Publications

Abstracts and Presentations
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Collins-Brenner A., Veldhuis P, Eubanks S, Arnoletti P, De La Fuente S. Ascites as an independent risk factor for postoperative morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing surgical pancreatic necrosectomy. Presented at the 3rd Annual Florida Hospital Graduate Medical Education Research and Quality Improvement Day, May 2015.
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Collins-Brenner A., Veldhuis P, Eubanks S, Arnoletti P, De La Fuente S. Regionalization of oncologic Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary surgeries in Florida. Presented at the 3rd Annual Florida Hospital Graduate Medical Education Research and Quality Improvement Day, May 2015.
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Collins A., Wojcik S, Frankel W, Alder H, Yu L, Croce C, Bloomston M. A Differential MicroRNA Profile Distinguishes Cholangiocarcinoma from Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. Presented at the 17th Annual Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Research Day, Apr 2012.
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Collins A., Wojcik S., Croce CM, Bloomston M. Pancreatic Stellate Cells Induce Overexpression of MicroRNA-21 and MicroRNA-210 in Pancreatic Cancer Cells in Hypoxia. Presented at the 16th Annual Ohio State University Medical Center Research Day, June 2011.
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Collins A., Wojcik S., Croce CM, Bloomston M. Pancreatic Stellate Cells Induce Overexpression of MicroRNA-21 and MicroRNA-210 in Pancreatic Cancer Cells in Hypoxia. Presented at the 22nd Annual Presidential Symposium of the Columbus Surgical Society, Mar 2011.
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Collins A., Rock J., Malhotra L., Frankel W., Bloomston M. Osteopontin is Associated with Improved Survival in Patients with Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. Poster presented at the 64th Annual Cancer Symposium of the Society of Surgical Oncology, San Antonio, TX, Mar 2011.
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Collins A., Wojcik S., Bloomston M. Pancreatic Stellate Cells Induce Overexpression of MicroRNA-21 and MicroRNA-210 in Pancreatic Cancer Cells in Hypoxia. Quick Shot presentation at the 6th Annual Academic Surgical Congress of the Society of University Surgeons, Huntington Beach, CA Feb 2011.
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Collins A., Abdel-Misih S., Hatzaras I., Muscarella P., Melvin WS., Ellison EC., Schmidt C., Bloomston M. Splenic Preservation at the Time of Distal Pancreatectomy is of Limited Clinical Benefit. Presented at the 2nd Annual National Predoctoral Clinical Research Training Program Meeting, St Louis, MO, May 2010.
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Collins A., Wojcik S., Bloomston M. Hypoxia Inducible Factor 1-α (HIF-1α) Upregulates MicroRNA-21 (MiR-21) in Pancreatic Cancer. Presented at the 21st Annual Presidential Symposium of the Columbus Surgical Society, Mar 2010.
Bloomston M., Wojcik S., Collins A., Croce C. Hypoxia Inducible Factor 1-α (HIF-1α) Upregulates MicroRNA-21 (MIR-21) in Pancreatic Cancer. Quick Shot presentation at the 5th Annual Academic Surgical Congress of the Society of University Surgeons, San Antonio, TX, Mar 2010.   
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Zervos E., Al-Saadi S., Hernandez J., Villadolid D., Collins A., Cooper J., Gillman R., Vohra N., Rosemurgy A.  The Natural History of Resected Pancreatic Cancer Without Adjuvant Treatment.  Presented at the 60th Annual Cancer Symposium of the Society of Surgical Oncology, Washington, D.C. Mar 2007.   

Peer- Reviewed Scientific Journals  

Collins A, Hatzaras I, Schmidt C, Carruthers K, Melvin WS, Muscarella P, Ellison EC, Martin E, Bloomston M. Gastrectomy in Advanced Gastric Cancer Effectively Palliates Symptoms and May Improve Survival in Select Patients. J Gastrointest Surg. 2014 Mar;18(3):491-6. PMID: 24234246.
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Collins A, Wojcik S, Liu J, Frankel W, Alder H, Yu L, Schmittgen T, Croce C, Bloomston M. A Differential MicroRNA Profile Distinguishes Cholangiocarcinoma from Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol. 2014 Jan;21(1):133-8. PMID: 24046106.
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Collins A, Mace TA, Wojcik SE, Croce C, Lesinski GB, Bloomston M. Hypoxia induces the overexpression of MicroRNA-21 in pancreatic cancer cells. J Surg  Res. 2013 Oct;184(2):855-60. PMID: 23726431.
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Mace TA, Ameen Z, Collins A, Wojcik SE, Mair M, Young GS, Fuchs JR, Eubank TD, Frankel WL, Bekaii-Saab T, Bloomston M, Lesinski GB. Pancreatic cancer associated stellate cells promote differentiation of myeloid-derived suppressor cells in a STAT-3 dependent manner. Cancer Res. 2013 May 15;73(10):3007-18. PMID: 23514705.
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McNally ME, Collins A, Wojcik SE, Liu J, Henry JC, Jiang J, Schmittgen T, Bloomston M. Concomitant dysregulation of microRNAs miR-151-3p and miR-126 correlates with improved survival in resected cholangiocarcinoma. HPB Surg. 2013 Apr;15(4):260-4. PMID: 23458262.
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Collins AL, Rock J, Malhotra L, Frankel WL, Bloomston M. Osteopontin Expression is Associated with Improved Survival in Patients with Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol. 2012 Aug; 19(8): 2673-8. PMID: 22461132. 
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Collins A. and Bloomston M. Diagnosis and Management of Pancreatic Cancer. Minerva Gastroenterologica E Dietologica. 2009 Dec; 55(4): 445-54. PMID: 19942828.
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Hernandez JM, Cowgill SM, Al-Saadi S, Collins A, Ross SB, Cooper J,  Villadolid D, Zervos E, Rosemurgy A.  CA 19-9 Velocity Predicts Disease- Free Survival and Overall Survival After Pancreatectomy of Curative Intent. J Gastrointest Surg. 2009 Feb; 13(2):349-53. PMID: 18972170.
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Book Chapters  

Collins A. and De La Fuente S. HPB from General Surgery in 4D, The Pancreas, 2015. Ed. Yuman Fong. N.P. Living Learnings, LLC. 2015.