Hun Ju Lee
Department of Lymphoma - Myeloma, Division of Cancer Medicine
About Dr. Lee
Hun Ju Lee, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Department of Lymphoma & Myeloma at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. He is the Jessica and Jeffrey Brue Endowed Professor of Lymphoma Research. He received his medical degree from the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. Dr. Lee completed internal medicine residency at NorthShore/Long Island Jewish Medical Center. He completed a fellowship in medical oncology in Roswell Park Cancer Institute. He is a lymphoma physician with special interest in mantle cell lymphoma and Hodgkin lymphoma. His research focuses in novel targeted treatment development and medical education.
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Associate Professor, Department of Lymphoma/Myeloma, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
2006 | University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA, MD, School of Medicine |
2006 | University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA, MBA, School of Management |
2001 | University of Buffalo, New York, NY, USA, BS, Biochemical Pharmacology |
Postgraduate Training
2011-2012 | Clinical Fellowship, Leukemia Fellowship, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX |
2009-2011 | Clinical Fellowship, Medical Oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY |
2006-2009 | Clinical Residency, Internal Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY |
Board Certifications
2013 | American Board of Medical Oncology |
2009 | American Board of Internal Medicine |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Lymphoma/Myeloma, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2012 - 2019
Institutional Committee Activities
Mentor, Mentoring Up Committee, 2018 - Present
Honors & Awards
2017 | Jessica and Jeffrey Brue Endowed Professor |
2010 | Managing Myeloma Fellow Scholarship, ASH 2010 |
2010 | Travel Award, ASCO 2010 |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Gunther JR, Xu J, Bhutani MS, Strati P, Fang PQ, Wu SY, Dabaja BS, Dong W, Bhosale PR, Flowers CR, Nair R, Malpica Castillo L, Fayad L, Iyer SP, Parmer S, Wang M, Lee HJ, Samaniego F, Westin J, Ahmed S, Nze CC, Jain P, Neelapu SS, Rodriguez MA, Chihara D, Nastoupil LJ, Pinnix CC. Response-adapted ultra-low-dose 4 Gy radiation as definitive therapy of gastric MALT lymphoma: a single-centre, pilot trial. Lancet Haematol 11(7):e521-e529, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38843856.
- Pinnix CC, Dabaja BS, Gunther JR, Fang PQ, Wu SY, Nastoupil LJ, Strati P, Nair R, Ahmed S, Steiner R, Westin J, Neelapu S, Rodriguez MA, Lee HJ, Wang M, Flowers C, Feng L, Esmaeli B. Response-Adapted Ultralow-Dose Radiation Therapy for Orbital Indolent B-Cell Lymphoma: A Phase 2 Nonrandomized Controlled Trial. JAMA Oncol. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38990564.
- Gordon MJ, Feng L, Strati P, Lee HJ, Hagemeister FB, Westin JR, Samaniego F, Marques-Piubelli ML, Vega Vazquez F, Parra Cuentas ER, Solis-Soto LM, Ma W, Wang J, Claret L, Averill B, Ibanez K, Fayad LE, Flowers CR, Green MR, Davis RE, Neelapu SS, Fowler NH, Nastoupil LJ. Safety and efficacy of ibrutinib in combination with rituximab and lenalidomide in previously untreated follicular and marginal zone lymphoma: An open label, phase 2 study. Cancer 130(6):876-885, 2024. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37985359.
- Lee MJ, Hong S, Jung Y, Lee HJ, Lee SM. Effects of psychological symptoms on life adjustment among survivors of humidifier disinfectants. Int J Occup Med Environ Health 36(5):596-605, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37781784.
- Ansell SM, Bröckelmann PJ, von Keudell G, Lee HJ, Santoro A, Zinzani PL, Collins GP, Cohen JB, de Boer JP, Kuruvilla J, Savage KJ, Trnený M, Provencio M, Jäger U, Willenbacher W, Wen R, Akyol A, Mikita-Geoffroy J, Shipp MA, Engert A, Armand P. Nivolumab for relapsed/refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma: 5-year survival from the pivotal phase 2 CheckMate 205 study. Blood Adv 7(20):6266-6274, 2023. PMID: 37530622.
- Armand P, Zinzani PL, Lee HJ, Johnson NA, Brice P, Radford J, Ribrag V, Molin D, Vassilakopoulos TP, Tomita A, von Tresckow B, Shipp MA, Herrera AF, Lin J, Kim E, Chakraborty S, Marinello P, Moskowitz CH. Five-year follow-up of KEYNOTE-087: pembrolizumab monotherapy in relapsed/refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma. Blood 142(10):878-886, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37319435.
- Stuver R, Horwitz SM, Advani RH, Vose JM, Lee HJ, Mehta-Shah N, Zain JM, Haverkos B, Lechowicz MJ, Moskowitz AJ, Pham LQ, Leyden E, Ansell SM, Lunning MA. Final results of a phase II study of CHOEP plus lenalidomide as initial therapy for patients with stage II-IV peripheral T-cell lymphoma. Br J Haematol 202(3):525-529, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37217196.
- Lee MJ, Chung Y, Hong S, Lee HJ, Park G, Lee SM. Effects of Psychotherapy on the Problem Behaviors of Humidifier Disinfectant Survivors: The Role of Individual Characteristics and Adaptive Functioning. Healthcare (Basel) 11(15), 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37570419.
