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Volkan Adsay

Volkan Adsay

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Medicine
Turkey
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
90
Citations
41992
World Ranking
12005
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Turkey Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in Turkey Leader Award

Overview

Volkan Adsay is affiliated with Koç University in Turkey and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a focus on oncology, surgery, and related medical sciences. Their research portfolio encompasses 269 publications in medicine, with significant specialization across several subfields including oncology (88 publications), surgery (79 publications), pulmonary and respiratory medicine (34 publications), epidemiology (26 publications), and cancer research (14 publications).

The scientist's primary research topics are centered on pancreatic and hepatic oncology research, with 124 publications dedicated to this area. Additional major topics include cholangiocarcinoma and gallbladder cancer studies (62 publications), neuroendocrine tumor research advances (48 publications), pancreatitis pathology and treatment (32 publications), gallbladder and bile duct disorders (30 publications), cancer genomics and diagnostics (26 publications), and gastrointestinal disorders and treatments (20 publications).

Volkan Adsay has published frequently in several scientific journals and publication venues, demonstrating continued engagement in high-impact academic forums. These venues include:

  • The American Journal of Surgical Pathology (11 publications)
  • Modern Pathology (8 publications)
  • Archiv für Pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für Klinische Medicin (7 publications)
  • Laboratory Investigation (6 publications)
  • Endocrine Pathology (5 publications)

Their collaborative work is reflected in frequent co-authorship with other researchers, notably:

  • Olca Baştürk (53 co-authored works)
  • Michelle D. Reid (37 co-authored works)
  • Burçin Pehlivanoğlu (31 co-authored works)
  • Burcu Saka (26 co-authored works)
  • Serdar Balcı (23 co-authored works)

Recent publication highlights include the following papers, each noted with the year of publication and the journal of release:

  • Comprehensive characterisation of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma with microsatellite instability: histology, molecular pathology and clinical implications, 2020, Gut
  • Genomic characterization of malignant progression in neoplastic pancreatic cysts, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Gallbladder and extrahepatic bile duct cancers in the Americas: Incidence and mortality patterns and trends, 2020, International Journal of Cancer
  • Guidelines on the histopathology of chronic pancreatitis. Recommendations from the working group for the international consensus guidelines for chronic pancreatitis in collaboration with the International Association of Pancreatology, the American Pancreatic Association, the Japan Pancreas Society, and the European Pancreatic Club, 2020, Pancreatology
  • Ki-67 assessment of pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms: Systematic review and meta-analysis of manual vs. digital pathology scoring, 2022, Modern Pathology

Best Publications

  • Identification of Pancreatic Cancer Stem Cells

    Chenwei Li;David G. Heidt;Piero Dalerba;Charles F. Burant

  • International consensus guidelines 2012 for the management of IPMN and MCN of the pancreas

    Masao Tanaka;Carlos Fernández-Del Castillo;Volkan Adsay;Suresh Chari

  • International consensus guidelines for management of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms and mucinous cystic neoplasms of the pancreas.

    Masao Tanaka;Suresh Chari;Volkan Adsay;Carlos Fernandez-del Castillo

  • Integrated Genomic Characterization of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

    Benjamin J. Raphael;Ralph H. Hruban;Andrew J. Aguirre;Richard A. Moffitt

  • An illustrated consensus on the classification of pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia and intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms

    Ralph H. Hruban;Kyoichi Takaori;David S. Klimstra;N. Volkan Adsay

  • Oncogenic Kras is required for both the initiation and maintenance of pancreatic cancer in mice

    Meredith A. Collins;Filip Bednar;Yaqing Zhang;Jean Christophe Brisset

  • Classification of types of intraductal papillary-mucinous neoplasm of the pancreas: a consensus study.

    Toru Furukawa;Günter Klöppel;N. Volkan Adsay;Jorge Albores-Saavedra

  • A Revised Classification System and Recommendations From the Baltimore Consensus Meeting for Neoplastic Precursor Lesions in the Pancreas.

    Olca Basturk;Seung Mo Hong;Laura D. Wood;N. Volkan Adsay

  • Whole-exome sequencing of neoplastic cysts of the pancreas reveals recurrent mutations in components of ubiquitin-dependent pathways

    Jian Wu;Yuchen Jiao;Marco Dal Molin;Anirban Maitra

  • The high-grade (WHO G3) pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor category is morphologically and biologically heterogenous and includes both well differentiated and poorly differentiated neoplasms.

    Olca Basturk;Zhaohai Yang;Laura H. Tang;Ralph H. Hruban

  • Multicomponent analysis of the pancreatic adenocarcinoma progression model using a pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia tissue microarray

    Anirban Maitra;N Volkan Adsay;Pedram Argani;Christine Iacobuzio-Donahue

  • Highly Expressed Genes in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinomas: A Comprehensive Characterization and Comparison of the Transcription Profiles Obtained from Three Major Technologies

    Christine A. Iacobuzio-Donahue;Raheela Ashfaq;Anirban Maitra;N. Volkan Adsay

  • Pathologically and biologically distinct types of epithelium in intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms: delineation of an "intestinal" pathway of carcinogenesis in the pancreas.

    N. Volkan Adsay;Kambiz Merati;Olca Basturk;Christine Iacobuzio-Donahue

  • Gallbladder cancer: expert consensus statement.

    Thomas A. Aloia;Nicolas Járufe;Milind Javle;Shishir K. Maithel

  • Secondary tumors of the pancreas: an analysis of a surgical and autopsy database and review of the literature

    N. Volkan Adsay;Aleodor Andea;Olca Basturk;Nihal Kilinc

  • Pathology of Genetically Engineered Mouse Models of Pancreatic Exocrine Cancer: Consensus Report and Recommendations

    Ralph H. Hruban;N. Volkan Adsay;Jorge Albores-Saavedra;Miriam R. Anver

  • A Combination of Molecular Markers and Clinical Features Improve the Classification of Pancreatic Cysts

    Simeon Springer;Yuxuan Wang;Marco Dal Molin;David L. Masica

  • Pathology reporting of neuroendocrine tumors: application of the Delphic consensus process to the development of a minimum pathology data set

    David S. Klimstra;Irvin R. Modlin;N. Volkan Adsay;Runjan Chetty

  • KrasG12D and Smad4/Dpc4 Haploinsufficiency Cooperate to Induce Mucinous Cystic Neoplasms and Invasive Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas

    Kamel Izeradjene;Chelsea Combs;Melissa Best;Aarthi Gopinathan

  • The Dichotomy in the Preinvasive Neoplasia to Invasive Carcinoma Sequence in the Pancreas: Differential Expression of MUC1 and MUC2 Supports the Existence of Two Separate Pathways of Carcinogenesis

    N. Volkan Adsay;Kambiz Merati;Aleodor Andea;Fazlul Sarkar

Frequent Co-Authors

Shishir K. Maithel
Shishir K. Maithel Emory University
David S. Klimstra
David S. Klimstra Yale University
Ralph H. Hruban
Ralph H. Hruban Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
David A. Kooby
David A. Kooby Emory University
Juan Carlos Roa
Juan Carlos Roa University of Córdoba
Fazlul H. Sarkar
Fazlul H. Sarkar Wayne State University
Peter J. Allen
Peter J. Allen Duke University
Giuseppe Zamboni
Giuseppe Zamboni University of Verona
Christopher L. Wolfgang
Christopher L. Wolfgang New York University
Aldo Scarpa
Aldo Scarpa University of Verona

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