Publications

  1. Alva-Ruiz R, Watkins RD, Tomlinson JL, Yonkus JA, Abdelrahman AM, Conboy CB, Jessen E, Werneburg NW, Kuipers H, Sample JW, Gores GJ, Ilyas SI, Truty MJ, Smoot RL. YAP-TEAD inhibition is associated with upregulation of an androgen receptor mediated transcription program providing therapeutic escape. FEBS Open Bio. 2024 Nov; 14 (11):1873-1887 Epub 2024 Sept 19
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  2. Fiorentini G, Bingener J, Hanson KT, Starlinger P, Smoot RL, Warner SG, Truty MJ, Kendrick ML, Thiels CA. Failed recovery after pancreatoduodenectomy: A significant problem even without surgical complications. Surgery. 2024 Oct; 176 (4):992-998 Epub 2024 May 21
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  3. Pereyra D, Mandorfer M, Santol J, Gregory L, Koeditz C, Ortmayr G, Schuetz C, Rumpf B, Ammon D, Laengle J, Schwarz C, Jonas JP, Pinter M, Lindenlaub F, Tamandl D, Thiels C, Warner S, Smoot R, Truty M, Kendrick M, Nagorney D, Cleary S, Gruenberger T, Reiberger T, Starlinger P. Von Willebrand Factor Antigen Improves Risk Stratification for Patients with a Diagnosis of Resectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Oct; 31 (10):6526-6536 Epub 2024 June 19
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  4. Karanicolas PJ, Lin Y, McCluskey SA, Tarshis J, Thorpe KE, Wei A, Dixon E, Porter G, Chaudhury P, Nanji S, Ruo L, Tsang ME, Skaro A, Eeson G, Cleary S, Moulton CA, Ball CG, Hallet J, Coburn N, Serrano PE, Jayaraman S, Law C, Tandan V, Sapisochin G, Nagorney D, Quan D, Smoot R, Gallinger S, Metrakos P, Reichman TW, Jalink D, Bennett S, Sutherland F, Solano E, Molinari M, Tang ES, Warner SG, Bathe OF, Barkun J, Kendrick ML, Truty M, Roke R, Xu G, Lafreniere-Roula M, Guyatt G, HPB CONCEPT Team. Tranexamic Acid in Patients Undergoing Liver Resection: The HeLiX Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2024 Oct 1; 332 (13):1080-1089
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  5. Muaddi H, Zironda A, Zhang C, Day C, Starlinger PP, Warner SG, Smoot RL, Kendrick ML, Cleary SP, Truty MJ, Thiels CA. Financial Toxicity of Long-Term Survivors Who Underwent Pancreatoduodenectomy for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. J Surg Oncol. 2024 Sep 5 Epub 2024 Sept 05
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  6. Gudmundsdottir H, Fogliati A, Grotz TE, Thiels CA, Warner SG, Smoot RL, Truty MJ, Kendrick ML, Nagorney DM, Halfdanarson TR, Cleary SP, Starlinger P. Value of Surgical Cytoreduction in Patients with Small Intestinal Neuroendocrine Tumors Metastatic to the Liver and Peritoneum. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Aug; 31 (8):5370-5376 Epub 2024 Apr 30
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  7. Ammann M, Gudmundsdottir H, Hackl H, Antwi SKA, Santol J, Habermann EB, Thiels CA, Warner SG, Truty MJ, Kendrick ML, Smoot RL, Nagorney DM, Cleary SP, Halfdanarson TR, Starlinger PP. Neuroendocrine Tumors of Unknown Primary in the Setting of Cytoreductive Hepatectomy. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Aug; 31 (8):4931-4941 Epub 2024 May 08