- Steiner RE, Hwang SR, Khurana A, Habermann TM, Epperla N, Annunzio K, Allen PB, Baird K, Paulino D, Alderuccio JP, Lossos IS, David KA, Evens AM, Pandya K, Bair SM, Kamdar M, Ba Aqeel SH, Torka P, Lynch RC, Smith SD, Feng L, Noorani M, Ahmed S, Nair R, Vega F, Wu S, Fang PQ, Pinnix CC, Gunther JR, Dabaja BS, Lee HJ. Impact of Cumulative Dose of Brentuximab Vedotin on Outcomes of Frontline Therapy for Advanced Stage Hodgkin Lymphoma. Blood Adv. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37603594.
- Coveler AL, Smith DC, Phillips T, Curti BD, Goel S, Mehta AN, Kuzel TM, Markovic SN, Rixe O, Bajor DL, Gajewski TF, Gutierrez M, Lee HJ, Gopal AK, Caimi P, Heath EI, Thompson JA, Ansari S, Jacquemont C, Topletz-Erickson A, Zhou P, Schmitt MW, Grilley-Olson JE. Phase 1 dose-escalation study of SEA-CD40: a non-fucosylated CD40 agonist, in advanced solid tumors and lymphomas. J Immunother Cancer 11(6), 2023. PMID: 37385724.
- Cherng HJ, Alig SK, Oki Y, Nastoupil LJ, Fayad L, Neelapu SS, Turturro F, Hagemeister F, Craig AFM, Macaulay CW, Rodriguez MA, Lee HJ, McDonnell TJ, Flowers CR, Vega F, Green MR, Feng L, Kurtz DM, Alizadeh AA, Davis RE, Westin JR. A phase 1/2 study of lenalidomide and obinutuzumab with CHOP for newly diagnosed DLBCL. Blood Adv 7(7):1137-1145, 2023. PMID: 36375046.
- Westin J, Davis RE, Feng L, Hagemeister F, Steiner R, Lee HJ, Fayad L, Nastoupil L, Ahmed S, Rodriguez A, Fanale M, Samaniego F, Iyer SP, Nair R, Oki Y, Fowler N, Wang M, Ma MCJ, Vega F, McDonnell T, Pinnix C, Griffith D, Lu Y, Tewari S, Sun R, Scott DW, Flowers CR, Neelapu S, Green MR. Smart Start: Rituximab, Lenalidomide, and Ibrutinib in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Large B-Cell Lymphoma. J Clin Oncol 41(4):JCO2200597, 2023. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35952327.
- Cherng HJ, Xu G, Feng L, Steiner R, Fayad L, Strati P, Nair R, Nastoupil LJ, Lee HJ, Neelapu SS, Flowers CR, Rodriguez M, Wang M, Hagemeister F, Pinnix CC, Ramdial J, Srour S, Nieto Y, Rezvani K, Champlin R, Kebriaei P, Westin J, Macapinlac HA, Shpall E, Ahmed S. Positron emission tomography derived metrics in relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma with residual disease before autologous stem cell transplant. Br J Haematol 200(1):35-44, 2023. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36068929.
- Fahrmann JF, Saini NY, Chia-Chi C, Irajizad E, Strati P, Nair R, Fayad LE, Ahmed S, Lee HJ, Iyer S, Steiner R, Vykoukal J, Wu R, Dennison JB, Nastoupil L, Jain P, Wang M, Green M, Westin J, Blumenberg V, Davila M, Champlin R, Shpall EJ, Kebriaei P, Flowers CR, Jain M, Jenq R, Stein-Thoeringer CK, Subklewe M, Neelapu SS, Hanash S. A polyamine-centric, blood-based metabolite panel predictive of poor response to CAR-T cell therapy in large B cell lymphoma. Cell Rep Med 3(11):100720, 2022. PMID: 36384092.
- Saini NY, Swoboda DM, Greenbaum U, Ma J, Patel RD, Devashish K, Das K, Tanner MR, Strati P, Nair R, Fayad L, Ahmed S, Lee HJ, Iyer SP, Steiner R, Jain N, Nastoupil L, Loghavi S, Tang G, Bassett RL, Jain P, Wang M, Westin JR, Green MR, Sallman DA, Padron E, Davila ML, Locke FL, Champlin RE, Garcia-Manero G, Shpall EJ, Kebriaei P, Flowers CR, Jain MD, Wang F, Futreal AP, Gillis N, Neelapu SS, Takahashi K. Clonal Hematopoiesis Is Associated with Increased Risk of Severe Neurotoxicity in Axicabtagene Ciloleucel Therapy of Large B-Cell Lymphoma. Blood Cancer Discov 3(5):385-393, 2022. PMID: 35533245.
- Cherng HJ, Sun R, Sugg B, Irwin R, Yang H, Le CC, Deng Q, Fayad L, Fowler NH, Parmar S, Steiner R, Hagemeister F, Nair R, Lee HJ, Rodriguez M, Samaniego F, Iyer SP, Flowers CR, Wang L, Nastoupil LJ, Neelapu SS, Ahmed S, Strati P, Green MR, Westin J. Risk assessment with low-pass whole-genome sequencing of cell-free DNA before CD19 CAR T-cell therapy for large B-cell lymphoma. Blood 140(5):504-515, 2022. PMID: 35512184.
- Marques-Piubelli ML, Parra ER, Feng L, Soto LS, Gallardo M, Gouni S, Samaniego F, Noorani M, Hagemeister FB, Westin JR, Lee HJ, Rodriguez MA, Neelapu SS, Gunther JR, Fowler NH, Flowers CR, Wistuba II, Nastoupil LJ, Vega F, Strati P. SIRPα+ macrophages are increased in patients with FL who progress or relapse after frontline lenalidomide and rituximab. Blood Adv 6(11):3286-3293, 2022. PMID: 35359004.
