David Masao Ota | Scholars@Duke

David Masao Ota
Professor of Surgery

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor of Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Surgery 2006
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Institutes and Centers 2005

Contact Information

7023 North Pavilion, 2400 Pratt Street, Durham, NC 27705
Box 3850 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
david.ota@duke.edu (919) 668-5987

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- M.D., University of Chicago 1973
Duke Appointment History
- Consulting Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Clinical Science Departments 2005 - 2006
Research
Selected Grants
- Support for Specimen Banking in ACOSOG awarded by National Institutes of Health 2005 - 2012
- ACOSOG Competing Renewal awarded by National Institutes of Health 2008 - 2011
- ACOSOG Supplemental Z1072 awarded by National Institutes of Health 2008 - 2010
- ACOSOG awarded by National Institutes of Health 1998 - 2007
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Ellis, MJ, Suman, VJ, Hoog, J, Goncalves, R, Sanati, S, Creighton, CJ, DeSchryver, K, Crouch, E, Brink, A, Watson, M, Luo, J, Tao, Y, Barnes, M, Dowsett, M, Budd, GT, Winer, E, Silverman, P, Esserman, L, Carey, L, Ma, CX, Unzeitig, G, Pluard, T, Whitworth, P, Babiera, G, Guenther, JM, Dayao, Z, Ota, D, Leitch, M, Olson, JA, Allred, DC, and Hunt, K. "Ki67 Proliferation Index as a Tool for Chemotherapy Decisions During and After Neoadjuvant Aromatase Inhibitor Treatment of Breast Cancer: Results From the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group Z1031 Trial (Alliance)." Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 35, no. 10 (April 2017): 1061-1069. Full Text
  - Lesurf, R, Griffith, OL, Griffith, M, Hundal, J, Trani, L, Watson, MA, Aft, R, Ellis, MJ, Ota, D, Suman, VJ, Meric-Bernstam, F, Leitch, AM, Boughey, JC, Unzeitig, G, Buzdar, AU, Hunt, KK, and Mardis, ER. "Genomic characterisation of HER2-positive breast cancer and response to neoadjuvant trastuzumab and chemotherapy - results from the ACOSOG Z1041 (Alliance) trial." Annals of Oncology : Official Journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology (February 21, 2017). Full Text
  - McCarter, MD, Antonescu, CR, Ballman, KV, Maki, RG, Pisters, PWT, Demetri, GD, Blanke, CD, von Mehren, M, Brennan, MF, McCall, L, Ota, DM, DeMatteo, RP, and American College of Surgeons Oncology Group (ACOSOG) Intergroup Adjuvant Gist Study Team, . "Microscopically positive margins for primary gastrointestinal stromal tumors: analysis of risk factors and tumor recurrence." J Am Coll Surg 215, no. 1 (July 2012): 53-59. Full Text Link to Item
  - Ellis, MJ, Ding, L, Shen, D, Luo, J, Suman, VJ, Wallis, JW, Van Tine, BA, Hoog, J, Goiffon, RJ, Goldstein, TC, Ng, S, Lin, L, Crowder, R, Snider, J, Ballman, K, Weber, J, Chen, K, Koboldt, DC, Kandoth, C, Schierding, WS, McMichael, JF, Miller, CA, Lu, C, Harris, CC, McLellan, MD, Wendl, MC, DeSchryver, K, Allred, DC, Esserman, L, Unzeitig, G, Margenthaler, J, Babiera, GV, Marcom, PK, Guenther, JM, Leitch, M, Hunt, K, Olson, J, Tao, Y, Maher, CA, Fulton, LL, Fulton, RS, Harrison, M, Oberkfell, B, Du, F, Demeter, R, Vickery, TL, Elhammali, A, Piwnica-Worms, H, McDonald, S, Watson, M, Dooling, DJ, Ota, D, Chang, L-W, Bose, R, Ley, TJ, Piwnica-Worms, D, Stuart, JM, Wilson, RK, and Mardis, ER. "Whole-genome analysis informs breast cancer response to aromatase inhibition." Nature 486, no. 7403 (June 10, 2012): 353-360. Full Text
  - McDonald, SA, Mardis, ER, Ota, D, Watson, MA, Pfeifer, JD, and Green, JM. "Comprehensive genomic studies: Emerging regulatory, strategic, and quality assurance challenges for biorepositories." American Journal of Clinical Pathology 138, no. 1 (2012): 31-41. Full Text
  - Diehl, KM, Green, EM, Weinberg, A, Frederick, WA, Holmes, DR, Green, B, Morris, A, Kuerer, HM, Beltran, RA, Mendez, J, Gines, V, Ota, DM, Nelson, H, and Newman, LA. "Features associated with successful recruitment of diverse patients onto cancer clinical trials: report from the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group." Ann Surg Oncol 18, no. 13 (December 2011): 3544-3550. Full Text Link to Item
  - Ota, DM, Leitch, AM, and Unzeitig, G. "American College of Surgeons Oncology Group and the community surgeon." Surg Oncol Clin N Am 20, no. 3 (July 2011): 439-vii. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - You, YN, Jacobs, L, Martinez, E, and Ota, DM. "The audit process and how to ensure a successful audit." Cancer Treat Res 132 (2007): 179-197. (Review) Link to Item
  - You, YN, Jacobs, L, Martinez, ED, Budinger, SC, Wittlief, EJ, Myles, SK, Ota, DM, and American College of Surgeons Oncology Group, . "Improved surgeon performance in clinical trials: an analysis of quality assurance audits from the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group." Journal of the American College of Surgeons 203, no. 3 (September 2006): 269-276. Full Text
  - You, YN, Hunt, KK, Posner, MC, Putnam, JB, Nelson, H, Ota, DM, and Pisters, PWT. "Operative trials: the opportunity beckons-an update on the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group." Surgery 139, no. 4 (April 2006): 455-459. Full Text Link to Item
  - Newman, LA, Lee, CT, Parekh, LP, Stewart, AK, Jr, CRT, Beltran, RA, Lucci, A, Green, B, Ota, D, and Nelson, H. "Use of the National Cancer Data Base to develop clinical trials accrual targets that are appropriate for minority ethnicity patients: A report from the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group (ACOSOG) special populations committee." Cancer 106, no. 1 (2006): 188-195. Full Text
  - Lin, KM, Patel, TH, Ray, A, Ota, M, Jacobs, L, Kuvshinoff, B, Chung, M, Watson, M, and Ota, DM. "Intradermal radioisotope is superior to peritumoral blue dye or radioisotope in identifying breast cancer sentinel nodes." J Am Coll Surg 199, no. 4 (October 2004): 561-566. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Clinical Outcomes of Surgical Therapy Study Group, , Nelson, H, Sargent, DJ, Wieand, HS, Fleshman, J, Anvari, M, Stryker, SJ, Beart, RW, Hellinger, M, Flanagan, R, Peters, W, and Ota, D. "A comparison of laparoscopically assisted and open colectomy for colon cancer." The New England Journal of Medicine 350, no. 20 (May 2004): 2050-2059. Full Text
  - Redlich, PN, Purdy, AC, Shidham, VB, Yun, HJ, Walker, A, and Ota, D. "Feasibility of breast duct lavage performed by a physician extender." Surgery 136, no. 5 (2004): 1077-1082. Full Text
