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Physician Research

Several of our physicians are actively involved with research. Click the links below to view research that has been published in nationally-recognized cancer and health journals.
 

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 Robert K. Fairbanks, MD

• Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Essential Tremor: A Case Report and Review of Literature.
  Elaimy AL, Demakas JJ, Arthurs BJ, Cooke BS, Fairbanks RK, Lamoreaux WT, Mackay AR, Greeley DR, Lee CM.
  World Journal of Surgical Oncology. 20.8 (2010): 1-7.
• Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Vestibular Schwannoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature.
  Arthurs BJ, Lamoreaux WT, Giddins NA, Fairbanks RK, Mackay AR, Demakas JJ, Cooke BS, Lee CM.
  World Journal of Surgical Oncology. 100.7 (2009): 1-6.
   

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Ryan F. Holbrook, MD, FACS

• Complete Pathologic Response After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation for Esophageal Cancer in an Integrated Community-Based Practice
  Wright BE, Lee CM, Kaya H, Parviz, RA Holbrook. PowerPoint Presentation.
   

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Hakan Kaya, MD

• Efficacy and Safety of Monoclonal Anti-CD20 Antibody (Rituximab) for the Treatment of Patients with Recurrent Low-Grade Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma after High-Dose Chemotherapy and Autologous Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
  Kaya H, Keung Y, Case D, Cruz JM, Perry JJ, Radford JE, Hurd DD. 
  Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 8 Sept (2002): 544-549.
• Complete Pathologic Response After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation for Esophageal Cancer in an Integrated Community-Based Practice
  Wright BE, Lee, CM, Kaya H, Parviz M, Holbrook RA.  PowerPoint Presentation.
• Obstructive Jaundice in a Patient with Mycosis Fungoides Metastatic to the Pancreas. EUS Findings.
  Gottlieb K, Anders K, Kaya H.
  Journal of the Pancreas. 9.6. Nov (2008): 719-724.
• Survival Outcomes for Multiple Myeloma Over Three Decades: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) analysis
  Jawed I, Lee CM, Tward JD,  Macdonald OK, Martincic D, Vudarla N, Fairbanks RK, Kaya H.
  Journal of Clinical Oncology. 25.18. Jun (2007): 8019.
• Survival and Secondary Malignancy Rates for Adjuvant Radiation Therapy Versus Observation in Stage I Testicular Seminoma: A Suveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) analysis
  Vudarla N, Jawed I, Kaya H, Tward JD, Macdonald OK, Martincic D, Gaffney DK,  Shivnani AT,  Odom-Maryon TL,  Lee CM.
  Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2007 Asco Annual Meeting Proceedings Part 1. 25:18S (June 20 Supplement), 2007: 5020.
   

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Wayne T. Lamoreaux, MD

• Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Essential Tremor: A Case Report and Review of Literature.
  Elaimy AL, Demakas JJ, Arthurs BJ, Cooke BS, Fairbanks RK, Lamoreaux WT, Mackay AR, Greeley DR, Lee CM.
  World Journal of Surgical Oncology. 20.8 (2010): 1-7.
• Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Vestibular Schwannoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature.
  Arthurs BJ, Lamoreaux WT, Giddins NA, Fairbanks RK, Mackay AR, Demakas JJ, Cooke BS, Lee CM.
  World Journal of Surgical Oncology. 100.7 (2009): 1-6.
   