- Mei MG, Lee HJ, Palmer JM, Chen R, Tsai NC, Chen L, McBride K, Smith DL, Melgar I, Song JY, Bonjoc KJ, Armenian S, Nwangwu M, Lee PP, Zain J, Nikolaenko L, Popplewell L, Nademanee A, Chaudhry A, Rosen S, Kwak L, Forman SJ, Herrera AF. Response-adapted anti-PD-1-based salvage therapy for Hodgkin lymphoma with nivolumab alone or in combination with ICE. Blood 139(25):3605-3616, 2022. PMID: 35316328.
- Wang ML, Jain P, Zhao S, Lee HJ, Nastoupil L, Fayad L, Ok CY, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Hill HA, Yao Y, Hagemeister FB, Westin JR, Fowler N, Samaniego F, Steiner R, Nair R, Iyer SP, Navsaria L, Badillo M, Mantle Cell Research Group, Feng L, Xuelin H, Nogueras Gonzalez GM, Xu G, Wagner-Bartak N, Thirumurthi S, Santos D, Tang G, Lin P, Wang SA, Jorgensen J, Yin CC, Li S, Patel KP, Vega F, Medeiros LJ, Flowers CR, Wang L. Ibrutinib-rituximab followed by R-HCVAD as frontline treatment for young patients (=65 years) with mantle cell lymphoma (WINDOW-1): a single-arm, phase 2 trial. Lancet Oncol 23(3):406-415, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35074072.
- Cherng HJ, Chuang HH, Steiner R, Fayad L, Strati P, Nair R, Hagemeister F, Nastoupil LJ, Lee HJ, Neelapu SS, Flowers CR, Samaniego F, Rodriguez M, Macapinlac HA, Feng L, Westin J. A prospective study on early PET/CT scans during the first cycle of salvage chemotherapy for relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Leuk Lymphoma 63(1):74-83, 2022. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34435552.
- Jain P, Zhao S, Lee HJ, Hill HA, Ok CY, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Hagemeister FB, Fowler N, Fayad L, Yao Y, Liu Y, Moghrabi OB, Navsaria L, Feng L, Nogueras Gonzalez GM, Xu G, Thirumurthi S, Santos D, Iliescu C, Tang G, Medeiros LJ, Vega F, Avellaneda M, Badillo M, Flowers CR, Wang L, Wang ML. Ibrutinib With Rituximab in First-Line Treatment of Older Patients With Mantle Cell Lymphoma. J Clin Oncol 40(2):202-212, 2022. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34797699.
- Al Zaki A, Feng L, Watson G, Ahmed S, Mistry H, Nastoupil LJ, Hawkins M, Nair R, Iyer SP, Lee HJ, Steiner RE, Flowers CR, Shpall EJ, Kebriaei P, Neelapu SS, Westin JR, Strati P. Day 30 SUVmax Predicts Progression in Lymphoma Patients Achieving PR/SD After CAR T-cell Therapy. Blood Adv. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35015825.
- Lee MJ, Lee HJ, Ko H, Ryu SH, Lee SM. Multi-layer relationships between psychological symptoms and life adaptation among humidifier disinfectant survivors. Front Psychol 13:890122, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36172228.
- Nastoupil LJ, Neelapu SS, Davis RE, Samaniego F, Fowler NH, Westin J, Lee HJ, Wang M, Hagemeister F, Cecil ARL, Dow J, Haque K, Silva FA, Whale A, Lensun L, Bone EA, McElwaine-Johnn H, Beer PA. Preclinical and phase I studies of KA2237, a selective and potent inhibitor of PI3K β/δ in relapsed refractory B cell lymphoma. Leuk Lymphoma 62(14):3452-3462, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34365878.
- Lee HJ, Chang JS, Ahn JH, Kim MY, Park KS, Ahn YS, Koh SB. Association Between Low Muscle Mass and Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Diagnosed Using Ultrasonography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging Derived Proton Density Fat Fraction, and Comprehensive NAFLD Score in Korea. J Prev Med Public Health 54(6):412-421, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34875824.
- Ko HY, Ryu SH, Lee MJ, Lee HJ, Kwon SY, Kim SM, Lee SM. Exploring Socio-Demographic Factors Affecting Psychological Symptoms in Humidifier Disinfectant Survivors. Int J Environ Res Public Health 18(22), 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34831566.
- Kim WS, Oki Y, Kim SJ, Yoon SE, Ardeshna KM, Lin Y, Ruan J, Porcu P, Brammer JE, Jacobsen ED, Yoon DH, Suh C, Suarez F, Radford J, Budde LE, Kim JS, Bachy E, Lee HJ, Bollard CM, Jaccard A, Kang HJ, Inman S, Murray M, Combs KE, Lee DY, Advani R, Gunter KC, Rooney CM, Heslop HE. Autologous EBV-specific T cell treatment results in sustained responses in patients with advanced extranodal NK/T lymphoma: results of a multicenter study. Ann Hematol 100(10):2529-2539, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34304287.
- Straus DJ, Dlugosz-Danecka M, Connors JM, Alekseev S, Illés Á, Picardi M, Lech-Maranda E, Feldman T, Smolewski P, Savage KJ, Bartlett NL, Walewski J, Ramchandren R, Zinzani PL, Hutchings M, Munoz J, Lee HJ, Kim WS, Advani R, Ansell SM, Younes A, Gallamini A, Liu R, Little M, Fenton K, Fanale M, Radford J. Brentuximab vedotin with chemotherapy for stage III or IV classical Hodgkin lymphoma (ECHELON-1): 5-year update of an international, open-label, randomised, phase 3 trial. Lancet Haematol 8(6):e410-e421, 2021. PMID: 34048680.
