Oncology

Publications

Abu-Arja, MH; Rajabi, Z; Mcglynn, MC; Ghebrelul, RT; Zobeck, M; Harasis, S; Arora, J; Zaghloul, MS; Elhemaly, A; Bertrand, K; Finlay, JL; Dhall, G; Nagabushan, S; Abdelbaki, MS. Marrow-ablative chemotherapy and re-irradiation are associated with improved overall survival in patients with relapsed central nervous system nongerminomatous germ cell tumors. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 2026; 177(3).

Ahmed, N; Ali, A; Kim, S; Oloyede, T; Bye, M; Gowda, L; Kamble, RT; Mirza, A-S; Nadiminti, KV; Pophali, PA; Pasquini, MC; Ahmed, S; Ganguly, S; Moskop, A. Comparison of Fludarabine Versus Bendamustine as a Lymphodepleting Chemotherapy Prior to CAR-T for Large Cell Lymphoma. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. 2026.

Appell, LE; Baggott, C; Nguyen, K; Prabhu, S; Pacenta, H; John, S; Fabrizio, VA; Phillips, CL; Rossoff, J; Talano, J-A; Mackall, CL; Laetsch, TW; Mcnerney, K; Schultz, LM. Liberalizing hospital proximity requirements for children/young adults with low-burden B-ALL receiving tisagenlecleucel. Blood advances. 2026; 10(1):106-110.

Armstrong, AE; Gross, AM; Klesse, LJ; Rhodes, SD; Ahlawat, S; Staedtke, V; Molina, CA; Hirbe, AC. Neurofibromatosis type 1-plexiform neurofibromas: Integrating treatment across pediatric and adult populations. Neuro-Oncology. 2026; 28(4):847-863.

Avery, RA; Gross, AM; Cousineau-Krieger, C; Keenan, TDL; Mcmanus, T; Dallas, CJ; Hampton, C; Baldwin, A; Jin, F; Heisey, K; Bishop, RJ; Fisher, MJ; Widemann, BC; Magone, MT. Long-term Ocular Safety in Children Treated with Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathway Inhibitor Therapy. Ophthalmology (Rochester, Minn.). 2026; 133(2):291-294.

Bajgain, P; Feng, Y; Puebla, M; Tian, M; Hsu, K-S; Lee, J; Yu, G; Yang, L; Seaman, S; Hilton, MB; Khan, J; Nellan, A; Kaplan, RN; St Croix, B. Engineering functionality-optimized fully human B7-H3 CAR T cells for enhanced solid tumor therapy. Cell Reports Medicine. 2026; 7(5):102782.

Bender, JLG; Pressey, JG; Wagner, LM; Kim, A; Shah, AT; Federico, SM; Morgenstern, DA; Hoogstra, DJ; Crane, J; Bhatt, K; Cai, G; Miao, X; Ma, J; Laetsch, TW. Safety and pharmacokinetics (PK) of lurbinectedin (lurbi) in pediatric patients (pts) with relapsed/refractory (R/R) solid tumors and preliminary antitumor activity in pediatric and young adult pts with R/R Ewing sarcoma (EwS): Results from a phase 1 study. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2026; 44(16_suppl):11518-11518.

Bender, JD; Pommert, L; Backus, LR; Bidwell, A; Blank, C; Breese, EH; Burns, KC; Lane, A; Lee, LH; Mizukawa, B; Ryan, TD; Young, J; Absalon, M; Perentesis, JP. CPX-351 in High-Risk Relapsed Pediatric Acute Leukemia: Real-World Phase 1 Data Establishing the FDA-Approved Dose. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 2026; 73(6):e70268.

Biswas, K; Ghosh, S; Khincha, PP; Sundby, T; Singh, A; Ault, G; Henderson, M; Gross, AM; Donoghue, M; Savage, SA; Widemann, BC; Shoemaker, RH; Mohammed, A. Rare cancers research: Current state of knowledge and emerging opportunities for prevention and interception. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 2026.

Brammer, CN; Lee, T; Bahakel, H; Kim, H; Paulsen, GC; Miller-Handley, H; Pommert, L; Danziger-Isakov, LA; Otto, WR. P-522. Epidemiology of respiratory viral infections in pediatric acute leukemia patients. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2026; 13(Supplement_1):ofaf695.737.

Curlee, MS; Siegel, A; Little, P; Toledo-Tamula, MA; Martin, S; Gross, AM; Yohe, ME; Aryavand, M; Frone, MN; Ney, GM; Stewart, DR; Wolters, PL. Wide Ranging Neurobehavioral Phenotype in Individuals With Costello Syndrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A. 2026; 200(5):1138-1144.