  - Annie Yu, H-J, Lin, KM, Ota, DM, and Lynch, HT. "Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer: preventive management." Cancer Treat Rev 29, no. 6 (December 2003): 461-470. (Review) Link to Item
  - Ota, DM. "What's new in general surgery: surgical oncology." J Am Coll Surg 196, no. 6 (June 2003): 926-932. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Heidemann, J, Ogawa, H, Dwinell, MB, Rafiee, P, Maaser, C, Gockel, HR, Otterson, MF, Ota, DM, Lugering, N, Domschke, W, and Binion, DG. "Angiogenic effects of interleukin 8 (CXCL8) in human intestinal microvascular endothelial cells are mediated by CXCR2." The Journal of Biological Chemistry 278, no. 10 (March 2003): 8508-8515. Full Text
  - Kuvshinoff, BW, and Ota, DM. "Radiofrequency ablation of liver tumors: influence of technique and tumor size." Surgery 132, no. 4 (October 2002): 605-611. Full Text
  - Ota, DM, Jacobs, L, and Kuvshinoff, B. "Rectal cancer: the sphincter-sparing approach." Surg Clin North Am 82, no. 5 (October 2002): 983-993. (Review) Link to Item
  - Lin, KM, Rodriguez, F, and Ota, DM. "The sentinel node in colorectal carcinoma. Mapping technique, pathologic assessment, and clinical relevance." Oncology (Williston Park) 16, no. 5 (May 2002): 567-580. (Review) Link to Item
  - Nelson, H, Petrelli, N, Carlin, A, Couture, J, Fleshman, J, Guillem, J, Miedema, B, Ota, D, Sargent, D, and National Cancer Institute Expert Panel, . "Guidelines 2000 for colon and rectal cancer surgery." Journal of the National Cancer Institute 93, no. 8 (April 2001): 583-596. Full Text
  - Kuvshinoff, B, Maghfoor, I, Miedema, B, Bryer, M, Westgate, S, Wilkes, J, and Ota, D. "Distal margin requirements after preoperative chemoradiotherapy for distal rectal carcinomas: Are ≤ 1 cm distal margins sufficient?." Annals of Surgical Oncology 8, no. 2 (2001): 163-169. Full Text
  - Ota, DM, and Lin, K. "Lymphatic mapping and sentinel node identification for colorectal cancer." Swiss Surg 7, no. 6 (2001): 252-255. Link to Item
  - Lin, KM, and Ota, DM. "Laparoscopic colectomy for cancer: an oncologic feasible option." Surg Oncol 9, no. 3 (November 2000): 127-134. (Review) Link to Item
  - Ota, DM, Pestieau, SR, and Sugarbaker, PH. "Invited editorial." Diseases of the Colon & Rectum 43, no. 10 (October 2000): 1347-1348. Full Text
  - Saltz, L, Raben, D, Minsky, BD, Bader, JL, Coia, LR, Janjan, NA, John, MJ, Merrick, GS, Rich, TA, Rosenthal, SA, Tepper, JE, Ota, D, and Leibel, S. "Rectal cancer: presentation with metastatic and locally advanced disease. American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria." Radiology 215 Suppl (June 2000): 1491-1499.
  - John, MJ, Merrick, GS, Coia, LR, Minsky, BD, Bader, JL, Janjan, NA, Raben, D, Rich, TA, Rosenthal, SA, Tepper, JE, Ota, D, Saltz, L, and Leibel, S. "Anal cancer. American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria." Radiology 215 Suppl (2000): 1501-1511.
  - Rich, TA, Ota, D, Rosenthal, SA, Minsky, BD, Bader, JL, Coia, LR, Janjan, NA, John, MJ, Merrick, GS, Raben, D, Tepper, JE, Saltz, L, and Leibel, S. "Management of resectable rectal cancer. American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria." Radiology 215 Suppl (2000): 1473-1480.
  - Tepper, JE, Bader, JL, Janjan, NA, Minsky, BD, Coia, LR, John, MJ, Merrick, GS, Raben, D, Rich, TA, Rosenthal, SA, Ota, D, Saltz, L, and Leibel, S. "Locally unresectable rectal cancer. American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria." Radiology 215 Suppl (2000): 1481-1490.
  - Ajani, JA, Mansfield, PF, Lynch, PM, Pisters, PW, Feig, B, Dumas, P, Evans, DB, Raijman, I, Hargraves, K, Curley, S, and Ota, DM. "Enhanced staging and all chemotherapy preoperatively in patients with potentially resectable gastric carcinoma." Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 17, no. 8 (August 1999): 2403-2411. Full Text
  - Bold, RJ, Ota, DM, Ajani, JA, and Mansfield, PF. "Peritoneal and serum tumor markers predict recurrence and survival of patients with resectable gastric cancer." Gastric Cancer 2, no. 1 (May 1999): 1-7. Full Text Link to Item
  - Bouvet, M, Mansfield, PF, Skibber, JM, Curley, SA, Ellis, LM, Giacco, GG, Madary, AR, Ota, DM, and Feig, BW. "Clinical, pathologic, and economic parameters of laparoscopic colon resection for cancer." Am J Surg 176, no. 6 (December 1998): 554-558. Link to Item
  - Lieber, KA, Standiford, SB, Kuvshinoff, BW, and Ota, DM. "Surgical management of aberrant sentinel lymph node drainage in cutaneous melanoma." Surgery 124, no. 4 (October 1998): 757-761. Full Text Link to Item
  - Ota, DM. "Colon cancer." Cancer Treat Res 90 (1997): 347-356. (Review) Link to Item
  - Ota, DM. "Laparoscopic resection for colon cancer: a favorable view." Important Adv Oncol (1996): 227-229. (Review) Link to Item
  - Ota, DM. "Laparoscopic colon resection for cancer--a favorable view." Adv Surg 29 (1996): 141-153. (Review) Link to Item
  - Skibber, JM, Swanson, DA, Ames, FC, Ota, DM, and Pollock, RE. "Complications of intestinal anastomosis in patients with right colectomy and ileal conduit: The M. D. Anderson Experience." Journal of Pelvic Surgery 2, no. 5 (January 1, 1996): 234-238.
  - Ota, DM. "Laparoscopic colon resection for cancer." Surg Endosc 9, no. 12 (December 1995): 1318-1322. Link to Item
  - Rich, TA, Skibber, JM, Ajani, JA, Buchholz, DJ, Cleary, KR, Dubrow, RA, Levin, B, Lynch, PM, Meterissian, SH, and Roubein, LD. "Preoperative infusional chemoradiation therapy for stage T3 rectal cancer." International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 32, no. 4 (July 1995): 1025-1029. Full Text
  - Weinstein, GD, Rich, TA, Shumate, CR, Skibber, JM, Cleary, KR, Ajani, JA, and Ota, DM. "Preoperative infusional chemoradiation and surgery with or without an electron beam intraoperative boost for advanced primary rectal cancer." Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 32, no. 1 (April 30, 1995): 197-204. Link to Item
  - Ajani, JA, Mansfield, PF, and Ota, DM. "Potentially resectable gastric carcinoma: current approaches to staging and preoperative therapy." World J Surg 19, no. 2 (March 1995): 216-220. (Review) Link to Item
  - Kim, YH, Ajani, JA, Ota, DM, Lynch, P, and Roth, JA. "Value of serial carcinoembryonic antigen levels in patients with resectable adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and stomach." Cancer 75, no. 2 (January 1995): 451-456. Full Text
  - Ota, D, Loftin, B, Saito, T, Lea, R, and Keller, J. "Virtual reality in surgical education." Computers in Biology and Medicine 25, no. 2 (1995): 127-137.
