Downey, Robert

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Intraoperative ketamine for prevention of postoperative delirium or pain after major surgery in older adults: an international, multicentre, double-blind, randomised clinical trial. Lancet (London, England). 2017 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 343
Distance in cancer gene expression from stem cells predicts patient survival. PloS one. 2017 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 14
Impact of Increasing Age on Cause-Specific Mortality and Morbidity in Patients With Stage I Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Competing Risks Analysis. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 2016 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 169
An analysis of the relationship between metastases and cachexia in lung cancer patients. Cancer medicine. 2016 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 25
Complete metastasectomy for renal cell carcinoma: Comparison of five solid organ sites. Journal of surgical oncology. 2016 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 46
From 3-Dimensional Printing to 5-Dimensional Printing: Enhancing Thoracic Surgical Planning and Resection of Complex Tumors. The Annals of thoracic surgery. 2016 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 70
Open Surgical Approaches for Pulmonary Metastasectomy. Thoracic surgery clinics. 2016 Information Resource GET IT
Times cited: 6
Utility of Routine PET Imaging to Predict Response and Survival After Induction Therapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. The Annals of thoracic surgery. 2016 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 27
Adaptive Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Guided by (18)F-FDG PET in Resectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancers: The NEOSCAN Trial. Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer. 2015 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 36
Postinduction positron emission tomography assessment of N2 nodes is not associated with ypN2 disease or overall survival in stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 2015 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 24
Geriatric Assessment as a Predictor of Delirium and Other Outcomes in Elderly Patients With Cancer. Annals of surgery. 2015 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 67
The management of non-small cell lung cancer with oligometastases. Thoracic surgery clinics. 2014 Information Resource GET IT
Times cited: 5
The Prevention of Delirium and Complications Associated with Surgical Treatments (PODCAST) study: protocol for an international multicentre randomised controlled trial. BMJ open. 2014 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 37
A prospective trial comparing pain and quality of life measures after anatomic lung resection using thoracoscopy or thoracotomy. The Annals of thoracic surgery. 2014 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 103
Surgical considerations in older adults with cancer. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 2014 Information Resource GET IT
Times cited: 100
Radiofrequency ablation of T1 lung carcinoma: comparison of outcomes for first primary, metachronous, and synchronous lung tumors. Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR. 2014 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 11
Smoking dysregulates the human airway basal cell transcriptome at COPD risk locus 19q13.2. PloS one. 2014 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 61
Tumor exosomes induce tunneling nanotubes in lipid raft-enriched regions of human mesothelioma cells. Experimental cell research. 2014 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 86
Pulmonary metastasectomy. Journal of surgical oncology. 2013 Information Resource GET IT
Times cited: 21
Cribriform and fused glands are patterns of high-grade pulmonary adenocarcinoma. Human pathology. 2013 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 36
Airway basal cells of healthy smokers express an embryonic stem cell signature relevant to lung cancer. Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio). 2013 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 28
Smoking-induced CXCL14 expression in the human airway epithelium links chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to lung cancer. American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology. 2013 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 33
Phase II trial of neoadjuvant bevacizumab plus chemotherapy and adjuvant bevacizumab in patients with resectable nonsquamous non-small-cell lung cancers. Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer. 2013 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 116
Ki 67 is an independent predictive biomarker of cancer specific and local recurrence-free survival after lung tumor ablation. Annals of surgical oncology. 2013 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 30
Risk of hemoptysis in patients with resected squamous cell and other high-risk lung cancers treated with adjuvant bevacizumab. Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology. 2013 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 14
Lung adenocarcinoma subtypes based on expression of human airway basal cell genes. The European respiratory journal. 2013 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 34
Association of pre-operative brain pathology with post-operative delirium in a cohort of non-small cell lung cancer patients undergoing surgical resection. Psycho-oncology. 2013 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 34
Recurrent non-small cell lung cancer: evaluation of CT-guided radiofrequency ablation as salvage therapy. Acta radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987). 2012 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 22
Brain natriuretic peptide and risk of atrial fibrillation after thoracic surgery. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 2012 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 44
Pulmonary recurrence predominates after combined modality therapy for rectal cancer: an original retrospective study. Annals of surgery. 2012 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 47
Combination of a novel gene expression signature with a clinical nomogram improves the prediction of survival in high-risk bladder cancer. Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. 2012 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 175
Management and outcomes of relapse after treatment for thymoma and thymic carcinoma. The Annals of thoracic surgery. 2011 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 34
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy: catastrophic intraoperative complications. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 2011 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 108
Surgery for early-stage small cell lung cancer. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN. 2011 Information Resource GET IT
Contemporary results of surgical resection of non-small cell lung cancer after induction therapy: a review of 549 consecutive cases. Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer. 2011 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 41
Emergence of potent inhibitors of metastasis in lung cancer via syntheses based on migrastatin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2011 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 44
Breast cancer cells produce tenascin C as a metastatic niche component to colonize the lungs. Nature medicine. 2011 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 703