Daugherty, EC; Zhang, Y; Xiao, Z; Backus, L; Mcdonald, JM; Stockman, B; Woo, J; Mccann, C; Russell, K; Sharma, R; Simone, CB; Breneman, J; Perentesis, JP; Mascia, AE. FAST-02: Results from the second in-human prospective evaluation of single-fraction proton FLASH for symptomatic thoracic bone metastases. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 2026; 111671.

Davies, SM; Blyth, E; Bollard, CM; Craddock, J; Dahi, PB; Gottlieb, D; Grimley, MB; Keller, MD; Khoury, R; Olson, AL; Shpall, EJ; Spivey, SM; Vasileiou, S; Heslop, HE. Third-Party Viral Specific T Cells for Immunocompromised Hosts and Access Barriers: A Review and Commentary by an Expert Panel from ASTCT. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. 2026.

Faulk, KE; Kairalla, JA; Hibbitts, E; Long-Boyle, J; Devidas, M; August, A; Gore, L; Raetz, E; Hunger, SP; Loh, ML; Teachey, DT; Brown, P; Breese, EH; Kotecha, RS; Guest, E. Age-based pegaspargase dosing is safe and achieves therapeutic levels in infants with ALL: report from COG AALL15P1. Blood advances. 2026; 10(1):70-74.

Ferreira, L; Sorrell, M; Raskin, SI; Kim, SY. DNMT3A R882C variant in a patient with a presumed pineal gland tumor, highlighting potential tumor susceptibility in Tatton-Brown-Rahman syndrome. Cancer Genetics. 2026; 302-303:162-165.

Fobare, S; Sharpe, C; Quinn, K; Bryant, K; Miles, LA; Bowman, RL; Cheney, C; Furby, C; Long, M; Fyock, K; Perentesis, JP; Eisfeld, A-K; Hertlein, E; Byrd, JC. Characterization of the clonal hierarchy and immunophenotype of PTPN11 mutations in acute myeloid leukemia. JCI Insight. 2026; 11(4).

Galletta, TJ; Rubinstein, JD; Dandoy, CE; Khoury, R; Faulhaber, A; Phillips, CL; Krupski, C. Emapalumab for Immune Effector Cell-Associated Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis-Like Syndrome Following CD19-Directed CAR-T in Two Patients With B-ALL: Clinical and Biomarker Correlates. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 2026; e70406.

Galletta, TJ; Rubinstein, JD; Krupski, C; Dandoy, CE; Khoury, R; Faulhaber, A; Davies, SM; Phillips, CL. Biomarker Elevations Associated with Immune Effector Cell-Associated Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis-like Syndrome after CD19-Directed CAR-T Therapy in Children and Young Adults with Acute B-Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. 2026; 32(2):s177.

Gilene, S; Miller, C; Cronk, JC; Graham, RT; Gross, AM; Hummel, TR; Kotch, C; Mochizuki, AY; Raskin, S; Pillay-Smiley, N; De Blank, P. MEK inhibitor-induced dropped head syndrome in pediatrics. Neuro-Oncology Pediatrics. 2026; 2(2):wuag024.

Gruber, TA; Jeha, S; Deyell, RJ; Lewis, V; Chang, BH; Lowe, EJ; Frediani, J; Vezina, C; Michon, B; Richards, M; Athale, U; Stearns, D; Schiff, D; Gaynon, PS. Bortezomib and vorinostat in combination with mitoxantrone, dexamethasone, and pegasparaginase during induction and reinduction for infants with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: a multicentre single-arm phase 1/2 study. The Lancet Haematology. 2026; 13(3):e144-e156.

Guerrettaz, R; Peterson, A; Allbee-Johnson, M; Ahn, KW; Rotz, SJ; Sharma, A; Im, A; Nuechterlein, B; Ahmed, S; Mehta, PA; Phillips, CL; Higgins, R; Broglie, L; Phelan, R. Outcomes of Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation In the Adolescent and Young Adult Population with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Based on Transplant Center: A Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR) Study. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. 2026; 32(2):s112.

Haney, M; Pommert, L. Base-Edited Breakthrough: Universal CD7 Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells Rewriting the Playbook for Relapsed T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. The Hematologist. 2026; 23(3).

