David Raben, MD

Professor Adjoint, Radiation Oncology

FacultyPhoto
Medical School
  • MD, Wake Forest University School of Medicine (1990)
Undergraduate School
  • BA, Duke University (NC) (1985)
Internship
  • University of Hawaii Program (1990)
Residency
  • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Program, Chief Resident, Radiation Oncology (1994)
Languages
English
Department
Radiation Oncology

Publications

  • Combinatorial effect of maytansinol and radiation in Drosophila and human cancer cells. Edwards A, Gladstone M, Yoon P, Raben D, Frederick B, Su TT. Dis Model Mech. 2011 Apr 18. [Epub ahead of print] Pugh TJ, Lee NY, Pacheco T, Raben D. Microcystic adnexal carcinoma of the face treated with radiation therapy: A case report and review of the literature. Head Neck 2011 Mar 7 [Epub ahead of print]; Stinauer MA, Kavanagh BD, Schefter TE, Gonzalez R, Flaig T, Lewis K, Robinson W, Chidel M, Glode M, Raben D. Stereotactic body radiation therapy for melanoma and renal cell carcinoma: impact of single fraction equivalent dose on local control. Radiat Oncol. 2011 April 8:6(1):34 Edwards A, Gladstone M, Yoon p, Raben D, Frederick B, Su TT. Combinatorial effects of maytansinol and radiation in Drosophila and human cancer cells. Dis Model Mech. 2011. (In Press); Diot Q, Olsen C, Kavanagh B, Raben D, Miften M. Med Phys. Impact of anatomical interventions on the localization of post-prostatectomy cancer patients. 2010 Feb;37(2):629-37.; Rusthoven KE, Feigenberg SJ, Raben D, et al., Initial Results of a Phase I Dose-Escalation Trial of Concurrent and Maintenance Erlotinib and Reirradiation for Recurrent and New Primary Head-and-Neck Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2010 Mar 13. [Epub ahead of print; Pugh TJ, Chen C, Rabinovitch R, Eckhardt SG, Rusthoven K, Swing R and Raben D. A phase I trial of bortezomib and concurrent external beam radiation in patients with advanced solid malignancies. 2010 Oct 1;78(2):521-6. Epub 2010 Feb 3. Bonner JA, Harari PM, Giralt J, Cohen RB, Jones CU, Sur RK, Raben D, Baselga J, Spencer SA, Zhu J, Youssoufian H, Rowinsky EK, Ang KK. Radiotherapy plus cetuximab for locoregionally advanced head and neck cancer: 5-year survival data from a phase 3 randomised trial, and relation between cetuximab-induced rash and survival. Lancet Oncol. 2010 Jan;11(1):21-8. Epub 2009 Nov 10. Erratum in: Lancet Oncol. 2010 Jan;11(1):1;
  • Chung CH, Raben D. p16 Expression as a predictive biomarker of hypoxic cell-sensitizing agents in oropharyngeal cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2010 Sep 20;28(27):4103-4. Epub 2010 Aug 9.
  • Raben D, Rusthoven KE: Chapter 5: Combined Modality Therapy in Cancer Management. In: Anticancer Drug Development: Principles and Practices. Hidalgo M, Eckhardt SG, Garrett-Mayer E, Clendeninn NJ 2011 Pugh, TJ, Sartor C, Raben D.. Chapter 5: Biologics and Interactions with Radiation. Gunderson L, Tepper J, eds. Clinical Radiation Oncology, 3rd Edition. New York, NY: Churchill Livingstone, 2010.
