Safety and efficacy of pembrolizumab, radiation therapy, and surgery versus radiation therapy and surgery for stage III soft tissue sarcoma of the extremity (SU2C-SARC032): an open-label, randomised clinical trial

Authors: Mowery, Yvonne M, Ballman, Karla V, Hong, Angela M, Schuetze, Scott M, Wagner, Andrew J, Monga, Varun, Heise, Rachel S, Attia, Steven, Choy, Edwin, Burgess, Melissa A, Bae, Susie, Pryor, David I, Van Tine, Brian A, Tinoco, Gabriel, Chmielowski, Bartosz, Freeman, Carolyn, Gronchi, Alessandro, Meyer, Christian F, Dickson, Mark A, Hartner, Lee, Davis, Lara E, Powers, Benjamin C, Moding, Everett J, Weinhold, Kent J, van de Rijn, Matt, Brigman, Brian E, Riedel, Richard F, Kirsch, David G ^*

Source: In The Lancet 23-29 November 2024 404(10467):2053-2064

ShangRing versus Mogen clamp for early infant male circumcision in eastern sub-Saharan Africa: a multicentre, non-inferiority, adaptive, randomised controlled trial

Authors: Basourakos, Spyridon P, Nang, Quincy G, Ballman, Karla V, Al Awamlh, Omar Al Hussein, Punjani, Nahid, Ho, Kaylee, Barone, Mark A, Awori, Quentin D, Ouma, Daniel, Oketch, Jairus, Christensen, Alice E, Hellar, Augustino, Makokha, Maende, Isangu, Alphonce, Salim, Robert, Lija, Jackson, Gray, Ronald H, Kiboneka, Stephen, Anok, Aggrey, Kigozi, Godfrey, Nakabuye, Regina, Ddamulira, Charles, Mulooki, Andrew, Odiya, Silas, Nazziwa, Rose, Goldstein, Marc, Li, Philip S ^*, Lee, Richard K

Source: In The Lancet Global Health October 2022 10(10):e1514-e1522

The Feasibility of Radiation Therapy after Breast-Conserving Surgery for Multiple Ipsilateral Breast Cancer: An Initial Report from ACOSOG Z11102 (Alliance) Trial

Authors: Cuttino, Laurie W., McCall, Linda, Kubicky, Charlotte, Ballman, Karla V., Le-Petross, Huong, Hunt, Kelly K., Haffty, Bruce, Rosenkranz, Kari M., Boughey, Judy C.

Source: International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics. 112(3):636-642

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Posterior left pericardiotomy for the prevention of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: an adaptive, single-centre, single-blind, randomised, controlled trial

Authors: Gaudino, Mario ^*, Sanna, Tommaso, Ballman, Karla V, Robinson, N Bryce, Hameed, Irbaz, Audisio, Katia, Rahouma, Mohamed, Di Franco, Antonino, Soletti, Giovanni J, Lau, Christopher, Rong, Lisa Q, Massetti, Massimo, Gillinov, Marc, Ad, Niv, Voisine, Pierre, DiMaio, J Michael, Chikwe, Joanna, Fremes, Stephen E, Crea, Filippo, Puskas, John D, Girardi, Leonard

Source: In The Lancet 4-10 December 2021 398(10316):2075-2083

Neoadjuvant durvalumab with or without stereotactic body radiotherapy in patients with early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer: a single-centre, randomised phase 2 trial

Authors: Altorki, Nasser K ^*, McGraw, Timothy E, Borczuk, Alain C, Saxena, Ashish, Port, Jeffrey L, Stiles, Brendon M, Lee, Benjamin E, Sanfilippo, Nicholas J, Scheff, Ronald J, Pua, Bradley B, Gruden, James F, Christos, Paul J, Spinelli, Cathy, Gakuria, Joyce, Uppal, Manik, Binder, Bhavneet, Elemento, Olivier, Ballman, Karla V, Formenti, Silvia C

Source: In The Lancet Oncology June 2021 22(6):824-835

SARC025 arms 1 and 2: A phase 1 study of the poly(ADP‐ribose) polymerase inhibitor niraparib with temozolomide or irinotecan in patients with advanced Ewing sarcoma

Authors: Chugh, Rashmi, Ballman, Karla V., Helman, Lee J., Patel, Shreyaskumar, Whelan, Jeremy S., Widemann, Brigitte, Lu, Yao, Hawkins, Douglas S., Mascarenhas, Leo, Glod, John W., Ji, Jiuping, Zhang, Yiping, Reinke, Denise, Strauss, Sandra J.

