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D-Index
170
Citations
110700
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524
National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Helmut Friess is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a total of 443 publications contributing to the field. Within medicine, their work covers several subfields, including oncology, surgery, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, molecular biology, and epidemiology.

The main topics of Helmut Friess's research work span multiple areas related to cancer and surgical treatments. These topics include pancreatic and hepatic oncology research, pancreatitis pathology and treatment, colorectal cancer surgical treatments, gastric cancer management and outcomes, esophageal cancer research and treatment, neuroendocrine tumor research advances, and cardiac, anesthesia, and surgical outcomes.

Helmut Friess has published extensively in various academic journals. The frequent publication venues include:

  • Pancreatology
  • Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie
  • Gastro-News
  • Surgery
  • Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Their collaborative work is reflected by the frequent coauthors who have contributed to multiple publications alongside them. These researchers include İhsan Ekin Demir, Güralp O. Ceyhan, Daniel Hartmann, Rouzanna Istvánffy, and Ilaria Pergolini.

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Helmut Friess demonstrate a focus on pancreatic surgery and oncology topics. These papers are:

  • A Simple Classification of Pancreatic Duct Size and Texture Predicts Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula, 2021, Annals of Surgery
  • Defining Major Surgery: A Delphi Consensus Among European Surgical Association (ESA) Members, 2020, World Journal of Surgery
  • S3-Leitlinie Pankreatitis - Leitlinie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Gastroenterologie, Verdauungs- und Stoffwechselkrankheiten (DGVS) - September 2021 - AWMF Registernummer 021-003, 2022, Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie
  • ALDH1A3 Accelerates Pancreatic Cancer Metastasis by Promoting Glucose Metabolism, 2020, Frontiers in Oncology
  • Evidence Map of Pancreatic Surgery-A living systematic review with meta-analyses by the International Study Group of Pancreatic Surgery (ISGPS), 2021, Surgery

Best Publications

  • The 2016 update of the International Study Group (ISGPS) definition and grading of postoperative pancreatic fistula : 11 Years After

    Claudio Bassi;Giovanni Marchegiani;Christos Dervenis;Micheal Sarr

  • A Randomized Trial of Chemoradiotherapy and Chemotherapy after Resection of Pancreatic Cancer

    John P. Neoptolemos;Deborah D. Stocken;Helmut Friess;Claudio Bassi

  • Preoperative/Neoadjuvant Therapy in Pancreatic Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Response and Resection Percentages

    Sonja Gillen;Tibor Schuster;Christian Meyer zum Büschenfelde;Helmut Friess

  • Adjuvant chemotherapy with fluorouracil plus folinic acid vs gemcitabine following pancreatic cancer resection: a randomized controlled trial

    John P. Neoptolemos;Deborah D. Stocken;Claudio Bassi;Paula Ghaneh

  • Adjuvant chemoradiotherapy and chemotherapy in resectable pancreatic cancer: a randomised controlled trial.

    J. P. Neoptolemos;Janet A. Dunn;D. D. Stocken;J. Almond

  • Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis: Treatment Strategy According to the Status of Infection

    Markus W. Büchler;Beat Gloor;Christophe A. Müller;Helmut Friess

  • European evidence-based guidelines on pancreatic cystic neoplasms

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

  • Curative resection is the single most important factor determining outcome in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

    M Wagner;C Redaelli;M Lietz;C A Seiler

  • Borderline resectable pancreatic cancer: a consensus statement by the International Study Group of Pancreatic Surgery (ISGPS).

    Maximilian Bockhorn;Faik G. Uzunoglu;Mustapha Adham;Clem Imrie

  • Most pancreatic cancer resections are R1 resections.

    Irene Esposito;Irene Esposito;Jörg Kleeff;Jörg Kleeff;Frank Bergmann;Caroline Reiser;Caroline Reiser

  • Overexpression of the epidermal growth factor receptor in human pancreatic cancer is associated with concomitant increases in the levels of epidermal growth factor and transforming growth factor alpha.

    M Korc;B Chandrasekar;Y Yamanaka;H Friess

  • Desmoplastic reaction in pancreatic cancer: role of pancreatic stellate cells.

    M. V. Apte;S. Park;P. A. Phillips;N. Santucci

  • Changes in morbidity after pancreatic resection: toward the end of completion pancreatectomy.

    Markus W. Büchler;Markus Wagner;Bruno M. Schmied;Waldemar Uhl

  • Influence of resection margins on survival for patients with pancreatic cancer treated by adjuvant chemoradiation and/or chemotherapy in the ESPAC-1 randomized controlled trial.

    John P. Neoptolemos;Deborah D. Stocken;Janet A. Dunn;Jennifer Almond

  • Systematic review and meta-analysis of the role of defunctioning stoma in low rectal cancer surgery.

    Norbert Hüser;Christoph W. Michalski;Mert Erkan;Tibor Schuster

  • Enhanced expression of transforming growth factor β isoforms in pancreatic cancer correlates with decreased survival

    Helmut Friess;Yoichiro Yamanaka;Markus Büchler;Matthias Ebert

  • The role of stroma in pancreatic cancer: diagnostic and therapeutic implications

    Mert Erkan;Simone Hausmann;Christoph W. Michalski;Alexander A. Fingerle

  • Definition of a standard lymphadenectomy in surgery for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a consensus statement by the International Study Group on Pancreatic Surgery (ISGPS).

    Johanna A.M.G. Tol;Dirk J. Gouma;Claudio Bassi;Christos Dervenis

  • Randomized trial of duodenum-preserving pancreatic head resection versus pylorus-preserving Whipple in chronic pancreatitis.

    Marcus W. Büchler;Helmut Friess;Michael W. Müller;Antony M. Wheatley

  • Primary malignant hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma: a comprehensive review of the literature with emphasis on the surgical therapy.

    Arianeb Mehrabi;Arash Kashfi;Hamidreza Fonouni;Peter Schemmer

Frequent Co-Authors

Markus W. Büchler
Markus W. Büchler Champalimaud Foundation
Jörg Kleeff
Jörg Kleeff Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Murray Korc
Murray Korc University of California, Irvine
Arthur Zimmermann
Arthur Zimmermann University of Bern
Irene Esposito
Irene Esposito Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Thomas Giese
Thomas Giese Heidelberg University
Hans G. Beger
Hans G. Beger University of Ulm
Peter Malfertheiner
Peter Malfertheiner Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Ulf Hinz
Ulf Hinz Heidelberg University
Howard A. Reber
Howard A. Reber University of California, Los Angeles

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