  • 1. Gladstone M, Frederick B, Zheng D, Edwards A, Yoon P, Stickel S, Delaney T, Chan DC, Raben D, Su TT. A translation inhibitor identified in a Drosophila screen enhances the effect of ionizing radiation and taxol in mammalian models of cancer.Dis Model Mech. 2012 May;5(3):342-50. Epub 2012 Feb 16. 2.Bowles DW, Reddy K, Wine T, Ree A, Raben D, Chen C, Jimeno A. Locoregional recurrence of an HPV-positive squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. Oncology (Williston Park). 2011 Oct;25(11):1042-8. Review. 3.Siddiqui F, Raben D, Lu JJ, Grecula JC, Lo SS, Huang Z, Mayr NA, Teh BS, Yao M. Emerging applications of stereotactic body radiation therapy for head and neck cancer.Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2011 Sep;11(9):1429-36. Review. 4.Gregoire V, Hamoir M, Chen C, Kane M, Kawecki A, Julka PK, Wang HM, Prasad S, D'Cruz AK, Radosevic-Jelic L, Kumar RR, Korzeniowski S, Fijuth J, Machiels JP, Sellers MV, Tchakov I, Raben D. Gefitinib plus cisplatin and radiotherapy in previously untreated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: a phase II, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.Radiother Oncol. 2011 Jul;100(1):62-9. Epub 2011 Aug 5 5.Huang Q, Li F, Liu X, Li W, Shi W, Liu FF, O'Sullivan B, He Z, Peng Y, Tan AC, Zhou L, Shen J, Han G, Wang XJ, Thorburn J, Thorburn A, Jimeno A, Raben D, Bedford JS, Li CY. Caspase 3-mediated stimulation of tumor cell repopulation during cancer radiotherapy.Nat Med. 2011 Jul 3;17(7):860-6. doi: 10.1038/nm.2385. 6.Marshall ME, Hinz TK, Kono SA, Singleton KR, Bichon B, Ware KE, Marek L, Frederick BA, Raben D, Heasley LE. Fibroblast growth factor receptors are components of autocrine signaling networks in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cells.Clin Cancer Res. 2011 Aug 1;17(15):5016-25. Epub 2011 Jun 14. 7. Amin NP, Miften M, Kavanagh B, Raben D, Camidge DR, Thornton D, Rochford N, Gaspar LE.Impact of induction chemotherapy on estimated risk of radiation pneumonitis in small cell lung cancer. J Thorac Oncol. 2011 Sep;6(9):1553-62. 8. Edwards A, Gladstone M, Yoon P, Raben D, Frederick B, Su TT.Combinatorial effect of maytansinol and radiation in Drosophila and human cancer cells. Dis Model Mech. 2011 Jul;4(4):496-503. Epub 2011 Apr 18
  • 1. Gladstone M, Frederick B, Zhenf D, Edwards A, Yoon P, Stickel S, Delaney T, Chan DC, Raben D, Su TT. A translation inhibitor identified in a Drosophila enhances the effect of ionizing radiation and taxol in mammalian models of cancer. Dis Model Mech. 2012 May; 5(3):342-50. 2. Kilbourn K, Anderson D, Costenaro A, Lusczakoski K, Borrayo E, Raben D. Feasibility of EASE: A psychosocial program to improve symptom management in head and neck cancer patients. Supportive Care in Cancer. 2013 Jan; 21(1); 191-200. 3. Han G, Bian L, Li F, Cotrim A, Wang D, Lu J, Deng Y, Bird G, Sowers A, Mitchell JB, Gutkind JS, Zhao R, Raben D, Ten Dijke P, Refaeli Y, Zhang Q, Wang XJ. Preventive and therapeutic effects of Smad7 on radiation-induced oral mucositis. Nat Med. 2013 Apr;19(4):421-8 4. Raben D, Bunn PA. Biologically targeted therapies plus chemotherapy plus radiotherapy in stage III non-small-cell lung cancer: a case of the Icarus syndrome? J Clin Oncol. 2012 Nov 10;30(32):3909-12 5. Amin N, Reddy K, Westerly D, Raben D, DeWitt P, Chen C.Sparing the larynx and esophageal inlet expedites feeding tube removal in patients with stage III-IV oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma treated with intensity-modulated radiotherapy. Laryngoscope. 2012 Dec;122(12):2736-42. 6. Oberley-Deegan RE, Steffan JJ, Rove KO, Pate KM, Weaver MW, Spasojevic I, Frederick B, Raben D, Meacham RB, Crapo JD, Koul HK.PLoS One. 2012;7(9):e44178. The antioxidant, MnTE-2-PyP, prevents side-effects incurred by prostate cancer irradiation.
