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Alberto S. Pappo is affiliated with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields within medicine, with a strong focus on oncology, molecular biology, and cancer research. They have contributed extensively to topics such as sarcoma diagnosis and treatment, CAR-T cell therapy, neuroblastoma research, cancer genomics and diagnostics, tumor oncology, cutaneous melanoma management, and the quality of life of childhood cancer survivors.

The main research areas covered by Pappo include:

  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Oncology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Surgery
  • Cancer Research

Their work addresses multiple specific topics, including:

  • Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Tumors and Oncological Cases
  • Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life

Pappo has contributed to a number of scientific papers, including:

  • Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Version 2.2022, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (2022), Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
  • Larotrectinib in patients with TRK fusion-positive solid tumours: a pooled analysis of three phase 1/2 clinical trials (2020), The Lancet Oncology
  • NCCN Guidelines Insights: Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Version 1.2021 (2020), Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
  • St. Jude Cloud: A Pediatric Cancer Genomic Data-Sharing Ecosystem (2021), Cancer Discovery
  • MYCN amplification and ATRX mutations are incompatible in neuroblastoma (2020), Nature Communications

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Sara M. Federico
  • Matthew J. Krasin
  • Armita Bahrami
  • Karsten Nysom
  • Gilles Vassal

Pappo's work has been regularly published in several key venues, highlighting their engagement with the academic community in oncology and related specialties. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • European Journal of Cancer
  • Pediatric Blood & Cancer
  • Cancer

Best Publications

  • Efficacy of Larotrectinib in TRK Fusion–Positive Cancers in Adults and Children

    Alexander Drilon;Theodore W. Laetsch;Shivaani Kummar;Steven G. DuBois

  • Germline Mutations in Predisposition Genes in Pediatric Cancer

    Jinghui Zhang;Michael F. Walsh;Gang Wu;Michael N. Edmonson

  • NCCN Task Force report: management of patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST)--update of the NCCN clinical practice guidelines.

    George D. Demetri;Robert S. Benjamin;Charles D. Blanke;Jean Yves Blay

  • Larotrectinib in patients with TRK fusion-positive solid tumours: a pooled analysis of three phase 1/2 clinical trials

    David S Hong;Steven G DuBois;Shivaani Kummar;Anna F Farago

  • Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Version 2.2016, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology

    Margaret von Mehren;R. Lor Randall;Robert S. Benjamin;Sarah Boles

  • Recurrent Somatic Structural Variations Contribute to Tumorigenesis in Pediatric Osteosarcoma

    Xiang Chen;Armita Bahrami;Alberto Pappo;John Easton

  • Prognostic Factors and Clinical Outcomes in Children and Adolescents With Metastatic Rhabdomyosarcoma—A Report From the Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Study IV

    John C. Breneman;Elizabeth Lyden;Alberto S. Pappo;Michael P. Link

  • Larotrectinib for paediatric solid tumours harbouring NTRK gene fusions: phase 1 results from a multicentre, open-label, phase 1/2 study.

    Theodore W Laetsch;Steven G DuBois;Leo Mascarenhas;Brian Turpin

  • Association of Age at Diagnosis and Genetic Mutations in Patients With Neuroblastoma

    Nai-Kong V. Cheung;Jinghui Zhang;Charles Lu;Matthew Parker

  • Rhabdomyosarcoma and undifferentiated sarcoma in the first two decades of life: a selective review of intergroup rhabdomyosarcoma study group experience and rationale for Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Study V.

    R. Raney;James Anderson;Frederic Barr;Sarah Donaldson

  • R1507, a Monoclonal Antibody to the Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 Receptor, in Patients With Recurrent or Refractory Ewing Sarcoma Family of Tumors: Results of a Phase II Sarcoma Alliance for Research Through Collaboration Study

    Alberto S. Pappo;Shreyaskumar R. Patel;John Crowley;Denise K. Reinke

  • Biology and therapy of pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma.

    A S Pappo;D N Shapiro;W M Crist;H M Maurer

  • Analysis of Prognostic Factors in Patients With Nonmetastatic Rhabdomyosarcoma Treated on Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Studies III and IV: The Children's Oncology Group

    Jane L. Meza;James Anderson;Alberto S. Pappo;William H. Meyer

  • Molecular Subtypes of KIT/PDGFRA Wild-Type Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: A Report From the National Institutes of Health Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Clinic.

    Sosipatros A. Boikos;Alberto S. Pappo;J. Keith Killian;Michael P. LaQuaglia

  • Direct Translation of a Protracted Irinotecan Schedule From a Xenograft Model to a Phase I Trial in Children

    Wayne L. Furman;Clinton F. Stewart;Catherine A. Poquette;Charles B. Pratt

  • Targeting Oxidative Stress in Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma

    Xiang Chen;Elizabeth Stewart;Anang A. Shelat;Chunxu Qu

  • Survival After Relapse in Children and Adolescents With Rhabdomyosarcoma: A Report From the Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Study Group

    Alberto S. Pappo;James R. Anderson;William M. Crist;Moody D. Wharam

  • The Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Study Group (IRSG): Major Lessons From the IRS-I Through IRS-IV Studies as Background for the Current IRS-V Treatment Protocols.

    R. Beverly Raney;Harold M. Maurer;James R. Anderson;Richard J. Andrassy

  • Pleuropulmonary blastoma: A marker for familial disease

    John R. Priest;Jan Watterson;Louise Strong;Vicki Huff

  • Pembrolizumab in paediatric patients with advanced melanoma or a PD-L1-positive, advanced, relapsed, or refractory solid tumour or lymphoma (KEYNOTE-051): interim analysis of an open-label, single-arm, phase 1–2 trial

    Birgit Geoerger;Hyoung Jin Kang;Michal Yalon-Oren;Lynley V Marshall

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles B. Pratt
Charles B. Pratt St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Michael A. Dyer
Michael A. Dyer St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
David M. Parham
David M. Parham Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
Thomas E. Merchant
Thomas E. Merchant St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
James R. Downing
James R. Downing St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Jinghui Zhang
Jinghui Zhang St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
John Easton
John Easton St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Sheila A. Shurtleff
Sheila A. Shurtleff St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Gang Wu
Gang Wu Washington University in St. Louis
Larry E. Kun
Larry E. Kun St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

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