Hoeksema, P; Hayatghaibi, S; Sharp, SE; Li, Y; Anton, CG; Norris, RE; Trout, AT. Discrepancies between primary and secondary interpretations of pediatric nuclear medicine imaging examinations. Pediatric Radiology. 2026; 56(2):464-472.

Ikegami, S; Pandey, V; Wang, X; Sridharan, A; Mccormack-Spivey, S; Lutzko, CM; Cancelas, JA; Heyenbruch, D; Leemhuis, T; Alquist, CR; Khoury, R; Rubinstein, JD; Davies, S; Grimley, M. LONG-TERM CRYOPRESERVATION PRESERVES THE BIOLOGICAL AND MECHANOBIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF THIRD-PARTY VIRUS-SPECIFIC T CELLS. Cytotherapy. 2026; 28(5):102608.

Ivey, N; Zhang, JF; Zack, A; Kakazu, A; Jandarov, R; Kaye, J; Smith, I; Na, J; Koscielski, M; Hagen, M; Wang, K; Plas, DR; Jennifer L, L; A, J. Predictive capacity of mismatch repair status in the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors for the treatment of aggressive pituitary tumors and pituitary carcinomas: An illustrative case report and literature review. Surgical Neurology International. 2026; 17:252.

Kazerooni, AF; Jiang, Z; Gandhi, D; Khalili, N; Liu, X; Tu, W; Ware, JB; Familiar, AM; Vunnava, B; Zapaishchykova, A; Resnick, AC; Nabavizadeh, A; Vossough, A; Linguraru, MG. Multi-Institutional Annotated Multiparametric MRI Dataset of Pediatric High-Grade Gliomas. Radiology: Artificial Intelligence. 2026; 8(3):e250902.

Kelleher, JA; Bernstein, JL; Crisler, KM; Herriott, JK; Klages, KL; Norris, RE; Strenk, ML; Bills, SE; Mcgrady, ME. Patient-Level Barriers and Facilitators to Inpatient Physical Therapy in Adolescents and Young Adults With a Hematological Malignancy: A Qualitative Study. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 2026; 73(4):e70129.

Kim, J; Ney, G; Frone, MN; Haley, JS; Ramos, MLF; Mirshahi, UL; Astiazaran-Symonds, E; Shandrina, M; Urban, G; Rao, HS; Ding, Y; Carey, DJ; Gelb, BD; Stewart, DR. Cancer risk in adults with pathogenic germline variants in RAS/MAPK genes using genomic ascertainment. Genetics in Medicine. 2026; 28(6):102561.

Kim, A; Ballman, KV; Wolters, PL; Heise, RS; Shern, JF; Sundby, RT; Lindenberg, L; Lee, M-J; Rastogi, S; Sato, N; Gross, AM; Reinke, D; Cichowski, K; Widemann, BC. SARC031: A Phase II Trial of Selumetinib and Sirolimus for Patients with Unresectable or Metastatic Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors (MPNST). Clinical Cancer Research. 2026; 32(6):1068-1077.

Kirstein, A; Ionascu, D; Lamba, MAS; Ruffolo, BM; Crail, KJ; Mascia, AE; Sertorio, MG; Hinrichs, BH; Zender, C; Lehn, MA; Wise-Draper, TM; Perentesis, JP; Zheng, Y; Wells, SI. In vitro determination of patient-specific variation challenges the universal RBE gold standard for proton radiation therapy. Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology. 2026; 56:101046.

Klages, KL; Herriott, JK; Breen, G; Norris, RE; Beal, SJ; Sorge, CE; Pai, ALH; Mcgrady, ME. Pain, Internalizing Symptoms, Posttraumatic Stress, and Alcohol Use Among Young Adult Survivors of Cancer. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 2026; 73(4):e70154.

Kotch, C; Perreault, S; Power, P; Adams, DJ; Aldape, K; Avery, RA; Bandopadhayay, P; Capper, D; De Blank, P; Entz-Werle, N; Zhu, Y; Fisher, MJ; Hargrave, D; Kilburn, LB. Tempered Optimism: Advances in the Precision Medicine Era for Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma. Neuro-Oncology. 2026.

Kotch, C; De Blank, P; Fangusaro, J; Fisher, MJ. MEK inhibitors for neurofibromatosis type 1-associated central and peripheral nervous system tumors. Neuro-Oncology Advances. 2026; 8(Suppl 2):ii14-ii24.