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  8. Mun DG, Bhat FA, Joshi N, Sandoval L, Ding H, Jain A, Peterson JA, Kang T, Pujari GP, Tomlinson JL, Budhraja R, Zenka RM, Kannan N, Kipp BR, Dasari S, Gaspar-Maia A, Smoot RL, Kandasamy RK, Pandey A. Diversity of post-translational modifications and cell signaling revealed by single cell and single organelle mass spectrometry. Commun Biol. 2024 Jul 19; 7 (1):884 Epub 2024 July 19
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  9. Van Treeck BJ, Olave MC, Watkins RD, Lu H, Moreira RK, Mounajjed T, Johnson MJ, Smith CY, Ilyas SI, Tran NH, Jenkins SM, Reed KA, Smoot R, Mahipal A, Allende D, Graham RP. Neoadjuvant therapy leads to objective response in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. HPB (Oxford). 2024 Jul; 26 (7):938-948 Epub 2024 Apr 23
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  10. Tomlinson JL, Li B, Yang J, Loeuillard E, Stumpf HE, Kuipers H, Watkins R, Carlson DM, Willhite J, O'Brien DR, Graham RP, Chen X, Smoot RL, Dong H, Gores GJ, Ilyas SI. Syngeneic murine models with distinct immune microenvironments represent subsets of human intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. J Hepatol. 2024 Jun; 80 (6):892-903 Epub 2024 Mar 07
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  11. Jackson LE, Tomlinson JL, Alva-Ruiz R, Gregory LA, Byeon SK, Abdelrahman AM, Mun DG, Grant CW, Fogarty ZC, Wang C, Roberts LR, Graham RP, Borad MJ, Ilyas SI, Gores GJ, Pandey A, Athreya AP, Smoot RL. Metabolome-wide association identifies altered metabolites and metabolic pathways in the serum of patients with cholangiocarcinoma. JHEP Rep. 2024 Jun; 6 (6):101068 Epub 2024 Mar 18
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  12. Ferrari D, Violante T, Novelli M, Starlinger PP, Smoot RL, Reisenauer JS, Larson DW. The death of laparoscopy. Surg Endosc. 2024 May; 38 (5):2677-2688 Epub 2024 Mar 22
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  13. Zhang C, Zironda A, Vierkant RA, Starlinger P, Warner S, Smoot R, Kendrick M, Cleary S, Truty M, Thiels C. Quality of Life and Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Long-term Survivors of Pancreatic Cancer Following Pancreatoduodenectomy. Ann Surg. 2024 May 1; 279 (5):842-849 Epub 2023 July 27
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  14. Van Treeck BJ, Olave MC, Watkins RD, Lu H, Moreira RK, Mounajjed T, Johnson MJ, Smith CY, Ilyas SI, Tran NH, Jenkins SM, Reed KA, Smoot R, Mahipal A, Allende D, Graham RP. WITHDRAWN: Neoadjuvant therapy leads to objective response in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. HPB (Oxford). 2024 Apr 24 [Epub ahead of print]
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  15. Fogliati A, Zironda A, Fiorentini G, Adjei S, Amro A, Starlinger PP, Grotz TE, Warner SG, Smoot RL, Thiels CA, Kendrick ML, Cleary SP, Truty MJ. Outcomes of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Invasive Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm Compared with de Novo Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Apr; 31 (4):2632-2639 Epub 2024 Feb 06
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  16. Watkins R, Gamo A, Choi SH, Kumar M, Buckarma E, McCabe C, Tomlinson J, Pereya D, Lupse B, Geravandi S, Werneburg NW, Wang C, Starlinger P, Zhu S, Li S, Yu S, Surakattula M, Baguley T, Ardestani A, Maedler K, Roland J, Nguyen-Tran V, Joseph S, Petrassi M, Rogers N, Gores G, Chatterjee A, Tremblay M, Shen W, Smoot R. A small molecule MST1/2 inhibitor accelerates murine liver regeneration with improved survival in models of steatohepatitis. PNAS Nexus. 2024 Mar; 3 (3):pgae096 Epub 2024 Mar 01