  - Mansfield, PF, Hohn, DC, Fornage, BD, Gregurich, MA, and Ota, DM. "Complications and failures of subclavian-vein catheterization." The New England Journal of Medicine 331, no. 26 (December 1994): 1735-1738. Full Text
  - Feig, BW, Berger, DH, Dougherty, TB, Dupuis, JF, Hsi, B, Hickey, RC, and Ota, DM. "Pharmacologic intervention can reestablish baseline hemodynamic parameters during laparoscopy." Surgery 116, no. 4 (October 1994): 733-739.
  - Elftmann, TD, Nelson, H, Ota, DM, Pemberton, JH, and Beart, RW. "Laparoscopic-assisted segmental colectomy: surgical techniques." Mayo Clin Proc 69, no. 9 (September 1994): 825-833. (Review) Link to Item
  - Staley, CA, Miller, M, King, TJ, Clem, M, and Ota, DM. "Laparoscopic intracorporeal harvest of jejunal tissue for autologous transplantation." Surg Laparosc Endosc 4, no. 3 (June 1994): 192-195. Link to Item
  - Fuhrman, GM, and Ota, DM. "Laparoscopic intestinal stomas." Dis Colon Rectum 37, no. 5 (May 1994): 444-449. Link to Item
  - Meterissian, S, Skibber, J, Rich, T, Roubein, L, Ajani, J, Cleary, K, and Ota, DM. "Patterns of residual disease after preoperative chemoradiation in ultrasound T3 rectal carcinoma." Ann Surg Oncol 1, no. 2 (March 1994): 111-116. Link to Item
  - Mak, AC, Rich, TA, Schultheiss, TE, Kavanagh, B, Ota, DM, and Romsdahl, MM. "Late complications of postoperative radiation therapy for cancer of the rectum and rectosigmoid." International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 28, no. 3 (February 1994): 597-603. Full Text
  - Nakamori, S, Ota, DM, Cleary, KR, Shirotani, K, and Irimura, T. "MUC1 mucin expression as a marker of progression and metastasis of human colorectal carcinoma." Gastroenterology 106, no. 2 (February 1994): 353-361.
  - Irimura, T, Izumi, Y, Kawamura, Y, Nakamori, S, Fidler, IJ, Cleary, KR, and Ota, DM. "Carbohydrate-mediated cell adhesion as a determinant of colorectal cancer metastasis." Cancer Bulletin 46, no. 4 (1994): 336-343.
  - Ota, DM, Nelson, H, and Weeks, JC. "Controversies regarding laparoscopic colectomy for malignant diseases." Curr Opin Gen Surg (1994): 208-213. (Review) Link to Item
  - Ota, DM. "Laparoscopic Management of Colon Cancer." Surgical Innovation 1, no. 1 (January 1, 1994): 18-25. Full Text
  - Ajani, JA, Mayer, RJ, Ota, DM, Steele, GD, Evans, D, Roh, M, Sugarbaker, DJ, Dumas, P, Gray, C, and Vena, DA. "Preoperative and postoperative combination chemotherapy for potentially resectable gastric carcinoma." Journal of the National Cancer Institute 85, no. 22 (November 1993): 1839-1844. Full Text
  - Grossie, VB, Yick, J, Alpeter, M, Welbourne, TC, and Ota, DM. "Glutamine stability in biological tissues evaluated by fluorometric analysis." Clin Chem 39, no. 6 (June 1993): 1059-1063. Link to Item
  - Shumate, CR, Rich, TA, Skibber, JM, Ajani, JA, and Ota, DM. "Preoperative chemotherapy and radiation therapy for locally advanced primary and recurrent rectal carcinoma. A report of surgical morbidity." Cancer 71, no. 11 (June 1993): 3690-3696. Full Text
  - Irimura, T, Nakamon, S, Matsushita, Y, Taniuchi, Y, Todoroki, N, Tsuji, T, Izumi, Y, Kawamura, Y, Hoff, SD, Cleary, KR, and Ota, DM. "Colorectal cancer metastasis determined by carbohydrate-mediated cell adhesion: Role of sialyl-Le^X antigens." Seminars in Cancer Biology 4, no. 5 (1993): 319-324.
  - Rich, TA, Ajani, JA, Morrison, WH, Ota, D, and Levin, B. "Chemoradiation therapy for anal cancer: radiation plus continuous infusion of 5-fluorouracil with or without cisplatin." Radiotherapy and Oncology 27, no. 3 (1993): 209-215.
  - Rich, TA, Terry, NHA, Meistrich, M, Cleary, K, and Ota, D. "Pathologic, anatomic, and biologic factors correlated with local recurrence of colorectal cancer." Seminars in Radiation Oncology 3, no. 1 (January 1, 1993): 13-19. Full Text
  - Grossie, VB, Nishioka, K, Ajani, JA, and Ota, DM. "Substituting ornithine for arginine in total parenteral nutrition eliminates enhanced tumor growth." J Surg Oncol 50, no. 3 (July 1992): 161-167. Link to Item
  - Ellis, LM, Evans, DB, Martin, D, and Ota, DM. "Laparoscopic feeding jejunostomy tube in oncology patients." Surg Oncol 1, no. 3 (June 1992): 245-249. Link to Item
  - Lippman, SM, Parkinson, DR, Itri, LM, Weber, RS, Schantz, SP, Ota, DM, Schusterman, MA, Krakoff, IH, Gutterman, JU, and Hong, WK. "13-cis-retinoic acid and interferon alpha-2a: effective combination therapy for advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the skin." Journal of the National Cancer Institute 84, no. 4 (February 1992): 235-241. Full Text
  - Besa, P, Rich, TA, Delclos, L, Edwards, CL, Ota, DM, and Wharton, JT. "Extramammary Paget's disease of the perineal skin: role of radiotherapy." Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 24, no. 1 (1992): 73-78. Link to Item
  - Ellis, LM, and Ota, DM. "Nutritional support of the critically ill cancer patient." Cancer Bulletin 44, no. 3 (1992): 234-243.
  - Ota, DM, Mansfield, PF, and Ajani, JA. "Operative and adjuvant treatment strategies for gastric carcinoma." Cancer Bulletin 44, no. 4 (January 1, 1992): 286-291. (Review)
  - Simmons, JR, Buzdar, AU, Ota, DM, Marts, K, and Hortobagyi, GN. "Complications associated with indwelling catheters." Med Pediatr Oncol 20, no. 1 (1992): 22-25. Link to Item
  - Grossie, VB, Ota, DM, Ajani, JA, and Nishioka, K. "Amelioration of thrombocytopenia with concomitant ornithine in sarcoma-bearing rats receiving high dose difluoromethylornithine." Invest New Drugs 9, no. 4 (November 1991): 321-326. Link to Item
  - Ajani, JA, Ota, DM, Jessup, JM, Ames, FC, McBride, C, Boddie, A, Levin, B, Jackson, DE, Roh, M, and Hohn, D. "Resectable gastric carcinoma. An evaluation of preoperative and postoperative chemotherapy." Cancer 68, no. 7 (October 1991): 1501-1506. Full Text
  - Irimura, T, Wynn, DM, Hager, LG, Cleary, KR, and Ota, DM. "Human colonic sulfomucin identified by a specific monoclonal antibody." Cancer Research 51, no. 20 (October 1991): 5728-5735.
