Merrick I. Ross, Charles M. McBride Distinguished Professor
Department of Surgical Oncology, Division of Surgery
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Professor (Joint appointment), Department of Breast Surgical Oncology, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Professor, Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Professor, Department of Breast Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Professor, Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Chief, Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 1980 | University of Illinois - School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, US, MD |
| 1976 | University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, US, Biology, BS |
Postgraduate Training
| 2020-2020 | UT Master Class, University of Texas, Houston, Texas |
| 2020-2020 | UT Master Class, University of Texas, Houston, Texas |
| 2020-2020 | UT Master Class, University of Texas, Houston, Texas |
| 1988-1989 | Administrative Fellow, General Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas |
| 1987-1989 | Surgical Oncology Fellow, General Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas |
| 1986-1987 | Administrative Chief Resident, General Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois |
| 1984-1985 | Research Fellow, General Surgery, Scripps Clinic and Research Institute, La Jolla, California |
| 1980-1987 | General Surgery Residency, General Surgery, University of Illinois Affiliated Hospitals, Chicago, Illinois |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2023 | Georgia Composite Medical Board |
| 2023 | Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure |
| 2023 | Oklahoma State Board of Medical Licensure |
| 2023 | Arizona Board of Medical Examiners |
| 2023 | Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners |
| 2023 | Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners |
| 2023 | Washington State Department of Health |
| 2023 | Alabama Board of Medical Examiners |
| 2023 | Texas State Board of Medical Examiners |
| 2021 | Florida Board of Medicine |
| 1988 | Physician and Surgeon |
| 1988 | American Board of Surgery |
| 1981 | National Board of Medical Examiners |
Experience & Service
Faculty Academic Appointments
Associate Professor, Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 1995 - 1999
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 1989 - 1995
Intramural Institutional Committee Activities
Member, PRS Clinical Revenue Cycle Committee, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2025 - Present
Honors & Awards
| 2002 | Charles M. McBride Distinguished Professorship in Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 1996 | Faculty Achievement Award in Patient Care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 1993 | Faculty Teaching Award for the Fellowship Program, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 1993 | The Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 1989 | Fellow Research Award, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 1989 | Finalist, Society for Surgical Oncology |
| 1989 | Finalist, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 1988 | University Cancer Foundation Award, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 1987 | Resident Teaching Award, University of Illinois |
| 1983 | Shock Society Annual Meeting |
| 1980 | Young Investigators Award Winner, Alpha Omega Alpha Honorary Society |
| 1976 | Bronze Tablet Award, University of Illinois |
| 1976 | Undergraduate Scholar of the Year, Zeta Beta Tau National Fraternity |
| 1975 | Phi Beta Kappa University of Illinois, University of Illinois |
Professional Memberships
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2025. Surgical Management of Merkel Cell Carcinoma: Advances and Opportunities in Systemic Therapy for MCC. Conference. 2025 Art and Science of Managing the New Melanoma Landscape. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2025. The Multidisciplinary Management of Stage III Melanoma. Conference. 2025 Art and Science of Managing the New Melanoma Landscape. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2025. Surgery for Clinically Localized Disease - What's New?. Conference. 2025 Art and Science of Managing the New Melanoma Landscape. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2020. 2020 Art and Science of Managing the New Melanoma Landscape. Conference. MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2019. MDACC Cancer Network Symposium. Conference. MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2019. 2019 Art and Science of Managing the New Melanoma Landscape Conference. Conference. MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2019. Surgical Management of Clinically Localized Disease. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Surgical and Medical Melanoma. Houston, TX, US.
- 2019. GAP Melanoma Session. Conference. GAP. Houston, TX, US.
- 2018. Surgical Management of Clinically Localized Disease. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Surgical and Medical Melanoma. Houston, TX, US.
- 2014. Surgery for Distant Metastatic Disease. Conference. Prova Education. Houston, TX, US.
- 2014. Novel Strategies for Regional Disease. Conference. Prova Education. Houston, TX, US.
- 2013. Melanoma/Skin Surgery. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2013. Surgical Advances in the Treatment of Melanoma. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2013. Surgery for Distant Metastatic Disease. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2013. Surgery for Distant Metastatic Disease. Conference. US Health Connect. Houston, TX, US.
- 2013. The Role of Neoadjuvant Therapy. Conference. US Health Connect. Houston, TX, US.
- 2013. The Role of Neoadjuvant Therapy for Melanoma. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2012. Modern Management of Resectable Melanoma: Strategies for Clinical Decision-Making. Conference. Prime Oncology Inc. Houston, TX, US.
- 2012. I've Been Diagnosed with Melanoma...Where Do I Go From Here?. Conference. Melanoma Research Foundation. Houston, TX, US.
- 2010. A New Era of Assessing and Managing Risk of Recurrence for Breast Cancer Patients. Conference. Genomic Health. Houston, TX, US.
- 2007. Surgery. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2007. Does Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Increase Survival. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2002. The Utility of Sentinel Node Assessment in Early-Stage Melanoma. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2001. Ask the Experts About Melanoma. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2001. Melanoma. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2001. Surgical Advances in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Conference. Melanoma Research Foundation. Houston, TX, US.
- 2001. Update on Sentinel Node Biopsy in Melanoma and Breast Cancer Patients. Conference. Houston Surgical Society. Houston, TX, US.
- 1997. Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsy for Breast and Melanoma. Conference. Texas Society of Gulf Coast Dermatology Nurses. Houston, TX, US.
- 1996. The Evolution of Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Dissection in the Management of Early Stage Melanoma. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 1996. Melanoma. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 1996. Review of Active Sarcoma Protocols. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 1996. Sentinel Node Biopsy - An Alternative to Axillary Node Dissection. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 1996. Role of Axillary Node Mapping. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 1995. Melanoma. Conference. St. Lukes Hospital Continuing Medical Education Program. Houston, TX, US.
- 1993. Management of Early Stage Melanoma. Conference. Texas Medical Association. Houston, TX, US.
- 1991. Surgical Therapy for Stage I and II Breast Cancer. Conference. Cancer Update. Houston, TX, US.
- 1991. Mucosal Melanoma. Conference. 35th Annual Clinical Conference on Melanoma. Houston, TX, US.
Regional Presentations
- 2024. Melanoma Updates from the Surgical Oncology Perspective. Conference. 76th Pacific Dermatology Conference 2024. Huntington Beach, CA, US.
- 2024. Multidisciplinary Approach to Cancers. Conference. St. Luke's Anderson Campus. Kauhi, HI, US.
- 2024. A Fresh Look at Oncolytic Immunotherapy. Conference. Scripps Clinic. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2024. Neoadjuvant Breakthroughs in Advanced Resectable Melanoma. Conference. Scripps Clinic. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2024. Insights into Sentinel Node Evaluation: 2024 Update. Conference. Scripps Clinic. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2023. Breast Cancer Updates 2024. Conference. Indochina Curie Institute - Vietnam. Hanoi, VN.
- 2021. MDS VIRTUAL GLOBAL MELANOMA AD BOARD. Conference. MDS. Virtual Meeting, US.
- 2021. MSD Global Melanoma Advisory Board Meeting. Conference. MSD. Virtual Meeting, US.
- 2021. Global Melanoma Ad Board Team Meeting. Conference. Merck. Virtual Meeting, US.
- 2021. Melanoma Clinical Immersion Program. Conference. Merck. Virtual, US.
- 2021. Melanoma Clinical Immersion Program. Conference. Merck. Virtual Meeting, US.
- 2020. NCCN Cutaneous Melanoma Surgery Subcommittee Meeting. Conference. NCCN. Virtual, US.
- 2020. NCCN Cutaneous Melanoma Surgery Subcommittee Meeting. Conference. NCCN. Virtual, US.
- 2019. Global Melanoma Advisory Board. Conference. MSD. Hoboken, NJ, US.
- 2019. Surgical Management for Metastatic Melanoma. Conference. Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center - TW Lewis Melanoma Center of Excellence Symposium. Scottsdale, AZ, US.
- 2018. Future Melanoma Treatment Landscape. Conference. Merck. Dublin, IE.
- 2018. Future Melanoma Treatment Landscape. Conference. Amgen. Dallas, TX, US.
- 2018. Qessential Medical Ad Board. Conference. Qessential. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2017. Sentinal Nodes for Melanoma. Conference. Dr. Hugh Greenway's 34th Annual Superficial Anatomy and Cutaneous Surgery. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2015. Surgical techniques and role of adjunct therapy in melanoma. Conference. 1st Annual West Cancer Center Oncology Conference. Memphis, TN, US.
- 2014. Novel Treatment Approaches to Melanoma In-Transit Metastasis. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Boston, MA, US.
- 2014. Advances in Adjuvant Therapy with Ipilimumab. Conference. DAVA Oncology. Palm Beach, FL, US.
- 2014. Mechanisms and Patterns of Response with Oncolytic Therapy. Conference. Dava Oncology. Palm Beach, FL, US.
- 2014. Sentinel Nodes for Melanoma. Conference. UC San Diego School of Medicine. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2014. Surgical Approach to Locally Advanced Melanoma. Conference. DAVA Oncology. Dallas, TX, US.
- 2014. New Approaches to Limb Perfusion Therapy. Conference. DAVA Oncology. Dallas, TX, US.
- 2014. Gene Expression Profiling as a Predictor for Early-Stage Disease. Conference. DAVA Oncology. Dallas, TX, US.
- 2013. Adjuvant Therapy for High-Risk Melanoma: Current Standards and Future Directions. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Orlando, FL, US.
- 2013. Management of Intralesional Therapy for Unresectable Metastatic Melanoma. Conference. Paradigm Medical Communications, LLC. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2012. Modern Management of Resectable Melanoma: Strategies for Clinical Decision-Making. Conference. Prime Oncology Inc. Atlanta, GA, US.