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  17. Smoot RL, Nagorney DM. The utility of futility. Hepatology 2024 Feb 1; 79 (2):264-266 Epub 2023 Sept 28
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  18. Zironda A, Zhang C, Day C, McWilliams RR, Starlinger P, Warner SG, Smoot RL, Cleary SP, Kendrick ML, Truty MJ, Thiels CA. Early vs conventional onset pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: analysis of surgical and oncologic outcomes in patients undergoing curative intent resection. HPB (Oxford). 2024 Jan; 26 (1):145-153 Epub 2023 Sept 11
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  19. Loeuillard EJ, Li B, Stumpf HE, Yang J, Willhite JR, Tomlinson JL, Rohakhtar FR, Simon VA, Graham RP, Smoot RL, Dong H, Ilyas SI. Noncanonical TRAIL Signaling Promotes Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cell Abundance and Tumor Growth in Cholangiocarcinoma. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2024; 17 (5):853-876 Epub 2024 Jan 14
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  20. Aslam FN, Loveday TA, Junior PLSU, Truty M, Smoot R, Bekaii-Saab T, Stucky CC, Babiker H, Borad MJ. APRI score is not predictive of post-surgical outcomes in cholangiocarcinoma patients. Ann Gastroenterol. 2024 Jan-Feb; 37 (1):95-103 Epub 2023 Dec 20
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  21. Zhang C, Gudmundsdottir H, Takahashi H, Day C, Glasgow A, Wasif N, Starlinger P, Warner S, Grotz T, Smoot R, Truty M, Cleary S, Kendrick M, Nagorney D, Navin P, Halfdanarson TR, Thiels C. Accuracy of DOTATATE PET imaging in the preoperative planning of small bowel neuroendocrine tumor resection. J Surg Oncol. 2023 Dec; 128 (7):1072-1079 Epub 2023 Aug 02
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  22. Fiorentini G, Zironda A, Calini G, Abdalla S, Nagorney DM, Warner SG, Smoot RL, Behm KT, Shawki SF, Mathis KL, Vierkant RA, Larson DW, Cleary SP. Minimally invasive vs. open approach to the simultaneous treatment of colorectal tumors with synchronous liver metastasis: a single center, propensity-score matched analysis from Mayo clinic. HPB (Oxford). 2023 Nov; 25 (11):1337-1344 Epub 2023 June 24
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  23. Lund S, MacArthur T, Watkins R, Alva-Ruiz R, Thiels CA, Smoot RL, Cleary SP, Warner SG. Checking Our Blind Spots: Examining Characteristics of Interviewees Versus Matriculants to a Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgical Fellowship Program. J Surg Educ. 2023 Nov; 80 (11):1582-1591 Epub 2023 May 12
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  24. Santol J, Kim S, Gregory LA, Baumgartner R, Murtha-Lemekhova A, Birgin E, Gloor S, Braunwarth E, Ammann M, Starlinger J, Pereyra D, Ammon D, Ninkovic M, Kern AE, Rumpf B, Ortmayr G, Herrmann Y, Dong Y, Huber FX, Weninger J, Thiels CA, Warner SG, Smoot RL, Truty MJ, Kendrick ML, Nagorney DN, Cleary SP, Beldi G, Rahbari NN, Hoffmann K, Gilg S, Assinger A, Gruenberger T, Hackl H, Starlinger P. An APRI+ALBI Based Multivariable Model as Preoperative Predictor for Posthepatectomy Liver Failure. Ann Surg. 2023 Oct 20 [Epub ahead of print]
