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Günter Klöppel is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a primary focus on oncology, epidemiology, surgery, neurology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine. Their research primarily concentrates on neuroendocrine tumors, pancreatic and hepatic oncology, neuroblastoma, lung cancer, pancreatitis pathology and treatment, pancreatic function and diabetes, and gestational trophoblastic disease studies.

Klöppel's recent publications demonstrate a sustained interest in neuroendocrine neoplasms and tumor pathology. Notable papers include:

  • Neuroendocrine neoplasms of the pancreas: diagnosis and pitfalls, 2021, published in Archiv für Pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für Klinische Medicin
  • An analysis of 130 neuroendocrine tumors G3 regarding prevalence, origin, metastasis, and diagnostic features, 2021, Archiv für Pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für Klinische Medicin
  • ENETS standardized (synoptic) reporting for neuroendocrine tumour pathology, 2022, Journal of Neuroendocrinology
  • Neuroendocrine neoplasms of lung, pancreas and gut: a morphology-based comparison, 2020, Endocrine Related Cancer
  • Intra-abdominal EWSR1/FUS-CREM-rearranged malignant epithelioid neoplasms: two cases of an emerging aggressive entity with emphasis on misleading immunophenotype, 2021, Archiv für Pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für Klinische Medicin

Frequent coauthors collaborate with Klöppel on multiple publications, underscoring connections within their research network. These coauthors include:

  • Atsuko Kasajima
  • Björn Konukiewitz
  • Wilko Weichert
  • Moritz Jesinghaus
  • Katja Steiger

Major publication venues where Klöppel's work appears include:

  • Archiv für Pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für Klinische Medicin
  • Endocrine Related Cancer
  • Laboratory Investigation
  • Endocrine Pathology
  • Die Pathologie

Klöppel has also contributed to book publications, with works published by the American Registry of Pathology and Springer Nature. Titles include Tumors of the Pancreas (2023) and Pathologie (2020).

Their research output covers a range of topics within oncology and pathology, emphasizing neuroendocrine tumors and related cancer research. This is reflected in the distribution of their publications across subfields such as oncology, epidemiology, and surgery.

Best Publications

  • TNM staging of foregut (neuro)endocrine tumors: a consensus proposal including a grading system

    G. Rindi;G. Klöppel;H. Alhman;M. Caplin

  • International consensus diagnostic criteria for autoimmune pancreatitis: guidelines of the International Association of Pancreatology.

    Tooru Shimosegawa;Suresh T. Chari;Luca Frulloni;Terumi Kamisawa

  • Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia: A New Nomenclature and Classification System for Pancreatic Duct Lesions

    R H Hruban;N V Adsay;J Albores-Saavedra;C Compton

  • An illustrated consensus on the classification of pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia and intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms

    Ralph H. Hruban;Kyoichi Takaori;David S. Klimstra;N. Volkan Adsay

  • ENETS Consensus Guidelines Update for the Management of Patients with Functional Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors and Non-Functional Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors.

    M. Falconi;B. Eriksson;G. Kaltsas;D.K. Bartsch

  • European evidence-based guidelines on pancreatic cystic neoplasms

    Marco Del Chiaro;Marc G. Besselink;Lianne Scholten;Marco J. Bruno

  • The gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine cell system and its tumors: the WHO classification.

    Günter Klöppel;Aurel Perren;Aurel Perren;Philipp U. Heitz;Philipp U. Heitz

  • Standard versus extended lymphadenectomy associated with pancreatoduodenectomy in the surgical treatment of adenocarcinoma of the head of the pancreas: a multicenter, prospective, randomized study. Lymphadenectomy Study Group.

    Sergio Pedrazzoli;Valerio DiCarlo;Renzo Dionigi;Franco Mosca

  • A common classification framework for neuroendocrine neoplasms: an International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and World Health Organization (WHO) expert consensus proposal.

    Guido Rindi;David S. Klimstra;Behnoush Abedi-Ardekani;Sylvia L. Asa

  • Stat3/Socs3 activation by IL-6 transsignaling promotes progression of pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia and development of pancreatic cancer.

    Marina Lesina;Magdalena U. Kurkowski;Katharina Ludes;Stefan Rose-John

  • Histopathological features of diagnostic and clinical relevance in autoimmune pancreatitis: a study on 53 resection specimens and 9 biopsy specimens

    Giuseppe Zamboni;Jutta Lüttges;Paola Capelli;Luca Frulloni

  • Islet Pathology and the Pathogenesis of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes mellitus Revisited

    Günter Klöppel;Matthias Löhr;Klaus Habich;Martin Oberholzer

  • Mucinous cystic tumors of the pancreas: clinicopathological features, prognosis, and relationship to other mucinous cystic tumors.

    Giuseppe Zamboni;Aldo Scarpa;Giuseppe Bogina;Calogero Iacono

  • Classification of types of intraductal papillary-mucinous neoplasm of the pancreas: a consensus study.

    Toru Furukawa;Günter Klöppel;N. Volkan Adsay;Jorge Albores-Saavedra

  • A Revised Classification System and Recommendations From the Baltimore Consensus Meeting for Neoplastic Precursor Lesions in the Pancreas.

    Olca Basturk;Seung Mo Hong;Laura D. Wood;N. Volkan Adsay

  • Tumors of the Pancreas

    Enrico Solcia;Carlo Capella;Günter Klöppel

  • Histological Typing of Endocrine Tumours

    Enrico Solcia;Günter Klöppel;Leslie H. Sobin

  • Revised classification of neuroendocrine tumours of the lung, pancreas and gut.

    C. Capella;P. U. Heitz;H. Höfler;E. Solcia

  • Recommendations for the nomenclature of IgG4-related disease and its individual organ system manifestations

    John H. Stone;Arezou Khosroshahi;Vikram Deshpande;John K. C. Chan

  • ENETS Consensus Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Digestive Neuroendocrine Neoplasms of the Digestive System: Well-Differentiated Pancreatic Non-Functioning Tumors

    Massimo Falconi;Detlef Klaus Bartsch;Barbro Eriksson;Günter Klöppel

Frequent Co-Authors

Bence Sipos
Bence Sipos University of Tübingen
Aurel Perren
Aurel Perren University of Bern
Giuseppe Zamboni
Giuseppe Zamboni University of Verona
David S. Klimstra
David S. Klimstra Yale University
Thomas M. Gress
Thomas M. Gress Philipp University of Marburg
Wolff Schmiegel
Wolff Schmiegel Ruhr University Bochum
Irene Esposito
Irene Esposito Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Bertram Wiedenmann
Bertram Wiedenmann Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Carlo Capella
Carlo Capella University of Insubria
Ralph H. Hruban
Ralph H. Hruban Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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