Resources Global HOPE Publications

2021

Whitlock RS, Ebare K, Cheng LS, Fishman DS, Mills JL, Nguyen HN, Nuchtern JG, Ruan W, Smith VE, Patel KA, Fisher KE, Vasudevan SA. Angiosarcoma of the Pancreas in a Pediatric Patient With an Activating KDR-Internal Tandem Duplication: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2021 Jul 1. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0000000000002248. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34224514.

Whitlock RS, Mehl SC, Larson SK, Foster JH, Hicks J, Nuchtern JG, Sher AC, Vasudevan SA, Naik-Mathuria B. Characteristics of benign neuroblastic tumors: Is surgery always necessary? J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Jul 7:S0022-3468(21)00480-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2021.07.002. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34281709.

Campbell LR, El-Mallawany NK, Slone JS, Malingoti BM, Mehta PS, Scheurer ME, Bacha JM, Peckham-Gregory EC. Clinical characteristics and successful treatment outcomes of children and adolescents with Kaposi sarcoma in Southwestern Tanzania. Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2021 Jul 9:1-20. doi: 10.1080/08880018.2021.1936315. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34243680.

Dutta A, Ikwuezunma A, Castellanos MI, Brackett J, Reddy K, Mahajan P, Marshburn AM, Kamdar K, Paek H, Palazzi DL, Rabin KR, Scheurer ME, Gramatges MM. An evidence-based, risk-adapted algorithm for antifungal prophylaxis reduces risk for invasive mold infections in children with hematologic malignancies. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 Jul 16:e29228. doi: 10.1002/pbc.29228. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34268879.

Forbes LR, Eckstein OS, Gulati N, Peckham-Gregory EC, Ozuah NW, Lubega J, El-Mallawany NK, Agrusa JE, Poli MC, Vogel TP, Chaimowitz NS, Rider NL, Mace EM, Orange JS, Caldwell JW, Aldave-Becerra JC, Jolles S, Saettini F, Chong HJ, Stray-Pedersen A, Heslop HE, Kamdar KY, Rouce RH, Muzny DM, Jhangiani SN, Gibbs RA, Coban-Akdemir ZH, Lupski JR, McClain KL, Allen CE, Chinn IK. Genetic errors of immunity distinguish pediatric nonmalignant lymphoproliferative disorders. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2021 Jul 28:S0091-6749(21)01135-0. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2021.07.015. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34329649.

Irwin MS, Naranjo A, Zhang FF, Cohn SL, London WB, Gastier-Foster JM, Ramirez NC, Pfau R, Reshmi S, Wagner E, Nuchtern J, Asgharzadeh S, Shimada H, Maris JM, Bagatell R, Park JR, Hogarty MD. Revised Neuroblastoma Risk Classification System: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group. J Clin Oncol. 2021 Jul 28:JCO2100278. doi: 10.1200/JCO.21.00278. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34319759.

Kawano A, Hazard FK, Chiu B, Naranjo A, LaBarre B, London WB, Hogarty MD, Cohn SL, Maris JM, Park JR, Gastier-Foster JM, Ikegaki N, Shimada H. Stage 4S Neuroblastoma: Molecular, Histologic, and Immunohistochemical Characteristics and Presence of 2 Distinct Patterns of MYCN Protein Overexpression-A Report From the Children's Oncology Group. Am J Surg Pathol. 2021 Aug 1;45(8):1075-1081. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000001647. PMID: 33739795; PMCID: PMC8217390.

Hooke MC, Mathiason MA, Blommer A, Hutter J, Mitby P, Taylor O, Scheurer ME, Kunin-Batson AS, Pan W, Hockenberry MJ. Symptom Clusters, Physical Activity, and Quality of Life: A Latent Class Analysis of Children During Maintenance Therapy for Leukemia. Cancer Nurs. 2021 Aug 11. doi: 10.1097/NCC.0000000000000963. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34387237.

