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Robert S. Sandler is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of medicine with a specialized focus on surgery, genetics, oncology, epidemiology, and pathology and forensic medicine.

The main topics in their scholarly work include:

  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Microscopic Colitis
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
  • Diverticular Disease and Complications
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies
  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism

Robert S. Sandler has contributed to multiple publications across various reputable venues. Frequent venues for their work include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Gastroenterology
  • Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
  • The American Journal of Gastroenterology

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Robert S. Sandler include:

  • "Burden and Cost of Gastrointestinal, Liver, and Pancreatic Diseases in the United States: Update 2021" (2021) published in Gastroenterology
  • "A Randomized Trial Comparing the Specific Carbohydrate Diet to a Mediterranean Diet in Adults With Crohn's Disease" (2021) published in Gastroenterology
  • "Incidence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes of Pouchitis and Pouch-Related Complications in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis" (2020) published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • "Nongenetic Determinants of Risk for Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer" (2021) published in JNCI Cancer Spectrum
  • "Aberrant Expression and Subcellular Localization of ECT2 Drives Colorectal Cancer Progression and Growth" (2021) published in Cancer Research

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers. Prominent co-authors include:

  • Michael D. Kappelman
  • Millie D. Long
  • Temitope O. Keku
  • Joseph A. Galanko
  • Anne F. Peery

Best Publications

  • Cardiovascular events associated with rofecoxib in a colorectal adenoma chemoprevention trial

    Robert S. Bresalier;Robert S. Sandler;Hui Quan;James A. Bolognese

  • Burden of Gastrointestinal Disease in the United States: 2012 Update

    Anne F Peery;Evan S Dellon;Jennifer Leigh Lund;Seth David Crockett

  • The burden of selected digestive diseases in the United States

    Robert S. Sandler;James E. Everhart;Mark Donowitz;Elizabeth Adams

  • A randomized trial of aspirin to prevent colorectal adenomas

    John A. Baron;Bernard F. Cole;Robert S. Sandler;Robert W. Haile

  • A randomized trial of aspirin to prevent colorectal adenomas in patients with previous colorectal cancer.

    Robert S. Sandler;Susan Halabi;John A. Baron;Susan Budinger

  • Burden and Cost of Gastrointestinal, Liver, and Pancreatic Diseases in the United States: Update 2018.

    Anne F Peery;Seth David Crockett;Caitlin C. Murphy;Jennifer Leigh Lund

  • Folic acid for the prevention of colorectal adenomas: a randomized clinical trial.

    Bernard F. Cole;John A. Baron;Robert S. Sandler;Robert W. Haile

  • Calcium Supplements for the Prevention of Colorectal Adenomas

    Baron Ja;Beach M;Beach M;Mandel Js;van Stolk Ru

  • Psychosocial factors in the irritable bowel syndrome. A multivariate study of patients and nonpatients with irritable bowel syndrome

    Douglas A. Drossman;Daphne C. McKee;Robert S. Sandler;C. Madeline Mitchell

  • Is there publication bias in the reporting of cancer risk in Barrett's esophagus?

    Nicholas J. Shaheen;Melissa A. Crosby;Eugene M. Bozymski;Robert S. Sandler

  • Bowel patterns among subjects not seeking health care. Use of a questionnaire to identify a population with bowel dysfunction.

    Douglas A. Drossman;Robert S. Sandler;Daphne C. McKee;Alix J. Lovitz

  • Burden of Gastrointestinal, Liver, and Pancreatic Diseases in the United States

    Anne F. Peery;Seth D. Crockett;Alfred S. Barritt;Evan S. Dellon

  • Improving dietary behavior: the effectiveness of tailored messages in primary care settings.

    Marci Kramish Campbell;Brenda M. DeVellis;Victor J. Strecher;Alice S. Ammerman

  • Direct health care costs of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis in US children and adults.

    Michael D. Kappelman;Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman;Carol Q. Porter;Daniel A. Ollendorf

  • The burden of gastrointestinal and liver diseases, 2006.

    Nicholas J Shaheen;Richard A Hansen;Douglas R Morgan;Lisa M Gangarosa

  • Epidemiology of constipation (EPOC) study in the United States: relation of clinical subtypes to sociodemographic features

    Walter F. Stewart;Joshua N. Liberman;Robert S. Sandler;Michael S. Woods

  • Fusobacterium is associated with colorectal adenomas.

    Amber N. McCoy;Félix Araújo-Pérez;Andrea Azcárate-Peril;Jen Jen Yeh

  • Risk of Melanoma and Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Among Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease

    Millie D. Long;Christopher F. Martin;Clare A. Pipkin;Hans H. Herfarth

  • Aspirin for the Chemoprevention of Colorectal Adenomas: Meta-analysis of the Randomized Trials

    Bernard F. Cole;Richard F. Logan;Susan Halabi;Robert Benamouzig

  • A randomized trial of aspirin to prevent colorectal adenomas in patients with previous colorectal cancer

    Robert S. Sandler;Susan Halabi;John A. Baron;Susan Budinger

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph A. Galanko
Joseph A. Galanko University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
John A. Baron
John A. Baron University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Robert W. Haile
Robert W. Haile Stanford University
Dennis J. Ahnen
Dennis J. Ahnen University of Colorado Denver
Nicholas J. Shaheen
Nicholas J. Shaheen University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Robert C. Millikan
Robert C. Millikan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Hans H Herfarth
Hans H Herfarth University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
James D. Lewis
James D. Lewis University of Pennsylvania
Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan
Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan Harvard University
John H. Bond
John H. Bond Veterans Health Administration

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