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Funda Meric-Bernstam, MD

Present Title & Affiliation

Primary Appointment

Professor, Department of Surgical Oncology, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment

Regular Member, University of Texas Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX

Bio Statement

Funda Meric-Bernstam is an Associate Professor of Surgical Oncology at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. She is also a member of the University of Texas at Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Faculty. Dr. Meric-Bernstam graduated Cum Laude from Yale University School of Medicine in 1991 and completed her residency in general surgery at the University of Michigan Medical Center in 1998. In her third year of residency, she joined the National Institutes of Health as a postdoctoral fellow. During her time at the NIH, she received the NIH Intramural National Research Service Award as well as the NIH Fellows Award for Research Excellence.  After her general surgery residency she did a surgical oncology fellowship at M.D. Anderson Cancer. She joined M. D. Anderson's faculty in 2001 as a surgeon and researcher. In 2005, Dr. Meric-Bernstam received the Outstanding Teaching Award for Research from the Department of Surgical Oncology at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Meric-Bernstam is an active member of the American Medical Association, American Association of Cancer Research, American College of Surgeons, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Society of Surgical Oncology, Society of University Surgeons and the Houston Medical Society. Dr. Meric-Bernstam has authored over 140 peer-reviewed articles in journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, Cancer Research, Clinical Cancer Research, Molecular Cancer Therapeutics and Annals of Surgical Oncology. She has also written chapters for more than 15 books.

Research Interests

Dr. Meric-Bernstam has an active basic, translational and clinical  research program focused on breast cancer biology and novel breast cancer therapies.

Education & Training

Degree-Granting Education

1991 Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, MD, Cum Laude, Medicine

Board Certifications

1/1999 American Board of Surgery

Experience/Service

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor, Department of Surgical Oncology, Division of Surgery, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2005-2009

