Cesar A. Nunez, MD
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatrics
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Professor, Pediatrics Patient Care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 1982 | Universidad de Caldas, Manizales, CO, MD |
Postgraduate Training
| 1997-2000 | Fellowship, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas |
| 1993-1997 | Research Associate, University of Manchester, Manchester |
| 1991-1993 | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama |
| 1990-1990 | Visiting Scholar, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa |
| 1986-1987 | Fellowship, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Hospital Infantil Lorencita Villegas de Santos, Santa Fe de Bogota |
| 1983-1986 | Specialization and Residency, Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Hospital Infantil Rafael Henao Toro, Universidad de Caldas, Manizales |
| 1982-1983 | Internship, Rural Medicine, Instituto de Immunologia, Santa Fe de Bogota |
| 1981-1982 | Internship, Hospital Militar Central, Santa Fe de Bogota |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2000 | Texas Medical License |
Experience & Service
Faculty Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics Patient Care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2004 - 2011
Assistant Professor (non-Tenure), Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN, 2001 - 2004
Assistant Member, Department of Hematology/Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 2000 - 2004
Visiting Scholar, Department of Pathology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 1990 - 1990
Staff Pediatrician, Pediatrics, Clinica Infantil "Colsubsidio", Bogota, 1987 - 1990
Staff Pediatrician (non-Tenure), Pediatrics, Hospital Infantil "Torencita Villegas de Santo" Association for Prevention and Treatment of Cancer in Children (SANAR), Bogota, 1987 - 1990
Other Professional Positions
Education Commissioner, Latin-American Society of Pediatric Oncology (Sociedad Latino-Americana de Oncologia Pediatrica – SLAOP), Houston, TX, 2017 - 2019
Secretary, Latin-American Society of Pediatric Oncology (Sociedad Latino-Americana de Oncologia Pediatrica – SLAOP), Houston, TX, 2014 - 2017
Consultant Oncologist, Hospital San Jorge, Pereira, 1989 - 1990
Other Appointments/Responsibilities, Private Pediatric Practice, Santa Fe de Bogota, 1987 - 1990
Extramural Institutional Committee Activities
Vice Chair, IRB-1, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2019 - Present
Member, PRS Retirement Board, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2019 - Present
Committee Member, Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2019 - 2022
Associate Member, IRB-2, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2016 - 2019
Associate Member, IRB-1, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2014 - 2016
Faculty Senate, Senator Representative for Pediatrics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2013 - Present
Faculty, PRS Compensation and Benefits Advisory Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2013 - 2015
Member, Ad hoc Institutional Expense Analysis Education Subcommittee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2011 - 2016
Committee Member, Sister Institution Network Fund (SINIF), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2010 - Present
Chair, W.W. Sutow Lecture Comittee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2009 - Present
Committee Member, International Advisory Board, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2008 - Present
Member, Clinical Review Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2008 - 2012
Director, Pediatric Clinical and Translation Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2007 - 2013
Member, Global Academic Program, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2005 - Present
Member, Cancer Prevention and Control program, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2003 - Present
Editorial Activities
Journal Reviewer, Jornal of Global Oncology, 2016 - Present
Editorial Board, Clinical Leukemia, 2008 - 2009
Honors & Awards
| 2015 - 2018 | Multi-year Appointment Award, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 2010 | Pediatric Clinical and Translational Research Center at the Children's Cancer Center, Texas 4000 |
| 1998 | Research Fund Competition for Clinical Trainees, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
Professional Memberships
Selected Presentations & Talks
Formal Peers
- 2009. Lymphoma in Pediatrics. Invited. Sao Paolo, BR.
Grant & Contract Support
| Date: | 2001 - 2002 |
| Title: | Identification of genes involved in proliferation and cell cycle regulation of leukemic cells by gene expression microarray technology |
| Funding Source: | Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation, USA |
| Role: | P.I |
| Date: | 1999 - 2000 |
| Title: | Molecular analysis of genomic imprinting in childhood B-cell leukemias |
| Funding Source: | Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation, USA |
| Role: | P.I |
| Date: | 1997 - 1998 |
| Title: | NO TITLE PROVIDED |
| Funding Source: | Leukaemia Research Fund, England |
| Role: | Co-P.I |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Catueno, S, Frost, M, Cuglievan, B, Gibson, A, McCall, DC, Nunez, CA, Roth, M, Malpica Castillo, LE, Garcia, MB. Uncommon Presentation and Therapeutic Strategies in Pediatric Relapsed/Refractory ALK-Positive ALCL. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology 48(3):125-127, 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 41818168.
