University of California San Francisco

Publications

  1. Spatial Transcriptomics Reveals Location-Specific Tumor Cell Subtypes and Signaling within Multifocal Small Intestinal Neuroendocrine Tumors.
    Yogo A, Akanuma N, Kim GE, Mäkinen N, Thirlwell C, Nakakura EK
    Clin Cancer Res. 2026 May 15; 32(10):2098-2109.; 
    PubMed
  2. True Incidence of Appendiceal Neoplasms in Patients Presenting with Complicated Appendicitis: A Call for a Revised Management Algorithm.
    Foroutani L, Wang JJ, Kiran S, Yin H, Myszewski J, Ali S, Ashraf Ganjouei A, Hirose K, Corvera C, Nakakura E, Alseidi A, Adam MA
    Ann Surg Oncol. 2026 May; 33(5):4161-4168.; 
    PubMed
  3. Video-based assessment identifies intraoperative predictors of clinically relevant POPF following minimally invasive distal pancreatectomy.
    Foroutani L, Mascagni P, Ganjouei AA, Fotoohi N, Nakakura EK, Corvera C, Adam MA, Alseidi AA
    Surg Endosc. 2026 Jun; 40(6):4819-4826.; 
    PubMed
  4. ASO Visual Abstract: True Incidence of Appendiceal Neoplasms in Patients Presenting with Complicated Appendicitis: A Call for a Revised Management Algorithm.
    Foroutani L, Wang JJ, Kiran S, Yin H, Myszewski J, Ali S, Ganjouei AA, Hirose K, Corvera C, Nakakura E, Alseidi A, Adam MA
    Ann Surg Oncol. 2026 May; 33(5):4180-4181.; 
    PubMed
  5. Impact of adjuvant chemotherapy among pathologic complete responders with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
    Elmankabadi S, Ashraf AG, Foroutani L, Li TM, Corvera C, Hirose K, Kirkwood K, Nakakura E, Alseidi A, Adam M
    Eur J Surg Oncol. 2026 Jun 12; 52(8):111955.; 
    PubMed
  6. Minimally Invasive Distal Pancreatectomy as the Standard of Care in the US: Are We There Yet?
    Foroutani L, Gonzalez A, Wang JJ, Aburayya BI, Ganjouei AA, Feng J, Thornblade LW, Hirose K, Maker AV, Nakakura E, Corvera CU, Alseidi A, Adam MA
    Cancers (Basel). 2025 Sep 16; 17(18).; 
    PubMed
  7. Re-evaluating the Role of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Early-Stage Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Unveiling the Impact of Immortal Time Bias on Survival.
    Ashraf Ganjouei A, Wang J, Hernandez S, Foroutani L, Hernandez FR, Hirose K, Nakakura E, Corvera C, Alseidi A, Adam MA
    Ann Surg Oncol. 2026 Aug; 33(8):7520-7526.; 
    PubMed
  8. Characterization of small intestinal neuroendocrine tumorlets.
    Yogo A, Akanuma N, Kim GE, Paciorek A, Zhang L, Le P, Hirose K, Corvera CU, Bergsland EK, Nakakura EK
    Endocr Relat Cancer. 2026 Apr 01; 33(4).; 
    PubMed
  9. ASO Visual Abstract: Re-evaluating the Role of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Early-Stage Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Unveiling the Impact of Immortal Time Bias on Survival.
    Ashraf A, Wang J, Hernandez S, Foroutani L, Hernandez FR, Hirose K, Nakakura E, Corvera C, Alseidi A, Adam MA
    Ann Surg Oncol. 2026 Jun 02.; 
    PubMed
  10. Characterization of tumor-associated microbiome in multifocal small intestinal neuroendocrine tumors (SI-NETs).
    Lee IT, Dohlman A, Gao T, Zhang Z, Kasai Y, Kim GE, Thirlwell C, Nakakura E, Meyerson M, Mäkinen N
    ESMO Gastrointest Oncol. 2025 Sep; 9:100229.; 
    PubMed