Lin H, Scull BP, Goldberg BR, Abhyankar HA, Eckstein OS, Zinn DJ, Lubega J, Agrusa J, El-Mallawanay NK, Gulati N, Forbes LR, Chinn IK, Chakraborty R, Velazquez J, Goldman J, Bashir DA, Lam FW, Muscal E, Henry MM, Greenberg J, Ladisch S, Hermiston ML, Meyer LK, Jeng MR, Naqvi A, McClain KL, Nguyen T, Wong HR, Man TK, Jordan MB, Allen CE. IFN-γ Signature in the Plasma Proteome Distinguishes Pediatric Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis from Sepsis and SIRS. Blood Adv. 2021 Aug 30:bloodadvances.2021004287. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2021004287. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34461635.

L. R. Campbell, N. K. El-Mallawany, J. S. Slone, B. M. Malingoti, P. S. Mehta, M. E. Scheurer, J. M. Bacha & E. C. Peckham-Gregory (2021) Clinical characteristics and successful treatment outcomes of children and adolescents with Kaposi sarcoma in Southwestern Tanzania, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, DOI: 10.1080/08880018.2021.1936315

 Agarwal S, Mullikin D, Scheurer ME, Smith V, Naik-Mathuria B, Guillerman RP, Foster JH, Diaz R, Sartain SE. Role of anticoagulation in the management of tumor thrombus: A 10-year single-center experience. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 Jun 1:e29173. doi: 10.1002/pbc.29173. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34061441.

 Ting MA, Reuther J, Chandramohan R, Voicu H, Gandhi I, Liu M, Cortes-Santiago N, Foster JH, Hicks J, Nuchtern J, Scollon S, Plon SE, Chintagumpala M, Rainusso N, Roy A, Parsons DW. Genomic analysis and preclinical xenograft model development identify potential therapeutic targets for MYOD1-mutant soft-tissue sarcoma of childhood. J Pathol. 2021 Jun 4. doi: 10.1002/path.5736. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34086347.

 Lupo PJ, Petrick LM, Hoang TT, Janitz AE, Marcotte EL, Schraw JM, Arora M, Scheurer ME. Using primary teeth and archived dried spots for exposomic studies in children: Exploring new paths in the environmental epidemiology of pediatric cancer. Bioessays. 2021 Jun 9:e2100030. doi: 10.1002/bies.202100030. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34106479.

Gulati N, Allen CE. Langerhans cell histiocytosis: Version 2021. Hematol Oncol. 2021 Jun;39 Suppl 1:15-23. doi: 10.1002/hon.2857. PMID: 34105821.

Li Y, Yang W, Devidas M, Winter SS, Kesserwan C, Yang W, Dunsmore KP, Smith C, Qian M, Zhao X, Zhang R, Gastier-Foster JM, Raetz EA, Carroll WL, Li C, Liu PP, Rabin KR, Sanda T, Mullighan CG, Nichols KE, Evans WE, Pui CH, Hunger SP, Teachey DT, Relling MV, Loh ML, Yang JJ. Germline RUNX1 variation and predisposition to childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. J Clin Invest. 2021 Jun 24:147898. doi: 10.1172/JCI147898. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34166225.

El-Mallawany NK, Curry CV, Allen CE. Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and Epstein-Barr virus: a complex relationship with diverse origins, expression and outcomes. Br J Haematol. 2021 Jun 24. doi: 10.1111/bjh.17638. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34169507.

Holle LM, Bilse T, Alabelewe RM, Kintzel PE, Kandemir EA, Tan CJ, Weru I, Chambers CR, Dobish R, Handel E, Tewthanom K, Saeteaw M, Dewi LKM, Schwartz R, Bernhardt B, Garg M, Chatterjee A, Manyau P, Chan A, Bayraktar-Ekincioglu A, Aras-Atik E, Harvey RD, Goldspiel BR. International Society of Oncology Pharmacy Practitioners (ISOPP) position statement: Role of the oncology pharmacy team in cancer care. J Oncol Pharm Pract. 2021 Jun;27(4):785-801. doi: 10.1177/10781552211017199. Epub 2021 May 22. PMID: 34024179.

 Lowenthal E, Matesva M, Marukutira T, Bayani O, Chapman J, Tshume O, Matshaba M, Hickson M, Gross R. Psychological Reactance is a Novel Risk Factor for Adolescent Antiretroviral Treatment Failure. AIDS Behav. 2021 May;25(5):1474-1479. doi: 10.1007/s10461-020-02986-z. PMID: 32754779; PMCID: PMC7858700.

