We appreciate and thank the reviewers of JGO for their tremendous efforts to support and improve our work. Hereby, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to them, which are listed as follows.
João Abrantes
Centro Hospitalar Barreiro Montijo EPE, Barreiro, Portugal
Pietro Achilli
Università degli studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via Sforza, 35-20122 Milano, Italy
Mohammed Yousef Aldossary
Department of General Surgery, Colorectal Surgery Section, 2nd floor, King Fahad Specialist Hospital-Dammam, Dammam City, Saudi Arabia
Mariam maged Amin
Department of Internal Medicine, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Egypt
Fabio Bagante
General and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Verona, School of Medicine, Verona, Italy
Aditi Banerjee
Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Leandro Barchi
Department of Digestive Surgery, Gastromed Institute, São Paulo, Brazil; Digestive Surgery Division, Department of Gastroenterology, Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; Department of Digestive Surgery, Faculty of Medicine São Leopold Mandic, Campinas, Brazil
Al B. Benson III
Northwestern Univ, Robert H Lurie Comprehens Canc Ctr, 676 N St Clair,Suite 850, Chicago, IL 60611 USA
Andrea Bonetti
Mater Salutis Hosp, Dept Med Oncol, Azienda Sanit Locale 21 Reg Veneto,Via Gianella 1, I-37045 Legnago, Italy
Erkut Borazanci
Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USA
Fred Bosman
Department of Pathology, Lausanne University, Lausanne, Switzerland
Dermot Anthony Burke
School of Medicine, University of Leeds , Leeds , UK；Department of Colorectal Surgery , St. James's University Hospital , Leeds , UK
Richard A. Burkhart
From the Section of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Johns Hopkins Hospital; The Pancreatic Cancer Precision Medicine Center of Excellence Program, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Hop S. Tran Cao
Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
Giovanni Capretti
Pancreatic Surgery Unit, Humanitas University, Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Italy
Sakti Chakrabarti
Department of Oncology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st Street SW, Rochester MN 55905, USA
Sanjay Chaudhri
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust - Leicester General Hospital
Emerson Y. Chen
Division of Hematology Oncology, Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, USA
Chun-Ru Chien
School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, No. 91 Hsueh-Shih Road, North District, Taichung
Minsig Choi
Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
Vladimir Chulanov
Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Moscow 111123, Russia; I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ministry of Health of the Russia, Moscow 119146, Russia
Robert Cleary
Colon and Rectal Surgery, St Joseph Mercy Hospital Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, Michigan
HaiHong Cui
Department of Gastroenterology, 305 Hospital of PLA, Beijing, China
Amilcar Sabino Damazo
Post-Graduate Program in Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine (FM), Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT), 78060-900, Cuiabá, MT, Brazil; Department of Basic Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine (FM), Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT), 78060-900, Cuiabá, MT, Brazil
Jeremy L. Davis
Surgical Oncology Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
Ahmed Dehal
Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Panorama City, CA
Sirish Dharmapuri
Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1079, New York, NY
Carolina Domaica
Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (IBYME-CONICET), Laboratorio de Fisiopatología de la Inmunidad Innata, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ralf Dressel
Institute of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Julien Edeline
Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Institute Eugène Marquis, Avenue de la Bataille Flandres-Dunkerque, CS 44229, 35042 Rennes cedex, France; University of Rennes 1, 35033 Rennes, France; INSERM, INRA, Univ Rennes 1, Univ Bretagne Loire, Nutrition Metabolism and Cancer (NuMeCan), Rennes, France
Mohamed Yehia Elbarmelgi
General Surgery Department, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Marwan Fakih
Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA
Helmut Friess
School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Department of Surgery, Technical University of Munich, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675, Munich, Germany
Emmanuel Gabriel
Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Mayo Clinic, 4500 San Pablo Rd, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA
Stylianos Germanos
Surgical Department General University Hospital of Patras, Rio 265 04, Patras, Greece
Toru Goyagi
Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita-City, Akita, Japan
Waqar Haque
Department of Radiation Oncology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
