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Peter W.T. Pisters is affiliated with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on several interconnected subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Oncology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Emergency Medical Services, and Radiological and Ultrasound Technology.

Their work covers a range of topics such as:

  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Patient Dignity and Privacy
  • Disaster Response and Management
  • Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening

Recent scholarly contributions by Pisters include the following papers:

  • Improving Goal Concordant Care Among 10 Leading Academic U.S. Cancer Hospitals: A Collaboration of the Alliance of Dedicated Cancer Centers, 2021, The Oncologist
  • Impact of an Interdisciplinary Goals-of-Care Program Among Medical Inpatients at a Comprehensive Cancer Center During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Propensity Score Analysis, 2022, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Impact of Cancer Care Regionalization on Patient Volume, 2022, Annals of Surgical Oncology
  • A flexible-hazards cure model with application to patients with soft tissue sarcoma, 2022, Statistics in Medicine
  • Impact of an interdisciplinary goals of care program on hospital outcomes at a comprehensive cancer center during the COVID-19 pandemic: A propensity score analysis., 2022, Journal of Clinical Oncology

Publication venues where Peter W.T. Pisters has frequently contributed include:

  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Annals of Surgical Oncology
  • The Oncologist
  • Statistics in Medicine

Collaborations have often involved the following co-authors:

  • Akhila Reddy
  • Nico Nortjé
  • Marina George
  • Kaycee Wilson
  • Diana L. Urbauer

Best Publications

  • Adjuvant imatinib mesylate after resection of localised, primary gastrointestinal stromal tumour: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

    Ronald P. DeMatteo;Karla V. Ballman;Cristina R. Antonescu;Robert G. Maki

  • Analysis of prognostic factors in 1,041 patients with localized soft tissue sarcomas of the extremities.

    P. W. T. Pisters;Denis H. Y. Leung;J. M. Woodruff;W. Shi

  • NCCN Task Force report: update on the management of patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors

    George D. Demetri;Margaret Von Mehren;Cristina R. Antonescu;Ronald P. DeMatteo

  • Long-term results of a prospective randomized trial of adjuvant brachytherapy in soft tissue sarcoma.

    P. W. T. Pisters;L. B. Harrison;Denis H. Y. Leung;J. M. Woodruff

  • Effect of Laparoscopic-Assisted Resection vs Open Resection of Stage II or III Rectal Cancer on Pathologic Outcomes: The ACOSOG Z6051 Randomized Clinical Trial

    James Fleshman;Megan Branda;Daniel J. Sargent;Anne Marie Boller

  • NCCN Task Force report: management of patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST)--update of the NCCN clinical practice guidelines.

    George D. Demetri;Robert S. Benjamin;Charles D. Blanke;Jean Yves Blay

  • Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: Definitions, Management, and Role of Preoperative Therapy

    Gauri R. Varadhachary;Eric P. Tamm;James L. Abbruzzese;Henry Q. Xiong

  • Borderline resectable pancreatic cancer: the importance of this emerging stage of disease.

    Matthew H.G. Katz;Peter W.T. Pisters;Douglas B. Evans;Charlotte C. Sun

  • Preoperative Gemcitabine-Based Chemoradiation for Patients With Resectable Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreatic Head

    Douglas B. Evans;Gauri R. Varadhachary;Christopher H. Crane;Charlotte C. Sun

  • Prognostic factors for patients with localized soft-tissue sarcoma treated with conservation surgery and radiation therapy: an analysis of 1225 patients.

    Gunar K. Zagars;Matthew T. Ballo;Peter W. T. Pisters;Raphael E. Pollock M.D.

  • Impact of resection status on pattern of failure and survival after pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma

    Chandrajit P. Raut;Jennifer F. Tseng;Jennifer F. Tseng;Charlotte C. Sun;Huamin Wang

  • Pancreaticoduodenectomy with vascular resection: margin status and survival duration

    Jennifer F. Tseng;Chandrajit P. Raut;Jeffrey E. Lee;Peter W.T. Pisters

  • Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma: patterns of spread, the importance of hepatic resection for curative operation, and a presurgical clinical staging system.

    Edmund C. Burke;William R. Jarnagin;Steven N. Hochwald;Peter W. T. Pisters

  • Preoperative and postoperative chemoradiation strategies in patients treated with pancreaticoduodenectomy for adenocarcinoma of the pancreas.

    F. R. Spitz;J. L. Abbruzzese;Jeffrey E Lee;Peter W Pisters

  • Desmoid Tumor: Prognostic Factors and Outcome After Surgery, Radiation Therapy, or Combined Surgery and Radiation Therapy

    Matthew T. Ballo;Gunar K. Zagars;Alan Pollack;Peter W.T. Pisters

  • Primary treatment of cystosarcoma phyllodes of the breast.

    Arthur W. Chaney;Alan Pollack M.D.;Marsha D. Mcneese;Gunar K. Zagars

  • Long-Term Survival After Multidisciplinary Management of Resected Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

    Matthew Harold Katz;Matthew Harold Katz;Huamin Wang;Jason B Fleming;Charlotte C Sun

  • A prospective, randomized trial of early enteral feeding after resection of upper gastrointestinal malignancy

    Martin J. Heslin;Lianne Latkany;Denis Leung;Ari D. Brooks

  • Response of borderline resectable pancreatic cancer to neoadjuvant therapy is not reflected by radiographic indicators

    Matthew Harold Katz;Jason B Fleming;Priya R Bhosale;Gauri R Varadhachary

  • Phase II Trial of Preoperative Chemoradiation in Patients With Localized Gastric Adenocarcinoma (RTOG 9904): Quality of Combined Modality Therapy and Pathologic Response

    Jaffer A. Ajani;Kathryn Winter;Gordon S. Okawara;John H. Donohue

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas B. Evans
Douglas B. Evans Medical College of Wisconsin
Jeffrey E. Lee
Jeffrey E. Lee The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Robert A. Wolff
Robert A. Wolff The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Barry W. Feig
Barry W. Feig The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
James L. Abbruzzese
James L. Abbruzzese Duke University
Raphael E. Pollock
Raphael E. Pollock The Ohio State University
Christopher H. Crane
Christopher H. Crane Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Jason B. Fleming
Jason B. Fleming The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jean Nicolas Vauthey
Jean Nicolas Vauthey The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Janice N. Cormier
Janice N. Cormier The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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