Bigenwald C, Le Berichel J, Wilk CM, Chakraborty R, Chen ST, Tabachnikova A, Mancusi R, Abhyankar H, Casanova-Acebes M, Laface I, Akturk G, Jobson J, Karoulia Z, Martin JC, Grout J, Rafiei A, Lin H, Manz MG, Baccarini A, Poulikakos PI, Brown BD, Gnjatic S, Lujambio A, McClain KL, Picarsic J, Allen CE, Merad M. BRAFV600E-induced senescence drives Langerhans cell histiocytosis pathophysiology. Nat Med. 2021 May;27(5):851-861. doi: 10.1038/s41591-021-01304-x. Epub 2021 May 6. PMID: 33958797.

 Adel Fahmideh M, Peckham-Gregory EC, Schraw JM, Chintagumpala M, Mack SC, Lupo PJ, Scheurer ME. Maternal and perinatal factors are associated with risk of pediatric central nervous system tumors and poorer survival after diagnosis. Sci Rep. 2021 May 17;11(1):10410. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-88385-3. PMID: 34001927; PMCID: PMC8129132.

Agarwal S, Mullikin D, Scheurer ME, Smith V, Naik-Mathuria B, Guillerman RP, Foster JH, Diaz R, Sartain SE. Role of anticoagulation in the management of tumor thrombus: A 10-year single-center experience. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 Jun 1:e29173. doi: 10.1002/pbc.29173. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34061441.

Kirk SE, Scheurer ME, Bernhardt MB, Mahoney DH, Powers JM. Phosphorus levels in children treated with intravenous ferric carboxymaltose. Am J Hematol. 2021 Jun 1;96(6):E215-E218. doi: 10.1002/ajh.26165. Epub 2021 Apr 7. PMID: 33735470; PMCID: PMC8113159.

 Adinani H, Campbell L, El-Mallawany NK, Slone J, Mehta P, Bacha J. Use of Paclitaxel to Successfully Treat Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults with Kaposi Sarcoma in Southwestern Tanzania. Children (Basel). 2021 Apr 2;8(4):275. doi: 10.3390/children8040275. PMID: 33918352; PMCID: PMC8067189. 

 Keating EM, Chiume M, Fitzgerald E, Mgusha Y, Mvalo T, Fino N, Crouse HL, Eckerle M, Gorman K, Ciccone EJ, Airewele G, Robison JA. Blood transfusion and mortality in children with severe anaemia in a malaria-endemic region. Paediatr Int Child Health. 2021 Apr 19:1-8. doi: 10.1080/20469047.2021.1881270. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33874852. 

Lowenthal E, Matesva M, Marukutira T, Bayani O, Chapman J, Tshume O, Matshaba M, Hickson M, Gross R. Psychological Reactance is a Novel Risk Factor for Adolescent Antiretroviral Treatment Failure. AIDS Behav. 2021 May;25(5):1474-1479. doi: 10.1007/s10461-020-02986-z. PMID: 32754779; PMCID: PMC7858700. 

Chaturvedi V, Marsh RA, Zoref-Lorenz A, Owsley E, Chaturvedi V, Nguyen TC, Goldman JR, Henry MM, Greenberg JN, Ladisch S, Hermiston ML, Jeng M, Naqvi A, Allen CE, Wong HR, Jordan MB. T-cell activation profiles distinguish hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and early sepsis. Blood. 2021 Apr 29;137(17):2337-2346. doi: 10.1182/blood.2020009499. PMID: 33512385. 

 Zhang H, Liu AP, Devidas M, Lee SH, Cao X, Pei D, Borowitz M, Wood B, Gastier-Foster JM, Dai Y, Raetz E, Larsen E, Winick N, Bowman WP, Karol S, Yang W, Martin PL, Carroll WL, Pui CH, Mullighan CG, Evans WE, Cheng C, Hunger SP, Relling MV, Loh ML, Yang JJ. Association of GATA3 Polymorphisms With Minimal Residual Disease and Relapse Risk in Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2021 Apr 6;113(4):408-417. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djaa138. PMID: 32894760.

