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Overview

Alexander W. Friedrich is affiliated with the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Epidemiology, Surgery, and Physiology.

The scientist's main topics of study include:

  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology
  • Renal Cell Carcinoma Treatment
  • Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies
  • Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes

Friedrich has contributed to multiple publications across several notable venues. The frequent venues include:

  • ESMO Open
  • Annals of Oncology
  • Cancers
  • Palliative Medicine
  • Clinical & Experimental Metastasis

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Friedrich are:

  • Clinical risk factors for ascites in metastatic pancreatic cancer, 2023, ESMO Open
  • C-reactive protein and white blood cell count are adverse prognostic markers for patients with advanced cancer on parenteral nutrition in a palliative care unit setting: A retrospective cohort study, 2022, Palliative Medicine
  • Brain metastases from hepatopancreatobiliary malignancies, 2023, Clinical & Experimental Metastasis
  • Current Landscape of Molecular Biomarkers in Gastroesophageal Tumors and Potential Strategies for Co-Expression Patterns, 2025, Cancers
  • Prognosticators of survival in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer and ascites, 2023, ESMO Open

Friedrich frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Gerald W. Prager
  • Matthias Preusser
  • J.M. Berger
  • Elisabeth Bergen
  • Anna S. Berghoff

Best Publications

  • Discovery, research, and development of new antibiotics: the WHO priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and tuberculosis.

    Evelina Tacconelli;Elena Carrara;Alessia Savoldi;Stephan Harbarth

  • The molecular evolution of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

    R.H. Deurenberg;C. Vink;Smilja Kalenić;A.W. Friedrich

  • Escherichia coli Harboring Shiga Toxin 2 Gene Variants: Frequency and Association with Clinical Symptoms

    Alexander W Friedrich;Martina Bielaszewska;Wen-Lan Zhang;Matthias Pulz

  • Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): global epidemiology and harmonisation of typing methods

    Stefania Stefani;Doo Ryeon Chung;Jodi A. Lindsay;Alex W. Friedrich

  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): Burden of disease and control challenges in Europe

    Robin Köck;Karsten Becker;B. Cookson;J. E. van Gemert-Pijnen

  • Occurrence of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli in the European survey of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (EuSCAPE): a prospective, multinational study.

    Hajo Grundmann;Hajo Grundmann;Corinna Glasner;Corinna Glasner;Barbara Albiger;David M Aanensen;David M Aanensen

  • Overview of molecular typing methods for outbreak detection and epidemiological surveillance

    Sabat Aj;Budimir A;Nashev D;Sá-Leão R

  • Geographic Distribution of Staphylococcus aureus Causing Invasive Infections in Europe: A Molecular-Epidemiological Analysis

    Hajo Grundmann;David M. Aanensen;Cees C. van den Wijngaard;Brian G. Spratt

  • Application of next generation sequencing in clinical microbiology and infection prevention.

    Ruud H. Deurenberg;Erik Bathoorn;Monika A. Chlebowicz;Natacha Couto

  • Circulating plasma concentrations of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 in men and women with heart failure and effects of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone inhibitors.

    Iziah E. Sama;Alice Ravera;Alice Ravera;Bernadet T. Santema;Harry van Goor

  • Prevalence of Genes Encoding Pyrogenic Toxin Superantigens and Exfoliative Toxins among Strains of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Blood and Nasal Specimens

    Karsten Becker;Alexander W. Friedrich;Gabriele Lubritz;Maria Weilert

  • Assignment of Staphylococcus isolates to groups by spa typing, SmaI macrorestriction analysis, and multilocus sequence typing.

    B Strommenger;C Kettlitz;T Weniger;D Harmsen

  • Emergence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in different animal species

    Christiane Cuny;Alexander Friedrich;Svetlana Kozytska;Franziska Layer

  • Analysis of collection of hemolytic uremic syndrome-associated enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli

    Alexander Mellmann;Martina Bielaszewska;Robin Köck;Alexander W Friedrich

  • Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in wildlife, food-producing, and companion animals: a systematic review

    R. Köck;I. Daniels-Haardt;K. Becker;A. Mellmann

  • Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Europe: A survey among national experts from 39 countries, February 2013

    C. Glasner;B. Albiger;G. Buist;A. Tambić Andrašević

  • Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) as causes of human infection and colonization in Germany.

    Robin Köck;Frieder Schaumburg;Alexander Mellmann;Mahir Köksal

  • Faecal S100A12 as a non-invasive marker distinguishing inflammatory bowel disease from irritable bowel syndrome

    Thomas Kaiser;Jost Langhorst;Helmut Wittkowski;Karsten Becker

  • Livestock-associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Humans, Europe

    Brigitte A G L van Cleef;Dominique Louis Monnet;Andreas Voss;Karina K. Krziwanek

  • Practical issues in implementing whole-genome-sequencing in routine diagnostic microbiology

    John W A Rossen;Alexander W Friedrich;Jacob Moran-Gilad

  • High Interlaboratory Reproducibility of DNA Sequence-Based Typing of Bacteria in a Multicenter Study

    Marta Aires-de-Sousa;K Boye;H de Lencastre;A Deplano

Frequent Co-Authors

John W. A. Rossen
John W. A. Rossen University Medical Center Groningen
Helge Karch
Helge Karch University of Münster
Robin Köck
Robin Köck Essen University Hospital
Karsten Becker
Karsten Becker Greifswald University Hospital
Alexander Mellmann
Alexander Mellmann University of Münster
Hajo Grundmann
Hajo Grundmann University of Freiburg
Martina Bielaszewska
Martina Bielaszewska University of Münster
Jan Kluytmans
Jan Kluytmans Utrecht University
Georg Peters
Georg Peters University of Münster
Wolfgang P. Schleich
Wolfgang P. Schleich University of Ulm

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