Hop S Tran Cao, MD, FACS

Peer-Reviewed Articles

1. Mason MC, Massarweh NN, Tzeng CD, Chiang YJ, Chun YS, Aloia TA, Javle M, Vauthey JN, Tran Cao HS. Time to Rethink Upfront Surgery for Resectable Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma? Implications from the Neoadjuvant Experience. Ann Surg Oncol 28(11):6725-6735, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33586068.
2. da Costa WL, Tran Cao HS, Sheetz KH, Gu X, Norton EC, Massarweh NN. Comparative Effectiveness of Neoadjuvant Therapy and Upfront Resection for Patients with Resectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: An Instrumental Variable Analysis. Ann Surg Oncol 28(6):3186-3195, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33174146.
3. De Bellis M, Kawaguchi Y, Duwe G, Tran Cao HS, Mehran RJ, Vauthey JN. Short- and long-term outcomes of a transdiaphragmatic approach for simultaneous resection of colorectal liver and lung metastases. J Gastrointest Surg 25(3):641-649, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33123875.
4. AghaAmiri S, Simien J, Thompson A, Voss J, Ghosh SC, Vargas SH, Kim S, Azhdarinia A, Tran Cao HS. Comparison of HER2-targeted antibodies for fluorescence-guided surgery in breast cancer. Mol Imaging:5540569, 2021. PMID: 34194285.
5. Kawaguchi Y, Newhook TE, Tran Cao HS, Tzeng CD, Chun YS, Aloia TA, Dasari A, Kopetz S, Vauthey JN. Alteration of FBXW7 is Associated with Worse Survival in Patients Undergoing Resection of Colorectal Liver Metastases. J Gastrointest Surg 25(1):186-194, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33205306.
6. da Costa WL, Tran Cao HS, Portuondo JI, Sada YH, Massarweh NN. Hospital clinical staging accuracy for upper gastrointestinal malignancy. J Surg Oncol 122(8):1630-1638, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32976667.
7. Hernandez Vargas S, Lin C, Voss J, Ghosh S, Halperin D, AghaAmiri S, Tran Cao HS, Ikoma N, Uselmann A, Azhdarinia A. Development of a drug-device combination for fluorescence-guided surgery in neuroendocrine tumors. J Biomed Optics 25(12):126002, 2020. PMID: 33300316.
8. Portuondo JI, Probstfeld L, Massarweh NN, Le L, Wei Q, Chai CY, Taylor J, Awad SS, Tran Cao HS. Malnutrition in elective surgery: How traditional markers might be failing surgeons and patients. Surgery 168(6):1144-1151, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32919780.
9. Tran Cao HS, Tzeng CW, Chun YS, Aloia TA, Vauthey JN. Surgical management of localized hepatocellular carcinoma in times of crisis: a strategic approach to resource utilization. J Hepatocellular Carcinoma:155-158. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33062624.
10. Tzeng CWD, Teshome M, Katz MHG, Weinberg JS, Lai SY, Antonoff M, Bird JE, Shafer A, Davis JW, Adelman DM, Moon B, Reece G, Prabhu SS, DeSnyder SM, Skibber JM, Mehran R, Schmeler K, Roland CL, Tran Cao HS, Aloia TA, Caudle AS, Swisher SG, Vauthey JN. Cancer surgery scheduling during and after the COVID-19 first wave: the MD Anderson Cancer Center experience. Ann Surg 272(2). e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32675511.
11. White MG, Tzeng CW, Ikoma N, Chun YS, Aloia TA, Vauthey JN, Tran Cao HS. Robotic partial segment VIII resection. Ann Surg Oncol. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32761429.
12. Ikoma N, Kim MP, Tzeng CWD, Tran Cao HS, Lee JE, Katz MHG. External retraction techniques for robotic pancreatoduodenectomy. J Amer Col Surg 231(5):e8-e10. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32805403.
13. Tzeng CW, Tran Cao HS, Roland CL, Teschome M, Bednarski BK, Ikoma N, Graham PH, Keung EZ, Scally CP, Katz MHG, Gershenwald JE, Vauthey JN. Surgical decision-making and prioritization for cancer patients at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic: A multidisciplinary approach. Surg Onc. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32891326.