 Kaang T, Dunn MG, Slone JS. Managing pediatric chronic myeloid leukemia in Africa: the Botswana experience with two cases. Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2021 Mar 30:1-11. doi: 10.1080/08880018.2021.1906801. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33784214. 

Brown AL, Sok P, Taylor O, Woodhouse JP, Bernhardt MB, Raghubar KP, Kahalley LS, Lupo PJ, Hockenberry MJ, Scheurer ME. Cerebrospinal Fluid Metabolomic Profiles Associated With Fatigue During Treatment for Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2021 Mar; 61(3):464-473. PMID: 32889041.

Adel Fahmideh M, Scheurer ME. Pediatric Brain Tumors: Descriptive Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Future Directions. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2021 Mar 02. PMID: 33653816.

Williams LA, Hubbard AK, Scheurer ME, Spector LG, Poynter JN. Trends in paediatric central nervous system tumour incidence by global region from 1988 to 2012. Int J Epidemiol. 2021 Mar 03; 50(1):116-127. PMID: 33221912.

Monsivais D, Vasquez YM, Chen F, Zhang Y, Chandrashekar DS, Faver JC, Masand RP, Scheurer ME, Varambally S, Matzuk MM, Creighton CJ. Mass-spectrometry-based proteomic correlates of grade and stage reveal pathways and kinases associated with aggressive human cancers. Oncogene. 2021 Mar; 40(11):2081-2095. PMID: 33627787.

Kirk SE, Scheurer ME, Bernhardt MB, Mahoney DH, Powers JM. Phosphorus levels in children treated with intravenous ferric carboxymaltose. Am J Hematol. 2021 Mar 18. PMID: 33735470.

Brown PA, Ji L, Xu X, Devidas M, Hogan LE, Borowitz MJ, Raetz EA, Zugmaier G, Sharon E, Bernhardt MB, Terezakis SA, Gore L, Whitlock JA, Pulsipher MA, Hunger SP, Loh ML. Effect of Postreinduction Therapy Consolidation With Blinatumomab vs Chemotherapy on Disease-Free Survival in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With First Relapse of B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2021 03 02; 325(9):833-842. PMID: 33651090.

Mattano LA, Devidas M, Maloney KW, Wang C, Friedmann AM, Buckley P, Borowitz MJ, Carroll AJ, Gastier-Foster JM, Heerema NA, Kadan-Lottick NS, Matloub YH, Marshall DT, Stork LC, Loh ML, Raetz EA, Wood BL, Hunger SP, Carroll WL, Winick NJ. Favorable Trisomies and ETV6-RUNX1 Predict Cure in Low-Risk B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Results From Children's Oncology Group Trial AALL0331. J Clin Oncol. 2021 Mar 19; JCO2002370. PMID: 33739852.

Natoli ME, Chang MM, Kundrod KA, Coole JB, Airewele GE, Tubman VN, Richards-Kortum RR. Allele-Specific Recombinase Polymerase Amplification to Detect Sickle Cell Disease in Low-Resource Settings. Anal Chem. 2021 Mar 23; 93(11):4832-4840. PMID: 33689292.

Wilson NR, Fang H, Loghavi S, Wang W, Tang G, Haltom RO, Rausch CR, McClain KL, Rao KV, Popat UR, Fayad LE, Champa N, Calvo KR, Allen CE, Kadia TM, Pemmaraju N. Treating Rosai-Dorfman disease and RAS-associated autoimmune leucoproliferative disorder with malignant transformation. Br J Haematol. 2021 Feb; 192(3):667-671. PMID: 33238033.

 Zhang Y, Chen F, Donehower LA, Scheurer ME, Creighton CJ. A pediatric brain tumor atlas of genes deregulated by somatic genomic rearrangement. Nat Commun. 2021 02 10; 12(1):937. PMID: 33568653.

 McAtee CL, Lubega J, Underbrink K, Curry K, Msaouel P, Barrow M, Muscal E, Lotze T, Srivaths P, Forbes LR, Allen C, Bernhardt MB. Association of Rituximab Use With Adverse Events in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Feb 01; 4(2):e2036321. PMID: 33533931.

Mulemba T, Bank R, Sabantini M, Chopi V, Chirwa G, Mumba S, Chasela M, Lemon S, Hockenberry M. Improving Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Care for Children with Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy in Malawi. J Pediatr Nurs. 2021 Jan-Feb; 56:13-17. PMID: 33181367.