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles
1. Cabioglu N, Sahin AA, Morandi P, Meric-Bernstam F, Islam R, Lin HY, Bucana CD, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Hortobagyi GN, Cristofanilli M. Chemokine receptors in advanced breast cancer: differential expression in metastatic disease sites with diagnostic and therapeutic implications. Ann Oncol 20(6):1013-9, 6/2009. PMID: 19237480.
2. Boughey JC, Goravanchi F, Parris RN, Kee SS, Kowalski AM, Frenzel JC, Bedrosian I, Meric-Bernstam F, Hunt KK, Ames FC, Kuerer HM, Lucci A. Prospective randomized trial of paravertebral block for patients undergoing breast cancer surgery. Am J Surg. e-Pub 5/8/2009. PMID: 19427625.
3. Krishnamurthy S, Meric-Bernstam F, Lucci A, Hwang RF, Kuerer HM, Babiera GV, Ames FC, Feig BW, Ross MI, Singletary SE, Hunt KK ,Bedrosian I. A prospective study comparing touch imprint cytology, frozen section analysis and rapid cytokeratin immunostain for intraoperative evaluation of axillary sentinel lymph nodes in breast cancer. Cancer 115(7):1361-2, 4/2009. PMID: 19195040.
4. Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Stemke-Hale K, Palla SL, Carey M, Agarwal R, Hsu L, Meric-Bernstam F, Traina TA, Hudis C, Hortobagyi GN, Gerald WL, Mills GB, Hennessy BT. Androgen receptor levels and association with PI3KCA mutations and prognosis in breast cancer. Clin Can Res 15(7):2472-8, 4/2009. PMID: 19276248.
5. Yim EK, Dai H, Li K, Mills GB, Meric-Bernstam F, Lin SY. Essential Role of Rak in PTEN Protein Stability and Tumor Suppression. Cancer Cell 15:304-314, 4/2009.
6. Litton JK, Westin SK, Ready K, Sun CC, Peterson S, Meric-Bernstam F, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Bodurka DC, Lu K, Hortobagyi GN, Arun BK. Perception of screening and risk-reduction surgeries in patients tested for a BRCA deleterious mutation. Cancer 115(8):1598-604, 4/2009. PMCID: PMC2680417.
7. Meric-Bernstam F, Gonzalez-Angulo AM. Targeting the mTOR signaling network for cancer therapy. J Clin Oncol 27(13). e-Pub 3/30/2009. PMID: 19332717.
8. Yi M, Meric-Bernstam F, Middleton LP, Arun BK, Bedrosian I, Babiera GV, Hwang RF, Kuerer HM, Yang W, Hunt KK. Predictors of contralateral breast cancer in patients with unilateral breast cancer undergoing contralateral prophylactic mastectomy. Cancer 115(5):962-71, 3/2009. PMID: 19172584.
9. Beadle BM, Woodward WA, Tucker SL, Outlaw ED, Allen PK, Oh JL, Strom EA, Perkins GH, Tereffe W, Yu TK, Meric-Bernstam F, Litton JK, Buchholz TA. Ten-year recurrence rates in young women with breast cancer by locoregional treatment approach. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 73(3):734-44, 3/2009. e-Pub 8/2008. PMID: 18707822.
10. Yang WT, Lewis MT, Hess K, Wong H, Tsimelzon A, Karadag N, Cairo M, Wei C, Meric-Bernstam F, Brown P, Arun B, Hortobagyi GN, Sahin A, Chang JC. Decreased TGFbeta signaling and increased COX2 expression in high risk women with increased mammographic breast density. Breast Cancer Res Treat. e-Pub 2/2009. PMID: 19241157.
11. Lang JE, Mosalpuria K, Cristofanilli M, Krishnamurthy S, Reuben J, Singh B, Bedrosian I, Meric-Bernstam F, Lucci A. HER2 status predicts the presence of circulating tumor cells in patients with operable breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat 113(3):501-7, 2/2009. PMID: 18327638.
12. Arun B, Vogel K, Lopez A, Hernandez M, Atchley D, Broglio K, Amos CI, Meric-Bernstam F, Kuerer HM, Hortobagyi GN, Albarracin C. High Prevalence of Pre-invasive lesions adjacent to BRCA1/2-Associated Breast Cancers. Can Prev Res 2(2):122-7, 2/2009. e-Pub 1/2009. PMID: 19174581.
13. Beadle BM, Woodward WA, Middleton LP, Tereffe W, Strom EA, Litton JK, Meric-Bernstam F, Theriault RL, Buchholz TA, Perkins GH. The impact of pregnancy on breast cancer outcomes in women </=35 years. Cancer 115(6):1174-1184, 2/2009. e-Pub 2/2009. PMID: 19204903.
14. Yi M, Meric-Bernstam F, Middleton LP, Arun BK, Bedrosian I, Babiera GV, Hwang RF, Feig BW, Kuerer HM, Yang W, Hunt KK. Predictors of Contralateral Breast Cancer in Patients with Unilateral Breast Cancer. Cancer 115(5):962-971, 1/2009. PMID: 19172584.
15. Dong J, Akcakanat A, Stivers DN, Zhang J, Kim D, Meric-Bernstam F. RNA-Binding Specificity of Y-Box Protein 1. RNA Biology 6(1):59-64, 1/2009. e-Pub 1/2009. PMID: 19098458.
16. Dawood S, Broglio K, Kau SW, Green MC, Giordano SH, Meric-Bernstam F, Buchholz TA, Albarracin CT, Yang WT, Hennessy BT, Hortobagyi GN, Gonzalez-Angulo AM. Triple Receptor-Negative Breast Cancer: The Effect of Race on Response to Primary Systemic Treatment and Survival Outcomes. J Clin Oncol 27(2):220-6, 1/2009. e-Pub 12/2008. PMID: 19047281.
17. Mittendorf EA, Sahin AA, Tucker SL, Meric-Bernstam F, Yi M, Nayeemuddin KM, Babiera GV, Ross MI, Feig BW, Kuerer HM, Hunt KK. Lymphovascular invasion and lobular histology are associated with increased incidence of isolated tumor cells in sentinel lymph nodes from early stage breast cancer patients. Ann Surg Oncol 15(12):3369-77, 12/2008. e-Pub 9/2008. PMID: 18815841.
18. Yao JC, Phan AT, Chang DZ, Wolff RA, Hess K, Gupta S, Jacobs C,Mares JE, Landgraf AN, Rashid A, Meric-Bernstam F. Efficacy of RAD001 (Everolimus) and Octreotide LAR in Advanced Low- to Intermediate-Grade Neuroendocrine Tumors: Results of a Phase II Study. J Clin Oncol 26(26):4311-8, 9/2008. PMID: 18779618.
19. Lucci A, Krishnamurthy S, Singh B, Bedrosian I, Meric-Bernstam F, Reuben J, Broglio K, Mosalpuria K, Lodhi A, Vincent L, Cristofanilli M. Cyclooxygenase-2 expression in primary breast cancers predicts dissemination of cancer cells to the bone marrow. Breast Cancer Res Treat. e-Pub 7/2008. PMID: 18663571.
20. Soni A, Akcakanat A, Singh G, Luyimbazi D, Zheng Y, Kim D, Gonzalez-Angulo A, Meric-Bernstam F. eIF4E knockdown decreases breast cancer cell growth without activating Akt signaling. Mol Can Ther 7(7):1872-8, 7/2008. PMID: 18644990.
