Kwang Woo Ahn, PhD

Publications

• PTCy-based haploidentical vs matched related or unrelated donor reduced-intensity conditioning transplant for DLBCL.

  (Dreger P, Sureda A, Ahn KW, Eapen M, Litovich C, Finel H, Boumendil A, Gopal A, Herrera AF, Schmid C, Diez-Martin JL, Fuchs E, Bolaños-Meade J, Gooptu M, Al Malki MM, Castagna L, Ciurea SO, Dominietto A, Blaise D, Ciceri F, Tischer J, Corradini P, Montoto S, Robinson S, Gülbas Z, Hamadani M.) Blood Adv. 2019 Feb 12;3(3):360-369.

• Outcomes after Second Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in Children and Young Adults with Relapsed Acute Leukemia.

  (Lund TC, Ahn KW, Tecca HR, Hilgers MV, Abdel-Azim H, Abraham A, Diaz MA, Badawy SM, Broglie L, Brown V, Dvorak CC, Gonzalez-Vicent M, Hashem H, Hayashi RJ, Jacobsohn DA, Kent MW, Li CK, Margossian SP, Martin PL, Mehta P, Myers K, Olsson R, Page K, Pulsipher MA, Shaw PJ, Smith AR, Triplett BM, Verneris MR, Eapen M.) Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2019 Feb;25(2):301-306.

• Bloodstream infection (BSI) due to Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) is associated with increased mortality after hematopoietic cell transplantation for acute leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome: A multicenter, retrospective cohort study.

  (Papanicolaou GA, Ustun C, Young JH, Chen M, Kim S, Ahn KW, Komanduri K, Lindemans C, Auletta JJ, Riches ML, CIBMTR® Infection and Immune Reconstitution Working Committee.) Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Jan 14.

• Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation provides effective salvage despite refractory disease or failed prior autologous transplant in angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma: a CIBMTR analysis.

  (Epperla N, Ahn KW, Litovich C, Ahmed S, Battiwalla M, Cohen JB, Dahi P, Farhadfar N, Farooq U, Freytes CO, Ghosh N, Haverkos B, Herrera A, Hertzberg M, Hildebrandt G, Inwards D, Kharfan-Dabaja MA, Khimani F, Lazarus H, Lazaryan A, Lekakis L, Murthy H, Nathan S, Nishihori T, Pawarode A, Prestidge T, Ramakrishnan P, Rezvani AR, Romee R, Shah NN, Sureda A, Fenske TS, Hamadani M.) J Hematol Oncol. 2019 Jan 10;12(1):6.

• Bacterial blood stream infections (BSIs), particularly post-engraftment BSIs, are associated with increased mortality after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation.

  (Ustun C, Young JH, Papanicolaou GA, Kim S, Ahn KW, Chen M, Abdel-Azim H, Aljurf M, Beitinjaneh A, Brown V, Cerny J, Chhabra S, Kharfan-Dabaja MA, Dahi PB, Daly A, Dandoy CE, Dvorak CC, Freytes CO, Hashmi S, Lazarus H, Ljungman P, Nishihori T, Page K, Pingali SRK, Saad A, Savani BN, Weisdorf D, Williams K, Wirk B, Auletta JJ, Lindemans CA, Komanduri K, Riches M.) Bone Marrow Transplant. 2018 Dec 13.

• Myeloablative vs reduced-intensity conditioning allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation for chronic myeloid leukemia.

  (Chhabra S, Ahn KW, Hu ZH, Jain S, Assal A, Cerny J, Copelan EA, Daly A, DeFilipp Z, Gadalla SM, Gale RP, Ganguly S, Hamilton BK, Hildebrandt GC, Hsu JW, Inamoto Y, Kanate AS, Khoury HJ, Lazarus HM, Litzow MR, Nathan S, Olsson RF, Pawarode A, Ringden O, Rowe JM, Saad A, Savani BN, Schouten HC, Seo S, Shah NN, Solh M, Stuart RK, Ustun C, Woolfrey AE, Yared JA, Alyea EP, Kalaycio ME, Popat U, Sobecks RM, Saber W.) Blood Adv. 2018 Nov 13;2(21):2922-2936.

