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Asif Rashid is affiliated with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in medicine, particularly in the fields of oncology and hepatology. Their academic output spans multiple disciplines, with significant focus on hepatocellular carcinoma treatment and prognosis, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, and cancer genomics and diagnostics.

The main fields of study for Asif Rashid include Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broader fields, subfields prominently represented in their work are Oncology, Hepatology, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, and Cancer Research.

The primary topics of Rashid's research cover:

  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Rashid's common co-authors include Ahmed O. Kaseb, Robert A. Wolff, Manal M. Hassan, Hesham M. Amin, and Lianchun Xiao.

Research published by Rashid has appeared predominantly in venues such as Oncotarget, Cancer Research, Hepatology, Journal of Clinical Oncology, and Journal of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Selected recent publications include:

  • Perioperative nivolumab monotherapy versus nivolumab plus ipilimumab in resectable hepatocellular carcinoma: a randomised, open-label, phase 2 trial, 2022, The Lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology
  • Telomere dysfunction activates YAP1 to drive tissue inflammation, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Integrative molecular characterisation of gallbladder cancer reveals micro-environment-associated subtypes, 2020, Journal of Hepatology
  • Telomere dysfunction instigates inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Origin and role of hepatic myofibroblasts in hepatocellular carcinoma, 2020, Oncotarget

Best Publications

  • One Hundred Years After “Carcinoid”: Epidemiology of and Prognostic Factors for Neuroendocrine Tumors in 35,825 Cases in the United States

    James C. Yao;Manal Hassan;Alexandria T. Phan;Cecile Dagohoy

  • Involvement of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor in pulmonary homeostasis

    Glenn Dranoff;Alexander D. Crawford;Michel Sadelain;Beverly Ream

  • Simplified Staging for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    Jean Nicolas Vauthey;Gregory Y. Lauwers;Nestor F. Esnaola;Kim Anh Do

  • Efficacy of RAD001 (Everolimus) and Octreotide LAR in Advanced Low- to Intermediate-Grade Neuroendocrine Tumors: Results of a Phase II Study

    James C. Yao;Alexandria T. Phan;David Z. Chang;Robert A. Wolff

  • Alterations in Liver ATP Homeostasis in Human Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: A Pilot Study

    Helena Cortez-Pinto;John Chatham;V. P. Chacko;Cheryl Arnold

  • Histopathological Identification of Colon Cancer with Microsatellite Instability

    Julian Alexander;Toshiaki Watanabe;Tsung Teh Wu;Asif Rashid;Asif Rashid

  • Obesity induces expression of uncoupling protein-2 in hepatocytes and promotes liver ATP depletion.

    Kenneth D. Chavin;ShiQi Yang;Hui Zhi Lin;John Chatham

  • Histopathologic diagnosis of chronic graft-versus-host disease: National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Project on Criteria for Clinical Trials in Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease: II. Pathology Working Group Report.

    Howard M. Shulman;David Kleiner;Stephanie J. Lee;Thomas Morton

  • Posttherapy pathologic stage predicts survival in patients with esophageal carcinoma receiving preoperative chemoradiation

    Lucian R. Chirieac;Stephen G. Swisher;Jaffer A. Ajani;Ritsuko R. Komaki

  • Mutation Profiling in Cholangiocarcinoma: Prognostic and Therapeutic Implications

    Chaitanya R. Churi;Rachna Shroff;Ying Wang;Asif Rashid

  • Phase 2 study of erlotinib in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma.

    Melanie B. Thomas;Romil Chadha;Katrina Glover;Xuemei Wang

  • Population-Based Study of Islet Cell Carcinoma

    James C. Yao;Milton P. Eisner;Colleen Leary;Cecile Dagohoy

  • Progenitor/stem cells give rise to liver cancer due to aberrant TGF-β and IL-6 signaling

    Yi Tang;Krit Kitisin;Wilma Jogunoori;Cuiling Li

  • Elevated expression of fatty acid synthase and fatty acid synthetic activity in colorectal neoplasia.

    Asif Rashid;Ellen S. Pizer;Michael Moga;Lea Z. Milgraum

  • Promoter methylation of E-cadherin gene in gastric mucosa associated with Helicobacter pylori infection and in gastric cancer

    A. O.-O. Chan;S.-K. Lam;B. C.-Y. Wong;W.-M. Wong

  • DNA Methylation Changes after 5-Aza-2′-Deoxycytidine Therapy in Patients with Leukemia

    Allen S. Yang;Ketan D. Doshi;Sang Woon Choi;Joel B. Mason

  • The effects of sulindac on colorectal proliferation and apoptosis in familial adenomatous polyposis.

    Pankaj Jay Pasricha;Atul Bedi;Kathryn O'Connor;Asif Rashid

  • Frequent CpG Island Methylation in Serrated Adenomas of the Colorectum

    Seun Ja Park;Asif Rashid;Jae Hyuk Lee;Sang Geol Kim

  • Phenotypic and molecular characteristics of hyperplastic polyposis

    Asif Rashid;Patrick S. Houlihan;Susan Booker;Gloria M. Petersen

  • MicroRNA-196a targets annexin A1: a microRNA-mediated mechanism of annexin A1 downregulation in cancers

    Rajyalakshmi Luthra;Rajesh R Singh;M. G. Luthra;Y. X. Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Stanley R. Hamilton
Stanley R. Hamilton City Of Hope National Medical Center
Ann W. Hsing
Ann W. Hsing Stanford University
Robert A. Wolff
Robert A. Wolff The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
James C. Yao
James C. Yao The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Yu-Tang Gao
Yu-Tang Gao Fudan University
Huamin Wang
Huamin Wang The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
James L. Abbruzzese
James L. Abbruzzese Duke University
Jason B. Fleming
Jason B. Fleming The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jeffrey E. Lee
Jeffrey E. Lee The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Tsung Teh Wu
Tsung Teh Wu Mayo Clinic

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