- Garcia, MB, Wang, B, Sheikh, IN, El Hajjar, G, McCall, DC, Nunez, CA, Gibson, A, Lorenzi, PL, Issa, GC, Cuglievan, B, Abbas, HA. High-Throughput Proteomic Profiling to Evaluate Differentiation Syndrome With Menin Inhibition. Molecular and Cellular Proteomics 25(3), 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 41621809.
- Raj, R, Catueno, S, Gibson, A, McCall, DC, Garcia, MB, Nunez, CA, Roth, M, Sasaki, K, Tewari, P, Issa, GC, Farhat, A, Connors, JS, Sheikh, IN, Nishida, Y, Yi, JS, Stevens, A, Bataller Torralba, A, Bhalla, K, Petropoulos, D, Daver, N, Kadia, TM, Cuglievan, B, DiNardo, C. FLAG-IDA plus venetoclax for children, adolescents, and young adults with newly diagnosed AML. Blood 146(21):2608-2611, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40971491.
- Corrigan, KL, Berkman, AM, Gunther, J, Andersen, C, Wu, SY, Gibson, A, Cuglievan, B, Garcia, MB, Manzar, G, Fang, PQ, De, BS, Ahmed, S, Nunez, CA, Hildebrandt, MA, McCall, DC, Parsons, SK, Roth, M. Trends in Radiation Use from 2004 to 2020 among Adolescents and Young Adults with Hodgkin Lymphoma. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention 34(9):1483-1491, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40488452.
- Catueno, S, Ramakrishnan, R, Elitzur, S, Garcia, MB, McCall, DC, Nunez, CA, Roth, M, Ferrajoli, A, Cuglievan, B, Gibson, A. Lymphoid Malignancies in Ataxia–Telangiectasia. Pediatric Blood and Cancer 72(9), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40605148.
- Elgehiny, A, Hsu, A, McCall, DC, Gibson, A, Cuglievan, B, Nunez, CA, Garcia, MB, Castellanos, LE, Funck, A, Razvi, S. Severe Hypertriglyceridemia Secondary to Long-acting Asparaginase in Pediatric Patients With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology 47(6):e215-e221, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40560745.
- Berkman, AM, Andersen, C, Puthenpura, V, Short, NJ, Merriman, K, Swaminathan, M, Cuglievan, B, McCall, DC, DiNardo, C, Nunez, CA, Jain, N, Kadia, TM, Issa, GC, Gibson, A, Garcia, MB, Andrew Livingston, J, Parsons, SK, Hildebrandt, MA, Roth, M. Risk of early death after acute leukemia diagnosis among adolescents and young adults. JNCI Cancer Spectrum 9(4), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40579211.
- He, J, Munir, F, Ayerbe, C, Dickson, S, Catueno, S, Cuglievan, B, Gibson, A, McCall, DC, Nunez, CA, Roth, M, Tewari, P, Garcia, MB, Rodriguez, NI, Cortes, JA. Managing and Preventing Hypofibrinogenemia in Pediatric and AYA Leukemia Patients. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology 47(5):235-241, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40306291.
- McCall, DC, Alqahtani, S, Budak, M, Sheikh, IN, Fan, AE, Ramakrishnan, R, Nunez, CA, Roth, M, Garcia, M, Gibson, A, Daver, N, Garces, S, Short, NJ, Issa, GC, Ravandi-Kashani, F, DiNardo, C, Montalban Bravo, G, Garcia-Manero, G, Cuglievan, B, Kadia, TM. Cladribine-Based Therapy for Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Child, Adolescent, and Early Young Adult Patients. Cancers 16(22), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39594839.
- Gibson, A, Dickson, S, McCall, DC, Garcia, M, Connors, JS, He, J, Roth, M, Nunez, CA, Cuglievan, B. Venetoclax for pediatric patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia. Pediatric Blood and Cancer 71(11), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39152634.