- 2012. Modern Management of Resectable Melanoma: Strategies for Clinical Decision-Making. Conference. Prime Oncology Inc. Los Angeles, CO, US.
- 2012. PV-10 as an Adjuvant Therapy for the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Conference. The Mary Crowely Cancer Research Center. Dallas, TX, US.
- 2011. Melanoma Update. Conference. California Dermatologic Surgery Society. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2011. The Surgical Approach to Soft Tissue Tumors. Conference. American Society for Mohs Surgery. Orlando, FL, US.
- 2011. Melanoma Update 2011 - Evaluation and Treatment by Stage. Conference. Oklahoma State Dermatological Society. Tulsa, OK, US.
- 2010. Melanoma Landscape. Conference. DAVA Oncology. Dallas, TX, US.
- 2010. Melanoma Landscape. Conference. DAVA Oncology. Los Angeles, CA, US.
- 2010. Melanoma Update - Sentinel Node Biopsy Consideration. Conference. DAVA Oncology. W. Palm Beach, FL, US.
- 2010. Melanoma Landscape. Conference. DAVA Oncology. West Palm Beach, FL, US.
- 2010. Melanoma Landscape. Conference. DAVA Oncology. Miami, FL, US.
- 2010. Melanoma Landscape. Conference. DAVA Oncology. Dallas, TX, US.
- 2009. Melanoma update: Treatment in a referral center. Conference. American Society for Mohs Surgery. Horseshoe Bay, TX, US.
- 2009. Our Current Understanding of the Treatment of Melanoma. Conference. American Society of Plastic Surgery. San Diego, CO, US.
- 2007. Surgical Advances in Treating Melanoma. Conference. Adelson Medical Research Foundation. Las Vegas, NV, US.
- 2007. Sentinel Node Evaluation. Conference. Scripps Clinic. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2005. Surgical Advances in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Conference. Dallas Society of General Surgeons. Dallas, TX, US.
- 2001. Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsy for Malignant Melanoma. Conference. Texas Hematology/Oncology Center, Trinity Medical Center. Carrolton, TX, US.
- 2001. Sarcoma – When to Get Aggressive. Conference. Orange County Surgical Society. Newport Beach, CA, US.
- 2001. Sentinel Node Biopsy for Breast Cancer. Conference. Orange County Surgical Society. Newport Beach, CA, US.
- 2001. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Melanoma. Conference. Orange County Surgical Society. Newport Beach, CA, US.
- 2000. Breast Cancer. Conference. Macarthur Surgical Clinic. Alexandria, LA, US.
- 1999. ACOSOG Melanoma Subcommittee Update. Conference. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group. Tampa, FL, US.
- 1999. Study Coordinator's Workshop. Conference. American College of Surgeons Oncology Group. Rosemont, IL, US.
- 1999. Lymphatic Mapping for Breast Cancer. Conference. Miami Breast Cancer Conference. Miami Beach, FL, US.
- 1998. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Breast Cancer. Conference. Michicana Breast Cancer Symposium. South Bend, IN, US.
- 1997. Surgical Options for Early Stage Breast Cancer. Conference. Valley Baptist Medical Center. Harlingen, TX, US.
- 1997. Sunbelt Melanoma Trial. Conference. James G. Brown Cancer Center. Louisville, KY, US.
- 1997. The Current Therapy of Malignant Melanoma. Conference. South Texas Chapter of the American College of Surgeons. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 1996. Update on Recent FDA Approval for Adjuvant Treatment of Melanoma and Overview of ECOG #1684. Conference. Texas Society of Plastic Surgeons. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 1996. Breast Cancer Prevention and Treatment. Conference. San Francisco Hassadah Society. San Francisco, CA, US.
- 1996. Staging and Treatment of Melanoma. Conference. Oklahoma State Dermatological Society. McAlester, OK, US.
- 1996. Update and Treatment of Melanoma: ECOG #1684. Conference. San Antonio Surgical Society. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 1995. The Advances of Melanoma: The Anderson Experience. Conference. Baptist Hospital. Beaumont, TX, US.
National Presentations
- 2025. The Neoadjuvant Revolution. Invited. PRIMO 2025-Practical Recommendations in Immune & Molecular Oncology. Honolulu, Hawaii, US.
- 2025. A Fresh Look at Oncolytic Immunotherapy. Invited. Melanoma and Cutaneous Oncology Symposium 2025. Coronado, California, US.
- 2025. Sentinel Lymph Node Imaging for Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer. Invited. Melanoma and Cutaneous Oncology Symposium 2025. Coronado, California, US.
- 2025. Insights Into Sentinel Node Evaluation: 2024 Update. Invited. Melanoma and Cutaneous Oncology Symposium 2025. Coronado, California, US.
- 2021. 11th European Post‐Chicago Melanoma/Skin Cancer Meeting. Invited. 11th European Post‐Chicago Melanoma/Skin Cancer Meeting. Virtual Meeting, US.
- 2021. Scripps Annual Cutaneous Malignancies Conference. Conference. Scripps. Virtual Meeting, US.
- 2020. The Cutaneous Malignancies Forum. Invited. The Cutaneous Malignancies Forum. Virtual Meeting, US.
- 2020. Virtual Scientific Symposium Sponsored by MSD titled: Redefining Survival. Conference. Merck. Virtual, US.
- 2020. MERCK – US Global Advisory Board Mtg. Invited. Merck. Virtual, US.
- 2020. Melanoma 2020: 30th Annual Cutaneous Malignancy Update. Invited. Melanoma 2020: 30th Annual Cutaneous Malignancy Update. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2019. Society for Melanoma Research. Conference. Society for Melanoma Research. Salt Lake City, UT, US.
- 2019. 8th Edition of the AJCC Melanoma Staging System. Invited. The Cutaneous Malignancies Forum Contemporary Issues in Effective Diagnosis and Treatment. Las Vegas, NV, US.
- 2019. Managing Challenging Non-Melanoma Tumors - Panel Discussion. Invited. 24th Annual Meeting for Dermatologic Surgery: Focus on Skin Cancer. Naples, FL, US.
- 2019. Stategies for Advanced Lesional Metastasis. Invited. 24th Annual Meeting for Dermatologic Surgery: Focus on Skin Cancer. Naples, FL, US.
- 2019. Derm Surgery: Focus on Skin Cancer. Invited. Annual ASMS. Naples, FL, US.
- 2019. Metastatic Melanoma BRAF Wild-Type Disease. Invited. Hem/Onc Today New York 2019. New York, NY, US.
- 2019. Patient with One Positive Sentinel Lymph Node on Staging. Invited. Hem/Onc Today New York 2019. New York, NY, US.
- 2019. Hem/Onc Toady. Conference. Hem/Onc Toady. New York, NY, US.
- 2019. 2nd Annual Melanoma Symposium. Conference. 2nd Annual Melanoma Symposium. Scotsdale, AZ, US.
- 2019. NRG Oncology – 2019. Conference. NRG Oncology – 2019. Pheonix, AZ, US.
- 2019. Oncolytic Immunotherapy. Invited. 29th Annual Cutaneous Malignancy Update. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2019. Neoadjuvant Therapy for Advanced Resectable Melanoma. Invited. 29th Annual Cutaneous Malignancy Update. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2019. Sentinel Node Evaluation. Invited. 29th Annual Cutaneous Malignancy Update. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2019. 29th Annual Cutaneous Malignancy Update. Invited. 29th Annual Cutaneous Malignancy Update. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2019. Metastatic Melanoma BRAF-Positive Disease. Invited. Hem/Onc Today New York 2019. New York, NY, US.
- 2018. Merck Global Ad Board Meeting. Conference. Merck Global Ad Board Meeting, US.
- 2018. Melanoma: Treatment and Surgical Reconstruction. Invited. American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2018. Sentinal Nodes for Melanoma. Invited. Scripps Clinic and University of California, San Diego. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2018. 35th Annual Superficial Anatomy and Cutaneous Surgery. Invited. Scripps Clinic. San Diego, CO, US.
- 2018. Managing Challenging Non-Melanoma Tumors: Panel Discussion. Invited. 23rd Annual Meeting Dermatologic Surgery: Focus on Skin Cancer. Orlando, FL, US.
- 2018. Managing Challenging Non-Melanoma Tumors: Panel Discussion. Invited. 23rd Annual Meeting Dermatologic Surgery: Focus on Skin Cancer. Orlando, FL, US.
- 2018. Controversies in Skin Cancer Treatment. Invited. 23rd Annual Meeting Dermatologic Surgery: Focus on Skin Cancer. Orlando, FL, US.
- 2018. Interactive Melanoma Panel Case Studies. Invited. 23rd Annual Meeting Dermatologic Surgery: Focus on Skin Cancer. Orlando, FL, US.
- 2018. New AJCC Staging Criteria & Evidence Basis for Their Changes. Invited. 23rd Annual Meeting Dermatologic Surgery: Focus on Skin Cancer. Orlando, FL, US.
- 2018. What are the implications for practice?. Invited. Merck. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2018. 71st Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Symposium 2018 Meeting. Invited. Current Management of Nodal Metastases in Patients with Melanoma. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2018. Case Studies: Melanoma and Genitourinary Cancer. Invited. HemOnctoday New York 2018 Program. New York, NY, US.
- 2018. Completion Dissection in Patients with a Positive Sentinel Node: Is the controversy finally resolved?. Invited. 16th Oncology Update: Advances and Controversies. Steamboart, CO, US.
- 2018. Neo-adjuvant approaches to resectable advanced disease: Is this a new paradigm?. Invited. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Steamboat Springs, CO, US.
- 2017. Current Clinical Controversies and Conundrums in Melanoma Management. Invited. 36th Annual Meeting Florida Society of Dermatologic Surgeons. Orlando, FL, US.