14. Shah KP, Baugh KA, Brubaker LS, Van Buren G, Villafane-Ferriol N, McElhany AL, Mohamed S, Silberfein EJ, Hsu C, Massarweh NN, Tran Cao HS, Mendez-Reyes JE, Fisher WE. Long-Term Assessment of Pancreatic Function After Pancreatectomy for Cystic Neoplasms. J Surg Res 247:547-555, 2020. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31740011.
15. Hernandez Vargas S, Kossatz S, Voss J, Ghosh SC, Tran Cao HS, Simien J, Reiner T, Dhingra S, Fisher WE, Azhdarinia A. Specific targeting of somatostatin receptor subtype-2 for fluorescence-guided surgery. Clin Cancer Res 25(14):4332-4342, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31015345.
16. Portuondo JI, Massarweh NN, Zhang Q, Chai CY, Tran Cao HS. Nodal downstaging as a treatment goal for node-positive pancreatic cancer. Surgery 165(6):1144-1150, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30745009.
17. Baugh KA, Villafane N, Farinas C, Dhingra S, Silberfein EJ, Massarweh NN, Tran Cao HS, Fisher WE, Van Buren G. Pancreatic Incidentalomas: A Management Algorithm for Identifying Ectopic Spleens. J Surg Res 236:144-152, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30694749.
18. Villafane-Ferriol N, Baugh KA, McElhany AL, Van Buren G 2nd, Fang A, Tashakori EK, Reyes JEM, Tran Cao HS, Silberfein EJ, Massarweh N, Hsu C, Barakat O, Schmidt C, Zyromski NJ, Dillhoff M, Villarreal JA, Fisher WE. Evidence versus practice in early drain removal after pancreatectomy. J Surg Res 236:332-39, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30694774.
19. Baugh KA, Tran Cao HS, van Buren G, Silberfein EJ, Hsu C, Chai C, Barakat O, Fisher WE, Massarweh NN. Understaging of clinical stage I pancreatic cancer and the impact of multimodality therapy. Surgery 165(2):307-314, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30243481.
20. Vo E, Curley SA, Chai CY, Massarweh NN, Tran Cao HS. National Failure of Surgical Staging for T1b Gallbladder Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 26(2):604-610, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30499077.
21. Sada YH, Smaglo BG, Tan JC, Tran Cao HS, Musher BL, Massarweh NN. Prognostic Value of Nodal Response After Preoperative Treatment of Gastric Adenocarcinoma. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 17(2):161-168, 2019. PMID: 30787129.
22. Sada YH, Smaglo BG, Tran Cao HS, Mok H, Musher BL, Massarweh NN. National Trends in Multimodality Therapy for Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer. J Surg Res 237:41-49. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30694790.
23. Cotton RT, Tran Cao HS, Rana AA, Sada YH, Axelrod DA, Goss JA, Wilson MA, Curley SA, Massarweh NN. Impact of the Treating Hospital on Care Outcomes for Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Hepatology 68(5):1879-1889, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30070392.
24. Diez-Barroso R, Palacio CH, Martinez JA, Makris K, Massarweh NN, Chai CY, Awad SS, Tran Cao HS. Robotic port-site hernias after general surgical procedures. J Surg Res 230:7-12, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30100042.
25. Mason MC, Tran Cao HS, Awad SS, Farjah F, Chang GJ, Massarweh NN. Hospital Minimally Invasive Surgery Utilization for Gastrointestinal Cancer. Ann Surg 268(2):303-310, 2018. PMID: 28498235.
26. Chai CY, Tran Cao HS, Massarweh NN. Limitations of the National Cancer Data Base to Evaluate Early-Stage Anal Cancer Treatment Outcomes-Reply. JAMA Surg 153(7):691-692, 2018. PMID: 29710204.
27. Villafane-Ferriol N, Van Buren G, Mendez-Reyes JE, McElhany AL, Massarweh NN, Silberfein EJ, Hsu C, Tran Cao HS, Schmidt C, Zyromski NJ, Dillhoff ME, Roch A, Oliva E, Smith AC, Zhang Q, Fisher WE. Sequential drain amylase to guide drain removal following pancreatectomy. HPB (Oxford) 20(6):514-520, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29478737.
28. Sada YH, Tran Cao HS, Chang GJ, Artinyan A, Musher BL, Smaglo BG, Massarweh NN. Prognostic value of neoadjuvant treatment response in locally advanced rectal cancer. J Surg Res 226:15-23, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29661280.