Molecular characteristics predict clinical outcomes: prospective trial correlating response to the EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor gefitinib with the presence of sensitizing mutations in the tyrosine binding domain of the EGFR gene. Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. 2011 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 61
Benign mesenchymal stromal cells in human sarcomas. Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. 2010 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 17
Patterns of recurrence and incidence of second primary tumors after lobectomy by means of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) versus thoracotomy for lung cancer. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 2010 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 50
A grading system of lung adenocarcinomas based on histologic pattern is predictive of disease recurrence in stage I tumors. The American journal of surgical pathology. 2010 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 254
A differentiation-based phylogeny of cancer subtypes. PLoS computational biology. 2010 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 34
Progenitor stem cell marker expression by pulmonary carcinomas. Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc. 2010 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 59
Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) evaluation of pleural effusions in patients with newly diagnosed advanced ovarian carcinoma can influence the primary management choice for these patients. Gynecologic oncology. 2009 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 31
Comparison of patterns of relapse in thymic carcinoma and thymoma. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 2009 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 112
Lobectomy by video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) versus thoracotomy for lung cancer. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 2009 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 307
Prognostic factors for recurrence after pulmonary resection of colorectal cancer metastases. The Annals of thoracic surgery. 2009 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 138
Randomized controlled trial of a special acupuncture technique for pain after thoracotomy. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 2008 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 47
DNA damage and repair capacity in patients with lung cancer: prediction of multiple primary tumors. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 2008 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 60
Protection of the mediastinum and chest wall with an artificial pneumothorax during lung ablations. Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR. 2008 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 24
Use of video-assisted thoracic surgery for lobectomy in the elderly results in fewer complications. The Annals of thoracic surgery. 2008 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 202
Perioperative chemotherapy in patients undergoing pulmonary resection for metastatic soft-tissue sarcoma of the extremity : a retrospective analysis. Cancer. 2007 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 39
Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Lung Cancer Resection: A Consensus Statement of the International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS) 2007. Innovations (Philadelphia, Pa.). 2007 Academic Article GET IT
Video-assisted thoracic surgery in lung cancer resection: a meta-analysis and systematic review of controlled trials. Innovations (Philadelphia, Pa.). 2007 Academic Article GET IT
Feasibility of multimodality therapy including extended resections in stage IVA thymoma. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 2007 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 84
Incidence and risk factors for lung injury after lung cancer resection. The Annals of thoracic surgery. 2007 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 123
Radiofrequency ablation for pulmonary metastases: a therapy in evolution. Journal of surgical oncology. 2007 Editorial Article GET IT
Donor-derived human bone marrow cells contribute to solid organ cancers developing after bone marrow transplantation. Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio). 2007 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 76
Outcomes after resection of synchronous or metachronous hepatic and pulmonary colorectal metastases. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2007 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 160
Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomographic maximal standardized uptake value predicts survival independent of clinical but not pathologic TNM staging of resected non-small cell lung cancer. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 2007 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 49
The utility of positron emission tomography in staging of potentially operable carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus: results of the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group Z0060 trial. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 2007 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 116
The impact of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) in patients with suspected advanced ovarian malignancies and pleural effusions. Gynecologic oncology. 2006 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 48
Acupuncture is a feasible treatment for post-thoracotomy pain: results of a prospective pilot trial. BMC anesthesiology. 2006 Academic Article GET IT
Surgery for colorectal and sarcomatous pulmonary metastases: history, current management, and future directions. Thoracic surgery clinics. 2006 Information Resource GET IT
Times cited: 8
Preoperative 18[F]-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography standardized uptake values predict survival after esophageal adenocarcinoma resection. The Annals of thoracic surgery. 2006 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 109
Results of chest wall resection and reconstruction with and without rigid prosthesis. The Annals of thoracic surgery. 2006 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 189
Invited commentary. The Annals of thoracic surgery. 2005 Article GET IT
Microdebrider bronchoscopy: a new tool for the interventional bronchoscopist. The Annals of thoracic surgery. 2005 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 56
Surgical management of thoracic malignancies invading the heart or great vessels. The Annals of thoracic surgery. 2004 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 47
The benefit of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery before planned abdominal exploration in patients with suspected advanced ovarian cancer and moderate to large pleural effusions. Gynecologic oncology. 2004 Academic Article GET IT
Risk factors associated with atrial fibrillation after noncardiac thoracic surgery: analysis of 2588 patients. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 2004 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 249
Advanced imaging including PET/CT for cardiothoracic surgery. Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 2004 Information Resource GET IT
Times cited: 2
Results of the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group Z0050 trial: the utility of positron emission tomography in staging potentially operable non-small cell lung cancer. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 2003 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 248
Management of major hemorrhage during mediastinoscopy. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 2003 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 69
