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Kelly M. McMasters is affiliated with the University of Louisville in the United States and is an active researcher in the field of medicine, with a primary focus on oncology. Their work spans a broad range of subfields including oncology, surgery, cancer research, molecular biology, and immunology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as pancreatic and hepatic oncology research, cutaneous melanoma detection and management, breast cancer treatment studies, hepatocellular carcinoma treatment and prognosis, CAR-T cell therapy research, advances in oncology and radiotherapy, and global cancer incidence and screening.

Frequent publication venues for Kelly M. McMasters include Annals of Surgical Oncology, Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Journal of Surgical Oncology, Cancers, and Surgery.

Their recent noteworthy publications include:

  • "Tumor-derived exosomes drive immunosuppressive macrophages in a pre-metastatic niche through glycolytic dominant metabolic reprogramming" (2021, Cell Metabolism)
  • "Lactate supports a metabolic-epigenetic link in macrophage polarization" (2021, Science Advances)
  • "Inducing trained immunity in pro-metastatic macrophages to control tumor metastasis" (2023, Nature Immunology)
  • "Global Cancer Surgery: pragmatic solutions to improve cancer surgery outcomes worldwide" (2023, The Lancet Oncology)
  • "Drug-Eluting Bead, Irinotecan Therapy of Unresectable Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma (DELTIC) with Concomitant Systemic Gemcitabine and Cisplatin" (2022, Annals of Surgical Oncology)

Kelly M. McMasters collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Michael E. Egger, Robert C.G. Martin, Charles R. Scoggins, Prejesh Philips, and Nicolás Ajkay. These partnerships have contributed to a significant number of joint publications and research projects.

Best Publications

  • Final Version of 2009 AJCC Melanoma Staging and Classification

    Charles M. Balch;Jeffrey E. Gershenwald;Seng Jaw Soong;John F. Thompson

  • Final Version of the American Joint Committee on Cancer Staging System for Cutaneous Melanoma

    Charles M. Balch;Antonio C. Buzaid;Seng-Jaw Soong;Michael B. Atkins

  • Prognostic Factors Analysis of 17,600 Melanoma Patients: Validation of the American Joint Committee on Cancer Melanoma Staging System

    Charles M. Balch;Seng-Jaw Soong;Jeffrey E. Gershenwald;John F. Thompson

  • The international position on laparoscopic liver surgery: The Louisville Statement, 2008.

    Joseph F. Buell;Daniel Cherqui;David A. Geller;Nicholas O'Rourke

  • Completion Dissection or Observation for Sentinel-Node Metastasis in Melanoma

    Mark B. Faries;John F. Thompson;Alistair J. Cochran;Robert H. Andtbacka

  • Sentinel lymph node biopsy for melanoma: American Society of Clinical Oncology and Society of Surgical Oncology joint clinical practice guideline.

    Sandra L. Wong;Charles M. Balch;Patricia Hurley;Sanjiv S. Agarwala

  • Sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer: a suitable alternative to routine axillary dissection in multi-institutional practice when optimal technique is used.

    Kelly M kelly McMasters;Todd M. Tuttle;David J. Carlson;C. Matthew Brown

  • Inflammatory mechanisms and therapeutic strategies for warm hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury

    Alex B. Lentsch;Atsushi Kato;Hiroyuki Yoshidome;Kelly M. McMasters

  • An Evidence‐based Staging System for Cutaneous Melanoma

    Charles M. Balch;Seng Jaw Soong;Michael B. Atkins;Antonio C. Buzaid

  • A new American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system for cutaneous melanoma.

    Charles M. Balch;Antonio C. Buzaid;Michael B. Atkins;Natale Cascinelli

  • Solitary Colorectal Liver Metastasis: Resection Determines Outcome

    Thomas A. Aloia;Jean Nicolas Vauthey;Evelyne M. Loyer;Dario Ribero

  • Multivariate Analysis of Prognostic Factors Among 2,313 Patients With Stage III Melanoma: Comparison of Nodal Micrometastases Versus Macrometastases

    Charles M. Balch;Jeffrey E. Gershenwald;Seng Jaw Soong;John F. Thompson

  • Left-sided pancreatectomy: a multicenter comparison of laparoscopic and open approaches.

    David A. Kooby;David A. Kooby;Theresa Gillespie;Theresa Gillespie;David Jason Bentrem;Attila Nakeeb

  • Sentinel-Lymph-Node Biopsy for Breast Cancer — Not Yet the Standard of Care

    K. M. McMasters;A. E. Giuliano;M. I. Ross;D. S. Reintgen

  • Treatment of 200 locally advanced (stage III) pancreatic adenocarcinoma patients with irreversible electroporation: safety and efficacy.

    Robert C. G. Martin;David Kwon;Sricharan Chalikonda;Marty Sellers

  • Prognostic Significance of Mitotic Rate in Localized Primary Cutaneous Melanoma: An Analysis of Patients in the Multi-Institutional American Joint Committee on Cancer Melanoma Staging Database

    John F. Thompson;Seng Jaw Soong;Charles M. Balch;Jeffrey E. Gershenwald

  • Safety and efficacy of microwave ablation of hepatic tumors: a prospective review of a 5-year experience.

    Robert C. G. Martin;Charles R. Scoggins;Kelly M. McMasters

  • Experience With More Than 500 Minimally Invasive Hepatic Procedures

    Joseph F. Buell;Mark T. Thomas;Steven Rudich;Michael Marvin

  • Dermal injection of radioactive colloid is superior to peritumoral injection for breast cancer sentinel lymph node biopsy: results of a multiinstitutional study.

    Kelly M. McMasters;Sandra L. Wong;Robert C.G. Martin;Celia Chao

  • A Multicenter Analysis of Distal Pancreatectomy for Adenocarcinoma: Is Laparoscopic Resection Appropriate?

    David A. Kooby;David A. Kooby;William G. Hawkins;C. Max Schmidt;Sharon M. Weber

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert C.G. Martin
Robert C.G. Martin University of Louisville
Michael J. Edwards
Michael J. Edwards University of Cincinnati
Merrick I. Ross
Merrick I. Ross The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Douglas S. Reintgen
Douglas S. Reintgen University of South Florida
Charles M. Balch
Charles M. Balch The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jeffrey E. Gershenwald
Jeffrey E. Gershenwald The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Daniel G. Coit
Daniel G. Coit Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
John F. Thompson
John F. Thompson University of Sydney
David A. Kooby
David A. Kooby Emory University
John M. Kirkwood
John M. Kirkwood University of Pittsburgh

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