- Jain P, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Zhang S, Ok CY, Navsaria L, Nastoupil L, Lee HJ, Tang G, Yin CC, Badillo M, Nair R, Li S, Patel KM, Flowers C, Vega F, Wang L, Wang ML. Outcomes of relapsed mantle cell lymphoma patients after discontinuing acalabrutinib. Am J Hematol 96(5):E137-E140, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33491779.
- Strati P, Cheng PTM, Steiner RE, Alcedo Andrade PE, Feng L, Sano D, Rao VA, Singh P, Miranda R, Gunther JR, Pinnix CC, Dabaja BS, Cuglievan B, Xing K, Villa D, Skinnider B, Sehn LH, Connors JM, Nieto Y, Ahmed S, Lee HJ, Savage KJ. Outcome of relapsed and refractory nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin lymphoma: a North American analysis. Br J Haematol 192(3):560-567, 2021. PMID: 33517581.
- Jain P, Nastoupil L, Westin J, Lee HJ, Navsaria L, Steiner RE, Ahmed S, Moghrabi O, Oriabure O, Chen W, Badillo M, Flowers CR, Wang ML. Outcomes and management of patients with mantle cell lymphoma after progression on brexucabtagene autoleucel therapy. Br J Haematol 192(2):e38-e42, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33152104.
- Al-Hadidi SA, Lee HJ. Checkpoint Inhibition Therapy in Transplant-Ineligible Relapsed or Refractory Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma. JCO Oncol Pract:OP2000771. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33434064.
- Al Hadidi SA, Lee HJ. Pembrolizumab for the treatment of Hodgkin Lymphoma. Expert Opin Biol Ther 20(11):1275-1282, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33006479.
- Pinnix CC, Gunther JR, Fang P, Bankston ME, Milgrom SA, Boyce D, Lee HJ, Nair R, Steiner R, Strati P, Ahmed S, Iyer SP, Westin J, Parmar S, Rodriguez MA, Nastoupil L, Neelapu S, Flowers C, Dabaja BS. Assessment of Radiation Doses Delivered to Organs at Risk Among Patients With Early-Stage Favorable Hodgkin Lymphoma Treated With Contemporary Radiation Therapy. JAMA Netw Open 3(9):e2013935, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32990738.
- Glober G, Gunther J, Fang P, Milgrom S, Korivi BR, Jensen CT, Wagner-Bartak NA, Ahmed S, Lee HJ, Nair R, Steiner R, Parmar S, Iyer S, Westin J, Fayad L, Rodriguez MA, Neelapu S, Nastoupil L, Flowers CR, Dabaja BS, Pinnix CC. Imaging Surveillance of Limited-stage Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients After PET-CT-documented First Remission. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk 20(8):533-541, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32291233.
- Berkman AM, Livingston JA, Merriman K, Hildebrandt M, Wang J, Dibaj S, McQuade J, You N, Ying A, Barcenas C, Bodurka D, DePombo A, Lee HJ, de Groot J, Roth M. Long-term survival among 5-year survivors of adolescent and young adult cancer. Cancer 126(16):3708-3718, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32484922.
- Gunther JR, Pinnix CC, Glober GR, Christopherson KM, Fang P, Lee HJ, Ahmed S, Steiner RE, Nair R, Strati P, Neelapu SS, Nastoupil LJ, Dabaja BS. Partial omission of bleomycin for early-stage Hodgkin lymphoma patients treated with combined modality therapy: Does incomplete ABVD lead to inferior outcomes?. EJHaem 1(1):272-276, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32864660.
- Pinnix CC, Gunther JR, Dabaja BS, Strati P, Fang P, Hawkins MC, Adkins S, Westin J, Ahmed S, Fayad L, Lee HJ, Nair R, Steiner RE, Iyer SP, Rodriguez MA, Wang M, Flowers C, Neelapu SS, Nastoupil LJ. Bridging therapy prior to axicabtagene ciloleucel for relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma. Blood Adv 4(13):2871-2883, 2020. PMID: 32589728.
- Jain P, Zhang S, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Ok CY, Nomie K, Gonzalez GN, Gonzalez-Pagan O, Hill HA, Lee HJ, Fayad L, Westin J, Nastoupil L, Hagemeister F, Chen W, Oriabure O, Badillo M, Jiang C, Yixin Y, Li S, Tang G, Yin CC, Patel KP, Medeiros LJ, Nair R, Ahmed S, Iyer SP, Thirumurthi S, Champlin R, Xu G, Tinsu P, Santos D, Wang R, Han G, Zhang J, Song X, Neelapu S, Romaguera J, Futreal A, Flowers C, Fowler N, Wang L, Wang ML. Genomic profiles and clinical outcomes of de novo blastoid/pleomorphic MCL are distinct from those of transformed MCL. Blood Adv 4(6):1038-1050, 2020. PMID: 32191807.
- Schmelz JL, Navsaria L, Goswamy R, Chuang HH, Miranda RN, Lee HJ. Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy's role in antiphospholipid syndrome: a case report. Br J Haematol 188(3):e5-e8, 2020. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31721157.
- Strati P, Nastoupil LJ, Davis RE, Fayad LE, Fowler N, Hagemeister FB, Kwak L, Oki Y, Wang M, Westin J, Ruben CE, Wesson ET, Piekarz R, Fanale MA, Lee HJ. A phase 1 trial of alisertib and romidepsin for relapsed/refractory aggressive B-cell and T-cell lymphomas. Haematologica 105(1):e26-e28, 2020. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31073068.