- 2017. Appropriate Imaging Studies in Skin Cancer Workup. Invited. 36th Annual Meeting Florida Society of Dermatologic Surgeons. Orlando, FL, US.
- 2017. Managing Challenging Non-Melanoma Tumors: A Panel Presentation and Discussion. Invited. American Society for MOHS Surgery. Miramar Beach, FL, US.
- 2017. Interactive Melanoma Panel Cases Studies. Invited. American Society for MOHS Surgery. Miramar Beach, FL, US.
- 2017. Appropriate Imaging Studies in Skin Cancer Workups. Invited. American Society for MOHS Surgery. Miramar Beach, FL, US.
- 2017. Controversies in Melanoma Treatment: Completion Lymph Node Dissection, Gene Expression, Sentinel Node Biopsy. Invited. American Society for MOHS Surgery. Miramar Beach, FL, US.
- 2017. Surgical Treatment of Melanoma. Invited. MRF Patient Symposium. Austin, TX, US.
- 2017. How to Integrate Intralesional Therapy in Clinical Practice. Invited. HemOnc today Melanoma and Cutaneous Malignancies 2017 Meeting. New York, NY, US.
- 2017. Oncolytic Immunotherapy. Invited. Scripps Clinic, Surgery. Coronado, CA, US.
- 2017. Neoadjuvant Therapy for Advanced Resectable Melanoma. Invited. Scripps Clinic, Surgery. Coronado, CO, US.
- 2017. Sentinel Node Evaluation. Invited. Scripps Clinic, Surgery. Coronado, CA, US.
- 2015. What's a Clinician to Do? Case-Based Roundtable On Advanced Melanoma. Invited. Vindico Medical Education. New York, NY, US.
- 2015. Is Completion Lymphadenectomy for Sentinel Node Positive Disease Obsolete. Invited. Vindico Medical Education. New York, NY, US.
- 2014. Recent Advances in Melanoma Management. Invited. American Society for Mohs Surgery. Santa Ana Pueblo, NM, US.
- 2014. Desmoplastic melanoma: Conundrum of the Year. Invited. Vindico Medical Education. New York, NY, US.
- 2014. Quality of Life Assessment in Treating Patients with Melanoma. Invited. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Steamboat Springs, CO, US.
- 2014. Current Status of Adjuvant Therapy: Any Changes on the Horizon?. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Steamboat Springs, CO, US.
- 2013. Metastasectomy for Melanoma: What Is The Role?. Invited. American College of Surgeons. Washington, DC, US.
- 2013. Contemporary Treatment of Melanoma. Invited. American College of Surgeons. Washington, DC, US.
- 2013. Surgery, Isolated Limb Perfusion, Injectable Therapy or Systemic Therapy for In-Transit Melanoma. Invited. Perspectives in Melanoma XVII. Baltimore, MD, US.
- 2013. Surgery, Isolated Limb Perfusion, Injectable Therapy or Systemic Therapy for In-Transit Melanoma. Invited. IMEDEX, Inc. Baltimore, MD, US.
- 2013. Interactive Melanoma Panel Discussion. Invited. American Society for Mohs Surgery. Amelia Island, FL, US.
- 2013. Case studies from MD Anderson: High risk and advanced melanomas. Invited. American Society for Mohs Surgery. Amelia Island, FL, US.
- 2013. Contemporary Tumor Ablative Therapy: What Is Its Role?. Invited. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Steamboat Springs, CO, US.
- 2013. Surgery for stage IV disease: When and who?. Invited. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Steamboat Springs, CO, US.
- 2013. Update on Tumor Derived Gene Profiling for Adjuvant Therapy - Breast, Oncotype and Others. Invited. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Steamboat Springs, CO, US.
- 2013. Adjuvant Therapy for High-Risk Melanoma: Current Standards and Future Directions. Invited. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Steamboat Springs, CO, US.
- 2012. Evolving Paradigms in the Surgical Management of Distant Melanoma Metastases. Invited. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2012. Management of the Axilla in Early-Stage Breast Cancer: Is axillary dissection a procedure of the past?. Invited. 10th Oncology Update: Advances and Controversies. Steamboat Springs, CO, US.
- 2012. Adjuvant Therapy for Melanoma: Standard of Care in Evolution. Invited. 10th Oncology Update: Advances and Controversies. Steamboat Springs, CO, US.
- 2012. Node Negative and Node Positive Breast Cancer. Invited. 10th Oncology Update: Advances and Controversies. Steamboat Springs, CO, US.
- 2011. Importance of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy. Invited. Duke University School of Medicine and Cine'-Med. Amelia Island, FL, US.
- 2011. Intralesional Injection Therapy. Invited. 5th Meeting of Interdisciplinary Melanoma Cancer Centres. Tampa, FL, US.
- 2011. Sentinel Nodes for Melanoma. Invited. Scripps Clinic. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2011. Intralesional Therapy for Systemic Disease: Implications for Success and Failure. Invited. HemOncToday and Cutaneous Malignancies. New York, NY, US.
- 2010. Antigen-Specific Cancer Immunotherapy (ASCI) from Phase II to Phase III. Invited. GlaskoSmithKline/DERMA. Portland, OR, US.
- 2010. Staging and Prognostic Markers in Melanoma. Invited. University of Tennessee. Memphis, TN, US.
- 2010. Management of Early Stage Melanoma - Does One Size Fit All?. Invited. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. New York, NY, US.
- 2010. New Melanoma Staging Criteria. Invited. American Society for Mohs Surgery. Monterey, CA, US.
- 2009. Role of Prophylactic Mastectomy: Why, Who, and How. Invited. 9th Annual Oncology Update: Advances and Controversies. Park City, UT, US.
- 2009. Update on Management of Advanced Regional Disease. Conference. 9th Annual Oncology Update: Advances and Controversies. Park City, UT, US.
- 2008. Surgery for Stage IV Disease. Invited. 8th Annual Oncology Update: Advances and Controversies. Park City, UT, US.
- 2007. Lymphatic Mapping and the Significance of Sentinel Node Biopsy. Invited. American College of Surgeons 93rd Annual Clinical Congress. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 2007. Advances in Melanoma Stage. Invited. 71st Annual Course, Advances in Breast, Endocrine, and Cancer Surgery. Minneapolis, MN, US.
- 2007. What Surgeons Should Know About Adjuvant Systemic Therapy. Invited. 71st Annual Course, Advances in Breast, Endocrine and Cancer Surgery. Minneapolis, MN, US.
- 2007. Controversies in Sentinel Node Evaluation for Melanoma. Invited. American Society for MOHS Surgery. Santa Ana Pueblo, NM, US.
- 2007. Management of Skin Neoplasms for the General Surgeon. Invited. American College of Surgeons 35th Annual Spring Meeting. Las Vegas, NV, US.
- 2007. Sentinel Node Biopsy: The Controversy Remains. Invited. 5th Biannual Miami Melanoma Meeting. Miami Beach, FL, US.
- 2007. Melanoma Therapy: The Dermatologist as Clinician, Surgeon, and Referring Physician. Invited. 31st Annual Hawaii Dermatology Seminar. Wailea, Maui, HI, US.
- 2007. Special Problems in Melanoma: Management of In-Transit Disease. Invited. 7th Oncology Update: Advances and Controversies. Steamboat Springs, CO, US.
- 2006. Managing Intermediate Thickness Melanoma: Biopsy, Staging, and Therapeutic Recommendations. Invited. The Three R's of Melanoma: Risk, Relapse, and Response Symposium. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2006. Approaches to the Positive Sentinel Lymph Node and Locoregional Recurrence. Invited. The Three R's of Melanoma: Risk, Relapse, & Response Symposium. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2006. Lymphatic Mapping and the Significance of Sentinel Node Biopsy. Invited. 92nd Annual Clinical Congress - American College of Surgeons. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2006. Management of Breast mass in the Premenopausal Patient. Invited. 6th Annual Obstetrics and Gynecology Symposium. El Paso, TX, US.
- 2006. Melanoma Management: More Than Skin Deep. Invited. Melanoma Care Coalition 2006 Regional Symposium. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2006. Sentinel Node Biopsy: The Standard of Care. Invited. Melanoma: An Update on Diagnosis and Treatment Conference. Houston, TX, US.
- 2006. Should a Complete Lymph Node Dissection Be Performed After Positive Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy? Pro versus Con. Invited. Melanoma: An Update on Diagnosis and Treatment Conference. Houston, TX, US.
- 2006. Trends in the Treatment of Melanoma. Invited. 11th Annual NCCN Conference: Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology and Quality Cancer Care. Hollywood, FL, US.
- 2006. Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer: What the Surgeon Should Know. Invited. Southeastern Surgical Congress – Annual Scientific Meeting. Lake Buena Vista, FL, US.
- 2006. The Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy – When and How. Invited. 30th Hawaii Dermatology Seminar. Kauai, HI, US.
- 2006. Melanoma Staging Committee Meeting. Invited. American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC). San Francisco, CA, US.
- 2006. Advances in the Understanding and Treatment of Melanoma. Invited. 2006 Keystone Symposium. Santa Fe, NM, US.
- 2006. Future Approaches to Melanoma Staging. Invited. 2006 Keystone Symposium. Santa Fe, NM, US.
- 2006. Sentinel Node Evaluation. Invited. 16th Annual Cutaneous Malignancy Update. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2006. Special Problems in Melanoma: Management of In-Transit Disease. Invited. 6th Annual Oncology Update: Advances and Controversies. Park City, UT, US.
- 2006. Core Curriculum Development. Invited. Melanoma Care Consortium 2006. Orangeburg, NJ, US.
- 2005. Treatment of Melanoma: Surgery and Immunotherapy. Invited. 91st Annual Clinical Congress – American College of Surgeons. San Francisco, CA, US.