  - Robey-Cafferty, SS, Ajani, JA, Ota, DM, Roth, JA, and Bruner, JM. "Histologic observations and P-glycoprotein expression in gastric and esophageal adenocarcinomas treated with preoperative chemotherapy." Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 115, no. 8 (August 1991): 807-812.
  - Lotan, R, Matsushita, Y, Ohannesian, D, Carralero, D, Ota, DM, Cleary, KR, Nicolson, GL, and Irimura, T. "Lactose-binding lectin expression in human colorectal carcinomas. Relation to tumor progression." Carbohydrate Research 213 (June 1991): 47-57. Full Text
  - Nishioka, K, Grossie, VB, Chang, TH, Ajani, JA, and Ota, DM. "Colorectal ornithine decarboxylase activity in human mucosa and tumors: elevation of enzymatic activity in distal mucosa." J Surg Oncol 47, no. 2 (June 1991): 117-120. Link to Item
  - Matsushita, Y, Hoff, SD, Nudelman, ED, Otaka, M, Hakomori, S, Ota, DM, Cleary, KR, and Irimura, T. "Metastatic behavior and cell surface properties of HT-29 human colon carcinoma variant cells selected for their differential expression of sialyl-dimeric Le(x)-antigen." Clinical & Experimental Metastasis 9, no. 3 (May 1991): 283-299. Full Text
  - Irimura, T, Matsushita, Y, Hoff, SD, Yamori, T, Nakamori, S, Frazier, ML, Giacco, GG, Cleary, KR, and Ota, DM. "Ectopic expression of mucins in colorectal cancer metastasis." Semin Cancer Biol 2, no. 2 (April 1991): 129-139. (Review) Link to Item
  - Ajani, JA, Ota, DM, and Jackson, DE. "Current strategies in the management of locoregional and metastatic gastric carcinoma." Cancer 67, no. 1 Suppl (January 1, 1991): 260-265. (Review) Link to Item
  - Ajani, JA, Ota, DM, and Jackson, DE. "Current strategies in the management of locoregional and metastatic gastric carcinoma." Cancer 67, no. S1 (January 1, 1991): 260-265. Full Text
  - Irimura, T, Matsushita, Y, Sutton, RC, Carralero, D, Ohannesian, DW, Cleary, KR, Ota, DM, Nicolson, GL, and Lotan, R. "Increased content of an endogenous lactose-binding lectin in human colorectal carcinoma progressed to metastatic stages." Cancer Research 51, no. 1 (January 1991): 387-393.
  - McCready, D, Broadwater, R, Ross, M, Pollock, R, Ota, D, and Balch, C. "A case-control comparison of durability and cost between implanted reservoir and percutaneous catheters in cancer patients." Journal of Surgical Research 51, no. 5 (1991): 377-381. Full Text
  - Matsushita, Y, Cleary, KR, Ota, DM, Hoff, SD, and Irimura, T. "Sialyl-dimeric Lewis-X antigen expressed on mucin-like glycoproteins in colorectal cancer metastases." Laboratory Investigation; a Journal of Technical Methods and Pathology 63, no. 6 (December 1990): 780-791.
  - Irimura, T, McIsaac, AM, Carlson, DA, Yagita, M, Grimm, EA, Menter, DG, Ota, DM, and Clary, KR. "Soluble factor in normal tissues that stimulates high-molecular-weight sialoglycoprotein production by human colon carcinoma cells." Cancer Research 50, no. 11 (June 1990): 3331-3338.
  - Hoff, SD, Irimura, T, Matsushita, Y, Ota, DM, Cleary, KR, and Hakomori, S. "Metastatic potential of colon carcinoma. Expression of ABO/Lewis-related antigens." Arch Surg 125, no. 2 (February 1990): 206-209. Link to Item
  - Ajani, JA, Ota, DM, Grossie, VB, Abbruzzese, JL, Faintuch, JS, Patt, YZ, Jackson, DE, Levin, B, and Nishioka, K. "Evaluation of continuous-infusion alpha-difluoromethylornithine therapy for colorectal carcinoma." Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology 26, no. 3 (January 1990): 223-226. Full Text
  - Broadwater, JR, Henderson, MA, Bell, JL, Edwards, MJ, Smith, GJ, McCready, DR, Swanson, RS, Hardy, MER, Shenk, RR, Lawson, M, Ota, DM, and Balch, CM. "Outpatient percutaneous central venous access in cancer patients." The American Journal of Surgery 160, no. 6 (1990): 676-680. Full Text
  - Hoff, SD, Matsushita, Y, Ota, DM, Cleary, KR, Yamori, T, Hakomori, S, and Irimura, T. "Increased expression of sialyl-dimeric LeX antigen in liver metastases of human colorectal carcinoma." Cancer Res 49, no. 24 Pt 1 (December 15, 1989): 6883-6888. Link to Item
  - Grossie, VB, Nishioka, K, Chang, TH, Patenia, D, Benitez, MM, Ajani, JA, and Ota, DM. "Differential effects of parenteral nutrition on tumor growth and erythrocyte polyamine levels in the rat." JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 13, no. 6 (November 1989): 590-595. Full Text Link to Item
  - Ajani, JA, Ota, DM, Grossie, VB, Levin, B, and Nishioka, K. "Alterations in polyamine metabolism during continuous intravenous infusion of alpha-difluoromethylornithine showing correlation of thrombocytopenia with alpha-difluoromethylornithine plasma levels." Cancer Res 49, no. 20 (October 15, 1989): 5761-5765. Link to Item
  - Grossie, VB, Ota, DM, Ajani, JA, Chang, TH, Patenia, D, and Nishioka, K. "Reduction of difluoromethylornithine-induced thrombocytopenia in rats with ornithine while maintaining antitumor activity." Cancer Res 49, no. 15 (August 1, 1989): 4159-4162. Link to Item
  - Yamori, T, Ota, DM, Cleary, KR, Hoff, S, Hager, LG, and Irimura, T. "Monoclonal antibody against human colonic sulfomucin: immunochemical detection of its binding sites in colonic mucosa, colorectal primary carcinoma, and metastases." Cancer Research 49, no. 4 (February 1989): 887-894.
  - Jackson, GL, Pathak, S, Jones, LA, Vogel, V, Kemp, KI, Ota, DM, Kulkarni, P, Vernon, S, Conoley, P, and Hopwood, V. "Breast cancer screening-individualized risk assessment and application of new research technology: non-protein bound estradiol and chromosome analysis." Progress in Clinical and Biological Research 293 (January 1989): 271-278.
  - Kroll, SS, Pollock, R, Jessup, JM, and Ota, D. "Transpelvic rectus abdominis flap reconstruction of defects following abdominal-perineal resection." American Surgeon 55, no. 10 (1989): 632-637.