- Gallardo M, Malaney P, Aitken MJL, Zhang X, Link TM, Shah V, Alybayev S, Wu MH, Pageon LR, Ma H, Jacamo R, Yu L, Xu-Monette ZY, Steinman H, Lee HJ, Sarbassov D, Rapado I, Barton MC, Martinez-Lopez J, Bueso-Ramos C, Young KH, Post SM. Uncovering the role of hnRNP K, an RNA-binding protein, in B-cell lymphomas. J Natl Cancer Inst 112(1):95-106, 2020. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31077320.
- Gunther JR, Park C, Dabaja BS, Milgrom SA, Cruz Chamorro RJ, Medeiros LJ, Khoury JD, Garg N, Amini B, Steiner R, Nair R, Strati P, Westin JR, Lee HJ, Fowler N, Nastoupil L, Neelapu SS, Pinnix CC. Radiation therapy for salivary gland MALT lymphoma: ultra-low dose treatment achieves encouraging early outcomes and spares salivary function. Leuk Lymphoma 61(1):171-175, 2020. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31373240.
- Abu-Sbeih H, Chen E, Ahmed O, Mallepally N, Lum P, Qiao W, Lee HJ, Bresalier R, Wang LS, Weston B, Raju GS, Wang Y. Patients with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma are at risk of adenomatous colon polyps. Dig Dis Sci 64(10):2965-2971, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31053975.
- Chen R, Zinzani PL, Lee HJ, Armand P, Johnson NA, Brice P, Radford J, Ribrag V, Molin D, Vassilakopoulos TP, Tomita A, von Tresckow B, Shipp MA, Lin J, Kim E, Nahar A, Balakumaran A, Moskowitz CH. Pembrolizumab in relapsed or refractory Hodgkin lymphoma: 2-year follow-up of KEYNOTE-087. Blood 134(14):1144-1153, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31409671.
- Borovac JA, Kwok CS, Iliescu C, Lee HJ, Kim PY, Palaskas NL, Zaman A, Butler R, Lopez-Mattei JC, Mamas MA. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Outcomes in Patients With Lymphoma in the United States (Nationwide Inpatient Sample [NIS] Analysis). Am J Cardiol 124(8):1190-1197, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31395298.
- Cramer FM, Chuang HH, Miranda RN, Lee HJ. False-Positive Positron Emission Tomography After Combined-Modality Induction Therapy in a Patient With Newly Diagnosed Early-Stage Bulky Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma. J Oncol Pract 15(9):499-501, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31310574.
- Ramchandren R, Domingo-Domènech E, Rueda A, Trnený M, Feldman TA, Lee HJ, Provencio M, Sillaber C, Cohen JB, Savage KJ, Willenbacher W, Ligon AH, Ouyang J, Redd R, Rodig SJ, Shipp MA, Sacchi M, Sumbul A, Armand P, Ansell SM. Nivolumab for Newly Diagnosed Advanced-Stage Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma: Safety and Efficacy in the Phase II CheckMate 205 Study. J Clin Oncol 37(23):JCO1900315, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31112476.
- Strati P, Lee ST, Teegavarupu P, Karri A, Anireddy S, Hagemeister FB, Romaguera J, Fayad LE, Rodriguez MA, Samaniego F, Fowler N, Westin J, Wang M, Lee HJ, Pinnix C, Gunther JR, Dabaja B, Feng L, Davis RE, Neelapu SS. Frontline antibiotic therapy for early-stage Helicobacter pylori-negative gastric MALT lymphoma. Am J Hematol 94(6):E150-E153, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30785215.
- Pinnix CC, Dabaja BS, Milgrom SA, Smith GL, Abou Yehia Z, Nastoupil L, Romaguera J, Turturro F, Fowler N, Fayad L, Westin J, Neelapu S, Fanale MA, Rodriguez MA, Hagemeister F, Lee HJ, Oki Y, Wang M, Samaniego F, Chi L, Esmaeli B. Ultra-low-dose radiotherapy for definitive management of ocular adnexal B-cell lymphoma. Head Neck 41(5):1546, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30990235.
- Strati P, Fanale MA, Oki Y, Turturro F, Fayad LE, Bartlett NL, Gladstone DE, Kasamon YL, Portlock CS, Wilson WH, Goy A, Younes A, Lee HJ. Rituximab with ABVD vs ABVD for advanced stage high-risk classical Hodgkin lymphoma: a randomized phase II study. Haematologica 104(2):e65-e67, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30190343.
- Yoder AK, Gunther JR, Milgrom SA, Mirkovic D, Nastoupil L, Neelapu S, Fanale M, Fowler N, Westin J, Lee HJ, Rodriguez MA, Iyer SP, Fayad L, Nieto YL, Hosing C, Ahmed S, Medeiros LJ, Khoury JD, Garg N, Amini B, Dabaja BS, Pinnix CC. Hitting a Moving Target: Successful Management of Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma Involving the Mesentery With Volumetric Image-guided Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk 19(1):e51-e61, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30360985.
- Lee SJ, Lee HJ, Oh HJ, Go T, Kang DR, Kim JY, Huh JH. Metabolic syndrome status over 2 years predicts incident chronic kidney disease in mid-life adults: a 10-year prospective cohort study. Sci Rep 8(1):12237, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30115983.