29. Chai CY, Tran Cao HS, Awad S, Massarweh NN. Management of Stage I Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Anal Canal. JAMA Surg 153(3):209-215, 2018. PMID: 29049547.
30. Vo E, Massarweh NN, Chai CY, Tran Cao HS, Zamani N, Abraham S, Adigun K, Awad SS. Association of the Addition of Oral Antibiotics to Mechanical Bowel Preparation for Left Colon and Rectal Cancer Resections With Reduction of Surgical Site Infections. JAMA Surg 153(2):114-121, 2018. PMID: 29049477.
31. Tran Cao HS, Zhang Q, Sada YH, Chai C, Curley SA, Massarweh NN. The role of surgery and adjuvant therapy in lymph node-positive cancers of the gallbladder and intrahepatic bile ducts. Cancer 124(1):74-83, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28841223.
32. Villafane-Ferriol N, Shah RM, Mohammed S, Van Buren G, Barakat O, Massarweh NN, Tran Cao HS, Silberfein EJ, Hsu C, Fisher WE. Evidence-Based Management of Drains Following Pancreatic Resection: A Systematic Review. Pancreas 47(1):12-17, 2018. PMID: 29232341.
33. Mason MC, Chang GJ, Petersen LA, Sada YH, Tran Cao HS, Chai C, Berger DH, Massarweh NN. National Quality Forum Colon Cancer Quality Metric Performance: How Are Hospitals Measuring Up?. Ann Surg 266(6):1013-1020, 2017. PMID: 27617852.
34. Tran Cao HS, Zhang Q, Sada YH, Silberfein EJ, Hsu C, Van Buren G, Chai C, Katz MHG, Fisher WE, Massarweh NN. Value of lymph node positivity in treatment planning for early stage pancreatic cancer. Surgery 162(3):557-567, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28666686.
35. Van Buren G, Bloomston M, Schmidt CR, Behrman SW, Zyromski NJ, Ball CG, Morgan KA, Hughes SJ, Karanicolas PJ, Allendorf JD, Vollmer CM, Ly Q, Brown KM, Velanovich V, Winter JM, McElhany AL, Muscarella P, Schmidt CM, House MG, Dixon E, Dillhoff ME, Trevino JG, Hallet J, Coburn NSG, Nakeeb A, Behrns KE, Sasson AR, Ceppa EP, Abdel-Misih SRZ, Riall TS, Silberfein EJ, Ellison EC, Adams DB, Hsu C, Tran Cao HS, Mohammed S, Villafañe-Ferriol N, Barakat O, Massarweh NN, Chai C, Mendez-Reyes JE, Fang A, Jo E, Mo Q, Fisher WE. A Prospective Randomized Multicenter Trial of Distal Pancreatectomy With and Without Routine Intraperitoneal Drainage. Ann Surg 266(3):421-431, 2017. PMID: 28692468.
36. Ware MJ, Nguyen LP, Law JJ, Krzykawska-Serda M, Taylor KM, Tran Cao HS, Anderson AO, Pulikkathara M, Newton JM, Ho JC, Hwang R, Rajapakshe K, Coarfa C, Huang S, Edwards D, Curley SA, Corr SJ. A new mild hyperthermia device to treat vascular involvement in cancer surgery. Sci Rep 7(1):1-14, 2017. PMID: 28900126.
37. Zhang J, Feider CL, Nagi C, Yu W, Carter SA, Suliburk J, Tran Cao HS, Eberlin LS. Detection of metastatic breast and thyroid cancer in lymph nodes by desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry imaging. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 28(6):1166-1174, 2017. PMID: 28247296.
38. Gilliland TM, Villafane-Ferriol N, Shah KP, Shah RM, Tran Cao HS, Massarweh NN, Silberfein EJ, Choi EA, Hsu C, McElhany AL, Barakat O, Fisher W, Van Buren G. Nutritional and Metabolic Derangements in Pancreatic Cancer and Pancreatic Resection. Nutrients 9(3), 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28272344.
39. Cloyd JM*, Tran Cao HS*, Petzel MQ, Denbo JW, Parker NH, Nogueras-González GM, Liles JS, Kim MP, Lee JE, Vauthey JN, Aloia TA, Fleming JB, Katz MH. Impact of pancreatectomy on long-term patient-reported symptoms and quality of life in recurrence-free survivors of pancreatic and periampullary neoplasms. J Surg Oncol 115(2):144-150, 2017. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27859270.
