Jason Fangusaro, MD
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Jason Fangusaro, MD, is director of Developmental Therapeutics at the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Dr. Fangusaro is also Professor of Pediatrics at the Emory University School of Medicine and the Carter S. Martin Endowed Chair. As a clinical member of the pediatric neuro-oncology team, he specializes in treating children with central nervous system malignancies, including brain and spinal cord tumors. He is a is a member of the Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Dr. Fangusaro received his MD from Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. He did his residency at Lutheran General Children's Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. He completed a Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, and a Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Fellowship at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles in California.
Dr. Fangusaro is a member of the Children's Oncology Group Brain Tumor Steering Committee, serves as the vice chair of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium and partners with the pharmaceutical industry on investigator-initiated trials. He holds professional memberships with American Society of Clinical Oncology, Society for Neuro-Oncology and Children's Oncology Group.
Dr. Fangusaro's primary area of research is the development of early phase clinical trials, novel therapeutics and relevant biologic correlates in an effort to improve survival outcomes and minimize toxicities. Within pediatric brain tumors, his research has focused on two main areas: low grade gliomas (LGG) and central nervous system (CNS) germ cell tumors (GCTs).
He is a member of both the LGG and CNS GCT international consensus panels, and also serves as the principal investigator and co-investigator on numerous national trials.
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The Lancet Oncology |
BH Kann, A Vossough, SC Brüningk, AM Familiar, M Aboian, MG Linguraru, KW Yeom, SM Chang, D Hargrave, D Mirsky, PB Storm, RY Huang, AC Resnick, M Weller, S Mueller, M Prados, AC Peet, JE Villanueva-Meyer, S Bakas, J Fangusaro, A Nabavizadeh, AF Kazerooni | 10/28/2025 |
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The Lancet Oncology |
AF Kazerooni, AM Familiar, M Aboian, SC Brüningk, A Vossough, MG Linguraru, RY Huang, D Hargrave, AC Peet, AC Resnick, PB Storm, D Mirsky, KW Yeom, M Weller, M Prados, SM Chang, S Mueller, JE Villanueva-Meyer, S Bakas, J Fangusaro, BH Kann, A Nabavizadeh | 10/28/2025 |
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Diffuse leptomeningeal glioneuronal tumor (DLGNT): a comprehensive clinical and molecular analysis Acta Neuropathologica |
MK Mikkelsen, X Li, K Yu, AA High, H Tan, LV Furtado, N Leelatian, J Bell, JD Berry, DR Boué, F Chien, SL Coven, MC Dewan, J Fangusaro, JB Foster, L Hoffman, JK Kofler, T Larkin, M Lazow, A May, BC Mobley, D Noun, B Posorske, J Schwartz, I Sheila, S Spiller, R Tanaka, I Qaddoumi, CL Tinkle, J Peng, GW Robinson, DC Moreira, J Chiang | 08/11/2025 |
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Neuro-Oncology |
MJ van den Bent, MA Vogelbaum, T Cloughesy, N Galldiks, NL Albert, JC Tonn, E Avila, J Fangusaro, D Mirsky, A Sahgal, R Soffietti, P Karschnia, M Mehta, MM Kim, F Boele, JT Huse, L Nayak, MJ Lim-Fat, E le Rhun, A Desjardins, EQ Lee, U Chukwueke, JAF Koekkoek, T Mendoza, AR Loughan, JA Budhu, S Bakas, RY Huang, JE Villanueva-Meyer, JP Leone, H Okada, DA Reardon, WL Bi, PY Wen, SM Chang | 05/03/2025 |
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Neuro-Oncology |