- Pinnix CC, Cella L, Andraos TY, Ayoub Z, Milgrom SA, Gunther J, Thosani S, Wogan C, Conson M, D'Avino V, Oki Y, Fanale M, Lee HJ, Neelapu S, Fayad L, Hagemeister F, Rodriguez MA, Nastoupil LJ, Nieto Y, Qiao W, Pacelli R, Dabaja B. Predictors of Hypothyroidism in Hodgkin Lymphoma Survivors After Intensity Modulated Versus 3-Dimensional Radiation Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 101(3):530-540, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29681481.
- Srour SA, Lee HJ, Nomie K, Ye H, Chen W, Oriabure O, Romaguera J, Wang ML. Novel Chemotherapy-Free Combination Regimen for Ibrutinib-Resistant Mantle Cell Lymphoma. Br J Haematol 181(4):561-564, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28369820.
- Jain P, Romaguera J, Srour SA, Lee HJ, Hagemeister F, Westin J, Fayad L, Samaniego F, Badillo M, Zhang L, Nastoupil L, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Fowler N, Wang ML. Four year follow up of a single arm, phase II clinical trial of ibrutinib with rituximab (IR) in patients with relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma (MCL). Br J Haematol. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29785709.
- Romaguera JE, Lee HJ, Tarapore R, Prabhu V, Allen J, Schalop L, Zloza A, Ok CY, Sadimin ET, Schenkel J, Badillo M, Wang M. Integrated stress response and immune cell infiltration in an ibrutinib-refractory mantle cell lymphoma patient following ONC201 treatment. Br J Haematol. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29740811.
- Milgrom SA, Pinnix CC, Chi TL, Vu TH, Gunther JR, Sheu T, Fowler N, Westin JR, Nastoupil LJ, Oki Y, Fayad LE, Neelapu S, Rodriguez MA, Hagemeister FB, Fanale MA, Lee HJ, Hosing C, Ahmed S, Nieto Y, Shpall EJ, Dabaja BS. Radiation Therapy as an Effective Salvage Strategy for Secondary CNS Lymphoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 100(5):1146-1154, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29452771.
- Chihara D, Fanale MA, Miranda RN, Noorani M, Westin JR, Nastoupil LJ, Hagemeister FB, Fayad LE, Romaguera JE, Samaniego F, Turturro F, Lee HJ, Neelapu SS, Rodriguez MA, Wang M, Fowler NH, Davis RE, Medeiros LJ, Oki Y. The risk of central nervous system relapses in patients with peripheral T-cell lymphoma. PLoS One 13(3):e0191461, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29538376.
- Reddy JP, Hernandez M, Gunther JR, Dabaja BS, Martin GV, Jiang W, Akhtari M, Allen PK, Atkinson BJ, Smith GL, Pinnix CC, Milgrom SA, Abou Yehia Z, Osborne EM, Oki Y, Lee H, Hagemeister F, Fanale MA. Pre-treatment neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio and platelet/lymphocyte ratio are prognostic of progression in early stage classical Hodgkin lymphoma. Br J Haematol. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29271057.
- Milgrom SA, Pinnix CC, Chuang H, Oki Y, Akhtari M, Mawlawi O, Garg N, Gunther JR, Reddy JP, Smith GL, Rohren E, Hagemeister FB, Lee HJ, Fayad LE, Dong W, Osborne EM, Abou Yehia Z, Fanale M, Dabaja BS. Early-stage Hodgkin lymphoma outcomes after combined modality therapy according to the post-chemotherapy 5-point score: can residual pet-positive disease be cured with radiotherapy alone?. Br J Haematol 179(3):488-496, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28832956.
- Fanale MA, Cheah CY, Rich A, Medeiros LJ, Lai CM, Oki Y, Romaguera JE, Fayad LE, Hagemeister FB, Samaniego F, Rodriguez MA, Neelapu SS, Lee HJ, Nastoupil L, Fowler NH, Turturro F, Westin JR, Wang ML, McLaughlin P, Pinnix CC, Milgrom SA, Dabaja B, Horowitz SB, Younes A. Encouraging activity for R-CHOP in Advanced Stage Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma. Blood 130(4):472-477, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28522441.
- Lee HJ, Romaguera JE, Feng L, Desai AP, Zhang L, Fanale M, Samaniego F, Hagemeister FB, Fayad LE, Rodriguez MA, Medeiros JL, Hartig K, Nomie K, Ahmed M, Badillo M, Ye H, Oki Y, Lin P, Nastoupil L, Westin J, Wang M. Phase II study of bortezomib in combination with cyclophosphamide and rituximab for relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma. Oncologist. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28408615.
- Pinnix CC, Dabaja BS, Milgrom SA, Smith GL, Abou Z, Nastoupil L, Romaguera J, Turturro F, Fowler N, Fayad L, Westin J, Neelapu S, Fanale MA, Rodriguez MA, Hagemeister F, Lee HJ, Oki Y, Wang M, Samaniego F, Chi L, Esmaeli B. Ultra-low-dose radiotherapy for definitive management of ocular adnexal B-cell lymphoma. Head Neck. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28370694.
- Lee HJ, Chihara D, Wang M, Mouhayar E, Kim P. Ibrutinib-related atrial fibrillation in patients with mantle cell lymphoma. Leuk Lymphoma 57(12):1-3, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27087288.
- Gallardo M, Lee HJ, Zhang X, Bueso-Ramos C, Pageon LR, McArthur M, Multani A, Nazha A, Manshouri T, Parker-Thornburg J, Rapado I, Quintas-Cardama A, Kornblau SM, Martinez-Lopez J, Post SM. hnRNP K Is a Haploinsufficient Tumor Suppressor that Regulates Proliferation and Differentiation Programs in Hematologic Malignancies. Cancer Cell 28(4):486-99, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26412324.
