Andrew Ko, MD

Professor
Medicine
+1 415 353-7286
Publications: 

Clinical safety and feasibility of a novel implantable neuroimmune modulation device for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: initial results from the randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled RESET-RA study.

Bioelectronic medicine

Peterson D, Van Poppel M, Boling W, Santos P, Schwalb J, Eisenberg H, Mehta A, Spader H, Botros J, Vrionis FD, Ko A, Adelson PD, Lega B, Konrad P, Calle G, Vale FL, Bucholz R, Richardson RM

A multicenter phase Ia study of AbGn-107, a novel antibody-drug conjugate, in patients with advanced gastrointestinal cancer.

Investigational new drugs

Ko AH, Coveler AL, Schlechter BL, Bekaii-Saab T, Wolpin BM, Clark JW, Bockorny B, Bai LY, Lin YC, Chiang E, Langecker P, Lin SY

Neoadjuvant CD40 agonism remodels the tumor immune microenvironment in locally advanced esophageal/gastroesophageal junction cancer.

Cancer research communications

Soto M, Filbert EL, Yang H, Starzinski S, Starzinski A, Gin M, Chen BK, Le P, Li T, Bol B, Cheung A, Zhang L, Hsu FJ, Ko AH, Fong L, Keenan BP

Flashback Foreword: Gemcitabine for Advanced Pancreatic Cancer.

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology

O'Reilly EM, Ko AH, Friedberg JW

Hyperpolarized 13 C Metabolic MRI of Patients with Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.

Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI

Gordon JW, Chen HY, Nickles T, Lee PM, Bok R, Ohliger MA, Okamoto K, Ko AH, Larson PEZ, Wang ZJ

Flashback Foreword: Erlotinib and Gemcitabine in Pancreatic Cancer.

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology

Ko AH

Interindividual variation in human cortical cell type abundance and expression.

Science (New York, N.Y.)

Johansen N, Somasundaram S, Travaglini KJ, Yanny AM, Shumyatcher M, Casper T, Cobbs C, Dee N, Ellenbogen R, Ferreira M, Goldy J, Guzman J, Gwinn R, Hirschstein D, Jorstad NL, Keene CD, Ko A, Levi BP, Ojemann JG, Pham T, Shapovalova N, Silbergeld D, Sulc J, Torkelson A, Tung H, Smith K, Lein ES, Bakken TE, Hodge RD, Miller JA

Ampullary Adenocarcinoma, Version 1.2023, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology.

Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN

Chiorean EG, Chiaro MD, Tempero MA, Malafa MP, Benson AB, Cardin DB, Christensen JA, Chung V, Czito B, Dillhoff M, Donahue TR, Dotan E, Fountzilas C, Glazer ES, Hardacre J, Hawkins WG, Klute K, Ko AH, Kunstman JW, LoConte N, Lowy AM, Masood A, Moravek C, Nakakura EK, Narang AK, Nardo L, Obando J, Polanco PM, Reddy S, Reyngold M, Scaife C, Shen J, Truty MJ, Vollmer C, Wolff RA, Wolpin BM, Rn BM, Lubin S, Darlow SD

Flashback Foreword: KRAS Is a Selection Marker for Panitumumab Benefit in Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer.

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology

Ko AH

Atezolizumab Plus PEGPH20 Versus Chemotherapy in Advanced Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma and Gastric Cancer: MORPHEUS Phase Ib/II Umbrella Randomized Study Platform.

The oncologist

Ko AH, Kim KP, Siveke JT, Lopez CD, Lacy J, O'Reilly EM, Macarulla T, Manji GA, Lee J, Ajani J, Alsina Maqueda M, Rha SY, Lau J, Al-Sakaff N, Allen S, Lu D, Shemesh CS, Gan X, Cha E, Oh DY

Adjuvant nab-Paclitaxel + Gemcitabine in Resected Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Results From a Randomized, Open-Label, Phase III Trial.

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology

Tempero MA, Pelzer U, O'Reilly EM, Winter J, Oh DY, Li CP, Tortora G, Chang HM, Lopez CD, Bekaii-Saab T, Ko AH, Santoro A, Park JO, Noel MS, Frassineti GL, Shan YS, Dean A, Riess H, Van Cutsem E, Berlin J, Philip P, Moore M, Goldstein D, Tabernero J, Li M, Ferrara S, Le Bruchec Y, Zhang G, Lu B, Biankin AV, Reni M, APACT Investigators

Precision Medicine and Immunotherapy in GI Cancers.

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology

O'Reilly EM, Ko AH

Helping Patients Understand Pancreatic Cancer Using Animated Pancreas Patient Education With Visual Formats of Learning.

