Erik Morales
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Recent Articles
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Boekstegers F, Ponce C, Morales E, Munoz-Castro C, Lindner C, Lira I, et al.
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol
. 2025 Feb;
PMID: 40015496
Background And Aims: Gallstone disease has been causally linked to gallbladder cancer (GBC) via the carcinogenesis model of gallstones and inflammation leading to gallbladder dysplasia then GBC". Efficient GBC prevention...
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Ceballos F, Boekstegers F, Scherer D, Ponce C, Marcelain K, Garate-Calderon V, et al.
Cancers (Basel)
. 2025 Jan;
16(24.
PMID: 39766094
Latin Americans have a rich genetic make-up that translates into heterogeneous fractions of the autosomal genome in runs of homozygosity (F) and heterogeneous types and proportions of indigenous American ancestry....
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Gonzalez C, Garcia-Perez A, Nervi B, Munoz C, Morales E, Losada H, et al.
Int J Cancer
. 2024 Aug;
156(1):91-103.
PMID: 39150415
Gallbladder cancer (GBC) mortality in Chile is among the highest worldwide. In 2006, the Chilean government launched a programme guaranteeing access to gallbladder surgery (cholecystectomy) for patients aged 35-49 years....
4.
Zollner L, Boekstegers F, Ponce C, Scherer D, Marcelain K, Garate-Calderon V, et al.
Cancers (Basel)
. 2023 Aug;
15(16).
PMID: 37627062
A strong association between the proportion of indigenous South American Mapuche ancestry and the risk of gallbladder cancer (GBC) has been reported in observational studies. Chileans show the highest incidence...
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Boekstegers F, Scherer D, Ponce C, Marcelain K, Garate-Calderon V, Waldenberger M, et al.
Int J Cancer
. 2023 Jun;
153(6):1151-1161.
PMID: 37260300
Since 2006, Chile has been implementing a gallbladder cancer (GBC) prevention program based on prophylactic cholecystectomy for gallstone patients aged 35 to 49 years. The effectiveness of this prevention program...
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Sotelo S, Manterola C, Otzen T, Morales E, Castillo I
J Gastrointest Cancer
. 2022 Apr;
54(2):513-519.
PMID: 35488975
Purpose: Worldwide, gastric cancer (GC) is the 5 cancer with the highest incidence and the 4 in mortality. To reduce it, one strategy is to diagnose preneoplastic lesions (PNL): atrophic...
7.
Blandino A, Scherer D, Rounge T, Umu S, Boekstegers F, Ponce C, et al.
Cancers (Basel)
. 2022 Feb;
14(3).
PMID: 35158906
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) play key roles in cell processes and are good candidates for cancer risk prediction. Few studies have investigated the association between individual genotypes and lncRNA expression....
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Rojas A, Lindner C, Schneider I, Gonzalez I, Araya H, Morales E, et al.
World J Gastrointest Oncol
. 2022 Jan;
13(12):1997-2012.
PMID: 35070037
Compelling pieces of evidence derived from both clinical and experimental research has demonstrated the crucial contribution of diabetes mellitus (DM) as a risk factor associated with increased cancer incidence and...
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Salvo M, Gonzalez-Feliu E, Toro J, Gallegos I, Maureira I, Miranda-Gonzalez N, et al.
J Pers Med
. 2021 Sep;
11(9).
PMID: 34575676
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is progressively being used in clinical practice. However, several barriers preclude using this technology for precision oncology in most Latin American countries. To overcome some of these...
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Bragelmann J, Ponce C, Marcelain K, Roessler S, Goeppert B, Gallegos I, et al.
Hepatology
. 2020 Oct;
73(6):2293-2310.
PMID: 33020926
Background And Aims: Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is a highly aggressive malignancy of the biliary tract. Most cases of GBC are diagnosed in low-income and middle-income countries, and research into this...