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Meenakshi Devidas is affiliated with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in the United States and has a significant body of research within the field of medicine, with a particular focus on pediatric oncology and hematology.

The scientist's published work spans various subfields including public health, environmental and occupational health; pediatrics, perinatology and child health; hematology; oncology; and pathology and forensic medicine.

Research topics covered include:

  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
  • Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues

Frequent publication venues for Meenakshi Devidas's work include:

  • Blood
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Pediatric Blood & Cancer
  • Leukemia
  • Haematologica

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations are:

  • Mignon L. Loh
  • Stephen P. Hunger
  • Elizabeth A. Raetz
  • Brent L. Wood
  • Naomi Winick

Some of the recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Meenakshi Devidas include:

  • The genomic landscape of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Effect of Postreinduction Therapy Consolidation With Blinatumomab vs Chemotherapy on Disease-Free Survival in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With First Relapse of B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, 2021, JAMA
  • Children's Oncology Group AALL0434: A Phase III Randomized Clinical Trial Testing Nelarabine in Newly Diagnosed T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, 2020, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Impact of Asparaginase Discontinuation on Outcome in Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group, 2020, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Global characteristics and outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adolescents with cancer (GRCCC): a cohort study, 2021, The Lancet Oncology

Best Publications

  • The genetic basis of early T-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

    Jinghui Zhang;Li Ding;Linda Holmfeldt;Gang Wu

  • Deletion of IKZF1 and prognosis in acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

    Charles G Mullighan;Xiaoping Su;Jinghui Zhang;Ina Radtke

  • Targetable Kinase-Activating Lesions in Ph-like Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

    K. G. Roberts;Y. Li;D. Payne-Turner;R. C. Harvey

  • Improved Survival for Children and Adolescents With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Between 1990 and 2005: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group

    Stephen P. Hunger;Xiaomin Lu;Meenakshi Devidas;Bruce M. Camitta

  • The genomic landscape of pediatric and young adult T-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia

    Yu Liu;John Easton;Ying Shao;Jamie Maciaszek

  • Clinical significance of minimal residual disease in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia and its relationship to other prognostic factors: a Children's Oncology Group study.

    Michael J. Borowitz;Meenakshi Devidas;Stephen P. Hunger;W. Paul Bowman;W. Paul Bowman

  • Genetic Alterations Activating Kinase and Cytokine Receptor Signaling in High-Risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

    Kathryn G. Roberts;Ryan D. Morin;Jinghui Zhang;Martin Hirst

  • Improved Early Event-Free Survival With Imatinib in Philadelphia Chromosome–Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Children's Oncology Group Study

    Kirk R. Schultz;W. Paul Bowman;Alexander Aledo;William B. Slayton

  • The genomic landscape of hypodiploid acute lymphoblastic leukemia

    Linda Holmfeldt;Lei Wei;Ernesto Diaz-Flores;Michael Walsh

  • Rearrangement of CRLF2 is associated with mutation of JAK kinases, alteration of IKZF1, Hispanic/Latino ethnicity, and a poor outcome in pediatric B-progenitor acute lymphoblastic leukemia

    Richard C. Harvey;Richard C. Harvey;Charles G. Mullighan;I-Ming Chen;I-Ming Chen;Walker Wharton

  • JAK mutations in high-risk childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

    Charles G. Mullighan;Jinghui Zhang;Richard C. Harvey;J. Racquel Collins-Underwood

  • Factors Influencing Survival After Relapse From Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Children's Oncology Group Study

    Kim Nguyen;Meenakshi Devidas;Su-Chun Cheng;Mei La

  • Risk- and response-based classification of childhood B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a combined analysis of prognostic markers from the Pediatric Oncology Group (POG) and Children's Cancer Group (CCG)

    Kirk R. Schultz;D. Jeanette Pullen;Harland N. Sather;Jonathan J. Shuster

  • Germline genomic variants associated with childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

    Lisa R Treviño;Wenjian Yang;Deborah French;Stephen P Hunger

  • Identification of novel cluster groups in pediatric high-risk B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia with gene expression profiling: correlation with genome-wide DNA copy number alterations, clinical characteristics, and outcome.

    Richard C. Harvey;Richard C. Harvey;Charles G. Mullighan;Xuefei Wang;Kevin K. Dobbin

  • Long-term follow-up of imatinib in pediatric Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Children's Oncology Group study AALL0031.

    K. R. Schultz;A. Carroll;N. A. Heerema;W. P. Bowman

  • PAX5 -driven subtypes of B-progenitor acute lymphoblastic leukemia

    Zhaohui Gu;Michelle L. Churchman;Kathryn G. Roberts;Ian Moore

  • Presurgical Chemotherapy Compared With Immediate Surgery and Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Nonmetastatic Osteosarcoma: Pediatric Oncology Group Study POG-8651

    Allen M. Goorin;Douglas J. Schwartzentruber;Meenakshi Devidas;Mark C. Gebhardt

  • Rise and fall of subclones from diagnosis to relapse in pediatric B-acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

    Xiaotu Ma;Michael Edmonson;Donald Yergeau;Donna M Muzny

  • Dexamethasone and High-Dose Methotrexate Improve Outcome for Children and Young Adults With High-Risk B-Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Report From Children’s Oncology Group Study AALL0232

    Eric C. Larsen;Meenakshi Devidas;Si Chen;Wanda L. Salzer

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen P. Hunger
Stephen P. Hunger University of Pennsylvania
William L. Carroll
William L. Carroll New York University
Mignon L. Loh
Mignon L. Loh University of California, San Francisco
Naomi J. Winick
Naomi J. Winick The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Elizabeth A. Raetz
Elizabeth A. Raetz New York University
Michael J. Borowitz
Michael J. Borowitz Johns Hopkins University
Nyla A. Heerema
Nyla A. Heerema The Ohio State University
Brent L. Wood
Brent L. Wood University of Washington
Andrew J. Carroll
Andrew J. Carroll University of Alabama at Birmingham
Cheryl L. Willman
Cheryl L. Willman University of New Mexico

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