Pancreas

Munigala S, Gardner TB, O'Reilly EM, Fern?ndez-Del Castillo C, Ko AH, Pleskow D, Vollmer CM, Searle NA, Bakelman D, Holt JM, Gelrud A

Sotigalimab and/or nivolumab with chemotherapy in first-line metastatic pancreatic cancer: clinical and immunologic analyses from the randomized phase 2 PRINCE trial.

Nature medicine

Padrón LJ, Maurer DM, O'Hara MH, O'Reilly EM, Wolff RA, Wainberg ZA, Ko AH, Fisher G, Rahma O, Lyman JP, Cabanski CR, Yu JX, Pfeiffer SM, Spasic M, Xu J, Gherardini PF, Karakunnel J, Mick R, Alanio C, Byrne KT, Hollmann TJ, Moore JS, Jones DD, Tognetti M, Chen RO, Yang X, Salvador L, Wherry EJ, Dugan U, O'Donnell-Tormey J, Butterfield LH, Hubbard-Lucey VM, Ibrahim R, Fairchild J, Bucktrout S, LaVallee TM, Vonderheide RH

The Additional Diagnostic Benefit of Pancreatic Cancer Molecular Profiling After Germline Testing.

Pancreas

Walker EJ, Blanco AM, Carnevale J, Cinar P, Collisson EA, Tempero MA, Ko AH

Characteristics and Growth Rate of Lung Metastases in Patients With Primary Gastrointestinal Malignancies and Lung-dominant Metastatic Disease: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis.

American journal of clinical oncology

Burns S, Vella M, Paciorek A, Zhang L, Atreya CE, Feng M, Kelley RK, Tempero MA, Van Loon K, Ko AH

Implementation of an embedded in-clinic genetic testing station to optimize germline testing for patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

The oncologist

Walker EJ, Goldberg D, Gordon KM, Pedley C, Carnevale J, Cinar P, Collisson EA, Tempero MA, Ko AH, Blanco AM, Dhawan M

The jaw-dropping costs of oral cavity cancer malpractice.

Head & neck

Wong A, Zhu D, Tong JY, Ko A, Tham T, Kraus D

Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma, Version 2.2021, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology.

Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN

CD40 agonistic monoclonal antibody APX005M (sotigalimab) and chemotherapy, with or without nivolumab, for the treatment of metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma: an open-label, multicentre, phase 1b study.

The Lancet. Oncology

O'Hara MH, O'Reilly EM, Varadhachary G, Wolff RA, Wainberg ZA, Ko AH, Fisher G, Rahma O, Lyman JP, Cabanski CR, Mick R, Gherardini PF, Kitch LJ, Xu J, Samuel T, Karakunnel J, Fairchild J, Bucktrout S, LaVallee TM, Selinsky C, Till JE, Carpenter EL, Alanio C, Byrne KT, Chen RO, Trifan OC, Dugan U, Horak C, Hubbard-Lucey VM, Wherry EJ, Ibrahim R, Vonderheide RH

Efficacy and Safety of Pembrolizumab or Pembrolizumab Plus Chemotherapy vs Chemotherapy Alone for Patients With First-line, Advanced Gastric Cancer: The KEYNOTE-062 Phase 3 Randomized Clinical Trial.

JAMA oncology

Shitara K, Van Cutsem E, Bang YJ, Fuchs C, Wyrwicz L, Lee KW, Kudaba I, Garrido M, Chung HC, Lee J, Castro HR, Mansoor W, Braghiroli MI, Karaseva N, Caglevic C, Villanueva L, Goekkurt E, Satake H, Enzinger P, Alsina M, Benson A, Chao J, Ko AH, Wainberg ZA, Kher U, Shah S, Kang SP, Tabernero J

Variability in multimodality treatment influences survival in non-metastatic gastric cancer patients.

Journal of gastrointestinal oncology

Hoang T, Dayyani F, Alfaro A, Huynh J, Ji J, Ko AH, Cho M, Hiyama D

Dual Targeting of Mesothelin and CD19 with Chimeric Antigen Receptor-Modified T Cells in Patients with Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer.

Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy

Ko AH, Jordan AC, Tooker E, Lacey SF, Chang RB, Li Y, Venook AP, Tempero M, Damon L, Fong L, O'Hara MH, Levine BL, Melenhorst JJ, Plesa G, June CH, Beatty GL

Multicenter phase II study of Cabazitaxel in advanced gastroesophageal cancer: Association of HER2 Expression and M2-like Tumor Associated Macrophages with Patient Outcome.

Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research

Shah MA, Enzinger P, Ko AH, Ocean AJ, Philip PA, Thakkar PV, Cleveland K, Lu Y, Kortmansky J, Christos PJ, Zhang C, Kaur N, Elmonshed D, Galletti G, Sarkar S, Bhinder B, Pittman ME, Plotnikova OM, Kotlov N, Frenkel FE, Bagaev AV, Elemento O, Betel D, Giannakakou P, Lenz HJ

Estimation of Fractional Extracellular Space at CT for Predicting Chemotherapy Response and Survival in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.

AJR. American journal of roentgenology

Wang ZJ, Zhang TT, An C, Ko AH, Tempero M, Collisson E, Yeh BM

A Phase 2 Study of Allogeneic GM-CSF Transfected Pancreatic Tumor Vaccine (GVAX) with Ipilimumab as Maintenance Treatment for Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer.

Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research

Wu AA, Bever KM, Ho WJ, Fertig EJ, Niu N, Zheng L, Parkinson RM, Durham JN, Onners BL, Ferguson A, Wilt C, Ko AH, Wang-Gillam A, Laheru DA, Anders RA, Thompson ED, Sugar EA, Jaffee EM, Le DT

Corrigendum to 'Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase II study of istiratumab (MM-141) plus nab-paclitaxel and gemcitabine versus nab-paclitaxel and gemcitabine in front-line metastatic pancreatic cancer (CARRIE)': Annals of Oncology, Volume

Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology

Kundranda M, Gracian AC, Zafar SF, Meiri E, Bendell J, Algül H, Rivera F, Ahn ER, Watkins D, Pelzer U, Charu V, Zalutskaya A, Kuesters G, Pipas JM, Santillana S, Askoxylakis V, Ko AH

Factors Impacting Differential Outcomes in the Definitive Radiation Treatment of Anal Cancer Between HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative Patients.

The oncologist

Susko M, Wang CJ, Lazar AA, Kim S, Laffan A, Feng M, Ko A, Venook AP, Atreya CE, Van Loon K, Anwar M

Evaluation of Cyclophosphamide/GVAX Pancreas Followed by Listeria-Mesothelin (CRS-207) with or without Nivolumab in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer.

Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research

Tsujikawa T, Crocenzi T, Durham JN, Sugar EA, Wu AA, Onners B, Nauroth JM, Anders RA, Fertig EJ, Laheru DA, Reiss K, Vonderheide RH, Ko AH, Tempero MA, Fisher GA, Considine M, Danilova L, Brockstedt DG, Coussens LM, Jaffee EM, Le DT

Clinicopathologic Characteristics and Impact of Oophorectomy for Ovarian Metastases from Colorectal Cancer.

The oncologist

Ursem C, Zhou M, Paciorek A, Atreya CE, Ko AH, Venook A, Zhang L, Van Loon K

Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase II study of istiratumab (MM-141) plus nab-paclitaxel and gemcitabine versus nab-paclitaxel and gemcitabine in front-line metastatic pancreatic cancer (CARRIE).

Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology

Kundranda M, Gracian AC, Zafar SF, Meiri E, Bendell J, Algül H, Rivera F, Ahn ER, Watkins D, Pelzer U, Charu V, Zalutskaya A, Kuesters G, Pipas JM, Santillana S, Askoxylakis V, Ko AH

CA 19-9 Response: A Surrogate to Predict Survival in Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma.

American journal of clinical oncology

Diaz CL, Cinar P, Hwang J, Ko AH, Tempero MA

Vitamin D Levels in Patients with Colorectal Cancer Before and After Treatment Initiation.

Journal of gastrointestinal cancer

Savoie MB, Paciorek A, Zhang L, Van Blarigan EL, Sommovilla N, Abrams D, Atreya CE, Bergsland EK, Chern H, Kelley RK, Ko A, Laffan A, Sarin A, Varma MG, Venook AP, Van Loon K

Adjuvant Therapy for Ampullary Cancer.

JAMA surgery

Ko AH, Nakakura EK

Neoadjuvant FOLFIRINOX in Patients With Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: A Systematic Review and Patient-Level Meta-Analysis.

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Janssen QP, Buettner S, Suker M, Beumer BR, Addeo P, Bachellier P, Bahary N, Bekaii-Saab T, Bali MA, Besselink MG, Boone BA, Chau I, Clarke S, Dillhoff M, El-Rayes BF, Frakes JM, Grose D, Hosein PJ, Jamieson NB, Javed AA, Khan K, Kim KP, Kim SC, Kim SS, Ko AH, Lacy J, Margonis GA, McCarter MD, McKay CJ, Mellon EA, Moorcraft SY, Okada KI, Paniccia A, Parikh PJ, Peters NA, Rabl H, Samra J, Tinchon C, van Tienhoven G, van Veldhuisen E, Wang-Gillam A, Weiss MJ, Wilmink JW, Yamaue H, Homs MYV, van Eijck CHJ, Katz MHG, Groot Koerkamp B

Results from a Phase IIb, Randomized, Multicenter Study of GVAX Pancreas and CRS-207 Compared with Chemotherapy in Adults with Previously Treated Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma (ECLIPSE Study).

Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research

Le DT, Picozzi VJ, Ko AH, Wainberg ZA, Kindler H, Wang-Gillam A, Oberstein P, Morse MA, Zeh HJ, Weekes C, Reid T, Borazanci E, Crocenzi T, LoConte NK, Musher B, Laheru D, Murphy A, Whiting C, Nair N, Enstrom A, Ferber S, Brockstedt DG, Jaffee EM

Effects of surgical targeting in laser interstitial thermal therapy for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: A multicenter study of 234 patients.

Epilepsia

Wu C, Jermakowicz WJ, Chakravorti S, Cajigas I, Sharan AD, Jagid JR, Matias CM, Sperling MR, Buckley R, Ko A, Ojemann JG, Miller JW, Youngerman B, Sheth SA, McKhann GM, Laxton AW, Couture DE, Popli GS, Smith A, Mehta AD, Ho AL, Halpern CH, Englot DJ, Neimat JS, Konrad PE, Neal E, Vale FL, Holloway KL, Air EL, Schwalb J, Dawant BM, D'Haese PF

Referral frequency, attrition rate, and outcomes of germline testing in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Familial cancer

Walker EJ, Carnevale J, Pedley C, Blanco A, Chan S, Collisson EA, Tempero MA, Ko AH

Comparison of Tumor Regression Grading of Residual Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Following Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Without Radiation: Would Fewer Tier-Stratification Be Favorable Toward Standardization?

The American journal of surgical pathology

Kim SS, Ko AH, Nakakura EK, Wang ZJ, Corvera CU, Harris HW, Kirkwood KS, Hirose R, Tempero MA, Kim GE

Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma, Version 1.2019.

Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN

Tempero MA, Malafa MP, Chiorean EG, Czito B, Scaife C, Narang AK, Fountzilas C, Wolpin BM, Al-Hawary M, Asbun H, Behrman SW, Benson AB, Binder E, Cardin DB, Cha C, Chung V, Dillhoff M, Dotan E, Ferrone CR, Fisher G, Hardacre J, Hawkins WG, Ko AH, LoConte N, Lowy AM, Moravek C, Nakakura EK, O'Reilly EM, Obando J, Reddy S, Thayer S, Wolff RA, Burns JL, Zuccarino-Catania G

Understanding Pancreatic Diseases Using Animated Pancreas Patient: Informing Patients for Better Health Outcomes With Visual Formats of Learning.

Pancreas

Munigala S, Gardner TB, O'Reilly EM, Castillo CF, Ko AH, Pleskow D, Mills JB, Vollmer CM, Searle NA, Alsante M, Holt JM, Gelrud A

Early Response Assessment in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Through Integrated PET/MRI.

AJR. American journal of roentgenology

Wang ZJ, Behr S, Consunji MV, Yeh BM, Ohliger MA, Gao K, Ko AH, Cinar P, Tempero MA, Collisson EA

Safety and Efficacy of Pembrolizumab Monotherapy in Patients With Previously Treated Advanced Gastric and Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer: Phase 2 Clinical KEYNOTE-059 Trial.

JAMA oncology

Fuchs CS, Doi T, Jang RW, Muro K, Satoh T, Machado M, Sun W, Jalal SI, Shah MA, Metges JP, Garrido M, Golan T, Mandala M, Wainberg ZA, Catenacci DV, Ohtsu A, Shitara K, Geva R, Bleeker J, Ko AH, Ku G, Philip P, Enzinger PC, Bang YJ, Levitan D, Wang J, Rosales M, Dalal RP, Yoon HH

Shifting the treatment model for resectable pancreatic cancer.

The lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology

Ko AH

Clinical Cancer Advances 2018: Annual Report on Progress Against Cancer From the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology

Heymach J, Krilov L, Alberg A, Baxter N, Chang SM, Corcoran RB, Dale W, DeMichele A, Magid Diefenbach CS, Dreicer R, Epstein AS, Gillison ML, Graham DL, Jones J, Ko AH, Lopez AM, Maki RG, Rodriguez-Galindo C, Schilsky RL, Sznol M, Westin SN, Burstein H

Clinical Management: Metastatic Disease.

Cancer journal (Sudbury, Mass.)