- McCall, DC, Abuasab, T, Rodriguez-Sevilla, JJ, Mohamed, SF, Patnaik, A, Devireddy, K, Arani, N, Sheikh, IN, Jamshidi, R, Gibson, A, Roth, M, Nunez, CA, Garcia, M, Chien, KS, Loghavi, S, Pierce, S, Sasaki, K, Issa, GC, Cuglievan, B, Kantarjian, H, Garcia-Manero, G. Characteristics and outcomes of children, adolescent, and young adult patients with myelodysplastic neoplasms. Leukemia Research 144, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39178611.
- He J, Garcia MB, Connors JS, Nunez CA, Quesada AE, Gibson A, Roth M, Cuglievan B, Pemmaraju N, McCall D. Frontline Hyper-CVAD Plus Venetoclax for Pediatric Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 45(8):e1001-e1004, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37661300.
- Trabal, AM, Gibson, A, He, J, McCall, DC, Roth, M, Nunez, CA, Garcia, MB, Buzbee, M, Toepfer, L, Bidikian, A, Daver, N, Kadia, TM, Short, NJ, Issa, GC, Ravandi-Kashani, F, DiNardo, C, Montalban Bravo, G, Garces, S, Marcogliese, A, Paek, H, Dreyer, Z, Brackett, J, Redell, MS, Yi, JS, Garcia-Manero, G, Konopleva, M, Stevens, A, Cuglievan, B. Venetoclax for Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Pediatric Patients. Cancers 15(7), 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37046645.
- Munir, F, He, J, Connors, JS, Garcia, M, Gibson, A, McCall, DC, Nunez, CA, Dinh, CN, Robusto, L, Roth, M, Khazal, SJ, Tewari, P, Cuglievan, B. Translational advances in the treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Translational Pediatrics 12(3):487-502, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37035397.
- McCall, DC, Jabbour, EJ, Roth, M, Nunez, CA, Cuglievan, B. Mini-hyper CVD + CRIB (condensed rituximab, inotuzumab ozogamicin, and blinatumomab) for refractory pediatric B-acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Pediatric Blood and Cancer 70(1), 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36031729.
- Ragoonanan, D, Bhar, S, Mohan, G, Beltramo, F, Khazal, SJ, Hurley, C, Andersen, C, Margossian, S, Neelapu, SS, Shpall, E, Gutierrez, C, Tewari, P, Shoberu, B, Talleur, A, McCall, DC, Nunez, CA, Cuglievan, B, Tambaro, FP, Petropoulos, D, Abdel-Azim, H, Mahadeo, KM. A multicenter study of ICU resource utilization in pediatric, adolescent and young adult patients post CAR-T therapy. Frontiers in Oncology 12, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36353531.
- Qiu L, Nunez CA, Tang G, Cuglievan B, Issa GC, Wang SA, Medeiros LJ, Thakral B. A rare case of acute megakaryoblastic leukemia with t(11;17)(q23;q21) and KMT2A::MLLT6 fusion. Ann Hematol 101(7):1579-1581, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35091795.
- Gibson, A, Trabal, AM, McCall, DC, Khazal, SJ, Toepfer, L, Bell, D, Roth, M, Mahadeo, KM, Nunez, CA, Short, NJ, DiNardo, C, Konopleva, M, Issa, GC, Ravandi-Kashani, F, Jain, N, Borthakur, G, Kantarjian, HM, Jabbour, EJ, Cuglievan, B. Venetoclax for children and adolescents with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and lymphoblastic lymphoma. Cancers 14(1), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35008312.
- McCall D, Roth M, Mahadeo KM, Toepfer L, Nunez CA, Short NJ, Daver NG, Kadia TM, DiNardo CD, Yi JS, Cuglievan B. Gilteritinib Combination Therapies in Pediatric Patients with FLT3 Mutated Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Blood Adv, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34592761.
- Baig MU, Rytting M, Roth M, Morani AC, Nunez CA, Lin P, Cuglievan B. Venetoclax and Decitabine in Pediatric Refractory T-cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 43(7):e991-e996, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33480649.
