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Wolfgang Hiller is affiliated with Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Germany. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Oncology, Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cancer Research, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work concentrates on several main topics, including:

  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments
  • Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas
  • Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer

Wolfgang Hiller has an active publication record in several frequent venues, such as:

  • Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology
  • Surgical Endoscopy
  • Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie
  • Visceral Medicine

Among the notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Hiller are:

  • Consensus statements on complete mesocolic excision for right-sided colon cancer-technical steps and training implications (2022), Surgical Endoscopy
  • High microsatellite instability (MSI-H) is associated with distinct clinical and molecular characteristics and an improved survival in early Colon cancer (CC); real world data from the AIO molecular registry Colopredict Plus (2020), Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie
  • Upregulation of the histone γ-H2AX correlates with worse patient survival and basal-like subtype in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (2024), Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology
  • Cytokeratin 6 identifies basal-like subtypes of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma with decreased survival (2023), Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology
  • A German's Perspective on the Way toward Ambulatory Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Postoperative Questionnaire (2024), Visceral Medicine

Wolfgang Hiller frequently collaborates with colleagues including Patricia Tejedor, Nader Francis, David Jayne, Werner Hohenberger, and Jim Khan, each of whom has co-authored multiple publications with them.

Best Publications

  • Pharmacological interventions for somatoform disorders in adults.

    Maria Kleinstäuber;Michael Witthöft;Andrés Steffanowski;Harm van Marwijk

  • Self-compassion as an emotion regulation strategy in major depressive disorder.

    Alice Diedrich;Michaela Grant;Stefan G. Hofmann;Wolfgang Hiller

  • Cognitive aspects of hypochondriasis and the somatization syndrome.

    Winfried Rief;Wolfgang Hiller;Juergen Margraf

  • Psychodynamic Therapy and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Social Anxiety Disorder: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial

    Falk Leichsenring;Simone Salzer;Manfred E. Beutel;Stephan Herpertz

  • Somatization in the population: from mild bodily misperceptions to disabling symptoms

    Wolfgang Hiller;Winfried Rief;Elmar Brähler

  • Cognitive-behavioral therapy and psychodynamic psychotherapy: techniques, efficacy, and indications.

    Falk Leichsenring;Wolfgang Hiller;Michael Weissberg;Eric Leibing

  • The prevalence of medically unexplained symptoms in primary care.

    Natalie Steinbrecher;Stephanie Koerber;Dirk Frieser;Wolfgang Hiller

  • Factors Influencing Tinnitus Loudness and Annoyance

    Wolfgang Hiller;Gerhard Goebel

  • Effectiveness of and dropout from outpatient cognitive behavioral therapy for adult unipolar depression: a meta-analysis of nonrandomized effectiveness studies.

    Eva Hans;Wolfgang Hiller

  • Efficacy of short-term psychotherapy for multiple medically unexplained physical symptoms: a meta-analysis.

    Maria Kleinstäuber;Michael Witthöft;Wolfgang Hiller

  • A New Approach to the Assessment of the Treatment Effects of Somatoform Disorders

    Winfried Rief;Wolfgang Hiller

  • Methodological aspects of clinical trials in tinnitus: A proposal for an international standard

    Michael Landgrebe;Andréia Azevedo;David Baguley;Carol Bauer

  • Rapid assessment of tinnitus-related psychological distress using the Mini-TQ.

    Wolfgang Hiller;Gerhard Goebel

  • A controlled treatment study of somatoform disorders including analysis of healthcare utilization and cost-effectiveness.

    Wolfgang Hiller;Manfred M Fichter;Winfried Rief

  • Psychological approaches to origins and treatments of somatoform disorders.

    Michael Witthöft;Wolfgang Hiller

  • Toward empirically based criteria for the classification of somatoform disorders.

    Winfried Rief;Wolfgang Hiller

  • A meta-analysis of nonrandomized effectiveness studies on outpatient cognitive behavioral therapy for adult anxiety disorders.

    Eva Hans;Wolfgang Hiller

  • Emotion Elicitation: A Comparison of Pictures and Films

    Meike K. Uhrig;Nadine Trautmann;Ulf Baumgärtner;Rolf-Detlef Treede

  • Dimensional and categorical approaches to hypochondriasis

    W. Hiller;W. Rief;M. M. Fichter

  • Classification characteristics of the Patient Health Questionnaire-15 for screening somatoform disorders in a primary care setting

    Stephanie Körber;Dirk Frieser;Natalie Steinbrecher;Wolfgang Hiller

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Witthöft
Michael Witthöft Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Winfried Rief
Winfried Rief Philipp University of Marburg
Ulrich Stangier
Ulrich Stangier Goethe University Frankfurt
Stephan Herpertz
Stephan Herpertz Ruhr University Bochum
Falk Leichsenring
Falk Leichsenring University of Giessen
Eric Leibing
Eric Leibing University of Göttingen
Gerhard Andersson
Gerhard Andersson Linköping University
Manfred E. Beutel
Manfred E. Beutel Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Bernhard Strauss
Bernhard Strauss Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Jürgen Hoyer
Jürgen Hoyer TU Dresden

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