Source: Cancer. 127(8):1301-1310

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Alliance A011801 (compassHER2 RD): postneoadjuvant T-DM1 + tucatinib/placebo in patients with residual HER2-positive invasive breast cancer

Authors: O'Sullivan, Ciara C, Ballman, Karla V, McCall, Linda, Kommalapati, Anuhya, Zemla, Tyler, Weiss, Anna, Mitchell, Melissa, Blinder, Victoria, Tung, Nadine M, Irvin, William J, Lee, Myounghee, Goetz, Matthew P, Symmans, William Fraser, Borges, Virginia F, Krop, Ian, Carey, Lisa A, Partridge, Ann H

Source: Future oncology. 17(34):4665-4676

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Efficacy of Adding Veliparib to Temozolomide for Patients With MGMT-Methylated Glioblastoma: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Authors: Sarkaria, Jann N., Ballman, Karla V., Kizilbash, Sani H., Sulman, Erik P., Giannini, Caterina, Friday, Bret B., Butowski, Nicholas A., Mohile, Nimish A., Piccioni, David E., Battiste, James D., Drappatz, Jan, Campian, Jian L., Mashru, Sandeep, Jaeckle, Kurt A., O'Brien, Barbara J., Dixon, Jesse G., Kabat, Brian F., Laack, Nadia L., Hu, Leland S., Kaufmann, Timothy

Source: JAMA Oncology; Dec2024, Vol. 10 Issue 12, p1637-1644, 8p

Multi-Institutional Prospective Validation of Prognostic mRNA Signatures in Early Stage Squamous Lung Cancer (Alliance)

Authors: Bueno, Raphael, Richards, William G., Harpole, David H., Ballman, Karla V., Tsao, Ming-Sound, Chen, Zhengming, Wang, Xiaofei, Chen, Guoan, Chirieac, Lucian R., Chui, M. Herman, Franklin, Wilbur A., Giordano, Thomas J., Govindan, Ramaswamy, Joshi, Mary-Beth, Merrick, Daniel T., Rivard, Christopher J., Sporn, Thomas, van Bokhoven, Adrie, Yu, Hui, Shepherd, Frances A., Watson, Mark A., Beer, David G., Hirsch, Fred R.

Source: In Journal of Thoracic Oncology November 2020 15(11):1748-1757

Guidelines for Statistical Reporting in Medical Journals

Authors: Ou, Fang-Shu, Le-Rademacher, Jennifer G., Ballman, Karla V., Adjei, Alex A., Mandrekar, Sumithra J.

Source: In Journal of Thoracic Oncology November 2020 15(11):1722-1726

Geriatric assessment among older adults receiving intensive therapy for acute myeloid leukemia: Report of CALGB 361006 (Alliance)

Authors: Klepin, Heidi D., Ritchie, Ellen, Major-Elechi, Brittny, Le-Rademacher, Jennifer, Seisler, Drew, Storrick, Libby, Sanford, Ben L., Marcucci, Guido, Zhao, Weiqiang, Geyer, Susan A., Ballman, Karla V., Powell, Bayard L., Baer, Maria R., Stock, Wendy, Cohen, Harvey Jay, Stone, Richard M., Larson, Richard A., Uy, Geoffrey L.

Source: In Journal of Geriatric Oncology January 2020 11(1):107-113

Clinical features of neuroendocrine prostate cancer

Authors: Conteduca, Vincenza, Oromendia, Clara, Eng, Kenneth W., Bareja, Rohan, Sigouros, Michael, Molina, Ana, Faltas, Bishoy M., Sboner, Andrea, Mosquera, Juan Miguel, Elemento, Olivier, Nanus, David M., Tagawa, Scott T., Ballman, Karla V., Beltran, Himisha

Source: In European Journal of Cancer November 2019 121:7-18

Temporal Trends in the Use of Acute Recanalization Therapies for Ischemic Stroke in Patients with Cancer

Authors: Chatterjee, Abhinaba ^*, Merkler, Alexander E., Murthy, Santosh B., Burch, Jaclyn E., Chen, Monica L. ^*, Gialdini, Gino ^*, Kamel, Hooman, Ballman, Karla V., Navi, Babak B.

Source: In Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases August 2019 28(8):2255-2261

A Randomized, Double‐Blind, Placebo‐Controlled, Phase II Study of Regorafenib Versus Placebo in Advanced/Metastatic, Treatment‐Refractory Liposarcoma: Results from the SARC024 Study

Authors: Riedel, Richard F., Ballman, Karla V., Lu, Yao, Attia, Steven, Loggers, Elizabeth T., Ganjoo, Kristen N., Livingston, Michael B., Chow, Warren, Wright, Jennifer, Ward, John H., Rushing, Daniel, Okuno, Scott H., Reed, Damon R., Liebner, David A., Keedy, Vicki L., Mascarenhas, Leo, Davis, Lara E., Ryan, Christopher, Reinke, Denise K., Maki, Robert G.