- 2005. Lymphatic Mapping and the Significance of Sentinel Node Biopsy. Invited. 91st Annual Clinical Congress – American College of Surgeons. San Francisco, CA, US.
- 2005. Evidence-Based Decisions in Cancer Management. Invited. 91st Annual Clinical Congress – American College of Surgeons. San Francisco, CA, US.
- 2005. Staging/Risk Factors/Regional Therapy. Invited. Innovations and Challenges in Melanoma. Cambridge, MA, US.
- 2005. Perfusional Approaches to Regional Disease and Surgical Treatment of Metastatic Disease. Invited. 4th Biannual Miami Melanoma Meeting. Miami Beach, FL, US.
- 2005. Diagnosis Strategies and Treatment of Melanoma. Invited. Melanoma Care Consortium. Houston, TX, US.
- 2005. Melanoma Case Studies. Invited. 10th Annual Clinical Symposium: Dermatologic Surgery: Focus on Skin Cancer. Phoenix, AZ, US.
- 2005. The Sunbelt Melanoma Trial and Current Treatment of Melanoma. Invited. Melanoma in the New Millennium: Current Trends & Future Directions St. Francis Cancer Symposium 2005. Greenville, SC, US.
- 2005. Prognostic Markers from Sentinel Lymph Node Research. Invited. Melanoma US Advisory Board Meeting. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2005. Advanced Melanoma – Case Studies. Invited. Oklahoma State University Dermatological Society Annual Meeting. Tulsa, OK, US.
- 2005. Protocol Response of In-Transit Melanoma to System Treatment with the Specific Active Immunotherapeutic Agent Canvaxin. Invited. Canvaxin Protocol Update. Dallas, TX, US.
- 2005. Early Detection of Skin Cancer. Invited. American College of Surgeon’s Commission on Cancer. Houston, TX, US.
- 2005. The Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy. Invited. 29th Hawaiian Dermatology Seminar. Wailea, HI, US.
- 2005. Canvaxin Overview. Invited. Melanoma Management Dynamics and Canvaxin Protocol Meeting. New York, NY, US.
- 2005. Update on Malignant Melanoma. Conference. 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 2005. Sentinel Node Biopsy – Current Status and Recommendations. Conference. 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 2005. Melanoma: Update on Diagnosis & Treatment. Conference. Melanoma CME Symposium. Houston, TX, US.
- 2005. Molecular Targeting in Breast Cancer: The Evolution of HER2. Conference. Crestwood Medical Center Grand Rounds. Huntsville, AL, US.
- 2005. Sentinel Node Evaluation. Conference. 15th Annual Melanoma 2005: Cutaneous Malignancy Update. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2005. Special Problems in Melanoma: Management of In-Transit Disease. Conference. 5th Annual Oncology Update: Advances and Controversies. Park City, UT, US.
- 2005. Sentinel Node of the Head & Neck. Conference. 15th Annual Melanoma 2005: Cutaneous Malignancy Update. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2004. Title not provided. Conference. Melanoma Care Consortium Webconference. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2004. Patient with Distant Metastases: Surgical Options. Invited. American College of Surgeons 90th Annual Clinical Congress. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 2004. Patient with Micrometastatic Melanoma: Pathologic Analysis. Invited. American College of Surgeons 90th Annual Clinical Congress. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 2004. Early Melanoma Patient: Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy. Invited. American College of Surgeons 90th Annual Clinical Congress. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 2004. Early Melanoma Patient: Excisional Therapy. Invited. American College of Surgeons 90th Annual Clinical Congress. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 2004. Controversies in Sentinel Node Biopsy in Breast Cancer and Melanoma. Invited. American College of Surgeons 90th Annual Clinical Congress. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 2004. Sentinel Node Biopsy in the Treatment of Melanoma Patient’s. Invited. 4th Annual Oncology Update: Advances and Controversies. Steamboat Springs, CO, US.
- 2004. Malignant Melanoma and Breast Cancer Update. Invited. American College of Surgeons Oncology Group Semiannual Meeting. Miami Beach, FL, US.
- 2003. Surgery for Stage IV Disease. Invited. 3rd Annual Oncology Update: Advances and Controversies. Steamboat Springs, CO, US.
- 2002. Surgical Advances in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Oncology Conference. Las Vegas, NV, US.
- 2002. CancerVax Update. Invited. Clinical Protocols Investigator’s Meeting. La Jolla, CA, US.
- 2002. Sentinel Node Evaluation. Invited. Melanoma 2002 12th Annual Cutaneous Malignancy Update Conference. La Jolla, CA, US.
- 2002. Radiofrequency Ablation for Breast Cancer. Invited. 2nd Annual Oncology Update: Advances and Controversies. Steamboat Springs, CO, US.
- 2002. The Role for Vaccine Therapy. Invited. 2nd Annual Oncology Update: Advances and Controversies. Steamboat Springs, CO, US.
- 2001. Sentinel Lymph Node Staging for Melanoma – An Update. Invited. 2nd Symposium on Advances in the Biology and Treatment of Cutaneous Melanoma. Boston, MA, US.
- 2001. Surgical Advances in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. American Society for Mohs Surgery 6th Annual Clinical Symposium – Dermatologic Surgery for the 21st Century. Newport Beach, CA, US.
- 2001. CancerVax Update. Invited. Clinical Protocols Investigator’s Meeting. Los Angeles, CA, US.
- 2001. Randomized Surgical Trials in Melanoma – Past and Future. Invited. Oncology Nursing Society Meeting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2001. Sentinel Node Biopsy for Breast Cancer – Standard of Care. Invited. 14th Annual Breast Cancer Symposium. Aurora, IL, US.
- 2001. Surgical Staging of Melanoma. Invited. 4th Foundations of Clinical Cancer Research Symposium. Houston, TX, US.
- 2001. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Melanoma – Where are we now. Invited. 1st Annual Oncology Update: Advances and Controversies. Steamboat Springs, CO, US.
- 2001. Skin-Sparing Mastectomy. Invited. 1st Annual Oncology Update: Advances and Controversies. Steamboat Springs, CO, US.
- 2001. Randomized Surgical Trials in Melanoma – Past and Future. Invited. 1st Annual Oncology Update: Advances and Controversies. Steamboat Springs, CO, US.
- 2001. Lunch with the Experts – Sentinel Node Biopsy for Melanoma. Invited. Melanoma 2001 – 11th Annual Cutaneous Malignancy Update. La Jolla, CA, US.
- 2001. Sentinel Node Evaluation. Invited. Melanoma 2001 – 11th Annual Cutaneous Malignancy Update. La Jolla, CA, US.
- 2001. Advanced Radioguided Surgery. Invited. 10th Annual General Surgery Forum. Telluride, CO, US.
- 2001. Sarcoma Debate. Invited. 10th Annual General Surgery Forum. Telluride, CO, US.
- 2000. Ongoing Trials Around the World. Invited. Sentinel Node 2000 Meeting. Santa Monica, CA, US.
- 2000. Adjuvant Therapy: Radiation Chemotherapy Immunotherapy: When and Why and Lesson Learned from Recent Melanoma Trials. Invited. 86th Annual Clinical Congress. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2000. Preoperative Considerations and Operative Technique: How to Do It. Invited. 86th Annual Clinical Congress. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2000. New Nomenclature and Rating Systems for Melanoma. Invited. Denver American Society for Dermatologic Surgery combined with the American College of Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology Annual Meeting. Denver, CO, US.
- 2000. Review of Lentigo Maligna Melanoma. Invited. Denver American Society for Dermatologic Surgery combined with the American College of Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology Annual Meeting. Denver, CO, US.
- 2000. Sentinel Node Evaluation and Other Methods of Evaluating Potential Metastasizing Tumors. Invited. Denver American Society for Dermatologic Surgery combined with the American College of Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology Annual Meeting. Denver, CO, US.
- 2000. Melanoma Panel Meeting. Invited. National Comprehensive Cancer Network. New York, NY, US.
- 2000. Breast Organ Site Committee. Invited. American College of Surgeons Oncology Group. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2000. Soft Tissue Organ Site Committee. Invited. American College of Surgeons Oncology Group Meeting. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2000. 2nd Annual Melanoma Task Force Meeting. Invited. American Joint Committee on Cancer. Pittsburgh, PA, US.
- 2000. Stage III Melanoma: Consensus on High-Risk Melanoma. Conference. Melanoma Consensus Conference. Atlanta, GA, US.
- 2000. Diagnostic and Staging Tools for Melanoma. Invited. Melanoma Consensus Conference. Atlanta, GA, US.
- 2000. Regional/Nodal Melanoma. Invited. Melanoma Consensus Conference. Atlanta, GA, US.
- 2000. Surgical Management of Localized Melanoma. Invited. Melanoma at the Millennium. Phoenix, AZ, US.
- 2000. Excision of the Primary Site: Recommendations from Clinical Trials. Invited. Melanoma at the Millennium. Phoenix, AZ, US.
- 2000. Regional Limb Perfusion with Tumor Necrosis Factor and Cytotoxic Drugs. Invited. Melanoma at the Millennium. Phoenix, AZ, US.
- 2000. Update Information for the American Joint Committee on Cancer. Invited. AJCC Melanoma Task Force Meeting. Orlando, FL, US.
- 2000. Lymphatic Mapping for Melanoma. Invited. Joint Cancer Conference of the Florida Universities. Orlando, FL, US.
- 2000. Sentinel Node Evaluation. Invited. 10th Annual Melanoma 2000: Cutaneous Malignancy Update Conference. La Jolla, CA, US.
- 2000. Skin-Sparing Mastectomy. Invited. 9th Annual General Surgery Forum. Telluride, CO, US.