Ko AH

A Randomized, Double-Blinded, Phase II Trial of Gemcitabine and Nab-Paclitaxel Plus Apatorsen or Placebo in Patients with Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer: The RAINIER Trial.

The oncologist

Ko AH, Murphy PB, Peyton JD, Shipley DL, Al-Hazzouri A, Rodriguez FA, Womack MS, Xiong HQ, Waterhouse DM, Tempero MA, Guo S, Lane CM, Earwood C, DeBusk LM, Bendell JC

Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma, Version 2.2017, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology.

Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN

Tempero MA, Malafa MP, Al-Hawary M, Asbun H, Bain A, Behrman SW, Benson AB, Binder E, Cardin DB, Cha C, Chiorean EG, Chung V, Czito B, Dillhoff M, Dotan E, Ferrone CR, Hardacre J, Hawkins WG, Herman J, Ko AH, Komanduri S, Koong A, LoConte N, Lowy AM, Moravek C, Nakakura EK, O'Reilly EM, Obando J, Reddy S, Scaife C, Thayer S, Weekes CD, Wolff RA, Wolpin BM, Burns J, Darlow S

A Phase Ib Dose-Escalation Study of the Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of Cobimetinib and Duligotuzumab in Patients with Previously Treated Locally Advanced or Metastatic Cancers with Mutant KRAS.

The oncologist

Lieu CH, Hidalgo M, Berlin JD, Ko AH, Cervantes A, LoRusso P, Gerber DE, Eder JP, Eckhardt SG, Kapp AV, Tsuhako A, McCall B, Pirzkall A, Uyei A, Tabernero J

Radioembolization with 90Y glass microspheres for the treatment of unresectable metastatic liver disease from chemotherapy-refractory gastrointestinal cancers: final report of a prospective pilot study.

Journal of gastrointestinal oncology

Fidelman N, Kerlan RK, Hawkins RA, Pampaloni M, Taylor AG, Kohi MP, Kolli KP, Atreya CE, Bergsland EK, Kelley RK, Ko AH, Korn WM, Van Loon K, McWhirter RM, Luan J, Johanson C, Venook AP

Treatment-related Hypertension as a Pharmacodynamic Biomarker for the Efficacy of Bevacizumab in Advanced Pancreas Cancer: A Pooled Analysis of 4 Prospective Trials of Gemcitabine-based Therapy With Bevacizumab.

American journal of clinical oncology

Pant S, Martin LK, Geyer S, Wei L, Van Loon K, Sommovilla N, Zalupski M, Iyer R, Fogelman D, Ko AH, Bekaii-Saab T

Oxaliplatin-Fluoropyrimidine Chemotherapy Plus Bevacizumab in Advanced Neuroendocrine Tumors: An Analysis of 2 Phase II Trials.

Pancreas

Kunz PL, Balise RR, Fehrenbacher L, Pan M, Venook AP, Fisher GA, Tempero MA, Ko AH, Korn WM, Hwang J, Bergsland EK

Hybrid minimally invasive Ivor Lewis esophagectomy after neoadjuvant chemoradiation yields excellent long-term survival outcomes with minimal morbidity.

Journal of surgical oncology

Woodard GA, Crockard JC, Clary-Macy C, Zoon-Besselink CT, Jones K, Korn WM, Ko AH, Gottschalk AR, Rogers SJ, Jablons DM

Preoperative FOLFIRINOX for borderline resectable pancreatic cancer: Is radiation necessary in the modern era of chemotherapy?

Journal of surgical oncology

Kim SS, Nakakura EK, Wang ZJ, Kim GE, Corvera CU, Harris HW, Kirkwood KS, Hirose R, Tempero MA, Ko AH

New Strategies in Esophageal Carcinoma: Translational Insights from Signaling Pathways and Immune Checkpoints.

Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research

Wang VE, Grandis JR, Ko AH

Locally Advanced, Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline.

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology

Balaban EP, Mangu PB, Khorana AA, Shah MA, Mukherjee S, Crane CH, Javle MM, Eads JR, Allen P, Ko AH, Engebretson A, Herman JM, Strickler JH, Benson AB, Urba S, Yee NS

A phase 1 clinical trial of ASG-5ME, a novel drug-antibody conjugate targeting SLC44A4, in patients with advanced pancreatic and gastric cancers.

Investigational new drugs

Coveler AL, Ko AH, Catenacci DV, Von Hoff D, Becerra C, Whiting NC, Yang J, Wolpin B

A Phase I Study of FOLFIRINOX Plus IPI-926, a Hedgehog Pathway Inhibitor, for Advanced Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma.