- Vasquez L, Sampor C, Villanueva G, Maradiegue E, Garcia-Lombardi M, Gomez-Garcia W, Moreno F, Diaz R, Cappellano AM, Portilla CA, Salas B, Nava E, Brizuela S, Jimenez S, Espinoza X, Gassant PY, Quintero K, Fuentes-Alabi S, Velasquez T, Fu L, Gamboa Y, Quintana J, Castiglioni M, Nunez CA, Moreno, A, Luna-Fineman S, Luciani S, Chantada G. Early impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on paediatric cancer care in Latin America. Lancet Oncol 6:753-755, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Tambaro FP, Khazal S, Nunez CA, Ragoonanan D, Tewari P, Petropoulos D, Kebriaei P, Wierda WG, Mahadeo KM. Complete remission in refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia using blinatumomab after failure of response to CD-19 chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy. Clin Case Rep 8(9):1678-1681, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Nunez CA, Hassinger AB. Predictors of Negative Pressure Ventilation Response in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Failure. Respir Care 65(1):91-98, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 31575711.
- Jain N, Lu X, Daver N, Thakral B, Wang SA, Konoplev S, Patel K, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Valentine M, Tang G, Pemmaraju N, Jorgensen J, Kebriaei P, Nunez CA, Wierda W, Jabbour E, Roberts KG, Mullighan CG, Kantarjian H, Konopleva M. Co-occurrence of CRLF2-rearranged and Ph+ acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a report of four patients. Haematologica:e514-e517, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Lewis DJ, Turkeltaub AE, Dai J, Nagarajan P, Rieger KE, Nunez CA, Kim YH, Duvic M. An adolescent with granulomatous mycosis fungoides infiltrating skeletal muscle successfully treated with prednisone. JAAD Case Rep:276-279, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Aitken SL, Kontoyiannis DP, DePombo AM, Bhatti MM, Tverdek FP, Gettys SC, Nicolau DP, Nunez CA. Use of Ceftolozane/Tazobactam in the Treatment of Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bloodstream Infection in a Pediatric Leukemia Patient. Pediatr Infect Dis J 35(9):1040-2, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27254038.
- Chemaly RF, Ghantoji SS, Shah DP, Shah JN, El Taoum KK, Champlin RE, Nunez CA, Mulanovich V, Ariza-Heredia E. Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in Children with Cancer. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 36(6):376 - 381, 2013. PMID: 24327130.
- Fanale M, Fayad L, Pro B Samaniego F, Liboon MF, Nunez CA, Horowitz S, Anderlini P, Popat U, Ji Y, Kwak LW, Younes A. Phase I Study of Bortezomib Plus ICE(BICE) for the Treatment of Relapsed/Refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma. British Journal Haematology 154(2):284 -286, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21517809.
- Sakhinia E, Weaver DL, Nunez CA, et al.. Single cell RT-PCR cDNA subtraction. Methods in Molecular Biology(461):667 - 674, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Hudson MM, Rai SN, Nunez CA, et al.. Non-invasive evaluation of late anthracycline cardiac toxicity in childhood cancer survivors. Journal of Clinical Oncology 25(24):3635 - 3643, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Hijiya N, Metzger ML, Pounds S, Schmidt JE, Razzouk BI, Rubnitz JE, Howard SC, Nunez CA, Pui C-H, Ribeiro RC. Severe cardiopulmonary complications consistent with systemic inflammatory response syndrome caused by leukemia cell lysis in childhood acute myelomonocytic or monocytic leukemia. Pediatr Blood Cancer(44):63 - 69, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- Nunez CA, Zipf TF, Roberts WM, Medeiros LJ, Hayes K, Bueso-Ramos CE. Molecular monitoring of cerebrospinal fluid can predict clinical relapse in acute lymphoblastic leukemia with eosinophilia. Arch Pathol 127(5):601 - 605, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 12708906.
- Nunez CA, Bashein AM, Brunet CL, Hoyland JA, Freemont A, Buckle AM, Murphy C, Cross M, Lucas G, Bostock VJ, Brady G. The imprinted tumor-supressor gene H19 is regulated during normal haemopoiesis and is reduced in haemopoietic precursors of patients with polycythemia vera. J Pathol(190):61 - 68, 2000. e-Pub 2000.
