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Overview

Sandra Demaria is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broad fields, their work focuses on subfields such as Oncology, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling

Frequent publication venues for Sandra Demaria include:

  • Cancer Immunology Research
  • Regular and Young Investigator Award Abstracts
  • OncoImmunology
  • npj Breast Cancer
  • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics

They have collaborated extensively with various co-authors, notably:

  • Silvia C. Formenti (31 joint publications)
  • Maud Charpentier (19 joint publications)
  • Lorenzo Galluzzi (16 joint publications)
  • Erik Wennerberg (14 joint publications)
  • Nils-Petter Rudqvist (13 joint publications)

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Sandra Demaria include:

  • "Radiation dose and fraction in immunotherapy: one-size regimen does not fit all settings, so how does one choose?" (2021), published in Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
  • "Consensus guidelines for the definition, detection and interpretation of immunogenic cell death" (2020), published in Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
  • "The tale of TILs in breast cancer: A report from The International Immuno-Oncology Biomarker Working Group" (2021), published in npj Breast Cancer
  • "The path to a better biomarker: application of a risk management framework for the implementation of PD-L1 and TILs as immuno-oncology biomarkers in breast cancer clinical trials and daily practice" (2020), published in The Journal of Pathology
  • "Radiotherapy-exposed CD8+ and CD4+ neoantigens enhance tumor control" (2021), published in Journal of Clinical Investigation

Best Publications

  • The evaluation of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in breast cancer: recommendations by an International TILs Working Group 2014

    R. Salgado;C. Denkert;S. Demaria;N. Sirtaine

  • Fractionated but not single dose radiotherapy induces an immune-mediated abscopal effect when combined with anti-CTLA-4 antibody

    M. Zahidunnabi Dewan;Ashley E. Galloway;Noriko Kawashima;J. Keith Dewyngaert

  • DNA exonuclease Trex1 regulates radiotherapy-induced tumour immunogenicity.

    Claire Vanpouille-Box;Amandine Alard;Amandine Alard;Molykutty J. Aryankalayil;Yasmeen Sarfraz

  • Prognostic Value of Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes in Triple-Negative Breast Cancers From Two Phase III Randomized Adjuvant Breast Cancer Trials: ECOG 2197 and ECOG 1199

    Sylvia Adams;Robert J. Gray;Sandra Demaria;Lori Goldstein

  • Ionizing radiation inhibition of distant untreated tumors (abscopal effect) is immune mediated

    Sandra Demaria;Bruce Ng;Mary Louise Devitt;James S Babb

  • Using immunotherapy to boost the abscopal effect

    Wilfred Ngwa;Omoruyi Credit Irabor;Jonathan D. Schoenfeld;Jürgen Hesser

  • Immune-mediated inhibition of metastases after treatment with local radiation and CTLA-4 blockade in a mouse model of breast cancer.

    Sandra Demaria;Noriko Kawashima;Anne Marie Yang;Mary Louise Devitt

  • Systemic effects of local radiotherapy

    Silvia C Formenti;Sandra Demaria

  • Combining Radiotherapy and Cancer Immunotherapy: A Paradigm Shift

    Silvia C. Formenti;Sandra Demaria

  • Consensus guidelines for the definition, detection and interpretation of immunogenic cell death

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Ilio Vitale;Sarah Warren;Sandy Adjemian

  • Radiotherapy induces responses of lung cancer to CTLA-4 blockade

    Silvia C. Formenti;Nils Petter Rudqvist;Encouse Golden;Encouse Golden;Benjamin Cooper

  • Assessing Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes in Solid Tumors: A Practical Review for Pathologists and Proposal for a Standardized Method from the International Immuno-Oncology Biomarkers Working Group Part 2 TILs in Melanoma, Gastrointestinal Tract Carcinomas, Non–Small Cell Lung Carcinoma and Mesothelioma, Endometrial and Ovarian Carcinomas, Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck, Genitourinary Carcinomas, and Primary Brain Tumors

    Shona Hendry;Roberto Salgado;Thomas Gevaert;Prudence A. Russell;Prudence A. Russell

  • Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes and Prognosis: A Pooled Individual Patient Analysis of Early-Stage Triple-Negative Breast Cancers

    Sherene Loi;Damien Drubay;Sylvia Adams;Giancarlo Pruneri

  • Consensus guidelines for the detection of immunogenic cell death

    Oliver Kepp;Laura Senovilla;Ilio Vitale;Erika Vacchelli

  • Assessing Tumor-infiltrating Lymphocytes in Solid Tumors: A Practical Review for Pathologists and Proposal for a Standardized Method from the International Immunooncology Biomarkers Working Group: Part 1: Assessing the Host Immune Response, TILs in Invasive Breast Carcinoma and Ductal Carcinoma in Situ, Metastatic Tumor Deposits and Areas for Further Research

    Shona Hendry;Roberto Salgado;Thomas Gevaert;Prudence A. Russell;Prudence A. Russell

  • Radiation-induced CXCL16 release by breast cancer cells attracts effector T cells.

    Satoko Matsumura;Baomei Wang;Noriko Kawashima;Steve Braunstein

  • Role of Local Radiation Therapy in Cancer Immunotherapy

    Sandra Demaria;Encouse B. Golden;Silvia C. Formenti

  • An Abscopal Response to Radiation and Ipilimumab in a Patient with Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

    Encouse B. Golden;Sandra Demaria;Peter B. Schiff;Abraham Chachoua

  • Local radiotherapy and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor to generate abscopal responses in patients with metastatic solid tumours: a proof-of-principle trial.

    Encouse B Golden;Arpit Chhabra;Abraham Chachoua;Sylvia Adams

  • Radiation fosters dose-dependent and chemotherapy-induced immunogenic cell death.

    Encouse B Golden;Derek Frances;Ilenia Pellicciotta;Sandra Demaria

  • Cancer immunotherapy: Opportunities and challenges in the rapidly evolving clinical landscape.

    Leisha A. Emens;Paolo A. Ascierto;Phillip K. Darcy;Sandra Demaria

Frequent Co-Authors

Silvia C. Formenti
Silvia C. Formenti Cornell University
Sherene Loi
Sherene Loi Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Lorenzo Galluzzi
Lorenzo Galluzzi Cornell University
Roberto Salgado
Roberto Salgado Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Carsten Denkert
Carsten Denkert Philipp University of Marburg
Stefan Michiels
Stefan Michiels University of Paris-Saclay
Giuseppe Viale
Giuseppe Viale University of Milan
Giancarlo Pruneri
Giancarlo Pruneri University of Milan
David L. Rimm
David L. Rimm Yale University
Paolo A. Ascierto
Paolo A. Ascierto National Institutes of Health

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