  • Rusthoven CG, Carlson JA, Waxweiler TV, Raben D, Dewitt PE, Crawford ED, Maroni PD, Kavanagh BD. The impact of definitive local therapy for lymph node-positive prostate cancer: a population-based study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2014 Apr 1;88(5):1064-73. PubMed PMID: 24661660
  • Rusthoven CG, Carlson JA, Waxweiler TV, Yeh N, Raben D, Flaig TW, Kavanagh BD. The prognostic significance of Gleason scores in metastatic prostate cancer. Urol Oncol. 2014 Mar 11. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24629494
  • Carlson J, Licitra L, Locati L, Raben D, Persson F, Stenman G. Salivary gland cancer: an update on present and emerging therapies. Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book. 2013;:257-63. PubMed PMID: 23714518
  • Keysar SB, Astling DP, Anderson RT, Vogler BW, Bowles DW, Morton JJ, Paylor JJ, Glogowska MJ, Le PN, Eagles-Soukup JR, Kako SL, Takimoto SM, Sehrt DB, Umpierrez A, Pittman MA, Macfadden SM, Helber RM, Peterson S, Hausman DF, Said S, Leem TH, Goddard JA, Arcaroli JJ, Messersmith WA, Robinson WA, Hirsch FR, Varella-Garcia M, Raben D, Wang XJ, Song JI, Tan AC, Jimeno A. A patient tumor transplant model of squamous cell cancer identifies PI3K inhibitors as candidate therapeutics in defined molecular bins. Mol Oncol. 2013 Aug;7(4):776-90. PubMed PMID: 23607916
  • Han G, Bian L, Li F, Cotrim A, Wang D, Lu J, Deng Y, Bird G, Sowers A, Mitchell JB, Gutkind JS, Zhao R, Raben D, ten Dijke P, Refaeli Y, Zhang Q, Wang XJ. Preventive and therapeutic effects of Smad7 on radiation-induced oral mucositis. Nat Med. 2013 Apr;19(4):421-8. PubMed PMID: 23475202
  • Kilbourn KM, Anderson D, Costenaro A, Lusczakoski K, Borrayo E, Raben D. Feasibility of EASE: a psychosocial program to improve symptom management in head and neck cancer patients. Support Care Cancer. 2013 Jan;21(1):191-200. PubMed PMID: 22699303
  • Galloway T, Wirth LJ, Colevas AD, Gilbert J, Bauman JE, Saba NF, Raben D, Mehra R, Ma AW, Atoyan R, Wang J, Burtness B, Jimeno A. A Phase 1 Study of CUDC-101, a multitarget inhibitor of HDACs, EGFR, and HER2, in combination with chemoradiation in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Clin Cancer Res. 2015 Jan 8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25573383
  • Robin TP, Gan G, Tam M, Westerly D, Riaz N, Karam S, Lee N, Raben D. A Multicenter Review of Contralateral Submandibular Gland Sparing in Locally Advanced Oropharyngeal Cancers: Is is Safe?. Head Neck. 2014 Dec 6. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25482748
  • Papadimitrakopoulou VA, Frank SJ, Cohen EW, Hirsch FR, Myers JN, Heymach JV, Lin H, Tran HT, Chen CR, Jimeno A, Nedzi L, Vasselli JR, Lowe ES, Raben D. Phase I study of vandetanib with radiation therapy with or without cisplatin in locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Head Neck. 2014 Oct 29. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25352401
  • Amini A, McDermott JD, Gan G, Bhatia S, Sumner W, Fisher CM, Jimeno A, Bowles DW, Raben D, Karam SD. Stereotactic body radiotherapy as primary therapy for head and neck cancer in the elderly or patients with poor performance. Front Oncol. 2014;4:274. PubMed PMID: 25340041
  • Gan GN, Eagles J, Keysar SB, Wang G, Glogowska MJ, Altunbas C, Anderson RT, Le PN, Morton JJ, Frederick B, Raben D, Wang XJ, Jimeno A. Hedgehog signaling drives radioresistance and stroma-driven tumor repopulation in head and neck squamous cancers. Cancer Res. 2014 Dec 1;74(23):7024-36. PubMed PMID: 25297633