- Jain P, Lee HJ, Qiao W, Wierda W, Benjamini O, Burger J, Ferrajoli A, Estrov Z, Kantarjian H, Keating M, O'Brien S. FCR and bevacizumab treatment in patients with relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Cancer 120(22):3494-501, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25043749.
- Oki Y, Noorani M, Lin P, Davis RE, Neelapu SS, Ma L, Ahmed M, Rodriguez MA, Hagemeister FB, Fowler N, Wang M, Fanale MA, Nastoupil L, Samaniego F, Lee HJ, Dabaja BS, Pinnix CC, Medeiros LJ, Nieto Y, Khouri I, Kwak LW, Turturro F, Romaguera JE, Fayad LE, Westin JR. Double hit lymphoma: the MD Anderson Cancer Center clinical experience. Br J Haematol. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24943107.
- Lee HJ, Muindi JR, Tan W, Hu Q, Wang D, Liu S, Wilding GE, Ford LA, Sait SN, Block AW, Adjei AA, Barcos M, Griffiths EA, Thompson JE, Wang ES, Johnson CS, Trump DL, Wetzler M. Low 25(OH) vitamin D3 levels are associated with adverse outcome in newly diagnosed, intensively treated adult acute myeloid leukemia. Cancer 120(4):521-9, 2014. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24166051.
- Lee HJ, Daver N, Kantarjian HM, Verstovsek S, Ravandi F. The Role of JAK Pathway Dysregulation in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Clin Cancer Res 19(2):327-35, 2013. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23209034.
- Lee HJ, Licht AS, Hyland AJ, Ford LA, Sait SN, Block AW, Barcos M, Baer MR, Wang ES, Wetzler M. Is obesity a prognostic factor for acute myeloid leukemia outcome?. Ann Hematol 91(3):359-65, 2012. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21935651.
- Lee HJ, Thompson JE, Wang ES, Wetzler M. Philadelphia Chromosome-positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Current Treatment and Future Perspectives. Cancer 117(8):1583-94, 2011. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 21472706.
- Lee HJ, Johnson CS, Trump D, Wetzler M. Vitamin D and Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Acute Leukemia - The Scientist's Perspective and Challenge. Intechopen, 2011.
- Armand P, Deeg HJ, Kim HT, Lee HJ, Armistead P, de Lima M, Gupta V, Soiffer RJ. Multicenter validation study of a transplantation-specific cytogenetics grouping scheme for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes. Bone Marrow Transplant 45(5):877-85, 2010. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19784076.
- Nguyen DM, Lee HJ, Mirabella D, Wu DW. . Delayed Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction Due to Anti-JKb. Case Report Highlighting the Importance of Early Blood Bank Consultation and Literature Review. NAJMS(4):187-193, 2010.
- Lee HJ, Gulbis A, De Padua Silva L, Hosing C, Khouri I, de Lima M, Champlin RE, Ciurea SO. Rituximab for passenger lymphocyte syndrome associated with allogeneic SCT. Bone Marrow Transplant 42(1):67-9, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18347568.
- Lee HJ, Oran B, Saliba RM, Couriel DM, Shin K, Massey P, Neumann J, de Lima M, Champlin R, Giralt S. Steroid myopathy in patients with acute graft-versus-host disease treated with high-dose steroid therapy. Bone Marrow Transplant 38(4):299-303, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16819437.
Abstracts
- Manasanch E, Lee HC, Patel K, Weber DM, Lee HJ, Thomas SK, Chen W, Oriabure O, Badillo M, Graham V, McCarthy M, Feng L, Orlowski R, Wang M. A phase I/II Study of pomalidomide and dexamethasone with growth factor support in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma. Blood, 2017.
- Hu B, Loghavi S, Fayad LE, Noorani M, Fowler NH, Hagemeister FB, Lee HJ, Nastoupil LJ, Neelapu SS, Fanale MA, Samaniego F, Turturro F, Wang M, Davis RE, Westin JR, Medeiros LJ, Oki Y. Outcomes of De Novo CD5+ Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) in the Rituximab (R) Era. J Clin Oncol ASCO 2017, 2017.
- Wang M, Lee HJ, Thirumurthi S, Chuang HH, Hagemeister FB, Westin JR, Fayad LE, Samaniego F, Turturro F, Chen W*, Oriabure O*, Huang SY, Li S, Zhang L, Badillo M, Hartig KH*, Ahmed M, Nomie K, Lam LT, Addison AA, Romaguera JE. Chemotherapy-Free Induction with Ibrutinib-Rituximab Followed By Shortened Cycles of Chemo-Immunotherapy Consolidation in Young, Newly Diagnosed Mantle Cell Lymphoma Patients: A Phase II Clinical Trial. Blood (2016 ASH Annual Meeting) 128(26):147, 2016.
- Chihara D, Fanale MA, Miranda RN, Noorani M, Westin JR, Nastoupil LJ, Hagemeister FB, Fayad LE, Romaguera JE, Samaniego F, Turturro F, Lee HJ, Neelapu SS, Rodriguez MA, Wang M, Fowler N, Medeiros LJ, Davis RE, Oki Y. The Risk of Central Nervous System (CNS) Relapses in Patients with Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma. Blood (2016 ASH Annual Meeting) 128(26):4153, 2016.
- Lee HJ, Andreeff M, Benes C, Allen JE, Schalop L, Oster W, Wang M. First-in-class small molecule ONC201 in b-cell malignancies. J Clin Oncol 15(34), 2016.
