Ben George, MD

Publications

• Progression-free survival 2: Is it ready for prime time?

  (George B, Kurzrock R.) Cancer. 2022 Apr 01;128(7):1361-1362 PMID: 34985767 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85122309248 01/06/2022

• Genomic predictors of response to PD-1 inhibition in children with germline DNA replication repair deficiency.

  (Das A, Sudhaman S, Morgenstern D, Coblentz A, Chung J, Stone SC, Alsafwani N, Liu ZA, Karsaneh OAA, Soleimani S, Ladany H, Chen D, Zatzman M, Cabric V, Nobre L, Bianchi V, Edwards M, Sambira Nahum LC, Ercan AB, Nabbi A, Constantini S, Dvir R, Yalon-Oren M, Campino GA, Caspi S, Larouche V, Reddy A, Osborn M, Mason G, Lindhorst S, Bronsema A, Magimairajan V, Opocher E, De Mola RL, Sabel M, Frojd C, Sumerauer D, Samuel D, Cole K, Chiaravalli S, Massimino M, Tomboc P, Ziegler DS, George B, Van Damme A, Hijiya N, Gass D, McGee RB, Mordechai O, Bowers DC, Laetsch TW, Lossos A, Blumenthal DT, Sarosiek T, Yen LY, Knipstein J, Bendel A, Hoffman LM, Luna-Fineman S, Zimmermann S, Scheers I, Nichols KE, Zapotocky M, Hansford JR, Maris JM, Dirks P, Taylor MD, Kulkarni AV, Shroff M, Tsang DS, Villani A, Xu W, Aronson M, Durno C, Shlien A, Malkin D, Getz G, Maruvka YE, Ohashi PS, Hawkins C, Pugh TJ, Bouffet E, Tabori U.) Nat Med. 2022 Jan;28(1):125-135 PMID: 34992263 PMCID: PMC8799468 01/08/2022

• Evolution of Systemic Therapy in Metastatic Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.

  (Kamgar M, Chakrabarti S, Shreenivas A, George B.) Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2021 Oct;30(4):673-691 PMID: 34511189 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85111041414 09/14/2021

• Precision Medicine and Pancreatic Cancer.

  (George B.) Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2021 Oct;30(4):693-708 PMID: 34511190 09/14/2021

• Updates and new directions in the use of radiation therapy for the treatment of pancreatic adenocarcinoma: dose, sensitization, and novel technology.

  (Hall WA, Kamgar M, Erickson BA, Ponce SB, Tsai S, Nevalainen MT, Christians KK, George B, Dua KS, Khan AH, Evans DB, Azmi AS.) Cancer Metastasis Rev. 2021 Sep;40(3):879-889 PMID: 34611794 PMCID: PMC8767496 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85116412346 10/07/2021

• Pertuzumab and trastuzumab for HER2-positive, metastatic biliary tract cancer (MyPathway): a multicentre, open-label, phase 2a, multiple basket study.

  (Javle M, Borad MJ, Azad NS, Kurzrock R, Abou-Alfa GK, George B, Hainsworth J, Meric-Bernstam F, Swanton C, Sweeney CJ, Friedman CF, Bose R, Spigel DR, Wang Y, Levy J, Schulze K, Cuchelkar V, Patel A, Burris H.) Lancet Oncol. 2021 Sep;22(9):1290-1300 PMID: 34339623 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85113412076 08/03/2021

• Telemedicine Adoption during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Gaps and Inequalities.

  (Luo J, Tong L, Crotty BH, Somai M, Taylor B, Osinski K, George B.) Appl Clin Inform. 2021 Aug;12(4):836-844 PMID: 34496419 PMCID: PMC8426040 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85114767728 09/09/2021

• Adjuvant therapy rates and overall survival in patients with localized pancreatic cancer from high Area Deprivation Index neighborhoods.

  (Mora J, Krepline AN, Aldakkak M, Christians KK, George B, Hall WA, Erickson BA, Kulkarni N, Evans DB, Tsai S.) Am J Surg. 2021 Jul;222(1):10-17 PMID: 33308823 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85097458297 12/15/2020

• Germline evaluation of patients undergoing tumor genomic profiling: An academic cancer center's experience with implementing a germline review protocol.

  (Stachowiak S, Jacquart A, Zimmermann MT, George B, Dong H, Geurts JL.) J Genet Couns. 2021 Jun;30(3):900-910 PMID: 33754402 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85102814588 03/24/2021

• DNA Polymerase and Mismatch Repair Exert Distinct Microsatellite Instability Signatures in Normal and Malignant Human Cells.

  (Chung J, Maruvka YE, Sudhaman S, Kelly J, Haradhvala NJ, Bianchi V, Edwards M, Forster VJ, Nunes NM, Galati MA, Komosa M, Deshmukh S, Cabric V, Davidson S, Zatzman M, Light N, Hayes R, Brunga L, Anderson ND, Ho B, Hodel KP, Siddaway R, Morrissy AS, Bowers DC, Larouche V, Bronsema A, Osborn M, Cole KA, Opocher E, Mason G, Thomas GA, George B, Ziegler DS, Lindhorst S, Vanan M, Yalon-Oren M, Reddy AT, Massimino M, Tomboc P, Van Damme A, Lossos A, Durno C, Aronson M, Morgenstern DA, Bouffet E, Huang A, Taylor MD, Villani A, Malkin D, Hawkins CE, Pursell ZF, Shlien A, Kunkel TA, Getz G, Tabori U.) Cancer Discov. 2021 May;11(5):1176-1191 PMID: 33355208 PMCID: PMC8223607 12/24/2020

• Bronchoalveolar lavage-based COVID-19 testing in patients with cancer.

  (Abid MB, Chhabra S, Buchan B, Graham MB, Abedin S, Thapa B, D'Souza A, George B, Hamadani M.) Hematol Oncol Stem Cell Ther. 2021 Mar;14(1):65-70 PMID: 33058787 PMCID: PMC7543702 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85092735525 10/16/2020

• The Association of Real-World CA 19-9 Level Monitoring Patterns and Clinical Outcomes Among Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.

  (George B, Kent M, Surinach A, Lamarre N, Cockrum P.) Front Oncol. 2021;11:754687 PMID: 34671563 PMCID: PMC8522478 10/22/2021