  • Chung CH, Zhang Q, Kong CS, Harris J, Fertig EJ, Harari PM, Wang D, Redmond KP, Shenouda G, Trotti A, Raben D, Gillison ML, Jordan RC, Le QT. p16 protein expression and human papillomavirus status as prognostic biomarkers of nonoropharyngeal head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. J Clin Oncol. 2014 Dec 10;32(35):3930-8. PubMed PMID: 25267748
  • Rusthoven CG, Waxweiler TV, DeWitt PE, Flaig TW, Raben D, Kavanagh BD. Gleason stratifications prognostic for survival in men receiving definitive external beam radiation therapy for localized prostate cancer. Urol Oncol. 2014 Aug 20. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25151595
  • Blumenfeld P, Pfeffer RM, Symon Z, Den RB, Dicker AP, Raben D, Lawrence YR. The lag time in initiating clinical testing of new drugs in combination with radiation therapy, a significant barrier to progress?. Br J Cancer. 2014 Sep 23;111(7):1305-9. PubMed PMID: 25117813
  • Kim DW, Cho LC, Straka C, Christie A, Lotan Y, Pistenmaa D, Kavanagh BD, Nanda A, Kueplian P, Brindle J, Cooley S, Perkins A, Raben D, Xie XJ, Timmerman RD. Predictors of rectal tolerance observed in a dose-escalated phase 1-2 trial of stereotactic body radiation therapy for prostate cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2014 Jul 1;89(3):509-17. PubMed PMID: 24929162
  • Mohler JL, Kantoff PW, Armstrong AJ, Bahnson RR, Cohen M, D'Amico AV, Eastham JA, Enke CA, Farrington TA, Higano CS, Horwitz EM, Kane CJ, Kawachi MH, Kuettel M, Kuzel TM, Lee RJ, Malcolm AW, Miller D, Plimack ER, Pow-Sang JM, Raben D, Richey S, Roach M 3rd, Rohren E, Rosenfeld S, Schaeffer E, Small EJ, Sonpavde G, Srinivas S, Stein C, Strope SA, Tward J, Shead DA, Ho M, National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Prostate cancer, version 2.2014. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2014 May;12(5):686-718. PubMed PMID: 24812137
  • Rusthoven CG, Carlson JA, Waxweiler TV, Raben D, Dewitt PE, Crawford ED, Maroni PD, Kavanagh BD. The impact of definitive local therapy for lymph node-positive prostate cancer: a population-based study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2014 Apr 1;88(5):1064-73. PubMed PMID: 24661660
  • Rusthoven CG, Carlson JA, Waxweiler TV, Yeh N, Raben D, Flaig TW, Kavanagh BD. The prognostic significance of Gleason scores in metastatic prostate cancer. Urol Oncol. 2014 Jul;32(5):707-13. PubMed PMID: 24629494
  • Weidhaas JB, Harris J, Schaue D, Chen AM, Chin R, Axelrod R, El-Naggar AK, Singh AK, Galloway TJ, Raben D, Wang D, Matthiesen C, Avizonis VN, Manon RR, Yumen O, Nguyen-Tan PF, Trotti A, Skinner H, Zhang Q, Ferris RL, Sidransky D, Chung CH. The KRAS-Variant and Cetuximab Response in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Cancer: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol. 2016 Dec 22. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28006059
  • Bhatia S, Hirsch K, Sharma J, Oweida A, Griego A, Keysar S, Jimeno A, Raben D, Krasnoperov V, Gill PS, Pasquale EB, Wang XJ, Karam SD. Enhancing radiosensitization in EphB4 receptor-expressing Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas. Sci Rep. 2016 Dec 12;6:38792. PubMed PMID: 27941840
  • Bauman JE, Cohen E, Ferris RL, Adelstein DJ, Brizel DM, Ridge JA, O'Sullivan B, Burtness BA, Butterfield LH, Carson WE, Disis ML, Fox BA, Gajewski TF, Gillison ML, Hodge JW, Le QT, Raben D, Strome SE, Lynn J, Malik S. Immunotherapy of head and neck cancer: Emerging clinical trials from a National Cancer Institute Head and Neck Cancer Steering Committee Planning Meeting. Cancer. 2016 Dec 1. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27906454