J Fangusaro, A Onar-Thomas, T Young Poussaint, S Lensing, AH Ligon, N Lindeman, A Banerjee, LB Kilburn, A Lenzen, N Pillay-Smiley, IF Pollack, NJ Robison, S Partap, I Qaddoumi, D Landi, DTW Jones, CF Stewart, M Fouladi, IJ Dunkel | 04/17/2025 |
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Frontiers in Oncology |
SS McThenia, KM Reddy, E Damaraju, E Castellino, Z He, R Beers, F Chien, RC Castellino, AE Goldman-Yassen, JR Fangusaro, T MacDonald | 01/07/2025 |
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Neuro-oncology advances |
T Eligator, J Chatterjee, S Yamada, A Kirchner, HB Nair, JR Fangusaro, DH Gutmann | 01/01/2025 |
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Pediatric neuro-oncology: Highlights of the last quarter-century Neoplasia |
P Power, JP Straehla, J Fangusaro, P Bandopadhayay, N Manoharan | 12/05/2024 |
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Pediatric metastatic extracranial high-grade glioma: A case report and literature review Neuro-Oncology Practice |
N Ali, BR Eaton, JR Fangusaro, RC Castellino, JE Velázquez Vega, JJ Chern, M Schniederjan, P Patil | 10/03/2024 |
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Neuro-Oncology |
MJ Lim-Fat, J Bennett, Q Ostrom, M Touat, E Franceschi, J Schulte, RS Bindra, J Fangusaro, G Dhall, J Nicholson, S Jackson, TB Davidson, G Calaminus, G Robinson, JR Whittle, P Hau, V Ramaswamy, KW Pajtler, R Rudà, NK Foreman, SL Hervey-Jumper, S Das, P Dirks, WL Bi, A Huang, TE Merchant, M Fouladi, K Aldape, MJ Van den Bent, RJ Packer, JJ Miller, DA Reardon, SM Chang, D Haas-Kogan, U Tabori, C Hawkins, M Monje, PY Wen, E Bouffet, KK Yeo | 09/13/2024 |
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Neuro-Oncology |
AM Familiar, A Fathi Kazerooni, A Vossough, JB Ware, S Bagheri, N Khalili, H Anderson, D Haldar, PB Storm, AC Resnick, BH Kann, M Aboian, C Kline, M Weller, RY Huang, SM Chang, JR Fangusaro, LM Hoffman, S Mueller, M Prados, A Nabavizadeh | 05/21/2024 |
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Neuro-Oncology |
P O'Hare, T Cooney, P de Blank, DH Gutmann, M Kieran, T Milde, J Fangusaro, M Fisher, S Avula, R Packer, K Fukuoka, K Mankad, S Mueller, AJ Waanders, E Opocher, E Bouffet, E Raabe, NE Werle, AA Azizi, NJ Robison, P Hernáiz Driever, M Russo, N Schouten, CM van Tilburg, A Sehested, J Grill, P Bandopadhayay, JP Kilday, O Witt, DM Ashley, BB Ertl-Wagner, U Tabori, DR Hargrave | 05/14/2024 |
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Clinical Cancer Research |
J Fangusaro, RA Avery, MJ Fisher, RJ Packer, KS Walsh, A Schouten-van Meeteren, D Karres, D Bradford, V Bhatnagar, H Singh, PG Kluetz, M Donoghue, ES Duke | 02/15/2024 |
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Primary Diffuse Leptomeningeal Melanomatosis in a Child with Extracranial Metastasis: Case Report Current Oncology |
SW Shahab, P Patil, JR Fangusaro, B Patteson, A Goldman-Yassen, BR Eaton, W Boydston, M Schniederjan, D Aguilera | 01/20/2024 |
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Neuro-Oncology |
S Mueller, J Fangusaro, AO Thomas, TS Jacques, P Bandopadhayay, P de Blank, RJ Packer, M Fouladi, AS van Meeteren, D Jones, A Perry, Y Nakano, D Hargrave, D Riedl, NJ Robison, M Partanen, MJ Fisher, O Witt | 12/26/2023 |
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Pediatric low-grade glioma: State-of-the-art and ongoing challenges Neuro-Oncology |
J Fangusaro, DT Jones, RJ Packer, DH Gutmann, T Milde, O Witt, S Mueller, MJ Fisher, JR Hansford, U Tabori, D Hargrave, P Bandopadhayay | 11/07/2023 |
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Optimizing preclinical pediatric low-grade glioma models for meaningful clinical translation Neuro-Oncology |
T Milde, J Fangusaro, MJ Fisher, C Hawkins, FJ Rodriguez, U Tabori, O Witt, Y Zhu, DH Gutmann | 09/21/2023 |
