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William G. Hawkins

Researcher at Washington University in St. Louis

Publications -  258
Citations -  14987

William G. Hawkins is an academic researcher from Washington University in St. Louis. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer & Pancreatic cancer. The author has an hindex of 57, co-authored 221 publications receiving 11606 citations. Previous affiliations of William G. Hawkins include University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill & Barnes-Jewish Hospital.

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Pancreatic adenocarcinoma, version 2.2017: Clinical practice guidelines in Oncology

TL;DR: The NCCN Guidelines for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma focus on diagnosis and treatment with systemic therapy, radiation therapy, and surgical resection, as well as on management of locally advanced unresectable and metastatic disease.
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Targeting focal adhesion kinase renders pancreatic cancers responsive to checkpoint immunotherapy

TL;DR: It is suggested that FAK inhibition increases immune surveillance by overcoming the fibrotic and immunosuppressive PDAC TME and renders tumors responsive to immunotherapy.
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The accordion severity grading system of surgical complications.

TL;DR: Current methods for reporting the severity of complications incompletely fulfill the needs of authors of surgical studies and a new system—the Accordion Severity Grading System—is presented.
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Tissue-Resident Macrophages in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Originate from Embryonic Hematopoiesis and Promote Tumor Progression

TL;DR: Unexpectedly, significant portions of pancreas‐resident macrophages originated from embryonic development and expanded through in situ proliferation during tumor progression and demonstrate a unique pro‐fibrotic transcriptional profile distinct from that of their monocyte‐derived counterparts.