Lubega J, Kimutai RL, Chintagumpala MM. Global health disparities in childhood cancers. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2021 Feb 01; 33(1):33-39. PMID: 33337604.

Conley BA, Staudt L, Takebe N, Wheeler DA, Wang L, Cardenas MF, Korchina V, Zenklusen JC, McShane LM, Tricoli JV, Williams PM, Lubensky I, O'Sullivan-Coyne G, Kohn E, Little RF, White J, Malik S, Harris LN, Mann B, Weil C, Tarnuzzer R, Karlovich C, Rodgers B, Shankar L, Jacobs PM, Nolan T, Berryman SM, Gastier-Foster J, Bowen J, Leraas K, Shen H, Laird PW, Esteller M, Miller V, Johnson A, Edmondson EF, Giordano TJ, Kim B, Ivy SP. The Exceptional Responders Initiative: Feasibility of a National Cancer Institute Pilot Study. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2021 Jan 04; 113(1):27-37. PMID: 32339229.

Wheeler DA, Takebe N, Hinoue T, Hoadley KA, Cardenas MF, Hamilton AM, Laird PW, Wang L, Johnson A, Dewal N, Miller V, Piñeyro D, Castro de Moura M, Esteller M, Shen H, Zenklusen JC, Tarnuzzer R, McShane LM, Tricoli JV, Williams PM, Lubensky I, O'Sullivan-Coyne G, Kohn EC, Little RF, White J, Malik S, Harris L, Weil C, Chen AP, Karlovich C, Rodgers B, Shankar L, Jacobs P, Nolan T, Hu J, Muzny DM, Doddapaneni H, Korchina V, Gastier-Foster J, Bowen J, Leraas K, Edmondson EF, Doroshow JH, Conley BA, Ivy SP, Staudt LM. Molecular Features of Cancers Exhibiting Exceptional Responses to Treatment. Cancer Cell. 2021 Jan 11; 39(1):38-53.e7. PMID: 33217343.

Mulemba T, Bank R, Sabantini M, Chopi V, Chirwa G, Mumba S, Chasela M, Lemon S, Hockenberry M. Improving Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Care for Children with Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy in Malawi. J Pediatr Nurs. 2021 Jan-Feb; 56:13-17. PMID: 33181367.

Lubega J, Kimutai RL, Chintagumpala MM. Global health disparities in childhood cancers. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2021 Feb 01; 33(1):33-39. PMID: 33337604.

Johnson BL, Todd HF, Vasudevan SA, Nuchtern JG, Patel NV, Naik-Mathuria BJ. Subcutaneous analgesic system versus epidural for post-operative pain control in surgical pediatric oncology patients. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Jan; 56(1):104-109. PMID: 33139029.

Carrillo T, Montealegre JR, Bracamontes CG, Scheurer ME, Follen M, Mulla ZD. Predictors of timely diagnostic follow-up after an abnormal Pap test among Hispanic women seeking care in El Paso, Texas. BMC Womens Health. 2021 Jan 06; 21(1):11. PMID: 33407351.

2020

Davis RW, Sherif YA, Vu MT, Shilstone H, Scott B, Olutoye OO, Hollier L, Nuchtern J, Rosengart TK. Personalized Graduate Medical Education and the Global Surgeon: Training for Resource-Limited Settings. Acad Med. 2020 Dec 15; Publish Ahead of Print. PMID: 33332906.

Sun RC, Mehl S, Rialon K, Vogel AM, Nuchtern J. Magnet Extraction Through Appendectomy Laparoscopically (METAL) technique as a novel method to manage ingested magnets in children. Am Surg. 2020 Dec 07; 3134820954849. PMID: 33283527.

Li H, Sisoudiya SD, Martin-Giacalone BA, Khayat MM, Dugan-Perez S, Marquez-Do DA, Scheurer ME, Muzny D, Boerwinkle E, Gibbs RA, Chi YY, Barkauskas DA, Lo T, Hall D, Stewart DR, Schiffman JD, Skapek SX, Hawkins DS, Plon SE, Sabo A, Lupo PJ. Germline Cancer-Predisposition Variants in Pediatric Rhabdomyosarcoma: A Report from the Children's Oncology Group. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2020 Dec 29. PMID: 33372952.