Kotch, C; Avery, RA; Franson, AT; Hargrave, D; Brossier, NM; Bornhorst, M; Rangnath, S; Nevel, KS; Robison, NJ; Liu, GT; Fisher, MJ; De Blank, P. Clinical safety and efficacy of bevacizumab in combination with mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase inhibitor therapy for glioma: a retrospective analysis. Neuro-Oncology Pediatrics. 2026; 2(1).

Levine, AB; Bennett, J; Patil, P; Burns, I; Siddaway, R; Li, C; Haizel-Cobbina, J; Rana, M; Yuditskiy, R; Son, A; Rutka, JT; Dewan, MC; Tabori, U; Hawkins, CE. Integrated clinical and molecular landscape of disseminated pediatric low-grade glioma. Neuro-Oncology. 2026; 28(2):535-551.

Li, J; Merkel, E; Grier, D; Zimmermann, N; Hodjat, P; Sabharwal, S; Breese, EH; Lorsbach, RB. Maternal-Fetal Transmission of Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 2026; 73(2):e32174.

Liberio, N; Allbee-Johnson, M; Ahn, KW; Moskop, A; Phelan, R; Shaw, BE; Page, KM; Schultz, KR; Phillips, CL; Mehta, PA; Kapoor, N; Doherty, EE; Chavan, RS; Broglie, L. Optimizing Haploidentical Donor Selection for Pediatric Hematopoietic Cell Transplant. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2026; 44(11):1003-1015.

Margol, AS; Hoffman, LM; Ronsley, R; Tran, J; Malvar, J; Chi, Y-Y; Leary, S; Stevens, J; Faulk, KE; Salloum, R; Gilheeney, S; Szalontay, L; Reddy, AT; Dhall, G. A multi-institutional report of children with atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor treated with intensive multimodal therapy. Neuro-Oncology Practice. 2026; npag014.

Marshall, MK; Tolani, D; Bender, JD; Lamour, JM; Bansal, N. Heart transplantation in pediatric oncology patients. JHLT Open. 2026; 12:100514.

Mccormack-Spivey, S; Wilhelm, J; Ikegami, S; Rubinstein, JD; Hudda, Z; Khoury, R; Davies, SM; Grimley, MS. Duration of Cryopreservation of Third-Party Viral Specific T-Cells (TP-VSTs) Does Not Influence Clinical Efficacy. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. 2026; 32(2):s131.

Mcgrady, ME; Ketterl, TG; Webster, RT; Burns, MMK; Bills, SE; Burke, M; Szulczewski, L; Brock, MY; Schwartz, LE; Herriott, JK; Hommel, KA; Pai, ALH; Mara, CA; Norris, RE. Feasibility Trial of a Tailored Adherence-Promotion Intervention for Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 2026; 73(1):e32127.

Mcnerney, KO; Kwon, S; Naik, S; Fabrizio, VA; Llaurador, G; Sanchez-Pinto, LN; Talleur, AC; Zeng, XL; Baggott, C; Vatsayan, A; Mackall, CL; Laetsch, TW; Gardner, RA; Schultz, L. Validation of a Pre-Infusion Prediction Model for IEC-HS in Children and Young Adults with B-Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. 2026; 32(2):s580.

Nisarga, P; Rathore, B; Hodjat, P; Derinkuyu, BE; Graham, RT; Skoch, J; Leino, D; Gupta, K. Diagnostic pitfall: BCOR immunoreactivity in a molecularly confirmed astroblastoma, MN1-altered (HGNET-MN1). Clinical Neuropathology. 2026; 45(1):32-35.

Orduña, P; Cansanay, RD; Erker, C; Ratterman, E; Schlosser, MP; Ronsley, R; Cacciotti, C; Cheng, S; Hukin, J; Aguilera, D; Rutkowski, S; Lassaletta, A; Bouffet, E; Lafay-Cousin, L. Group 4 Medulloblastomas of Early Childhood Treated With High-Dose Chemotherapy- and Craniospinal Irradiation-Sparing Approach. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 2026; 73(5):e70181.

Peters, EJ; Gardner, KL; Privette Vinnedge, LM. All hands on DEK: structural insights into a unique histone modifier and chromatin remodeler. Epigenetics and Chromatin. 2026; 19(1).

Pommert, L. First, Do No Transplant? Emerging Evidence for Watchful Waiting in Select Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia Patients. The Hematologist. 2026; 23(2).

Pommert, L; Tasian, SK. No Data Zone Hope on Hold: Novel Drug Access Out of Reach for Children With Acute Myeloid Leukemia Despite Adult Successes. The Hematologist. 2026; 23(1).

