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David J. Sugarbaker was affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in the United States and contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a primary focus on pulmonary and respiratory medicine. Their research encompassed various subfields including surgery, oncology, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

The scientist's work covered multiple topics, notably occupational and environmental lung diseases, as well as pleural and pulmonary diseases. Other key areas of research included medical imaging and pathology studies, lung cancer diagnosis and treatment, lung cancer treatments and mutations, lung cancer research studies, and radiation dose and imaging.

Frequent co-authors who collaborated with David J. Sugarbaker included Marc De Leval, Steven Swanson, Michael T. Jaklitsch, Raphael Bueno, and Bryan M. Burt.

David J. Sugarbaker published research in several venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Other journals featuring their work included Annals of Surgery, Journal of Thoracic Disease, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, and Journal of Thoracic Oncology.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by the scientist included the following:

  • Pleurectomy Decortication in the Treatment of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma, 2020, Annals of Surgery
  • Completion pneumonectomy is safe and effective in select patients with recurrent non-small cell lung cancer, 2020, Journal of Thoracic Disease
  • Diagnostic Laparoscopy Improves Staging of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma With Routine Positron Emission Tomography Imaging, 2020, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
  • Reply to Waller et al. Standardizing Surgical Treatment for Mesothelioma, 2020, Journal of Thoracic Oncology
  • Phase III Trial of Trimodality Therapy With Cisplatin, Fluorouracil, Radiotherapy, and Surgery Compared With Surgery Alone for Esophageal Cancer: CALGB 9781, 2020, UNC Libraries

In addition to research papers, David J. Sugarbaker contributed to book publications, including the title "Tratado de Cirurgia Torácica," published in 2024 by Even3 Publicações eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Derivation and Prospective Validation of a Simple Index for Prediction of Cardiac Risk of Major Noncardiac Surgery

    T. H. Lee;E. R. Marcantonio;C. M. Mangione;E. J. Thomas

  • Classification of human lung carcinomas by mRNA expression profiling reveals distinct adenocarcinoma subclasses

    Arindam Bhattacharjee;William G. Richards;Jane Staunton;Cheng Li

  • Phase III Trial of Trimodality Therapy With Cisplatin, Fluorouracil, Radiotherapy, and Surgery Compared With Surgery Alone for Esophageal Cancer: CALGB 9781

    Joel Tepper;Mark J. Krasna;Donna Niedzwiecki;Donna Hollis

  • Resection margins, extrapleural nodal status, and cell type determine postoperative long-term survival in trimodality therapy of malignant pleural mesothelioma: Results in 183 patients

    David J. Sugarbaker;Raja M. Flores;Michael T. Jaklitsch;William G. Richards

  • Adjuvant Paclitaxel Plus Carboplatin Compared With Observation in Stage IB Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: CALGB 9633 With the Cancer and Leukemia Group B, Radiation Therapy Oncology Group, and North Central Cancer Treatment Group Study Groups

    Gary M. Strauss;James E. Herndon;Michael A. Maddaus;David W. Johnstone

  • Aging and Environmental Exposures Alter Tissue-Specific DNA Methylation Dependent upon CpG Island Context

    Brock C. Christensen;E. Andres Houseman;E. Andres Houseman;Carmen J. Marsit;Shichun Zheng

  • EML4-ALK fusion gene and efficacy of an ALK kinase inhibitor in lung cancer

    Jussi P. Koivunen;Craig Mermel;Kreshnik Zejnullahu;Carly Murphy

  • A Clinical Prediction Rule for Delirium After Elective Noncardiac Surgery

    E R Marcantonio;L Goldman;C M Mangione;L E Ludwig

  • Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

    David S. Ettinger;Wallace Akerley;Gerold Bepler;Andrew Chang

  • Lumpectomy plus Tamoxifen with or without Irradiation in Women 70 Years of Age or Older with Early Breast Cancer

    Kevin S. Hughes;Lauren A. Schnaper;Donald Berry;Constance Cirrincione

  • Translation of microarray data into clinically relevant cancer diagnostic tests using gene expression ratios in lung cancer and mesothelioma.

    Gavin J. Gordon;Roderick V. Jensen;Li Li Hsiao;Steven R. Gullans

  • Nitric oxide synthase in human and rat lung: immunocytochemical and histochemical localization.

    L. Kobzik;D. S. Bredt;C. J. Lowenstein;J. Drazen

  • Comprehensive genomic analysis of malignant pleural mesothelioma identifies recurrent mutations, gene fusions and splicing alterations

    Raphael Bueno;Eric W Stawiski;Leonard D Goldstein;Steffen Durinck

  • Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Lobectomy: Report of CALGB 39802—A Prospective, Multi-Institution Feasibility Study

    Scott J. Swanson;James E. Herndon;Thomas A. D'Amico;Todd L. Demmy

  • Phase III Intergroup Study of Talc Poudrage vs Talc Slurry Sclerosis for Malignant Pleural Effusion

    Carolyn M Dresler;Jemi Olak;James E Herndon;William G Richards

  • The American Association for Thoracic Surgery guidelines for lung cancer screening using low-dose computed tomography scans for lung cancer survivors and other high-risk groups

    Michael T. Jaklitsch;Francine L. Jacobson;John H.M. Austin;John K. Field

  • Functional Expression and Mutations of c-Met and Its Therapeutic Inhibition with SU11274 and Small Interfering RNA in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

    Patrick C. Ma;Ramasamy Jagadeeswaran;Simha Jagadeesh;Maria S. Tretiakova

  • Activating Mutations of the Noonan Syndrome-Associated SHP2/PTPN11 Gene in Human Solid Tumors and Adult Acute Myelogenous Leukemia

    Mohamed Bentires-Alj;J. Guillermo Paez;Frank S. David;Heike Keilhack

  • Multicenter Phase II Trial of Neoadjuvant Pemetrexed Plus Cisplatin Followed by Extrapleural Pneumonectomy and Radiation for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

    Lee M. Krug;Harvey I. Pass;Valerie W. Rusch;Hedy L. Kindler

  • Classification of Human Lung Carcinomas by mRNA Expression Profiling

    Arindam Bhattacharjee;Matthew Meyerson

Frequent Co-Authors

Raphael Bueno
Raphael Bueno Brigham and Women's Hospital
William G. Richards
William G. Richards Brigham and Women's Hospital
Beow Y. Yeap
Beow Y. Yeap Harvard University
James E. Herndon
James E. Herndon Duke University
David H. Harpole
David H. Harpole Duke University
Pasi A. Jänne
Pasi A. Jänne Harvard University
Lucian R. Chirieac
Lucian R. Chirieac Brigham and Women's Hospital
Bruce E. Johnson
Bruce E. Johnson Harvard University
Karl T. Kelsey
Karl T. Kelsey Brown University
Brock C. Christensen
Brock C. Christensen Dartmouth College

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