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  25. Ammann M, Santol J, Pereyra D, Kalchbrenner T, Wuerger T, Laengle J, Smoot RL, Hulla W, Laengle F, Starlinger P. Glucagon-like peptide-1 and glucagon-like peptide-2 regulation during human liver regeneration. Sci Rep. 2023 Sep 25; 13 (1):15980 Epub 2023 Sept 25
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  26. Leiting JL, Hernandez MC, Bergquist JR, Yonkus JA, Abdelrahman AM, Torbenson MS, Tran NH, Halfdanarson TR, Graham RP, Smoot RL, Truty MJ. Therapeutic Efficacy of Temsirolimus in a Patient-derived Model of Metastatic Fibrolamellar Hepatocellular Carcinoma. In Vivo. 2023 Sep-Oct; 37 (5):1940-1950
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  27. Lynch IT, Abdelrahman AM, Alva-Ruiz R, Fogliati A, Graham RP, Smoot R, Truty MJ. Cancer "Avatars": Patient-Derived Xenograft Growth Correlation with Postoperative Recurrence and Survival in Pancreaticobiliary Cancer. J Am Coll Surg. 2023 Sep 1; 237 (3):483-500 Epub 2023 June 16
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  28. Gudmundsdottir H, Habermann EB, Vierkant RA, Starlinger P, Thiels CA, Warner SG, Smoot RL, Truty MJ, Kendrick ML, Halfdanarson TR, Nagorney DM, Cleary SP. Survival and Symptomatic Relief After Cytoreductive Hepatectomy for Neuroendocrine Tumor Liver Metastases: Long-Term Follow-up Evaluation of More Than 500 Patients. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Aug; 30 (8):4840-4851 Epub 2023 May 19
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  29. Fogliati A, Fiorentini G, Alva-Ruiz R, Abdelrahman AM, Zironda A, Lynch IT, Smoot RL, Starlinger PP, Cleary SP, Kendrick ML, Truty MJ. Technical Outcomes of Porto-Mesenteric Venous Reconstruction in Pancreatic Resection Using Autologous Left Renal Vein Graft as Conduit. J Am Coll Surg. 2023 Jul 1; 237 (1):58-67 Epub 2023 June 15
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  30. Gudmundsdottir H, Yonkus JA, Alva-Ruiz R, Kendrick ML, Smoot RL, Warner SG, Starlinger P, Thiels CA, Nagorney DM, Cleary SP, Grotz TE, Truty MJ. Yield of Staging Laparoscopy for Pancreatic Cancer in the Modern Era: Analysis of More than 1,000 Consecutive Patients. J Am Coll Surg. 2023 Jul 1; 237 (1):49-57 Epub 2023 Apr 07
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  31. Starlinger P, Brunnthaler L, Watkins R, Pereyra D, Stift J, Finsterbusch M, Santol J, Gruenberger T, Assinger A, Smoot R. Tyrosine phosphorylation of YAP-1 in biliary epithelial cells mediates posthepatectomy liver regeneration and is affected by serotonin. J Cell Biochem. 2023 May; 124 (5):687-700 Epub 2023 Mar 22
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  32. Starlinger P, Brunnthaler L, McCabe C, Pereyra D, Santol J, Steadman J, Hackl M, Skalicky S, Hackl H, Gronauer R, O'Brien D, Kain R, Hirsova P, Gores GJ, Wang C, Gruenberger T, Smoot RL, Assinger A. Transcriptomic landscapes of effective and failed liver regeneration in humans. JHEP Rep. 2023 Apr; 5 (4):100683 Epub 2023 Feb 02