Badji A, Machida L, Kwemoi DB, Kumi F, Okii D, Mwila N, Agbahoungba S, Ibanda A, Bararyenya A, Nghituwamhata SN, Odong T, Wasswa P, Otim M, Ochwo-Ssemakula M, Talwana H, Asea G, Kyamanywa S, Rubaihayo P. Factors Influencing Genomic Prediction Accuracies of Tropical Maize Resistance to Fall Armyworm and Weevils. Plants (Basel). 2020 Dec 24; 10(1). PMID: 33374402.

Mullikin D, Ranch D, Khalfe Y, Lucari B, Zobeck MC, Assanasen C, Gramatges MM, Scheurer ME, Schafer ES. Hispanic ethnicity is associated with prolonged clearance of high dose methotrexate and severe nephrotoxicity in children and adolescents with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Leuk Lymphoma. 2020 11; 61(11):2771-2774. PMID: 32605405.

George A, Dinu B, Estrada N, Minard CG, Hurwitz R, Mahoney DH, Yates AM, Vaughan M, Carmouche A, Airewele G, Kirk SE, Fasipe T, Uwaezuoke P, Ware RE. Novel dose escalation to predict treatment with hydroxyurea (NDEPTH): A randomized controlled trial of a dose-prediction equation to determine maximum tolerated dose of hydroxyurea in pediatric sickle cell disease. Am J Hematol. 2020 09; 95(9):E242-E244. PMID: 32472611. 

Agrusa JE, Scull BP, Abhyankar HA, Lin H, Ozuah NW, Chakraborty R, Eckstein OS, Gulati N, Fattah EA, El-Mallawany NK, Rouce RH, Dreyer ZE, Brackett J, Margolin JF, Lubega J, Horton TM, Bollard CM, Gramatges MM, Kamdar KY, McClain KL, Man TK, Allen CE. Defining the Inflammatory Plasma Proteome in Pediatric Hodgkin Lymphoma. Cancers (Basel). 2020 Dec 02; 12(12). PMID: 33276546.

Wilson NR, Fang H, Loghavi S, Wang W, Tang G, Haltom RO, Rausch CR, McClain KL, Rao KV, Popat UR, Fayad LE, Champa N, Calvo KR, Allen CE, Kadia TM, Pemmaraju N. Treating Rosai-Dorfman disease and RAS-associated autoimmune leucoproliferative disorder with malignant transformation. Br J Haematol. 2020 Nov 25. PMID: 33238033.

Mulemba T, Bank R, Sabantini M, Chopi V, Chirwa G, Mumba S, Chasela M, Lemon S, Hockenberry M. Improving peripheral intravenous catheter care for children with cancer receiving chemotherapy in Malawi. J Pediatr Nurs. 2020 Nov 9;56:13-17. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2020.09.019. PMID: 33181367 

Hockenberry M, Mulemba T, Nedege A, Madumetse K, Higgins J. Distance-Based Education for Nurses Caring for Children With Cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa. J Pediatr Oncol Nurs. 2020 Sep/Oct;37(5):321-329. doi: 10.1177/1043454220938355. PMID: 32659198. 

Avenarius MR, Miller CR, Arnold MA, Koo S, Roberts R, Hobby M, Grossman T, Moyer Y, Wilson RK, Mardis ER, Gastier-Foster JM, Pfau RB. Genetic Characterization of Pediatric Sarcomas by Targeted RNA Sequencing. J Mol Diagn. 2020 Oct;22(10):1238-1245. doi: 10.1016/j.jmoldx.2020.07.004. Epub 2020 Aug 1.PMID: 32745614

Slone JS, Ozuah N, Wasswa P. Caring for Children with Cancer in Africa during the COVID-19 Crisis: Implications and Opportunities. Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2020 Jun:1-5.

 Hockenberry MJ, Mulemba T, Nedege A, Madumetse, K, Higgins J. Distance-based Education for Nurses Caring for Children with Cancer in sub-Saharan Africa. J Pediatr Oncol Nurs. 2020 Jun:1-9.

