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Alveolar soft part sarcoma in children and young adults: A report of 69 cases by Flores, Ricardo J., Harrison, Douglas J., Federman, Noah C., Furman, Wayne L., Huh, Winston W., Broaddus, Emily G., Okcu, Mehmet F., Venkatramani, Rajkumar

“…Background Alveolar soft part sarcoma (ASPS) is a rare mesenchymal tumor characterized by ASPL‐TFE3 translocation. Apart from complete surgical resection,…”
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Long-term disease control and toxicity outcomes following surgery and intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) in pediatric craniopharyngioma by Greenfield, Brad J, Okcu, Mehmet F, Baxter, Patricia A, Chintagumpala, Murali, Teh, Bin S, Dauser, Robert C, Su, Jack, Desai, Snehal S, Paulino, Arnold C

“…Abstract Purpose To report long-term progression-free survival (PFS) and late-toxicity outcomes in pediatric craniopharyngioma patients treated with IMRT…”
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Dual-specificity phosphatase 26 is a novel p53 phosphatase and inhibits p53 tumor suppressor functions in human neuroblastoma by Shang, X, Vasudevan, S A, Yu, Y, Ge, N, Ludwig, A D, Wesson, C L, Wang, K, Burlingame, S M, Zhao, Y-j, Rao, P H, Lu, X, Russell, H V, Okcu, M F, Hicks, M J, Shohet, J M, Donehower, L A, Nuchtern, J G, Yang, J

“…Chemoresistance is a major cause of treatment failure and poor outcome in neuroblastoma. In this study, we investigated the expression and function of…”
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Neurocognitive Outcomes in Relationship to Hippocampal and Brain Doses After Partial Brain Proton Radiation Therapy in Children by Mahajan, A, Grosshans, D, Ris, D, Chintagumpala, M, Okcu, F, McAleer, M, Moore, B, Stancel, H, Minard, C, Guffey, D, Kahalley, L

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Comparison of Imaging Changes in Pediatric Patients Treated With Proton Beam Radiation Therapy Versus Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy for Intra-cranial Ependymoma by Gunther, J.R, Sato, M, Chintagumpala, M, Jo, E, Paulino, A, Adesina, A, Ketonen, L, Su, J, Okcu, F, Khatua, S, Dauser, R, Whitehead, W, Weinberg, J, Mahajan, A

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Expression of Bcl-2-related genes in normal and AML progenitors: changes induced by chemotherapy and retinoic acid by Andreeff, M, Jiang, S, Zhang, X, Konopleva, M, Estrov, Z, Snell, V E, Xie, Z, Okcu, M F, Sanchez-Williams, G, Dong, J, Estey, E H, Champlin, R C, Kornblau, S M, Reed, J C, Zhao, S

“…The expression of Bcl-2 family members was examined in normal and leukemic hematopoietic cells. Immature hematopoietic progenitor cells (CD34+/33-/13-) did not…”
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Comparison of hypothyroidism, growth hormone deficiency, and adrenal insufficiency following proton and photon radiotherapy in children with medulloblastoma by Aldrich, Kathleen D., Horne, Vincent E., Bielamowicz, Kevin, Sonabend, Rona Y., Scheurer, Michael E., Paulino, Arnold C., Mahajan, Anita, Chintagumpala, Murali, Okcu, Mehmet F., Brown, Austin L.

“…Background Endocrine deficiencies are common following Craniospinal irradiation (CSI) in children with brain tumors, but empirical data comparing outcomes…”
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Patterns of Failure after Craniospinal Irradiation, Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) Boost and Chemotherapy for Medulloblastoma by Paulino, A, Mazloom, A, South, M, Teh, B, Okcu, F, Su, J, Butler, E, Chintagumpala, M

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Is Detection of Relapse by Surveillance Imaging Associated With Longer Survival in Patients With Rhabdomyosarcoma? by Fetzko, Stephanie, Fonseca, Adriana, Frances Wedekind, Mary, Gupta, Abha A., Setty, Bhuvana A., Schraw, Jeremy, Lupo, Philip J., Guillerman, Robert P., Butala, Anish A., Russell, Heidi, Nicholls, Lauren, Walterhouse, David, Hawkins, Douglas S., Okcu, Mehmet F.

“…We investigated whether surveillance imaging had an impact on post-relapse survival in patients with rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS). We hypothesized that relapse…”
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“Why We Keep Coming Back”: Family and Provider Perspectives on Factors Influencing Long-term Follow-up for Pediatric Cancer Survivorship Care by Gandy, Kellen C., De Nigris, Francesca B., Frugé, Ernest, Okcu, Mehmet F., Schwartz, David D.

