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Melania Pintilie is affiliated with the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Canada and has contributed extensively to medical and molecular biology research. Their work spans several interrelated fields including medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their research concentrates on areas such as molecular biology, cancer research, oncology, radiology, nuclear medicine, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine. Specific topics frequently addressed in their publications include endometrial and cervical cancer treatments, cancer related to hypoxia and metabolism, metabolism involving diabetes and cancer, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research, immunotherapy and immune responses, as well as cancer-related molecular mechanisms.

Melania Pintilie has collaborated with numerous coauthors, with frequent partnerships including Ming-Sound Tsao, Michael Milosevic, Kathy Han, Geoffrey Liu, and Rob A. Cairns.

The scientist has published several recent papers, which cover various aspects of cancer research and treatment:

  • "Circulating miR-16-5p, miR-92a-3p, and miR-451a in Plasma from Lung Cancer Patients: Potential Application in Early Detection and a Regulatory Role in Tumorigenesis Pathways" (2020) in Cancers
  • "A Phase II Randomized Trial of Chemoradiation with or without Metformin in Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer" (2022) in Clinical Cancer Research
  • "Predicting response and toxicity to PD-1 inhibition using serum autoantibodies identified from immuno-mass spectrometry" (2020) in F1000Research
  • "Patient-derived tumor xenograft and organoid models established from resected pancreatic, duodenal and biliary cancers" (2021) in Scientific Reports
  • "Predicting Toxicity and Response to Pembrolizumab Through Germline Genomic HLA Class 1 Analysis" (2020) in JNCI Cancer Spectrum

The venues where Melania Pintilie has been published frequently include Radiotherapy and Oncology, Clinical Cancer Research, International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and F1000Research.

Best Publications

  • Oxygenation predicts radiation response and survival in patients with cervix cancer

    Anthony W Fyles;Anthony W Fyles;Michael Milosevic;Michael Milosevic;Raimond Wong;Raimond Wong;Mary-Claire Kavanagh

  • Tamoxifen with or without breast irradiation in women 50 years of age or older with early breast cancer.

    Anthony W. Fyles;David R. McCready;Lee A. Manchul;Maureen E. Trudeau

  • PD-L1 Immunohistochemistry Comparability Study in Real-Life Clinical Samples: Results of Blueprint Phase 2 Project.

    Ming Sound Tsao;Keith M. Kerr;Mark Kockx;Mary Beth Beasley

  • DJ-1, a novel regulator of the tumor suppressor PTEN.

    Raymond H. Kim;Malte Peters;Yingju Jang;Yingju Jang;Wei Shi

  • Trends in the Utilization of Brachytherapy in Cervical Cancer in the United States

    Kathy Han;Michael Milosevic;Anthony Fyles;Melania Pintilie

  • Tumor Hypoxia Has Independent Predictor Impact Only in Patients With Node-Negative Cervix Cancer

    A. Fyles;M. Milosevic;D. Hedley;M. Pintilie

  • Spatial genomic heterogeneity within localized, multifocal prostate cancer

    Paul C. Boutros;Paul C. Boutros;Michael Fraser;Nicholas J. Harding;Richard De Borja

  • Localized Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma Treated With Radiation Therapy Has Excellent Clinical Outcome

    Richard W. Tsang;Mary K. Gospodarowicz;Melania Pintilie;Woodrow Wells

  • Prognostic and Predictive Gene Signature for Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Resected Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

    Chang Qi Zhu;Keyue Ding;Dan Strumpf;Barbara A. Weir

  • Comprehensive MicroRNA Profiling for Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas

    Angela B.Y. Hui;Michelle Lenarduzzi;Tiffaney Krushel;Levi Waldron

  • Platinum-Based Versus Non-Platinum-Based Chemotherapy in Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Meta-Analysis of the Published Literature

    Giannicola D'Addario;Melania Pintilie;Natasha B. Leighl;Ronald Feld

  • Male breast carcinoma: a review of 229 patients who presented to the Princess Margaret Hospital during 40 years: 1955-1996.

    Paul E. Goss;Caroline Reid;Melania Pintilie;Ruth Lim

  • Prognostic gene-expression signature of carcinoma-associated fibroblasts in non-small cell lung cancer

    Roya Navab;Dan Strumpf;Bizhan Bandarchi;Chang-Qi Zhu

  • Molecular profiling of non-small cell lung cancer and correlation with disease-free survival.

    Dennis A Wigle;Igor Jurisica;Niki Radulovich;Melania Pintilie

  • Randomized study of brachytherapy in the initial management of patients with malignant astrocytoma

    Normand J Laperriere;Phil M.K Leung;Stephen McKenzie;Michael Milosevic

  • Tumour genomic and microenvironmental heterogeneity for integrated prediction of 5-year biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer: a retrospective cohort study

    Emilie Lalonde;Emilie Lalonde;Adrian S Ishkanian;Jenna Sykes;Michael Fraser;Michael Fraser

  • Comparative prognostic value of HPV16 E6 mRNA compared with in situ hybridization for human oropharyngeal squamous carcinoma.

    Wei Shi;Hisayuki Kato;Bayardo Perez-Ordonez;Melania Pintilie

  • Factors associated with failure to publish large randomized trials presented at an oncology meeting.

    Monika K. Krzyzanowska;Melania Pintilie;Ian F. Tannock

  • Interstitial Fluid Pressure Predicts Survival in Patients with Cervix Cancer Independent of Clinical Prognostic Factors and Tumor Oxygen Measurements

    Michael Milosevic;Anthony Fyles;David Hedley;Melania Pintilie

  • The Best Manuscript 論文紹介 Platinum-based versus non-platinum-based chemotherapy in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer:A meta-analysis of the published literature〔含 解説者コメント〕

    Giannicola D'Addario;Melania Pintilie;Natasha B. Leighl

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony Fyles
Anthony Fyles Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Michael Milosevic
Michael Milosevic Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Ming-Sound Tsao
Ming-Sound Tsao Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Richard P. Hill
Richard P. Hill Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Frances A. Shepherd
Frances A. Shepherd Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Robert G. Bristow
Robert G. Bristow University of Manchester
Igor Jurisica
Igor Jurisica University Health Network
Fei-Fei Liu
Fei-Fei Liu Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
David W. Hedley
David W. Hedley Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Paul C. Boutros
Paul C. Boutros University of California, Los Angeles

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