Mimi Canto, MD, MHS

Professional Titles

• Director of Clinical Research, Division of Gastroenterology

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Medicine

Background

Centers and Institutes

• Esophageal Cancer Program
• Heartburn Center
• Lung Cancer Program
• Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center

Clinical Trial Keywords

GERD, Transoral incisionless fundoplication (TIF/cTIF)

Find a Clinical Trial

Videos

• TIF Procedure for GERD | Frank's Story

• Barrett's Esophagus (Esophageal Cancer) | Tom's Story

• Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication (TIF) | FAQ's

• Pancreatic Cancer: Hope Through Early Detection

• GIE: 2018 September Author Interview-Marcia Irene Canto and Nicholas Shaheen

Recent News Articles and Media Coverage

• Mentoring Women in Medicine, Inside Tract (Winter, 2020)

  For Acid Reflux: An Innovative Alternative to Surgery, Inside Tract (Summer 2018)

  Endoscopic Cryotherapy: A Cool Alternative, Inside Tract (Spring 2015) 

Additional Academic Titles

Professor of Oncology

Research Interests

Barrett's esophagus, Cryoablation, Cryotherapy, Endoscopic imaging, Endoscopic mucosal ablation and resection, Familial pancreatic cancer

Lab Website

Marcia Canto Lab

• Research interests in the Marcia Canto Lab include pancreatic neoplasms, Barrett's esophagus and endomicroscopy. We are also interested in the use of endoscopic ultrasound to identify early-stage pancreatic cancer and its precursors.

PubMed

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Canto%20MI%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=19584833

Selected Publications

• Brune, K.A.; Lau, B.; Palmisano, E.; Canto, M.; Goggins, M.G.; Hruban, R.H.; Klein, A.P. Importance of age of onset in pancreatic cancer kindreds. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2010 Jan 20;102(2):119-126

• Harinck, F.; Canto, M.I.; Schulick, R.; Goggins, M.; Poley, J.W.; Fockens, P.; Kluijt, I.; Bruno, M. Surveillance in individuals at high risk of pancreatic cancer: too early to tell? Gut. 2010 Jul;59(7):1005; author reply 1006-1007

• Hector, A.; Montgomery, E.A.; Karikari, C.; Canto, M.; Dunbar, K.B.; Wang, J.S.; Feldmann, G.; Hong, S.M.; Haffner, M.C.; Meeker, A.K.; Holland, S.J.; Yu, J.; Heckrodt, T.J.; Zhang, J.; Ding, P.; Goff, D.; Singh, R.; Roa, J.C.; Marimuthu, A.; Riggins, G.J.; Eshleman, J.R.; Nelkin, B.D.; Pandey, A.; Maitra, A. The Axl receptor tyrosine kinase is an adverse prognostic factor and a therapeutic target in esophageal adenocarcinoma. Cancer Biol Ther. 2010 Nov 29;10(10):1009-1018

• Hruban, R.H.; Canto, M.I.; Goggins, M.; Schulick, R.; Klein, A.P. Update on familial pancreatic cancer. Adv Surg. 2010;44:293-311

• Lennon, A.M.; Newman, N.; Makary, M.A.; Edil, B.H.; Shin, E.J.; Khashab, M.A.; Hruban, R.H.; Wolfgang, C.L.; Schulick, R.D.; Giday, S.; Canto, M.I. EUS-guided tattooing before laparoscopic distal pancreatic resection (with video). Gastrointest Endosc. 2010 Nov;72(5):1089-1094

• Newman, N.A.; Lennon, A.M.; Edil, B.H.; Gilson, M.M.; Giday, S.A.; Canto, M.I.; Schulick, R.D.; Makary, M.A. Preoperative endoscopic tattooing of pancreatic body and tail lesions decreases operative time for laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy. Surgery. 2010 Aug;148(2):371-377

• Wang, J.S.; Guo, M.; Montgomery, E.A.; Thompson, R.E.; Cosby, H.; Hicks, L.; Wang, S.; Herman, J.G.; Canto, M.I. DNA promoter hypermethylation of p16 and APC predicts neoplastic progression in Barrett's esophagus. Am J Gastroenterol. 2009 Sep;104(9):2153-2160