- Shiokawa S, Mortari F, Lima J, Nunez CA, Bertrand III FE, Kirkham P, Zhu S, Schroeder HW. Multiple mechanisms are used to actively limit the expression of long immunoglobulins HCDR3 intervals during fetal life. J Immunol(162):6060 - 6070, 1999. e-Pub 1999.
- Weaver D, Nunez CA, Brunet C, Bostock V, Brady G. Single-cell RT-PCR cDNA subtraction. Methods Mol Biol(97):601 - 609, 1999. e-Pub 1999.
- Bueso-Ramos C, Medeiros LF, Zipf T, Nunez CA, Tubergen D. Tubergen D. Tenupodia formation by blasts in bone marrow aspirate smears from a patient with acute monoblastic leukemia. Blood(94):3954 - 3955, 1999. e-Pub 1999.
- Chan KW, Békássy AN, Ha CS, Nunez CA, Alvegård TA, Sallerfors B. Fludarabine-based preparative protocol for unrelated donor cord blood transplantation in children: successful engraftment with minimal toxicity. Bone Marrow Transplant 23(8):849 - 851, 1999. e-Pub 1999. PMID: 10231153.
- Nunez R, Sanchez M, Wild P, Filgueira L, Nunez CA. Characterization of two human dendritic cell-lines that express CD1a, take-up, process and present soluble antigens and induce MLR. Immunol Lett(61):31 - 43, 1998. e-Pub 1998. PMID: 9562373.
- Nunez CA, Nishimoto N, Gartland GL, Kubagawa H, Cooper MD. B-lineage cells are generated throughout life in humans. J Immunol(156):866 - 872, 1995. e-Pub 1995.
- Billips L, Nunez CA, Bertrand III FE, Stankovic AK, Gartland GL, Burrows PD, Cooper MD. Antagonist Effect of interleukin-7 and CD19 on immunoglobulin recombinase gene activity in B cell progenitors. J Exp Med(182):973 - 982, 1995. e-Pub 1995.
- Lassoued K, Nunez CA, Billips L, Kubagawa H, Monteiro RC, Lebien TW, Cooper MD. Expression of surrogate light chain receptors is restricted to a late stage in pre-B cell differentiation. Cell(73):73-86, 1993. e-Pub 1993.
- Nunez R, Munoz R, Nunez CA, de Gomez B. A micro-ELISA for the diagnosis of cerebral cisticercosis. J Immunoassay, 1989. e-Pub 1989.
- Nunez R, Raad J, Nunez CA. Antibodies against spermatozoids in homosexual, AIDS patients and sterile men. Allergologia et Immunopathology 215(15):17, 1987. e-Pub 1987.
- Nunez R, Raad J, Nunez CA. Antibodies against spermatozoids in homosexuals and AIDS patients. Acta Medica Colombiana 11:169, 1986. e-Pub 1986.
- Nunez R, Nunez CA, Sanchez M. Pediatric respiratory semiology. Medicina de Caldas (Colombia)(5):39-53, 1985. e-Pub 1985.
- Nunez R, Nunez CA, Sanchez M. Recurring infection syndrome. Pediatria (Colombia) 21(11):36, 1985. e-Pub 1985.
- Nunez R, Nunez CA, Sanchez M. Hypogammaglobulinemia A. Pediatria (Colombia)(20):15-23, 1984. e-Pub 1984.
- Nunez R, Raad J, Nunez CA, Duque J, Orduz A. Low lymph counts in homosexuals. Pediatria (Colombia)(4):7-13, 1984. e-Pub 1984.
- Nunez R, Nunez CA, Sanchez M. Necrotic enterocolitis. Medicina de Caldas (Colombia) 4(60):3, 1984. e-Pub 1984.
Review Articles
- McCall D, Catueno S, Ramakrishnan R, Tewari P, Sheikh I, Gibson A, Nunez CA, Garcia MB, Cuglievan B. Beyond Cellular Therapies: The Expanding Role of Antibody-Driven Immunotherapy in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Acta Haematol 149(1):1-16, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40324358.