- 2000. Breast Conservation After Neoadjuvant Therapy. Invited. 9th Annual General Surgery Forum. Telluride, CO, US.
- 2000. Breast Biopsy Techniques. Invited. 9th Annual General Surgery Forum. Telluride, CO, US.
- 2000. New Staging System for Melanoma. Invited. 9th Annual General Surgery Forum. Telluride, CO, US.
- 2000. The Sunbelt Melanoma Trial Update. Invited. 9th Annual General Surgery Forum. Telluride, CO, US.
- 2000. Update on Lymphatic Mapping. Invited. 9th Annual General Surgery Forum. Telluride, CO, US.
- 2000. Isolated Limb Perfusion for Malignant Melanoma. Invited. 9th Annual General Surgery Forum. Telluride, CO, US.
- 2000. Advances in Malignant Melanoma. Invited. 42nd Annual Clinical Conference. Houston, TX, US.
- 2000. Advances in Malignant Melanoma. Invited. 52nd Annual Symposium on Fundamental Cancer Research. Houston, TX, US.
- 1999. Melanoma: Challenges for the New Millennium. Invited. 21st Annual Pharmacy Symposium. Houston, TX, US.
- 1999. Latest Advances in the Evaluation and Treatment of Melanoma. Invited. American Society for MOHS Surgery Conference. Las Vegas, NV, US.
- 1999. Taskforce Meeting. Invited. American Joint Committee on Cancer. Del Mar, CA, US.
- 1999. Melanoma and Breast Organ Site Committee Meeting. Invited. American College of Surgeons Oncology Group. Chicago, IL, US.
- 1999. Sentinel Node Update. Invited. 4th Annual NCCN Conference: Practice Guidelines and Outcomes Data in Oncology. Fort Lauderdale, FL, US.
- 1999. Contemporary Techniques for Control of Loco-Regional Melanoma. Conference. Recent Advances in Malignant Melanoma. Miami Beach, FL, US.
- 1999. Update on the Sunbelt Melanoma Trial. Invited. Investigator Meeting. Orlando, FL, US.
- 1999. Sentinal Node Evaluation. Invited. Melanoma 1999: 9th Annual Cutaneous Malignancy Update. La Jolla, CA, US.
- 1998. Skin and Soft Tissue Tumors. Invited. 84th Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons. Orlando, FL, US.
- 1998. Lymphatic Mapping and the Significance of Sentinel Node Biopsy. Invited. 84th Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons. Orlando, FL, US.
- 1998. New Surgical Techniques: What’s Proven What’s Not. Invited. 84th Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons. Orlando, FL, US.
- 1998. Surgical Advances in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. The Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma Chapter of the American College of Surgeons. Tulsa, OK, US.
- 1998. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy: Where are we Now. Invited. 3rd Annual Scientific Seminar: Dermatologic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology. Albuquerque, NM, US.
- 1998. Surgical Advances in the Treatment of Melanoma. Invited. Symposium on the Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Malignant Melanoma. Bethesda, MD, US.
- 1998. Surgical Treatment of Early Breast Cancer and the Role of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy. Invited. Recent Advances in the Treatment of Breast Cancer Symposium. Louisville, KY, US.
- 1998. The Role of Lymphoscintigraphy in Extra- and Intraoperative Mapping in Early Stage Melanoma and Breast Cancer. Invited. SNM 43rd Annual Meeting. Houston, TX, US.
- 1998. Treatment of Early Stage Malignancies. Invited. Joint Cancer Conference. Orlando, FL, US.
- 1998. Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping in the Management of Early Stage Melanoma and Breast Cancer. Invited. 2nd Annual Nursing Conference Advances in Oncology Nursing. Houston, TX, US.
- 1998. Sentinel Node Evaluation for Stage I & II Melanoma Patients. Invited. 8th annual Cutaneous Malignancy Update Conference. La Jolla, CA, US.
- 1998. Sentinel Node Evaluation for Stage I & II Melanoma Patients. Invited. 50th Annual Midwest Cancer Conference. Wichita, KS, US.
- 1998. Sentinel Node Evaluation in Early Stage Breast Cancer. Invited. 50th Annual Midwest Cancer Conference. Wichita, KS, US.
- 1997. Surgical Advances in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. 14th Annual CME Cancer Symposium. Springfield, IL, US.
- 1997. Surgical Advances in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Perspectives in Melanoma Cancer Conference. Albuquerque, NM, US.
- 1997. Integration of Molecular Biology in the Diagnosis and Therapy of Solid Tumors. Invited. 83rd Annual Meeting of the American College of Surgeons. Chicago, IL, US.
- 1997. Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsy – Panel Discussion. Invited. 83rd Annual Meeting of the American College of Surgeons. Chicago, IL, US.
- 1997. Melanoma Multidisciplinary Program. Invited. Mount Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center Cancer Symposium. Miami Beach, FL, US.
- 1997. Advances in Melanoma Management. Invited. 3rd National Melanoma Faculty Meeting. Hilton Head Island, SC, US.
- 1997. Sentinel Node Evaluation. Invited. 7th Annual Cutaneous Malignancy Update Conference. La Jolla, CA, US.
- 1996. An Overview of Malignant Melanoma & Breast Cancer. Invited. U.S. Surgical Cancer Symposium. Norwalk, CT, US.
- 1996. New Technology of Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsy. Invited. Advances in Surgical and Medical Treatment of Melanoma Symposium. Rochester, NY, US.
- 1996. Surgical Approach to Treating the Melanoma Patient. Conference. 49th Annual Symposium on Fundamental Cancer Research: Regulatory Mechanisms in Growth and Differentiation. Houston, TX, US.
- 1996. Early Detection & Screening for Breast Cancer. Invited. 1996 Reach to Recovery Cancer Forum. Houston, TX, US.
- 1996. Staging of Melanoma-Intermediate Thickness. Invited. American Osteopathic College of Dermatology Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, NV, US.
- 1996. Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Contemporary Surgery Committee Meeting. San Francisco, CA, US.
- 1996. Standards of Surgical Care and Ongoing Surgical Trials According to Stage of Disease. Invited. 82nd Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons. San Francisco, CA, US.
- 1996. Moderator - Cutaneous Melanoma in Adults and Children. Invited. 82nd Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons. San Francisco, CA, US.
- 1996. Facilitator - Sentinel Node Biopsy Workshop. Conference. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Annual Meeting. Miami Beach, FL, US.
- 1996. Current Issues in the Treatment of Melanoma. Invited. National Melanoma Faculty Meeting. Coronado, CA, US.
- 1996. Update and Treatment of Melanoma: ECOG #1684. Invited. Society of Air Force Clinical Surgeons 43rd Annual Symposium. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 1995. Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping for Melanoma. Invited. Melanoma 1995 - 6th Annual Cutaneous Malignancy Update. La Jolla, CA, US.
- 1995. Multicenter Selective Lymphadenectomy Trial (MLSLT) Follow-Up. Invited. 81st Annual Clinical Congress American College of Surgeons. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 1995. Lymphatic Mapping in the Management of Early Stage Melanoma. Invited. 63rd Annual Postgraduate Assembly Omaha Mid-West Clinical Society. Omaha, NE, US.
- 1995. Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping for Melanoma. Invited. Annual Clinical Assembly of Osteopathic Specialists. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 1995. Intraoperative Lymphatic Mapping for Melanoma - An Overview. Invited. American Osteopathic College of Dermatology - Current Concepts in Dermatology. Park City, UT, US.
- 1994. Melanoma Revisited: Alternatives in the Surgical Management of Clinical Stage I Melanoma. Invited. American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress. Chicago, IL, US.
- 1994. Lessons Learned from the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast Project. Invited. 5th Annual Cancer Conference. Orlando, FL, US.
- 1994. Natural History and Surgical Treatment of Trunk Melanomas. Invited. Intergroup Melanoma Committee Meeting. Birmingham, AL, US.
- 1994. Intraoperative Lymphatic Mapping. Invited. W.H.O. Melanoma Programme - Postgraduate Course On Cutaneous Melanoma, US.
- 1994. Malignant Melanoma. Invited. 46th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Surgical Conference. Tucson, AZ, US.
- 1993. Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in the Management of Early Stage Melanoma. Conference. 45th Annual Meeting of Southwestern Surgical Congress. Monterey, CA, US.
- 1993. Melanoma: Are Lymph Node Dissections Worthwhile. Invited. 28th Annual San Francisco Cancer Symposium. San Francisco, CA, US.
- 1993. Primary Surgical Therapy for Cutaneous Melanoma. Invited. Third Annual Cancer Update: Melanoma - Sarcoma Conference. Houston, TX, US.
- 1992. A Review of the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast Project. Invited. Fourth Annual Melanoma and Breast Conference: Clinical and Research Advances. Lake Buena Vista, FL, US.
- 1992. Intraoperative Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsy. Invited. Fourth Annual Melanoma and Breast Conference: Clinical and Research Advances. Lake Buena Vista, FL, US.
- 1992. Clinical Trial Proposal of Margins of Excision for Thick Melanoma. Invited. WHO Annual Melanoma Programme. Brno, US.
- 1991. Surgical Approach for Primary Melanoma: Lymph Node Dissection: Primary and Delayed. Invited. American College of Osteopathic Surgeons. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 1989. Clinical Trials Conducted by the Department of Surgery. Invited. North American Surgical Oncology Group Meeting, US.
International Presentations
- 2025. Updates on Treating Merkel Cell Carcinoma. Invited. NEMCC Conference - 2025. Stockholm, SE.
- 2025. Navigating Early-Stage Melanoma: Evolution of Adjuvant Treatment Outcomes and Future Directions. Invited. 15th European Post-Chicago Melanoma/Skin Cancer Meeting. Hamburg, DE.
