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Overview

Frank M. Balis is affiliated with the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine, with a focus on oncology, pediatrics, molecular biology, and biochemistry.

The primary fields of study covered by their work include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

The subfields most frequently associated with their research are:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Oncology
  • Neurology

The topics central to their publications encompass:

  • Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments
  • Renal and related cancers
  • Chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity and mitigation
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms
  • Neonatal Health and Biochemistry
  • Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations

Representative recent publications by Frank M. Balis include:

  • Phase 1 study of high-dose DFMO, celecoxib, cyclophosphamide and topotecan for patients with relapsed neuroblastoma: a New Approaches to Neuroblastoma Therapy trial, 2024, British Journal of Cancer
  • Activity of Crizotinib in Patients with ALK-Aberrant Relapsed/Refractory Neuroblastoma: A Children's Oncology Group Study (ADVL0912), 2021, Clinical Cancer Research
  • Wilms Tumor (Nephroblastoma), Version 2.2021, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology, 2021, Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
  • Safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of crizotinib in combination with cytotoxic chemotherapy for pediatric patients with refractory solid tumors or anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL): a Children's Oncology Group phase 1 consortium study (ADVL1212), 2020, Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology
  • An enhanced recovery after surgery protocol in children who undergo nephrectomy for Wilms tumor safely shortens hospital stay, 2022, Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Publication venues in which Balis has frequently contributed include:

  • Pediatric Blood & Cancer
  • Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology
  • Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
  • Clinical Cancer Research
  • British Journal of Cancer

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Frank M. Balis are:

  • Elizabeth Fox
  • Brenda J. Weigel
  • Smita Bhatia
  • Charles G. Minard
  • Yaël P. Mossé

Best Publications

  • Safety and activity of crizotinib for paediatric patients with refractory solid tumours or anaplastic large-cell lymphoma: a Children's Oncology Group phase 1 consortium study

    Yael P Mossé;Megan S Lim;Stephan D Voss;Keith Wilner

  • PTERIDINE NUCLEOTIDE ANALOG AS FLUORESCENT DNA

    Hawkins Mary E;Pfleiderer Wolfgang;Davis Michael Dean;Balis Frank

  • Effect of Continuous Intravenous Infusion of Zidovudine (AZT) in Children with Symptomatic HIV Infection

    Pizzo Pa;Eddy J;Falloon J;Balis Fm

  • Dose-adjusted EPOCH chemotherapy for untreated large B-cell lymphomas: a pharmacodynamic approach with high efficacy

    Wyndham H. Wilson;Michael L. Grossbard;Stefania Pittaluga;Diane Cole

  • High-Dose Methotrexate-Induced Nephrotoxicity in Patients with Osteosarcoma: Incidence, Treatment, and Outcome

    Brigitte C. Widemann;Frank M. Balis;Beate Kempf-Bielack;Stefan Bielack

  • Differences in cerebrospinal fluid penetration of corticosteroids: possible relationship to the prevention of meningeal leukemia.

    Frank M. Balis;Cynthia M. Lester;George P. Chrousos;Richard L. Heideman

  • Trimetrexate for the treatment of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

    C J Allegra;B A Chabner;C U Tuazon;D Ogata-Arakaki

  • Dideoxyinosine in children with symptomatic human immunodeficiency virus infection

    Karina M. Butler;Robert N. Husson;Frank M. Balis;Pim Brouwers

  • Randomized trial of the cardioprotective agent ICRF-187 in pediatric sarcoma patients treated with doxorubicin.

    L H Wexler;M P Andrich;D Venzon;S L Berg

  • NF1 plexiform neurofibroma growth rate by volumetric MRI: Relationship to age and body weight

    E. Dombi;J. Solomon;A. J. Gillespie;E. Fox

  • Central nervous system pharmacology of antileukemic drugs.

    Frank M. Balis;David G. Poplack

  • Fluorescence Properties of Pteridine Nucleoside Analogs as Monomers and Incorporated into Oligonucleotides

    Mary E. Hawkins;Wolfgang Pfleiderer;Frank M. Balis;Denise Porter

  • Fluconazole Penetration into Cerebrospinal Fluid: Implications for Treating Fungal Infections of the Central Nervous System

    Carola A. S. Arndt;Thomas J. Walsh;Cynthia Lester McCully;Frank M. Balis

  • Phase I and pharmacokinetic evaluation of all-trans-retinoic acid in pediatric patients with cancer.

    M A Smith;P C Adamson;F M Balis;J Feusner

  • A pharmacodynamic study of docetaxel in combination with the P-glycoprotein antagonist tariquidar (XR9576) in patients with lung, ovarian, and cervical cancer.

    Ronan J. Kelly;Deborah Draper;Clara C. Chen;Robert W. Robey

  • Loss of Smad3 in acute T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia.

    Lawrence A. Wolfraim;Tania M. Fernandez;Mizuko Mamura;Walter L. Fuller

  • Clinical Trial Design for Target-Based Therapy

    Elizabeth Fox;Gregory A. Curt;Frank M. Balis

  • Phase I Trial and Pharmacokinetic Study of the Farnesyltransferase Inhibitor Tipifarnib in Children With Refractory Solid Tumors or Neurofibromatosis Type I and Plexiform Neurofibromas

    Brigitte C. Widemann;Wanda L. Salzer;Robert J. Arceci;Susan M. Blaney

  • Plasma and cerebrospinal fluid pharmacokinetics of intravenous temozolomide in non-human primates.

    Mahendra Patel;Cynthia McCully;Karen Godwin;Frank M Balis

  • Effect of continuous intravenous infusion of zidovudine (AZT) in children with symptomatic HIV infection

    PA Pizzo;J Eddy;J Falloon;FM Balis

Frequent Co-Authors

David G. Poplack
David G. Poplack Baylor College of Medicine
Peter C. Adamson
Peter C. Adamson Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Seth M. Steinberg
Seth M. Steinberg National Institutes of Health
Susan M. Blaney
Susan M. Blaney Baylor College of Medicine
Philip A. Pizzo
Philip A. Pizzo Stanford University
David Venzon
David Venzon National Institutes of Health
Roger J. Packer
Roger J. Packer Children’s National Health System
Tito Fojo
Tito Fojo Columbia University
John M. Maris
John M. Maris Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Wolfgang Pfleiderer
Wolfgang Pfleiderer University of Konstanz

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