21. Lu J, Wei Q, Bondy ML, Brewster AM, Bevers TB, Yu TK, Buchholz TA, Meric-Bernstam F, Hunt KK, Singletary SE, Wang LE. Genetic variants in the H2AFX promoter region are associated with risk of sporadic breast cancer in non-Hispanic white women aged less than 55 years. Breast Cancer Res Treat 110(2):357-66, 7/2008. PMID: 17851762.
22. Lu J, Wei Q, Bondy ML, Brewster AM, Bevers TB, Yu TK, Buchholz TA, Meric-Bernstam F, Hunt KK, Singletary SE, Wang LE. Genetic variants in the H2AFX promoter region are associated with risk of sporadic breast cancer in non-Hispanic white women agend </=55 years. Breast Cancer Res Treat 110(2):357-66, 7/2008. PMID: 17851762.
23. Yi M, Meric-Bernstam F, Ross MI, Akins JS, Hwang RF, Lucci A, Kuerer HM, Babiera GV, Gilcrease MZ, Hunt KK. How many sentinel lymph nodes are enough during sentinel lymph node dissection for breast cancer? Cancer 113(1):30-7, 7/2008. PMID: 18457326.
24. Buchholz TA, Woodward WA, Duan Z, Fang S, Oh JL, Tereffe W, Strom EA, Perkins GH, Yu TK, Hunt KK, Meric-Bernstam F, Hortobagyi GN, Giordano SH. Radiation use and long-term survival in breast cancer patients with T1, T2 primary tumors and one to three positive axillary lymph nodes. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 71(4):1022-7, 7/2008. e-Pub 1/2008. PMID: 18234447.
25. Buchholz TA, Woodward WA, Duan Z, Fang S, Oh JL, Tereffe W, Strom EA, Perkins GH, Yu TK, Hunt KK, Meric-Bernstam F, Hortobagyi GN, Giordano SH. Radiation Use and Long-Term Survival in Breast Cancer Patients with T1,T2 Primary Tumors and 1-3 Positive Axillary Lymph Nodes. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 71(4):1022-7, 7/2008. PMID: 18234447.
26. Yi M, Krishnamurthy S, Kuerer HM, Meric-Bernstam F, Bedrosian I, Ross MI, Ames FC, Lucci A, Hwang RF, Hunt KK. Role of primary tumor characteristics in predicting positive sentinel lymph nodes in patients with ductal carcinoma in situ or microinvasive breast cancer. Am J Surg 196(1):81-7, 7/2008. e-Pub 4/2008. PMID: 18436181.
27. Akcakanat A, Sahin A, Shaye AN, Velasco MA, Meric-Bernstam F. Comparison of Akt / mTOR signaling in Primary Breast Tumors and Matched Distant Metastases. Cancer 112(11):2352-2358, 6/2008. e-Pub 4/2008. PMID: 18386830.
28. Jeruss JS, Newman LA, Ayers GD, Cristofanilli M, Broglio KR, Meric-Bernstam F, Yi M, Waljee JF, Ross MI, Hunt KK. Factors predicting additional disease in the axilla in patients with positive sentinel lymph nodes after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Cancer 122(12):2646-54, 5/2008. PMID: 18442039.
29. Dawood S, Broglio K, Gong Y, Yang WT, Cristofanilli M, Kau SW, Meric-Bernstam F, Buchholz TA, Hortobagyi GN, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Gonzalez-Angulo AM. Prognostic significance of HER2 Status in Women with Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Cancer 112(9):1905-11, 5/2008. e-Pub 2/2008. PMID: 18300243.
30. Batista LI, Lu KH, Beahm EK, Arun BK, Bodurka DC, Meric-Bernstam F. Coordinated Prophylactic Surgical Management for Women with Hereditary Breast-Ovarian Cancer Syndrome. BMC Cancer 8:101, 4/2008. PMCID: PMC2362122.
31. Moreno A, Akcakanat A, Munsell MF, Soni A, Yao JC, Meric-Bernstam F. Antitumor Activity of Rapamycin and Octreotide as Single Agents or in Combination in Neuroendocrine Tumors. Endocr Relat Cancer 15(1):257-266, 3/2008. PMID: 18310292.
32. Bernstam EV, Walji MF, Sagaram S, Sagaram D, Johnson CW, Meric-Bernstam F. Commonly cited Web site quality criteria are not effective at identifying inaccurate online information about breast cancer. Cancer 112(6):1206-13, 2/2008. e-Pub 2/2008. PMID: 18266210.
33. Dawood S, Broglio K, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Kau SW, Yang W, Albarracin C, Meric F, Hortobagyi G, Theriault R. Development of new cancers in patients with DCIS: The M. D. Anderson experience. Ann Surg Oncol 15(1):244-9, 1/2008. e-Pub 11/2007. PMID: 18043978.
34. Dawood S, Broglio K, Kau SW, Islam R, Symmans WF, Buchholz TA, McGuire SE, Meric-Bernstam F, Cristofanilli M, Hortobagyi GN, Gonzalez-Angulo AM. Prognostic value of initial clinical disease stage after achieving pathological complete response. Oncologist 13(1):6-15, 1/2008. PMID: 18245008.
35. Boughey JC, Cormier JN, Xing Y, Hunt KK, Meric-Bernstam F, Babiera GV, Ross MI, Kuerer HM, Singletary SE, Bedrosian I. Decision Analysis to Assess the Efficacy of Routine Sentinel Lymphadenectomy in Patients Undergoing Prophylactic Mastectomy. Cancer 110(11):2542-50, 12/2007. PMID: 17932905.
36. Garg AK, Oh JL, Oswald MJ, Huang E, Strom EA, Perkins GH, Woodward WA, Yu TK,Tereffe W, Meric-Bernstam F, Hahn K, Buchholz TA. Effect of Postmastectomy Radiotherapy in Patients <35 Years Old With Stage II-III Breast Cancer Treated With Doxorubicin-Based Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Mastectomy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 69(5):1478-83, 12/2007. e-Pub 9/2007. PMID: 17855016.
37. Meric-Bernstam F, Walji M, Sagaram S, Sagaram D, Bernstam E. Currency of online breast cancer information. MedInfo 12(Pt 2):973-6, 11/2007. PMID: 17911860.
38. Vo T, Xing Y, Meric-Bernstam F, Mirza N, Vlastos G, Symmans WF, Perkins GH, Buchholz TA, Babiera GV, Kuerer HM, Bedrosian I, Akins JS, Hunt KK. Long-Term Outcomes in patients with mucinous, medullary, tubular and invasive ductal carcinomas after lumpectomy. Am J Surg 194(4):527-31, 10/2007. PMID: 17826073.
39. Akcakanat A, Singh G, Hung MC, Meric-Bernstam F. Rapamycin Regulates the Phosphorylation of Rictor. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 362(2):330-3, 10/2007. e-Pub 8/2007. PMCID: PMC2040311.
