Emma E. McGee
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
10 Papers
2 Citations
Emma E. McGee is an academic researcher from Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. The author has contributed to research in topics: Gallbladder cancer & Population. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 10 publications.
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Papers
Distribution of dysplasia and cancer in the gallbladder: an analysis from a high cancer-risk population
Jill Koshiol,Enrique Bellolio,Carolina Vivallo,Paz Cook,Juan Carlos Roa,Emma E. McGee,Hector Losada,Alison L. Van Dyke,Vanessa Van De Wyngard,Rodrigo Prado,Miguel Villaseca,Pia Riquelme,Johanna Acevedo,Vanessa Olivo,Karen Pettit,Allan Hildesheim,Karie Medina,Bahar Memis,Volkan Adsay,Catterina Ferreccio,Juan Carlos Araya +20 more
TL;DR: An expert pathology group used consensus criteria to review 140 totally sampled consecutive cholecystectomy specimens from Chilean women and revealed incidental invasive carcinoma, all T2, along with high-grade dysplasia (HGD), which was typically very focal and would often be missed in routine practice.
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Promoting and Implementing the Mediterranean Diet in the Southern Hemisphere: the Chilean Experience.
Guadalupe Echeverría,Catalina Dussaillant,Emma E. McGee,Catalina Mena,María Pía Nitsche,Inés Urquiaga,Marcela Bitran,Nuria Pedrals,Attilio Rigotti +8 more
TL;DR: Increased appreciation and application of a Mediterranean-like dietary pattern may improve health and quality of life in the population of Chile, where non-communicable chronic diseases are increasingly common.
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Circulating Levels of Inflammatory Proteins and Survival in Patients with Gallbladder Cancer.
Zhiwei Liu,Troy J. Kemp,Yu-Tang Gao,Amanda Corbel,Emma E. McGee,Juan Carlos Roa,Bingsheng Wang,Juan Carlos Araya,Ming Chang Shen,Asif Rashid,Ann W. Hsing,Allan Hildesheim,Catterina Ferreccio,Ruth M. Pfeiffer,Ligia A. Pinto,Jill Koshiol +15 more
TL;DR: Reducing inflammation and targeting pathways associated with increased survival might improve GBC outcomes and the potential for using a TRAIL-related anticancer drug for GBC treatment merits further investigation.
Mediterranean Diet beyond the Mediterranean Basin: Chronic Disease Prevention and Treatment
Guadalupe Echeverría,Catalina Dussaillant,Emma E. McGee,InésUrquiaga,Nicolás Velasco,Attilio Rigotti +5 more
- 08 Nov 2017
TL;DR: Current scientific evidence supports that this dietary pattern is associated with lower prevalence and incidence of a number of chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and age-related cognitive decline as well as reduced overall mortality.
Inverse associations between a locally validated Mediterranean diet index, overweight/obesity, and metabolic syndrome in Chilean adults.
Guadalupe Echeverría,Emma E. McGee,Inés Urquiaga,Paulina Jiménez,Sonia D’Acuña,Luis Villarroel,Nicolás Velasco,Federico Leighton,Attilio Rigotti +8 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that the Mediterranean diet may be applied to manage chronic disease risk beyond the Mediterranean basin, and an inverse association was observed between adherence to Mediterranean diet and OW/O and MetS prevalence.