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Overview

James W. May is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a concentration in Surgery, Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's work addresses several key topics, including:

  • Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas
  • Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments
  • Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
  • Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment
  • PARP inhibition in cancer therapy
  • Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques
  • Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments

Recent academic contributions by James W. May include:

  • Colorectal Endoscopic Stenting Trial (CReST) for obstructing left-sided colorectal cancer: randomized clinical trial, 2022, British Journal of Surgery
  • Reducing the radicality of surgery for vulvar cancer: are smaller margins safer?, 2021, Minerva Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • The V-Y gluteal fold advancement flap: Outcomes following radical surgery for vulvar malignancies, 2020, International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
  • Reducing the radicality of surgery for vulvar cancer: are smaller margins safer?, 2021, PubMed
  • The survival benefit associated with complete macroscopic resection in epithelial ovarian cancer is histotype specific, 2024, JNCI Cancer Spectrum

The frequent co-authors collaborating with James W. May are:

  • M Congiu
  • Ottavia D'Oria
  • Violante Di Donato
  • Pierluigi Benedetti Panici
  • Andrea Giannini

Key publication venues where their work has appeared include:

  • British Journal of Surgery
  • Minerva Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • JNCI Cancer Spectrum
  • International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
  • PubMed

Best Publications

  • Reporting standards for endovascular aortic aneurysm repair

    Elliot L Chaikof;Jan D. Blankensteijn;Peter L Harris;Geoffrey H White

  • Endoleak as a complication of endoluminal grafting of abdominal aortic aneurysms: classification, incidence, diagnosis, and management.

    Geoffrey H. White;Weiyun Yu;James May;Xavier Chaufour

  • Historical review and present status of free fat graft autotransplantation in plastic and reconstructive surgery.

    Edmund Billings;James W. May

  • Identifying and grading factors that modify the outcome of endovascular aortic aneurysm repair

    Elliot L. Chaikof;Mark F. Fillinger;Jon S. Matsumura;Robert B. Rutherford

  • Differential sensitivity of erythrocyte-rich and platelet-rich arterial thrombi to lysis with recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator. A possible explanation for resistance to coronary thrombolysis.

    I K Jang;H K Gold;A A Ziskind;J T Fallon

  • Type III and Type IV Endoleak: Toward a Complete Definition of Blood Flow in the Sac after Endoluminal AAA Repair:

    Geoffrey H. White;James May;Richard C. Waugh;Xavier Chaufour

  • An event-related functional MRI study comparing interference effects in the Simon and Stroop tasks.

    Bradley S Peterson;Michael J Kane;Gerianne M Alexander;Cheryl Lacadie

  • The no-reflow phenomenon in experimental free flaps.

    May Jw;Chait La;O'Brien Bm;Hurley Jv

  • Concurrent comparison of endoluminal versus open repair in the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms: Analysis of 303 patients by life table method

    James May;Geoffrey H. White;Weiyun Yu;Cameron N. Ly

  • Endoleak--a proposed new terminology to describe incomplete aneurysm exclusion by an endoluminal graft.

    Geoffrey H. White;Weiyun Yu;James May

  • Endotension : An explanation for continued AAA growth after successful endoluminal repair

    Geoffrey H. White;James May;Paul Petrasek;Richard Waugh

  • Reporting standards for infrarenal endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

    Samuel S. Ahn;Robert B. Rutherford;K.Wayne Johnston;James May

  • The latissimus dorsi muscle: a fresh cadaver study of the primary neurovascular pedicle.

    Scott P. Bartlett;James W. May;Michael J. Yaremchuk

  • Postoperative complications in prosthesis-based breast reconstruction using acellular dermal matrix.

    Allen S. Liu;Huang-Kai Kao;Richard G. Reish;Charles A. Hergrueter

  • Transluminal placement of a prosthetic graft-stent device for treatment of subclavian artery aneurysm

    James May;Geoffrey White;Richard Waugh;Weiyun Yu

  • The Fate of Suctioned and Surgically Removed Fat after Reimplantation for Soft-Tissue Augmentation: A Volumetric and Histologic Study in the Rabbit

    Theodore C. Kononas;Louis P. Bucky;Christine Hurley;James W. May

  • Free microvascular muscle flaps with skin graft reconstruction of extensive defects of the foot: a clinical and gait analysis study.

    James W. May;Michael J. Halls;Sheldon R. Simon

  • Type I and Type II endoleaks: a more useful classification for reporting results of endoluminal AAA repair

    Geoffrey H. White;James May;Richard C. Waugh;Weiyun Yu

  • Free neurovascular flap from the first web of the foot in hand reconstruction

    James W. May;Laurence A. Chait;Benjamin E. Cohen;Bernard McC. O'Brien

  • Surgery: Scientific principles and practice

    James May

Frequent Co-Authors

Jesse B. Jupiter
Jesse B. Jupiter Harvard University
Bruce M. Hall
Bruce M. Hall University of New South Wales
Dorry L. Segev
Dorry L. Segev Johns Hopkins University
Christopher K. Zarins
Christopher K. Zarins Stanford University
Yuchiao Chang
Yuchiao Chang Harvard University
Henry M. Kronenberg
Henry M. Kronenberg Harvard University
Hoi-Chung Leung
Hoi-Chung Leung Stony Brook University
David C. Hooper
David C. Hooper Massachusetts General Hospital
Gerianne M. Alexander
Gerianne M. Alexander Texas A&M University
Rod J. Rohrich
Rod J. Rohrich The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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