40. Hwang RF, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Yi M, Buchholz TA, Meric-Bernstam F, Kuerer HM, Babiera GV, Tereffe W, Liu DD, Hunt KK. Low locoregional failure rates in selected breast cancer patients with tumor-positive sentinel lymph nodes who do not undergo completion axillary dissection. Cancer 110(4):723-30, 8/2007. PMID: 17587208.
41. Williams SA, Ehlers RA, Hunt KK, Yi M, Kuerer HM, Singletary SE, Ross MI, Feig BW, Symmans WF, Meric-Bernstam F. Metastases to the Breast from Non-breast solid neoplasms: Presentation and Determinants of Survival. Cancer 110(4):731-7, 8/2007. e-Pub 6/2007. PMID: 17582626.
42. Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Hennessey BT, Broglio K, Meric-Bernstam F, Cristofanilli M, Giordano SH, Buchholz TA, Singletary SE, Buzdar AU, Hortobagyi GN. Trends for inflammatory breast cancer: Is survival improving? Oncologist 12(8):904-12, 8/2007. PMID: 17766649.
43. Mazouni C, Peintinger F, Kau SW, Andre F, Gonzalez-Angulo A, Symmans WF, Meric-Bernstam F, Valero V, Hortobagyi GN, Pusztai L. Residual DCIS in patients with complete eradication of invasive breast cancer after neoadjuvant chemotherapy does not adversely affect patient outcome. J Clin Oncol 25(19):2650-5, 7/2007. PMID: 17602071.
44. Mazouni C, Peintinger F, Wan-Kau S, Andre F, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Symmans WF, Meric-Bernstam F, Valero V, Hortobagyi GN, Pusztai L. Residual ductal carcinoma in situ in patients with complete eradication of invasive breast cancer after neoadjuvant chemotherapy does not adversely affect patient outcome. J Clin Oncol 25(19):2650-5, 7/2007. PMID: 17602071.
45. Shen J, Gilcrease MZ, Babiera GV, Ross MI, Meric-Bernstam F, Feig BW, Kuerer HM, Francis A, Ames FC, Hunt KK. Feasibility and accuracy of sentinel lymph node biopsy following preoperative chemotherapy in breast cancer patients with documented axillary metastasis. Cancer 109(7):1255-63, 4/2007.
46. Cabioglu N, Hunt KK, Sahin AA, Kuerer HM, Babiera GV, Singletary SE, Whitman GJ, Ross ML, Ames FC, Feig BW, Buchholz TA, Meric-Bernstam F. Role for intraoperative margin assessment in patients undergoing breast-conserving surgery. Ann Surg Oncol 14(4):1458-71, 4/2007. e-Pub 1/2007. PMID: 17260108.
47. Uyei A, Peterson SK, Erlichman J, Broglio K, Yekell S, Schmeler K, Lu K, Meric-Bernstam F, Amos C, Strong L, Arun B. Association between clinical characteristics and risk-reduction interventions in women who underwent BRCA1 and BRCA2 testing: a single-institution study. Cancer 107(12):2745-51, 12/2006. PMID: 17109443.
48. Peintinger F, Kuerer HM, Anderson K, Boughey JC, Meric-Bernstam F, Singletary SE, Hunt KK, Whitman GJ, Stephens T, Buzdar AU, Green MC, Symmans WF. Accuracy of the combination of mammography and sonography in predicting tumor response in breast cancer patients after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Ann Surg Oncol 13(11):1443-9, 11/2006. e-Pub 9/2006. PMID: 17028770.
49. Jeruss JS, Hunt KK, Xing Y, Krishnamurthy S, Meric-Bernstam F, Cantor SB, Ross MI, Cormier JN. Is intraoperative touch imprint cytology of sentinel lymph nodes in patients with breast cancer cost effective? Cancer 107(10):2328-36, 11/2006. PMID: 17039501.
50. Lu J, Wei Q, Bondy ML, Li D, Brewster A, Shete S, Yu TK, Sahin A, Meric-Bernstam F, Hunt KK, Singletary SE, Ross MI, Wang LE. Polymorphisms and haplotypes of the NBS1 gene are associated with risk of sporadic breast cancer in non-Hispanic white women <or=55 years. Carcinogenesis 27(11):2209-16, 11/2006. e-Pub 5/2006. PMID: 16714331.
51. Lu J, Wei Q, Bondy ML, Yu TK, Li D, Brewster A, Shete S, Sahin A, Meric-Bernstam F, Wang LE. Promoter polymorphism (-786t>C) in the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene is associated with risk of sporadic breast cancer in non-Hispanic white women age younger than 55 years. Cancer 107(9):2245-53, 11/2006. PMID: 17063466.
52. Rosenkranz KM, Bedrosian I, Feng L, Hunt KK, Hartman K, Lucci A, Meric-Bernstam F, Kuerer HM, Singletary ES, Hwang R, Feig B, Ross M, Ames F, Babiera GV. Breast cancer in the very elderly: treatment patterns and complications in a tertiary cancer center. Am J Surg 192(4):541-4, 10/2006. PMID: 16978971.
53. Boughey JC, Bedrosian I, Meric-Bernstam F, Ross MI, Kuerer HM, Akins JS, Giordano SH, Babiera GV, Ames FC, Hunt KK. Comparative analysis of sentinel lymph node operation in male and female breast cancer patients. J Am Coll Surg 203(4):475-80, 10/2006. e-Pub 8/2006. PMID: 17000390.
54. Huang EH, Strom EA, Perkins GH, Oh JL, Chen AM, Meric-Bernstam F, Hunt KK, Sahin AA, Hortobagyi GN, Buchholz TA. Comparison of risk of local-regional recurrence after mastectomy or breast conservation therapy for patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radiation stratified according to a prognostic index score. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 66(2):352-7, 10/2006. e-Pub 8/2006. PMID: 16887286.
55. Vo TN, Meric-Bernstam F, Yi M, Buchholz TA, Ames FC, Kuerer HM, Bedrosian I, Hunt KK. Outcomes of breast-conservation therapy for invasive lobular carcinoma are equivalent to those for invasive ductal carcinoma. Am J Surg 192(4):552-5, 10/2006. PMID: 16978974.
56. Boughey JC, Peintinger F, Meric-Bernstam F, Perry AC, Hunt KK, Babiera GV, Singletary SE, Bedrosian I, Lucci A, Buzdar AU, Pusztai L, Kuerer HM. Impact of preoperative versus postoperative chemotherapy on the extent and number of surgical procedures in patients treated in randomized clinical trials for breast cancer. Ann Surg 244(3):464-70, 9/2006. PMCID: PMC1856540.
57. Boughey JC, Khakpour N, Meric-Bernstam F, Ross MI, Kuerer HM, Singletary SE, Babiera GV, Arun B, Hunt KK, Bedrosian I. Selective use of sentinel lymph node surgery during prophylactic mastectomy. Cancer 107(7):1440-7, 9/2006. PMID: 16955504.