- Cuglievan, B, Kantarjian, HM, Rubnitz, JE, Cooper, T, Zwaan, CM, Pollard, J, DiNardo, C, Kadia, TM, Guest, E, Short, NJ, McCall, DC, Daver, N, Nunez, CA, Haddad, FG, Garcia, MB, Bhalla, K, Maiti, A, Catueno, S, Fiskus, WC, Carter, BZ, Gibson, A, Roth, M, Khazal, SJ, Tewari, P, Abbas, HA, Bourgeois, W, Andreeff, M, Shukla, N, Truong, D, Connors, JS, Ludwig, JA, Stutterheim, J, Salzer, E, Juul-Dam, KL, Sasaki, K, Mahadeo, KM, Tasian, SK, Borthakur, G, Dickson, S, Jain, N, Jabbour, EJ, Meshinchi, S, Garcia-Manero, G, Ravandi, F, Stein, EM, Kolb, EA, Issa, GC. Menin inhibitors in pediatric acute leukemia. Leukemia 38(10):2073-2084, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39179671.
- He, J, Munir, F, Catueno, S, Connors, JS, Gibson, A, Robusto, L, McCall, DC, Nunez, CA, Roth, M, Tewari, P, Garces, S, Cuglievan, B, Garcia, MB. Biological Markers of High-Risk Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Cancers 16(5), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38473221.
- Cuglievan, B, Connors, JS, He, J, Khazal, SJ, Yedururi, S, Dai, J, Garces, S, Quesada, AE, Roth, M, Garcia, M, McCall, DC, Gibson, A, Ragoonanan, D, Petropoulos, D, Tewari, P, Nunez, CA, Mahadeo, KM, Tasian, SK, Lamble, AJ, Pawlowska, A, Hammond, DE, Maiti, A, Haddad, FG, Senapati, J, Daver, N, Gangat, N, Konopleva, M, Meshinchi, S, Pemmaraju, N. Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm. Leukemia 37(9):1767-1778, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37452102.
Other Articles
- Samra B, Kantarjian HM, Sasaki K, Alotaibi AS, Konopleva M, O'Brien S, Ferrajoli A, Garris R, Nunez CA, Kadia TM, Short NJ, Jabbour E Discontinuation of Maintenance Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in Philadelphia Chromosome-Postive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia outside of Transplant. Acta Haematol 144(3):1-8, 2020. PMID: 33238260.
- Kim EJ, Aria AB, Wilmas K, Lewis DJ, Torres-Cabala CA, Nunez CA, Dabaja BS, Duvic M Primary cutaneous CD4+ small- to medium-sized pleomorphic T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder in a pediatric patient successfully treated with low-dose radiation. Pediatr Dermatol 36(1):e23-e26, 2018. PMID: 30548331.
Editorials
- Okeleji, O, McCall, DC, Gibson, A, Garcia, MB, Nunez, CA, Roth, M, Connors, JS, Petropoulos, D, Tewari, P, Cuglievan, B, Sheikh, IN. Post transplant maintenance therapy with newly FDA-approved revumenib for high-risk KMT2Ar acute leukemia. Blood Advances 9(8):1988-1990, 2025. PMID: 39993239.
Abstracts
- Sheikh, I, Sarkar, S, Jain, T, Gibson, A, Trabal, A, Toepfer, L, Bell, D, McCall, D, Nunez, C, Roth, M, Cuglievan, B. Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma in Aya, Md Anderson Cancer Center’s 20-Year Experience. ASPHO, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Wahba, A, Toepfer, L, Bell, D, Roth, M, McCall, D, Nunez, C, Cuglievan, B. Synchronous Leukemia and Ependymoma In A Pediatric Patient With No Genetic Predisposition. ASPHO, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Sarkar, S, Sheikh, I, Jain, T, Gibson, A, Trabal, A, Toepfer, L, Bell, D, McCall, D, Roth, M, Nunez, C, Cuglievan, B. Impact Of Body Mass Index (BMI) On Overall Relapse Of Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma. ASPHO, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Jain, T, Sheikh, I, Sarkar, S, Gibson, A, Trabal, A, Toepfer, L, Bell, D, McCall, D, Nunez, C, Roth, M, Cuglievan, B. Risk Factors For 3rd Or Greater Relapses in AYA Patients With Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma: The MD Anderson Cancer Center Experience. ASPHO, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Sheikh, I, Sarkar, S, Jain, T, Gibson, A, Trabal, A, Toepfer, L, Bell, D, McCall, D, Nunez, C, Roth, M, Cuglievan, B. AYA patients with Mixed Cellularity Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma: The Md Anderson Cancer Center, 20-Year Experience. ASPHO, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Samra B, Kantarjian H, Sasaki K, Konopleva M, Kouri R, O’Brien S, Ferrajoli A, Nunez CA, Kadia TM, Jabbour E. Discontinuation of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) in Philadelphia-Chromosome (Ph+) acute lymphoblastic leukemia. 61th ASH Meeting 2019, Orlando, FL, Winner of 2019 ASH Abstract Achievement Award, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Cuglievan B, Roth M, Triche L, Bell DA, Toepfer L, Chasen B, Nunez C, Lin P, and Rytting M. Major response to Venetoclax and Decitabine in a patient with refractory T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma. SIOP 51th Annual Meeting, Lyon, France, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Wieser I, Wohlmuth C, Nunez CA, Duvic M. Lymphomatoid Papulosis in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review. Am J Clin Dermatol 17(4):319-27, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27138554.
