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Kenneth K. Wang

Kenneth K. Wang

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Medicine

D-Index
91
Citations
34610
World Ranking
11653
National Ranking
5977

Overview

Kenneth K. Wang is affiliated with Mayo Clinic in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of medicine, with a strong focus on surgery and pulmonary and respiratory medicine. The scientist's work also covers gastroenterology, oncology, and pathology and forensic medicine as significant subfields.

The main themes in Kenneth K. Wang's research include:

  • Esophageal cancer research and treatment
  • Gastric cancer management and outcomes
  • Esophageal and gastrointestinal pathology
  • Eosinophilic esophagitis
  • Metastasis and carcinoma case studies
  • Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments
  • Tracheal and airway disorders

They have contributed to a number of recent papers, including:

  • "Notch Signaling Mediates Differentiation in Barrett's Esophagus and Promotes Progression to Adenocarcinoma," published in 2020 in Gastroenterology
  • "Epidemiology and Outcomes of Young-Onset Esophageal Adenocarcinoma: An Analysis from a Population-Based Database," published in 2020 in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • "EUS-guided verteporfin photodynamic therapy for pancreatic cancer," published in 2021 in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
  • "Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus," published in 2022 in Gastroenterology Clinics of North America
  • "Accurate Nonendoscopic Detection of Barrett's Esophagus by Methylated DNA Markers: A Multisite Case Control Study," published in 2020 in The American Journal of Gastroenterology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Kenneth K. Wang include:

  • Prasad G. Iyer
  • Cadman L. Leggett
  • Yuri Hanada
  • David A. Katzka
  • Don C. Codipilly

The scientist's work has been regularly published in venues such as:

  • Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
  • Gastroenterology
  • The American Journal of Gastroenterology
  • Yamada's Textbook of Gastroenterology
  • UNC Libraries

Best Publications

  • Updated guidelines 2008 for the diagnosis, surveillance and therapy of Barrett's esophagus.

    Richard E. Sampliner

  • The Paris endoscopic classification of superficial neoplastic lesions : esophagus, stomach and colon.

    H Inoue;H Kashida;S Kudo;M Sasako

  • Radiofrequency Ablation in Barrett's Esophagus with Dysplasia

    Nicholas J Shaheen;Prateek Sharma;Bergein F. Overholt;Herbert C. Wolfsen

  • Update on the Paris classification of superficial neoplastic lesions in the digestive tract

    A. Axon;M. D. Diebold;M. Fujino;R. Fujita

  • Cloning and functional characterization of a family of human and mouse somatostatin receptors expressed in brain, gastrointestinal tract, and kidney.

    Yuichiro Yamada;Steven R. Post;Kenneth Wang;Howard S. Tager

  • Esophagitis associated with the use of alendronate

    Piet C. De Groen;Dieter F. Lubbe;Laurence J. Hirsch;Anastasia Daifotis

  • A critical review of the diagnosis and management of Barrett’s esophagus: the AGA Chicago Workshop

    Prateek Sharma;Kenneth McQuaid;John Dent;M. Brian Fennerty

  • Photodynamic therapy with porfimer sodium for ablation of high-grade dysplasia in Barrett's esophagus: international, partially blinded, randomized phase III trial.

    Bergein F. Overholt;Charles J. Lightdale;Kenneth K. Wang;Marcia I. Canto

  • Durability of Radiofrequency Ablation in Barrett's Esophagus With Dysplasia

    Nicholas J Shaheen;Bergein F. Overholt;Richard E. Sampliner;Herbert C. Wolfsen

  • Extent of high-grade dysplasia in Barrett's esophagus correlates with risk of adenocarcinoma

    Navtej S. Buttar;Kenneth K. Wang;Thomas J. Sebo;Darren M. Riehle

  • Comparative Molecular Analysis of Gastrointestinal Adenocarcinomas.

    Yang Liu;Nilay S Sethi;Nilay S Sethi;Toshinori Hinoue;Barbara G Schneider

  • Consensus Statements for Management of Barrett's Dysplasia and Early-Stage Esophageal Adenocarcinoma, Based on a Delphi Process

    Cathy Bennett;Nimish Vakil;Jacques Bergman;Rebecca Harrison

  • Chemoprevention of esophageal adenocarcinoma by COX-2 inhibitors in an animal model of Barrett's esophagus

    Navtej S. Buttar;Kenneth K. Wang;Olga Leontovich;Jay Y. Westcott

  • Five-year efficacy and safety of photodynamic therapy with Photofrin in Barrett's high-grade dysplasia.

    Bergein F. Overholt;Kenneth K. Wang;J. Steven Burdick;Charles J. Lightdale

  • The Crosstalk of mTOR/S6K1 and Hedgehog Pathways

    Yan Wang;Qingqing Ding;Chia Jui Yen;Weiya Xia

  • Endoscopic Tri-Modal Imaging for Detection of Early Neoplasia in Barrett’s Oesophagus; A multi-centre feasibility study using high-resolution endoscopy, autofluorescence imaging and narrow band imaging incorporated in one endoscopy system.

    Wouter Lodewijk Curvers;Rajvinder Singh;Louis-Michel Wong Kee Song;Herbert C Wolfsen

  • Endoscopic and Surgical Treatment of Mucosal (T1a) Esophageal Adenocarcinoma in Barrett's Esophagus

    Ganapathy A. Prasad;Tsung Teh Wu;Dennis A. Wigle;Navtej S. Buttar

  • Balloon-based, circumferential, endoscopic radiofrequency ablation of Barrett's esophagus: 1-year follow-up of 100 patients

    Virender K. Sharma;Kenneth K. Wang;Bergein F. Overholt;Charles J. Lightdale

  • Endoscopic mucosal resection for lesions with endoscopic features suggestive of malignancy and high-grade dysplasia within Barrett's esophagus.

    Pardeep K. Nijhawan;Kenneth K. Wang

  • The clinical and endoscopic spectrum of the watermelon stomach

    Christopher J. Gostout;Thomas R. Viggiano;David A. Ahlquist;Kenneth K. Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Levy
Michael J. Levy Harvard Medical School
Prateek Sharma
Prateek Sharma University of Kansas
Suresh T. Chari
Suresh T. Chari The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Bret T. Petersen
Bret T. Petersen Mayo Clinic
Gary W. Falk
Gary W. Falk University of Pennsylvania
Nicholas J. Shaheen
Nicholas J. Shaheen University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Thomas C. Smyrk
Thomas C. Smyrk Mayo Clinic
Anil K. Rustgi
Anil K. Rustgi Columbia University

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