Marwa Hassan
Immunology Department, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Giza, Egypt
Ji-Hong Hong
Department of Radiation Oncology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou and College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan, China
Peter J. Hosein
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, and Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, United States
Tony Ibrahim
Medical Oncology Department, Gustave Roussy cancer campus, 114, Rue Edouard Vaillant, 94 800, Villejuif, France
Toshiro Iizuka
Department of Gastroenterology, Toranomon Hospital, 2-2-2 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8470, Japan
Sadakatsu Ikeda
Center for Personalized Cancer Therapy, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla, CA; Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
Shinichi Ikuta
Department of Surgery, Meiwa Hospital, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
Apurva Jain
Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Unit 426, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
Sung Jin Oh
Department of Surgery, Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, 875 Haeundae-ro, Haeundae-gu, Busan 612-862 (South Korea)
Michalis V. Karamouzis
1Molecular Oncology Unit, Department of Biological Chemistry, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
2First Department of Internal Medicine, ‘Laiko’ General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Adel Kardosh
Hematology and Medical Oncology , Oregon Health & Science University, Portland OR
PM Kasi
Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, United States
Nam Kyu Kim
Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50-1 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Korea
JC Kloppers
Surgical and Medical Gastroenterology Units, Departments of Surgery and Medicine, University of Cape Town Health Sciences Faculty, Groote Schuur Hospital
Tsuyoshi Kobayashi
Department of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Science, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3, Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
Tomohiro Kurokawa
Department of Surgery, IMSUT Hospital, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
Knut Jørgen Labori
Department for Hepato‐Pancreato‐Biliary Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Sognsvannsveien 20, N‐0027 Oslo, Norway
Wu-Wei Lai
Natl Cheng Kung Univ Hosp, Dept Surg, Tainan
Timmermann Lea
Department of Surgery, Charité University of Medicine Berlin, corporate member of University of Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
Eun-Ho Lee
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Laboratory for Perioperative Outcome Research, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Edmund Leung
Department of Colorectal Surgery, Wye Valley NHS Trust, Hereford, UK
Robert J. Lewandowski
Section of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 676 North Saint Clair Street, Suite 800, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Qingxiang Lin
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Roswell Park Cancer Institute and University at Buffalo, 285 Pharmacy Building Buffalo, New York
Ted Ling
Department of Radiation Medicine, Loma Linda University Medical Center, 11234 Anderson St., Loma Linda, CA, 92354, USA
Alexander Link
Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
Jonathan M. Loree
Department of Medical Oncology, BC Cancer, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Nikolaos Machairas
Department of Surgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece
Giulia Malaguarnera
Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Science, Via Santa Sofia, 78, University of Catania, Catania, 95123, Italy
Georgios A. Margonis
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Katharina Marsoner
Department of General Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 29, A-8036 Graz, Austria
Carlos Augusto Real Martinez
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Rua Tessália Vieira de Camargo, No. 126, Cidade Universitária “Zeferino Vaz”, 13083-887 Campinas, SP, Brazil
Miriam Martini
Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, Turin, Torino, Italy
Sara Massironi
Gastroenterology and Endoscopy UnitFondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
M Mizandari
Department of Radiology, Tbilisi State Medical University (TSMU), Tbilisi, Georgia
Fuyuhiko Motoi
Department of Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan
Yukiya Narita
Department of Clinical Oncology, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
Felix Nickel
Department of General, Visceral, and Transplantation Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, Heidelberg, Germany
Sachiyo Nomura
Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655 Japan
Joost J. Oppenheim
Cancer Inflammation Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
Fabrizio Panaro
Division of HBP Surgery and Transplantation (A), Department of Surgery, Hôpital Saint Eloi, CHU-Montpellier, 80 Av. Augustin Fliche, 34295, Montpellier, France
Renata D'Alpino Peixoto