  - McCready, DR, Ota, DM, Rich, TA, Thielvoldt, D, and Jessup, JM. "Prospective phase I trial of conservative management of low rectal lesions." Arch Surg 124, no. 1 (January 1989): 67-70. Link to Item
  - Rich, TA, Hughes, LL, Jessup, JM, Ota, DM, Ames, FC, Hohn, DC, Martin, RG, Ajani, JA, and Abbruzzese, JL. "Conservative management of anal and low rectal cancers with combined modality therapy." Cancer Bulletin 41, no. 2 (January 1, 1989): 71-74.
  - Nishioka, K, Grossie, VB, Ajani, JA, Patenia, D, Chang, TH, and Ota, DM. "Polyamine-directed preferential nutritional repletion of normal tissues in tumor-bearing hosts." Int J Cancer 42, no. 5 (November 15, 1988): 744-747. Link to Item
  - Grossie, VB, Ota, DM, Ajani, JA, Chang, TH, Patenia, D, and Nishioka, K. "Influence of total parenteral nutrition on tumor growth and polyamine biosynthesis of fibrosarcoma-bearing rats after induced cachexia." JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 12, no. 5 (September 1988): 441-444. Full Text Link to Item
  - Irimura, T, Carlson, DA, Price, J, Yamori, T, Giavazzi, R, Ota, DM, and Cleary, KR. "Differential expression of a sialoglycoprotein with an approximate molecular weight of 900,000 on metastatic human colon carcinoma cells growing in culture and in tumor tissues." Cancer Res 48, no. 9 (May 1, 1988): 2353-2360. Link to Item
  - Irimura, T, Carlson, DA, and Ota, DM. "Electrophoretic analysis of four high molecular weight sialoglycoproteins produced by metastatic human colon carcinoma cells." J Cell Biochem 37, no. 1 (May 1988): 1-9. Full Text Link to Item
  - Yamori, T, Ota, DM, Cleary, KR, and Irimura, T. "Increased content of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan in human colorectal carcinoma metastases compared with the primary tumor as determined by an anti-chondroitin-sulfate monoclonal antibody." J Cell Biochem 36, no. 4 (April 1988): 405-416. Full Text Link to Item
  - Irimura, T, Nakajima, M, Yamori, T, Ota, DM, Cleary, KF, and Nicolson, GL. "Glycoconjugates and tumor metastasis." Adv Exp Med Biol 228 (1988): 677-704. (Review) Link to Item
  - Dimery, IW, Nishioka, K, Grossie, VB, Ota, DM, Schantz, SP, Byers, R, Robbins, KT, and Hong, WK. "Polyamine metabolism in carcinoma of the oral cavity compared with adjacent and normal oral mucosa." Am J Surg 154, no. 4 (October 1987): 429-433. Link to Item
  - Jones, LA, Ota, DM, Jackson, GA, Jackson, PM, Kemp, K, Anderson, DE, McCamant, SK, and Bauman, DH. "Bioavailability of estradiol as a marker for breast cancer risk assessment." Cancer Res 47, no. 19 (October 1, 1987): 5224-5229. Link to Item
  - Irimura, T, Yamori, T, Bennett, SC, Ota, DM, and Cleary, KR. "The relationship of collagenolytic activity to stage of human colorectal carcinoma." Int J Cancer 40, no. 1 (July 15, 1987): 24-31. Link to Item
  - Yamori, T, Kimura, H, Stewart, K, Ota, DM, Cleary, KR, and Irimura, T. "Differential production of high molecular weight sulfated glycoproteins in normal colonic mucosa, primary colon carcinoma, and metastases." Cancer Res 47, no. 10 (May 15, 1987): 2741-2747. Link to Item
  - Grossie, VB, Ota, DM, Ajani, JA, and Nishioka, K. "Effect of intravenous alpha-difluoromethylornithine on the polyamine levels of normal tissue and a transplantable fibrosarcoma." Cancer Res 47, no. 7 (April 1, 1987): 1836-1840. Link to Item
  - Irimura, T, Ota, DM, and Cleary, KR. "Ulex europeus agglutinin I-reactive high molecular weight glycoproteins of adenocarcinoma of distal colon and rectum and their possible relationship with metastatic potential." Cancer Res 47, no. 3 (February 1, 1987): 881-889. Link to Item
  - Jones, LA, Ota, DM, Jackson, GA, Jackson, PM, Kemp, K, Anderson, DE, McCamant, SK, and Bauman, DH. "Bioavailability of Estradiol as a Marker for Breast Cancer Risk Assessment." Cancer Research 47, no. 19 (January 1, 1987): 5092-5140.
  - Ota, DM, Grossie, VB, Ajani, JA, Stephens, LC, and Nishioka, K. "Red blood cell polyamine levels and host toxicity during continuous alpha-difluoromethylornithine infusion." Int J Cancer 38, no. 2 (August 15, 1986): 245-249. Link to Item
  - Grossie, VB, Nishioka, K, Ota, DM, and Martin, RG. "Relationship of erythrocyte polyamine levels and growth rate of transplantable tumors in rats." Cancer Res 46, no. 7 (July 1986): 3464-3468. Link to Item
  - Ota, DM, Kleman, G, and Diamond, K. "Practical considerations in the nutritional management of the cancer patient." Curr Probl Cancer 10, no. 7 (July 1986): 345-398. (Review) Link to Item
  - Ota, DM, Nishioka, K, Grossie, B, and Dixon, D. "Erythrocyte polyamine levels during intravenous feeding of patients with colorectal carcinoma." Eur J Cancer Clin Oncol 22, no. 7 (July 1986): 837-842. Link to Item
  - Ota, DM, Jones, LA, Jackson, GL, Jackson, PM, Kemp, K, and Bauman, D. "Obesity, non-protein-bound estradiol levels, and distribution of estradiol in the sera of breast cancer patients." Cancer 57, no. 3 (February 1, 1986): 558-562. Link to Item
  - Jackson, PM, Jackson, GL, Kemp, K, Bauman, DH, Ota, DM, and Jones, LA. "Development of a breast cancer screening & research program." Prog Clin Biol Res 216 (1986): 71-78. Link to Item
  - Jessup, JM, McBride, CM, Ames, FC, Guarda, L, Ota, DM, Romsdahl, MM, and Martin, RG. "Active specific immunotherapy of Dukes B2 and C colorectal carcinoma: comparison of two doses of the vaccine." Cancer Immunol Immunother 21, no. 3 (1986): 233-239. Link to Item
  - Jr, VBG, Nishioka, K, and Ota, DM. "Ornithine decarboxylase activity of normal tissue from tumor-bearing rats." Journal of Nutrition Growth and Cancer 3, no. 1 (1986): 41-46.
  - Ota, DM, Frasier, P, Guevara, J, and Foulkes, M. "Plasma proteins as indices of response to nutritional therapy in cancer patients." J Surg Oncol 29, no. 3 (July 1985): 160-165. Link to Item
  - Harris, WB, Grossie, VB, Ota, DM, Nishioka, K, Ajani, JA, Chang, T, and Patenia, D. "Effect of difluoromethylornithine on host and tumor polyamine metabolism during total parenteral nutrition." J Surg Res 38, no. 6 (June 1985): 592-598. Link to Item
  - Ota, DM, and Drewinko, B. "Growth kinetics of human colorectal carcinoma." Cancer Res 45, no. 5 (May 1985): 2128-2131. Link to Item
  - Miller, W, Ota, D, Giacco, G, Guinee, V, Irimura, T, Nicolson, G, and Cleary, K. "Absence of a relationship of size of primary colon carcinoma with metastasis and survival." Clinical & Experimental Metastasis 3, no. 3 (1985): 189-196. Full Text
  - Ota, D, Alvarez, L, Lichtiger, B, Giacco, G, and Guinee, V. "Perioperative blood transfusion in patients with colon carcinoma." Transfusion 25, no. 4 (1985): 392-394.