Pancreas

Ko AH, LoConte N, Tempero MA, Walker EJ, Kate Kelley R, Lewis S, Chang WC, Kantoff E, Vannier MW, Catenacci DV, Venook AP, Kindler HL

A phase 1b study of the Akt-inhibitor MK-2206 in combination with weekly paclitaxel and trastuzumab in patients with advanced HER2-amplified solid tumor malignancies.

Breast cancer research and treatment

Chien AJ, Cockerill A, Fancourt C, Schmidt E, Moasser MM, Rugo HS, Melisko ME, Ko AH, Kelley RK, Korn WM, Esserman LJ, van't Veer L, Yau C, Wolf DM, Munster PN

CA19-9 decrease at 8 weeks as a predictor of overall survival in a randomized phase III trial (MPACT) of weekly nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine versus gemcitabine alone in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer.

Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology

Chiorean EG, Von Hoff DD, Reni M, Arena FP, Infante JR, Bathini VG, Wood TE, Mainwaring PN, Muldoon RT, Clingan PR, Kunzmann V, Ramanathan RK, Tabernero J, Goldstein D, McGovern D, Lu B, Ko A

A Multicenter, Open-Label Phase II Clinical Trial of Combined MEK plus EGFR Inhibition for Chemotherapy-Refractory Advanced Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma.

Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research

Ko AH, Bekaii-Saab T, Van Ziffle J, Mirzoeva OM, Joseph NM, Talasaz A, Kuhn P, Tempero MA, Collisson EA, Kelley RK, Venook AP, Dito E, Ong A, Ziyeh S, Courtin R, Linetskaya R, Tahiri S, Korn WM

Cell-Free DNA Next-Generation Sequencing in Pancreatobiliary Carcinomas.

Cancer discovery

Zill OA, Greene C, Sebisanovic D, Siew LM, Leng J, Vu M, Hendifar AE, Wang Z, Atreya CE, Kelley RK, Van Loon K, Ko AH, Tempero MA, Bivona TG, Munster PN, Talasaz A, Collisson EA

Treatment Approaches to Locally Advanced Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma.

Hematology/oncology clinics of North America

Pollom EL, Koong AC, Ko AH

Progress in the treatment of metastatic pancreatic cancer and the search for next opportunities.

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology

Ko AH

Making sense of current and emerging therapies in pancreatic cancer: balancing benefit and value.

American Society of Clinical Oncology educational book. American Society of Clinical Oncology. Annual Meeting

Ahn DH, Ko AH, Meropol NJ, Bekaii-Saab TS

Metformin use among type 2 diabetics and risk of pancreatic cancer in a clinic-based case-control study.

International journal of cancer

Walker EJ, Ko AH, Holly EA, Bracci PM

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma, version 2.2014: featured updates to the NCCN guidelines.

Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN

Tempero MA, Malafa MP, Behrman SW, Benson AB, Casper ES, Chiorean EG, Chung V, Cohen SJ, Czito B, Engebretson A, Feng M, Hawkins WG, Herman J, Hoffman JP, Ko A, Komanduri S, Koong A, Lowy AM, Ma WW, Merchant NB, Mulvihill SJ, Muscarella P, Nakakura EK, Obando J, Pitman MB, Reddy S, Sasson AR, Thayer SP, Weekes CD, Wolff RA, Wolpin BM, Burns JL, Freedman-Cass DA

90Y glass microspheres for the treatment of unresectable metastatic liver disease from chemotherapy-refractory gastrointestinal cancers: a pilot study.

Journal of gastrointestinal cancer

Fidelman N, Kerlan RK, Hawkins RA, Taylor AG, Kohi MP, Kolli KP, Bergsland EK, Kelley RK, Ko AH, Korn WM, McWhirter RM, Luan J, Venook AP

Should combination chemotherapy serve as the backbone in clinical trials of advanced pancreatic cancer? A pooled analysis of phase II trials of gemcitabine-containing doublets plus bevacizumab.

Pancreas

Van Loon K, Espinoza AM, Fogelman DR, Wolff RA, Javle MM, Iyer RV, Picozzi VJ, Martin LK, Bekaii-Saab T, Tempero MA, Foster NR, Kim GP, Ko AH

Evolving treatment options for locally advanced unresectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN

Cinar P, Ko AH

A phase 1 trial of imatinib, bevacizumab, and metronomic cyclophosphamide in advanced colorectal cancer.

British journal of cancer

Kelley RK, Hwang J, Magbanua MJ, Watt L, Beumer JH, Christner SM, Baruchel S, Wu B, Fong L, Yeh BM, Moore AP, Ko AH, Korn WM, Rajpal S, Park JW, Tempero MA, Venook AP, Bergsland EK

Subtype-specific MEK-PI3 kinase feedback as a therapeutic target in pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Molecular cancer therapeutics

Mirzoeva OK, Collisson EA, Schaefer PM, Hann B, Hom YK, Ko AH, Korn WM

A multinational phase 2 study of nanoliposomal irinotecan sucrosofate (PEP02, MM-398) for patients with gemcitabine-refractory metastatic pancreatic cancer.

