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Gaston K. Rivera is affiliated with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in the United States. Their research spans various topics within medicine, focusing primarily on pediatric and neurological conditions with an emphasis on leukemia and neurodegenerative diseases.

The primary fields of study for Rivera include medicine, with subfields covering public health, environmental and occupational health, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, neurology, hematology, and artificial intelligence.

Key research topics addressed by Rivera encompass:

  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
  • Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments
  • Machine Learning in Healthcare
  • Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research

The scientist's publication record includes papers in several peer-reviewed journals, with a focus on leukemia and neurological disorders. Recent notable publications include:

  • Reduced-dose intensity therapy for pediatric lymphoblastic leukemia: long-term results of the Recife RELLA05 pilot study, 2020, Blood
  • Reduced-intensity therapy for pediatric lymphoblastic leukemia: impact of residual disease early in remission induction, 2020, Blood
  • From Microbleeds to Iron: AI Prediction of Cerebrospinal Fluid Erythrocyte Load in Alzheimer's Disease, 2025, Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarker Clustering Defines Biological Subtypes of Alzheimer's Disease, 2025, Biomedicines
  • Interpretable Machine Learning for Risk Stratification of Hippocampal Atrophy in Alzheimer's Disease Using CSF Erythrocyte Load and Clinical Data, 2025, Biomedicines

Frequent publication venues for Rivera include:

  • Biomedicines
  • Blood
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine

Collaboration is evident in Rivera's work, with frequent coauthors such as Rafail C. Christodoulou, Georgios Vamvouras, Maria Daniela Sarquis, Vasileia Petrou, and Platon S. Papageorgiou, each contributing to multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Mercaptopurine Therapy Intolerance and Heterozygosity at the Thiopurine S-Methyltransferase Gene Locus

    Mary V. Relling;Michael L. Hancock;Gaston K. Rivera;John T. Sandlund

  • Acute myeloid leukemia in children treated with epipodophyllotoxins for acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

    C H Pui;R C Ribeiro;M L Hancock;G K Rivera

  • Clinical importance of minimal residual disease in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

    Elaine Coustan-Smith;Jose Sancho;Michael L. Hancock;James M. Boyett

  • Immunological detection of minimal residual disease in children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

    Elaine Coustan-Smith;Frederick G. Behm;Frederick G. Behm;Joaquin Sanchez;James M. Boyett;James M. Boyett

  • Secondary acute myeloid leukemia in children treated for acute lymphoid leukemia.

    Ching-Hon Pui;Frederick G. Behm;Susana C. Raimondi;Richard K. Dodge

  • Improved outcome for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Results of Total Therapy Study XIIIB at St Jude Children's Research Hospital

    Ching Hon Pui;John T. Sandlund;Deqing Pei;Dario Campana

  • Extended follow-up of long-term survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

    Ching Hon Pui;Cheng Cheng;Wing Leung;Shesh N. Rai

  • Improved outcome in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia with reinforced early treatment and rotational combination chemotherapy

    G.K. Rivera;G.K. Rivera;C.-H. Pui;C.-H. Pui;M. Abromowitch;M. Abromowitch;J. Mirro;J. Mirro

  • High incidence of secondary brain tumours after radiotherapy and antimetabolites

    Mary V. Relling;Mary V. Relling;Jeffrey E. Rubnitz;Jeffrey E. Rubnitz;Gaston K. Rivera;Gaston K. Rivera;James M. Boyett;James M. Boyett

  • Successful intermittent chemoprophylaxis for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonitis.

    Walter T. Hughes;Gaston K. Rivera;Michael J. Schell;Delaine Thornton

  • Prognostic importance of measuring early clearance of leukemic cells by flow cytometry in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

    Elaine Coustan-Smith;Jose Sancho;Frederick G. Behm;Michael L. Hancock

  • Cumulative Incidence of Secondary Neoplasms as a First Event After Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

    Nobuko Hijiya;Melissa M. Hudson;Shelly Lensing;Margie Zacher

  • Results of treatment of advanced-stage Burkitt's lymphoma and B cell (SIg+) acute lymphoblastic leukemia with high-dose fractionated cyclophosphamide and coordinated high-dose methotrexate and cytarabine.

    S B Murphy;W P Bowman;M Abromowitch;J Mirro

  • Higher Frequency of Glutathione S-Transferase Deletions in Black Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

    Chun-Lin Chen;Qing Liu;Ching-Hon Pui;Gaston K. Rivera

  • Treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia : 30 years' experience at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

    Gaston K. Rivera;Donald Pinkel;Joseph V. Simone;Michael L. Hancock

  • Prognostic importance of blast cell DNA content in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

    AT Look;PK Roberson;DL Williams;G Rivera

  • Secondary brain tumors in children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia at St Jude Children's Research hospital

    Andrew W. Walter;Michael L. Hancock;Ching Hon Pui;Melissa M. Hudson

  • Prognostic importance of chromosome number in 136 untreated children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

    DL Williams;A Tsiatis;GM Brodeur;AT Look

  • Rearrangement of the MLL gene confers a poor prognosis in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia, regardless of presenting age.

    Frederick G. Behm;S. C. Raimondi;J. L. Frestedt;Q. Liu

  • Long-term results of Total Therapy studies 11, 12 and 13A for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia at St Jude Children's Research Hospital.

    C. H. Pui;J. M. Boyett;G. K. Rivera;M. L. Hancock

Frequent Co-Authors

Ching-Hon Pui
Ching-Hon Pui St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Raul C. Ribeiro
Raul C. Ribeiro St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
John T. Sandlund
John T. Sandlund National Institutes of Health
William E. Evans
William E. Evans St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Frederick G. Behm
Frederick G. Behm University of Illinois at Chicago
Susana C. Raimondi
Susana C. Raimondi St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Mary V. Relling
Mary V. Relling St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
William M. Crist
William M. Crist University of Oklahoma
Jeffrey E. Rubnitz
Jeffrey E. Rubnitz St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Sharon B. Murphy
Sharon B. Murphy Lurie Children's Hospital

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