Cunningham ME, Klug TD, Nuchtern JG, Chintagumpala MM, Venkatramani R, Lubega J, Naik-Mathuria BJ. Global Disparities in Wilms Tumor. J Surg Res. 2020 Mar;247:34-51.

McCormick DW, Bacha JM, El-Mallawany NK, Kovarik CL, Slone JS, Campbell LR. Disseminated cysticercosis and Kaposi sarcoma in a child with HIV/AIDS: A case report. BMC Infect Dis. 2020 Apr;20(1):309.

Reed HD, Mehta P, Slone JS. Opportunities for improving retinoblastoma screening practices among physicians in Botswana. Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2020 Apr;37(3):269-271.

Carpenter K, Slone AK, Scheuer M, Mehta PS, Slone JS. Factors influencing diagnostic delays of pediatric cancers in Botswana. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2020 Apr;67(4):e28182.

Bacha JM, El-Mallawany NK, Slone JS, Wilkinson JP, Mehta PS, Campbell LR. Recommendations for treating life-threatening Kaposi sarcoma during pregnancy in HIV-positive women in low-income countries. Int J STD AIDS. 2020 Jul;31(8):724-734

Dunsmore KP, Winter SS, Devidas M, Wood BL, Esiashvili N, Chen Z, Eisenberg N, Briegel N, Hayashi RJ, Gastier-Foster JM, Carroll AJ, Heerema NA, Asselin BL, Rabin KR, Zweidler-Mckay PA, Raetz EA, Loh ML, Schultz KR, Winick NJ, Carroll WL, Hunger SP.Children's Oncology Group AALL0434: A Phase III Randomized Clinical Trial Testing Nelarabine in Newly Diagnosed T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. J Clin Oncol. 2020 Aug 19:JCO2000256. doi: 10.1200/JCO.20.00256. PMID: 32813610

Gagliardi A, Porter VL, Zong Z, Bowlby R, Titmuss E, Namirembe C, Griner NB, Petrello H, Bowen J, Chan SK, Culibrk L, Darragh TM, Stoler MH, Wright TC, Gesuwan P, Dyer MA, Ma Y, Mungall KL, Jones SJM, Nakisige C, Novik K, Orem J, Origa M, Gastier-Foster JM, Yarchoan R, Casper C, Mills GB, Rader JS, Ojesina AI, Gerhard DS, Mungall AJ, Marra MAAnalysis of Ugandan cervical carcinomas identifies human papillomavirus clade-specific epigenome and transcriptome landscapes. Nat Genet. 2020 Aug;52(8):800-810. doi: 10.1038/s41588-020-0673-7. Epub 2020 Aug 3.PMID: 32747824

Maysone D, Estrada N, Tubman V. Children with Sickle Cell Disease Develop Lasting Responses to Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccination. Abstract. To be presented at the ”Annual Sickle Cell and Thalassemia Conference” (virtual in 2020).

2017

The Botswana Story; Apr 29, 2017; me; English; 2017 Global Health Catalyst Cancer Summit, Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, Yawkey Center, Boston, MA, USA

Pediatric Cancer Treatment Abandonment in Botswana: Factors Influencing a Lower than Expected Treatment Abandonment Rate. Zobeck M, Gilliland T, Slone A, Semesta P, Raletshegawana M, Scheurer M, Mehta P, Slone JS. Texas Children’s Hospital Resident Scholarship Day, Houston TX, June 2017.

Retinoblastoma Screening Practices Among Physicians in Botswana. Reed H, Mehta P, Slone JS. Texas Children’s Hospital Resident Scholarship Day, Houston TX, June 2017.

Beyond Endemic Burkitt Lymphoma: Navigating Challenges of Differentiating Childhood Lymphoma Diagnoses Amid Limitations in Pathology Resources in Lilongwe Malawi. El-Mallawany, NK Mutai M, Mtete I, Gopal S, Stanley C, Mtunda M, Chasela M, Kamiyango W. Villiera J, Wassa P, Fedoriw Y, Montgomery N, Liomba G, Kampani C, Krysiak R, Westmoreland K, K, Kim M, Slone JS, Lubega J, Scheurer M, Allen C, Mehta P, Kazembe P. Global Pediatric Health, 4.