Mediastinoscopy and mediastinotomy after cardiac surgery: are safety and efficacy affected by prior sternotomy?. The Annals of thoracic surgery. 2003 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 8
Whole body 18FDG-PET and the response of esophageal cancer to induction therapy: results of a prospective trial. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 2003 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 301
A phase II trial of chemotherapy and surgery for non-small cell lung cancer patients with a synchronous solitary metastasis. Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands). 2002 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 85
Clinical pattern and pathologic stage but not histologic features predict outcome for bronchioloalveolar carcinoma. The Annals of thoracic surgery. 2002 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 142
Type I thyroplasty for acute unilateral vocal fold paralysis following intrathoracic surgery. The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology. 2002 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 30
Long-term results of combined-modality therapy in resectable non-small-cell lung cancer. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 2002 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 128
An initial experience with FDG-PET in the imaging of residual disease after induction therapy for lung cancer. The Annals of thoracic surgery. 2002 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 140
Resection of pulmonary metastases from colorectal cancer. Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 2002 Information Resource GET IT
A phase II trial of surgical resection and adjuvant high-dose hemithoracic radiation for malignant pleural mesothelioma. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 2001 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 402
Morbidity and mortality after neoadjuvant therapy for lung cancer: the risks of right pneumonectomy. The Annals of thoracic surgery. 2001 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 260
The influence of hospital volume on survival after resection for lung cancer. The New England journal of medicine. 2001 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 551
Human collagenase (matrix metalloproteinase-1) expression in the lungs of patients with emphysema. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine. 2001 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 230
The management of non-small-cell lung cancer with oligometastases. Chest surgery clinics of North America. 2001 Information Resource GET IT
Times cited: 13
Effects of diltiazem prophylaxis on the incidence and clinical outcome of atrial arrhythmias after thoracic surgery. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 2000 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 117
Repeat resection of pulmonary metastases in patients with soft-tissue sarcoma. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2000 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 134
Chest wall resection for locally recurrent breast cancer: is it worthwhile?. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 2000 Academic Article GET IT
The utility of open lung biopsy in patients with hematologic malignancies. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine. 2000 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 139
Pulmonary metastasectomy for head and neck cancers. Annals of surgical oncology. 1999 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 96
Extent of chest wall invasion and survival in patients with lung cancer. The Annals of thoracic surgery. 1999 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 112
Primary and secondary malignancies of the sternum. Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 1999 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 17
Follow-up of patients with completely resected lung cancer. Chest. 1999 Editorial Article GET IT
Times cited: 12
Tumor Treatment Response Based on Visual and Quantitative Changes in Global Tumor Glycolysis Using PET-FDG Imaging. The Visual Response Score and the Change in Total Lesion Glycolysis. Clinical positron imaging : official journal of the Institute for Clinical P.E.T. 1999 Academic Article GET IT
Surgical treatment of pulmonary metastases. Surgical oncology clinics of North America. 1999 Information Resource GET IT
Times cited: 37
Large cell carcinoma of the lung: results of resection for a cure. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 1999 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 5
Critical care for the severely ill head and neck patient. Critical care medicine. 1999 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 24
Factors influencing ten-year survival in resected stages I to IIIa non-small cell lung cancer. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 1999 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 78
The critically ill patient after hepatobiliary surgery. Critical care (London, England). 1999 Academic Article GET IT
Complications after video-assisted thoracic surgery. Chest surgery clinics of North America. 1998 Information Resource GET IT
Times cited: 34
Pulmonary metastasectomy for testicular germ cell tumors: a 28-year experience. The Annals of thoracic surgery. 1998 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 72
Lobectomy improves ventilatory function in selected patients with severe COPD. The Annals of thoracic surgery. 1998 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 115
Echocardiographic and surgical correlation of pericardial effusions in patients with malignant disease. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 1998 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 6
Proposed revision of the staging classification for esophageal cancer. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 1998 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 202
Thymic carcinoma: current staging does not predict prognosis. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 1998 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 133
Role of chest CT in patients with negative chest x-rays referred for hepatic colorectal metastases. Annals of surgical oncology. 1998 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 50
Tumor dissemination after video-assisted thoracic surgery: what does it mean?. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 1997 Article GET IT
Times cited: 1
Effects of diltiazem versus digoxin on dysrhythmias and cardiac function after pneumonectomy. The Annals of thoracic surgery. 1997 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 84
Role of video-assisted thoracic surgery in the treatment of pulmonary metastases: results of a prospective trial. The Annals of thoracic surgery. 1996 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 228
Predictors of survival in malignant tumors of the sternum. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 1996 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 103
Right pneumonectomy syndrome: surgical correction with expandable implants. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 1994 Article GET IT
Times cited: 13
Alterations of mammalian oocyte meiosis I with divalent cations and calmodulin. Cell calcium. 1982 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 22

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Background

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M.D., Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons 1985
B.A., Yale University 1981

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Robert Downey

VIVO Weill Cornell Medical College

Robert Downey Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery

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selected publications

Background

education and training

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