Publications

  1. Cupit-Link MC, Nageswara Rao A, Warad DM, Rodriguez V, Khan S. EBV-PTLD, Adenovirus, and CMV in Pediatric Allogeneic Transplants With Alemtuzumab as Part of Pretransplant Conditioning: A Retrospective Single Center Study. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2018 Apr 3 Epub 2018 Apr 03
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  2. Reinhardt A, Stichel D, Schrimpf D, Sahm F, Korshunov A, Reuss DE, Koelsche C, Huang K, Wefers AK, Hovestadt V, Sill M, Gramatzki D, Felsberg J, Reifenberger G, Koch A, Thomale UW, Becker A, Hans VH, Prinz M, Staszewski O, Acker T, Dohmen H, Hartmann C, Mueller W, Tuffaha MSA, Paulus W, Hess K, Brokinkel B, Schittenhelm J, Monoranu CM, Kessler AF, Loehr M, Buslei R, Deckert M, Mawrin C, Kohlhof P, Hewer E, Olar A, Rodriguez FJ, Giannini C, NageswaraRao AA, Tabori U, Nunes NM, Weller M, Pohl U, Jaunmuktane Z, Brandner S, Unterberg A, Hanggi D, Platten M, Pfister SM, Wick W, Herold-Mende C, Jones DTW, von Deimling A, Capper D. Anaplastic astrocytoma with piloid features, a novel molecular class of IDH wildtype glioma with recurrent MAPK pathway, CDKN2A/B and ATRX alterations. Acta Neuropathol. 2018 Mar 21 [Epub ahead of print]
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  3. Kohorst MA, Warad DM, Nageswara Rao AA, Rodriguez V. Obesity, sedentary lifestyle, and video games: The new thrombophilia cocktail in adolescents. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2018 Mar 12 [Epub ahead of print]
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  4. Vaubel RA, Caron AA, Yamada S, Decker PA, Eckel Passow JE, Rodriguez FJ, Nageswara Rao AA, Lachance D, Parney I, Jenkins R, Giannini C. Recurrent copy number alterations in low-grade and anaplastic pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma with and without BRAF V600E mutation. Brain Pathol. 2018 Mar; 28 (2):172-182 Epub 2017 Apr 02
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  5. Nageswara Rao AA, Warad DM, Weaver AL, Schleck CD, Rodriguez V. Cross-Cultural Medical Care Training and Education: a National Survey of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellows-in-Training and Fellowship Program Directors. J Cancer Educ. 2018 Jan 27 [Epub ahead of print]
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  6. Breen WG, Blanchard MJ, Rao AN, Daniels DJ, Buckner JC, Laack NNI. Optimal radiotherapy target volumes in intracranial nongerminomatous germ cell tumors: Long-term institutional experience with chemotherapy, surgery, and dose- and field-adapted radiotherapy. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2017 Nov; 64 (11) Epub 2017 July 11
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  7. Kohorst MA, Warad DM, Matsumoto JM, Heimbach JK, El-Youssef M, Arndt CAS, Rodriguez V, Nageswara Rao AA. Management of pediatric hepatocellular carcinoma: A multimodal approach. Pediatr Transplant. 2017 Sep; 21 (6) Epub 2017 June 20
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  8. Lassaletta A, Zapotocky M, Mistry M, Ramaswamy V, Honnorat M, Krishnatry R, Guerreiro Stucklin A, Zhukova N, Arnoldo A, Ryall S, Ling C, McKeown T, Loukides J, Cruz O, de Torres C, Ho CY, Packer RJ, Tatevossian R, Qaddoumi I, Harreld JH, Dalton JD, Mulcahy-Levy J, Foreman N, Karajannis MA, Wang S, Snuderl M, Nageswara Rao A, Giannini C, Kieran M, Ligon KL, Garre ML, Nozza P, Mascelli S, Raso A, Mueller S, Nicolaides T, Silva K, Perbet R, Vasiljevic A, Faure Conter C, Frappaz D, Leary S, Crane C, Chan A, Ng HK, Shi ZF, Mao Y, Finch E, Eisenstat D, Wilson B, Carret AS, Hauser P, Sumerauer D, Krskova L, Larouche V, Fleming A, Zelcer S, Jabado N, Rutka JT, Dirks P, Taylor MD, Chen S, Bartels U, Huang A, Ellison DW, Bouffet E, Hawkins C, Tabori U. Therapeutic and Prognostic Implications of BRAF V600E in Pediatric Low-Grade Gliomas. J Clin Oncol. 2017 Sep 1; 35 (25):2934-2941 Epub 2017 July 20
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  9. Egan JB, Marks DL, Hogenson TL, Vrabel AM, Sigafoos AN, Tolosa EJ, Carr R, Safgren SL, Hesles EE, Almada LL, Romecin-Duran PA, Iguchi E, Ala’Aldeen A, Kocher JA, Oliver GR, Prodduturi N, Mead DW, Hossain A, Huneke NE, Tagtow CM, Ailawadhi S, Ansell SM, Banck S, Bryce AH, Carballido EM, Chanan-Khan AA, Curtis KK, Resnik E, Gawryletz CD, Go RS, Halfdanarson TR, Ho TH, Joseph RW, Kapoor P, Mansfield AS, Meurice N, Nageswara AA, Nowakowski GS, Pardanani A, Parikh SA, Cheville JC, Freidman AL, Ramanathan RK, Robinson SI, Tibes R, Finnes HD, McCormick JB, McWilliams R, Jatoi A, Patnaik MM, Silva AC, Wieben ED, McAllister TM, Rumilla KM, Kerr SE, Lazaridis KN, Farrugia G, Stewart K, Clark K, Kennedy EJ, Klee EW, Borad MJ, Fernandez-Zapico ME. Molecular Modeling and Functional Analysis of Exome Sequencing–Derived Variants of Unknown Significance Identify a Novel, Constitutively Active FGFR2 Mutant in Cholangiocarcinoma JCO Precision Oncology.2017;1-13.
  10. Cavalli FMG, Remke M, Rampasek L, Peacock J, Shih DJH, Luu B, Garzia L, Torchia J, Nor C, Morrissy AS, Agnihotri S, Thompson YY, Kuzan-Fischer CM, Farooq H, Isaev K, Daniels C, Cho BK, Kim SK, Wang KC, Lee JY, Grajkowska WA, Perek-Polnik M, Vasiljevic A, Faure-Conter C, Jouvet A, Giannini C, Nageswara Rao AA, Li KKW, Ng HK, Eberhart CG, Pollack IF, Hamilton RL, Gillespie GY, Olson JM, Leary S, Weiss WA, Lach B, Chambless LB, Thompson RC, Cooper MK, Vibhakar R, Hauser P, van Veelen MC, Kros JM, French PJ, Ra YS, Kumabe T, Lopez-Aguilar E, Zitterbart K, Sterba J, Finocchiaro G, Massimino M, Van Meir EG, Osuka S, Shofuda T, Klekner A, Zollo M, Leonard JR, Rubin JB, Jabado N, Albrecht S, Mora J, Van Meter TE, Jung S, Moore AS, Hallahan AR, Chan JA, Tirapelli DPC, Carlotti CG, Fouladi M, Pimentel J, Faria CC, Saad AG, Massimi L, Liau LM, Wheeler H, Nakamura H, Elbabaa SK, Perezpena-Diazconti M, Chico Ponce de Leon F, Robinson S, Zapotocky M, Lassaletta A, Huang A, Hawkins CE, Tabori U, Bouffet E, Bartels U, Dirks PB, Rutka JT, Bader GD, Reimand J, Goldenberg A, Ramaswamy V, Taylor MD. Intertumoral Heterogeneity within Medulloblastoma Subgroups. Cancer Cell. 2017 Jun 12; 31 (6):737-754.e6
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  11. Kesselheim JC, Agrawal AK, Bhatia N, Cronin A, Jubran R, Kent P, Kersun L, Rao AN, Rose M, Savelli S, Sharma M, Shereck E, Twist CJ, Wang M. Measuring pediatric hematology-oncology fellows' skills in humanism and professionalism: A novel assessment instrument. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2017 May; 64: (5).
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  12. Nageswara Rao AA, Elwood K, Kaur D, Warad DM, Rodriguez V. A retrospective review of pediatric antiphospholipid syndrome and thrombosis outcomes. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis. 2017 Apr; 28: (3)205-210.
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  13. Rao AN, Warad D, Rodriguez V. Cross-cultural care training for pediatric hematology/oncology fellows MedEdPORTAL Publications.2017;13:
  14. Cupit-Link MC, Nageswara Rao A, Warad DM, Rodriguez V. Lemierre Syndrome: A Retrospective Study of the Role of Anticoagulation and Thrombosis Outcomes. Acta Haematol. 2017; 137: (2)59-65.
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  15. Chihak MA, Ahmed SK, Lachance DH, Nageswara Rao AA, Laack NN. Patterns of failure and optimal radiotherapy target volumes in primary intradural extramedullary Ewing sarcoma. Acta Oncol. 2016 Aug; 55 (8):1057-61 Epub 2016 Apr 06
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  16. Ramaswamy V, Hielscher T, Mack SC, Lassaletta A, Lin T, Pajtler KW, Jones DT, Luu B, Cavalli FM, Aldape K, Remke M, Mynarek M, Rutkowski S, Gururangan S, McLendon RE, Lipp ES, Dunham C, Hukin J, Eisenstat DD, Fulton D, van Landeghem FK, Santi M, van Veelen ML, Van Meir EG, Osuka S, Fan X, Muraszko KM, Tirapelli DP, Oba-Shinjo SM, Marie SK, Carlotti CG, Lee JY, Rao AA, Giannini C, Faria CC, Nunes S, Mora J, Hamilton RL, Hauser P, Jabado N, Petrecca K, Jung S, Massimi L, Zollo M, Cinalli G, Bognar L, Klekner A, Hortobagyi T, Leary S, Ermoian RP, Olson JM, Leonard JR, Gardner C, Grajkowska WA, Chambless LB, Cain J, Eberhart CG, Ahsan S, Massimino M, Giangaspero F, Buttarelli FR, Packer RJ, Emery L, Yong WH, Soto H, Liau LM, Everson R, Grossbach A, Shalaby T, Grotzer M, Karajannis MA, Zagzag D, Wheeler H, von Hoff K, Alonso MM, Tunon T, Schuller U, Zitterbart K, Sterba J, Chan JA, Guzman M, Elbabaa SK, Colman H, Dhall G, Fisher PG, Fouladi M, Gajjar A, Goldman S, Hwang E, Kool M, Ladha H, Vera-Bolanos E, Wani K, Lieberman F, Mikkelsen T, Omuro AM, Pollack IF, Prados M, Robins HI, Soffietti R, Wu J, Metellus P, Tabori U, Bartels U, Bouffet E, Hawkins CE, Rutka JT, Dirks P, Pfister SM, Merchant TE, Gilbert MR, Armstrong TS, Korshunov A, Ellison DW, Taylor MD. Therapeutic Impact of Cytoreductive Surgery and Irradiation of Posterior Fossa Ependymoma in the Molecular Era: A Retrospective Multicohort Analysis. J Clin Oncol. 2016 Jul 20; 34: (21)2468-77.
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  17. Thompson EM, Hielscher T, Bouffet E, Remke M, Luu B, Gururangan S, McLendon RE, Bigner DD, Lipp ES, Perreault S, Cho YJ, Grant G, Kim SK, Lee JY, Rao AAN, Giannini C, Li KKW, Ng HK, Yao Y, Kumabe T, Tominaga T, Grajkowska WA, Perek-Polnik M, Low DCY, Seow WT, Chang KTE, Mora J, Pollack IF, Hamilton RL, Leary S, Moore AS, Ingram WJ, Hallahan AR, Jouvet A, Fevre-Montange M, Vasiljevic A, Faure-Conter C, Shofuda T, Kagawa N, Hashimoto N, Jabado N, Weil AG, Gayden T, Wataya T, Shalaby T, Grotzer M, Zitterbart K, Sterba J, Kren L, Hortobagyi T, Klekner A, Laszlo B, Pocza T, Hauser P, Schuller U, Jung S, Jang WY, French PJ, Kros JM, van Veelen MC, Massimi L, Leonard JR, Rubin JB, Vibhakar R, Chambless LB, Cooper MK, Thompson RC, Faria CC, Carvalho A, Nunes S, Pimentel J, Fan X, Muraszko KM, Lopez-Aguilar E, Lyden D, Garzia L, Shih DJH, Kijima N, Schneider C, Adamski J, Northcott PA, Kool M, Jones DTW, Chan JA, Nikolic A, Garre ML, Van Meir EG, Osuka S, Olson JJ, Jahangiri A, Castro BA, Gupta N, Weiss WA, Moxon-Emre I, Mabbott DJ, Lassaletta A, Hawkins CE, Tabori U, Drake J, Kulkarni A, Dirks P, Rutka JT, Korshunov A, Pfister SM, Packer RJ, Ramaswamy V, Taylor MD. Prognostic value of medulloblastoma extent of resection after accounting for molecular subgroup: a retrospective integrated clinical and molecular analysis. Lancet Oncol. 2016 Apr; 17 (4):484-495 Epub 2016 Mar 12
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  18. Bidadi B, Nageswara Rao AA, Kaur D, Khan SP, Rodriguez V. Neonatal renal vein thrombosis: role of anticoagulation and thrombolysis--an institutional review. Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2016 Feb; 33: (1)59-66.
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  19. Dhannawat SS, Rao AA, Brodsky MC. Nystagmus in an Emaciated Infant. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2015 Nov; 133: (11)1349-50.
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  20. Warad D, Rao AN, Mullikin T, Graner K, Shaughnessy WJ, Pruthi RK, Rodriguez V. A retrospective analysis of outcomes of dalteparin use in pediatric patients: a single institution experience. Thromb Res. 2015 Aug; 136: (2)229-33.
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  21. Rao AA, Gourde JA, Marri P, Galardy PJ, Khan SP, Rodriguez V. Congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia: a case report of pediatric twins undergoing matched unrelated bone marrow transplantation. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2015 May; 37: (4)304-6.
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  22. Elwood K, Laack N, Warad DM, Keating G, Eckel L, Nageswara Rao AA. Injury to insult: infarction after radiotherapy in the treatment of pediatric brain tumor. Pediatr Neurol. 2015 May; 52: (5)552-3.
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  23. Warad D, Hussain FT, Rao AN, Cofer SA, Rodriguez V. Haemorrhagic complications with adenotonsillectomy in children and young adults with bleeding disorders. Haemophilia. 2015 May; 21: (3)e151-5.
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  24. Nwachukwu CR, Youland RS, Chioreso C, Wetjen N, NageswaraRao A, Keating G, Laack NN. Health related quality of life (HRQOL) in long-term survivors of pediatric low grade gliomas (LGGs). J Neurooncol. 2015 Feb; 121: (3)599-607.