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  33. Pery R, Gudmundsdottir H, Nagorney DM, Pencovich N, Smoot RL, Thiels CA, Truty MJ, Vierkant RA, Warner SG, Kendrick ML, Cleary SP. Laparoscopic versus open liver resections for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and gallbladder cancer: the Mayo clinic experience. HPB (Oxford). 2023 Mar; 25 (3):339-346 Epub 2022 Dec 31
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  34. Abdelrahman AM, Yin J, Alva-Ruiz R, Yonkus JA, Leiting JL, Lynch IT, Fogliati A, Campbell NA, Carlson DM, Roberts LR, Gores GJ, Smoot RL, Graham RP, Halfdanarson TR, Truty MJ. Mixed Acinar Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Pancreas: Comparative Population-Based Epidemiology of a Rare and Fatal Malignancy in The United States. Cancers (Basel). 2023 Jan 30; 15 (3)
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  35. Conboy CB, Yonkus JA, Buckarma EH, Mun DG, Werneburg NW, Watkins RD, Alva-Ruiz R, Tomlinson JL, Guo Y, Wang J, O'Brien D, McCabe CE, Jessen E, Graham RP, Buijsman RC, Vu D, de Man J, Ilyas SI, Truty MJ, Borad M, Pandey A, Gores GJ, Smoot RL. LCK inhibition downregulates YAP activity and is therapeutic in patient-derived models of cholangiocarcinoma. J Hepatol. 2023 Jan; 78 (1):142-152 Epub 2022 Sept 24
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  36. Takaichi S, Mun DG, Yu M, Tomlinson JL, Abdelrahman AM, Carlson DM, Werneburg NW, Wu X, Pandey A, Gores GJ, Smoot RL. LCK and resistance to cytotoxic chemotherapy via activating an AXL-PEAK1 signaling axis in cholangiocarcinoma. JCO Global Oncology. 2023; 9:27
  37. Sonbol MB, Siddiqi R, Uson PLS, Pathak S, Firwana B, Botrus G, Almader-Douglas D, Ahn DH, Borad MJ, Starr J, Jones J, Stucky CC, Smoot R, Riaz IB, Bekaii-Saab T. The Role of Systemic Therapy in Resectable Colorectal Liver Metastases: Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis. Oncologist. 2022 Dec 9; 27 (12):1034-1040
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  38. Healey MJ, Seal B, Princic N, Black D, Malangone-Monaco E, Azad NS, Smoot RL. Real-World Analysis of Treatment Patterns, Healthcare Utilization, Costs, and Mortality Among People with Biliary Tract Cancers in the USA. Adv Ther. 2022 Dec; 39 (12):5530-5545 Epub 2022 Oct 14
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  39. Lenet T, Gilbert RWD, Smoot R, Tzeng CD, Rocha FG, Yohanathan L, Cleary SP, Martel G, Bertens KA. Does Intraoperative Frozen Section and Revision of Margins Lead to Improved Survival in Patients Undergoing Resection of Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Ann Surg Oncol. 2022 Nov; 29 (12):7592-7602 Epub 2022 June 25
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  40. Alva-Ruiz R, Abdelrahman AM, Starlinger PP, Yonkus JA, Moravec DN, Busch JJ, Fleming CJ, Andrews JC, Mendes BC, Colglazier JJ, Smoot RL, Cleary SP, Nagorney DM, Kendrick ML, Truty MJ. Patency rates of hepatic arterial resection and revascularization in locally advanced pancreatic cancer. HPB (Oxford). 2022 Nov; 24 (11):1957-1966 Epub 2022 June 16
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  41. Pery R, Smoot RL, Thiels CA, Cleary SP, Vierkant RA, Ilyas SI, Gores GJ, Nagorney DM. Hepatobiliary and pancreatic resection for cholangiocarcinoma in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis. Br J Surg. 2022 Oct 14; 109 (11):1032-1035