Oncology Service, Nove de Julho University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Marcos Vinicius Perini
Austin Health, Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, 145 Studley Road, Level 8, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia
Federico Pinero
Hepatology and Liver Transplant Unit, Hospital Universitario Austral, Av. Presidente Perón 1500, B1629HJ Pilar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lana C. Pinto
Division of Endocrinology, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Ramiro Barcelos St, 2350, Prédio 12, 4th floor, ZIP 90035-903 Porto Alegre, Brazil
Katherine L. Pogue-Geile
NSABP/NRG Oncology, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America
Ramesh Pothuraju
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE USA
Ankur Pruthi
Department of Nuclear Medicine & PET/CT, Mahajan Imaging Centre, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital & Research Centre, Rajendra Nagar, New Delhi-110060, INDIA
Vito Racanelli
Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Unit of Internal Medicine, University of Bari Medical School, 70124 Bari, Italy
Lakshmi Rajdev
Department of Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Elena Rangelova
Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, K42, Hälsovägen 1, SE-14186 Stockholm, Sweden
Ayman Rasmy
Medical Oncology- Zagazig University- Zagazig- Egypt; Medical Oncology- King Saud Medical City- Riyadh- Saudi Arabia
Jaroslaw Regula
Department of Gastroenterological Oncology, Institute of Oncology, Roentgen Street 5, Warsaw 02-781, Poland
Gloria Ribas
Univ Valencia, Hematol & Med Oncol Unit, Biomed Res Inst INCLIVA, Valencia 46010, Spain
Rachel P. Riechelmann
Department of Clinical Oncology, AC Camargo Cancer Center, Sao Paulo 01509-900, Brazil
Jane E. Rogers
U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Bård I. Røsok
Section for HPB Surgery, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Martin Rutegard
Department of Surgery and Perioperative Sciences, Surgery, Umeå University, 901 85 Umeå, Sweden
Vaibhav Sahai
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Josefina Sánchez-López
División de Genética, Centro de Investigación Biomédica de Occidente, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Sierra Mojada N. 800, Col. Independencia, C. P. 44340, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
Joerg Schrader
Department of Medicine - Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
Maheswari Senthil
Division of Surgical Oncology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA
Hanna Seppänen
Department of Surgery Helsinki University Hospital University of Helsinki P.O. Box 263 00029 HUS
Ali Shamseddine
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Ashwin Shinde
Department of Radiation Oncology, City of Hope National Cancer Center, Duarte, California
Seiji Shiota
Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas; Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Terence Tai-Weng Sio
Assistant professor in radiation oncology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Constantinos T. Sofocleous
Department of Interventional Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave, Rm H118, New York, NY 10065, USA
Christoph Springfeld
Heidelberg University Hospital, National Center for Tumor Diseases, Department of Medical Oncology, Heidelberg, Germany
Ker Kan Tan
National University of Singapore
Shihori Tanabe
Division of Risk Assessment, National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo 158-8501, Japan
René Thieme
Department of Visceral, Transplant, Thoracic and Vascular SurgeryUniversity Medical Center LeipzigLeipzig, Germany
Ezequiel Tolosa
Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology, CEBICEM-IIBYT (UNC-CONICET), National University of Córdoba, Av. Vélez Sarsfield 1611, 5016 Córdoba, Argentina; Schulze Center for Novel Therapeutics, División of Oncology Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
Ribeiro Ulysses Jr
Departamento de Gastroenterologia, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil
Veronika Vymetalkova
1Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Videnska 1083, 142 00 Prague, Czech Republic.
2Institute of Biology and Medical Genetics, 1st Medical Faculty, Charles University, Albertov 4, 128 00 Prague, Czech Republic.
3Biomedical Centre, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University in Prague, 323 00 Pilsen, Czech Republic
J. S. Williamson
Department of Colorectal Surgery, Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, UK
Changhoon Yoo
Department of Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 05505, Korea
Stefania Chetcuti Zammit
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Academic Department of Gastroenterology, Sheffield, England
Yu Zhu
Department of Pathology, Stanford University
Teo Nan Zun
FRCS (Edingburgh), MMED Surgery (Singapore), MRCS (Glasgow), MBBS National University of Singapore
Sebastian Zundler
Department of Medicine 1, University Hospital Erlangen, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany