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2024

Journal Article

Preoperative chemoradiotherapy for resectable gastric cancer

Leong, Trevor, Smithers, B. Mark, Michael, Michael, Haustermans, Karin, Wong, Rebecca, Gebski, Val, O’Connell, Rachel L., Zalcberg, John, Boussioutas, Alex, Findlay, Michael, Willis, David, Moore, Alisha, Murray, William K., Lordick, Florian, O’Callaghan, Chris, Swallow, Carol, Darling, Gail, Miller, Danielle, Strickland, Andrew, Liberman, Moishe, Mineur, Laurent and Simes, John (2024). Preoperative chemoradiotherapy for resectable gastric cancer. The New England Journal of Medicine, 391 (19), 1810-1821. doi: 10.1056/nejmoa2405195

Preoperative chemoradiotherapy for resectable gastric cancer

2024

Journal Article

Quality performance indicators for oesophageal and gastric cancer: ANZ expert Delphi consensus

Kulasegaran, Suheelan, Woodhouse, Braden, Wang, Yijiao, Siddaiah‐Subramanya, Manjunath, Merrett, Neil, Smithers, Bernard Mark, Watson, David, MacCormick, Andrew, Srinivasa, Sanket and Koea, Jonathan (2024). Quality performance indicators for oesophageal and gastric cancer: ANZ expert Delphi consensus. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 94 (10), 1732-1737. doi: 10.1111/ans.19173

Quality performance indicators for oesophageal and gastric cancer: ANZ expert Delphi consensus

2024

Conference Publication

A Randomised, Placebo-Controlled, Phase II Trial of Adjuvant Avelumab in Patients with Stage I-III Merkel Cell Carcinoma

Xu, Wen, Poulsen, Michael, Atkinson, Victoria, Fogarty, Gerald, Veness, Michael, Smithers, Bernard, Gyorki, David, Mar, Victoria and Guminski, Alexander (2024). A Randomised, Placebo-Controlled, Phase II Trial of Adjuvant Avelumab in Patients with Stage I-III Merkel Cell Carcinoma. Medical Oncology Group of Australia Incorporated Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney, NSW Australia, 14-16 August 2024. Chichester, West Sussex United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/ajco.14111

A Randomised, Placebo-Controlled, Phase II Trial of Adjuvant Avelumab in Patients with Stage I-III Merkel Cell Carcinoma

2024

Conference Publication

Alterations In Local Oesophageal Microbiota And Outcomes After Oesophagectomy For Oesophago-gastric Cancer: A Pilot Study

Stokes, Matthew, (Frank) Yu, Zirong, Schlebusch, Sanmarie, Jennison, Amy, Graham, Rikki, Cooper, Caroline, Smithers, B. Mark, Barbour, Andrew, Thomson, Iain and Frankel, Adam (2024). Alterations In Local Oesophageal Microbiota And Outcomes After Oesophagectomy For Oesophago-gastric Cancer: A Pilot Study. 20th ISDE World Congress for Esophageal Diseases, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 22 - 24 September 2024. Cary, NC United States: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/dote/doae057.006

Alterations In Local Oesophageal Microbiota And Outcomes After Oesophagectomy For Oesophago-gastric Cancer: A Pilot Study

2024

Journal Article

Achieving a textbook outcome in patients undergoing gastric resections in a low incidence, high volume Australian Upper GI unit

Bouffler, Clare, King, Sarah, Frankel, Adam, Barbour, Andrew, Scott, Justin, Thomas, Janine, Smithers, B. Mark and Thomson, Iain (2024). Achieving a textbook outcome in patients undergoing gastric resections in a low incidence, high volume Australian Upper GI unit. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 28 (9), 1436-1442. doi: 10.1016/j.gassur.2024.06.005

Achieving a textbook outcome in patients undergoing gastric resections in a low incidence, high volume Australian Upper GI unit

2024

Conference Publication

A randomized phase III trial of perioperative chemotherapy (periop CT) with or without preoperative chemoradiotherapy (preop CRT) for resectable gastric cancer (AGITG TOPGEAR): Final results from an intergroup trial of AGITG, TROG, EORTC and CCTG

Leong, T., Smithers, B.M., Michael, M., Haustermans, K.M., Wong, R., Gebski, V., O'Connell, R., Zalcberg, J.R., Boussioutas, A., Findlay, M., Willis, D., Moore, A., Lordick, F., O'Callaghan, C., Swallow, C., Darling, G.E., Strickland, A., Liberman, M., Mineur, L. and Simes, J. (2024). A randomized phase III trial of perioperative chemotherapy (periop CT) with or without preoperative chemoradiotherapy (preop CRT) for resectable gastric cancer (AGITG TOPGEAR): Final results from an intergroup trial of AGITG, TROG, EORTC and CCTG. ESMO Congress 2024, Barcelona, Spain, 13-17 September 2024. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.annonc.2024.08.2300

A randomized phase III trial of perioperative chemotherapy (periop CT) with or without preoperative chemoradiotherapy (preop CRT) for resectable gastric cancer (AGITG TOPGEAR): Final results from an intergroup trial of AGITG, TROG, EORTC and CCTG

2024

Journal Article

Complications and adverse events in lymphadenectomy of the inguinal area: worldwide expert consensus

Sotelo, René, Sayegh, Aref S., Medina, Luis G., Perez, Laura C., La Riva, Anibal, Eppler, Michael B., Gaona, José, Tobias-Machado, Marcos, Spiess, Philippe E., Pettaway, Curtis A., Lima Pompeo, Antonio Carlos, Lima Mattos, Pablo Aloisio, Wilson, Timothy G., Villoldo, Gustavo M., Chung, Eric, Samaniego, Aldo, Ornellas, Antonio Augusto, Pinheiro, Vladimir, Brazão, Eder S., Subira-Rios, David, Koifman, Leandro, Zequi, Stênio de Cassio, Pontillo Z, Humberto M., Rodrigues Calixto, José de Ribamar, Campos Silva, Rafael, Smithers, B. Mark, Garzon, Simone, Haase, Oliver, Sommariva, Antonio ... Cacciamani, Giovanni E. (2024). Complications and adverse events in lymphadenectomy of the inguinal area: worldwide expert consensus. BJS Open, 8 (4) zrae056, 1-8. doi: 10.1093/bjsopen/zrae056

Complications and adverse events in lymphadenectomy of the inguinal area: worldwide expert consensus

2024

Journal Article

Lymphatic expression of the proliferation marker Ki67 is linked to sentinel node positivity, recurrence and mortality in primary cutaneous melanoma

Tan, Samuel X., Chong, Sharene, Rowe, Casey, Galbraith, Jack, Dight, James, Zhou, Chenhao, Malt, Maryrose, Smithers, Bernard Mark and Khosrotehrani, Kiarash (2024). Lymphatic expression of the proliferation marker Ki67 is linked to sentinel node positivity, recurrence and mortality in primary cutaneous melanoma. Experimental Dermatology, 33 (3) e15041, 1-7. doi: 10.1111/exd.15041

Lymphatic expression of the proliferation marker Ki67 is linked to sentinel node positivity, recurrence and mortality in primary cutaneous melanoma

2024

Journal Article

iCare – a self-directed, interactive online program to improve health and wellbeing for people living with upper gastrointestinal or hepato-pancreato-biliary cancers, and their informal carers: the study protocol for a Phase II randomised controlled trial

Livingston, Patricia M., Winter, Natalie, Ugalde, Anna, Orellana, Liliana, Mikocka-Walus, Antonina, Jefford, Michael, Zalcberg, John, Orford, Neil, Hutchinson, Alison M., Barbour, Andrew, Kiss, Nicole, Smithers, Bernard Mark, Watson, David I., McCaffrey, Nikki and White, Victoria (2024). iCare – a self-directed, interactive online program to improve health and wellbeing for people living with upper gastrointestinal or hepato-pancreato-biliary cancers, and their informal carers: the study protocol for a Phase II randomised controlled trial. BMC Cancer, 24 (1) 144. doi: 10.1186/s12885-024-11861-2

iCare – a self-directed, interactive online program to improve health and wellbeing for people living with upper gastrointestinal or hepato-pancreato-biliary cancers, and their informal carers: the study protocol for a Phase II randomised controlled trial