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  42. Gilbert RWD, Lenet T, Cleary SP, Smoot R, Tzeng CD, Rocha FG, Martel G, Bertens KA. Does Caudate Resection Improve Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Curative Resection for Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Ann Surg Oncol. 2022 Oct; 29 (11):6759-6771 Epub 2022 June 15
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  43. Buckarma E, De La Cruz G, Truty M, Nagorney D, Cleary S, Kendrick M, Borad M, Graham RP, Gores G, Smoot R. Impact of FGFR2 gene fusions on survival of patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma following curative intent resection. HPB (Oxford). 2022 Oct; 24 (10):1748-1756 Epub 2022 May 28
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  44. Gudmundsdottir H, Pery R, Graham RP, Thiels CA, Warner SG, Smoot RL, Truty MJ, Kendrick ML, Halfdanarson TR, Habermann EB, Nagorney DM, Cleary SP. Safety and Outcomes of Combined Pancreatic and Hepatic Resections for Metastatic Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors. Ann Surg Oncol. 2022 Oct; 29 (11):6949-6957 Epub 2022 June 22
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  45. Aizpuru M, Starlinger P, Nagorney DM, Smoot RL, Truty MJ, Kendrick ML, Cleary SP. Contemporary outcomes of pancreaticoduodenectomy for benign and precancerous cystic lesions. HPB (Oxford). 2022 Sep; 24 (9):1416-1424 Epub 2022 Jan 23
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  46. De la Cruz Ku G, Aizpuru M, Hackl H, Ubl DS, Habermann EB, Pery R, Driedger M, Assinger A, Nagorney DM, Cleary SP, Smoot RL, Starlinger P. Hepatocellular carcinoma as predominant cancer subgroup accounting for sex differences in post-hepatectomy liver failure, morbidity and mortality. HPB (Oxford). 2022 Sep; 24 (9):1453-1463 Epub 2022 Feb 26
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  47. Abdelrahman AM, Goenka AH, Alva-Ruiz R, Yonkus JA, Leiting JL, Graham RP, Merrell KW, Thiels CA, Hallemeier CL, Warner SG, Haddock MG, Grotz TE, Tran NH, Smoot RL, Ma WW, Cleary SP, McWilliams RR, Nagorney DM, Halfdanarson TR, Kendrick ML, Truty MJ. FDG-PET Predicts Neoadjuvant Therapy Response and Survival in Borderline Resectable/Locally Advanced Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2022 Sep; 20 (9):1023-1032.e3
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  48. Watkins RD, Buckarma EH, Tomlinson JL, McCabe CE, Yonkus JA, Werneburg NW, Bayer RL, Starlinger PP, Robertson KD, Wang C, Gores GJ, Smoot RL. SHP2 inhibition enhances Yes-associated protein-mediated liver regeneration in murine partial hepatectomy models. JCI Insight. 2022 Aug 8; 7 (15) Epub 2022 Aug 08
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  49. Uson Junior PLS, DeLeon TT, Bogenberger JM, Pai RK, Kosiorek HE, Yin J, Ahn DH, Sonbol MB, Bekaii-Saab T, Mansfield AS, Buetow K, Gores GJ, Smoot R, Vasmatzis G, Kipp BR, Mahipal A, Baker AT, Babiker H, Barro O, Dumbauld C, Zhou Y, Aslam FN, Barrett M, Jacobs B, Meurice N, Arora M, Petit J, Elliott N, Nagalo B, Salomao MA, Borad MJ. FGFR2-IIIb Expression by Immunohistochemistry Has High Specificity in Cholangiocarcinoma with FGFR2 Genomic Alterations. Dig Dis Sci. 2022 Aug; 67(8):3797-3805. Epub 2021 Nov 13.