40. Tran Cao HS, Phuoc V, Ismael H, Denbo JW, Passot G, Yamashita S, Conrad C, Aloia TA, Vauthey JN. Rate of Organ Space Infection Is Reduced with the Use of an Air Leak Test During Major Hepatectomies. J Gastrointest Surg 21(1):85-93, 2017. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27496092.
41. Bailey CE, Tran Cao HS, Hu CY, Chang GJ, Feig BW, Rodriguez-Bigas MA, Nguyen ST, Skibber JM, You YN. Functional deficits and symptoms of long-term survivors of colorectal cancer treated by multimodality therapy differ by age at diagnosis. J Gastrointest Surg 19(1):180-8; discussio 188, 2015. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25213581.
42. Tran Cao HS, Lopez N, Chang DC, Lowy AM, Bouvet M, Baumgartner JM, Talamini MA, Sicklick JK. Improved perioperative outcomes with minimally invasive distal pancreatectomy: results from a population-based analysis. JAMA Surg 149(3):237-43, 2014. PMID: 24402232.
43. Tran Cao HS, Balachandran A, Wang H, Nogueras-González GM, Bailey CE, Lee JE, Pisters PW, Evans DB, Varadhachary G, Crane CH, Aloia TA, Vauthey JN, Fleming JB, Katz MH. Radiographic tumor-vein interface as a predictor of intraoperative, pathologic, and oncologic outcomes in resectable and borderline resectable pancreatic cancer. J Gastrointest Surg 18(2):269-78; discussion 278, 2014. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24129826.
44. Tzeng CW, Tran Cao HS, Lee JE, Pisters PW, Varadhachary GR, Wolff RA, Abbruzzese JL, Crane CH, Evans DB, Wang H, Abbott DE, Vauthey JN, Aloia TA, Fleming JB, Katz MH. Treatment sequencing for resectable pancreatic cancer: influence of early metastases and surgical complications on multimodality therapy completion and survival. J Gastrointest Surg 18(1):16-24; discussion 24-5, 2014. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24241967.
45. Metildi CA, Tang CM, Kaushal S, Leonard SY, Magistri P, Tran Cao HS, Hoffman RM, Bouvet M, Sicklick JK. In vivo fluorescence imaging of gastrointestinal stromal tumors using fluorophore-conjugated anti-KIT antibody. Ann Surg Oncol 20 Suppl 3:S693-700, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23943029.
46. Tran Cao HS, Kaushal S, Metildi CA, Menen RS, Lee C, Snyder CS, Messer K, Pu M, Luiken GA, Talamini MA, Hoffman RM, Bouvet M. Tumor-specific fluorescence antibody imaging enables accurate staging laparoscopy in an orthotopic model of pancreatic cancer. Hepatogastroenterology 59(118):1994-9, 2012. PMID: 22369743.
47. Tran Cao HS, Johnston LE, Chang DC, Bouvet M. A critical analysis of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging system for differentiated thyroid carcinoma in young patients on the basis of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) registry. Surgery 152(2):145-51, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22503316.
48. Johnston LE, Tran Cao HS, Chang DC, Bouvet M. Sociodemographic Predictors of Survival in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: Results from the SEER Database. ISRN Endocrinol 2012:384707, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22957267.
49. Reid C, Tran Cao HS, Kobayashi L, Coimbra R, Costantini TW. Case of Rapunzel Syndrome: with a Review of Diagnosis and Treatment. J Surg Rad 3(4):236-239, 2012.
50. Grzesiak JJ, Tran Cao HS, Burton DW, Kaushal S, Vargas F, Clopton P, Snyder CS, Deftos LJ, Hoffman RM, Bouvet M. Knockdown of the β(1) integrin subunit reduces primary tumor growth and inhibits pancreatic cancer metastasis. Int J Cancer 129(12):2905-15, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21491421.
51. Peterson CY, Osen HB, Tran Cao HS, Yu PT, Chang DC. The battle of the sexes: women win out in gastrointestinal surgery. J Surg Res 170(1):e23-8, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21693379.
52. Tran Cao HS, Kaushal S, Menen RS, Metildi CA, Lee C, Snyder CS, Talamini MA, Hoffman RM, Bouvet M. Submillimeter-resolution fluorescence laparoscopy of pancreatic cancer in a carcinomatosis mouse model visualizes metastases not seen with standard laparoscopy. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 21(6):485-9, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21699431.