- Bell DA, Young K, Rao Syamasudbar P, Nunez C. Concomitant presentation of Kawasaki disease and Hodgkin lymphoma: An unusual presentation, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Moonat H, Maher O, Nunez C, Hu S, Khatua S, Zaky W. Infections mimicking malignancy; report of two cases of abdominal tuberculosis and acute EBV infection simulating neoplasm. 27th Annual Meeting ASPHO, Chicago, IL, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Corrales-Medina F, Herzog CE, Egas-Bejar D, Hess K, Huh W, Anderson P, Hong D, Nunez C, Kleinerman ES, Kurzrock R, Vivek S. Clinical characterisitcs and outcomes of Pediatric Oncology Patients with aggressive biology enrolled in Phase I clinical trials designed for adults. 27th Annual Meeting ASPHO, Chicago, IL, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Janko F, Garrido-Laguna I, Velez-BRavo VM, Falchook GS, Subbiah V, Hong DS, Oki Y, Westin JR, Nunez CA, Fayad LE, Kwak LW, Sphall EJ, Wheler JJ, Liang W, Salhia B, Eric-Bernstam FM, Kurzrock R, Fanale MA. Significant activity of the mTOR inhibitor sirolimus and HDAC inhibitor vorinostat in heavily pretreated refractory Hodgkin lymphoma patients. 2nd International Symposium, Berlin, Germany, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Janku F, Garrido-Laguna I, Velez-Bravo VM, Falchook GS, Subbiah V, Hong DS, Oki Y, Westin JR, Nunez CA, Fayad LE, Kwak LW, Shppall EJ, Wheler JJ, Liang W, Salhia B, Meric-Bernstam F, Kurzrock R, Fanale MA. Significant activity of the mTOR inhibitor sirolimus and HDAC inhibitor vorinostat in heavily pretreated refractory Hodgkin lymphoma patients. Blood, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Rytting M, Thomas D, Franklin A, Wells R, Zweidler-McKay P, Schroeder K, Nunez C, Jabbour E, Faderl S, Ravandi F, O'Brien S, Kantarjian H. Augmented Berlin-Frankfurt-Munster in adolescents and young adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Fanale MA, Faad LE, Pro B, Samaniego F, Zachariah G, Nunez CA, Ji Y, Younes A. A Phase I Study of Bortezominib in combination with ICE (BICE) in patients with relapsed/refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma. Blood, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Levy AG, Sabell-River R, Ghisoli ML, Nunez CA, Anderson PM, Palla SL, De Angulo G, Zwedlier-Mckay P. ASH Annual meeting 2008. Blood, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Rytting M, Thomas D, Kantarjian H, Cortes J, Borthakur G, Wierda W, Nunez C, Kornblau S, Ravandi F, Wells R, Muriera B, Franklin A, O'Brien S. Adaptation of Augmented Berlin-Frandjurt-Munster (ABFM) therapy in adolescents and young adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Blood, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Fanale MA, Fayad LE, Pro B, Samaniego F, Zachariah G, Nunez CA, Ji Y, Younes A. Safety and efficacy of Bortexomib pluse ICR (BICE) for the treatmetn of relpased/refractory classical Hodgkin's lymphoma. Blood, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
Letters to the Editor
- Cohen, E, Okeleji, O, McCall, DC, Garcia, MB, Nunez, CA, Cuglievan, B, Herzog, CE, Razvi, S, Tewari, P, Douglas, H, Gibson, A. Synchronous Mediastinal Germ Cell Tumor with Sarcomatous Transformation and Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Pediatric Blood and Cancer 72, 2025.