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Christopher M. Lee, MD

• Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Essential Tremor: A Case Report and Review of Literature.
  Elaimy AL, Demakas JJ, Arthurs BJ, Cooke BS, Fairbanks RK, Lamoreaux WT, Mackay AR, Greeley DR, Lee CM.
  World Journal of Surgical Oncology. 8.20 (2010): 1-7.
• Cytotoxity of Atriplex Confertifolia.
  Capua CJ, Hopson NP, Stewart CM, Johnston GR, O'Neill KL, Schaalje GB, Lee CM, Booth GM.
  Journal of Toxicology. (2010): 1-7.
• Radiotherapy for Primary and Metastatic Spinal Tumors.
  Macdonald OK and Lee CM.
  Seminars in Spine Surgery. 21 (2009): 121-128.
• Prognostic Significance of Histology and Positive Lymph Node Involvement Following Radical Hysterectomy in Carcinoma of the Cervix.
  Macdonald OK, Chen J, Dodson M, Lee CM, Gaffney DK.
  American Journal of Clinical Oncology. 32.4 (2009): 411-416.
• Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Vestibular Schwannoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature.
  Arthurs BJ, Lamoreaux WT, Giddins NA, Fairbanks RK, Mackay AR, Demakas JJ, Cooke BS, Lee CM.
  World Journal of Surgical Oncology. 7.100 (2009): 1-6.
• Radiosensitization of Cervical Cancer Cells via Double-Strand DNA Break Repair Inhibition.
  Fuhrman CB, Kilgore J, LaCoursiere YD, Lee CM, Milash BA, Soisson AP, Zempolich KA.
  Gynecologic Oncology. 110 (2008): 93-98.
• Gorham Disease of Mandible: Radiographic Findings and Radiotherapy Response.
  Skidmore TB, Lee CM, Abbott TM, Wiggins RH, Anderson GE, Tward JD, Hitchcock Y.
  Ear Nose Throat Journal. 6 (2008): 4-7.
• Descriptive Nomograms of Adjuvant Radiotherapy Use and Patterns of Care Analysis for Stage I and II Endometrial Adenocarcinoma: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Population Study.
  Lee CM, Szabo A, Shrieve DC, Macdonald OK, Tward JD, Skidmore TB, Gaffney DK.
  CANCER. 110.9 Nov (2007): 2092-2100.
• Survival Impact of Lymph Node Dissection in Endometrial Adenocarcinoma: A Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results Analysis.
  Smith DC, Macdonald OK, Lee CM, Gaffney DK.
  International Journal of Gynecological Cancer. (2007): 1-7.
• Survival and Secondary Malignancy Rates for Adjuvant Radiation Therapy Versus Observation in Stage I Testicular Seminoma: A Suveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) analysis
  Vudarla N, Jawed I, Kaya H, Tward JD, Macdonald OK, Martincic D, Gaffney DK,  Shivnani AT,  Odom-Maryon TL,  Lee CM.
  Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2007 Asco Annual Meeting Proceedings Part 1. 25:18S (June 20 Supplement), 2007: 5020.An Analysis of Simulation for Adjuvant Intracavitary High-dose-rate Brachytherapy in Early-stage Endometrial Cancer.
  Barney BM, Macdonald OK, Lee CM, Rankin J, Gaffney DK.
  Brachytherapy. 6 (2007): 201-206.
• Prostate-Specific Antigen Control with Low-Dose Adjuvant Radiotherapy for High-Risk Prostate Cancer.
  Macdonald OK, Lee RJ, Snow G, Lee CM, Tward JD, Middleton AW, Sause WT.
  Urology. 69.2 (2007):295-299.
• Survival of Men with Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer Treated with Prostatectomy, Brachytherapy, or No Definitive Treatment: Impact of Age at Diagnosis.
  Tward JD, Lee CM, Pappas LM, Szabo A, Gaffney DK, Shrieve DC.
  CANCER. 107.10 (2006): 2393-2400. 
• Malignant Phyllodes Tumor of the Female Breast: Association of Primary Therapy with Cause-Specific Survival from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program.
  Macdonald OK, Lee CM, Tward JD, Chappel CD, Gaffney DK.
  CANCER. 107.9 (2006): 2127-2133.
• Adjuvant Radiotherapy and Survival Outcomes in Early-stage Endometrial Cancer: A Multi-Institutional Analysis of 608 Women.
  Macdonald OK, Sause WT, Lee RJ, Lee CM, Dodson MK, Zempolich K, Gaffney DK.
  Gynecologic Oncology.103 (2006): 661-666.
• Frequency and Effect of Adjuvant Radiation Therapy Among Women With Stage 1 Endometrial Adenocarcinoma.
  Lee CM, Szabo A, Shrieve DC, Macdonald OK, Gaffney DK.
  JAMA. 295.4 (2006): 389-397.
• Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Inhibition by LY294002 Radiosensitizes Human Cervical Cancer Cell Lines.
  Lee CM, Fuhrman CB, Planelles V, Peltier MR, Gaffney DK, Soisson AP, Dodson MK, Tolley HD, Green CL, Zempolich KA.
  Clinical Cancer Research. 12.1 Jan. (2006): 250-256.
• Optimization of Collimator Parameters to Reduce Rectal Dose in Intensity-Modulated Prostate Treatment Planning.
  Chapek J, Tobler M, Toy BJ, Lee CM, Leavitt DD.
  Medical Dosimetry. 30.4 (2005): 205-212.
• Correlation Between Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Family (EGFR, HER2, HER3, HER4), Phosphorylated Akt (P-Akt), and Clinical Outcomes After Radiation Therapy in Carcinoma of Cervix.
  Lee CM, Shrieve DC, Zempolich KA, Lee RJ, Hammond E, Handrahan DL, Gaffney DK.
  Gynecologic Oncology. 99 (2005): 415-421.
• Dynamic Collimator Optimization Compared with Fixed Collimator Angle in Arc-based Stereotactic Radiotherapy: A Dosimetric Analysis.
  Lee CM, Watson GA, Leavitt DD.
  Neurosurg Focus. 19.1 (2005):1-5.
• Nasopharygeal Carcinoma with Axillary Node Involvement as a Component of Failure Following Chemoradiptherapy.
  Lee CM, Hayostek CJ, Abott TM, Hathaway PB, Watson GA.
  Ear Nose Throat Journal. 84.3 Mar. (2005): 159-160, 162.
• Intracranial Extramedullary Hematopoiesis: Brief Review of Response to Radiation Therapy.
  Lee CM, Salzman KL, Blumenthal DT, Gaffney DK.
  American Journal of Hematology. 78 (2005): 151-152. 
• Comparison of Late Rectal Toxicity from Conventional Versus Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer: Analysis of Clinical and Dosimetric Factors.
  Lee CM, Lee RJ, Handrahan DL, Sause WT.
  Urology. 65.1 Jan. (2005):114-119.
• Metallopanstimulin as a Marker for Head and Neck Cancer.
  Stack BC Jr., Hollenbeak CS, Lee CM, Dunphy FR, Lowe VJ, Hamilton PD.
  World Journal of Surgical Oncology. 45.2 Dec. (2004):1-9.
• Rapid Involution and Mobility of Carcinoma of the Cervix.
  Lee CM, Shrieve DC, Gaffney DK.
  International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 58.2 Feb. (2004): 625-630.
• Expression of HER2neu (c-erB-2) and Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor in Cervical Cancer: Prognostic Correlation with Clinical Characteristics, and Comparison of Manual and Automated Imaging Analysis.
  Lee CM, Lee RJ, Hammond E, Tsodikov A, Dodson M, Zempolich K, Gaffney DK.
  Gynecologic Oncology. 93 (2004): 209-214.
• Electron Arc Irradiation of the Postmastectomy Chest Wall in Locally Recurrent and Metastatic Breast Cancer.
  Gaffney DK, Lee CM, Leavitt DD, Shrieve DC, Stewart JR.
  American Journal of Clinical Oncology. 26.3 (2003): 241-246.
• Overexpression of MPS Antigens by Squamous Cell Carcinomas of the Head and Neck: Immunohistochemical and Serological Correlation with FDG Positron Emission Tomography
  Stack BC Jr., Dalsaso TA, Lee CM, Lowe VJ, Hamilton PD, Fletcher JW, Fernandez-Pol JA.
  Anticancer Research. 19 (1999): 5503-5510.
   