53. Chang DC, Eastman B, Talamini MA, Osen HB, Tran Cao HS, Coimbra R. Density of surgeons is significantly associated with reduced risk of deaths from motor vehicle crashes in US counties. J Am Coll Surg 212(5):862-6, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21447445.
54. Tran Cao HS, Kaushal S, Lee C, Snyder CS, Thompson KJ, Horgan S, Talamini MA, Hoffman RM, Bouvet M. Fluorescence laparoscopy imaging of pancreatic tumor progression in an orthotopic mouse model. Surg Endosc 25(1):48-54, 2011. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20533064.
55. Tran Cao HS, Kaushal S, Snyder CS, Ongkeko WM, Hoffman RM, Bouvet M. Real-time imaging of tumor progression in a fluorescent orthotopic mouse model of thyroid cancer. Anticancer Res 30(11):4415-22, 2010. PMID: 21115887.
56. Erten A, Hall D, Hoh C, Tran Cao HS, Kaushal S, Esener S, Hoffman RM, Bouvet M, Chen J, Kesari S, Makale M. Enhancing magnetic resonance imaging tumor detection with fluorescence intensity and lifetime imaging. J Biomed Opt 15(6):066012, 2010. PMID: 21198186.
57. Tran Cao HS, Tokin C, Konop J, Ojeda-Fournier H, Chao J, Blair SL. A preliminary report on the clinical experience with AlloDerm in breast reconstruction and its radiologic appearance. Am Surg 76(10):1123-6, 2010. PMID: 21105625.
58. Tran Cao HS, Bouvet M, Kaushal S, Keleman A, Romney E, Kim G, Fruehauf J, Imagawa DK, Hoffman RM, Katz MH. Metronomic gemcitabine in combination with sunitinib inhibits multisite metastasis and increases survival in an orthotopic model of pancreatic cancer. Mol Cancer Ther 9(7):2068-78, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20606044.
59. Hu CM, Kaushal S, Tran Cao HS, Aryal S, Sartor M, Esener S, Bouvet M, Zhang L. Half-antibody functionalized lipid-polymer hybrid nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery to carcinoembryonic antigen presenting pancreatic cancer cells. Mol Pharm 7(3):914-20, 2010. PMID: 20394436.
60. Wang Y, Kelber JA, Tran Cao HS, Cantin GT, Lin R, Wang W, Kaushal S, Bristow JM, Edgington TS, Hoffman RM, Bouvet M, Yates JR, Klemke RL. Pseudopodium-enriched atypical kinase 1 regulates the cytoskeleton and cancer progression [corrected]. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107(24):10920-5, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20534451.
61. Tran Cao HS, Cosman BC, Devaraj B, Ramamoorthy S, Savides T, Krinsky ML, Horgan S, Talamini MA, Savu MK. Performance measures of surgeon-performed colonoscopy in a Veterans Affairs medical center. Surg Endosc 23(10):2364-8, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19266235.
62. McElroy MK, Kaushal S, Tran Cao HS, Moossa AR, Talamini MA, Hoffman RM, Bouvet M. Upregulation of thrombospondin-1 and angiogenesis in an aggressive human pancreatic cancer cell line selected for high metastasis. Mol Cancer Ther 8(7):1779-86, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19584238.
63. Tran Cao HS, Reynoso J, Yang M, Kimura H, Kaushal S, Snyder CS, Hoffman RM, Bouvet M. Development of the transgenic cyan fluorescent protein (CFP)-expressing nude mouse for "Technicolor" cancer imaging. J Cell Biochem 107(2):328-34, 2009. PMID: 19306297.
64. Snyder CS, Kaushal S, Kono Y, Tran Cao HS, Hoffman RM, Bouvet M. Complementarity of ultrasound and fluorescence imaging in an orthotopic mouse model of pancreatic cancer. BMC Cancer 9:106, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19351417.
65. Tran Cao HS, Kimura H, Kaushal S, Snyder CS, Reynoso J, Hoffman RM, Bouvet M. The cyan fluorescent protein (CFP) transgenic mouse as a model for imaging pancreatic exocrine cells. JOP 10(2):152-6, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19287108.