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Indoximod-based chemo-immunotherapy for pediatric brain tumors: A first-in-children phase I trial Neuro-Oncology |
TS Johnson, TJ MacDonald, R Pacholczyk, D Aguilera, A Al-Basheer, M Bajaj, P Bandopadhayay, Z Berrong, E Bouffet, RC Castellino, K Dorris, BR Eaton, N Esiashvili, JR Fangusaro, N Foreman, D Fridlyand, C Giller, IM Heger, C Huang, N Kadom, EP Kennedy, N Manoharan, W Martin, C McDonough, RS Parker, V Ramaswamy, E Ring, A Rojiani, RF Sadek, S Satpathy, M Schniederjan, A Smith, C Smith, BE Thomas, R Vaizer, KK Yeo, MK Bhasin, DH Munn | 09/16/2023 |
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Children's Oncology Group's 2023 blueprint for research: Central nervous system tumors Pediatric Blood & Cancer |
SES Leary, A Onar-Thomas, J Fangusaro, NG Gottardo, K Cohen, A Smith, A Huang, D Haas-Kogan, M Fouladi | 08/03/2023 |
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Neuro-Oncology |
M Monje, T Cooney, J Glod, J Huang, CJ Peer, D Faury, P Baxter, K Kramer, A Lenzen, NJ Robison, L Kilburn, A Vinitsky, WD Figg, N Jabado, M Fouladi, J Fangusaro, A Onar-Thomas, IJ Dunkel, KE Warren | 08/01/2023 |
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Cancers |
N Pillay-Smiley, J Leach, A Lane, T Hummel, J Fangusaro, P de Blank | 03/31/2023 |
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Neoplasia |
JV Lilly, JL Rokita, JL Mason, T Patton, S Stefankiewiz, D Higgins, G Trooskin, CA Larouci, K Arya, E Appert, AP Heath, Y Zhu, MA Brown, B Zhang, BK Farrow, S Robins, AM Morgan, TQ Nguyen, E Frenkel, K Lehmann, E Drake, C Sullivan, A Plisiewicz, N Coleman, L Patterson, M Koptyra, Z Helili, N Van Kuren, N Young, MC Kim, C Friedman, A Lubneuski, C Blackden, M Williams, V Baubet, L Tauhid, J Galanaugh, K Boucher, H Ijaz, KA Cole, N Choudhari, M Santi, RW Moulder, J Waller, W Rife, SJ Diskin, M Mateos, DW Parsons, IF Pollack, S Goldman, S Leary, C Caporalini, AM Buccoliero, M Scagnet, D Haussler, D Hanson, R Firestein, J Cain, JJ Phillips, N Gupta, S Mueller, G Grant, M Monje-Deisseroth, S Partap, JP Greenfield, R Hashizume, A Smith, S Zhu, JM Johnston, JR Fangusaro, M Miller, MD Wood, S Gardner, CL Carter, LM Prolo, J Pisapia, K Pehlivan, A Franson, T Niazi, J Rubin, M Abdelbaki, DS Ziegler, HB Lindsay, AG Stucklin, N Gerber, OM Vaske, C Quinsey, BR Rood, J Nazarian, E Raabe, EM Jackson, S Stapleton, RM Lober, DE Kram, C Koschmann, PB Storm, RR Lulla, M Prados, AC Resnick, AJ Waanders | 11/03/2022 |
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European Journal of Cancer |
AD Pearson, C Allen, J Fangusaro, C Hutter, O Witt, S Weiner, G Reaman, M Russo, P Bandopadhayay, S Ahsan, A Barone, E Barry, T de Rojas, M Fisher, E Fox, JG Bender, L Gore, D Hargrave, D Hawkins, B Kreider, AJ Langseth, G Lesa, F Ligas, M Marotti, LV Marshall, K Nasri, K Norga, K Nysom, A Pappo, G Rossato, N Scobie, M Smith, E Stieglitz, B Weigel, A Weinstein, R Viana, D Karres, G Vassal | 10/14/2022 |
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Nervous system (NS) Tumors in Cancer Predisposition Syndromes Neurotherapeutics |
P Patil, BB Pencheva, VM Patil, J Fangusaro | 09/02/2022 |
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JCO Precision Oncology |
M Dankner, Y Wang, R Fazelzad, B Johnson, CA Nebhan, I Dagogo-Jack, NJ Myall, G Richtig, JWP Bracht, M Gerlinger, E Shinozaki, T Yoshino, D Kotani, JR Fangusaro, O Gautschi, J Mazieres, JA Sosman, S Kopetz, V Subbiah, MA Davies, AL Groover, RJ Sullivan, KT Flaherty, DB Johnson, A Benedetti, DW Cescon, A Spreafico, G Zogopoulos, AAN Rose | 08/01/2022 |
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MEK inhibitors for neurofibromatosis type 1 manifestations: Clinical evidence and consensus Neuro-Oncology |
