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  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Melissa M. Hudson is affiliated with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a significant number of publications in subfields such as Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology, and Oncology.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity and mitigation
  • Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare

Frequent co-authors in Melissa M. Hudson's research include:

  • Kirsten K. Ness
  • Leslie L. Robison
  • Gregory T. Armstrong
  • Yutaka Yasui
  • Kevin R. Krull

The venues where Hudson has published frequently are:

  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Cancer Research
  • Cancer
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Pediatric Blood & Cancer

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Melissa M. Hudson include:

  • Fertility preservation for male patients with childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer: recommendations from the PanCareLIFE Consortium and the International Late Effects of Childhood Cancer Guideline Harmonization Group, 2021, The Lancet Oncology
  • Fertility preservation for female patients with childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer: recommendations from the PanCareLIFE Consortium and the International Late Effects of Childhood Cancer Guideline Harmonization Group, 2021, The Lancet Oncology
  • Major cardiac events for adult survivors of childhood cancer diagnosed between 1970 and 1999: report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study cohort, 2020, BMJ
  • Life Expectancy of Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer Over 3 Decades, 2020, JAMA Oncology
  • Cohort Profile: The St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study (SJLIFE) for paediatric cancer survivors, 2020, International Journal of Epidemiology

Melissa M. Hudson has been recognized as a Member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Chronic Health Conditions in Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer

    Kevin C. Oeffinger;Ann C. Mertens;Charles A. Sklar;Toana Kawashima

  • Clinical Ascertainment of Health Outcomes Among Adults Treated for Childhood Cancer

    Melissa M. Hudson;Kirsten K. Ness;James G. Gurney;Daniel A. Mulrooney

  • Prevention and monitoring of cardiac dysfunction in survivors of adult cancers: American society of clinical oncology clinical practice guideline

    Saro H. Armenian;Saro H. Armenian;Christina Lacchetti;Ana Barac;Joseph Carver

  • Health Status of Adult Long-term Survivors of Childhood Cancer A Report From the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study

    Melissa M. Hudson;Ann C. Mertens;Yutaka Yasui;Wendy Hobbie

  • Survivors of childhood and adolescent cancer: life-long risks and responsibilities

    Leslie L. Robison;Melissa M. Hudson

  • Development of Risk-Based Guidelines for Pediatric Cancer Survivors: The Children's Oncology Group Long-Term Follow-Up Guidelines From the Children's Oncology Group Late Effects Committee and Nursing Discipline

    Wendy Landier;Smita Bhatia;Debra A. Eshelman;Katherine J. Forte

  • The cumulative burden of surviving childhood cancer: an initial report from the St Jude Lifetime Cohort Study (SJLIFE)

    Nickhill Bhakta;Qi Liu;Kirsten K Ness;Malek Baassiri

  • Reduction in Late Mortality among 5-Year Survivors of Childhood Cancer.

    Gregory T. Armstrong;Yan Chen;Yutaka Yasui;Wendy Leisenring

  • Long-term Cardiovascular Toxicity in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults Who Receive Cancer Therapy: Pathophysiology, Course, Monitoring, Management, Prevention, and Research Directions A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

    Steven E. Lipshultz;M. Jacob Adams;Steven D. Colan;Louis S. Constine

  • Recommendations for cardiomyopathy surveillance for survivors of childhood cancer: a report from the International Late Effects of Childhood Cancer Guideline Harmonization Group

    Saro H Armenian;Melissa M Hudson;Renee L Mulder;Ming Hui Chen

  • Long-term outcomes among adult survivors of childhood central nervous system malignancies in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study.

    Gregory T. Armstrong;Qi Liu;Yutaka Yasui;Sujuan Huang

  • 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

  • Aging and Risk of Severe, Disabling, Life-Threatening, and Fatal Events in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study

    Gregory T. Armstrong;Toana Kawashima;Wendy Leisenring;Kayla Stratton

  • American society of clinical oncology position statement on obesity and cancer

    Jennifer A. Ligibel;Catherine M. Alfano;Kerry S. Courneya;Wendy Demark-Wahnefried

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

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

  • American Society of Clinical Oncology Statement: Achieving High-Quality Cancer Survivorship Care

    Mary S. McCabe;Smita Bhatia;Kevin C. Oeffinger;Gregory H. Reaman

  • Cytotoxic T lymphocyte therapy for epstein-barr virus+ Hodgkin's disease

    Catherine M. Bollard;Catherine M. Bollard;Laura Aguilar;Karin C. Straathof;Benedikt Gahn

  • Long-term Complications Following Childhood and Adolescent Cancer: Foundations for Providing Risk-based Health Care for Survivors

    Kevin C. Oeffinger;Melissa M. Hudson

  • Chronic Disease in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study Cohort: A Review of Published Findings

    Lisa Diller;Eric J. Chow;James G. Gurney;Melissa M. Hudson

  • Health Care of Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study

    Kevin C. Oeffinger;Ann C. Mertens;Melissa M. Hudson;James G. Gurney

Frequent Co-Authors

Leslie L. Robison
Leslie L. Robison St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Kirsten K. Ness
Kirsten K. Ness St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Gregory T. Armstrong
Gregory T. Armstrong St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Kevin R. Krull
Kevin R. Krull St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Kevin C. Oeffinger
Kevin C. Oeffinger Duke University
Ching-Hon Pui
Ching-Hon Pui St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Daniel M. Green
Daniel M. Green St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Wendy Leisenring
Wendy Leisenring Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Smita Bhatia
Smita Bhatia University of Alabama at Birmingham
Charles A. Sklar
Charles A. Sklar Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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