2024

Journal Article

Novel Textbook Outcomes following emergency laparotomy: Delphi exercise

Naumann, David N., Bhangu, Aneel, Brooks, Adam, Martin, Matthew, Cotton, Bryan A., Khan, Mansoor, Midwinter, Mark J., Pearce, Lyndsay, Bowley, Douglas M., Holcomb, John B., Griffiths, Ewen A., Smithers, Mark (BEACON Collaborative group member) and BEACON Collaborative (2024). Novel Textbook Outcomes following emergency laparotomy: Delphi exercise. BJS Open, 8 (1) zrad145. doi: 10.1093/bjsopen/zrad145

Novel Textbook Outcomes following emergency laparotomy: Delphi exercise

2024

Journal Article

Automated scoring of tumour infiltrating lymphocytes informs risk of death from thin melanoma: a nested case-case study

Tan, Samuel X., Aung, Thazin N., Claeson, Magdalena, Acs, Balazs, Zhou, Chenhao, Brown, Susan, Lambie, Duncan, Baade, Peter D., Pandeya, Nirmala, Soyer, H. Peter, Smithers, B. Mark, Whiteman, David C., Rimm, David L. and Khosrotehrani, Kiarash (2024). Automated scoring of tumour infiltrating lymphocytes informs risk of death from thin melanoma: a nested case-case study. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 90 (1), 179-182. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2023.09.026

Automated scoring of tumour infiltrating lymphocytes informs risk of death from thin melanoma: a nested case-case study

2023

Journal Article

pSTAT5 is associated with improved survival in patients with thick or ulcerated primary cutaneous melanoma

Tan, Samuel X., Chong, Sharene, Rowe, Casey, Claeson, Magdalena, Dight, James, Zhou, Chenhao, Rodero, Mathieu P., Malt, Maryrose, Smithers, B. Mark, Green, Adele C. and Khosrotehrani, Kiarash (2023). pSTAT5 is associated with improved survival in patients with thick or ulcerated primary cutaneous melanoma. Melanoma Research, 33 (6), 506-513. doi: 10.1097/cmr.0000000000000915

pSTAT5 is associated with improved survival in patients with thick or ulcerated primary cutaneous melanoma

2023

Journal Article

PHYSIO+++: protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial assessing the feasibility of physiotherapist-led non-invasive ventilation for patients with hypoxaemia following abdominal surgery

Hackett, Claire, Denehy, Linda, Kruger, Peter, Ripley, Nina, Reid, Natasha, Smithers, B. Mark, Walker, Rachel M., Hope, Louise and Boden, Ianthe (2023). PHYSIO+++: protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial assessing the feasibility of physiotherapist-led non-invasive ventilation for patients with hypoxaemia following abdominal surgery. BMJ Open, 13 (12) e078175, 1-10. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078175

PHYSIO+++: protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial assessing the feasibility of physiotherapist-led non-invasive ventilation for patients with hypoxaemia following abdominal surgery

2023

Journal Article

Prognosis of naevoid melanomas

Cook, Martin G., Grant, Megan, Sylvestre, Yvonne, Akhras, Victoria, Khosrotehrani, Kiarash, Hughes, Maria Celia B, Malt, Maryrose, Smithers, B. Mark, Massi, Daniela, De Giorgi, Vincenzo, Marais, Richard and Green, Adele C. (2023). Prognosis of naevoid melanomas. Pathology - Research and Practice, 251 154881, 154881. doi: 10.1016/j.prp.2023.154881

Prognosis of naevoid melanomas

2023

Journal Article

ctDNA: a promising biomarker for predicting recurrence in BRAF-negative melanoma patients

Aoude, Lauren G., Brosda, Sandra, Ng, Jessica, Lonie, James M., Belle, Clemence J., Patel, Kalpana, Koufariotis, Lambros T., Wood, Scott, Atkinson, Victoria, Smithers, B. Mark, Pearson, John V., Waddell, Nicola, Barbour, Andrew P. and Bonazzi, Vanessa F. (2023). ctDNA: a promising biomarker for predicting recurrence in BRAF-negative melanoma patients. Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, 25 (10), 771-781. doi: 10.1016/j.jmoldx.2023.06.014

ctDNA: a promising biomarker for predicting recurrence in BRAF-negative melanoma patients