  - Ota, DM, Jessup, JM, Babcock, GF, Kirschbaum, L, Mountain, CF, McMurtrey, MJ, and Copeland, EM. "Immune function during intravenous administration of a soybean oil emulsion." JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 9, no. 1 (January 1985): 23-27. Full Text Link to Item
  - Pollock, RE, Ames, FC, Ota, DM, and Mansell, P. "A surgical oncology perspective on AIDS." Semin Surg Oncol 1, no. 3 (1985): 153-160. Link to Item
  - Ota, DM, Nishioka, K, Foulkes, M, and Grossie, VB. "Nutritional parameters affecting erythrocyte polyamine levels in cancer patients." J Clin Oncol 2, no. 10 (October 1984): 1157-1164. Full Text Link to Item
  - Copeland, EM, Ota, DM, and Cox, LC. "Hyperalimentation and oncologic management: update." Compr Ther 9, no. 11 (November 1983): 64-69. (Review) Link to Item
  - Grossie, VB, Castro, CE, and Ota, DM. "Modification of polycarbonate cages for individual housing of mice." Lab Anim Sci 33, no. 4 (August 1983): 365-. Link to Item
  - Floyd, CM, Ota, D, Jr, JC, Dudrick, SJ, and Copeland, EM. "Effect of serum source on protein-free diet lymphocyte blastogenesis." Journal of Surgical Research 35, no. 3 (1983): 243-248.
  - OTA, DM, and COPELAND, EM. "GASTROINTESTINAL CANCER .5. NUTRITIONAL THERAPY IN CANCER-PATIENTS." PRACTICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY 6, no. 2 (1982): 9-12. Link to Item
  - Dudrick, SJ, Copeland, EM, Daly, JM, Long, JM, Duke, JH, MacFadyen, BV, Rowlands, BJ, Van Buren, CT, Corriere, JN, Kahan, BD, Ota, DM, Englert, DM, and Jensen, TG. "A clinical review of nutritional support of the patient." JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 3, no. 6 (November 1979): 444-451. Full Text Link to Item
  - Copeland, EM, Daly, JM, Ota, DM, and Dudrick, SJ. "Nutrition, cancer, and intravenous hyperalimentation." Cancer 43, no. 5 Suppl (May 1979): 2108-2116. Link to Item
  - Floyd, C, Ota, D, Jr, JNC, Dudrick, SJ, and 3rd, EMC. "Effect of protein depletion on serum factors for lymphocyte transformation." Surgical Forum 30 (1979): 57-60.
  - Ota, DM, Copeland, EM, Corriere, JN, and Dudrick, SJ. "The effects of nutrition and treatment of cancer on host immunocompetence." Surg Gynecol Obstet 148, no. 1 (January 1979): 104-111. Link to Item
  - Ota, DM, Copeland, EM, Corriere, JN, Richie, ER, Jacobson, K, and Dudrick, SJ. "The effects of a 10% soybean oil emulsion on lymphocyte transformation." Jpen. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 2, no. 2 (May 1978): 112-115. Full Text
  - Ota, DM, Imbembo, AL, and Zuidema, GD. "Total parenteral nutrition." Surgery 83, no. 5 (May 1978): 503-520. (Review) Link to Item
  - Ota, DM, Copeland, EM, Strobel, HW, Daly, J, Gum, ET, Guinn, E, and Dudrick, SJ. "The effect of protein nutrition on host and tumor metabolism." J Surg Res 22, no. 3 (March 1977): 181-188. Link to Item
  - Ota, DM, Copeland, EM, Corriere, JN, Jacobson, KA, and Dudrick, SJ. "Effects of protein nutrition on lymphocyte transformation." Surg Forum 28 (1977): 65-66. Link to Item
  - Ota, DM. "The use of histidase for the study of amniotic cell origin and histidinemia." American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 117, no. 4 (October 1973): 567-571. Full Text
- Other Articles
  - Ota, DM, Nelson, H, and Giuliano, A. "Node biopsy vs. full lymph node dissection for breast cancer." Bull Am Coll Surg 95, no. 10 (October 2010): 58-59. Link to Item
  - Ota, DM, and Nelson, H. "Changing multidisciplinary cancer treatment through ACOSOG trials." Bull Am Coll Surg 95, no. 4 (April 2010): 38-40. Link to Item
  - Wilke, LG, Nelson, H, and Ota, DM. "Promoting patient safety through peer review." Bull Am Coll Surg 95, no. 3 (March 2010): 45-46. Link to Item
  - Nelson, H, and Ota, D. "Promoting patient safety." Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons 94, no. 12 (2009): 29-30.
  - You, YN, Ota, D, and Nelson, H. "The American College of Surgeons Oncology Group." Surgery 145, no. 6 (2009): 587-590. Full Text
  - Lind, DS, Schaub, NP, Hawkins, M, Sharp, KW, Ota, D, and Bland, K. "Discussion." American Surgeon 74, no. 8 (August 1, 2008): 711-712.
  - Ota, D, and Nelson, H. "A phase II trial for minimally invasive esophagectomy." Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons 93, no. 2 (2008): 41-42.
  - Ota, DM, Nelson, H, and ACOSOG Group Co-Chairs, . "Local excision of rectal cancer revisited: ACOSOG protocol Z6041." Ann Surg Oncol 14, no. 2 (February 2007): 271-. Full Text Link to Item
  - Ota, D, and Nelson, H. "The surgeon and adjuvant therapy for stage II colon cancer." Annals of Surgical Oncology 14, no. 2 (2007): 272-273. Full Text
  - Ota, DM, and Nelson, H. "Coin of the realm." Annals of Surgical Oncology 13, no. 7 (July 1, 2006): 901-null. Full Text
  - Ota, DM. "A pilot study of preoperative chemoradiation for gastric cancer." Ann Surg Oncol 8, no. 6 (July 2001): 482-483. Link to Item
  - Ota, DM. "The Wexner/Hwang article reviewed." Oncology 14, no. 8 (December 1, 2000): 1143-1144.
  - Ota, DM. "Treatment of primary colon cancer with peritoneal carcinomatosis: Comparison of concomitant vs. delayed management - Invited editorial." DISEASES OF THE COLON & RECTUM 43, no. 10 (October 2000): 1347-1347. Full Text Link to Item
  - Ota, DM. "Is intraoperative lymph node mapping and sentinel lymph node biopsy for colorectal carcinoma necessary?." Ann Surg Oncol 7, no. 2 (March 2000): 82-84. Link to Item
  - Ota, DM. "Is Intraoperative Lymph Node Mapping and Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Colorectal Carcinoma Necessary?." Annals of Surgical Oncology 7, no. 2 (March 2000): 82-84. Full Text
  - Pestieau, SR, Sugarbaker, PH, and Ota, DM. "Treatment of primary colon cancer with peritoneal carcinomatosis: Comparison of concomitant vs. delayed management." Diseases of the Colon and Rectum 43, no. 10 (2000): 1341-1348.
