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Won Ki Kang

Researcher at Samsung Medical Center

Publications -  385
Citations -  18420

Won Ki Kang is an academic researcher from Samsung Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer & Capecitabine. The author has an hindex of 59, co-authored 368 publications receiving 14746 citations. Previous affiliations of Won Ki Kang include Sungkyunkwan University & Samsung.

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Epigenomic promoter alterations predict for benefit from immune checkpoint inhibition in metastatic gastric cancer.

TL;DR: A substantial proportion of metastatic gastric cancers utilize alternate promoters as a mechanism of immune evasion, and these tumors may be resistant to anti-PD1 immune checkpoint inhibition, and a novel predictive biomarker for immunotherapy.
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Tuberculosis in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients in Korea.

TL;DR: Analysis at the univariate level indicated that a conditioning regimen with total body irradiation (TBI), chronic graft-versus-host disease, and a previous history of TB infection were significant risk factors for the development ofTB infection after HSCT, and isoniazid prophylaxis may benefit HSCT recipients with a previousHistory of active TB infection.
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Anemia is the strongest prognostic factor for outcomes of 5-fluorouracil-based first-line chemotherapy in patients with advanced gastric cancer

TL;DR: Low baseline Hgb level is a strong and independent prognostic factor for the outcomes of AGC patients receiving FU-based first-line chemotherapy and may be considered as a stratification variable in subsequent studies ofAGC.
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Pulmonary complications after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

TL;DR: Allogeneic transplant, grade II-IV acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and extensive chronic GVHD were the risk factors with statistical significance for pulmonary complications after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT).