Publications

  1. Mowery YM, Ballman KV, Hong AM, Schuetze SM, Wagner AJ, Monga V, Heise RS, Attia S, Choy E, Burgess MA, Bae S, Pryor DI, Van Tine BA, Tinoco G, Chmielowski B, Freeman C, Gronchi A, Meyer CF, Dickson MA, Hartner L, Davis LE, Powers BC, Moding EJ, Weinhold KJ, van de Rijn M, Brigman BE, Riedel RF, Kirsch DG. 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. Lancet. 2024 Nov 12 [Epub ahead of print]
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  2. Sarkaria JN, Ballman KV, Kizilbash SH, Sulman EP, Giannini C, Friday BB, Butowski NA, Mohile NA, Piccioni DE, Battiste JD, Drappatz J, Campian JL, Mashru S, Jaeckle KA, O'Brien BJ, Dixon JG, Kabat BF, Laack NL, Hu LS, Kaufmann T, Kumthekar P, Ellingson BM, Anderson SK, Galanis E. Efficacy of Adding Veliparib to Temozolomide for Patients With MGMT-Methylated Glioblastoma: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol. 2024 Oct 31 [Epub ahead of print]
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  3. Schuetze SM, Ballman KV, Heise R, Ganjoo KN, Davis EJ, George S, Burgess MA, Choy E, Shepard DR, Tinoco G, Hirbe A, Kelly CM, Attia S, Deshpande HA, Schwartz GK, Siontis BL, Riedel RF, von Mehren M, Kozlowski E, Chen HX, Astbury C, Rubin BP. A Single-Arm Phase 2 Trial of Trametinib in Patients with Locally Advanced or Metastatic Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma. Clin Cancer Res. 2024 Oct 15; 30 (20):4584-4592
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  4. Chen WY, Ballman KV, Holmes MD. Aspirin vs Placebo as Adjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer-Reply. JAMA 2024 Oct 1; 332 (13):1113-1114
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  5. Apolo AB, Ballman KV, Sonpavde G, Berg S, Kim WY, Parikh R, Teo MY, Sweis RF, Geynisman DM, Grivas P, Chatta G, Reichert ZR, Kim JW, Bilen MA, McGregor B, Singh P, Tripathi A, Cole S, Simon N, Niglio S, Ley L, Cordes L, Srinivas S, Huang J, Odegaard M, Watt C, Petrylak D, Hoffman-Censits J, Wen Y, Hahn O, Mitchell C, Tan A, Streicher H, Sharon E, Moon H, Woods M, Halabi S, Perez Burbano G, Morris MJ, Rosenberg JE. Adjuvant Pembrolizumab versus Observation in Muscle-Invasive Urothelial Carcinoma. N Engl J Med. 2024 Sep 15 Epub 2024 Sept 15
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  6. Diven M, Ballman K, Marciscano A, Barbieri C, Piscopo J, Wang S, Nagar H, McClure T. Radiation therapy and IRreversible electroporation for intermediate risk prostate cancer (RTIRE). BMC Urol. 2024 Jul 25; 24 (1):151 Epub 2024 July 25
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  7. Chen WY, Ballman KV, Partridge AH, Hahn OM, Briccetti FM, Irvin WJ, Symington B, Visvanathan K, Pohlmann PR, Openshaw TH, Weiss A, Winer EP, Carey LA, Holmes MD. Aspirin vs Placebo as Adjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer: The Alliance A011502 Randomized Trial. JAMA. 2024 May 28; 331 (20):1714-1721
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  8. Janczewski LM, Browner A, Cotler J, Nelson H, Ballman KV, LeBlanc M, Gollub MJ, Eng C, Brierley JD, Palefsky JM, Goldberg RM, Goodman KA, Washington MK, Asare EA, Palis B. Data-driven optimization of version 9 American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system for anal cancer. Cancer. 2024 May 1; 130 (9):1702-1710 Epub 2023 Dec 22
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  9. Tagawa ST, Thomas C, Sartor AO, Sun M, Stangl-Kremser J, Bissassar M, Vallabhajosula S, Huicochea Castellanos S, Nauseef JT, Sternberg CN, Molina A, Ballman K, Nanus DM, Osborne JR, Bander NH. Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen-Targeting Alpha Emitter via Antibody Delivery for Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: A Phase I Dose-Escalation Study of 225Ac-J591. J Clin Oncol. 2024 Mar 01; 42(7):842-851. Epub 2023 Nov 03.
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  10. Rediti M, Fernandez-Martinez A, Venet D, Rothe F, Hoadley KA, Parker JS, Singh B, Campbell JD, Ballman KV, Hillman DW, Winer EP, El-Abed S, Piccart M, Di Cosimo S, Symmans WF, Krop IE, Salgado R, Loi S, Pusztai L, Perou CM, Carey LA, Sotiriou C. Immunological and clinicopathological features predict HER2-positive breast cancer prognosis in the neoadjuvant NeoALTTO and CALGB 40601 randomized trials. Nat Commun. 2023 Nov 3; 14 (1):7053 Epub 2023 Nov 03
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  11. Lipsyc-Sharf M, Ballman KV, Campbell JD, Muss HB, Perez EA, Shulman LN, Carey LA, Partridge AH, Warner ET. Age, Body Mass Index, Tumor Subtype, and Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Breast Cancer Survival. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Oct 2; 6 (10):e2339584 Epub 2023 Oct 02
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  12. Marino-Enriquez A, Novotny JP, Gulhan DC, Klooster I, Tran AV, Kasbo M, Lundberg MZ, Ou WB, Tao DL, Pilco-Janeta DF, Mao VY, Zenke FT, Leeper BA, Gokhale PC, Cowley GS, Baker LH, Ballman KV, Root DE, Albers J, Park PJ, George S, Fletcher JA. Hyper-Dependence on NHEJ Enables Synergy Between DNA-PK Inhibitors and Low-Dose Doxorubicin in Leiomyosarcoma. Clin Cancer Res. 2023 Sep 29 Epub 2023 Sept 29
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  13. Boughey JC, Rosenkranz KM, Ballman KV, McCall L, Haffty BG, Cuttino LW, Kubicky CD, Le-Petross HT, Giuliano AE, Van Zee KJ, Hunt KK, Hahn OM, Carey LA, Partridge AH. Local Recurrence After Breast-Conserving Therapy in Patients With Multiple Ipsilateral Breast Cancer: Results From ACOSOG Z11102 (Alliance). J Clin Oncol. 2023 Jun 10; 41 (17):3184-3193 Epub 2023 Mar 28
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  14. Huntoon K, Anderson SK, Ballman KV, Twohy E, Dooley K, Jiang W, An Y, Li J, von Roemeling C, Qie Y, Ross OA, Cerhan JH, Whitton AC, Greenspoon JN, Parney IF, Ashman JB, Bahary JP, Hadjipanayis C, Urbanic JJ, Farace E, Khuntia D, Laack NN, Brown PD, Roberge D, Kim BYS. Association of circulating markers with cognitive decline after radiation therapy for brain metastasis. Neuro Oncol. 2023 Jun 2; 25 (6):1123-1131
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  15. Akshintala S, Mallory NC, Lu Y, Ballman KV, Schuetze SM, Chugh R, Maki RG, Reinke DK, Widemann BC, Kim A. Outcome of Patients With Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors Enrolled on Sarcoma Alliance for Research Through Collaboration (SARC) Phase II Trials. Oncologist. 2023 May 8; 28 (5):453-459
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  16. Ackerman KS, Hoffman KL, Diaz I, Simmons W, Ballman KV, Kodiyanplakkal RP, Schenck EJ. Effect of Sepsis on Death as Modified by Solid Organ Transplantation. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Apr; 10 (4):ofad148 Epub 2023 Mar 18
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  17. Fernandez-Martinez A, Pascual T, Singh B, Nuciforo P, Rashid NU, Ballman KV, Campbell JD, Hoadley KA, Spears PA, Pare L, Braso-Maristany F, Chic N, Krop I, Partridge A, Cortes J, Llombart-Cussac A, Prat A, Perou CM, Carey LA. Prognostic and Predictive Value of Immune-Related Gene Expression Signatures vs Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes in Early-Stage ERBB2/HER2-Positive Breast Cancer: A Correlative Analysis of the CALGB 40601 and PAMELA Trials. JAMA Oncol. 2023 Apr 1; 9 (4):490-499
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  18. Cranmer LD, Lu Y, Heise RS, Ballman KV, Loggers ET, Pollack SM, Wagner MJ, Reinke DK, Schoffski P, Tap WD. Bolus versus Continuous Intravenous Delivery of Doxorubicin in Soft-Tissue Sarcomas: Post Hoc Analysis of a Prospective Randomized Trial (SARC021/TH CR-406). Clin Cancer Res. 2023 Mar 14; 29 (6):1068-1076
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  19. Jang JY, Hwang I, Pan H, Yao J, Alinari L, Imada E, Zanettini C, Kluk MJ, Wang Y, Lee Y, Lin HV, Huang X, Di Liberto M, Chen Z, Ballman KV, Cantley LC, Marchionni L, Inghirami G, Elemento O, Baiocchi RA, Chen-Kiang S, Belvedere S, Zheng H, Paik J. A FOXO1-dependent transcription network is a targetable vulnerability of mantle cell lymphomas. J Clin Invest. 2022 Dec 15; 132 (24)
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  20. Palmer JD, Klamer BG, Ballman KV, Brown PD, Cerhan JH, Anderson SK, Carrero XW, Whitton AC, Greenspoon J, Parney IF, Laack NNI, Ashman JB, Bahary JP, Hadjipanayis CG, Urbanic JJ, Barker FG 2nd, Farace E, Khuntia D, Giannini C, Buckner JC, Galanis E, Roberge D. Association of Long-term Outcomes With Stereotactic Radiosurgery vs Whole-Brain Radiotherapy for Resected Brain Metastasis: A Secondary Analysis of The N107C/CEC.3 (Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology/Canadian Cancer Trials Group) Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol. 2022 Dec 1; 8 (12):1809-1815
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  21. Basourakos SP, Nang QG, Ballman KV, Al Awamlh OAH, Punjani N, Ho K, Barone MA, Awori QD, Ouma D, Oketch J, Christensen AE, Hellar A, Makokha M, Isangu A, Salim R, Lija J, Gray RH, Kiboneka S, Anok A, Kigozi G, Nakabuye R, Ddamulira C, Mulooki A, Odiya S, Nazziwa R, Goldstein M, Li PS, Lee RK. ShangRing versus Mogen clamp for early infant male circumcision in eastern sub-Saharan Africa: a multicentre, non-inferiority, adaptive, randomised controlled trial. Lancet Glob Health. 2022 Oct; 10 (10):e1514-e1522
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  22. Masterson Creber R, Safford M, Ballman K, Myers A, Fremes S, Gaudino M. Randomized comparison of the clinical Outcome of single versus Multiple Arterial grafts: Quality of Life (ROMA:QOL) - Rationale and Study Protocol. Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes. 2022 Aug 17; 8 (5):510-517
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  23. Madanat-Harjuoja LM, Klega K, Lu Y, Shulman DS, Thorner AR, Nag A, Tap WD, Reinke DK, Diller L, Ballman KV, George S, Crompton BD. Circulating Tumor DNA Is Associated with Response and Survival in Patients with Advanced Leiomyosarcoma. Clin Cancer Res. 2022 Jun 13; 28 (12):2579-2586
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  24. Krishnan JK, Ancy KM, Oromendia C, Hoffman KL, Easthausen I, Leidy NK, Han MK, Bowler RP, Christenson SA, Couper DJ, Criner GJ, Curtis JL, Dransfield MT, Hansel NN, Iyer AS, Paine Iii R, Peters SP, Wedzicha JA, Woodruff PG, Ballman KV, Martinez FJ, SPIROMICS Investigators. Characterizing COPD Symptom Variability in the Stable State Utilizing the Evaluating Respiratory Symptoms in COPD Instrument. Chronic Obstr Pulm Dis. 2022 Apr 29; 9 (2):195-208
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  25. Shepherd JH, Ballman K, Polley MC, Campbell JD, Fan C, Selitsky S, Fernandez-Martinez A, Parker JS, Hoadley KA, Hu Z, Li Y, Soloway MG, Spears PA, Singh B, Tolaney SM, Somlo G, Port ER, Ma C, Kuzma C, Mamounas E, Golshan M, Bellon JR, Collyar D, Hahn OM, Hudis CA, Winer EP, Partridge A, Hyslop T, Carey LA, Perou CM, Sikov WM. CALGB 40603 (Alliance): Long-Term Outcomes and Genomic Correlates of Response and Survival After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy With or Without Carboplatin and Bevacizumab in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2022 Apr 20; 40 (12):1323-1334 Epub 2022 Jan 19
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  26. Apolo AB, Msaouel P, Niglio S, Simon N, Chandran E, Maskens D, Perez G, Ballman KV, Weinstock C. Evolving Role of Adjuvant Systemic Therapy for Kidney and Urothelial Cancers. Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book. 2022 Apr; 42:1-16
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  27. Cuttino LW, McCall L, Kubicky C, Ballman KV, Le-Petross H, Hunt KK, Haffty B, Rosenkranz KM, Boughey JC. The Feasibility of Radiation Therapy after Breast-Conserving Surgery for Multiple Ipsilateral Breast Cancer: An Initial Report from ACOSOG Z11102 (Alliance) Trial. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2022 Mar 1; 112 (3):636-642 Epub 2021 Oct 08
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  28. Gaudino M, Sanna T, Ballman KV, Robinson NB, Hameed I, Audisio K, Rahouma M, Di Franco A, Soletti GJ, Lau C, Rong LQ, Massetti M, Gillinov M, Ad N, Voisine P, DiMaio JM, Chikwe J, Fremes SE, Crea F, Puskas JD, Girardi L, PALACS Investigators. Posterior left pericardiotomy for the prevention of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: an adaptive, single-centre, single-blind, randomised, controlled trial. Lancet. 2021 Dec 4; 398 (10316):2075-2083 Epub 2021 Nov 14
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  29. O'Sullivan CC, Ballman KV, McCall L, Kommalapati A, Zemla T, Weiss A, Mitchell M, Blinder V, Tung NM, Irvin WJ, Lee M, Goetz MP, Symmans WF, Borges VF, Krop I, Carey LA, Partridge AH. Alliance A011801 (compassHER2 RD): postneoadjuvant T-DM1 + tucatinib/placebo in patients with residual HER2-positive invasive breast cancer. Future Oncol. 2021 Dec; 17 (34):4665-4676 Epub 2021 Oct 12
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  30. Weiss A, Campbell J, Ballman KV, Sikov WM, Carey LA, Hwang ES, Poppe MM, Partridge AH, Ollila DW, Golshan M. Factors Associated with Nodal Pathologic Complete Response Among Breast Cancer Patients Treated with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: Results of CALGB 40601 (HER2+) and 40603 (Triple-Negative) (Alliance). Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Oct; 28 (11):5960-5971 Epub 2021 Apr 05
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  31. Rosenberg JE, Ballman KA, Halabi S, Atherton PJ, Mortazavi A, Sweeney C, Stadler WM, Teply BA, Picus J, Tagawa ST, Katragadda S, Vaena D, Misleh J, Hoimes C, Plimack ER, Flaig TW, Dreicer R, Bajorin D, Hahn O, Small EJ, Morris MJ. Randomized Phase III Trial of Gemcitabine and Cisplatin With Bevacizumab or Placebo in Patients With Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma: Results of CALGB 90601 (Alliance). J Clin Oncol. 2021 Aug 1; 39 (22):2486-2496 Epub 2021 May 14
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  32. Haddad TC, He J, O'Sullivan CC, Chen B, Northfelt D, Dueck AC, Ballman KV, Tenner KS, Linden H, Sparano JA, Hopkins JO, De Silva C, Perez EA, Haluska P, Goetz MP. Randomized Phase II Trial of Capecitabine and Lapatinib with or without IMC-A12 (Cituxumumab) in Patients with HER2-Positive Advanced Breast Cancer Previously Treated with Trastuzumab and Chemotherapy: NCCTG N0733 (Alliance). Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2021 Jul; 188 (2):477-487 Epub 2021 Apr 14
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  33. Gjyrezi A, Galletti G, Zhang J, Worroll D, Sigouros M, Kim S, Cooley V, Ballman KV, Ocean AJ, Shah MA, Scandura JM, Sboner A, Nanus DM, Beltran H, Tagawa S, Giannakakou P. Androgen receptor variant shows heterogeneous expression in prostate cancer according to differentiation stage. Commun Biol. 2021 Jun 24; 4 (1):785 Epub 2021 June 24
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  34. Weiss A, Cooley V, Al-Hilli Z, Ballman K, Poorvu N, Haffty B, Hunt KK, Nelson H, Blair SL, Boughey J. Extrapolation of ACOSOG Z0011 trial results-A survey of breast cancer providers. Breast J. 2021 Jun; 27 (6):537-542 Epub 2021 Mar 15
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  35. Altorki NK, McGraw TE, Borczuk AC, Saxena A, Port JL, Stiles BM, Lee BE, Sanfilippo NJ, Scheff RJ, Pua BB, Gruden JF, Christos PJ, Spinelli C, Gakuria J, Uppal M, Binder B, Elemento O, Ballman KV, Formenti SC. 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. Lancet Oncol. 2021 Jun; 22 (6):824-835 Epub 2021 May 18
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  36. Zhang WZ, Hoffman KL, Schiffer KT, Oromendia C, Rice MC, Barjaktarevic I, Peters SP, Putcha N, Bowler RP, Wells JM, Couper DJ, Labaki WW, Curtis JL, Han MK, Paine R 3rd, Woodruff PG, Criner GJ, Hansel NN, Diaz I, Ballman KV, Nakahira K, Choi ME, Martinez FJ, Choi AMK, Cloonan SM. Association of plasma mitochondrial DNA with COPD severity and progression in the SPIROMICS cohort. Respir Res. 2021 Apr 26; 22 (1):126
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  37. Chugh R, Ballman KV, Helman LJ, Patel S, Whelan JS, Widemann B, Lu Y, Hawkins DS, Mascarenhas L, Glod JW, Ji J, Zhang Y, Reinke D, Strauss SJ. 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. Cancer. 2021 Apr 15; 127 (8):1301-1310 Epub 2020 Dec 08
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  38. Jaeckle KA, Ballman KV, van den Bent M, Giannini C, Galanis E, Brown PD, Jenkins RB, Cairncross JG, Wick W, Weller M, Aldape KD, Dixon JG, Anderson SK, Cerhan JH, Wefel JS, Klein M, Grossman SA, Schiff D, Raizer JJ, Dhermain F, Nordstrom DG, Flynn PJ, Vogelbaum MA. CODEL: phase III study of RT, RT + TMZ, or TMZ for newly diagnosed 1p/19q codeleted oligodendroglioma. Analysis from the initial study design. Neuro Oncol. 2021 Mar 25; 23 (3):457-467
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  39. Kamer AR, Pushalkar S, Gulivindala D, Butler T, Li Y, Annam KRC, Glodzik L, Ballman KV, Corby PM, Blennow K, Zetterberg H, Saxena D, de Leon MJ. Periodontal dysbiosis associates with reduced CSF Abeta42 in cognitively normal elderly. Alzheimers Dement (Amst). 2021; 13 (1):e12172 Epub 2021 Apr 12
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  40. Al Hussein Al Awamlh B, Ballman KV, Ma X, Hu JC, Shoag JE. Temporal trends in the number of men electing for conservative management for low-risk prostate cancer in the United States. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. 2020 Dec; 23 (4):714-717 Epub 2020 July 13
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  41. Kim D, Ballman K, O'Connor K, Evans D, Flum DR, Davidson GH, Monsell SE, Shapiro NI, Odom SR, Sanchez SE, Drake FT, Fischkoff K, Johnson J, Patton JH, Evans H, Cuschieri J, Sabbatini AK, Faine BA, Skeete DA, Liang MK, Sohn V, McGrane K, Kutcher ME, Chung B, Carter DW, Ayoung-Chee P, Chiang W, Rushing A, Steinberg S, Foster CS, Schaetzel SM, Price TP, Mandell KA, Ferrigno L, Salzberg M, DeUgarte DA, Kaji AH, Moran GJ, Saltzman D, Alam HB, Park PK, Kao LS, Thompson CM, Self WH, Yu JT, Wiebusch A, Winchell RJ, Clark S, Krishnadasan A, Fannon E, Lavallee DC, Comstock BA, Bizzell B, Heagerty PJ, Kessler LG, Talan DA, CODA Collaborative. A Randomized Trial Comparing Antibiotics with Appendectomy for Appendicitis. N Engl J Med. 2020 Nov 12; 383 (20):1907-1919 Epub 2020 Oct 05
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  42. Cyrta J, Augspach A, De Filippo MR, Prandi D, Thienger P, Benelli M, Cooley V, Bareja R, Wilkes D, Chae SS, Cavaliere P, Dephoure N, Uldry AC, Lagache SB, Roma L, Cohen S, Jaquet M, Brandt LP, Alshalalfa M, Puca L, Sboner A, Feng F, Wang S, Beltran H, Lotan T, Spahn M, Kruithof-de Julio M, Chen Y, Ballman KV, Demichelis F, Piscuoglio S, Rubin MA. Role of specialized composition of SWI/SNF complexes in prostate cancer lineage plasticity. Nat Commun. 2020 Nov 3; 11 (1):5549 Epub 2020 Nov 03
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  43. Rosenkranz KM, Ballman K, McCall L, McCarthy C, Kubicky CD, Cuttino L, Hunt KK, Giuliano A, Van Zee KJ, Haffty B, Boughey JC. Cosmetic Outcomes Following Breast-Conservation Surgery and Radiation for Multiple Ipsilateral Breast Cancer: Data from the Alliance Z11102 Study. Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 Nov; 27 (12):4650-4661 Epub 2020 July 22
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  44. Riedel RF, Ballman KV, Lu Y, Attia S, Loggers ET, Ganjoo KN, Livingston MB, Chow W, Wright J, Ward JH, Rushing D, Okuno SH, Reed DR, Liebner DA, Keedy VL, Mascarenhas L, Davis LE, Ryan C, Reinke DK, Maki RG. A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Phase II Study of Regorafenib Versus Placebo in Advanced/Metastatic, Treatment-Refractory Liposarcoma: Results from the SARC024 Study. Oncologist. 2020 Nov; 25 (11):e1655-e1662 Epub 2020 Aug 20
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  45. Ou FS, Le-Rademacher JG, Ballman KV, Adjei AA, Mandrekar SJ. Guidelines for Statistical Reporting in Medical Journals. J Thorac Oncol. 2020 Nov; 15 (11):1722-1726 Epub 2020 Aug 25
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  46. Bueno R, Richards WG, Harpole DH, Ballman KV, Tsao MS, Chen Z, Wang X, Chen G, Chirieac LR, Chui MH, Franklin WA, Giordano TJ, Govindan R, Joshi MB, Merrick DT, Rivard CJ, Sporn T, van Bokhoven A, Yu H, Shepherd FA, Watson MA, Beer DG, Hirsch FR. Multi-Institutional Prospective Validation of Prognostic mRNA Signatures in Early Stage Squamous Lung Cancer (Alliance). J Thorac Oncol. 2020 Nov; 15 (11):1748-1757 Epub 2020 July 24
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  47. Magbanua MJM, Savenkov O, Asmus EJ, Ballman KV, Scott JH, Park JW, Dickler M, Partridge A, Carey LA, Winer EP, Rugo HS. Clinical Significance of Circulating Tumor Cells in Hormone Receptor-positive Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients who Received Letrozole with or Without Bevacizumab. Clin Cancer Res. 2020 Sep 15; 26 (18):4911-4920 Epub 2020 June 25
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  48. Gaudino M, Benedetto U, Fremes S, Ballman K, Biondi-Zoccai G, Sedrakyan A, Nasso G, Raman J, Buxton B, Hayward PA, Moat N, Collins P, Webb C, Peric M, Petrovic I, Yoo KJ, Hameed I, Di Franco A, Moscarelli M, Speziale G, Puskas JD, Girardi LN, Hare DL, Taggart DP, RADIAL Investigators. Association of Radial Artery Graft vs Saphenous Vein Graft With Long-term Cardiovascular Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA. 2020 Jul 14; 324 (2):179-187
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  49. Zhang WZ, Oromendia C, Kikkers SA, Butler JJ, O'Beirne S, Kim K, O'Neal WK, Freeman CM, Christenson SA, Peters SP, Wells JM, Doerschuk C, Putcha N, Barjaktarevic I, Woodruff PG, Cooper CB, Bowler RP, Comellas AP, Criner GJ, Paine R 3rd, Hansel NN, Han MK, Crystal RG, Kaner RJ, Ballman KV, Curtis JL, Martinez FJ, Cloonan SM. Increased airway iron parameters and risk for exacerbation in COPD: an analysis from SPIROMICS. Sci Rep. 2020 Jun 29; 10 (1):10562 Epub 2020 June 29
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  50. Breen WG, Anderson SK, Carrero XW, Brown PD, Ballman KV, O'Neill BP, Curran WJ, Abrams RA, Laack NN, Levitt R, Galanis E, Buckner JC, Shaw EG. Final report from Intergroup NCCTG 86-72-51 (Alliance): a phase III randomized clinical trial of high-dose versus low-dose radiation for adult low-grade glioma. Neuro Oncol. 2020 Jun 9; 22 (6):830-837
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  51. Chagoya G, Kwatra SG, Nanni CW, Roberts CM, Phillips SM, Nullmeyergh S, Gilmore SP, Spasojevic I, Corcoran DL, Young CC, Ballman KV, Ramakrishna R, Cross DA, Markert JM, Lim M, Gilbert MR, Lesser GJ, Kwatra MM. Efficacy of osimertinib against EGFRvIII+ glioblastoma. Oncotarget. 2020 Jun 2; 11 (22):2074-2082 Epub 2020 June 02
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  52. Shoag J, Liu D, Ma X, Oromendia C, Christos P, Ballman K, Angulo C, Cai PY, Gaffney C, Klein E, Karnes J, Den RB, Liu Y, Davicioni E, Barbieri CE. Prognostic value of the SPOP mutant genomic subclass in prostate cancer. Urol Oncol. 2020 May; 38 (5):418-422 Epub 2020 Mar 17
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  53. Younger E, Ballman K, Lu Y, Papai Z, Van Tine BA, Attia S, Schoffski P, Reinke D, Tap WD, Jones RL. Subgroup analysis of older patients treated within the randomized phase 3 doxorubicin versus doxorubicin plus evofosfamide (SARC021) trial. J Geriatr Oncol. 2020 Apr; 11 (3):463-469 Epub 2019 May 22
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  54. Katz MS, McCall L, Ballman K, Jagsi R, Haffty BG, Giuliano AE. Nomogram-based estimate of axillary nodal involvement in ACOSOG Z0011 (Alliance): validation and association with radiation protocol variations. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2020 Apr; 180 (2):429-436 Epub 2020 Feb 10
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  55. Zhang WZ, Rice MC, Hoffman KL, Oromendia C, Barjaktarevic IZ, Wells JM, Hastie AT, Labaki WW, Cooper CB, Comellas AP, Criner GJ, Krishnan JA, Paine R 3rd, Hansel NN, Bowler RP, Barr RG, Peters SP, Woodruff PG, Curtis JL, Han MK, Ballman KV, Martinez FJ, Choi AM, Nakahira K, Cloonan SM, Choi ME, SPIROMICS Investigators. Association of urine mitochondrial DNA with clinical measures of COPD in the SPIROMICS cohort. JCI Insight. 2020 Feb 13; 5 (3)
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  56. Trifiletti DM, Ballman KV, Brown PD, Anderson SK, Carrero XW, Cerhan JH, Whitton AC, Greenspoon J, Parney IF, Laack NN, Ashman JB, Bahary JP, Hadjipanayis CG, Urbanic JJ, Barker FG 2nd, Farace E, Khuntia D, Giannini C, Buckner JC, Galanis E, Roberge D. Optimizing Whole Brain Radiation Therapy Dose and Fractionation: Results From a Prospective Phase 3 Trial (NCCTG N107C [Alliance]/CEC.3). Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2020 Feb 1; 106 (2):255-260 Epub 2019 Oct 22
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  57. Klepin HD, Ritchie E, Major-Elechi B, Le-Rademacher J, Seisler D, Storrick L, Sanford BL, Marcucci G, Zhao W, Geyer SA, Ballman KV, Powell BL, Baer MR, Stock W, Cohen HJ, Stone RM, Larson RA, Uy GL. Geriatric assessment among older adults receiving intensive therapy for acute myeloid leukemia: Report of CALGB 361006 (Alliance). J Geriatr Oncol. 2020 Jan; 11 (1):107-113 Epub 2019 Oct 24
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  58. de Azambuja E, Ponde N, Procter M, Rastogi P, Cecchini RS, Lambertini M, Ballman K, Aspitia AM, Zardavas D, Roca L, Gelber RD, Piccart-Gebhart M, Suter T. A pooled analysis of the cardiac events in the trastuzumab adjuvant trials. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2020 Jan; 179 (1):161-171 Epub 2019 Oct 11
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  199. Nakagawa T, Kollmeyer TM, Morlan BW, Anderson SK, Bergstralh EJ, Davis BJ, Asmann YW, Klee GG, Ballman KV, Jenkins RB. A tissue biomarker panel predicting systemic progression after PSA recurrence post-definitive prostate cancer therapy. PLoS One. 2008; 3 (5):e2318 Epub 2008 May 28
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  200. Locke DE, Decker PA, Sloan JA, Brown PD, Malec JF, Clark MM, Rummans TA, Ballman KV, Schaefer PL, Buckner JC. Validation of single-item linear analog scale assessment of quality of life in neuro-oncology patients. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2007 Dec; 34 (6):628-38 Epub 2007 Aug 20
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  201. Buckner JC, O'Fallon JR, Dinapoli RP, Schomberg PJ, Farr G, Schaefer P, Giannini C, Scheithauer BW, Ballman KV. Prognosis in patients with anaplastic oligoastrocytoma is associated with histologic grade. J Neurooncol. 2007 Sep; 84 (3):279-86 Epub 2007 Apr 13
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  202. Witt BJ, Gami AS, Ballman KV, Brown RD Jr, Meverden RA, Jacobsen SJ, Roger VL. The incidence of ischemic stroke in chronic heart failure: a meta-analysis. J Card Fail. 2007 Aug; 13 (6):489-96
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  203. Schmidt LJ, Ballman KV, Tindall DJ. Inhibition of fatty acid synthase activity in prostate cancer cells by dutasteride. Prostate. 2007 Jul 1; 67(10):1111-20.
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  204. Pelloski CE, Ballman KV, Furth AF, Zhang L, Lin E, Sulman EP, Bhat K, McDonald JM, Yung WK, Colman H, Woo SY, Heimberger AB, Suki D, Prados MD, Chang SM, Barker FG, Buckner JC, James CD, Aldape K. Epidermal growth factor receptor variant III status defines clinically distinct subtypes of glioblastoma. J Clin Oncol. 2007 Jun 1; 25(16):2288-94.
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  205. Davis JM 3rd, Maradit Kremers H, Crowson CS, Nicola PJ, Ballman KV, Therneau TM, Roger VL, Gabriel SE. Glucocorticoids and cardiovascular events in rheumatoid arthritis: a population-based cohort study. Arthritis Rheum. 2007 Mar; 56 (3):820-30
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  206. Meyers BF, Downey RJ, Decker PA, Keenan RJ, Siegel BA, Cerfolio RJ, Landreneau RJ, Reed CE, Balfe DM, Dehdashti F, Ballman KV, Rusch VW, Putnam JB Jr, American College of Surgeons Oncology Group Z0060. The utility of positron emission tomography in staging of potentially operable carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus: results of the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group Z0060 trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2007 Mar; 133(3):738-45.
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  207. Mercader M, Sengupta S, Bodner BK, Manecke RG, Cosar EF, Moser MT, Ballman KV, Wojcik EM, Kwon ED. Early effects of pharmacological androgen deprivation in human prostate cancer. BJU Int. 2007 Jan; 99(1):60-7.
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  208. Majumdar R, Miller DV, Ballman KV, Unnikrishnan G, McKellar SH, Sarkar G, Sreekumar R, Bolander ME, Sundt TM 3rd. Elevated expressions of osteopontin and tenascin C in ascending aortic aneurysms are associated with trileaflet aortic valves as compared with bicuspid aortic valves. Cardiovasc Pathol. 2007 May-Jun; 16(3):144-50. Epub 2007 Feb 21.
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  209. Maradit-Kremers H, Nicola PJ, Crowson CS, Ballman KV, Jacobsen SJ, Roger VL, Gabriel SE. Raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate signals heart failure in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2007 Jan; 66 (1):76-80 Epub 2006 July 03
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  210. Ballman KV, Buckner JC, Brown PD, Giannini C, Flynn PJ, LaPlant BR, Jaeckle KA. The relationship between six-month progression-free survival and 12-month overall survival end points for phase II trials in patients with glioblastoma multiforme. Neuro Oncol. 2007 Jan; 9 (1):29-38 Epub 2006 Nov 15
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  211. Brown PD, Jensen AW, Felten SJ, Ballman KV, Schaefer PL, Jaeckle KA, Cerhan JH, Buckner JC. Detrimental effects of tumor progression on cognitive function of patients with high-grade glioma. J Clin Oncol. 2006 Dec 1; 24 (34):5427-33
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  212. Babovic-Vuksanovic D, Ballman K, Michels V, McGrann P, Lindor N, King B, Camp J, Micic V, Babovic N, Carrero X, Spinner R, O'Neill B. Phase II trial of pirfenidone in adults with neurofibromatosis type 1. Neurology. 2006 Nov 28; 67(10):1860-2. Epub 2006 Oct 11.
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  213. Jenkins RB, Blair H, Ballman KV, Giannini C, Arusell RM, Law M, Flynn H, Passe S, Felten S, Brown PD, Shaw EG, Buckner JC. A t(1;19)(q10;p10) mediates the combined deletions of 1p and 19q and predicts a better prognosis of patients with oligodendroglioma. Cancer Res. 2006 Oct 15; 66 (20):9852-61
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  214. Oberg AL, Mahoney DW, Ballman KV, Therneau TM. Joint estimation of calibration and expression for high-density oligonucleotide arrays. Bioinformatics. 2006 Oct 1; 22(19):2381-7. Epub 2006 Jul 28.
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  215. Buckner JC, Ballman KV, Michalak JC, Burton GV, Cascino TL, Schomberg PJ, Hawkins RB, Scheithauer BW, Sandler HM, Marks RS, O'Fallon JR, North Central Cancer Treatment Group 93-72-52//Southwest Oncology Group 9503 Trials. Phase III trial of carmustine and cisplatin compared with carmustine alone and standard radiation therapy or accelerated radiation therapy in patients with glioblastoma multiforme: North Central Cancer Treatment Group 93-72-52 and Southwest Oncology Group 9503 Trials. J Clin Oncol. 2006 Aug 20; 24 (24):3871-9
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  216. Laack NN, Ballman KV, Brown PB, O'Neill BP, North Central Cancer Treatment Group. Whole-brain radiotherapy and high-dose methylprednisolone for elderly patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma: Results of North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG) 96-73-51. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2006 Aug 01; 65: (5)1429-39.
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  217. Krishnan S, Brown PD, Ballman KV, Fiveash JB, Uhm JH, Giannini C, Jaeckle KA, Geoffroy FJ, Nabors LB, Buckner JC, North Central Cancer Treatment Group. Phase I trial of erlotinib with radiation therapy in patients with glioblastoma multiforme: results of North Central Cancer Treatment Group protocol N0177. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2006 Jul 15; 65 (4):1192-9 Epub 2006 Apr 19
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  218. Witt BJ, Brown RD, Jacobsen SJ, Weston SA, Ballman KV, Meverden RA, Roger VL. Ischemic stroke after heart failure: a community-based study. Am Heart J. 2006 Jul; 152(1):102-9.
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  219. Murillo H, Schmidt LJ, Karter M, Hafner KA, Kondo Y, Ballman KV, Vasmatzis G, Jenkins RB, Tindall DJ. Prostate cancer cells use genetic and epigenetic mechanisms for progression to androgen independence. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2006 Jul; 45(7):702-16.
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  220. Marshall NE, Ballman KV, Michalak JC, Schomberg PJ, Burton GV, Sandler HM, Cascino TL, Jaeckle KA, Buckner JC. Ototoxicity of cisplatin plus standard radiation therapy vs. accelerated radiation therapy in glioblastoma patients. J Neurooncol. 2006 May; 77 (3):315-20
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  221. Sarkaria JN, Carlson BL, Schroeder MA, Grogan P, Brown PD, Giannini C, Ballman KV, Kitange GJ, Guha A, Pandita A, James CD. Use of an orthotopic xenograft model for assessing the effect of epidermal growth factor receptor amplification on glioblastoma radiation response. Clin Cancer Res. 2006 Apr 1; 12 (7 Pt 1):2264-71
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  222. Witt BJ, Ballman KV, Brown RD Jr, Meverden RA, Jacobsen SJ, Roger VL. The incidence of stroke after myocardial infarction: a meta-analysis. Am J Med. 2006 Apr; 119 (4):354.e1-9
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  223. Galanis E, Buckner JC, Maurer MJ, Sykora R, Castillo R, Ballman KV, Erickson BJ. Validation of neuroradiologic response assessment in gliomas: measurement by RECIST, two-dimensional, computer-assisted tumor area, and computer-assisted tumor volume methods. Neuro Oncol. 2006 Apr; 8 (2):156-65 Epub 2006 Mar 02
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  224. Jaeckle KA, Ballman KV, Rao RD, Jenkins RB, Buckner JC. Current strategies in treatment of oligodendroglioma: evolution of molecular signatures of response. J Clin Oncol. 2006 Mar 10; 24(8):1246-52.
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  225. Vanaja DK, Ballman KV, Morlan BW, Cheville JC, Neumann RM, Lieber MM, Tindall DJ, Young CY. PDLIM4 repression by hypermethylation as a potential biomarker for prostate cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2006 Feb 15; 12 (4):1128-36
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  226. Brown PD, Ballman KV, Rummans TA, Maurer MJ, Sloan JA, Boeve BF, Gupta L, Tang-Wai DF, Arusell RM, Clark MM, Buckner JC. Prospective study of quality of life in adults with newly diagnosed high-grade gliomas. J Neurooncol. 2006 Feb; 76(3):283-91.
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  227. Buckner J, Michalak J, Burton G, Cascino T, Schomberg P, Hawkins R, Scheithauer B, Sandler H, Marks R, O'Fallon J, Ballman K. Phase III trial of BCNU and cisplatin versus BCNU alone and standard radiation therapy versus accelerated radiation therapy in patients with glioblastoma multiforme: NCCTG 93-72-52; SWOG 9503 J Clin Oncol. 2006; 24:3871-3879.
  228. Nicola PJ, Crowson CS, Maradit-Kremers H, Ballman KV, Roger VL, Jacobsen SJ, Gabriel SE. Contribution of congestive heart failure and ischemic heart disease to excess mortality in rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 2006 Jan; 54(1):60-7.
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  229. Cooper LT, Henderson SS, Ballman KV, Offord KP, Tse TS, Holmes DR, Hurt RD. A prospective, case-control study of tobacco dependence in thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's Disease). Angiology. 2006 Jan-Feb; 57: (1)73-8.
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  230. Brown PD, Foote RL, McLaughlin MP, Halyard MY, Ballman KV, Collie AC, Miller RC, Flemming KD, Hallett JW. A historical prospective cohort study of carotid artery stenosis after radiotherapy for head and neck malignancies. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2005 Dec 01; 63: (5)1361-7.
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  231. Miller WL, Ballman KV, Hodge DO, Rodeheffer RJ, Hammill SC. Risk factor implications of incidentally discovered uncomplicated bundle branch block. Mayo Clin Proc. 2005 Dec; 80(12):1585-90.
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  232. Laack NN, Brown PD, Ivnik RJ, Furth AF, Ballman KV, Hammack JE, Arusell RM, Shaw EG, Buckner JC, North Central Cancer Treatment Group. Cognitive function after radiotherapy for supratentorial low-grade glioma: a North Central Cancer Treatment Group prospective study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2005 Nov 15; 63: (4)1175-83.
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  233. Crowson CS, Nicola PJ, Kremers HM, O'Fallon WM, Therneau TM, Jacobsen SJ, Roger VL, Ballman KV, Gabriel SE. How much of the increased incidence of heart failure in rheumatoid arthritis is attributable to traditional cardiovascular risk factors and ischemic heart disease? Arthritis Rheum. 2005 Oct; 52 (10):3039-44
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  234. Brown PD, Maurer MJ, Rummans TA, Pollock BE, Ballman KV, Sloan JA, Boeve BF, Arusell RM, Clark MM, Buckner JC. A prospective study of quality of life in adults with newly diagnosed high-grade gliomas: the impact of the extent of resection on quality of life and survival. Neurosurgery. 2005 Sep; 57 (3):495-504; discussion 495-504
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  235. Galanis E, Buckner JC, Maurer MJ, Kreisberg JI, Ballman K, Boni J, Peralba JM, Jenkins RB, Dakhil SR, Morton RF, Jaeckle KA, Scheithauer BW, Dancey J, Hidalgo M, Walsh DJ, North Central Cancer Treatment Group. Phase II trial of temsirolimus (CCI-779) in recurrent glioblastoma multiforme: a North Central Cancer Treatment Group Study. J Clin Oncol. 2005 Aug 10; 23 (23):5294-304 Epub 2005 July 05
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  236. Yang P, Kollmeyer TM, Buckner K, Bamlet W, Ballman KV, Jenkins RB. Polymorphisms in GLTSCR1 and ERCC2 are associated with the development of oligodendrogliomas. Cancer. 2005 Jun 1; 103(11):2363-72.
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  237. Maradit-Kremers H, Nicola PJ, Crowson CS, Ballman KV, Gabriel SE. Cardiovascular death in rheumatoid arthritis: a population-based study. Arthritis Rheum. 2005 Mar; 52 (3):722-32
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  238. Nicola PJ, Maradit-Kremers H, Roger VL, Jacobsen SJ, Crowson CS, Ballman KV, Gabriel SE. The risk of congestive heart failure in rheumatoid arthritis: a population-based study over 46 years. Arthritis Rheum. 2005 Feb; 52 (2):412-20
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  239. Gurevitz OT, Ammash NM, Malouf JF, Chandrasekaran K, Rosales AG, Ballman KV, Hammill SC, White RD, Gersh BJ, Friedman PA. Comparative efficacy of monophasic and biphasic waveforms for transthoracic cardioversion of atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter. Am Heart J. 2005 Feb; 149 (2):316-21
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  240. Maradit-Kremers H, Crowson CS, Nicola PJ, Ballman KV, Roger VL, Jacobsen SJ, Gabriel SE. Increased unrecognized coronary heart disease and sudden deaths in rheumatoid arthritis: a population-based cohort study. Arthritis Rheum. 2005 Feb; 52 (2):402-11
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  241. Abraham RS, Ballman KV, Dispenzieri A, Grill DE, Manske MK, Price-Troska TL, Paz NG, Gertz MA, Fonseca R. Functional gene expression analysis of clonal plasma cells identifies a unique molecular profile for light chain amyloidosis. Blood. 2005 Jan 15; 105 (2):794-803 Epub 2004 Sept 23
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  242. Brown PD, Petersen IA, Schomberg PJ, Ivnik RJ, Furth AF, Ballman KV, Hammack JE, Buckner JC, Shaw EG, Arusell R. Cognitive function after radiotherapy for supratentorial low-grade glioma: a North Central Cancer Treatment Group prospective study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2005; 58(4):1153-60.
  243. Kitange G, Misra A, Law M, Passe S, Kollmeyer TM, Maurer M, Ballman K, Feuerstein BG, Jenkins RB. Chromosomal imbalances detected by array comparative genomic hybridization in human oligodendrogliomas and mixed oligoastrocytomas. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2005 Jan; 42(1):68-77.
  244. Ballman KV, Grill DE, Oberg AL, Therneau TM. Faster cyclic loess: normalizing RNA arrays via linear models. Bioinformatics. 2004 Nov 1; 20 (16):2778-86 Epub 2004 May 27
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  245. Kremers HM, Nicola PJ, Crowson CS, Ballman KV, Gabriel SE. Prognostic importance of low body mass index in relation to cardiovascular mortality in rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 2004 Nov; 50 (11):3450-7
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  246. Kernis SJ, Nkomo VT, Messika-Zeitoun D, Gersh BJ, Sundt TM 3rd, Ballman KV, Scott CG, Schaff HV, Enriquez-Sarano M. Atrial fibrillation after surgical correction of mitral regurgitation in sinus rhythm: incidence, outcome, and determinants. Circulation. 2004 Oct 19; 110 (16):2320-5 Epub 2004 Oct 11
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  247. Aldape KD, Ballman K, Furth A, Buckner JC, Giannini C, Burger PC, Scheithauer BW, Jenkins RB, James CD. Immunohistochemical detection of EGFRvIII in high malignancy grade astrocytomas and evaluation of prognostic significance. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2004 Jul; 63(7):700-7.
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  248. Glikson M, Lipchenca I, Viskin S, Ballman KV, Trusty JM, Gurevitz OT, Luria DM, Eldar M, Hammill SC, Friedman PA. Long-term outcome of patients who received implantable cardioverter defibrillators for stable ventricular tachycardia. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2004 Jun; 15(6):658-64.
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  249. Gurevitz O, Viskin S, Glikson M, Ballman KV, Rosales AG, Shen WK, Hammill SC, Friedman PA. Long-term prognosis of inducible ventricular flutter: not an innocent finding. Am Heart J. 2004 Apr; 147(4):649-54.
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  250. Aldape KD, Ballman KV, Furth A, Buckner JC, Giannin C, Burger PC, Scheithauer BW, Jenkins RB, James CD. Immunohistochemical detection of EGFRvIII in malignant astrocytomas and evaluation of prognostic significance. Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology. 2004; 63(7):700-707.
  251. Spotila LD, Jacques PF, Berger PB, Ballman KV, Ellison RC, Rozen R. Age dependence of the influence of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase genotype on plasma homocysteine level. Am J Epidemiol. 2003 Nov 1; 158(9):871-7.
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  252. Strome SE, Dong H, Tamura H, Voss SG, Flies DB, Tamada K, Salomao D, Cheville J, Hirano F, Lin W, Kasperbauer JL, Ballman KV, Chen L. B7-H1 blockade augments adoptive T-cell immunotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma. Cancer Res. 2003 Oct 1; 63 (19):6501-5
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  253. Gurevitz OT, Friedman PA, Glikson M, Trusty JM, Ballman KV, Rosales AG, Hayes DL, Hammill SC, Swerdlow CD. Discrepancies between the upper limit of vulnerability and defibrillation threshold: prevalence and clinical predictors. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2003 Jul; 14 (7):728-32
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  254. Bunch TJ, White RD, Gersh BJ, Meverden RA, Hodge DO, Ballman KV, Hammill SC, Shen WK, Packer DL. Long-term outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest after successful early defibrillation. N Engl J Med. 2003 Jun 26; 348(26):2626-33.
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  255. Brilakis ES, Berger PB, Ballman KV, Rozen R. Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) 677C>T and methionine synthase reductase (MTRR) 66A>G polymorphisms: association with serum homocysteine and angiographic coronary artery disease in the era of flour products fortified with folic acid. Atherosclerosis. 2003 Jun; 168 (2):315-22
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  256. Michels VV, Olson TM, Miller FA, Ballman KV, Rosales AG, Driscoll DJ. Frequency of development of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy among relatives of patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Am J Cardiol. 2003 Jun 1; 91 (11):1389-92
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  257. Kanagala R, Murali NS, Friedman PA, Ammash NM, Gersh BJ, Ballman KV, Shamsuzzaman AS, Somers VK. Obstructive sleep apnea and the recurrence of atrial fibrillation. Circulation. 2003 May 27; 107 (20):2589-94 Epub 2003 May 12
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  258. Gami AS, Wright RS, Ballman KV, Kopecky SL, Hayes SN. Hormone replacement therapy and risk of acute myocardial infarction in postmenopausal women with diabetes mellitus. Am J Cardiol. 2003 May 15; 91(10):1275-7.
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  259. Takemoto Y, Tanabe K, Chandrasekaran K, Ballman KV, Seward JB, Belohlavek M. Single-plane and biplane echocardiography: use of targeted scan planes improves the estimates of left ventricular volume and shape for analysis of postinfarction remodeling. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2003 May; 16 (5):448-56
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  260. Barretto S, Ballman KV, Rooke TW, Kullo IJ. Early-onset peripheral arterial occlusive disease: clinical features and determinants of disease severity and location. Vasc Med. 2003 May; 8: (2)95-100.
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  261. Weisberg IS, Park E, Ballman KV, Berger P, Nunn M, Suh DS, Breksa AP, Garrow TA, Rozen R. Investigations of a common genetic methyltransferase (BHMT) variant in betaine-homocysteine in coronary artery disease. Atherosclerosis. 2003 Apr; 167(2):205-14.
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  262. O'Neill BP, Iturria NJ, Link MJ, Pollock BE, Ballman KV, O'Fallon JR. A comparison of surgical resection and stereotactic radiosurgery in the treatment of solitary brain metastases. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2003 Apr 1; 55 (5):1169-76
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  263. Leung TC, Ballman KV, Allison TG, Wagner JA, Olson LJ, Frantz RP, Edwards BS, Dearani JA, Daly RC, McGregor CG, Rodeheffer RJ. Clinical predictors of exercise capacity 1 year after cardiac transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2003 Jan; 22 (1):16-27
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  264. Brilakis ES, McConnell JP, Ballman KV, Klee GG, Berger PB. Lack of association between plasma homocysteine and angiographic coronary artery disease in the era of fortification of cereal grain flour with folic acid. Atherosclerosis. 2002 Dec; 165 (2):375-81
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  265. Squires RW, Leung TC, Cyr NS, Allison TG, Johnson BD, Ballman KV, Wagner JA, Olson LJ, Frantz RP, Edwards BS, Kushwaha SS, Dearani JA, Daly RC, McGregor CG, Rodeheffer RJ. Partial normalization of the heart rate response to exercise after cardiac transplantation: frequency and relationship to exercise capacity. Mayo Clin Proc. 2002 Dec; 77(12):1295-300.
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  266. Aviles RJ, Wright RS, Aviles JM, McDonald F, Ballman K, Harker-Murray A, Scott C, Lauer MS, Kopecky SL, Jaffe AS. Long-term prognosis of patients with clinical unstable angina pectoris without elevation of creatine kinase but with elevation of cardiac troponin i levels. Am J Cardiol. 2002 Oct 15; 90 (8):875-8
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  267. McConnell JP, Branum EL, Ballman KV, Lagerstedt SA, Katzmann JA, Jaffe AS. Gender differences in C-reactive protein concentrations-confirmation with two sensitive methods. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2002 Jan; 40: (1)56-9.
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  268. Singh M, Nuttall GA, Ballman KV, Mullany CJ, Berger PB, Holmes DR Jr, Bell MR. Effect of abciximab on the outcome of emergency coronary artery bypass grafting after failed percutaneous coronary intervention. Mayo Clin Proc. 2001 Aug; 76 (8):784-8
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