  • Oweida A, Lennon S, Calame D, Korpela S, Bhatia S, Sharma J, Graham C, Binder D, Serkova N, Raben D, Heasley L, Clambey E, Nemenoff R, Karam SD. Ionizing radiation sensitizes tumors to PD-L1 immune checkpoint blockade in orthotopic murine head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Oncoimmunology. 2017;6(10):e1356153. PubMed PMID: 29123967
  • Stokes WA, Jones BL, Bhatia S, Oweida AJ, Bowles DW, Raben D, Goddard JA, McDermott JD, Karam SD. A comparison of overall survival for patients with T4 larynx cancer treated with surgical versus organ-preservation approaches: A National Cancer Data Base analysis. Cancer. 2017 Feb 15;123(4):600-608. PubMed PMID: 27727461
  • Stokes WA, Sumner WA, Breggren KL, Rathbun JT, Raben D, McDermott JD, Gan G, Karam SD. A comparison of concurrent cisplatin versus cetuximab with radiotherapy in locally-advanced head and neck cancer: A bi-institutional analysis. Rep Pract Oncol Radiother. 2017 Sep-Oct;22(5):389-395. PubMed PMID: 28808428
  • Stokes WA, Stumpf PK, Jones BL, Blatchford PJ, Karam SD, Lanning RM, Raben D. Patterns of fractionation for patients with T2N0M0 glottic larynx cancer undergoing definitive radiotherapy in the United States. Oral Oncol. 2017 Sep;72:110-116. PubMed PMID: 28797446
  • Xiao C, Zhang Q, Nguyen-Tân PF, List M, Weber RS, Ang KK, Rosenthal D, Filion EJ, Kim H, Silverman C, Raben A, Galloway T, Fortin A, Gore E, Winquist E, Jones CU, Robinson W, Raben D, Le QT, Bruner D. Quality of Life and Performance Status From a Substudy Conducted Within a Prospective Phase 3 Randomized Trial of Concurrent Standard Radiation Versus Accelerated Radiation Plus Cisplatin for Locally Advanced Head and Neck Carcinoma: NRG Oncology RTOG 0129. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2016 Jul 25. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27727063
  • Fakhry C, Zhang Q, Nguyen-Tân PF, Rosenthal DI, Weber RS, Lambert L, Trotti AM 3rd, Barrett WL, Thorstad WL, Jones CU, Yom SS, Wong SJ, Ridge JA, Rao SSD, Bonner JA, Vigneault E, Raben D, Kudrimoti MR, Harris J, Le QT, Gillison ML. Development and Validation of Nomograms Predictive of Overall and Progression-Free Survival in Patients With Oropharyngeal Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2017 Dec 20;35(36):4057-4065. PubMed PMID: 28777690
  • Sumner WA, Stokes WA, Oweida A, Berggren KL, McDermott JD, Raben D, Abbott D, Jones B, Gan G, Karam SD. Survival impact of pre-treatment neutrophils on oropharyngeal and laryngeal cancer patients undergoing definitive radiotherapy. J Transl Med. 2017 Aug 2;15(1):168. PubMed PMID: 28764811
  • Stokes WA, Abbott D, Phan A, Raben D, Lanning RM, Karam SD. Patterns of Care for Patients With Early-Stage Glottic Cancer Undergoing Definitive Radiation Therapy: A National Cancer Database Analysis. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2017 Aug 1;98(5):1014-1021. PubMed PMID: 28721883
  • Stokes WA, Kavanagh BD, Raben D, Pugh TJ. Implementation of hypofractionated prostate radiation therapy in the United States: A National Cancer Database analysis. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2017 Jul - Aug;7(4):270-278. PubMed PMID: 28673554
  • Kim DN, Straka C, Cho LC, Lotan Y, Yan J, Kavanagh B, Raben D, Cooley S, Brindle J, Xie XJ, Pistenmaa D, Timmerman R. Early and multiple PSA bounces can occur following high-dose prostate stereotactic body radiation therapy: Subset analysis of a phase 1/2 trial. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2017 Jan - Feb;7(1):e43-e49. PubMed PMID: 27637137
  • Bowles DW, Deutsch E, Raben D. Successes and Failures of Combined Modality Therapies in Head and Neck Cancer. Semin Radiat Oncol. 2016 Oct;26(4):299-306. PubMed PMID: 27619251