Source: Oncologist. 25(11):e1655-e1662

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Alveolar Macrophage Immunometabolism and Lung Function Impairment in Smoking and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Authors: O Beirne, Sarah L., Kikkers, Sarah Ann, Oromendia, Clara, Salit, Jacqueline, Rostmai, Mahboubeh R., Ballman, Karla V., Kaner, Robert J., Crystal, Ronald G., Cloonan, Suzanne M.

Source: American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine. 201(6):735-738

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Optimizing Whole Brain Radiation Therapy Dose and Fractionation: Results From a Prospective Phase 3 Trial (NCCTG N107C [Alliance]/CEC.3)

Authors: Trifiletti, Daniel M., Ballman, Karla V., Brown, Paul D., Anderson, S. Keith, Carrero, Xiomara W., Cerhan, Jane H., Whitton, Anthony C., Greenspoon, Jeffrey, Parney, Ian F., Laack, Nadia N., Ashman, Jonathan B., Bahary, Jean-Paul, Hadjipanayis, Costas G., Urbanic, James J., Barker, Fred G., Farace, Elana, Khuntia, Deepak, Giannini, Caterina, Buckner, Jan C., Galanis, Evanthia, Roberge, David

Source: International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics. 106(2):255-260

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CODEL: phase III study of RT, RT + TMZ, or TMZ for newly diagnosed 1p/19q codeleted oligodendroglioma. Analysis from the initial study design

Authors: Jaeckle, Kurt A, Ballman, Karla V, van den Bent, Martin, Giannini, Caterina, Galanis, Evanthia, Brown, Paul D, Jenkins, Robert B, Cairncross, J Gregory, Wick, Wolfgang, Weller, Michael, Aldape, Kenneth D, Dixon, Jesse G, Anderson, S Keith, Cerhan, Jane H, Wefel, Jeffrey S, Klein, Martin, Grossman, Stuart A, Schiff, David, Raizer, Jeffrey J, Dhermain, Frederick, Nordstrom, Donald G, Flynn, Patrick J, Vogelbaum, Michael A

Source: Neuro-oncology. 23(3):457-467

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Targeting neurons in the gastrointestinal tract to treat Parkinson's disease

Authors: Hauser, Robert A., Sutherland, Dean, Madrid, Juan A., Rol, Maria Angeles, Frucht, Steven, Isaacson, Stuart, Pagan, Fernando, Maddux, Brian N., Li, George, Tse, Winona, Walter, Benjamin L., Kumar, Rajeev, Kremens, Daniel, Lew, Mark F., Ellenbogen, Aaron, Oguh, Odinachi, Vasquez, Alberto, Kinney, William, Lowery, Matt, Resnick, Maria, Huff, Nicole, Posner, Jerry, Ballman, Karla V., Harvey, Brian E., Camilleri, Michael, Zasloff, Michael, Barbut, Denise

Source: In Clinical Parkinsonism & Related Disorders 2019 1:2-7

Correlation of PD-L1 Expression with Tumor Mutation Burden and Gene Signatures for Prognosis in Early-Stage Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma

Authors: Yu, Hui, Chen, Zhengming, Ballman, Karla V., Watson, Mark A., Govindan, Ramaswamy, Lanc, Irena, Beer, David G., Bueno, Raphael, Chirieac, Lucian R., Chui, Michael Herman, Chen, Guoan, Franklin, Wilbur A., Gandara, David R., Genova, Carlo, Brovsky, Kristine A., Joshi, Mary-Beth M., Merrick, Daniel T., Richards, William G., Rivard, Christopher J., Harpole, David H., Tsao, Ming-Sound, van Bokhoven, Adrie, Shepherd, Frances A., Hirsch, Fred R.

Source: In Journal of Thoracic Oncology January 2019 14(1):25-36

The preference to receive chemotherapy and cancer-related outcomes in older adults with breast cancer CALGB 49907 (Alliance)

Authors: Gajra, Ajeet, McCall, Linda, Muss, Hyman B., Cohen, Harvey J., Jatoi, Aminah, Ballman, Karla V., Partridge, Ann H., Sutton, Linda, Parker, Barbara A., Magrinat, Gustav, Klepin, Heidi D., Lafky, Jacqueline M., Hurria, Arti

Source: In Journal of Geriatric Oncology May 2018 9(3):221-227