- 2025. SLND in Merkel Cell Carcinoma. Invited. 11th World Congress of Melanoma in Conjunction with 21st EADO Congress. Athens, GR.
- 2025. Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection (SLND) in Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Invited. 11th World Congress of Melanoma in Conjunction with 21st EADO Congress. Athens, GR.
- 2025. SLND in Melanoma. Invited. 11th World Congress of Melanoma in Conjunction with 21st EADO Congress. Athens, GR.
- 2024. Global Melanoma Ad Board. Invited. Merck, Inc. Madrid, ES.
- 2023. Updates on the Adjuvant Therapy for Melanoma. Invited. ESMO. Madrid, ES.
- 2023. INMC Consortium Meeting. Conference. Updates on Melanoma. Madrid, ES.
- 2023. MSD-Ad Board for Melanoma. Invited. Merck, Inc. Munich, DE.
- 2023. Updates on Treating the Melanoma Patient. Invited. ASCO 2023. Chicago, US.
- 2022. Controversies: Neodadjuvant Therapy in Melanoma. Invited. 12th European Post-Chicago Melanoma/Skin Cancer Meeting. Munich, DE.
- 2022. Current Trends in Treating the Merkel Cell Tumor. Conference. 2nd International Symposium on Merkel Cell Cancers. Seattle, US.
- 2021. Annual SSO. Conference. Annual SSO. Virtual Meeting, US.
- 2020. Primary 2‐year Results of Phase 2, Multicienter, Randomized, Open‐label Trial of Efficacy and Safety Fortalimogene Laherparepvec (T‐VEC) Neoadjuvant Treatment Plus Surgery versus Surgery in Patients with Resectable Stage IIIb‐iVM1a melanoma. Conference. SSO 2020. Virtual, US.
- 2020. Immunologic Cell Death by a 1000 Injections. Invited. ASCO 2020, US.
- 2020. The Future of Melanoma Therapy. Invited. 14th Canadian Melanoma Conference. Banff Alberta, CA.
- 2019. 8th International Cancer Metastasis Congress. Invited. 8th International Cancer Metastasis Congress. San Francisco, US.
- 2019. International Merkel Cell Carcinoma Symposium. Conference. International Merkel Cell Carcinoma Symposium. Tampa, US.
- 2019. MERCK – Global Melanoma Advisory Board Meeting. Conference. MERCK, SZ.
- 2019. Identification of Risk Patients by Gene Expression Profiling. Invited. 9th European Post-Chicago Melanoma/Skin Cancer Meeting, Results and Interpretations of ASCO Presentation 2019: Interdisciplinary Global Conference on New in Melanoma/Skin Cancer. Munich, DE.
- 2019. Update on Neoadjuvant/Intralesional Treatment for Melanoma. Invited. 9th European Post-Chicago Melanoma/Skin Cancer Meeting, Results and Interpretations of ASCO Presentation 2019: Interdisciplinary Global Conference on New in Melanoma/Skin Cancer. Munich, DE.
- 2019. CLND for Sentinel Node Positive Patients - YES. Invited. 9th European Post-Chicago Melanoma/Skin Cancer Meeting, Results and Interpretations of ASCO Presentation 2019: Interdisciplinary Global Conference on New in Melanoma/Skin Cancer. Munich, DE.
- 2019. PV-10, Rose Bengal. Invited. 9th European Post-Chicago Melanoma/Skin Cancer Meeting, Results and Interpretations of ASCO Presentation 2019: Interdisciplinary Global Conference on New in Melanoma/Skin Cancer. Munich, DE.
- 2019. 9th European Post‐Chicago Melanoma/Skin CA. Conference. Hauschild/Garbe, DE.
- 2019. ASCO. Conference. ASCO 2019. Chicago, US.
- 2019. Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Therapy for High Risk and Recurrent Melanoma. Invited. Euroclinic Oncology Center (Victoria Hospital) Iasi. Iasi, RO.
- 2019. Management of a Positive SLNB in the Era of MSLT-2 and DeCOG. Invited. 72nd Annual Cancer Symposium (SSO). San Diego, US.
- 2019. Meet the Professor Breakfast Session. Invited. SSO 2019. San Diego, US.
- 2019. Treatment Plus Surgery versus Surgery for Resectable Stage IIIB-IVM1a Melanoma. Invited. 72nd Annual Cancer Symposium (SSO). San Diego, US.
- 2019. SSO 2019 TVEC Presentation. Conference. SSO 2019 TVEC Presentation. San Diego, US.
- 2019. SSO 2019. Conference. SSO 2019. San Diego, US.
- 2018. Intralesional Combination Therapies. Invited. European Association of Dermato Oncology and Interdisciplinary Melanom/Skin Cancer Centres. Barcelona, ES.
- 2018. Do the Results of the Completion Lymph Dissection Trials Diminish the Clinical Relevance of SLN Biopsy?. Invited. International Sentinel Node Society. Tokyo, JP.
- 2018. What's New in Other Cutaneous Malignancies. Invited. Brazilian Melanoma Group. Salvador de Bahia, BR.
- 2018. Future Directions: Surgery In Melanoma IV. Invited. Brazilian Melanoma Group. Salvador de Bahia, BR.
- 2018. How To Integrate Intralesional Therapy In Clinical Practice. Invited. Brazilian Melanoma Group. Salvador de Bahia, BR.
- 2018. Intralesional and Regional Therapy. Invited. Brazilian Melanoma Group. Salvador de Bahia, BR.
- 2018. Sentinel Node Biopsy, Is it Still Necessary? Completion Lymphadenectomy After MSLT2: To Do or Not To Do?. Invited. Brazilian Melanoma Group. Salvador de Bahia, BR.
- 2018. Putting It All Together - Case Presentation. Invited. Brazilian Melanoma Group. Salvador de Bahia, BR.
- 2018. Lymph Node Management: SLNB vs. Completion Lymphadenectomy. Invited. Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology. Beijing, CN.
- 2018. Advances in Melanoma Management. Invited. Association of Physician Assistants in Oncology (APAO). San Diego, US.
- 2018. Medical Oncology/Surgical Joint Session: Neoadjuvant Therapy. Invited. 12th Canadian melonoma conference. Banff, Alberta, CA.
- 2018. Dermatology and Surgical Oncology Joint Session: Imaging in Melanoma: Staging and Surveillance. Invited. 12th Canadian melanoma conference. Banff, Alberta, CA.
- 2018. Neoadjuvant approaches to regionaly advanced and metastatic melanoma. Invited. AMGEN. Jacksonville, US.
- 2017. Oncolytic immunotherapies: The future of neoadjuvant therapy?. Invited. ESMO Immuno Oncology Congress. Geneva, CH.
- 2017. Linfadenectomy Pros and contra. Invited. 3PSolution. Naples, IT.
- 2017. Immunotherapy Combined with Other Drugs: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Heading?. Invited. XIII Brazilian Clinical Oncology Congress. Rio de Janeiro, BR.
- 2017. Experience with Neoadjuvant Therapy for Patients With Advanced Nodal Metastases. Invited. 9th World Congress of Melanoma. Brisbane, AU.
- 2017. Who, If Anyone, With A Positive Sentinel Node Should Get An Immediate Completion Lymph Node Dissection?. Invited. 9th World Congress of Melanoma. Brisbane, AU.
- 2017. Presentation of No Case. Invited. 9th World Congress of Melanoma. Brisbane, AU.
- 2017. Advances in surgical management of breast cancer. Invited. Salt Cancer Initiative, Inc. Hanoi, VN.
- 2017. Immunotherapy and how it changed the melanoma landscape paving the road for other soid tumors. Invited. Salt Cancer Initiative, Inc. Hanoi, VN.
- 2017. Advances in Melanoma Management. Invited. Partners in Cancer Care. San Diego, US.
- 2017. Is Surgery Replaced By Systemic Treatment In Stage IV Melanomas?. Invited. AMGEN. Munich, DE.
- 2017. Liver Metastasis: Surgery, Perfusion or Chemosaturation?. Invited. AMGEN. Munich, DE.
- 2017. Regional Therapies for Melanoma. Invited. 70th Annual Cancer Symposium of the Society of Surgical Oncology 2017. Seattle, US.
- 2017. For Patients with Resected Sentinel Node Positive Melanoma, Routine Radiographic Surveillance Is Essential. Invited. 70th Annual Cancer Symposium of the Society of Surgical Oncology 2017. Seattle, US.
- 2017. Amgen Clinical Considerations for Treatment in Advanced Melanoma. Invited. 70th Annual Cancer Symposium of the Society of Surgical Oncology 2017. Seattle, US.
- 2017. Evolving Role of Surgery in the Immunotherapy Era: Management of Complex Situations. Invited. 11th Canadian Melanoma Conference. Whistler, CA.
- 2015. Melanoma Clinical Cases. Invited. MERCK Inc. Sao Paulo, BR.
- 2015. Surgical Management of Breast Cancer Post Neoadjuvant Treatment. Invited. IV Ecuadorian Mastology Congress. Guayaquil, EC.
- 2015. Sentinel Node in the Multidisciplinary Management of Breast Cancer. Invited. IV Ecuadorian Mastology Congress. Guayaquil, EC.
- 2015. Management of Sentinel Node Post Neoadjuvant. Invited. IV Ecuadorian Mastology Congress. Guayaquil, EC.
- 2015. LNS (+) is the Same as Lymphadenectomy?. Invited. 11th Brazilian Melanoma Conference. Goiania, BR.
- 2015. Melanoma Resection Overview. Invited. Bristol Myers Squibb. Goiania, BR.
- 2015. Melanoma Clinical Case Discussion. Invited. Bristol Myers Squibb. Goiania, BR.
- 2015. What's the Best Way to Relieve Symptoms in Metastatic Patients with Local Symptoms: A Surgical Perspective. Invited. 11th Brazilian Melanoma Conference. Goiania, BR.