“…The majority of childhood cancer survivors do not follow-up for long-term risk-based screening for recurrent illness and treatment late effects, despite a high…”
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Abnormal Myocardial Strain Indices in Children Receiving Anthracycline Chemotherapy by Pignatelli, Ricardo H., Ghazi, Payam, Reddy, S. Chandra-Bose, Thompson, Patrick, Cui, Qiqiong, Castro, Jacqueline, Okcu, Mehmet F., Jefferies, John Lynn

“…Anthracycline chemotherapy (AC) is associated with impaired left ventricular (LV) systolic function. LV ejection fraction (EF %) obtained by two-dimensional…”
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Prevalence and Predictors of Overweight and Obesity Among a Multiethnic Population of Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Survivors: A Cross-Sectional Assessment by Brown, Austin L, Lupo, Philip J, Danysh, Heather E, Okcu, Mehmet F, Scheurer, Michael E, Kamdar, Kala Y

“…As previous studies of obesity in survivors of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) have primarily been conducted among non-Hispanic white survivors or…”
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Bone marrow transplantation in Shwachman-Diamond syndrome : report of two cases and review of the literature by OKCU, F, ROBERTS, W. M, CHAN, K. W

“…Patients with Shwachman-Diamond syndrome (SDS) have an increased frequency of myelodysplasia and leukemic transformation. We described two patients who…”
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Risk analysis of severe myelotoxicity with temozolomide: the effects of clinical and genetic factors by Armstrong, Terri S, Cao, Yumei, Scheurer, Michael E, Vera-Bolaños, Elizabeth, Manning, Rochelle, Okcu, Mehmet F, Bondy, Melissa, Zhou, Renke, Gilbert, Mark R

“…A benefit of temozolomide (TMZ) is that myelotoxicity is uncommon. Recently, several small series have reported significant myelotoxicity resulting in…”
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Overexpressed WAF1/Cip1 renders glioblastoma cells resistant to chemotherapy agents 1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea and cisplatin by RUAN, S, OKCU, M. F, JIANG PING REN, CHIAO, P, ANDREEFF, M, LEVIN, V, WEI ZHANG

“…Previous studies have shown that the negative cell cycle regulator WAF1/Cip1 is often overexpressed in human gliomas and that WAF1/Cip1 overexpression may be a…”
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Dose Reductions to Critical Brain Organs-at-Risk and Better Cognition in Children with Medulloblastoma Receiving Proton Therapy by Sienna, J., Kahalley, L., Mabbott, D., Grosshans, D.R., Santiago, A.T., Paulino, A.C., Manzar, G.S., Dama, H., Chintagumpala, M., Okcu, F., Whitehead, W., Ramaswamy, V., Laperriere, N.J., Merchant, T.E., Craig, T., Tsang, D.S.C.

“…Our group previously demonstrated an improvement in cognition among children with medulloblastoma treated with proton therapy, as compared to photon therapy…”
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Birth Characteristics and Childhood Leukemia Risk: Correlations With Genetic Markers by Kennedy, Amy E, Kamdar, Kala Y, Lupo, Philip J, Okcu, Mehmet F, Scheurer, Michael E, Dorak, Mehmet T

“…Birth characteristics such as birth order, birth weight, birth defects, and Down syndrome showed some of the first risk associations with childhood leukemia…”
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Erratum to: Abnormal Myocardial Strain Indices in Children Receiving Anthracycline Chemotherapy by Pignatelli, Ricardo H., Ghazi, Payam, Chandra-Bose Reddy, S., Thompson, Patrick, Cui, Qiqiong, Castro, Jacqueline, Okcu, Mehmet F., Jefferies, John Lynn

“…Erratum to: Pediatr Cardiol DOI 10.1007/s00246-015-1203-8. The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake in the author’s group. The…”
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Attenuation of WAF1/Cip1 Expression by an Antisense Adenovirus Expression Vector Sensitizes Glioblastoma Cells to Apoptosis Induced by Chemotherapeutic Agents 1,3-Bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea and Cisplatin by SANBAO RUAN, OKCU, M. F, PONG, R.-C, ANDREEFF, M, LEVIN, V, HSIEH, J.-T, WEI ZHANG

“…Previous studies have shown that the negative cell cycle regulator WAF1/Cip1 is often overexpressed in human gliomas and that WAF1/Cip1 overexpression renders…”
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Re-Evaluating Surgery and Re-Irradiation for Locally Recurrent Pediatric Ependymoma — a Multi-Institutional Study by Mak, D.Y., Laperriere, N.J., Ramaswamy, V., Bouffet, E., Murray, J.C., McNall-Knapp, R., Bielamowicz, K., Paulino, A.C., Zaky, W., McGovern, S.L., Okcu, F., Tabori, U., Dirks, P.B., Taylor, M.D., Tsang, D.S.C., Bavle, A.

“…The goal of this study was to evaluate extent of surgical resection, and timing and volume of re-irradiation, on survival for children with locally recurrent…”
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