  • Amini A, Waxweiler TV, Brower JV, Jones BL, McDermott JD, Raben D, Ghosh D, Bowles DW, Karam SD. Association of Adjuvant Chemoradiotherapy vs Radiotherapy Alone With Survival in Patients With Resected Major Salivary Gland Carcinoma: Data From the National Cancer Data Base. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2016 Nov 1;142(11):1100-1110. PubMed PMID: 27541166
  • Divi V, Harris J, Harari PM, Cooper JS, McHugh J, Bell D, Sturgis EM, Cmelak AJ, Suntharalingam M, Raben D, Kim H, Spencer SA, Laramore GE, Trotti A, Foote RL, Schultz C, Thorstad WL, Zhang QE, Le QT, Holsinger FC. Establishing quality indicators for neck dissection: Correlating the number of lymph nodes with oncologic outcomes (NRG Oncology RTOG 9501 and RTOG 0234). Cancer. 2016 Jul 15. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27419843
  • Bonner JA, Giralt J, Harari PM, Baselga J, Spencer S, Bell D, Raben D, Liu J, Schulten J, Ang KK, Rosenthal DI. Association of human papillomavirus and p16 status with mucositis and dysphagia for head and neck cancer patients treated with radiotherapy with or without cetuximab: Assessment from a phase 3 registration trial. Eur J Cancer. 2016 Sep;64:1-11. PubMed PMID: 27323346
  • Bar-Ad V, Zhang QE, Harari PM, Axelrod R, Rosenthal DI, Trotti A, Jones CU, Garden AS, Song G, Foote RL, Raben D, Shenouda G, Spencer SA, Harris J, Le QT. Correlation Between the Severity of Cetuximab-Induced Skin Rash and Clinical Outcome for Head and Neck Cancer Patients: The RTOG Experience. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2016 Aug 1;95(5):1346-54. PubMed PMID: 27212198
  • Cicchini L, Blumhagen RZ, Westrich JA, Myers ME, Warren CJ, Siska C, Raben D, Kechris KJ, Pyeon D. High-Risk Human Papillomavirus E7 Alters Host DNA Methylome and Represses HLA-E Expression in Human Keratinocytes. Sci Rep. 2017 Jun 16;7(1):3633. PubMed PMID: 28623356
  • Amini A, Jasem J, Jones BL, Robin TP, McDermott JD, Bhatia S, Raben D, Jimeno A, Bowles DW, Karam SD. Predictors of overall survival in human papillomavirus-associated oropharyngeal cancer using the National Cancer Data Base. Oral Oncol. 2016 May;56:1-7. PubMed PMID: 27086480
  • Robin TP, Jones BL, Gordon OM, Phan A, Abbott D, McDermott JD, Goddard JA, Raben D, Lanning RM, Karam SD. A comprehensive comparative analysis of treatment modalities for sinonasal malignancies. Cancer. 2017 Aug 15;123(16):3040-3049. PubMed PMID: 28369832
  • Hannan R, Tumati V, Xie XJ, Cho LC, Kavanagh BD, Brindle J, Raben D, Nanda A, Cooley S, Kim DW, Pistenmaa D, Lotan Y, Timmerman R. Stereotactic body radiation therapy for low and intermediate risk prostate cancer-Results from a multi-institutional clinical trial. Eur J Cancer. 2016 May;59:142-51. PubMed PMID: 27035363
  • Wang K, McDermott JD, Schrock AB, Elvin JA, Gay L, Karam SD, Raben D, Somerset H, Ali SM, Ross JS, Bowles DW. Comprehensive genomic profiling of salivary mucoepidermoid carcinomas reveals frequent BAP1, PIK3CA, and other actionable genomic alterations. Ann Oncol. 2017 Apr 1;28(4):748-753. PubMed PMID: 28327999
  • Stokes WA, Amini A, Jones BL, McDermott JD, Raben D, Ghosh D, Goddard JA, Bowles DW, Karam SD. Survival impact of induction chemotherapy in advanced head and neck cancer: A National Cancer Database analysis. Head Neck. 2017 Jun;39(6):1113-1121. PubMed PMID: 28301079
  • Amini A, Jones BL, McDermott JD, Serracino HS, Jimeno A, Raben D, Ghosh D, Bowles DW, Karam SD. Survival outcomes with concurrent chemoradiation for elderly patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer according to the National Cancer Data Base. Cancer. 2016 May 15;122(10):1533-43. PubMed PMID: 26969811