British journal of cancer

Ko AH, Tempero MA, Shan YS, Su WC, Lin YL, Dito E, Ong A, Wang YW, Yeh CG, Chen LT

Temsirolimus combined with sorafenib in hepatocellular carcinoma: a phase I dose-finding trial with pharmacokinetic and biomarker correlates.

Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology

Kelley RK, Nimeiri HS, Munster PN, Vergo MT, Huang Y, Li CM, Hwang J, Mulcahy MF, Yeh BM, Kuhn P, Luttgen MS, Grabowsky JA, Stucky-Marshall L, Korn WM, Ko AH, Bergsland EK, Benson AB, Venook AP

Stabilization of p21 (Cip1/WAF1) following Tip60-dependent acetylation is required for p21-mediated DNA damage response.

Cell death and differentiation

Lee MS, Seo J, Choi DY, Lee EW, Ko A, Ha NC, Yoon JB, Lee HW, Kim KP, Song J

Two patients with primary sellar leiomyomas, a rare entity.

Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia

Ko A, Su DK, Born D, DeSantis A, Alan Failor R, Ferreira M

Achieving the best of both worlds.

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology

Ko AH, Cella D

Optimizing the administration of fixed-dose rate gemcitabine plus capecitabine using an alternating-week schedule: a dose finding and early efficacy study in advanced pancreatic and biliary carcinomas.

American journal of clinical oncology

Ko AH, Espinoza AM, Jones KA, Venook AP, Bergsland EK, Kelley RK, Dito E, Ong A, Hanover CS, Coakley FV, Tempero MA

A phase I trial of nab-paclitaxel, gemcitabine, and capecitabine for metastatic pancreatic cancer.

Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

Ko AH, Truong TG, Kantoff E, Jones KA, Dito E, Ong A, Tempero MA

Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma, version 2.2012: featured updates to the NCCN Guidelines.

Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN

Tempero MA, Arnoletti JP, Behrman SW, Ben-Josef E, Benson AB, Casper ES, Cohen SJ, Czito B, Ellenhorn JD, Hawkins WG, Herman J, Hoffman JP, Ko A, Komanduri S, Koong A, Ma WW, Malafa MP, Merchant NB, Mulvihill SJ, Muscarella P, Nakakura EK, Obando J, Pitman MB, Sasson AR, Tally A, Thayer SP, Whiting S, Wolff RA, Wolpin BM, Freedman-Cass DA, Shead DA

Characterization of circulating tumor cell aggregates identified in patients with epithelial tumors.

Physical biology

Cho EH, Wendel M, Luttgen M, Yoshioka C, Marrinucci D, Lazar D, Schram E, Nieva J, Bazhenova L, Morgan A, Ko AH, Korn WM, Kolatkar A, Bethel K, Kuhn P

Fluid biopsy in patients with metastatic prostate, pancreatic and breast cancers.

Physical biology

Marrinucci D, Bethel K, Kolatkar A, Luttgen MS, Malchiodi M, Baehring F, Voigt K, Lazar D, Nieva J, Bazhenova L, Ko AH, Korn WM, Schram E, Coward M, Yang X, Metzner T, Lamy R, Honnatti M, Yoshioka C, Kunken J, Petrova Y, Sok D, Nelson D, Kuhn P

Clinical cancer advances 2011: Annual Report on Progress Against Cancer from the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology

Vogelzang NJ, Benowitz SI, Adams S, Aghajanian C, Chang SM, Dreyer ZE, Janne PA, Ko AH, Masters GA, Odenike O, Patel JD, Roth BJ, Samlowski WE, Seidman AD, Tap WD, Temel JS, Von Roenn JH, Kris MG

FOLFIRINOX: a small step or a great leap forward?

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology

Ko AH

A phase II randomized study of cetuximab and bevacizumab alone or in combination with gemcitabine as first-line therapy for metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Investigational new drugs

Ko AH, Youssoufian H, Gurtler J, Dicke K, Kayaleh O, Lenz HJ, Keaton M, Katz T, Ballal S, Rowinsky EK

Subtypes of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and their differing responses to therapy.

Nature medicine

Collisson EA, Sadanandam A, Olson P, Gibb WJ, Truitt M, Gu S, Cooc J, Weinkle J, Kim GE, Jakkula L, Feiler HS, Ko AH, Olshen AB, Danenberg KL, Tempero MA, Spellman PT, Hanahan D, Gray JW

Application of biomarkers in the development of drugs intended for the treatment of osteoarthritis.