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Ndegwa M. Njuguna, MD   

• Lenalidomide-induced Upregulation of CD80 on Tumor Cells Corralates with T-cell Activation, the Rapid Onset of a Cytokine Release Syndrome and Leukemic Cell Clearance in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
  Aue G, Njuguna N, Tian X, Soto S, Hughes T, Vire B, Keyvanfar K, Gibellini F, Valdez J, Boss C, Samsel L, McCoy JP Jr, Wilson WH, Pittaluga S, Wiestner A, 
  Haematologica. 94 (2009): 1266-1273.
   

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Byron E. Wright, MD, FACS

• Complete Pathologic Response After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation for Esophageal Cancer in an Integrated Community-Based Practice
  Wright BE, Lee CM, Kaya H, Parviz M, Holbrook RA. PowerPoint Presentation.
• A Rare Cause of Primary Hepatic Neoplasm:  Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor in the Age of Modern Liver Surgery. 
  Iddings DM, Wright BE, Bilchik AJ.
  The American Surgeon. Jan (2008).
• Importance of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Patients with Thin Melanoma. 
  Wright BE, Scheri RP, Ye X, Faries M, Turner RR, Essner R, Morton DL.
  Archives of Surgery. 143.9. Sept (2008): 892-900.\
• Hepatic Cytoreductive Surgery for Neuroendocrine Cancer. 
  Wright BE, Lee CM, Bilchik AJ.
  Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America. 16.3 Jul (2007): 627-637.
• Chronic Traumatic Diaphragmatic Hernia with Pericardial Rupture and Associated Gastroesophageal Reflux. 
  Wright BE, Reinke T, Aye RW.
  Hernia. 9.4 Jun (2005): 392-396.
• Is laparoscopic umbilical hernia repair with mesh a reasonable alternative to conventional repair?
  Wright BE, Beckerman J, Cohen M, Cumming JK, Rodriguez JL.
  The American Journal of Surgery. 184.6 Dec (2002): 505-508.
• ERCP in patients with long-limb Roux-en-Y gastrojejunostomy and intact papilla.
  Wright BE, Cass OW, Freeman ML.
  Gastrointestine Edoscopy. 56.2. Aug (2002): 225-232. \
• Recurrent Pancreatitis in Gardner Variant Familial Polyposis:  Etiology, Diagnostic Approach, and Interventional Results. 
  Wright BE, Kozarek RA, Traverso LW, Wechter D, Thirbly R, Raltz SL.
  Archives of Surgery. 134.3 Mar (1999): 311-315.