Rangarajan, HG; Chellapandian, D; Atshan, R; Ahn, KW; Kumar, S; Knight, TE; Leung, W; Ganguly, S; Williams, KM; Shah, NN; Qayed, M; Sharma, A; Broglie, L; Satwani, P. Impact of Extramedullary Disease at Diagnosis on Outcomes Post Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant in Children and Young Adults With Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A CIBMTR Report. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. 2026; 32(5):580.e1-580.e18.

Raskin, S; Yang, C; Lin, T; Yearley, J; Blumenschein, W; Pillay-Smiley, N; Lenzen, A; Partap, S; Fangusaro, J; Gururangan, S; Onar-Thomas, A; Fouladi, M; Dunkel, I; Mitchell, DA; Hwang, EI. An analysis of PD1 pathway activity in malignant pediatric central nervous system tumors: a pediatric brain tumor consortium study, PBTC-N13. Neuro-Oncology Pediatrics. 2026; 2(2):wuag020.

Reel, SM; Roy, S; Leino, D; Gatts, J; Raskin, S. The first described report of a patient with CHD7-associated CHARGE syndrome and a spinal schwannoma with a SH3PXD2A::HTRA1 fusion; a case report and review of literature. Neuro-Oncology Pediatrics. 2026; 2(2):wuag034.

Reel, SM; Raskin, S. Overview of the neurotrophic tyrosine receptor kinase signaling pathway and therapeutic applications to brain tumors. In: Handbook of Brain Tumor Chemotherapy Molecular Therapeutics and Immunotherapy. 2026:501-513.

Reel, SM; Raskin, S. Chapter 29 Overview of the neurotrophic tyrosine receptor kinase signaling pathway and therapeutic applications to brain tumors. In: Handbook of Brain Tumor Chemotherapy, Molecular Therapeutics, and Immunotherapy. Elsevier; 2026:501-513.

Sachs, CM; Gross, AM; Widemann, BC; Shern, JF; Sundby, RT. Abstract 2548: Circulating proteomic signatures for subtyping NF1 associated peripheral nerve sheath tumors. Cancer Research. 2026; 86(7_Supplement):2548-2548.

Schuemann, J; Rothwell, B; Mascia, A; Fan, Y; Loo, BW; Yock, T; Liu, KX; Perentesis, J; Haas-Kogan, DA. The potential and risks of FLASH radiotherapy in pediatric patients. Adaptation. 2026; 2(1):wuaf014.

Shahid, S; Mauguen, A; Mcavoy, D; Hosszu, K; Phillips, CL; Schultz, L; Hsieh, EM; Bonifant, CL; Fabrizio, VA; Bisogno, B; Pena, MP; Chapman, N; Boelens, J; Curran, KJ. Phase II One Arm Multicenter Study of Early Reinfusion of Tisagenlecleucel to Promote Durable B-cell Aplasia in Pediatric and Young Adult Patients with relapsed/refractory CD19-Positive B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (REFUEL) Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. 2026; 32(2):s593-s594.

Smiley, NP; Lane, A; Webster, A; Blank, C; Hawkins, C; Hassall, T; Leach, J; Dorris, K; Jones, B; Hansford, JR; Zaghloul, M; Cheng, S; Hummel, TR; Hoffman, LM; Warren, KE. Re-irradiation practices and outcomes in patients with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG): A report from the International DIPG/DMG Registry. Neuro-Oncology Pediatrics. 2026; 2(2):wuag013.

Uible, EE; Choi, I; Clough, CA; Hassan, A; Anandappa, AJ; Fisher, J; Karki, B; Hueneman, K; Choi, K; Vick, EJ; Pasare, C; Cunningham, JT; Volk, AG; Starczynowski, DT. Scaffolding-dependent CASP1 constrains excessive cell-intrinsic inflammatory signaling in leukemia. Cell Chemical Biology. 2026; 33(1):59-73.e10.

Widemann, BC; Gross, AM; Dombi, E; Sankaran, H; Shern, JF. Evolution of Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors in Neurofibromatosis Type 1: Opportunities for Prevention and Therapeutic Strategies. Annual Review of Cancer Biology. 2026; 10(1):223-241.

Wright, E; Billups, C; Rush, S; Li, Y; Janns, A; Michalski, JM; Salloum, R; De Blank, P. Cumulative dose of chemotherapy and survival outcomes in children with average risk medulloblastoma treated on Children's Oncology Group study ACNS0331. Neuro-Oncology. 2026.