Osteoarthritis and cartilage

Kraus VB, Burnett B, Coindreau J, Cottrell S, Eyre D, Gendreau M, Gardiner J, Garnero P, Hardin J, Henrotin Y, Heinegård D, Ko A, Lohmander LS, Matthews G, Menetski J, Moskowitz R, Persiani S, Poole AR, Rousseau JC, Todman M

"And what other medications are you taking?".

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology

Gordan JD, Chay WY, Kelley RK, Ko AH, Choo SP, Venook AP

Radiation therapy in operable and locally advanced pancreatic cancer.

Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN

Ko AH, Crane CH

A phase II study of bevacizumab plus erlotinib for gemcitabine-refractory metastatic pancreatic cancer.

Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

Ko AH, Venook AP, Bergsland EK, Kelley RK, Korn WM, Dito E, Schillinger B, Scott J, Hwang J, Tempero MA

A phase I study of a 2-day lapatinib chemosensitization pulse preceding nanoparticle albumin-bound Paclitaxel for advanced solid malignancies.

Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research

Chien AJ, Illi JA, Ko AH, Korn WM, Fong L, Chen LM, Kashani-Sabet M, Ryan CJ, Rosenberg JE, Dubey S, Small EJ, Jahan TM, Hylton NM, Yeh BM, Huang Y, Koch KM, Moasser MM

A phase II study evaluating bevacizumab in combination with fixed-dose rate gemcitabine and low-dose cisplatin for metastatic pancreatic cancer: is an anti-VEGF strategy still applicable?

Investigational new drugs

Ko AH, Dito E, Schillinger B, Venook AP, Xu Z, Bergsland EK, Wong D, Scott J, Hwang J, Tempero MA

Erlotinib in the treatment of advanced pancreatic cancer.

Biologics : targets & therapy

Kelley RK, Ko AH

Vaccination of metastatic colorectal cancer patients with matured dendritic cells loaded with multiple major histocompatibility complex class I peptides.

Journal of immunotherapy (Hagerstown, Md. : 1997)

Kavanagh B, Ko A, Venook A, Margolin K, Zeh H, Lotze M, Schillinger B, Liu W, Lu Y, Mitsky P, Schilling M, Bercovici N, Loudovaris M, Guillermo R, Lee SM, Bender J, Mills B, Fong L

A randomized placebo-controlled trial comparing the efficacy of etoricoxib 30 mg and ibuprofen 2400 mg for the treatment of patients with osteoarthritis.

Osteoarthritis and cartilage

Puopolo A, Boice JA, Fidelholtz JL, Littlejohn TW, Miranda P, Berrocal A, Ko A, Cichanowitz N, Reicin AS

Simple clinical tests may predict severe oropharyngeal dysphagia in Parkinson's disease.

Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society

Lam K, Lam FK, Lau KK, Chan YK, Kan EY, Woo J, Wong FK, Ko A

A phase II study of fixed-dose rate gemcitabine plus low-dose cisplatin followed by consolidative chemoradiation for locally advanced pancreatic cancer.

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics

Ko AH, Quivey JM, Venook AP, Bergsland EK, Dito E, Schillinger B, Tempero MA

Phase II study of fixed dose rate gemcitabine with cisplatin for metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas.

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology

Ko AH, Dito E, Schillinger B, Venook AP, Bergsland EK, Tempero MA

Systemic therapy for pancreatic cancer.

Seminars in radiation oncology

Ko AH, Tempero MA

Treatment of metastatic pancreatic cancer.

Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN

Ko AH, Tempero MA

Serum CA19-9 response as a surrogate for clinical outcome in patients receiving fixed-dose rate gemcitabine for advanced pancreatic cancer.

British journal of cancer

Ko AH, Hwang J, Venook AP, Abbruzzese JL, Bergsland EK, Tempero MA

Hedgehog signaling in gastrointestinal development and disease.

Current molecular medicine

Harmon EB, Ko AH, Kim SK

AR and ER interaction with a p21-activated kinase (PAK6).

Molecular endocrinology (Baltimore, Md.)

Lee SR, Ramos SM, Ko A, Masiello D, Swanson KD, Lu ML, Balk SP

Radiation after mastectomy in high-risk patients: is it necessary?

The American surgeon

Patterson S, Ko A, O'Connell TX

Cavitary pulmonary lesions in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Gallant JE, Ko AH

Repression, denial, backlash: sexually transmitted diseases in the People's Republic of China.

The Pharos of Alpha Omega Alpha-Honor Medical Society. Alpha Omega Alpha

Ko AH

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