  • Amini A, Raben D, Crawford ED, Flaig TW, Kessler ER, Lam ET, Maroni P, Pugh TJ. Patient characterization and usage trends of proton beam therapy for localized prostate cancer in the United States: A study of the National Cancer Database. Urol Oncol. 2017 Jun;35(6):438-446. PubMed PMID: 28214281
  • O'Sullivan B, Huang SH, Su J, Garden AS, Sturgis EM, Dahlstrom K, Lee N, Riaz N, Pei X, Koyfman SA, Adelstein D, Burkey BB, Friborg J, Kristensen CA, Gothelf AB, Hoebers F, Kremer B, Speel EJ, Bowles DW, Raben D, Karam SD, Yu E, Xu W. Development and validation of a staging system for HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer by the International Collaboration on Oropharyngeal cancer Network for Staging (ICON-S): a multicentre cohort study. Lancet Oncol. 2016 Apr;17(4):440-51. PubMed PMID: 26936027
  • Weidhaas JB, Harris J, Schaue D, Chen AM, Chin R, Axelrod R, El-Naggar AK, Singh AK, Galloway TJ, Raben D, Wang D, Matthiesen C, Avizonis VN, Manon RR, Yumen O, Nguyen-Tan PF, Trotti A, Skinner H, Zhang Q, Ferris RL, Sidransky D, Chung CH. The KRAS-Variant and Cetuximab Response in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Cancer: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol. 2017 Apr 1;3(4):483-491. PubMed PMID: 28006059
  • Amini A, Jones BL, Jackson MW, Rusthoven CG, Maroni P, Kavanagh BD, Raben D. Survival outcomes of combined external beam radiotherapy and brachytherapy vs. brachytherapy alone for intermediate-risk prostate cancer patients using the National Cancer Data Base. Brachytherapy. 2016 Mar-Apr;15(2):136-46. PubMed PMID: 26825856
  • Xiao C, Zhang Q, Nguyen-Tân PF, List M, Weber RS, Ang KK, Rosenthal D, Filion EJ, Kim H, Silverman C, Raben A, Galloway T, Fortin A, Gore E, Winquist E, Jones CU, Robinson W, Raben D, Le QT, Bruner D. Quality of Life and Performance Status From a Substudy Conducted Within a Prospective Phase 3 Randomized Trial of Concurrent Standard Radiation Versus Accelerated Radiation Plus Cisplatin for Locally Advanced Head and Neck Carcinoma: NRG Oncology RTOG 0129. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2017 Mar 15;97(4):667-677. PubMed PMID: 27727063
  • Stokes WA, Jones BL, Bhatia S, Oweida AJ, Bowles DW, Raben D, Goddard JA, McDermott JD, Karam SD. A comparison of overall survival for patients with T4 larynx cancer treated with surgical versus organ-preservation approaches: A National Cancer Data Base analysis. Cancer. 2017 Feb 15;123(4):600-608. PubMed PMID: 27727461
  • Mohler JL, Armstrong AJ, Bahnson RR, D'Amico AV, Davis BJ, Eastham JA, Enke CA, Farrington TA, Higano CS, Horwitz EM, Hurwitz M, Kane CJ, Kawachi MH, Kuettel M, Lee RJ, Meeks JJ, Penson DF, Plimack ER, Pow-Sang JM, Raben D, Richey S, Roach M 3rd, Rosenfeld S, Schaeffer E, Skolarus TA, Small EJ, Sonpavde G, Srinivas S, Strope SA, Tward J, Shead DA, Freedman-Cass DA. Prostate Cancer, Version 1.2016. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2016 Jan;14(1):19-30. PubMed PMID: 26733552
  • Rosenthal DI, Harari PM, Giralt J, Bell D, Raben D, Liu J, Schulten J, Ang KK, Bonner JA. Association of Human Papillomavirus and p16 Status With Outcomes in the IMCL-9815 Phase III Registration Trial for Patients With Locoregionally Advanced Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck Treated With Radiotherapy With or Without Cetuximab. J Clin Oncol. 2016 Apr 20;34(12):1300-8. PubMed PMID: 26712222