- Sheikh, IN, Uwaezuoke, D, Okeleji, O, Quesada, AE, Herzog, CE, Ragoonanan, D, Tewari, P, Petropoulos, D, McCall, DC, Nunez, CA, Roth, M, Cuglievan, B, Khazal, SJ. Treatment of a Pediatric Patient with Core Binding Factor Acute Myeloid Leukemia Post-Cytotoxic Therapy With Cytarabine, Daunorubicin, and Gemtuzumab Followed by Stem Cell Transplantation. Pediatric Blood and Cancer 72, 2025.
- Nash, A, Dinh, CN, Kawedia, J, McCall, DC, Weinman, S, Garcia, M, Roth, M, Nunez, CA, Cuglievan, B, Gibson, A. Calasparagase Pegol Induced Hemolytic Anemia. Pediatric Blood and Cancer 72, 2025.
- Nash, A, Weirda, WG, Albritton, KH, Cuglievan, B, Garcia, MB, McCall, DC, Nunez, CA, Gibson, A. Rare case of chronic lymphocytic leukemia in an adolescent treated with targeted therapy. Pediatric Blood and Cancer 71, 2024.
- Gibson, A, Nunez, CA, Robusto, L, Kammerer, B, Garcia, M, Roth, M, Sheth, RK, Tewari, P, Hittle, A, Toepfer, L, Torres, R, Short, NJ, Jabbour, EJ, Jain, N, Cuglievan, B, McCall, DC. Combination low-intensity chemotherapy plus inotuzumab ozogamicin, blinatumomab and rituximab for pediatric patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Haematologica 109: 3042-3047, 2024.
- Okeleji, O, Gibson, A, Nunez, CA, Garcia, MB, Roth, M, Cuglievan, B, McCall, DC. Novel immunotherapeutic approaches for pediatric classical Hodgkin lymphoma. Pediatric Blood and Cancer 71, 2024.
- Alqahtani, S, Ramakrishnan, R, Shuyu, E, Wang, S, Nunez, CA, McCall, DC, Garcia, MB, Roth, M, Cuglievan, B, Gibson, A. Venetoclax use in a patient with ataxia telangiectasia and early T-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Pediatric Blood and Cancer 71, 2024.
- Sarkar, S, Rav, ES, Stitzlein, LM, Gibson, A, McCall, DC, Nunez, CA, Roth, M, Ragoonanan, D, Connors, JS, Herzog, CE, Cuglievan, B, Garcia, MB. Palbociclib and chemotherapy followed by blinatumomab consolidation to CAR-T cell therapy in KMT2A-rearranged, therapy-related acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Pediatric Blood and Cancer 71, 2024.
- Sheikh, IN, Alqahtani, S, Yin, CC, McCall, DC, Cuglievan, B, Ragoonanan, D, Connors, JS, Gibson, A, Nunez, CA, Roth, M, Ohanian, M, Borthakur, G, Garcia, MB. KIT-mutated pediatric core-binding factor systemic mastocytosis-acute myeloid leukemia treated with avapritinib and decitabine. Pediatric Blood and Cancer 71, 2024.
- Rav, ES, Wahba, A, Patnaik, A, Toruner, GA, Hittle, A, Toepfer, L, Roth, M, Cuglievan, B, Nunez, CA, McCall, DC. A balancing act. Pediatric Blood and Cancer 70, 2023.
- Sheikh, IN, Nunez, CA, McCall, DC, Roth, M, Cuglievan, B. Programmed cell death protein blockade with pembrolizumab for classical Hodgkin lymphoma after autologous stem cell transplantation in an adolescent patient. Pediatric Blood and Cancer 69, 2022.
- Kohorst MA, Nunez CA, Tewari P, Petropoulos D, Mahadeo KM, Neelapu SS, Shpall EJ, Khazal S. Primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma in paediatric and adolescent patients: emerging questions in the era of immunotherapy. Br J Haematol 190: e114-e117, 2020.
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