Melody Becnel
Department of Lymphoma - Myeloma, Division of Cancer Medicine
Experience & Service
Other Appointments/Responsibilities
Patient Experience Officer, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2023 - Present
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Fang P, Pinnix CC, Wu SY, Lee HC, Patel KK, Saini N, Becnel MR, Kaufman G, Thomas SK, Orlowski RZ, Amini B, Lin P, Dabaja BS, Gunther JR. Management and Outcomes of Patients with Refractory Solitary Plasmacytoma after Treatment with Definitive Radiation Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 38070713.
- Dang M, Wang R, Lee HC, Patel KK, Becnel MR, Han G, Thomas SK, Hao D, Chu Y, Weber DM, Lin P, Lutter-Berka Z, Berrios Nolasco DA, Huang M, Bansal H, Song X, Zhang J, Futreal A, Moreno Rueda LY, Symer DE, Green MR, Rojas Hernandez CM, Kroll M, Afshar-Khargan V, Ndacayisaba LJ, Kuhn P, Neelapu SS, Orlowski RZ, Wang L, Manasanch EE. Single cell clonotypic and transcriptional evolution of multiple myeloma precursor disease. Cancer Cell 41(6):1032-1047.e4, 2023. PMID: 37311413.
- Shank BR, Primeaux B, Yeung EK, Horowitz SB, Lee IY, Roccograndi L, Feng L, Kaufman GP, Lee HC, Manasanch EE, Patel KK, Orlowski RZ, Weber DM, Becnel MR, Thomas SK. Hyperfractionated Cyclophosphamide and Dexamethasone Alone or in Combination with Daratumumab and/or Carfilzomib for the Treatment of Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma: A Single-Center Retrospective Analysis. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk 23(4):279-290, 2023. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36797154.
- Steiner RE, Banchs J, Koutroumpakis E, Becnel M, Gutierrez C, Strati P, Pinnix CC, Feng L, Rondon G, Claussen C, Palaskas N, Karimzad K, Ahmed S, Neelapu SS, Shpall E, Wang M, Vega F, Westin J, Nastoupil LJ, Deswal A. Cardiovascular events in patients treated with chimeric antigen receptor t-cell therapy for aggressive B-cell lymphoma. Haematologica 107(7):1555-1566, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 34758610.
- Mohan M, Becnel MR, Shah UA, Dong H, Gundarlapalli S, Peterson T, Orozco JS, Horowitz S, Chhabra S, Dhakal B, Thanendrarajan S, Radhakrishnan SV, Al Hadidi S, Tan C, Mailankody S, Hultcrantz M, Korde N, Hassoun H, Lesokhin AM, Thomas SK, Patel KK, Manasanch EE, Weber DM, Szabo A, Kaufman GP, Lee HC, Zangari M, van Rhee F, Usmani SZ, D'Souza A, Orlowski RZ, Schinke C. Clinical efficacy of sequencing CD38 targeting monoclonal antibodies in relapsed refractory multiple myeloma: A multi-institutional experience. Am J Hematol 97(7):E276-E280, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35472167.
- Manasanch EE, Mulanovich V, Manzano JG, Gaeta MS, Becnel M, Kaufman GP, Lee HC, Amini B, Thomas SK, Iyer SP, Weber DM, Berkova Z, Flowers CR, Orlowski RZ, Patel KK. SARS-CoV-2 in multiple myeloma: initial observation and management. Leuk Lymphoma 61(11):2763-2766, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33167721.
- Pestana RC, Becnel M, Rubin ML, Torman DK, Crespo J, Phan J, Hanna E, Bell D, Glisson BS, Johnson JM, Lee JJ, Ferrarotto R. Response rates and survival to systemic therapy after immune checkpoint inhibitor failure in recurrent/metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Oral Oncol 101:104523, 2020. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31864957.
- Becnel MR, Lee HC. The role of belantamab mafodotin for patients with relapsed and/or refractory multiple myeloma. Ther Adv Hematol 11:2040620720979813, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33403093.
- Becnel MR, Nastoupil LJ, Samaniego F, Davis RE, You MJ, Green M, Hagemeister FB, Fanale MA, Fayad LE, Westin JR, Wang M, Oki Y, Forbes SG, Feng L, Neelapu SS, Fowler NH. Lenalidomide plus rituximab (R2 ) in previously untreated marginal zone lymphoma: subgroup analysis and long-term follow-up of an open-label phase 2 trial. Br J Haematol 185(5):874-882, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30919940.
- Hill BT, Nastoupil L, Winter AM, Becnel MR, Cerhan JR, Habermann TM, Link BK, Maurer MJ, Fakhri B, Reddy P, Smith SD, Mukhija D, Jagadeesh D, Desai A, Alderuccio JP, Lossos IS, Mehra P, Portell CA, Goldman ML, Calzada O, Cohen JB, Hussain MJ, Ghosh N, Caimi P, Tiutan T, Martin P, Kodali A, Evens AM, Kahl BS. Maintenance rituximab or observation after frontline treatment with bendamustine-rituximab for follicular lymphoma. Br J Haematol 184(4):524-535, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30575016.
- Becnel M, Shpall EJ. Current and future status of stem cell expansion. Curr Opin Hematol 25(6):446-451, 2018. PMID: 30239378.
- Becnel MR, Nastoupil LJ. Follicular Lymphoma: Past, Present, and Future. Curr Treat Options Oncol 19(7):32, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29796824.
- Becnel M, Flowers CR, Nastoupil LJ. Disparities in lymphoma on the basis of race, gender, HIV status, and sexual orientation. Ann Lymphoma 1, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29608198.
- Becnel M, Manasanch EE. Myeloma patients: genes increase risk for osteonecrosis of the jaw. Leuk Lymphoma 58(10):2271-2272, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28614996.
- Oncale M, Maymani H, Nastoupil LJ. Harnessing the immune system through programmed death-1 blockade in the management of Hodgkin lymphoma. Blood Lymphat Cancer 7:1-7, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 31360081.
- Roberts E, Oncale M, Safah H, Schmieg J. THERAPY-RELATED T/MYELOID MIXED PHENOTYPE ACUTE LEUKEMIA IN A PATIENT TREATED WITH CHEMOTHERAPY FOR CUTANEOUS DIFFUSE LARGE B CELL LYMPHOMA. J La State Med Soc 168(1):16-20, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26986862.
- Oncale M, Lewis B. Hepatocellular carcinoma with extension to the heart via the inferior vena cava. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) 28(2):229-30, 2015. PMID: 25829663.
- Oncale M, Boswell E, Hefler H. Sneaky Sarcoidosis or a Metastatic Masquerade? - A case of nodular sarcoidosis. J La State Med Soc 167(1):3-5, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25978747.
- Oncale M, Kimbrell HZ, Barnhill M. Antemortem Diagnosis of Likely Giant Cell Carcinoma of the Lung by Pleural Fluid Cytology Evaluation. Ochsner J 15(2):196-9, 2015. PMID: 26130987.
Abstracts
- Becnel MR. Retrospective, single-center, real-world experience of belantamab mafodotin in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma, 2022.
Patient Reviews
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