PMK de Blank, AM Gross, S Akshintala, JO Blakeley, G Bollag, A Cannon, E Dombi, J Fangusaro, BD Gelb, D Hargrave, A Kim, LJ Klesse, M Loh, S Martin, C Moertel, R Packer, JM Payne, KA Rauen, JJ Rios, N Robison, EK Schorry, K Shannon, DA Stevenson, E Stieglitz, NJ Ullrich, KS Walsh, BD Weiss, PL Wolters, K Yohay, ME Yohe, BC Widemann, MJ Fisher | 07/05/2022 |
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JCO Precision Oncology |
RJ Summers, SM Castellino, CC Porter, TJ MacDonald, GD Basu, S Szelinger, MK Bhasin, T Cash, AB Carter, RC Castellino, JR Fangusaro, SG Mitchell, MG Pauly, B Pencheva, DS Wechsler, DK Graham, KC Goldsmith | 05/01/2022 |
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The Lancet Oncology |
G Morana, D Shaw, SM MacDonald, C Alapetite, T Ajithkumar, A Bhatia, H Brisse, C Jaimes, T Czech, G Dhall, J Fangusaro, C Faure-Conter, M Fouladi, D Hargrave, JH Harreld, D Mitra, JC Nicholson, M Souweidane, B Timmermann, G Calaminus, U Bartels, B Bison, MJ Murray | 04/27/2022 |
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Neuro-Oncology |
JR Fangusaro, A Onar-Thomas, TY Poussaint, S Wu, AH Ligon, NI Lindeman, A Banerjee, R Packer, LB Kilburn, IF Pollack, IA Qaddoumi, PG Fisher, G Dhall, PA Baxter, SG Kreissman, LA Doyle, MA Smith, M Fouladi, IJ Dunkel | 03/21/2022 |
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Neuro-Oncology |
A Fonseca, C Faure-Conter, MJ Murray, J Fangusaro, S Bailey, S Goldman, S Khatua, D Frappaz, G Calaminus, G Dhall, JC Nicholson, E Bouffet, U Bartels | 02/24/2022 |
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International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics |
ES Murphy, G Dhall, J Fangusaro, U Bartels, M Fouladi, D Shaw, S Khatua, CW Hughes, A Panigraphy, M Ioakeim-Ioannidou, M Souweidane, D Morris, A Gajjar, S Wu, A Onar-Thomas, DA Haas-Kogan, SM MacDonald | 01/03/2022 |
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Neuro-Oncology |
U Bartels, A Onar-Thomas, SK Patel, D Shaw, J Fangusaro, G Dhall, M Souweidane, A Bhatia, L Embry, CL Trask, ES Murphy, S MacDonald, S Wu, JM Boyett, S Leary, M Fouladi, A Gajjar, S Khatua | 11/26/2021 |
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Multicenter Analysis of Genomically Targeted Single Patient Use Requests for Pediatric Neoplasms Journal of Clinical Oncology |
HS Sabnis, DS Shulman, B Mizukawa, N Bouvier, A Zehir, J Fangusaro, VA Fabrizio, C Whitlow, M Winchester, L Agresta, B Turpin, DS Wechsler, SG DuBois, J Glade-Bender, SM Castellino, N Shukla | 09/30/2021 |
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Frontiers in Oncology |
J Fangusaro, MG Cefalo, ML Garré, LV Marshall, M Massimino, B Benettaib, N Biserna, J Poon, J Quan, E Conlin, J Lewandowski, M Simcock, N Jeste, DR Hargrave, F Doz, KE Warren | 06/08/2021 |
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Neuro-Oncology |
J Fangusaro, A Onar-Thomas, TY Poussaint, S Wu, AH Ligon, N Lindeman, O Campagne, A Banerjee, S Gururangan, LB Kilburn, S Goldman, I Qaddoumi, P Baxter, G Vezina, C Bregman, Z Patay, JY Jones, CF Stewart, MJ Fisher, LA Doyle, M Smith, IJ Dunkel, M Fouladi | 02/23/2021 |
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Neonatal Central Nervous System Tumors Clinics in Perinatology |
S Shahab, J Fangusaro | 01/12/2021 |
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Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Selumetinib Clinical Pharmacokinetics |
O Campagne, KK Yeo, J Fangusaro, CF Stewart | 12/23/2020 |
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Advances in the classification and treatment of pediatric brain tumors Current Opinion in Pediatrics |
J Fangusaro, P Bandopadhayay | 12/04/2020 |
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Pediatric Blood & Cancer |