2023

Conference Publication

Gastric filling in neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for oesophageal cancer

Hwang, Yang, Chen, Beini, Mai, Tao, Lee, Dominique, Thomson, Iain, Smithers, Mark and Frankel, Adam (2023). Gastric filling in neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for oesophageal cancer. 19th ISDE World Congress for Esophageal Diseases, Toronto, ON, Canada, 8-10 September 2023. Los Angeles, CA, United States: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1093/dote/doad052.183

Gastric filling in neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for oesophageal cancer

2023

Journal Article

Massive mixed epithelial-stromal tumour of seminal vesicle requiring challenging abdominoperineal resection: a case report and review of literature

Yu, Zirong, Choy, Kay Tai, Ong, Ferdinand, Williams, Evan, Naidu, Sanjeev, Smithers, Bernard M., Gurung, Anjan and Lutton, Nicholas (2023). Massive mixed epithelial-stromal tumour of seminal vesicle requiring challenging abdominoperineal resection: a case report and review of literature. Journal of Surgical Case Reports, 2023 (8) rjad490, 1-3. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjad490

Massive mixed epithelial-stromal tumour of seminal vesicle requiring challenging abdominoperineal resection: a case report and review of literature

2023

Journal Article

Individual participant data network meta-analysis of neoadjuvant chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy in esophageal or gastroesophageal junction carcinoma

Faron, Matthieu, Cheugoua-Zanetsie, Maurice, Tierney, Jayne, Thirion, Pierre, Nankivell, Matthew, Winter, Kathryn, Yang, Hong, Shapiro, Joel, Vernerey, Dewi, Smithers, B. Mark, Walsh, Thomas, Piessen, Guillaume, Nilsson, Magnus, Boonstra, Jurjen, Ychou, Marc, Law, Simon, Cunningham, David, de Vathaire, Florent, Stahl, Michael, Urba, Susan, Valmasoni, Michele, Williaume, Danièle, Thomas, Janine, Lordick, Florian, Tepper, Joel, Roth, Jack, Gebski, Val, Burmeister, Bryan, Paoletti, Xavier ... on behalf of the MANATEC-02 Collaborative Group (2023). Individual participant data network meta-analysis of neoadjuvant chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy in esophageal or gastroesophageal junction carcinoma. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 41 (28) jco2202279, 4535-4547. doi: 10.1200/jco.22.02279

Individual participant data network meta-analysis of neoadjuvant chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy in esophageal or gastroesophageal junction carcinoma

2023

Journal Article

Multi-omic features of oesophageal adenocarcinoma in patients treated with preoperative neoadjuvant therapy

M. Naeini, Marjan, Newell, Felicity, Aoude, Lauren G., Bonazzi, Vanessa F., Patel, Kalpana, Lampe, Guy, Koufariotis, Lambros T., Lakis, Vanessa, Addala, Venkateswar, Kondrashova, Olga, Johnston, Rebecca L., Sharma, Sowmya, Brosda, Sandra, Holmes, Oliver, Leonard, Conrad, Wood, Scott, Xu, Qinying, Thomas, Janine, Walpole, Euan, Tao Mai, G., Ackland, Stephen P., Martin, Jarad, Burge, Matthew, Finch, Robert, Karapetis, Christos S., Shannon, Jenny, Nott, Louise, Bohmer, Robert, Wilson, Kate ... Waddell, Nicola (2023). Multi-omic features of oesophageal adenocarcinoma in patients treated with preoperative neoadjuvant therapy. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 3155, 3155. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-38891-x

Multi-omic features of oesophageal adenocarcinoma in patients treated with preoperative neoadjuvant therapy

2023

Journal Article

Quality indicators in surgery for cancer: not just the operation

Smithers, B. Mark (2023). Quality indicators in surgery for cancer: not just the operation. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 93 (7-8), 1765-1767. doi: 10.1111/ans.18516

Quality indicators in surgery for cancer: not just the operation