Street, Blalock 606, Baltimore, MD 21287 4606, USA
J Gastrointest Surg 7:209-19. 2003....
Pancreaticoduodenectomy in the very elderlyMartin A Makary
Department of Surgery, John Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 4940 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
J Gastrointest Surg 10:347-56. 2006..The advent of improved surgical outcomes and an aging population will likely result in a significant increase in the number of PDs performed in the next few decades...
Novel allogeneic granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor-secreting tumor vaccine for pancreatic cancer: a phase I trial of safety and immune activationE M Jaffee
Department of Oncology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Clin Oncol 19:145-56. 2001..To determine its safety and ability to induce antitumor immune responses, we conducted a phase I trial in patients with surgically resected adenocarcinoma of the pancreas...
CholangiocarcinomaC J Yeo
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Surg Clin North Am 70:1429-47. 1990..However, further data from randomized studies are necessary to support or refute this impression. Further studies of adjuvant chemotherapy or hormonal therapy will also be necessary to improve patient survival...
Alterations in pancreatic, biliary, and breast carcinomas support MKK4 as a genetically targeted tumor suppressor geneG H Su
Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 2196, USA
Cancer Res 58:2339-42. 1998..Coexistent mutations of other tumor suppressor genes in MKK4-deficient tumors suggest that MKK4 may participate in a tumor suppressive signaling pathway distinct from DPC4, p16, p53, and BRCA2...
Germline and somatic mutations of the STK11/LKB1 Peutz-Jeghers gene in pancreatic and biliary cancersG H Su
Departments of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Am J Pathol 154:1835-40. 1999..Our results demonstrate that germline and somatic genetic alterations of the STK11/LKB1 gene may play a causal role in carcinogenesis and that the same gene contributes to the development of both sporadic and familial forms of cancer...
Hypercalcemia and pancreatic endocrine neoplasia with elevated PTH-rP: report of two new cases and subject reviewSusanna L Matsen
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
J Gastrointest Surg 9:270-9. 2005..We then review the literature of previous cases and delve into the pathophysiology of this peptide...
Synchronous autoimmune pancreatitis and infiltrating pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: case report and review of the literatureAgnieszka K Witkiewicz
Department of Pathology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
Hum Pathol 39:1548-51. 2008..This case highlights the importance of carefully evaluating patients with autoimmune pancreatitis to rule out an underlying neoplasm and the importance of following those who were treated nonsurgically until the disease fully resolves...
Methylation of cyclin D2 is observed frequently in pancreatic cancer but is also an age-related phenomenon in gastrointestinal tissuesHiroyuki Matsubayashi
Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, 21205-2196, USA
Clin Cancer Res 9:1446-52. 2003..The detection of cyclin D2 methylation in pancreatic juice may aid in the diagnosis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma...
Adjuvant concurrent chemoradiation for adenocarcinoma of the distal common bile ductMichael A Hughes
Therapeutic Radiologists, Inc, Kansas City, MO, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 68:178-82. 2007..To examine the effect of adjuvant chemoradiation for adenocarcinoma of the distal common bile duct (DCBD) after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) on local control and survival...