- Wang Y, Wagner-Bartak N, Zhou S, Fowler N, Lourdes Dela Rosa M, Zhao D, Romaguera JE, Neelapu SS, Hagemeister FB, Fanale MA, Oki Y, Shah JJ, Thomas SK, Hosing CM, Zhang L, Badillo M, Chen W, Cai Q, Zou D, Champlin R, Fayad LE, Lee HJ, Wang M. Lenalidomide Plus Rituximab for Relapsed or Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell, Follicular and Transformed Lymphoma: Final Data Analysis of a Phase 2 Trial. Blood (ASH Annual Meeting Abstracts) 126(23):3969, 2015.
- Chihara D, Fanale MA, Noorani M, Westin JR, Nastoupil L, Hagemeister F, Fayad LE, Romaguera JE, Samaniego F, Turturro F, Lee HJ, Neelapu SS, Rodriguez A, Wang M, Fowler N, Miranda RN, Hosing CM, Nieto Y, Davis RE, Oki Y. The Survival Outcome of the Patients with Relapsed/Refractory PTCL-NOS and AITL. Blood (ASH Annual Meeting Abstracts) 126(23):3984, 2015.
- Chihara D, Fanale MA, Noorani M, Westin JR, Nastoupil L, Hagemeister F, Fayad LE, Romaguera JE, Samaniego F, Turturro F, Lee HJ, Neelapu SS, Rodriguez A, Wang M, Fowler N, Miranda RN, Hosing CM, Nieto Y, Davis RE, Oki Y. The Survival Outcome of the Patients with Relapsed/Refractory Anaplastic Large-Cell Lymphoma. Blood (ASH Annual Meeting Abstracts) 126(23):2738, 2015.
- Chihara D, Ahmed MA, Oki Y, Westin JR, Hagemeister FB, Romaguera JE, Fanale MA, Lee HJ, Turturro F, Samaniego F, Neelapu SS, Rodriguez A, Fowler N, Wang M, Fayad LE, Davis RE, Nastoupil L. Management Strategies and Outcomes for Very Elderly Patients with Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL). Blood (ASH Annual Meeting Abstracts) 126(23):1502, 2015.
- Gallardo M, Lee HJ, Zhang X, Bueso-Ramos CE, Pageon L, McArthur M, Multani A, Nazha A, Manshouri T, Parker-Thornburg J, Hu P, Qi Y, Su X, Rapado I, Quintás-Cardama A, Kornblau SM, Martinez-López J, Post SM. hnRNP K Is a Novel Haploinsufficient Tumor Suppressor at the 9q21.32 Locus That Defines a Subset of AML. Blood (ASH Annual Meeting Abstracts) 126:439, 2015.
- Lee HJ, Gallardo M, Zhang X, Ma H, Quintas-Cardama A, Qi Y, Su X, Post SM. Developing Therapeutic Strategies for CLL with Mutant p53. Blood (ASH Annual Meeting Abstracts)(126):2476, 2015.
- Lee, HJ, Gallardo, M, Zhang, X, Quintas-Cardama, A, Post, SM. p53 Pathway Alterations Influence Survival and Treatment Response In Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. Blood (ASH Annual Meeting Abstracts) 122(21):2885, 2013.
- Quintas-Cardama A, Zhang X, Attieh Y, Lee HJ, Qiu YH, Kornblau S, Post S. hnRNP K: A Putative Regulator of Leukemogenesis and the p53 Pathway. Blood (ASH Annual Meeting Abstracts) 120:774, 2012.
- Lee HJ, Kantarjian HM, Thomas DA, Faderl S, Koller C, Ferrajoli A, Jabbour E, Garris R, Kebriaei P, Champlin R, Borthakur G, Wierda WG, Burger JA, Cortes JE, O'Brien S, Ravandi F. Long-Term Follow-up of Combined Hypercvad (hCVAD) Regimen with Dasatinib (Db) in the Front Line Therapy of Patients (pts) with Philadelphia Chromosome Positive (Ph+) Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). Blood (ASH Annual Meeting Abstracts) 118:1512, 2011.
- Lee HJ, O'Brien S, Kantarjian HM, Ravandi F, Faderl S, Koller C, Konopleva M, Verstovsek S, Kadia T, Garcia-Manero G, Borthakur G, Wierda WG, Burger JA, Thomas DA, Cortes JE. Outcome of Patients with Philadelphia Chromosome-Positive (Ph+) Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) with Relapse After Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor (TKI) Therapy. Blood (ASH Annual Meeting Abstracts) 118:1518, 2011.
- Lee HJ, Muindi J, Wei T, Wilding G, Ford LA, Sait S, Block A, Barcos M, Vigil CE, Griffiths EA, Thompson JA, Wang ES, Johnson CS, Trump D, Wetzler M. Subnormal Vitamin D Levels Are Associated with Adverse Outcome In Newly-Diagnosed Similarly-Treated Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Patients. Blood (ASH Annual Meeting Abstracts) 116:1041, 2010.
Book Chapters
- Santos D, Shannon VR; Fuentes AI; Alseidi A; Song G; Messick C; Lee HJ; Ledet CR; Ngo-Huang AT. Management of surgical challenges in actively treated cancer patients. In: Current Problems in Surgery.
Letters to the Editor
- Lee HJ, Badillo M, Romaguera J, Wang M. A Phase II study of Carfilzomib in the Treatment of Relapsed/Refractory Mantle Cell Lymphoma. Br J Haematol.
Patient Reviews
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