66. Macias BR, Groppo ER, Bawa M, Tran Cao HS, Lee B, Pedowitz RA, Hargens AR. Lower body negative pressure treadmill exercise is more comfortable and produces similar physiological responses as weighted vest exercise. Int J Sports Med 28(6):501-5, 2007. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 17111308.
67. Portuondo JI, Tran Cao HS, da Costa WL Jr, Harris AHS, Massarweh NN. Hospital multimodality care as a quality measure for gastric cancer. Ann Surg Oncol.
68. Kawaguchi Y, Kopetz S, Kwong L, Xiao L, Morris J, Tran Cao HS, Tzeng CWD, Chun YS, Aloia TA, Lee JE, Vauthey JN. Genomic sequencing provides insight into clinical heterogeneity, prognostic pathway genes, and potentially actionable alterations in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. Ann Oncol.
69. Portuondo JI, Tran Cao HS, da Costa WL, Harris AHS, Massarweh NN. Defining Treatment Quality for Resected Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer. Ann Surg.

Invited Articles

1. White MG, Tran Cao HS. ASO Author Reflections: The Role of the Robot in Liver Surgery: An Evolution in Progress. Ann Surg Oncol 27(Suppl 3):897-898, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32813200.
2. Tran Cao HS, Marcal LP, Mason MC, Yedururi S, Joechle K, Wei SH, Vauthey JN. Benign Hepatic Incidentalomas. Curr Probl Surg 56(9):100642, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31585553.
3. Tran Cao HS, Vauthey JN. ASO Author Reflections: Role of Preoperative Chemotherapy in the Treatment of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Liver Metastases. Ann Surg Oncol 25(Suppl 3):792-793, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30334195.
4. Tran Cao HS, Massarweh NN. Adjuvant Therapy for Biliary Tract Cancers: Desperately Seeking Data. J Oncol Pract 14(12):719-720, 2018. PMID: 30537448.
5. Starker LF, Prieto PA, Liles JS, Tran Cao HS, Grubbs EG, Lee JE, Perrier ND, Graham PH. Endocrine incidentalomas. Curr Probl Surg 53(5):219-46, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27325542.
6. Paulson AS, Tran Cao HS, Tempero MA, Lowy AM. Therapeutic advances in pancreatic cancer. Gastroenterology 144(6):1316-26, 2013. PMID: 23622141.
7. Tran Cao HS, McElroy M, Kaushal S, Hoffman RM, Bouvet M. Imaging of the interaction of cancer cells and the lymphatic system. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 63(10-11):886-9, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21718727.
8. Tran Cao HS, Kellogg B, Lowy AM, Bouvet M. Cystic neoplasms of the pancreas. Surg Oncol Clin N Am 19(2):267-95, 2010. PMID: 20159515.

Editorials

1. da Costa WL, Tran Cao HS, Massarweh NN. Neoadjuvant Treatment for Patients With Localized Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: Are We There Yet?. JAMA Oncol 6(8):1163-1164, 2020. PMID: 32463451.
2. Tran Cao HS, Vauthey JN. Portal vein embolization for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma - a story worth repeating. Ann Surg Oncol 27(7):2120-2121, 2020. PMID: 32112210.
3. Tran Cao HS, Vauthey JN. Repeat Hepatectomy for Recurrent Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases after Two-Stage Hepatectomy - Limitations and Opportunities. Hepatobiliary Surg Nutr 9(1):65-66, 2020. PMID: 32140480.

Abstracts

1. Kothari A, Massarweh NN, Tzeng CWD, Aloia TA, Chun YS, Kaseb A, Vauthey JN, Tran Cao HS. Is there a role for surgery in T2 and T3 hepatocellular carcinoma? A propensity-matched analysis of the National Cancer Database. Oral presentation at IHPBA 14th Annual World Congress, 2021.
2. Kim BJ, Newhook TE, Tzeng CWD, Ikoma N, Chiang YJ, Chun YS, Aloia TA, Vauthey JN, Tran Cao HS. Minimally invasive approaches to biliary tract cancers and nodal sampling: not all approaches are similar. Accepted for oral presentation at IHPBA 14th Annual World Congress, 2021.
3. Kothari A, Gaskill C, Tzeng CW, Chun YS, Aloia TA, Kaseb A, Vauthey JN, Tran Cao HS. Hospital Variation in Treatment Outcomes for High-Risk Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Where You Go Matters. Oral presentation at the Clinical Congress 2020 (American College of Surgeons), 2020.
