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Overview

Thilo Hackert is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany, where the primary focus of research lies within the medical field. The research portfolio spans multiple subfields including oncology, surgery, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, cancer research, and epidemiology. The body of work consists of 1150 publications predominantly concentrated in these areas.

Their contributions cover a range of main research topics, notably:

  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances
  • Renal Cell Carcinoma Treatment
  • Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders
  • Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes

Frequent publication venues for Thilo Hackert include:

  • HPB
  • Annals of Surgery
  • Pancreatology
  • Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie
  • Surgery

Among the recent scholarly articles, some notable works include:

  • "Pancreatic cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guideline for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up" (2023), published in Annals of Oncology
  • "Neoadjuvant therapy for pancreatic cancer" (2023), published in Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology
  • "Immediate surgery compared with short-course neoadjuvant gemcitabine plus capecitabine, FOLFIRINOX, or chemoradiotherapy in patients with borderline resectable pancreatic cancer (ESPAC5): a four-arm, multicentre, randomised, phase 2 trial" (2022), published in The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • "European Guideline on IgG4-related digestive disease - UEG and SGF evidence-based recommendations" (2020), published in United European Gastroenterology Journal
  • "A Simple Classification of Pancreatic Duct Size and Texture Predicts Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula" (2021), published in Annals of Surgery

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several frequent co-authors, which include:

  • Markus W. Büchler
  • Oliver Strobel
  • Felix Nickel
  • Marc G. Besselink
  • John P. Neoptolemos

Best Publications

  • The 2016 update of the International Study Group (ISGPS) definition and grading of postoperative pancreatic fistula : 11 Years After

    Claudio Bassi;Giovanni Marchegiani;Christos Dervenis;Micheal Sarr

  • Comparison of adjuvant gemcitabine and capecitabine with gemcitabine monotherapy in patients with resected pancreatic cancer (ESPAC-4): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, phase 3 trial

    John P. Neoptolemos;John P. Neoptolemos;Daniel H. Palmer;Daniel H. Palmer;Paula Ghaneh;Eftychia E. Psarelli

  • European evidence-based guidelines on pancreatic cystic neoplasms

    Marco Del Chiaro;Marc G. Besselink;Lianne Scholten;Marco J. Bruno

  • International consensus on definition and criteria of borderline resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma 2017

    Shuji Isaji;Shugo Mizuno;John A. Windsor;Claudio Bassi

  • Pancreatic cancer surgery in the new millennium: better prediction of outcome.

    Werner Hartwig;Thilo Hackert;Ulf Hinz;Alexander Gluth

  • Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer: Neoadjuvant Therapy With Folfirinox Results in Resectability in 60% of the Patients.

    Thilo Hackert;Milena Sachsenmaier;Ulf Hinz;Lutz Schneider

  • Toward the blood-borne miRNome of human diseases

    Andreas Keller;Petra Leidinger;Andrea Bauer;Abdou Elsharawy

  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of laparoscopic versus open distal pancreatectomy for benign and malignant lesions of the pancreas: It's time to randomize

    Arianeb Mehrabi;Mohammadreza Hafezi;Jalal Arvin;Majid Esmaeilzadeh

  • CA19-9 in Potentially Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: Perspective to Adjust Surgical and Perioperative Therapy

    Werner Hartwig;Oliver Strobel;Ulf Hinz;Stefan Fritz

  • Postoperative pancreatic fistula

    Thilo Hackert;Jens Werner;Markus W. Büchler

  • Minimally Invasive versus Open Distal Pancreatectomy for Ductal Adenocarcinoma (DIPLOMA): A Pan-European Propensity Score Matched Study.

    Jony van Hilst;Thijs de Rooij;Sjors Klompmaker;Majd Rawashdeh

  • Advanced-stage pancreatic cancer: therapy options

    Jens Werner;Stephanie E. Combs;Christoph Springfeld;Werner Hartwig

  • Multivisceral Resection for Pancreatic Malignancies: Risk-Analysis and Long-Term Outcome

    Werner Hartwig;Thilo Hackert;Ulf Hinz;Matthias Hassenpflug

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies five new susceptibility loci for pancreatic cancer.

    Alison P. Klein;Brian M. Wolpin;Harvey A. Risch;Rachael Z. Stolzenberg-Solomon

  • Pancreatic anastomosis after pancreatoduodenectomy: A position statement by the International Study Group of Pancreatic Surgery (ISGPS)

    Shailesh V. Shrikhande;Masillamany Sivasanker;Charles M. Vollmer;Helmut Friess

  • Small (Sendai negative) branch-duct IPMNs: not harmless.

    Stefan Fritz;Miriam Klauss;Frank Bergmann;Thilo Hackert

  • Chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer.

    Christoph Springfeld;Dirk Jäger;Markus W. Büchler;Oliver Strobel

  • Bacterial translocation and infected pancreatic necrosis in acute necrotizing pancreatitis derives from small bowel rather than from colon

    Stefan Fritz;Thilo Hackert;Werner Hartwig;Florian Rossmanith

  • Laparoscopic Versus Open Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

    Felix Nickel;Caelán Max Haney;Karl Friedrich Kowalewski;Pascal Probst

  • Locally advanced pancreatic cancer: neoadjuvant therapy with FOLFIRINOX results in resectability in 2/3 of the patients

    Thilo Hackert;Milena Sachsenmaier;Ulf Hinz;Lutz Schneider

Frequent Co-Authors

Markus W. Büchler
Markus W. Büchler Champalimaud Foundation
Oliver Strobel
Oliver Strobel Heidelberg University
Jens Werner
Jens Werner Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
John P. Neoptolemos
John P. Neoptolemos Heidelberg University
Ulf Hinz
Ulf Hinz Heidelberg University
Federico Canzian
Federico Canzian German Cancer Research Center
Pavel Vodicka
Pavel Vodicka Czech Academy of Sciences
Maria Gazouli
Maria Gazouli National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Stefano Landi
Stefano Landi University of Pisa
Beat P. Müller-Stich
Beat P. Müller-Stich Heidelberg University

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