Dr. Steven Joel Shiff M.D.
Gastroenterologist | Gastroenterology
Forest Research Institute, Harborside Financial Center Plaza V, 21st Floor Jersey City NJ, 07311About
Dr. Steven Shiff is a gastroenterologist practicing in Jersey City, NJ. Dr. Shiff specializes in the digestive system and its diseases that affect the gastrointestinal tract, which include organs from the mouth to the anus as well as liver disorders. Gastroenterology includes conditions such as hepatitis, peptic ulcer disease, colitis, nutritional problems and irritable bowel syndrome. Dr. Shiff performs colonoscopy and endoscopy procedures and provides accurate and thorough care for patients suffering from digestive issues.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Gastroenterology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The role of cyclooxygenase inhibition in the antineoplastic effects of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
- Dietary fat and risk of breast cancer.
- Aspirin for cancer.
- Altered gastric epithelial cell kinetics in Helicobacter pylori-associated intestinal metaplasia: implications for gastric carcinogenesis.
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), cyclooxygenases, and the cell cycle. Their interactions in colon cancer.
- Is inhibition of cyclooxygenase required for the chemopreventive effect of NSAIDs in colon cancer? A model reconciling the current contradiction.
- Role of diet and NSAIDs in the chemoprevention of colorectal cancer.
- Sulindac inhibits neointimal formation after arterial injury in wild-type and apolipoprotein E-deficient mice.
- Selective induction of colon cancer cell apoptosis by 5-fluorouracil in humans.
- Re: Calcium intake and risk of colon cancer in women and men.
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and the induction of apoptosis in colon cells: evidence for PHS-dependent and PHS-independent mechanisms.
- NSAIDs for the chemoprevention of oral cancer: promise or pessimism?: Commentary re J. L. Mulshine et al., randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase IIB trial of the cyclooxygenase inhibitor ketorolac as an oral rinse in oropharyngeal leuko
- Selection of topically applied non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for oral cancer chemoprevention.
- Randomised clinical trials: linaclotide phase 3 studies in IBS-C - a prespecified further analysis based on European Medicines Agency-specified endpoints.
- Effect of linaclotide on severe abdominal symptoms in patients with irritable bowel syndrome with constipation.
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