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Alex Boussioutas is a researcher affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia. Their research primarily encompasses Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on several subfields including Oncology, Surgery, Molecular Biology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, as well as Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The primary topics in Alex Boussioutas's body of work cover genetic factors in colorectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, and microscopic colitis. Their research also addresses colorectal cancer screening and detection, gastric cancer management and outcomes, gut microbiota and health, along with Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies.

Boussioutas has published articles in several prominent venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Crohn's and Colitis
  • Gastroenterology
  • Cancers

Some of Boussioutas's recent notable papers include:

  • "Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer: updated clinical practice guidelines," 2020, The Lancet Oncology
  • "Cancer prevention with aspirin in hereditary colorectal cancer (Lynch syndrome), 10-year follow-up and registry-based 20-year data in the CAPP2 study: a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial," 2020, The Lancet
  • "Cell graph neural networks enable the precise prediction of patient survival in gastric cancer," 2022, npj Precision Oncology
  • "Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Resectable Gastric Cancer," 2024, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Toward transmural healing: Sonographic healing is associated with improved long-term outcomes in patients with Crohn's disease," 2022, Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Boussioutas has collaborated extensively with a group of frequent co-authors, including:

  • Rita A. Busuttil (16 collaborations)
  • Mark A. Jenkins (15 collaborations)
  • Daniel D. Buchanan (15 collaborations)
  • Finlay Macrae (14 collaborations)
  • Aung Ko Win (14 collaborations)

Best Publications

  • Comprehensive molecular characterization of gastric adenocarcinoma

    Adam J. Bass;Vesteinn Thorsson;Ilya Shmulevich;Sheila M. Reynolds

  • Oncogenic Signaling Pathways in The Cancer Genome Atlas

    Francisco Sanchez-Vega;Marco Mina;Joshua Armenia;Walid K. Chatila

  • Cell-of-Origin Patterns Dominate the Molecular Classification of 10,000 Tumors from 33 Types of Cancer.

    Katherine A. Hoadley;Christina Yau;Christina Yau;Toshinori Hinoue;Denise M. Wolf

  • Comprehensive Characterization of Cancer Driver Genes and Mutations.

    Matthew H Bailey;Collin Tokheim;Eduard Porta-Pardo;Sohini Sengupta

  • Genomic and Functional Approaches to Understanding Cancer Aneuploidy

    Alison M. Taylor;Alison M. Taylor;Juliann Shih;Gavin Ha;Gavin Ha;Galen F. Gao

  • Cross-validation of survival associated biomarkers in gastric cancer using transcriptomic data of 1,065 patients

    A. Marcell Szász;András Lánczky;Ádám Nagy;Susann Förster

  • Comprehensive Analysis of Alternative Splicing Across Tumors from 8,705 Patients.

    André Kahles;Kjong-Van Lehmann;Nora C Toussaint;Matthias Hüser

  • Pathogenic Germline Variants in 10,389 Adult Cancers

    Kuan-Lin Huang;R Jay Mashl;Yige Wu;Deborah I Ritter

  • A comprehensive survey of genomic alterations in gastric cancer reveals systematic patterns of molecular exclusivity and co-occurrence among distinct therapeutic targets

    Niantao Deng;Liang Kee Goh;Hannah Wang;Kakoli Das

  • Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer: updated clinical guidelines with an emphasis on germline CDH1 mutation carriers.

    Rachel S van der Post;Ingrid P Vogelaar;Fátima Carneiro;Parry Guilford

  • Erratum: Comprehensive Characterization of Cancer Driver Genes and Mutations (ARTICLE (2018) 173(2) (371–385), (S009286741830237X), (10.1016/j.cell.2018.02.060))

    Matthew H. Bailey;Collin Tokheim;Eduard Porta-Pardo;Sohini Sengupta

  • Identification of Molecular Subtypes of Gastric Cancer With Different Responses to PI3-Kinase Inhibitors and 5-Fluorouracil

    Zhengdeng Lei;Iain Beehuat Tan;Kakoli Das;Niantao Deng

  • Pan-cancer Alterations of the MYC Oncogene and Its Proximal Network across the Cancer Genome Atlas

    Franz X. Schaub;Varsha Dhankani;Ashton C. Berger;Mihir Trivedi

  • Oncogenic Pathway Combinations Predict Clinical Prognosis in Gastric Cancer

    Chia Huey Ooi;Tatiana Ivanova;Jeanie Wu;Minghui Lee

  • Interleukin-11 Is the Dominant IL-6 Family Cytokine during Gastrointestinal Tumorigenesis and Can Be Targeted Therapeutically

    Tracy L. Putoczki;Tracy L. Putoczki;Stefan Thiem;Andrea Loving;Rita A. Busuttil;Rita A. Busuttil

  • Intrinsic subtypes of gastric cancer, based on gene expression pattern, predict survival and respond differently to chemotherapy

    Iain Beehuat Tan;Tatiana Ivanova;Kiat Hon Lim;Chee Wee Ong

  • Hyperactivation of Stat3 in gp130 mutant mice promotes gastric hyperproliferation and desensitizes TGF-beta signaling.

    Brendan John Jenkins;Dianne Grail;Thao Nheu;Meri Najdovska

  • Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer: Updated Clinical Practice Guidelines

    Vanessa R. Blair;Maybelle McLeod;Fátima Carneiro;Daniel G. Coit

  • Genomic, Pathway Network, and Immunologic Features Distinguishing Squamous Carcinomas

    Joshua D. Campbell;Joshua D. Campbell;Joshua D. Campbell;Christina Yau;Christina Yau;Reanne Bowlby;Yuexin Liu

  • Cancer prevention with aspirin in hereditary colorectal cancer (Lynch syndrome), 10-year follow-up and registry-based 20-year data in the CAPP2 study: a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial

    John Burn;Harsh Sheth;Faye Elliott;Lynn Reed

Frequent Co-Authors

Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Mark A. Jenkins
Mark A. Jenkins University of Melbourne
John L. Hopper
John L. Hopper University of Melbourne
Patrick Tan
Patrick Tan Duke NUS Graduate Medical School
Daniel D. Buchanan
Daniel D. Buchanan University of Melbourne
Jaffer A. Ajani
Jaffer A. Ajani The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
David D.L. Bowtell
David D.L. Bowtell Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Matthias Ernst
Matthias Ernst La Trobe University
Andrew D. Cherniack
Andrew D. Cherniack Broad Institute
Maciej Wiznerowicz
Maciej Wiznerowicz Poznan University of Medical Sciences

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