Publications

. FRONTIER-2: A phase 2b, long-term extension, dose-ranging study of oral JNJ-77242113 for the treatment of moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2025-03-01; doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2024.10.076. PubMed PMID: 39549848.

. Can molecular cancer signals circulating in blood help us prevent cancer-related deaths? Lancet. 2025-01-06; doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)02708-9. PubMed PMID: 39788138.

. More on Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking and Cancer Mortality Content -Reply. JAMA Oncol. 2025-01-01; doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.5215. PubMed PMID: 39570604.

. A rigorous multi-laboratory study of known PDAC biomarkers identifies increased sensitivity and specificity over CA19-9 alone. Cancer Lett. 2024-11-01;604217245. doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2024.217245. PubMed PMID: 39276915; PMCID: PMC11808537.

. 24-Hour Perioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Cystectomy and Urinary Diversions-Less Is More. JAMA Netw Open. 2024-10-01;7(10):e2439361. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.39361. PubMed PMID: 39422914.

. The role of family history in predicting germline pathogenic variant carriers who develop pancreatic cancer: Results of a multicenter collaboration. Cancer. 2024-10-01; doi: 10.1002/cncr.35383. PubMed PMID: 38809542; PMCID: PMC11371512.

. Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking and Risk of Cancer Mortality. JAMA Oncol. 2024-09-01; doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.1939. PubMed PMID: 38990578; PMCID: PMC11240226.

. Dermatology Medications with the Highest Cost Burden on Medicare Part D: Potential Implications of the Inflation Reduction Act. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2024-08-01; doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2024.04.030. PubMed PMID: 38663745.

. Body Mass Index and Risk of Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Asia. JAMA Netw Open. 2024-08-01;7(8):e2429494. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.29494. PubMed PMID: 39196559; PMCID: PMC11358861.

. Severe obesity is associated with worse outcomes than lean metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease. Hepatol Commun. 2024-07-01;8(7): doi: 10.1097/HC9.0000000000000471. PubMed PMID: 38934706; PMCID: PMC11213590.

. Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementia Following Hormone-Modulating Therapy in Patients With Breast Cancer. JAMA Netw Open. 2024-07-01;7(7):e2422493. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.22493. PubMed PMID: 39012631; PMCID: PMC11252894.

. Deep learning of mammogram images to reduce unnecessary breast biopsies: a preliminary study. Breast Cancer Res. 2024-05-24;26(1):82. doi: 10.1186/s13058-024-01830-9. PubMed PMID: 38790005; PMCID: PMC11127450.

. Diet changes due to urbanization in South Africa are linked to microbiome and metabolome signatures of Westernization and colorectal cancer. Nat Commun. 2024-04-20;15(1):3379. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-46265-0. PubMed PMID: 38643180; PMCID: PMC11032404.

. Reply to Metz. Gastroenterology. 2024-04-01; doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2024.01.019. PubMed PMID: 38246508.

. Radiofrequency Ablation of Small Thyroid Cancer-A Solution Looking for a Problem? JAMA Surg. 2024-01-01; doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2023.5195. PubMed PMID: 37878308.

. Urban-Rural Differences in Receipt of Cancer Surgery at High-Volume Hospitals and Sensitivity to Hospital Volume Thresholds. JCO Oncol Pract. 2024-01-01;OP2200851. doi: 10.1200/OP.22.00851. PubMed PMID: 37590899; PMCID: PMC10827295.

. Assessment of Background Parenchymal Enhancement at Dynamic Contrast-enhanced MRI in Predicting Breast Cancer Recurrence Risk. Radiology. 2024-01-01;310(1):e230269. doi: 10.1148/radiol.230269. PubMed PMID: 38259203; PMCID: PMC10831474.

. AGA Clinical Practice Update on the Epidemiology, Evaluation, and Management of Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency: Expert Review. Gastroenterology. 2023-11-01; doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2023.07.007. PubMed PMID: 37737818.

. Automated detection and segmentation of pulmonary embolisms on computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) using deep learning but without manual outlining. Med Image Anal. 2023-10-01;89102882. doi: 10.1016/j.media.2023.102882. PubMed PMID: 37482032; PMCID: PMC10528048.

. A Combined DNA/RNA-based Next-Generation Sequencing Platform to Improve the Classification of Pancreatic Cysts and Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer Arising From Pancreatic Cysts. Ann Surg. 2023-10-01;278(4):e789-e797. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005904. PubMed PMID: 37212422; PMCID: PMC10481930.

. Melanoma Detection in Alaska Native, American Indian, Asian, Black, Hispanic, and Pacific Islander Patients in a Large Skin Cancer Screening Initiative. JAMA Dermatol. 2023-09-01; doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2023.2067. PubMed PMID: 37494017; PMCID: PMC10372752.

. Changes in skin cancer screening rates in the United States from 2005 to 2015. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2023-07-01;89(1):142-145. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2023.02.011. PubMed PMID: 36804574; PMCID: PMC11225604.

. Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of MUC1 Peptide Vaccine for Prevention of Recurrent Colorectal Adenoma. Clin Cancer Res. 2023-05-01;29(9):1678-1688. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-22-3168. PubMed PMID: 36892581; PMCID: PMC10159922.

. Reply. Gastroenterology. 2023-05-01;164(6):1029-1030. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2019.09.038. PubMed PMID: 31589871.

. Changes in Urologic Cancer Surgical Volume and Length of Stay During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Pennsylvania. JAMA Netw Open. 2023-04-03;6(4):e239848. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.9848. PubMed PMID: 37097635; PMCID: PMC10130946.

. The Association between Peptic Ulcer Disease and Gastric Cancer: Results from the Stomach Cancer Pooling (StoP) Project Consortium. Cancers (Basel). 2022-10-07;14(19): doi: 10.3390/cancers14194905. PubMed PMID: 36230828; PMCID: PMC9563899.

. American Association of Endocrine Surgeons Guidelines for Adrenalectomy: Executive Summary. JAMA Surg. 2022-10-01;157(10):870-877. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2022.3544. PubMed PMID: 35976622; PMCID: PMC9386598.

. Counting Advanced Precancerous Lesions as True Positives When Determining Colorectal Cancer Screening Test Specificity. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2022-07-11;114(7):1040-1043. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djac027. PubMed PMID: 35134969; PMCID: PMC9275773.

. Significance of Uncinate Duct Dilatation in IPMNs: A New High-risk Criterion? Ann Surg. 2022-06-01;275(6):e789-e795. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004307. PubMed PMID: 33201115.

. Five-Year Outcomes of a Melanoma Screening Initiative in a Large Health Care System. JAMA Dermatol. 2022-05-01;158(5):504-512. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2022.0253. PubMed PMID: 35385051; PMCID: PMC8988026.

. Automated identification of pulmonary arteries and veins depicted in non-contrast chest CT scans. Med Image Anal. 2022-04-01;77102367. doi: 10.1016/j.media.2022.102367. PubMed PMID: 35066393; PMCID: PMC8901546.

. A machine and human reader study on AI diagnosis model safety under attacks of adversarial images. Nat Commun. 2021-12-14;12(1):7281. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-27577-x. PubMed PMID: 34907229; PMCID: PMC8671500.

. Association between body mass index and colorectal adenomas: Findings from a case-control study in Vietnam. Int J Cancer. 2021-12-01;149(11):1898-1909. doi: 10.1002/ijc.33757. PubMed PMID: 34346504; PMCID: PMC11552659.

. Stargazing through the lens of AI in clinical oncology. Nat Cancer. 2021-12-01;2(12):1265-1267. doi: 10.1038/s43018-021-00307-4. PubMed PMID: 35121926.

. COVID-19 vaccine safety and efficacy in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory disease: Review of available evidence. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2021-11-01;85(5):1274-1284. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2021.07.054. PubMed PMID: 34363909; PMCID: PMC8336973.

. Cost of Treatment of Benign and Premalignant Lesions During Skin Cancer Screening. JAMA Dermatol. 2021-07-01;157(7):876-879. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2021.1953. PubMed PMID: 34106213; PMCID: PMC8190700.

. Fighting Prejudice and Absorbing Refugees From Nazism: The National Committee for the Resettlement of Foreign Physicians, 1939-1945. Ann Intern Med. 2021-05-01;174(5):680-686. doi: 10.7326/M20-6002. PubMed PMID: 33999678.

. Risk-Stratifying Pulmonary Nodules. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021-01-01;203(1):149-150. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202008-3057LE. PubMed PMID: 33141600; PMCID: PMC7781134.

. Improving Lung Cancer Screening Uptake. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020-10-15;202(8):1193. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202004-1486LE. PubMed PMID: 32525397; PMCID: PMC7560805.

. Screening For Colorectal Cancer in the Age of Simulation Models: A Historical Lens. Gastroenterology. 2020-10-01;159(4):1201-1204. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.07.010. PubMed PMID: 32682768; PMCID: PMC7365068.

. Strategies for Colorectal Cancer Screening. Gastroenterology. 2020-01-01;158(2):418-432. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2019.06.043. PubMed PMID: 31394083.

. Preneoplastic Colorectal Polyps: "I Found Them and Removed Them-Now What?". Ann Intern Med. 2019-11-05;171(9):667-668. doi: 10.7326/M19-2795. PubMed PMID: 31546250.

. Remembering the Hippocratic Oath in Surgical Training. JAMA Surg. 2019-10-01;154(10):958-959. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2019.3013. PubMed PMID: 31389976.

. Maternal Obesity, Birth Size, and Risk of Childhood Cancer Development. Am J Epidemiol. 2019-08-01;188(8):1503-1511. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwz118. PubMed PMID: 31107539; PMCID: PMC6670047.

. Cost-Effectiveness and National Effects of Initiating Colorectal Cancer Screening for Average-Risk Persons at Age 45 Years Instead of 50 Years. Gastroenterology. 2019-07-01;157(1):137-148. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2019.03.023. PubMed PMID: 30930021; PMCID: PMC7161092.

. BRCA1 Promoter Methylation Is Linked to Defective Homologous Recombination Repair and Elevated miR-155 to Disrupt Myeloid Differentiation in Myeloid Malignancies. Clin Cancer Res. 2019-04-15;25(8):2513-2522. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-18-0179. PubMed PMID: 30692098.

. Deep Learning to Distinguish Recalled but Benign Mammography Images in Breast Cancer Screening. Clin Cancer Res. 2018-12-01;24(23):5902-5909. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-18-1115. PubMed PMID: 30309858; PMCID: PMC6297117.

. Number of Adenomas Removed and Colorectal Cancers Prevented in Randomized Trials of Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Screening. Gastroenterology. 2018-10-01;155(4):1059-1068.e2. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2018.06.040. PubMed PMID: 29935150.

. Mitochondrial dysfunction in cancer chemoprevention by phytochemicals from dietary and medicinal plants. Semin Cancer Biol. 2017-12-01;47147-153. doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2016.11.009. PubMed PMID: 27867044; PMCID: PMC5435556.

. The 10-year repeat after a negative colonoscopy. Endoscopy. 2017-12-01;49(12):1198-1199. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-120444. PubMed PMID: 29186732.

. Early Detection of Lung Cancer Using DNA Promoter Hypermethylation in Plasma and Sputum. Clin Cancer Res. 2017-04-15;23(8):1998-2005. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-16-1371. PubMed PMID: 27729459; PMCID: PMC6366618.

. Molecular-Directed Treatment of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment. JAMA Surg. 2016-07-01;151(7):663-70. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.0825. PubMed PMID: 27223483.

. Post-Polypectomy Surveillance That Would Please Goldilocks--Not Too Much, Not Too Little, but Just Right. Gastroenterology. 2016-04-01;150(4):791-6. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2016.01.033. PubMed PMID: 26850494.

. Next Generation of Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy: Recombinant Microbial Enzymes and Finding the Perfect Lipase. Gastroenterology. 2015-12-01;149(7):1678-81. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2015.10.025. PubMed PMID: 26505819.

. Lung Cancer Risk Prediction Using Common SNPs Located in GWAS-Identified Susceptibility Regions. J Thorac Oncol. 2015-11-01;10(11):1538-45. doi: 10.1097/JTO.0000000000000666. PubMed PMID: 26352532; PMCID: PMC4636453.

. Incidence and mortality of colorectal cancer in individuals with a family history of colorectal cancer. Gastroenterology. 2015-11-01;149(6):1438-1445.e1. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2015.07.055. PubMed PMID: 26255045; PMCID: PMC4628587.

. Nonoperative Management of Bilateral Adrenal Incidentalomas: The Value of Restraint. JAMA Surg. 2015-10-01;150(10):978. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.1732. PubMed PMID: 26200261.

. Genetics and Genetic Testing in Pancreatic Cancer. Gastroenterology. 2015-10-01;149(5):1252-1264.e4. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2015.07.057. PubMed PMID: 26255042.

. Sedation Options for Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015-08-01;192(3):397-8. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201504-0776LE. PubMed PMID: 26230241; PMCID: PMC4584254.

. Colorectal cancer incidence by age among patients undergoing surveillance colonoscopy. JAMA Intern Med. 2015-05-01;175(5):858-60. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.0344. PubMed PMID: 25822077.

. Fat, fibre and cancer risk in African Americans and rural Africans. Nat Commun. 2015-04-28;66342. doi: 10.1038/ncomms7342. PubMed PMID: 25919227; PMCID: PMC4415091.

. Prognosis and conditional disease-free survival among patients with ovarian cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2014-12-20;32(36):4102-12. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2014.55.1713. PubMed PMID: 25403208; PMCID: PMC4265120.

. Can symptomatic cancer be distinguished from screen detected cancer? Gastroenterology. 2014-08-01;147(2):545-6. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2014.05.044. PubMed PMID: 24973674.

. Progressive chromatin repression and promoter methylation of CTNNA1 associated with advanced myeloid malignancies. Cancer Res. 2009-11-01;69(21):8482-90. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-1153. PubMed PMID: 19826047; PMCID: PMC3081599.

. An inactivating mutation in HDAC2 leads to dysregulation of apoptosis mediated by APAF1. Gastroenterology. 2008-11-01;135(5):1654-1664.e2. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.07.078. PubMed PMID: 18834886.

. DNA methylation markers and early recurrence in stage I lung cancer. N Engl J Med. 2008-03-13;358(11):1118-28. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0706550. PubMed PMID: 18337602.

. Abrogation of the Rb/p16 tumor-suppressive pathway in virtually all pancreatic carcinomas. Cancer Res. 1997-08-01;57(15):3126-30. PubMed PMID: 9242437.