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Julio Garcia-Aguilar is affiliated with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on colorectal cancer, emphasizing surgical treatments, screening, detection, and genetic factors. The scientist's main fields of study include Medicine, with significant contributions in the subfields of Oncology, Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

Their research topics cover several areas including:

  • Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments
  • Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies
  • Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
  • Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging

Julio Garcia-Aguilar has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publications. Some recent papers include:

  • "Organ Preservation in Patients With Rectal Adenocarcinoma Treated With Total Neoadjuvant Therapy," 2022, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • "PD-1 Blockade in Mismatch Repair-Deficient, Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer," 2022, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Genomic characterization of metastatic patterns from prospective clinical sequencing of 25,000 patients," 2022, Cell
  • "Mismatch Repair-Deficient Rectal Cancer and Resistance to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy," 2020, Clinical Cancer Research
  • "Long-Term Results of Organ Preservation in Patients With Rectal Adenocarcinoma Treated With Total Neoadjuvant Therapy: The Randomized Phase II OPRA Trial," 2023, Journal of Clinical Oncology

Their publishing record includes frequent appearances in specific journals such as:

  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Annals of Surgical Oncology
  • Diseases of the Colon & Rectum
  • Cancer Research
  • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics

Julio Garcia-Aguilar has collaborated extensively with a group of frequent co-authors, which include:

  • Martin R. Weiser
  • J. Joshua Smith
  • Philip B. Paty
  • Emmanouil P. Pappou
  • Garrett M. Nash

Best Publications

  • Long-term outcome in patients with a pathological complete response after chemoradiation for rectal cancer: a pooled analysis of individual patient data

    Monique Maas;Patty J. Nelemans;Vincenzo Valentini;Prajnan Das

  • ICAM-1 (CD54): a counter-receptor for Mac-1 (CD11b/CD18).

    M S Diamond;D E Staunton;A R de Fougerolles;S A Stacker

  • The I domain is a major recognition site on the leukocyte integrin Mac-1 (CD11b/CD18) for four distinct adhesion ligands.

    Michael S. Diamond;Julio Garcia-Aguilar;Joanna K. Bickford;Angel L. Corbi

  • Anal fistula surgery. Factors associated with recurrence and incontinence.

    Julio Garcia-Aguilar;Carlos Belmonte;W. Douglas Wong;Stanley M. Goldberg

  • Effect of adding mFOLFOX6 after neoadjuvant chemoradiation in locally advanced rectal cancer: a multicentre, phase 2 trial

    Julio Garcia-Aguilar;Oliver S Chow;David D Smith;Jorge E Marcet

  • Is local excision adequate therapy for early rectal cancer

    Anders Mellgren;Prayuth Sirivongs;David A. Rothenberger;Robert D. Madoff

  • Colon and Rectum

    Carolyn C. Compton;David R. Byrd;Julio Garcia-Aguilar;Scott H. Kurtzman

  • Adoption of Total Neoadjuvant Therapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer.

    Andrea Cercek;Campbell S.D. Roxburgh;Campbell S.D. Roxburgh;Paul Strombom;J. Joshua Smith

  • Accuracy of endorectal ultrasonography in preoperative staging of rectal tumors

    Julio Garcia-Aguilar;Johan Pollack;Suk Hwan Lee;Enrique Hernandez De Anda

  • A pathologic complete response to preoperative chemoradiation is associated with lower local recurrence and improved survival in rectal cancer patients treated by mesorectal excision.

    Julio García-Aguilar;Enrique H. Hernandez de Anda;Prayuth Sirivongs;Suk Hwan Lee

  • Local excision of rectal cancer without adjuvant therapy: a word of caution

    Julio Garcia-Aguilar;Anders F. Mellgren;Prayuth Sirivongs;Donald Buie

  • Mutation Detection in Patients With Advanced Cancer by Universal Sequencing of Cancer-Related Genes in Tumor and Normal DNA vs Guideline-Based Germline Testing

    Diana Mandelker;Liying Zhang;Yelena Kemel;Yelena Kemel;Zsofia K. Stadler;Zsofia K. Stadler

  • Organ preservation for clinical T2N0 distal rectal cancer using neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy and local excision (ACOSOG Z6041): results of an open-label, single-arm, multi-institutional, phase 2 trial

    Julio Garcia-Aguilar;Lindsay A Renfro;Oliver S Chow;Qian Shi

  • Assessment of a Watch-and-Wait Strategy for Rectal Cancer in Patients With a Complete Response After Neoadjuvant Therapy

    J. Joshua Smith;Paul Strombom;Oliver S. Chow;Campbell S. Roxburgh;Campbell S. Roxburgh

  • Neoadjuvant (Chemo)radiotherapy With Total Mesorectal Excision Only Is Not Sufficient to Prevent Lateral Local Recurrence in Enlarged Nodes: Results of the Multicenter Lateral Node Study of Patients With Low cT3/4 Rectal Cancer

    Atsushi Ogura;Atsushi Ogura;Atsushi Ogura;Tsuyoshi Konishi;Tsuyoshi Konishi;Chris Cunningham;Julio Garcia-Aguilar

  • A rectal cancer organoid platform to study individual responses to chemoradiation.

    Karuna Ganesh;Chao Wu;Kevin P. O’Rourke;Bryan C. Szeglin

  • Optimal timing of surgery after chemoradiation for advanced rectal cancer: preliminary results of a multicenter, nonrandomized phase II prospective trial.

    Julio Garcia-Aguilar;David D. Smith;Karin Avila;Emily K. Bergsland

  • Organ Preservation in Rectal Adenocarcinoma: a phase II randomized controlled trial evaluating 3-year disease-free survival in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer treated with chemoradiation plus induction or consolidation chemotherapy, and total mesorectal excision or nonoperative management

    J. Joshua Smith;Oliver S. Chow;Marc J. Gollub;Garrett M. Nash

  • A Phase II Trial of Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation and Local Excision for T2N0 Rectal Cancer: Preliminary Results of the ACOSOG Z6041 Trial

    Julio Garcia-Aguilar;Qian Shi;Charles R. Thomas;Emily Chan

  • Genomic characterization of metastatic patterns from prospective clinical sequencing of 25,000 patients

    Bastien Nguyen;Christopher Fong;Anisha Luthra;Shaleigh A. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin R. Weiser
Martin R. Weiser Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
J. Joshua Smith
J. Joshua Smith Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Philip B. Paty
Philip B. Paty Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Jose G. Guillem
Jose G. Guillem University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jinru Shia
Jinru Shia Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Leonard Saltz
Leonard Saltz Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Carolyn C. Compton
Carolyn C. Compton Arizona State University
Mithat Gonen
Mithat Gonen Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Michael F. Berger
Michael F. Berger Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Nancy E. Kemeny
Nancy E. Kemeny Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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