Isabelle Chu

ORCID: 0000-0003-0414-5234
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Research Areas
  • Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies
  • Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
  • Polyomavirus and related diseases
  • Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
  • Renal cell carcinoma treatment
  • Antenna Design and Analysis
  • Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies
  • Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Full-Duplex Wireless Communications
  • Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment
  • Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes

Swedish Medical Center
2023

University of Rochester Medical Center
2018

INTRODUCTION: Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare neuroendocrine carcinoma. It predominately seen on sun-exposed areas in elderly patients or immunocompromised populations. About 80% of cases are associated with polyomavirus, suggesting viral-induced oncogenesis. The most common presentation rapidly growing pink-red, dome-shaped nodule the skin. We present case metastatic MCC diagnosed by endoscopic ultrasound an incidentally discovered portacaval lymph node. CASE DESCRIPTION: An...

10.14309/00000434-201810001-01275 article EN The American Journal of Gastroenterology 2018-10-01

INTRODUCTION: Duodenal adenocarcinomas are rare aggressive epithelial derived neoplasms, representing <1% of all gastrointestinal cancers with a dismal 5-year survival <30%. Even more uncommon primary adenocarcinoma, lymphoma or metastases presenting as sub-epithelial tumors (SET). EUS FNA plays vital role in the evaluation SET and may reveal above mentioned hypoechoic, heterogeneous lesion any wall layers. guided fiducial placement facilitates image radiation to various GI tumors. Here we...

10.14309/00000434-201810001-02538 article EN The American Journal of Gastroenterology 2018-10-01

Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) is the most common cause of renal malignancy among adults, with about 65,000 cases reported in U.S. annually. While surgery primary treatment for localized disease, 40% still develop metastasis and 10% late after 5 years. The lung, liver, bone brain represent sites metastasis. Here we present a case recurrent RCC rare occurrence metastatic disease involving colon. A 62-year-old male history papillary developed abrupt onset hematochezia anemia. He was admitted to...

10.14309/00000434-201810001-01466 article EN The American Journal of Gastroenterology 2018-10-01
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