  - Ota, DM. "Myocutaneous pedicle flaps after abdomino-perineal resection for recurrent rectal cancer." Ann Surg Oncol 6, no. 1 (January 1999): 3-. Link to Item
  - Boddie, AW, Mahvi, , Ota, DM, Prinz, RA, and Pickleman, J. "Perivascular and intralesional tissue necrosis after hepatic cryoablation: Results in a porcine model - Discussion." SURGERY 122, no. 4 (October 1997): 747-747. Link to Item
  - Dawes, LG, Liu, , Fried, GM, and Ota, DM. "Carcinoma involving the gallbladder in elderly patients presenting with acute cholecystitis - Discussion." SURGERY 122, no. 4 (October 1997): 754-756. Link to Item
  - DeBord, JR, Arenas, RB, Harms, BA, and Ota, DM. "Incidence and therapeutic implications of synchronous colonic pathology in colorectal adenocarcinoma - Discussion." SURGERY 122, no. 4 (October 1997): 709-710. Link to Item
  - Harms, BA, Archer, SB, Ota, DM, Stellato, TA, Zollinger, RM, Estes, NC, and Senagore, A. "Implementation of a clinical pathway decreases length of stay and hospital charges for patients undergoing total colectomy and ileal pouch anal anastomosis - Discussion." SURGERY 122, no. 4 (October 1997): 703-705. Link to Item
  - Sarr, MG, Iannoli, P, Thompson, JS, and Ota, DM. "Epidermal growth factor and human growth hormone accelerate adaptation after massive enterectomy in an additive, nutrient-dependent, and site-specific fashion - Discussion." SURGERY 122, no. 4 (October 1997): 728-729. Link to Item
  - Ota, DM. "Preoperative radiotherapy for rectal cancer: benefits and controversies." Ann Surg Oncol 3, no. 5 (September 1996): 419-420. Link to Item
  - Ota, DM. "Laparoscopic colectomy for cancer: a favorable opinion." Ann Surg Oncol 2, no. 1 (January 1995): 3-5. Link to Item
  - Ota, DM, and Evans, DB. "Feeding jejunostomy techniques." Surgery 113, no. 5 (May 1993): 598-. (Letter) Link to Item
- Conference Papers
  - Ellis, MJ, Ding, L, Shen, D, Luo, J, Suman, VJ, Goiffon, RJ, Wallis, JW, Goldstein, TC, Chen, K, Allred, DC, Leitch, AM, Olson, JA, Ota, DM, Watson, M, Piwnica-Worms, D, Bose, R, Stuart, JM, Wilson, RK, Hunt, K, and Mardis, E. "Whole genome sequencing to characterize luminal-type breast cancer." May 20, 2012. Link to Item
  - Chan, E, Shi, Q, Garcia-Aguilar, J, Wolff, BG, Johnson, CS, Sanders, B, Carrero, X, Posner, MC, Ota, DM, and Thomas, CR. "Chemoradiation (CRT) Safety Analysis of ACOSOG Z6041: A Phase II Trial of Neoadjuvant (NEO) CRT followed by Local Excision (LE) in uT2 Rectal Cancer (RC)." 2010. Full Text Link to Item
  - Brenner, BM, Vandewalle, W, Komorowski, RA, and Ota, DM. "The onset of genomic instability in sporadic colorectal polyps." : Springer Nature, February 2004. Full Text
  - Jacobs, LK, Kuvshinoff, BW, Lin, KM, Watson, MP, and Ota, DM. "Preoperative 5-FU and radiation therapy increases sphincter preservation rates and improves R0 resection rates for rectal cancer." January 2002. Link to Item
  - Lin, KM, Greer, J, Ridpath, C, Miller, M, Jacobs, L, Kuvshinoff, B, and Ota, DM. "Incidence of invasive breast cancer following initial diagnosis of nonpalpable ductal carcinoma in-situ by stereotactic core needle biopsy." January 2002. Link to Item
  - Miller, ML, Lin, K, Jacobs, L, Kuvshinoff, B, Loy, T, Rodriguez, F, Watson, M, and Ota, DM. "Pathologic features affecting detection of metastasis in breast cancer sentinel lymph nodes during intraoperative frozen section analysis." January 2002. Link to Item
  - Kuvshinoff, BW, Magfoor, I, Miedema, B, Wilkes, J, Westgate, S, and Ota, DM. "Preoperative chemoradiotherapy permits <1 CM distal margin and sphincter preservation for distal rectal cancer." : Elsevier BV, April 1998. Full Text
  - Feig, BW, Staley, CA, Mansfield, PF, Ellis, LM, Skibber, JM, Madary, A, and Ota, DM. "The efficacy of laparoscopic colon resection for cancer." April 1996. Link to Item
  - FEIG, BW, BERGER, DH, DOUGHERTY, TB, DUPUIS, JF, JOHNSTON, DA, GROSS, RJ, and OTA, DM. "PULMONARY EFFECTS OF CO2 ABDOMINAL INSUFFLATION (CAI) DURING LAPAROSCOPY IN HIGH-RISK PATIENTS." February 1994. Link to Item
  - FEIG, BW, BERGER, DH, DUPUIS, JF, DOUGHERTY, TB, JOHNSTON, DA, GROSS, RJ, and OTA, DM. "HEMODYNAMIC-EFFECTS OF CO2 ABDOMINAL INSUFFLATION (CAI) DURING LAPAROSCOPY IN HIGH-RISK PATIENTS." February 1994. Link to Item
  - Weinstein, GD, Rich, TA, Shumate, CR, Skibber, JM, Ajani, JA, and Ota, DM. "Preoperative chemoradiation and complete surgical excision with or without intraoperative electron beam boost (EB-IORT) for advanced primary rectal cancer." : Elsevier BV, January 1993. Full Text
  - NISHIOKA, K, GROSSIE, VB, CHANG, TH, AJANI, JA, and OTA, DM. "COLORECTAL ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE ACTIVITY IN HUMAN MUCOSA AND TUMORS - ELEVATION OF ENZYMATIC-ACTIVITY IN DISTAL MUCOSA - POSTER." 1992. Link to Item
  - GROSSIE, VB, NISHIOKA, K, MEDLEY, R, AJANI, JA, and OTA, DM. "ROLE OF ARGININE IN TOTAL PARENTERAL-NUTRITION (TPN)-ENHANCED TUMOR-GROWTH IN THE RAT." March 15, 1988. Link to Item
  - GROSSIE, VB, OTA, DM, AJANI, JA, and NISHIOKA, K. "MODULATION OF DIFLUOROMETHYLORNITHINE TOXICITY BY CONCOMITANT ORNITHINE TREATMENT IN TUMOR-BEARING RATS." March 1988. Link to Item