- 2015. Surgical Treatment: What to Expect from Intratumor Treatments Like PV-10, T-VEC and Others. Invited. 11th Brazilian Melanoma Conference. Goiania, BR.
- 2014. Sentinel Node and Its Importance in Melanoma. Invited. Bristol Myers Squibb. Cancun, MX.
- 2014. New Challenges in the Treatment of Melanoma - Surgical Treatment. Invited. Bristol Myers Squibb. Cancun, MX.
- 2014. When to Use a Regional Approach Versus a Systemic Approach for Regionally Metastatic Melanoma. Invited. 67th Annual Society of Surgical Oncology. Phoenix, US.
- 2013. Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Treating the Melanoma Patient. Invited. Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited. Moscow, RU.
- 2013. Treatment of Metastatic Melanoma. Invited. Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited. Moscow, RU.
- 2013. The melanoma guidelines - Lead panel discussant/presenter. Invited. Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited. Moscow, RU.
- 2013. State of the Art Surgery: A Global View. Invited. Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited. Moscow, RU.
- 2013. Surgical Approach of Metastatic Melanoma in the Target Drug Age. Invited. 10th Brazilian Conference on Melanoma. Belo Horizonte, BR.
- 2013. What is Missing at Melanoma Staging for Melanoma Prognosis?. Invited. 10th Brazilian Conference on Melanoma. Belo Horizonte, BR.
- 2013. Intransit Metastatic Melanoma: Role of Intratumoral Treatment Modalities. Invited. Joint International Oncology Congress. San Francisco, US.
- 2013. Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping for Melanoma. Invited. Merck, Inc. Panama City, PA.
- 2013. Surgical Resection for Stage IV Melanoma. Invited. Merck, Inc. Panama City, PA.
- 2013. State of the Art Surgery: A Global View of America. Invited. Merck, Inc. Panama City, PA.
- 2012. The Molecular Subtypes of Individualized Treatment in Breast Cancer. Invited. Hebei Anti-Cancer Association. Shijiazhuang, CN.
- 2012. Current Controversies in the Surgical Treatment of Breast Cancer. Invited. Hebei Anti-Cancer Association. Shijiazhuang, CN.
- 2012. The Evolving Melanoma Landscape: Impact on Surgical Management. Invited. Hellenic Society of Dermatology and Venereology. Pylos-Messinia, GR.
- 2012. The New Melanoma Landscape: Impact on Stage Specific Melanoma. Invited. 7th Canadian Melanoma Conference. Banff, Alberta, CA.
- 2011. Potential for IL Therapy Worldwide. Invited. Melanoma Roundtable Discussion. Tampa, US.
- 2011. Loco-Regional Surgery in Patients with Advanced Breast Cancer. Invited. Peruvian Cancer Society. Lima, PE.
- 2011. Clinical Cases for Early-Stage Breast Cancer. Invited. Peruvian Cancer Society. Lima, PE.
- 2011. Management of the Axilla in Early-Stage Breast Cancer. Invited. Peruvian Cancer Society. Lima, PE.
- 2011. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Thin Melanoma-A Debate/PRO. Invited. 64th Society of Surgical Oncology. San Antonio, US.
- 2011. ILI and ILP, Recent Data, Future Directions. Invited. 64th Society of Surgical Oncology. San Antonio, US.
- 2011. Sentinel Node Biopsy Indication 2011. Invited. Canadian Melanoma Society. Banff, CA.
- 2010. Caring for the Breast Cancer Patient. Invited. ISNS 2010. Pacifico Yokohama, JP.
- 2010. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Melanoma. Invited. Asociacion Colombiana de Hematologia Oncologia. Armenia, CO.
- 2010. The Impact of Neo-Adjuvant Chemotherapy on the Surgical Management of Breast Cancer. Invited. XXVIII National Congress of Oncology. Cancun, MX.
- 2010. Axillary Dissecton for Sentinel Node Positive Breast Cancer: The Controversy Continues. Invited. XXVIII National Congress of Oncology. Cancun, MX.
- 2010. Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Advanced Regional Lymph Node Disease in Melanoma Patients. Invited. XXVII National Congress of Oncology. Cancun, MX.
- 2010. Revised Melanoma Staging Criteria. Invited. American Osteopathic College of Dermatology. San Francisco, US.
- 2010. Melanoma Case Studies: A Panel Discussion. Invited. American Osteopathic College of Dermatology. San Francisco, US.
- 2010. A Surgeon's View of Advances in Immunotherapy for Melanoma: Advances, Past Failures and Future Directions. Invited. Glaxo Smith Kline/Satellite Symposium/6th European Association of Dermatologic Oncology. Athens, GR.
- 2010. An Evidence-Based Approach to Excision Margins of Melanoma. Invited. 6th European Association of Dermatologic Oncology. Athens, GR.
- 2010. Surgical Advances in the Treatment of Melanoma. Invited. University of Illinois Medical Center/Warren H. Cole Society. Chicago, US.
- 2010. Managing the Melanoma Patient - surgery and Sentinel Node Biopsy Considerations. Invited. American Academy of Dermatology Association. Miami, US.
- 2009. Interferon and vaccines in treating melanoma. Invited. National Cancer Congress of Ecuador. Manta, EC.
- 2009. Sentinel lymph node biopsy in melanoma. Invited. National Cancer Congress of Ecuador. Portoviejo, EC.
- 2009. The role of anti-idiotypic vaccines in the treatment of cancer and haematological diseases. Invited. XVIII Brazilian Congress of Cancerology-CONCAN 2009. Curitiba, BR.
- 2009. The surgical treatment of primary melanoma. Invited. XVIII Brazilian Congress of Cancerology-CONCAN 2009. Curitiba, BR.
- 2009. Axillary lymph node dissection after positive sentinel lymph node biopsy. Invited. XVIII Brazilian Congress of Cancerology-CONCAN 2009. Curitiba, BR.
- 2009. Current aspects of cutaneous melanoma treatment. Invited. XVIII Brazilian Congress of Cancerology-CONCAN 2009. Curitiba, BR.
- 2009. Panel Discussion: Multidisciplinary treatment of breast cancer. Invited. Peruvian Cancer Oncology Congress. Lima, PE.
- 2009. Current role of surgery in the treatment of breast cancer. Invited. Peruvian Cancer Oncology Congress. Lima, PE.
- 2009. Multifocal and multicentric breast cancer and nipple sparing mastectomy. Invited. Peruvian Cancer Oncology Congress. Lima, PE.
- 2009. Updates in adjuvant therapies for melanoma. Invited. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Orlando, US.
- 2009. Panel Discussion on Sentinel Nodes - Pros and Cons. Invited. 7th World Congress on Melanoma. Hofburg, AT.
- 2009. Sentinel lymph node: Pros and Cons - Completion dissection is indicated for minimal disease. Invited. 7th World Congress on Melanoma. Hofburg, AT.
- 2009. Surgery; Margins of Excision: An evidence-based approach for the clinic. Invited. 7th World Congress on Melanoma. Hofburg, AT.
- 2009. Sentinel lymph node biopsy in melanoma. Invited. 12th World Congress on Cancers of the Skin. Tel Aviv, IL.
- 2009. Controversies in immediate breast cancer reconstruction. Invited. 2nd International Breast Cancer Conference, KW.
- 2009. Oncoplastic techniques for locally advanced breast cancer. Invited. 2nd International Breast Cancer Conference, KW.
- 2009. Great Debates in Surgical Oncology: PRO: Completion lymphadenectomy for melanoma metastasis to sentinel lymph nodes. Invited. 62nd Annual Society of Surgical Oncology. Phoenix, US.
- 2008. EADO Session: Non-surgical treatment of non-melanoma skin cancers (actinic keratoses, invasive squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma). Invited. 7th International Conference of Adjuvant Therapy on Malignant Melanoma (ICATMM) and 4th European Association of Dermato-Oncology Congress (EADO). Marseille, FR.
- 2008. Surgical adjuvant therapy: elective node dissection according to sentinel node status: PRO. Invited. 7th International Conference of Adjuvant Therapy on Malignant Melanoma (ICATMM) and 4th European Association of Dermato-Oncology Congress (EADO). Marseille, FR.
- 2008. Stage III Melanoma: A Multi-Modality Approach to a Complicated Regional Disease. Invited. 61st Annual Society of Surgical Oncology. Chicago, US.
- 2008. Isolated Limb Perfusion vs. Limb Infusion Therapy. Conference. 3rd International Symposium on Regional Cancer Therapies. Palm Desert, US.
- 2007. Evolution and Actual Status of Sentinel Node in Melanoma. Invited. 1st International Course, Sentinel Node, Mexico 2007. Cancun, MX.
- 2007. Results Management, Surgical Perspectives. Invited. Ist International Course, Sentinel Node, Mexico 2007. Cancun, MX.
- 2007. Interactive Surgical Session, How Do I Perform the Surgery?, Live Transmission from the Surgery Room. Invited. 1st International Course, Sentinel Node, Mexico 2007. Cancun, MX.
- 2007. Melanoma - Breakfast with the Experts. Invited. 1st International Course, Sentinel Node, Mexico 2007. Cancun, MX.
- 2007. Adjuvant Treatment in Melanoma, When and Whom? A Roundtable Discussion. Invited. 1st International Course, Sentinel Node, Mexico 2007. Cancun, MX.
- 2007. The Safety of Breast Conserving Surgery in Patients after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy. Invited. IX Venezuelan Mastology Congress and Venezuelan Mastology Society. Maracaibo, VE.
- 2007. Sentinel Node Symposium: Micrometastasis: Axillary Dissection?. Invited. IX Venezuelan Mastology Congress and Venezuelan Mastology Society. Maracaibo, VE.