J Fangusaro, DA Mitchell, M Kocak, GW Robinson, PA Baxter, EI Hwang, J Huang, A Onar-Thomas, IJ Dunkel, M Fouladi, KE Warren | 10/07/2020 |
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The Lancet Oncology |
J Fangusaro, O Witt, P Hernáiz Driever, AK Bag, P de Blank, N Kadom, L Kilburn, RM Lober, NJ Robison, MJ Fisher, RJ Packer, T Young Poussaint, L Papusha, S Avula, AA Brandes, E Bouffet, D Bowers, A Artemov, M Chintagumpala, D Zurakowski, M van den Bent, B Bison, KW Yeom, W Taal, KE Warren | 06/01/2020 |
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The “Risk” in Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma Cancer Cell |
J Fangusaro, P Bandopadhayay | 04/01/2020 |
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Pineoblastoma in children less than six years of age: The Head Start I, II, and III experience Pediatric Blood & Cancer |
MS Abdelbaki, MH Abu-Arja, TB Davidson, JR Fangusaro, JR Stanek, IJ Dunkel, G Dhall, SL Gardner, JL Finlay | 03/18/2020 |
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Neuro-Oncology |
RJ Packer, A Iavarone, DTW Jones, JO Blakeley, E Bouffet, MJ Fisher, E Hwang, C Hawkins, L Kilburn, T MacDonald, SM Pfister, B Rood, FJ Rodriguez, U Tabori, V Ramaswamy, Y Zhu, J Fangusaro, SA Johnston, DH Gutmann | 02/12/2020 |
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Acta Neuropathologica |
BK Li, A Vasiljevic, C Dufour, F Yao, BLB Ho, M Lu, EI Hwang, S Gururangan, JR Hansford, M Fouladi, S Nobusawa, A Laquerriere, MB Delisle, J Fangusaro, F Forest, H Toledano, P Solano-Paez, S Leary, D Birks, LM Hoffman, A Szathmari, C Faure-Conter, X Fan, D Catchpoole, L Zhou, KAP Schultz, K Ichimura, G Gauchotte, N Jabado, C Jones, D Loussouarn, K Mokhtari, A Rousseau, DS Ziegler, S Tanaka, SL Pomeroy, A Gajjar, V Ramaswamy, C Hawkins, RG Grundy, DA Hill, E Bouffet, A Huang, A Jouvet | 12/09/2019 |
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Journal of Clinical Oncology |
J Fangusaro, S Wu, S MacDonald, E Murphy, D Shaw, U Bartels, S Khatua, M Souweidane, HM Lu, D Morris, A Panigrahy, A Onar-Thomas, M Fouladi, A Gajjar, G Dhall | 09/23/2019 |
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Cancer Cell |
P Sin-Chan, I Mumal, T Suwal, B Ho, X Fan, I Singh, Y Du, M Lu, N Patel, J Torchia, D Popovski, M Fouladi, P Guilhamon, JR Hansford, S Leary, LM Hoffman, JM Mulcahy Levy, A Lassaletta, P Solano-Paez, E Rivas, A Reddy, GY Gillespie, N Gupta, TE Van Meter, H Nakamura, TT Wong, YS Ra, SK Kim, L Massimi, RG Grundy, J Fangusaro, D Johnston, J Chan, L Lafay-Cousin, EI Hwang, Y Wang, D Catchpoole, J Michaud, B Ellezam, R Ramanujachar, H Lindsay, MD Taylor, CE Hawkins, E Bouffet, N Jabado, SK Singh, CL Kleinman, D Barsyte-Lovejoy, XN Li, PB Dirks, CY Lin, SC Mack, JN Rich, A Huang | 07/01/2019 |
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The Lancet Oncology |
J Fangusaro, A Onar-Thomas, T Young Poussaint, S Wu, AH Ligon, N Lindeman, A Banerjee, RJ Packer, LB Kilburn, S Goldman, IF Pollack, I Qaddoumi, RI Jakacki, PG Fisher, G Dhall, P Baxter, SG Kreissman, CF Stewart, DTW Jones, SM Pfister, G Vezina, JS Stern, A Panigrahy, Z Patay, B Tamrazi, JY Jones, SS Haque, DS Enterline, S Cha, MJ Fisher, LA Doyle, M Smith, IJ Dunkel, M Fouladi | 05/28/2019 |
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Neuro-Oncology |
JP Gross, S Powell, F Zelko, W Hartsell, S Goldman, J Fangusaro, RR Lulla, NP Smiley, JH Chang, V Gondi | 04/11/2019 |
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Science Signaling |
THW Dobson, RH Tao, J Swaminathan, S Maegawa, S Shaik, J Bravo-Alegria, A Sharma, B Kennis, Y Yang, K Callegari, AR Haltom, P Taylor, M Kogiso, L Qi, S Khatua, S Goldman, RR Lulla, J Fangusaro, TJ MacDonald, XN Li, C Hawkins, V Rajaram, V Gopalakrishnan | 01/22/2019 |