• Outcomes of Measurable Residual Disease in Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia before and after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant: Validation of Difference from Normal Flow Cytometry with Chimerism Studies and Wilms Tumor 1 Gene Expression.

  (Jacobsohn DA, Loken MR, Fei M, Adams A, Brodersen LE, Logan BR, Ahn KW, Shaw BE, Kletzel M, Olszewski M, Khan S, Meshinchi S, Keating A, Harris A, Teira P, Duerst RE, Margossian SP, Martin PL, Petrovic A, Dvorak CC, Nemecek ER, Boyer MW, Chen AR, Davis JH, Shenoy S, Savasan S, Hudspeth MP, Adams RH, Lewis VA, Kheradpour A, Kasow KA, Gillio AP, Haight AE, Bhatia M, Bambach BJ, Haines HL, Quigg TC, Greiner RJ, Talano JM, Delgado DC, Cheerva A, Gowda M, Ahuja S, Ozkaynak M, Mitchell D, Schultz KR, Fry TJ, Loeb DM, Pulsipher MA.) Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2018 Oct;24(10):2040-2046.

• In silico prediction of nonpermissive HLA-DPB1 mismatches in unrelated HCT by functional distance.

  (Arrieta-Bolaños E, Crivello P, Shaw BE, Ahn KW, Wang HL, Verneris MR, Hsu KC, Pidala J, Lee SJ, Fleischhauer K, Spellman SR.) Blood Adv. 2018 07 24;2(14):1773-1783.

• Autologous transplantation versus allogeneic transplantation in patients with follicular lymphoma experiencing early treatment failure.

  (Smith SM, Godfrey J, Ahn KW, DiGilio A, Ahmed S, Agrawal V, Bachanova V, Bacher U, Bashey A, Bolaños-Meade J, Cairo M, Chen A, Chhabra S, Copelan E, Dahi PB, Aljurf M, Farooq U, Ganguly S, Hertzberg M, Holmberg L, Inwards D, Kanate AS, Karmali R, Kenkre VP, Kharfan-Dabaja MA, Klein A, Lazarus HM, Mei M, Mussetti A, Nishihori T, Ramakrishnan Geethakumari P, Saad A, Savani BN, Schouten HC, Shah N, Urbano-Ispizua A, Vij R, Vose J, Sureda A, Hamadani M.) Cancer. 2018 Jun 15;124(12):2541-2551.

• Comparison of pediatric allogeneic transplant outcomes using myeloablative busulfan with cyclophosphamide or fludarabine.

  (Harris AC, Boelens JJ, Ahn KW, Fei M, Abraham A, Artz A, Dvorak C, Frangoul H, Freytes C, Gale RP, Hong S, Lazarus HM, Loren A, Mineishi S, Nishihori T, O'Brien T, Williams K, Pasquini MC, Levine JE.) Blood Adv. 2018 06 12;2(11):1198-1206.

• Outcomes of Medicare-age eligible NHL patients receiving RIC allogeneic transplantation: a CIBMTR analysis.

  (Shah NN, Ahn KW, Litovich C, Fenske TS, Ahmed S, Battiwalla M, Bejanyan N, Dahi PB, Bolaños-Meade J, Chen AI, Ciurea SO, Bachanova V, DeFilipp Z, Epperla N, Farhadfar N, Herrera AF, Haverkos BM, Holmberg L, Hossain NM, Kharfan-Dabaja MA, Kenkre VP, Lazarus HM, Murthy HS, Nishihori T, Rezvani AR, D'Souza A, Savani BN, Ulrickson ML, Waller EK, Sureda A, Smith SM, Hamadani M.) Blood Adv. 2018 04 24;2(8):933-940.

• Screening group variables in the proportional hazards model.

  (Ahn KW, Sahr N, Kim S.) Stat Probab Lett. 2018 Apr;135:20-25.