58. Motwani SB, Strom EA, Schechter NR, Butler CE, Lee GK, Langstein HN, Kronowitz SJ, Meric-Bernstam F, Ibrahim NK, Buchholz TA. The impact of immediate breast reconstruction on the technical delivery of postmastectomy radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 66(1):76-82, 9/2006. e-Pub 6/2006. PMID: 16765534.
59. Rai R, Dai H, Multani AS, Li K, Chin K, Gray J, Lahad JP, Liang J, Mills GB, Meric-Bernstam F, Lin SY. BRIT1 regulates early DNA damage response, chromosomal integrity, and cancer. Cancer Cell 10(2):145-57, 8/2006. PMCID: PMC1557410.
60. Peintinger F, Symmans WF, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Boughey JC, Buzdar AU, Yu TK, Hunt KK, Singletary SE, Babiera GV, Lucci A, Meric-Bernstam F, Kuerer HM. The safety of breast-conserving surgery in patients who achieve a complete pathologic response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Cancer 107(6):1248-1254, 7/2006. PMID: 16862596.
61. Kawase K, Gayed IW, Hunt KK, Kuerer HM, Akins J, Yi M, Grimes L, Babiera GV, Ross MI, Feig BW, Ames FC, Singletary SE, Buchholz TA, Symmans WF, Meric-Bernstam F. Use of lymphoscintigraphy defines lymphatic drainage patterns before sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer. J Am Coll Surg 203(1):64-72, 7/2006. e-Pub 5/2006. PMID: 16798488.
62. Babiera GV, Rao R, Feng L, Meric-Bernstam F, Kuerer HM, Singletary SE, Hunt KK, Ross MI, Gwyn KM, Feig BW, Ames FC, Hortobagyi GN. Effect of primary tumor extirpation in breast cancer patients who present with stage IV disease and an intact primary tumor. Ann Surg Oncol 13(6):776-82, 6/2006. PMID: 16614878.
63. Esquivel A, Meric-Bernstam F, Bernstam EV. Accuracy and self correction of information received from an internet breast cancer list: content analysis. BMJ 332(7547):939-42, 4/2006. PMCID: PMC1444809.
64. Guarneri V, Broglio K, Kau SW, Cristofanilli M, Buzdar AU, Valero V, Buchholz T, Meric F, Middleton L, Hortobagyi GN, Gonzalez-Angulo AM. Prognostic value of pathologic complete response after primary chemotherapy in relation to hormone receptor status and other factors. J Clin Oncol 24(7):1037-44, 3/2006. PMID: 16505422.
65. Lambert LA, Ayers GD, Hwang RF, Hunt KK, Ross MI, Kuerer HM, Singletary SE, Babiera GV, Ames FC, Feig B, Lucci A, Krishnamurthy S, Meric-Bernstam F. Validation of a breast cancer nomogram for predicting nonsentinel lymph node metastases after a positive sentinel node biopsy. Ann Surg Oncol 13(3):310-20, 3/2006. e-Pub 2/2006. PMID: 16463073.
66. Chagpar AB, Middleton LP, Sahin AA, Dempsey P, Buzdar AU, Mirza AN, Ames FC, Babiera GV, Feig BW, Hunt KK, Kuerer HM, Meric-Bernstam F, Ross MI, Singletary SE. Accuracy of physical examination, ultrasonography, and mammography in predicting residual pathologic tumor size in patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Ann Surg 243(2):257-64, 2/2006. PMCID: PMC1448900.
67. Adepoju LJ, Symmans WF, Babiera GV, Singletary SE, Arun B, Sneige N, Pusztai L, Buchholz TA, Sahin A, Hunt KK, Meric-Bernstam F, Ross MI, Ames FC, Kuerer HM. Impact of concurrent proliferative high-risk lesions on the risk of ipsilateral breast carcinoma recurrence and contralateral breast carcinoma development in patients with ductal carcinoma in situ treated with breast-conserving therapy. Cancer 106(1):42-50, 2006. PMID: 16333852.
68. Andtbacka RH, Babiera G, Singletary SE, Hunt KK, Meric-Bernstam F, Feig BW, Ames FC, Ross MI, Dejesus Y, Kuerer HM. Incidence and prevention of venous thromboembolism in patients undergoing breast cancer surgery and treated according to clinical pathways. Ann Surg 243(1):96-101, 2006. PMCID: PMC1449977.
69. Al-Refaie W, Kuerer HM, Khuwaja A, Perry A, Hunt KK, Feig B, Ames F, Ross M, Singletary SE, Meric-Bernstam F, Babiera GV. Determinants of mastectomy in breast conservation therapy candidates. Am J Surg 190(4):602-5, 10/2005. PMID: 16164931.
70. Schechter NR, Strom EA, Perkins GH, Arzu I, McNeese MD, Langstein HN, Kronowitz SJ, Meric-Bernstam F, Babiera G, Hunt KK, Hortobagyi GN, Buchholz TA. Immediate breast reconstruction can impact postmastectomy irradiation. Am J Clin Oncol 28(5):485-94, 10/2005. PMID: 16199989.
71. Khakpour N, Hunt KK, Kuerer HM, Yi M, Meric-Bernstam F, Ross MI, Lucci A. Sentinel lymph node dissection provides axillary control equal to complete axillary node dissection in breast cancer patients with lobular histology and a negative sentinel node. Am J Surg 190(4):598-601, 10/2005. PMID: 16164930.
72. Raut CP, Hunt KK, Akins JS, Daley MD, Ross MI, Singletary SE, Marshall GD, Jr, Meric-Bernstam F, Babiera G, Feig BW, Ames FC, Kuerer HM. Incidence of anaphylactoid reactions to isosulfan blue dye during breast carcinoma lymphatic mapping in patients treated with preoperative prophylaxis: results of a surgical prospective clinical practice protocol. Cancer 104(4):692-9, 8/2005. PMID: 15981283.
73. Shen J, Hunt KK, Mirza NQ, Buchholz TA, Babiera GV, Kuerer HM, Bedrosian I, Ross MI, Ames FC, Feig BW, Singletary SE, Cristofanilli M, Meric-Bernstam F. Predictors of systemic recurrence and disease-specific survival after ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence. Cancer 104(3):479-90, 8/2005. PMID: 15968686.
74. Walji M, Sagaram S, Meric-Bernstam F, Johnson CW, Bernstam EV. Searching for cancer-related information online: unintended retrieval of complementary and alternative medicine information. Int J Med Inform 74(7-8):685-93, 8/2005. PMID: 16027034.
75. Bernstam EV, Sagaram S, Walji M, Johnson CW, Meric-Bernstam F. Usability of quality measures for online health information: Can commonly used technical quality criteria be reliably assessed? Int J Med Inform 74(7-8):675-83, 8/2005. e-Pub 3/2005. PMID: 16043090.
76. Cabioglu N, Hunt KK, Buchholz TA, Mirza N, Singletary SE, Kuerer HM, Babiera GV, Ames FC, Sahin AA, Meric-Bernstam F. Improving local control with breast-conserving therapy: a 27-year single-institution experience. Cancer 104(1):20-9, 7/2005. PMID: 15912514.