  • Gan GN, Altunbas C, Morton JJ, Eagles J, Backus J, Dzingle W, Raben D, Jimeno A. Radiation dose uncertainty and correction for a mouse orthotopic and xenograft irradiation model. Int J Radiat Biol. 2016;92(1):50-6. PubMed PMID: 26689828
  • Amini A, Rusthoven CG, Waxweiler TV, Jones BL, Fisher CM, Karam SD, Raben D. Association of health insurance with outcomes in adults ages 18 to 64 years with melanoma in the United States. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2016 Feb;74(2):309-16. PubMed PMID: 26670715
  • Amini A, Jones B, Jackson MW, Yeh N, Waxweiler TV, Maroni P, Kavanagh BD, Raben D. Survival Outcomes of Dose-Escalated External Beam Radiotherapy versus Combined Brachytherapy for Intermediate and High Risk Prostate Cancer Using the National Cancer Data Base. J Urol. 2016 May;195(5):1453-8. PubMed PMID: 26576709
  • Bauman JE, Cohen E, Ferris RL, Adelstein DJ, Brizel DM, Ridge JA, O'Sullivan B, Burtness BA, Butterfield LH, Carson WE, Disis ML, Fox BA, Gajewski TF, Gillison ML, Hodge JW, Le QT, Raben D, Strome SE, Lynn J, Malik S. Immunotherapy of head and neck cancer: Emerging clinical trials from a National Cancer Institute Head and Neck Cancer Steering Committee Planning Meeting. Cancer. 2017 Apr 1;123(7):1259-1271. PubMed PMID: 27906454
  • Hernandez AL, Wang Y, Somerset HL, Keysar SB, Aisner DL, Marshall C, Bowles DW, Karam SD, Raben D, Jimeno A, Varella-Garcia M, Wang XJ. Inter- and intra-tumor heterogeneity of SMAD4 loss in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas. Mol Carcinog. 2018 Dec 21. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30575147
  • Ding D, Stokes W, Eguchi M, Hararah M, Sumner W, Amini A, Goddard J, Somerset H, Bradley C, McDermott J, Raben D, Karam SD. Association Between Lymph Node Ratio and Recurrence and Survival Outcomes in Patients With Oral Cavity Cancer. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2018 Nov 15. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30452499
  • Robin TP, Raben D, Schefter TE. A Contemporary Update on the Role of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) for Liver Metastases in the Evolving Landscape of Oligometastatic Disease Management. Semin Radiat Oncol. 2018 Oct;28(4):288-294. PubMed PMID: 30309639
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  • Luo J, Bian L, Blevins MA, Wang D, Liang C, Du D, Wu F, Holwerda B, Zhao R, Raben D, Zhou H, Young CD, Wang XJ. Smad7 Promotes Healing of Radiotherapy-Induced Oral Mucositis without Compromising Oral Cancer Therapy in a Xenograft Mouse Model. Clin Cancer Res. 2019 Jan 15;25(2):808-818. PubMed PMID: 30185419
  • Dheeraj A, Agarwal C, Schlaepfer IR, Raben D, Singh R, Agarwal R, Deep G. A novel approach to target hypoxic cancer cells via combining ß-oxidation inhibitor etomoxir with radiation. Hypoxia (Auckl). 2018;6:23-33. PubMed PMID: 30175155
  • Karam SD, Reddy K, Blatchford PJ, Waxweiler T, DeLouize AM, Oweida A, Somerset H, Marshall C, Young C, Davies KD, Kane M, Tan AC, Wang XJ, Jimeno A, Aisner DL, Bowles DW, Raben D. Final Report of a Phase I Trial of Olaparib with Cetuximab and Radiation for Heavy Smoker Patients with Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2018 Oct 15;24(20):4949-4959. PubMed PMID: 30084837
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  • Bhatia S, Griego A, Lennon S, Oweida A, Sharma J, Rohmer C, Uyanga N, Bukkapatnam S, Van Court B, Raben D, Young C, Heasley L, Karam SD. Role of EphB3 Receptor in Mediating Head and Neck Tumor Growth, Cell Migration, and Response to PI3K Inhibitor. Mol Cancer Ther. 2018 Sep;17(9):2049-2059. PubMed PMID: 29970482
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