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  50. Gudmundsdottir H, Tomlinson JL, Graham RP, Thiels CA, Warner SG, Smoot RL, Kendrick ML, Nagorney DM, Halfdanarson TR, Habermann EB, Truty MJ, Cleary SP. Outcomes of pancreatectomy with portomesenteric venous resection and reconstruction for locally advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms. HPB (Oxford). 2022 Jul; 24 (7):1186-1193 Epub 2021 Dec 31
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  51. Uson Junior PLS, Majeed U, Yin J, Botrus G, Sonbol MB, Ahn DH, Starr JS, Jones JC, Babiker H, Inabinett SR, Wylie N, Boyle AWR, Bekaii-Saab TS, Gores GJ, Smoot R, Barrett M, Nagalo B, Meurice N, Elliott N, Petit J, Zhou Y, Arora M, Dumbauld C, Barro O, Baker A, Bogenberger J, Buetow K, Mansfield A, Mody K, Borad MJ. Cell-Free Tumor DNA Dominant Clone Allele Frequency Is Associated With Poor Outcomes in Advanced Biliary Cancers Treated With Platinum-Based Chemotherapy. JCO Precis Oncol. 2022 Jun; 6 (1):e2100274
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  52. Thompson SM, Suman G, Torbenson MS, Chen ZE, Jondal DE, Patra A, Ehman EC, Andrews JC, Fleming CJ, Welch BT, Kurup AN, Roberts LR, Watt KD, Truty MJ, Cleary SP, Smoot RL, Heimbach JK, Tran NH, Mahipal A, Yin J, Zemla T, Wang C, Fogarty Z, Jacobson M, Kemp BJ, Venkatesh SK, Johnson GB, Woodrum DA, Goenka AH. PSMA as a Theranostic Target in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Immunohistochemistry and (68) Ga-PSMA-11 PET Using Cyclotron-Produced (68) Ga. Hepatol Commun. 2022 May; 6 (5):1172-1185 Epub 2021 Nov 15
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  53. Ortmayr G, Brunnthaler L, Pereyra D, Huber H, Santol J, Rumpf B, Najarnia S, Smoot R, Ammon D, Sorz T, Fritsch F, Schodl M, Voill-Glaninger A, Weitmayr B, Fodinger M, Klimpfinger M, Gruenberger T, Assinger A, Mikulits W, Starlinger P. Immunological Aspects of AXL/GAS-6 in the Context of Human Liver Regeneration. Hepatol Commun. 2022 Mar; 6 (3):576-592 Epub 2021 Dec 24
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  54. Yonkus JA, Whittle E, Alva-Ruiz R, Abdelrahman AM, Horsman SE, Suh GA, Cunningham SA, Nelson H, Grotz TE, Smoot RL, Cleary SP, Nagorney DM, Kendrick ML, Patel R, Truty MJ, Chia N. "Answers in hours": A prospective clinical study using nanopore sequencing for bile duct cultures. Surgery. 2022 Mar; 171 (3):693-702 Epub 2021 Dec 29
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  55. Alva-Ruiz R, Yohanathan L, Yonkus JA, Abdelrahman AM, Gregory LA, Halfdanarson TR, Mahipal A, McWilliams RR, Ma WW, Hallemeier CL, Graham RP, Grotz TE, Smoot RL, Cleary SP, Nagorney DM, Kendrick ML, Truty MJ. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Switch in Borderline Resectable/Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2022 Mar; 29 (3):1579-1591 Epub 2021 Nov 01
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  56. Ahn DH, Uson Junior PLS, Masci P, Kosiorek H, Halfdanarson TR, Mody K, Babiker H, DeLeon T, Sonbol MB, Gores G, Smoot R, Bekaii-Saab T, Mahipal A, Mansfield A, Tran NH, Hubbard JM, Borad MJ. A pilot study of Pan-FGFR inhibitor ponatinib in patients with FGFR-altered advanced cholangiocarcinoma. Invest New Drugs. 2022 Feb; 40 (1):134-141 Epub 2021 Aug 31
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  57. de la Fuente J, Lui J, Lennon RJ, Chatterjee A, Graham RP, Zhang L, Kendrick ML, Truty MJ, Cleary SP, Smoot RL, Nagorney DM, Gleeson FC, Levy MJ, Chandrasekhara V, Pearson RK, Petersen BT, Vege SS, Chari ST, Majumder S. Pancreatic Cancer is More Frequently Early Stage at Diagnosis in Surgically Resected Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms With Preoperative Surveillance. Gastro Hep Adv. 2022; 1 (6):1099-1107 Epub 2022 July 19
