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Keywords

Barrett Esophagus; Esophageal Neoplasms; Esophagectomy; Esophagogastric Junction; Fibroblast Growth Factors; Gastrectomy; Gastroesophageal Reflux; Neoadjuvant Therapy; Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor; Translational Medical Research

Research group(s)

• Upper Gastrointestinal Research and Service

Research interests

• Expression of Fibroblast Growth Factors and its Receptors in (neoadjuvant treated) Esophageal Cancer
• Prognostic Value of preoeprative Laboratory Results in Esophageal Cancer
• Biobanking: Establishing a Biobank for Upper-GI Malignancies

Techniques, methods & infrastructure

• Upper-GI Biobank
• Analyzing Esophageal Cancer RNASeq Data from TCGA (The Cancer Genome Atlas)
• Immunohistochemistry (IHC)
• Quantitative RT-PCR
• Retrospective Clinical Studies

Selected publications

1. Ahmed, M.A. et al., 2016. Fibroblast growth factor receptor 4 induced resistance to radiation therapy in colorectal cancer. Oncotarget. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.12099.
2. Kollmann, D. et al., 2017. Expression of Programmed Cell Death Protein 1 by Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes and Tumor Cells is Associated with Advanced Tumor Stage in Patients with Esophageal Adenocarcinoma. Annals of Surgical Oncology. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1245/s10434-017-5858-7.
3. Jomrich, G. & Schoppmann, S., 2015. Targeting HER 2 and angiogenesis in gastric cancer. Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy, 16(1), pp.111-122. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1586/14737140.2016.1121110.
4. Jomrich, G. & Schoppmann, S.F., 2016. Targeted therapy in gastric cancer. European Surgery, 48(5), pp.278-284. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10353-016-0389-1.
5. Jomrich, G. et al., 2014. Stromal expression of carbonic anhydrase IX in esophageal cancer. Clinical and Translational Oncology, 16(11), pp.966-972. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12094-014-1180-z.