  - IRIMURA, T, CARLSON, DA, YAGITA, M, GRIMM, EA, and OTA, DM. "INCREASED EXPRESSION OF COLON-CARCINOMA SIALOMUCIN INDUCED BY NORMAL TISSUE FACTORS AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH IMMUNE EFFECTOR RESISTANCE." March 1988. Link to Item
  - YAMORI, T, IRIMURA, T, OTA, DM, CLEARY, KR, and HOFF, S. "DETECTION OF SULFOMUCIN EXPRESSION IN COLONIC MUCOSA, PRIMARY COLON-CARCINOMA AND METASTASES USING A SPECIFIC MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODY (91.9H)." March 1988. Link to Item
  - IRIMURA, T, CARLSON, DA, YAGITA, M, GRIMM, EA, and OTA, DM. "COLON-CARCINOMA SIALOMUCIN PRODUCTION STIMULATED BY MUCOMODULIN AND ASSOCIATION WITH INCREASED IMMUNE EFFECTOR RESISTANCE." 1988. Link to Item
  - MATSUSHITA, Y, HOFF, S, OTA, DM, CLEARY, KR, and IRIMURA, T. "SIALYL DIMERIC-LEWIS-X ANTIGEN EXPRESSED ON MUCIN-LIKE GLYCOPROTEINS IN COLON CANCER METASTASIS." 1988. Link to Item
  - YAMORI, T, HAGER, L, KIMURA, H, OTA, DM, CLEARY, KR, and IRIMURA, T. "HUMAN COLONIC SULFOMUCIN AND AN ANTI-SULFOMUCIN MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODY." 1988. Link to Item
  - GROSSIE, VB, OTA, DM, AJANI, JA, and NISHIOKA, K. "DIFFERENTIAL EFFECT OF DIFLUOROMETHYLORNITHINE (DFMO) ON HEPATIC AND TUMOR POLYAMINE METABOLISM IN SARCOMA-BEARING RATS." March 1987. Link to Item
  - IRIMURA, T, HESTER, JE, YAMORI, T, BELLONI, PN, FIDLER, IJ, OTA, DM, and NICOLSON, GL. "ADHESIVE PROPERTIES OF HUMAN-COLON CARCINOMA-CELLS ESTABLISHED FROM PRIMARY TUMOR AND METASTASES." March 1987. Link to Item
  - NISHIOKA, K, GROSSIE, VB, OTA, DM, and AJANI, JA. "POLYAMINE DIRECTED PREFERENTIAL NUTRITIONAL REPLETION OF NORMAL-TISSUES IN TUMOR-BEARING HOSTS." March 1987. Link to Item
  - YAMORI, T, KIMURA, H, STEWART, K, OTA, DM, CLEARY, KR, and IRIMURA, T. "DIFFERENTIAL PRODUCTION OF HIGH-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT SULFATED GLYCOPROTEINS IN NORMAL COLONIC MUCOSA, PRIMARY COLON-CARCINOMA, AND METASTASIS." 1987. Link to Item
  - GROSSIE, VB, OTA, DM, STEPHENS, LC, AJANI, J, and NISHIOKA, K. "ANTITUMOR-ACTIVITY AND HOST TOXICITY OF CONTINUOUS INTRAVENOUS (IV) ALPHA-DIFLUOROMETHYLORNITHINE (DFMO)." March 1986. Link to Item
  - IRIMURA, T, BENNETT, SC, YAMORI, T, OTA, DM, and CLEARY, KR. "COLLAGENOLYTIC ACTIVITIES OF HUMAN COLORECTAL-CARCINOMA AT DIFFERENT STAGES." March 1986. Link to Item
  - IRIMURA, T, YAMORI, T, STEWERT, K, BENNETT, SC, OTA, DM, CLEARY, KR, and FIDLER, IJ. "CELL-SURFACE GLYCOCONJUGATES OF HUMAN COLORECTAL-CARCINOMA WITH DIFFERENT METASTATIC POTENTIALS." March 1, 1986. Link to Item
  - YAMORI, T, IRIMURA, T, OTA, DM, CLEARY, KR, GIAVAZZI, R, and FIDLER, IJ. "SULFATED GLYCOCONJUGATES PRODUCED BY HUMAN-COLON CARCINOMA CELL-LINES WITH DIFFERENT METASTATIC POTENTIALS." March 1986. Link to Item
  - Harris, W, Ota, D, and Grossie, B. "Monitoring difluoromethyl ornithine(DFMO) inhibition of tumor polyamine(PA) synthesis." January 1, 1985.
  - IRIMURA, T, OTA, DM, CLEARY, KR, and NICOLSON, GL. "GLYCOPROTEIN ANALYSIS OF HUMAN RECTUM AND SIGMOID COLON CARCINOMAS AT VARIOUS STAGES OF METASTASES USING LECTINS." 1985. Link to Item
  - Irimura, T, Ota, DM, Cleary, KR, and Nicolson, GL. "Glycoprotein analysis of human rectum and Sigmoid colon carcinomas at various stages of metastases using lectins." January 1, 1985.
  - JONES, LA, OTA, DM, ANDERSON, DE, JACKSON, GL, JACKSON, PM, KEMP, K, and BAUMAN, DH. "PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF ESTRADIOL (E2) IN SERA OF WOMEN WITH BREAST-CANCER (BCA) AND DISEASE-FREE WOMEN WITH (FHCA) AND WITHOUT (NOFHCA) A FAMILY HISTORY OF BREAST-CANCER." 1985. Link to Item
  - JONES, LA, OTA, DM, JACKSON, GA, KEMP, K, and BAUMAN, DH. "PERCENT-NON-PROTEIN BOUND (NPBE) AND PERCENT-ALBUMIN BOUND (ABE) ESTRADIOL AS A POSSIBLE BIOMARKER FOR BREAST-CANCER (BCA)." 1985. Link to Item
  - Jones, LA, Ota, DM, and Anderson, DE. "Distribution of estradiol (E2) in sera of women with breast cancer (BCa) and disease-free women with (FHCa) and without (NoFHCa). A family history of breast cancer." January 1, 1985.
  - GROSSIE, VB, NISHIOKA, K, and OTA, DM. "NUTRITIONAL-STATUS AND ERYTHROCYTE (RBC) POLYAMINES (PA) LEVELS IN FIBRO-SARCOMA BEARING RATS." 1984. Link to Item
  - OTA, DM, JESSUP, JM, BABCOCK, GF, KIRSCHBAUM, L, MOUNTAIN, CF, MCMURTREY, MJ, and COPELAND, EM. "IMMUNE FUNCTION DURING SOYBEAN OIL EMULSION INFUSION." 1984. Link to Item
  - GROSSIE, VB, OTA, DM, SMITH, RG, and LOO, TL. "NUTRITIONAL-STATUS AND ANTI-TUMOR ACTIVITY OF CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE (CP) AGAINST L1210 LEUKEMIA." 1983. Link to Item
  - DUDRICK, SJ, ROWLANDS, BJ, SPEIR, AM, OTA, DM, HENRY, AC, ENGLERT, DM, and COLEMAN, CW. "INTRAVENOUS HYPERALIMENTATION (IVH) AS THE SOLE TREATMENT FOR ANEMIA AND ULCERATIVE-COLITIS (UC) IN 2 JEHOVAHS-WITNESSES." 1980. Link to Item
  - OTA, DM, COPELAND, EM, CORRIERE, JN, RICHIE, ER, JACOBSON, KA, and DUDRICK, SJ. "EFFECTS OF INTRALIPID ON LYMPHOCYTE-TRANSFORMATION." 1977. Link to Item
  - Ota, DM, Copeland, EM, and Corriere, JN. "Effects of intralipid on lymphocyte transformation." January 1, 1977.

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