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  58. Gudmundsdottir H, Graham RP, Sonbol MB, Smoot RL, Truty MJ, Kendrick ML, Nagorney DM, Habermann EB, Halfdanarson TR, Cleary SP. Multifocality is not associated with worse survival in sporadic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. J Surg Oncol. 2021 Dec; 124 (7):1077-1084 Epub 2021 July 26
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  59. Yonkus JA, Alva-Ruiz R, Abdelrahman AM, Horsman SE, Cunningham SA, Grotz TE, Smoot RL, Cleary SP, Nagorney DM, Kendrick ML, Truty MJ. Intraoperative bile duct cultures in patients undergoing pancreatic head resection: Prospective comparison of bile duct swab versus bile duct aspiration. Surgery. 2021 Dec; 170 (6):1794-1798 Epub 2021 July 03
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  60. Mueller M, Breuer E, Mizuno T, Bartsch F, Ratti F, Benzing C, Ammar-Khodja N, Sugiura T, Takayashiki T, Hessheimer A, Kim HS, Ruzzenente A, Ahn KS, Wong T, Bednarsch J, D'Silva M, Koerkamp BG, Jeddou H, Lopez-Lopez V, de Ponthaud C, Yonkus JA, Ismail W, Nooijen LE, Hidalgo-Salinas C, Kontis E, Wagner KC, Gunasekaran G, Higuchi R, Gleisner A, Shwaartz C, Sapisochin G, Schulick RD, Yamamoto M, Noji T, Hirano S, Schwartz M, Oldhafer KJ, Prachalias A, Fusai GK, Erdmann JI, Line PD, Smoot RL, Soubrane O, Robles-Campos R, Boudjema K, Polak WG, Han HS, Neumann UP, Lo CM, Kang KJ, Guglielmi A, Park JS, Fondevila C, Ohtsuka M, Uesaka K, Adam R, Pratschke J, Aldrighetti L, De Oliveira ML, Gores GJ, Lang H, Nagino M, Clavien PA. Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma - Novel Benchmark Values for Surgical and Oncological Outcomes From 24 Expert Centers. Ann Surg. 2021 Nov 1; 274 (5):780-788
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  61. Lalazar G, Requena D, Ramos-Espiritu L, Ng D, Bhola PD, de Jong YP, Wang R, Narayan NJC, Shebl B, Levin S, Michailidis E, Kabbani M, Vercauteren KOA, Hurley AM, Farber BA, Hammond WJ, Saltsman JA 3rd, Weinberg EM, Glickman JF, Lyons BA, Ellison J, Schadde E, Hertl M, Leiting JL, Truty MJ, Smoot RL, Tierney F, Kato T, Wendel HG, LaQuaglia MP, Rice CM, Letai A, Coffino P, Torbenson MS, Ortiz MV, Simon SM. Identification of Novel Therapeutic Targets for Fibrolamellar Carcinoma Using Patient-Derived Xenografts and Direct-from-Patient Screening. Cancer Discov. 2021 Oct; 11 (10):2544-2563 Epub 2021 June 14
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  62. Buckarma E, Smoot R. Hepatocytes Induce Change in Their Neighbors by YAP-ing at Them. Hepatology 2021 Sep; 74 (3):1692-1694 Epub 2021 June 10
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  63. Bergquist JR, Thiels CA, Shubert CR, Ivanics T, Habermann EB, Vege SS, Grotz TE, Cleary SP, Smoot RL, Kendrick ML, Nagorney DM, Truty MJ. Perception versus reality: A National Cohort Analysis of the surgery-first approach for resectable pancreatic cancer. Cancer Med. 2021 Sep; 10 (17):5925-5935 Epub 2021 July 21
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  64. Luo X, Campbell NA, He L, O'Brien DR, Singer MS, Lemjabbar-Alaoui H, Ahn KS, Smoot R, Torbenson MS, Rosen SD, Roberts LR. Sulfatase 2 (SULF2) Monoclonal Antibody 5D5 Suppresses Human Cholangiocarcinoma Xenograft Growth Through Regulation of a SULF2-Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor Beta-Yes-Associated Protein Signaling Axis. Hepatology. 2021 Sep; 74 (3):1411-1428 Epub 2021 May 24
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