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  25. Kesselheim JC, Atlas M, Adams D, Aygun B, Barfield R, Eisenman K, Fulbright J, Garvey K, Kersun L, Nageswara Rao A, Reilly A, Sharma M, Shereck E, Wang M, Watt T, Leavey P. Humanism and professionalism education for pediatric hematology-oncology fellows: A model for pediatric subspecialty training. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2015 Feb; 62 (2):335-340 Epub 2014 Oct 12
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  26. Warad D, Kohorst MA, Altaf S, Ishitani MB, Khan S, Rodriguez V, Nageswara Rao AA. Acute appendicitis in acute leukemia and the potential role of decitabine in the critically ill patient. Leuk Res Rep. 2015; 4: (1)21-3.
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  27. Lester RA, Brown LC, Eckel LJ, Foote RT, NageswaraRao AA, Buckner JC, Parney IF, Wetjen NM, Laack NN. Clinical outcomes of children and adults with central nervous system primitive neuroectodermal tumor. J Neurooncol. 2014 Nov; 120 (2):371-9 Epub 2014 Aug 13
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  28. Nageswara Rao AA, Wallace DJ, Billups C, Boyett JM, Gajjar A, Packer RJ. Cumulative cisplatin dose is not associated with event-free or overall survival in children with newly diagnosed average-risk medulloblastoma treated with cisplatin based adjuvant chemotherapy: report from the Children's Oncology Group. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2014 Jan; 61: (1)102-6.
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  29. Nageswara Rao AA, Packer RJ. Advances in the management of low-grade gliomas. Curr Oncol Rep. 2014; 16 (8):398
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  30. Kesselheim J, Atlas M, Adams D, Aygun B, Barfield R, Eisenman K, Fulbright J, Kersun L, Nageswara Rao A, Sharma M, Shereck E, Wang M, Watt T, Leavey P. Humanism and professionalism for pediatric hematology-oncology fellows (HP-PHO). MedEdPORTAL. 2013 Nov 18:9607.
  31. Coleman MA, Matsumoto J, Carr CM, Eckel LJ, Nageswara Rao AA. Bilateral temporal bone langerhans cell histiocytosis: radiologic pearls. Open Neuroimag J. 2013; 7:53-7.
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  32. Nageswara Rao AA, Packer RJ. Impact of molecular biology studies on the understanding of brain tumors in childhood. Curr Oncol Rep. 2012 Apr; 14 (2):206-12
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  33. Nageswara Rao, Nageswara Rao AA, Scafidi J, Wells EM, Packer RJ. Biologically targeted therapeutics in pediatric brain tumors. Pediatr Neurol. 2012 Apr; 46: (4)203-11.
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  34. Wells EM, Nageswara Rao, Scafidi J, Packer RJ. Neurotoxicity of biologically targeted agents in pediatric cancer trials. Pediatr Neurol. 2012 Apr; 46(4):212-21.
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  35. Nageswara Rao, Kumar R, Altaf S, Gourde JA, Rodriguez V, Khan SP. Pretransplant conditioning with Campath-1H (alemtuzumab) in pediatric matched unrelated hematopoietic stem cell transplants: an institutional experience. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2012 Mar; 34(2):96-100.
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  36. Rao AA, Ye H, Decker PA, Howe CL, Wetmore C. Therapeutic doses of cranial irradiation induce hippocampus-dependent cognitive deficits in young mice. J Neurooncol. 2011 Nov; 105 (2):191-8 Epub 2011 Apr 17
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  37. Rao AA, Laack NN, Giannini C, Wetmore C. Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma in children and adolescents. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Aug; 55(2):290-4.
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  38. Nageswara Rao AA, Rodriguez V, Long ME, Winters JL, Nichols WL, Pruthi RK. Transient neonatal acquired von Willebrand syndrome due to transplacental transfer of maternal monoclonal antibodies. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2009 Oct; 53(4):655-7.
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  39. Nageswara Rao AA, Arteaga GM, Reed AM, Gloor JM, Rodriguez V. Rituximab for successful management of probable pediatric catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2009 Apr; 52(4):536-8.
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