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Keith Wheatley is affiliated with the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a notable focus on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Neurology, Genetics, Oncology, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's main research topics include Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment, Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment, Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments, Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms, Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism, Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research.

Frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Cancers
  • Journal of Neuro-Oncology
  • Blood
  • Clinical Cancer Research

Several recent papers associated with Wheatley's research include:

  • Rituximab for High-Risk, Mature B-Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in Children, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Augmented Reduced-Intensity Regimen Does Not Improve Postallogeneic Transplant Outcomes in Acute Myeloid Leukemia, 2020, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • International randomised controlled trial for the treatment of newly diagnosed EWING sarcoma family of tumours - EURO EWING 2012 Protocol, 2020, Trials
  • Comparison of two chemotherapy regimens in patients with newly diagnosed Ewing sarcoma (EE2012): an open-label, randomised, phase 3 trial, 2022, The Lancet
  • Randomized Phase II Trial of Vincristine-Irinotecan With or Without Temozolomide, in Children and Adults With Relapsed or Refractory Rhabdomyosarcoma: A European Paediatric Soft Tissue Sarcoma Study Group and Innovative Therapies for Children With Cancer Trial, 2021, Journal of Clinical Oncology

Wheatley has collaborated with multiple frequent co-authors, including:

  • Cormac Owens
  • Pamela Kearns
  • Nicola Fenwick
  • Natasha K. A. van Eijkelenburg
  • Nathalie Gaspar

The scope of Wheatley's research demonstrates engagement with clinical oncology topics and childhood cancers, as well as varied aspects of cancer biology and treatment approaches. The multidisciplinary contributions across clinical and molecular studies highlight a comprehensive approach to cancer research.

Best Publications

  • Mortality in relation to smoking: 50 years' observations on male British doctors

    Richard Doll;Richard Peto;Jillian Boreham;Isabelle Sutherland

  • The Importance of Diagnostic Cytogenetics on Outcome in AML: Analysis of 1,612 Patients Entered Into the MRC AML 10 Trial

    David Grimwade;Helen Walker;Fiona Oliver;Keith Wheatley

  • Criteria for the classification of monoclonal gammopathies, multiple myeloma and related disorders: a report of the International Myeloma Working Group

    Robert A. Kyle;J. Anthony Child;Kenneth Anderson;Bart Barlogie

  • The presence of a FLT3 internal tandem duplication in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) adds important prognostic information to cytogenetic risk group and response to the first cycle of chemotherapy: analysis of 854 patients from the United Kingdom Medical Research Council AML 10 and 12 trials.

    Panagiotis D. Kottaridis;Rosemary E. Gale;Marion E. Frew;Georgina Harrison

  • Refinement of cytogenetic classification in acute myeloid leukemia: determination of prognostic significance of rare recurring chromosomal abnormalities among 5876 younger adult patients treated in the United Kingdom Medical Research Council trials

    David Grimwade;Robert K. Hills;Anthony V. Moorman;Helen Walker

  • Randomised trial of prophylactic daily aspirin in British male doctors

    R Peto;R Gray;R Collins;K Wheatley

  • Association between premature mortality and hypopituitarism

    J. W. Tomlinson;N. Holden;Robert Kerrin Hills;K. Wheatley

  • Mortality in relation to consumption of alcohol: 13 years' observations on male British doctors

    Richard Doll;R. Peto;E. Hall;K. Wheatley

  • Hydroxyurea Compared with Anagrelide in High-Risk Essential Thrombocythemia

    Harrison Cn;Campbell Pj;Buck G;Wheatley K

  • The predictive value of hierarchical cytogenetic classification in older adults with acute myeloid leukemia (AML): analysis of 1065 patients entered into the United Kingdom Medical Research Council AML11 trial.

    David Grimwade;Helen Walker;Georgina Harrison;Fiona Oliver

  • Definition of subtypes of essential thrombocythaemia and relation to polycythaemia vera based on JAK2 V617F mutation status: a prospective study

    Peter J Campbell;Linda M Scott;Georgina Buck;Keith Wheatley

  • Deep brain stimulation plus best medical therapy versus best medical therapy alone for advanced Parkinson's disease (PD SURG trial): a randomised, open-label trial

    Adrian J Williams;Steven R. Gill;Thelekat Varma;Crispin Jenkinson

  • Randomised comparison of addition of autologous bone-marrow transplantation to intensive chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukaemia in first remission: results of MRC AML 10 trial

    Alan Kenneth Burnett;Anthony H. Goldstone;Richard M. F. Stevens;Ian M. Hann

  • A comparison of low-dose cytarabine and hydroxyurea with or without all-trans retinoic acid for acute myeloid leukemia and high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome in patients not considered fit for intensive treatment†‡

    Alan Kenneth Burnett;Donald Milligan;Archie G. Prentice;Anthony H. Goldstone

  • Identification of Patients With Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia Who Benefit From the Addition of Gemtuzumab Ozogamicin: Results of the MRC AML15 Trial

    Alan Kenneth Burnett;Robert Kerrin Hills;Donald Milligan;Lars Kjeldsen

  • Combination chemotherapy versus melphalan plus prednisone as treatment for multiple myeloma: An overview of 6,633 patients from 27 randomized trials

    S Pasquali;J D Maqueo;J Vela;R A Kyle

  • A simple, robust, validated and highly predictive index for the determination of risk-directed therapy in acute myeloid leukaemia derived from the MRC AML 10 trial. United Kingdom Medical Research Council's Adult and Childhood Leukaemia Working Parties.

    Keith Wheatley;Alan Kenneth Burnett;Anthony H. Goldstone;Richard G. Gray

  • Physiotherapy versus placebo or no intervention in Parkinson's disease

    Claire L Tomlinson;Smitaa Patel;Charmaine Meek;Clare P Herd

  • Attempts to improve treatment outcomes in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in older patients: the results of the United Kingdom Medical Research Council AML11 trial.

    Anthony H. Goldstone;Alan Kenneth Burnett;Keith Wheatley;Alastair G. Smith

  • Presenting White Blood Cell Count and Kinetics of Molecular Remission Predict Prognosis in Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia Treated With All-Trans Retinoic Acid: Result of the Randomized MRC Trial

    Alan K. Burnett;David Grimwade;Ellen Solomon;Keith Wheatley

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan Kenneth Burnett
Alan Kenneth Burnett University of Glasgow
Robert Kerrin Hills
Robert Kerrin Hills University of Oxford
Carl E Clarke
Carl E Clarke University of Birmingham
Donald Milligan
Donald Milligan University of Birmingham
Richard Gray
Richard Gray University of Oxford
Anthony H. Goldstone
Anthony H. Goldstone University College Hospital
Christopher R Burton
Christopher R Burton University of Sheffield
Nigel H. Russell
Nigel H. Russell University of Nottingham
Mary Frances McMullin
Mary Frances McMullin Queen's University Belfast
Peter J. Campbell
Peter J. Campbell Wellcome Sanger Institute

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