77. Kawase K, Dimaio DJ, Tucker SL, Buchholz TA, Ross MI, Feig BW, Kuerer HM, Meric-Bernstam F, Babiera G, Ames FC, Singletary SE, Hunt KK. Paget's disease of the breast: there is a role for breast-conserving therapy. Ann Surg Oncol 12(5):391-7, 5/2005. PMID: 15915373.
78. Chagpar A, Middleton LP, Sahin AA, Meric-Bernstam F, Kuerer HM, Feig BW, Ross MI, Ames FC, Singletary SE, Buchholz TA, Valero V, Hunt KK. Clinical outcome of patients with lymph node-negative breast carcinoma who have sentinel lymph node micrometastases detected by immunohistochemistry. Cancer 103(8):1581-6, 4/2005. PMID: 15747375.
79. Shahar KH, Buchholz TA, Delpassand E, Sahin AA, Ross MI, Ames FC, Kuerer HM, Feig BW, Meric-Bernstam F, Babiera GV, Singletary SE, Akins JS, Mirza NQ, Hunt KK. Lower and central tumor location correlates with lymphoscintigraphy drainage to the internal mammary lymph nodes in breast carcinoma. Cancer 103(7):1323-9, 4/2005. PMID: 15726547.
80. Yen TW, Hunt KK, Ross MI, Mirza NQ, Babiera GV, Meric-Bernstam F, Singletary SE, Symmans WF, Giordano SH, Feig BW, Ames FC, Kuerer HM. Predictors of invasive breast cancer in patients with an initial diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ: a guide to selective use of sentinel lymph node biopsy in management of ductal carcinoma in situ. J Am Coll Surg 200(4):516-26, 4/2005. PMID: 15804465.
81. Dong J, Peng J, Zhang H, Mondesire WH, Jian W, Mills GB, Hung MC, Meric-Bernstam F. Role of glycogen synthase kinase 3beta in rapamycin-mediated cell cycle regulation and chemosensitivity. Cancer Res 65(5):1961-72, 3/2005. PMID: 15753396.
82. Chen AM, Meric-Bernstam F, Hunt KK, Thames HD, Outlaw ED, Strom EA, McNeese MD, Kuerer HM, Ross MI, Singletary SE, Ames FC, Feig BW, Sahin AA, Perkins GH, Babiera G, Hortobagyi GN, Buchholz TA. Breast conservation after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Cancer 103(4):689-95, 2/2005. PMID: 15641036.
83. Bernstam EV, Shelton DM, Walji M, Meric-Bernstam F. Instruments to assess the quality of health information on the World Wide Web: what can our patients actually use? Int J Med Inform 74(1):13-9, 2005. PMID: 15626632.
84. Babiera GV, Delpassand ES, Breslin TM, Ross MI, Ames FC, Singletary SE, Kuerer HM, Feig BW, Meric-Bernstam F, Hunt KK. Lymphatic drainage patterns on early versus delayed breast lymphoscintigraphy performed after injection of filtered Tc-99m sulfur colloid in breast cancer patients undergoing sentinel lymph node biopsy. Clin Nucl Med 30(1):11-5, 2005. PMID: 15604959.
85. Goldflam K, Hunt KK, Gershenwald JE, Singletary SE, Mirza N, Kuerer HM, Babiera GV, Ames FC, Ross MI, Feig BW, Sahin AA, Arun B, Meric-Bernstam F. Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy. Predictors of significant histologic findings. Cancer 101(9):1977-86, 11/2004. PMID: 15389473.
86. Wang B, Rouzier R, Albarracin CT, Sahin A, Wagner P, Yang Y, Smith TL, Meric-Bernstam F, Marcelo Aldaz C, Hortobagyi GN, Pusztai L. Expression of sigma 1 receptor in human breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat 87(3):205-14, 10/2004. PMID: 15528963.
87. Mondesire WH, Jian W, Zhang H, Ensor J, Hung MC, Mills GB, Meric-Bernstam F. Targeting mammalian target of rapamycin synergistically enhances chemotherapy-induced cytotoxicity in breast cancer cells. Clin Cancer Res 10(20):7031-42, 10/2004. PMID: 15501983.
88. Tseng JF, Kronowitz SJ, Sun CC, Perry AC, Hunt KK, Babiera GV, Newman LA, Singletary SE, Mirza NQ, Ames FC, Meric-Bernstam F, Ross MI, Feig BW, Robb GL, Kuerer HM. The effect of ethnicity on immediate reconstruction rates after mastectomy for breast cancer. Cancer 101(7):1514-23, 10/2004. PMID: 15378473.
89. Shen J, Valero V, Buchholz TA, Singletary SE, Ames FC, Ross MI, Cristofanilli M, Babiera GV, Meric-Bernstam F, Feig B, Hunt KK, Kuerer HM. Effective local control and long-term survival in patients with T4 locally advanced breast cancer treated with breast conservation therapy. Ann Surg Oncol 11(9):854-60, 9/2004. e-Pub 8/2004. PMID: 15313733.
90. Shen J, Hunt KK, Mirza NQ, Krishnamurthy S, Singletary SE, Kuerer HM, Meric-Bernstam F, Feig B, Ross MI, Ames FC, Babiera GV. Intramammary lymph node metastases are an independent predictor of poor outcome in patients with breast carcinoma. Cancer 101(6):1330-7, 9/2004. PMID: 15316905.
91. Cabioglu N, Krishnamurthy S, Kuerer HM, Hunt KK, Singletary SE, Meric-Bernstam F, Ross MI, Feig BW, Ames FC, Babiera GV. Feasibility of breast-conserving surgery for patients with breast carcinoma associated with nipple discharge. Cancer 101(3):508-17, 8/2004. PMID: 15274063.
92. Yared MA, Middleton LP, Meric F, Cristofanilli M, Sahin AA. Expression of c-kit proto-oncogene product in breast tissue. Breast J 10(4):323-7, 7/2004. PMID: 15239791.
93. Chen AM, Meric-Bernstam F, Hunt KK, Thames HD, Oswald MJ, Outlaw ED, Strom EA, McNeese MD, Kuerer HM, Ross MI, Singletary SE, Ames FC, Feig BW, Sahin AA, Perkins GH, Schechter NR, Hortobagyi GN, Buchholz TA. Breast conservation after neoadjuvant chemotherapy: the MD Anderson cancer center experience. J Clin Oncol 22(12):2303-12, 6/2004. PMID: 15197191.
94. Walji M, Sagaram S, Sagaram D, Meric-Bernstam F, Johnson C, Mirza NQ, Bernstam EV. Efficacy of quality criteria to identify potentially harmful information: a cross-sectional survey of complementary and alternative medicine web sites. J Med Internet Res 6(2):e21, 6/2004. PMCID: PMC1550600.
95. Yen TW, Hunt KK, Mirza NQ, Thomas ES, Singletary SE, Babiera GV, Meric-Bernstam F, Buchholz TA, Feig BW, Ross MI, Ames FC, Theriault RL, Kuerer HM. Physician recommendations regarding tamoxifen and patient utilization of tamoxifen after surgery for ductal carcinoma in situ. Cancer 100(5):942-9, 3/2004. PMID: 14983489.
96. Noh WC, Mondesire WH, Peng J, Jian W, Zhang H, Dong J, Mills GB, Hung MC, Meric-Bernstam F. Determinants of rapamycin sensitivity in breast cancer cells. Clin Cancer Res 10(3):1013-23, 2/2004. PMID: 14871980.
97. Pawlik TM, Perry A, Strom EA, Babiera GV, Buchholz TA, Singletary E, Perkins GH, Ross MI, Schecter NR, Meric-Bernstam F, Ames FC, Hunt KK, Kuerer HM. Potential applicability of balloon catheter-based accelerated partial breast irradiation after conservative surgery for breast carcinoma. Cancer 100(3):490-8, 2/2004. PMID: 14745864.
98. Walji M, Sagaram S, Meric-Bernstam F, Johnson C, Bernstam E. Cancer-related complementary and alternative medicine online: factors affecting information retrieval. Medinfo 11(Pt 2):1318-22, 2004. PMID: 15361028.
99. Sagaram S, Walji M, Meric-Bernstam F, Johnson C, Bernstam E. Inter-observer agreement for quality measures applied to online health information. Medinfo 11(Pt 2):1308-12, 2004. PMID: 15361026.
100. Bedrosian I, Bedi D, Kuerer HM, Fornage BD, Harker L, Ross MI, Ames FC, Krishnamurthy S, Edeiken-Monroe BS, Meric F, Feig BW, Akins J, Singletary SE, Mirza NQ, Hunt KK. Impact of clinicopathological factors on sensitivity of axillary ultrasonography in the detection of axillary nodal metastases in patients with breast cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 10(9):1025-30, 11/2003. PMID: 14597440.
101. Chagpar A, Yen T, Sahin A, Hunt KK, Whitman GJ, Ames FC, Ross MI, Meric-Bernstam F, Babiera GV, Singletary SE, Kuerer HM. Intraoperative margin assessment reduces reexcision rates in patients with ductal carcinoma in situ treated with breast-conserving surgery. Am J Surg 186(4):371-7, 10/2003. PMID: 14553853.
102. Woodward WA, Strom EA, Tucker SL, Katz A, McNeese MD, Perkins GH, Buzdar AU, Hortobagyi GN, Hunt KK, Sahin A, Meric F, Sneige N, Buchholz TA. Locoregional recurrence after doxorubicin-based chemotherapy and postmastectomy: Implications for breast cancer patients with early-stage disease and predictors for recurrence after postmastectomy radiation. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 57(2):336-44, 10/2003. PMID: 12957243.
103. Chagpar A, Meric-Bernstam F, Hunt KK, Ross MI, Cristofanilli M, Singletary SE, Buchholz TA, Ames FC, Marcy S, Babiera GV, Feig BW, Hortobagyi GN, Kuerer HM. Chest wall recurrence after mastectomy does not always portend a dismal outcome. Ann Surg Oncol 10(6):628-34, 7/2003. PMID: 12839847.
104. Hwang RF, Krishnamurthy S, Hunt KK, Mirza N, Ames FC, Feig B, Kuerer HM, Singletary SE, Babiera G, Meric F, Akins JS, Neely J, Ross MI. Clinicopathologic factors predicting involvement of nonsentinel axillary nodes in women with breast cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 10(3):248-54, 4/2003. PMID: 12679309.
105. Diaz LK, Hunt K, Ames F, Meric F, Kuerer H, Babiera G, Ross M, Singletary E, Middleton LP, Symmans WF, Krishnamurthy S, Sahin A, Sneige N, Gilcrease MZ. Histologic localization of sentinel lymph node metastases in breast cancer. Am J Surg Pathol 27(3):385-9, 3/2003. PMID: 12604895.
106. Pusztai L, Sotiriou C, Buchholz TA, Meric F, Symmans WF, Esteva FJ, Sahin A, Liu ET, Hortobagi GN. Molecular profiles of invasive mucinous and ductal carcinomas of the breast: a molecular case study. Cancer Genet Cytogenet 141(2):148-53, 3/2003. PMID: 12606133.
107. Cabioglu N, Hunt KK, Singletary SE, Stephens TW, Marcy S, Meric F, Ross MI, Babiera GV, Ames FC, Kuerer HM. Surgical decision making and factors determining a diagnosis of breast carcinoma in women presenting with nipple discharge. J Am Coll Surg 196(3):354-64, 3/2003. PMID: 12648684.
108. Meric F, Mirza NQ, Vlastos G, Buchholz TA, Kuerer HM, Babiera GV, Singletary SE, Ross MI, Ames FC, Feig BW, Krishnamurthy S, Perkins GH, McNeese MD, Strom EA, Valero V, Hunt KK. Positive surgical margins and ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence predict disease-specific survival after breast-conserving therapy. Cancer 97(4):926-33, 2/2003. PMID: 12569592.
109. Singletary SE, Walsh G, Vauthey JN, Curley S, Sawaya R, Weber KL, Meric F, Hortobagyi GN. A role for curative surgery in the treatment of selected patients with metastatic breast cancer. Oncologist 8(3):241-51, 2003. PMID: 12773746.
110. Vlastos G, Mirza NQ, Meric F, Hunt KK, Mirza AN, Newman LA, Ames FC, Kuerer HM, Ross MI, Feig B, Babiera G, Buchholz TA, Hortobagyi GN, Singletary SE. Breast-conservation therapy in early-stage breast cancer patients with a positive family history. Ann Surg Oncol 9(9):912-9, 11/2002. PMID: 12417515.
111. Huang E, Buchholz TA, Meric F, Krishnamurthy S, Mirza NQ, Ames FC, Feig BW, Kuerer HM, Ross MI, Singletary SE, McNeese MD, Strom EA, Hunt KK. Classifying local disease recurrences after breast conservation therapy based on location and histology: new primary tumors have more favorable outcomes than true local disease recurrences. Cancer 95(10):2059-67, 11/2002. PMID: 12412158.
112. Solorzano CC, Middleton LP, Hunt KK, Mirza N, Meric F, Kuerer HM, Ross MI, Ames FC, Feig BW, Pollock RE, Singletary SE, Babiera G. Treatment and outcome of patients with intracystic papillary carcinoma of the breast. Am J Surg 184(4):364-8, 10/2002. PMID: 12383904.
113. Meric F, Hess KR, Varma DG, Hunt KK, Pisters PW, Milas KM, Patel SR, Benjamin RS, Plager C, Papadopoulos NE, Burgess MA, Pollock RE, Feig BW. Radiographic response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy is a predictor of local control and survival in soft tissue sarcomas. Cancer 95(5):1120-6, 9/2002. PMID: 12209699.
114. Meric F Hunt KK. Translation initiation in cancer: a novel target for therapy. Mol Cancer Ther 1(11):971-9, 9/2002. PMID: 12481419.
115. Meric F, Buchholz TA, Mirza NQ, Vlastos G, Ames FC, Ross MI, Pollock RE, Singletary SE, Feig BW, Kuerer HM, Newman LA, Perkins GH, Strom EA, McNeese MD, Hortobagyi GN, Hunt KK. Long-term complications associated with breast-conservation surgery and radiotherapy. Ann Surg Oncol 9(6):543-9, 7/2002. PMID: 12095969.