4. Newhook T, Kim MP, Chiang YJ, Ikoma N, Tzeng CW, Vauthey JN, Lee JE, Katz MHG, Tran Cao HS. Oncologic outcomes of cyst-associated vs. classical pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Oral Presentation at Digestive Disease Week (SSAT) - virtual poster due to COVID, 2020.
5. Scaria D, Tran Cao HS, Appelbaum N, De Leon Castro LA, Scott BG, Carrott PW, Galvan NTN. Implementation of an intraoperative educational timeout at a large multi-site general surgery residency program. Oral presentation at the 2020 Association for Surgical Education (ASE) Annual Meeting, 2020.
6. Kim BJ, Newhook TE, Tzeng CWD, Ikoma N, Chiang YJ, Chun YS, Aloia TA, Vauthey JN, Tran Cao HS. Minimally invasive approaches to biliary tract cancers and nodal sampling: not all approaches are similar. Oral presentation at AHPBA 2020, 2020.
7. Mason MC, Massarweh NN, Tzeng CWD, Chiang YJ, Chun YS, Aloia TA, Javle M, Vauthey JN, Tran Cao HS. Neoadjuvant therapy vs. upfront surgery for potentially resectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma". Accepted for poster presentation at SSO (cancelled by COVID), 2020.
8. Mason M, Tzeng CWD, Chiang YJ, Chun YS, Aloia TA, Javle M, Vauthey JN, Tran Cao HS. Neoadjuvant Therapy for Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma – When and Why? A Report from the National Cancer Database. Poster presented at the International Conference on Surgical Cancer Care 2020 (SSO), 2020.
9. Vo E, Probstfeld L, Portuondo JI, Massarweh NN, Le L, Chai CY, Awad SS, Taylor J, Tran Cao HS. Focus on Malnutrition: Traditional Markers Are Failing Surgeons and Patients. Oral presentation at the 15th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, 2020.
10. Simien J, Voss J, Thompson AM, Ghosh SC, AghaAmiri S, Azhdarinia A, Tran Cao HS. HER2/neu antibody-fluorophore conjugate for intraoperative detection of HER2-positive breast cancer. Proceedings of the 2019 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; AACR; Cancer Res 2020, 2020.
11. Kaseb AO, Vence L, Abugabal YI, Tran Cao HS, Blando J, Yadav SS, Ikoma N, Pestana RC, Vauthey JN, Chun YS, Sakamura D, Wolff R, Yao J, Alisson JP, Sharma P. Randomized, open-label, perioperative phase II study evaluating nivolumab alone or nivolumab plus ipilimumab in patients with resectable HCC. Poster presented at the Liver Cancer Summit 2020, 2020.
12. Villafane N, Le L, Probstfeld L, Massarweh NN, Chai CY, Naik A, Awad SS, Tran Cao HS. Clinical vs. Serologic Malnutrition in Patients with Gastrointestinal Cancer. Oral presentation at the 4th Annual Meeting of the Society of Asian Academic Surgeons (SAAS), 2019.
13. Bensussan A, Lin J, Dhingra S, Tran Cao HS, Eberlin LS. Characterizing Malignancy Potential of Pancreatic Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm (IPMN) Cyst Tissue and Fluid Using Desorption Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry. Presented at the ASMS Conference 2019, 2019.
14. Villafane N, Le L, Probstfeld L, Massarweh NN, Chai CY, Naik A, Awad SS, Tran Cao HS. Impact of Clinical vs. Serologic Malnutrition in Patients with Gi Cancers. Presentation at the 72nd Annual Cancer Symposium (SSO), 2019.
15. Miranda J, Younes H, Le L, Probstfeld L, Braun J, Barshes N, Kougias P, Tran Cao HS. Malnutrition in vascular surgery patients: Beyond serologic markers. Quickshot oral presentation at 14th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, 2019.
16. Vo E, Awad SS, Tran Cao HS, Massarweh NN, Lee DS, Chai CY. Psychiatric disorders in colorectal cancer patients & short-term clinical outcomes. Quickshot oral presentation at 14th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, 2019.
17. Baugh KA, Van Buren G 2nd, Tran Cao HS, Silberfein EJ, Hsu C, Chai CY, Massarweh NN, Fisher WE. Post-operative day 3 discharge after pancreaticoduodenectomy. Quickshot oral presentation at 14th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, 2019.