116. Meric F, Hung MC, Hortobagyi GN, Hunt KK. HER2/neu in the management of invasive breast cancer. J Am Coll Surg 194(4):488-501, 4/2002. PMID: 11949754.
117. Mirza NQ, Vlastos G, Meric F, Buchholz TA, Esnaola N, Singletary SE, Kuerer HM, Newman LA, Ames FC, Ross MI, Feig BW, Pollock RE, McNeese M, Strom E, Hunt KK. Predictors of locoregional recurrence among patients with early-stage breast cancer treated with breast-conserving therapy. Ann Surg Oncol 9(3):256-65, 4/2002. PMID: 11923132.
118. Meric F, Bernstam EV, Mirza NQ, Hunt KK, Ames FC, Ross MI, Kuerer HM, Pollock RE, Musen MA, Singletary SE. Breast cancer on the world wide web: cross sectional survey of quality of information and popularity of websites. BMJ 324(7337):577-81, 3/2002. PMCID: PMC78995.
119. Singletary SE, Fornage BD, Sneige N, Ross MI, Simmons R, Giuliano A, Hansen N, Kuerer HM, Newman LA, Ames FC, Babiera G, Meric F, Hunt KK, Edeiken B, Mirza AN. Radiofrequency ablation of early-stage invasive breast tumors: an overview. Cancer J 8(2):177-80, Mar-Apr, 3/2002. PMID: 11999950.
120. Meric F, Lee WP, Sahin A, Zhang H, Kung HJ, Hung MC. Expression profile of tyrosine kinases in breast cancer. Clin Cancer Res 8(2):361-7, 2/2002. PMID: 11839650.
121. Solorzano CC, Ross MI, Delpassand E, Mirza N, Akins JS, Kuerer HM, Meric F, Ames FC, Newman L, Feig B, Singletary SE, Hunt KK. Utility of breast sentinel lymph node biopsy using day-before-surgery injection of high-dose 99mTc-labeled sulfur colloid. Ann Surg Oncol 8(10):821-7, 12/2001. PMID: 11776497.
122. Vlastos G, Mirza NQ, Meric F, Hunt KK, Kuerer HM, Ames FC, Ross MI, Buchholz TA, Hortobagyi GN, Singletary SE. Breast conservation therapy as a treatment option for the elderly. The M. D. Anderson experience. Cancer 92(5):1092-100, 9/2001. PMID: 11571720.
123. Laronga C, Meric F, Truong MT, Mayfield C, Mansfield P. A treatment algorithm for pneumothoraces complicating central venous catheter insertion. Am J Surg 180(6):523-6; discussion 526-7, 12/2000. PMID: 11182411.
124. Meric F, Liao Y, Lee WP, Pollock RE, Hung MC. Adenovirus 5 early region 1A does not induce expression of the ewing sarcoma fusion product EWS-FLI1 in breast and ovarian cancer cell lines. Clin Cancer Res 6(10):3832-6, 10/2000. PMID: 11051226.
125. Mirza NQ, Vlastos G, Meric F, Sahin AA, Singletary SE, Newman LA, Kuerer HM, Ames FC, Ross MI, Feig BW, Pollock RE, Buchholz TA, McNeese MD, Strom EA, Hortobagyi GN, Hunt KK. Ductal carcinoma-in-situ: long-term results of breast-conserving therapy. Ann Surg Oncol 7(9):656-64, 10/2000. PMID: 11034242.
126. Meric F, Milas M, Hunt KK, Hess KR, Pisters PW, Hildebrandt G, Patel SR, Benjamin RS, Plager C, Papadopolous NE, Burgess MA, Pollock RE, Feig BW. Impact of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on postoperative morbidity in soft tissue sarcomas. J Clin Oncol 18(19):3378-83, 10/2000. PMID: 11013278.
127. Meric F, Patt YZ, Curley SA, Chase J, Roh MS, Vauthey JN, Ellis LM. Surgery after downstaging of unresectable hepatic tumors with intra-arterial chemotherapy. Ann Surg Oncol 7(7):490-5, 8/2000. PMID: 10947016.
128. Liu DC, Rodriguez JA, Meric F, Geiger JL. Laparoscopic excision of a rare type II choledochal cyst: case report and review of the literature. J Pediatr Surg 35(7):1117-9, 7/2000. PMID: 10917310.
129. Meric F, Mirza NQ, Buzdar AU, Hunt KK, Ames FC, Ross MI, Pollock RE, Newman LA, Feig BW, Strom EA, Buchholz TA, McNeese MD, Hortobagyi GN, Singletary SE. Prognostic implications of pathological lymph node status after preoperative chemotherapy for operable T3N0M0 breast cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 7(6):435-40, 7/2000. PMID: 10894139.
130. Strouboulis J, Damjanovski S, Vermaak D, Meric F, Wolffe AP. Transcriptional repression by XPc1, a new Polycomb homolog in Xenopus laevis embryos, is independent of histone deacetylase. Mol Cell Biol 19(6):3958-68, 6/1999. PMCID: PMC104355.
131. Meric F, Teitelbaum DH, Geiger JD, Harmon CM, Groner JI. Latex sensitization in general pediatric surgical patients: a call for increased screening of patients. J Pediatr Surg 33(7):1108-11; discussion 1111-2, 7/1998. PMID: 9694104.
132. Meric F, Matsumoto K, Wolffe AP. Regulated unmasking of in vivo synthesized maternal mRNA at oocyte maturation. A role for the chaperone nucleoplasmin. J Biol Chem 272(19):12840-6, 5/1997. PMID: 9139745.
133. Meric F, Searfoss AM, Wormington M, Wolffe AP. Masking and unmasking maternal mRNA. The role of polyadenylation, transcription, splicing, and nuclear history. J Biol Chem 271(48):30804-10, 11/1996. PMID: 8940061.
134. Matsumoto K, Meric F, Wolffe AP. Translational repression dependent on the interaction of the Xenopus Y-box protein FRGY2 with mRNA. Role of the cold shock domain, tail domain, and selective RNA sequence recognition. J Biol Chem 271(37):22706-12, 9/1996. PMID: 8798444.
135. Wolffe AP, Meric F. Coupling transcription to translation: a novel site for the regulation of eukaryotic gene expression. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 28(3):247-57, 3/1996. PMID: 8920634.
136. Steimle CN, Meric F, Hirschl RB, Bozynski M, Coran AG, Bartlett RH. Effect of extracorporeal life support on survival when applied to all patients with congenital diaphragmatic hernia. J Pediatr Surg 29(8):997-1001, 8/1994. PMID: 7965537.
137. Meric F, Hirschl RB, Mahboubi S, Womer RB, Goldwein J, Ross AJ, 3rd, Schnaufer L. Prevention of radiation enteritis in children, using a pelvic mesh sling. J Pediatr Surg 29(7):917-21, 7/1994. PMID: 7931970.
138. Meric F, Yap P, Bia MJ. Etiology of hypercalcemia in hemodialysis patients on calcium carbonate therapy. Am J Kidney Dis 16(5):459-64, 11/1990. PMID: 2239937.

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