- 2007. Needle Localization Biopsy or other Techniques of Non-Palpable Breast Lesions: Technical Considerations. Invited. IX Venezuelan Mastology Congress and Venezuelann Mastology Society. Maracaibo, VE.
- 2007. Bilateral Prophylactic Mastectomy Efficacy in Women at High Risk. Invited. IX Venezuelan Mastology Congress and Venezuelan Mastology Society. Maracaibo, VE.
- 2007. Future Directions of Melanoma Staging. Invited. 1st World Meeting of Interdisciplinary Melanoma/Skin Cancer Centers. Barcelona, ES.
- 2007. Is SLNB Appropriate in 2007? If So, In What Patients?. Invited. 1st World Meeting of Interdisciplinary Melanoma/Skin Cancer Centers. Barcelona, ES.
- 2007. What is the Prognostic Impact of the Sentinel Lymp Node in Cutaneous Melanoma?. Invited. 7th Brazilian Conference on Melanoma. Porto Alegre, BR.
- 2007. ASCO Highlights for Melanoma. Invited. 2007 Oncology Highlights: New from the 43rd ASCO Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, US.
- 2007. Sentinel Node Staging in Melanoma: The Standard of Care? The US Position. Invited. 11th World Congress on Cancers of the Skin. Amsterdam, NL.
- 2007. Clinical and Immunological in Patients with Malignant Melanoma Treated with a Dendritic Cell-Based Vaccine. Preliminary Report from a Multi-Institutional Phase II Clinical Trial. Invited. 2007 ASCO Annual Meeting. Chicago, US.
- 2007. Advances in Clinical Management and Assessment of Melanoma Prognosis. Invited. Annual American Association for Cancer Research Meeting. Los Angeles, US.
- 2006. Surgical Treatments in the Melanoma Patient. Invited. 5th Biennial International Sentinel Lymph Node Society Meeting, Sentinel Node Biopsy: New Boundaries. Rome, IT.
- 2006. Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsy in the Melanoma Patient. Invited. 5th Biennial International Sentinel Node Society Meeting, Sentinel Node Biopsy: New Boundaries. Rome, IT.
- 2006. Difficulties in Dealing with the Melanoma Patient: How to Handle. Invited. Annual Latin American Oncology Congress. Margarita Island, VE.
- 2006. Surgical Treatment for Melanoma. Invited. Annual Latin American Oncology Congress. Margarita Island, VE.
- 2006. Melanoma Case Studies: Beyond Stage I. Invited. 11th Annual American Society for MOHS Surgery Clinical Symposium - Dermatologic Surgery: Focus on Skin Cancer. Grand Bahama Island, BS.
- 2006. Breast Reconstruction and Oncoplastic. Invited. Middle East Breast Cancer Conference. Bsalim, LB.
- 2006. Surgery In Primary Melanoma: Margins According to Depth and Location. Invited. IV Interdisciplinary Course in Oncology. Oviedo, ES.
- 2006. Conservative Surgery and Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy. Invited. Middle East Breast Cancer Conference. Bsalim, LB.
- 2006. Sentinel Node: Indications, Surgical Technique, and Results. Invited. IV Interdisciplinary Course in Oncology. Oviedo, ES.
- 2006. Panel Discussion: The Optimal Margin of Resection for All Melanomas is 1 cm. Invited. 59th Annual Meeting of the Society of Surgical Oncology. San Diego, US.
- 2006. Role of PCR Analysis in Lymph Nodes in Melanoma. Invited. 3rd International Symposium on Melanoma and other Cutaneous Malignancies. New York, US.
- 2005. Should SLN Biopsy Be Done for All Patients with Melanoma. Invited. 2nd International Symposium on Melanoma and Other Cutaneous Malignancies. New York, US.
- 2005. New Trends in Vaccine Therapy. Invited. 6th World Congress on Melanoma. Vancouver, CA.
- 2005. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy: does it Prolong Survival. Invited. 6th World Congress on Melanoma. Vancouver, CA.
- 2005. Large ALM of the Thumb or Heel. Invited. 6th World Congress on Melanoma. Vancouver, CA.
- 2005. The Future of Surgery for Melanoma. Invited. Post American Society of Clinical Oncology Symposium. Short Hills, US.
- 2005. Surgical Approaches to Regional Disease and Treatment of Metastatic Disease. Invited. 41st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Orlando, US.
- 2003. Update on Sentinel Node Biopsy for the Melanoma Patient. Invited. American College of Surgeons Oncology Group Semiannual Meeting. Montreal, CA.
- 2002. Discussion of Current Treatments for Malignant Melanoma. Invited. WHO Programme Committee Meeting. Milan, IT.
- 2002. Sentinel Node Technique for Staging and Treatment Decisions for Melanoma. Invited. 2002 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Orlando, US.
- 2002. Sentinel Node Biopsy for Breast Cancer. Invited. XIV Annual International Breast Conference. Beirut, LB.
- 2002. Controversies in Treating the Breast Cancer Patient. Invited. XIV Annual International Breast Conference. Beirut, LB.
- 2002. Breast Reconstruction in Breast Cancer Patients. Invited. Oncology Conference. Kuwait City, KW.
- 2002. DCIS: Treatment Options – Surgery vs Surgery with Radiation Therapy. Invited. Oncology Conference. Kuwait City, KW.
- 2002. Minimally Invasive Approaches to the Surgical Management of Breast Cancer. Invited. Oncology Conference. Kuwait City, KW.
- 2002. Predictive Factors in Breast Cancer. Invited. Oncology Conference. Kuwait City, KW.
- 2002. Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping for Malignant Melanoma. Invited. XXXIII Peruvian and International Congress of Surgery Meeting. Lima, PE.
- 2002. Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping for Breast Cancer. Invited. XXXIII Peruvian and International Congress of Surgery Meeting. Lima, PE.
- 2001. Sentinel Node Technique for Staging and Treatment Decisions for Melanoma. Invited. 2001 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. San Francisco, US.
- 2001. Controversial Issues in the Surgical Management of DCIS. Invited. 5th Middle Eastern Oncology Congress. Beirut, LB.
- 2001. Pathological Scoring of DCIS. Invited. 5th Middle Eastern Oncology Congress. Beirut, LB.
- 2001. The Biologic Relevance of Micrometastases for Melanoma. Invited. 5th World Conference on Melanoma. Venice, IT.
- 2001. Update on Lymphatic Mapping for Melanoma. Invited. 2001 American Osteopathic College of Dermatology Meeting. Cancun, MX.
- 2001. New Staging Criteria for Melanoma. Invited. 2001 American Osteopathic College of Dermatology Meeting. Cancun, MX.
- 2000. Advances Techniques in the Management of Breast Cancer. Invited. 32nd World Congress of the International Colleges of Surgeons Meeting. Singapore, US.
- 2000. Breast Cancer – Sentinel Node Technology. Invited. 32nd World Congress of the International Colleges of Surgeons Meeting. Singapore, US.
- 2000. The Biologic Relevance of Micrometastases. Invited. WHO Melanoma Programme Review Meeting. Szeged, HU.
- 2000. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy and Therapeutic Node Dissection for Melanoma. Invited. Henry Shibata Lecture for the Canadian Society of Surgical Oncology Meeting. Toronto, CA.
- 2000. Sentinel Lymphadenectomy Breast Cancer. Invited. 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Surgical Oncology. New Orleans, US.
- 1999. What is the Place for Sentinel Node Biopsy in the Head and Neck. Invited. Eastern Great Lakes Head and Neck Oncology Association 23rd Annual Meeting. Hamilton, CA.
- 1999. Surgery for Melanoma: Margins and Lymphadenectomy Metastases. Invited. 11th Brazilian Congress of Clinical Oncology. Florianopolis, BR.
- 1999. Soft Tissue Sarcomas. Invited. XIV Argentine Congress of Oncology. Buenos Aires, AR.
- 1999. Progresses in the Surgical Treatment of Melanoma. Invited. XIV Argentine Congress of Oncology. Buenos Aires, AR.
- 1999. Meeting with Experts on Melanoma. Invited. XIV Argentine Congress of Oncology. Buenos Aires, AR.
- 1999. Multimodality Approaches to Malignant Melanoma. Invited. 2nd UICC Cancer Management Meeting. Antwerp, BE.
- 1999. Sentinel Lymphadenectomy: Pitfalls in the Nuclear Medicine Suite and the Operating Room. Invited. 1st International Congress on the Sentinel Node in Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer. Amsterdam, NL.
- 1999. Radioguided Surgery and Lymphatic Mapping. Invited. 52nd Annual Cancer Symposium for the Society of Surgical Oncology Meeting. Orlando, US.
- 1999. What to do with Internal Mammary Sentinel Nodes: A Case Presentation. Invited. 52nd Annual Cancer Symposium for the Society of Surgical Oncology Meeting. Orlando, US.
- 1999. Malignant Melanoma. Invited. 52nd Annual Cancer Symposium for the Society of Surgical Oncology Meeting. Orlando, US.
- 1999. Surgical Conservation of the Breast vs Radical Mastectomy. Invited. X International Congress of General Surgery. Monterrey, MX.
- 1999. Biopsy of the Sentinel Node: Is Axillary Dissection Necessary. Invited. X International Congress of General Surgery. Monterrey, MX.
- 1998. Development and Clinical Application of the Sentinel Node Concept for Melanoma Patients. Invited. International Conference for Lymphatic Metastasis and Sentinel Lymphadenectomy. Berlin, DE.
- 1998. Melanoma. Invited. XVII UICC International Cancer Congress. Rio de Janeiro, BR.
- 1998. Are Micrometastases Important. Invited. XVII UICC International Cancer Congress. Rio de Janeiro, BR.
- 1998. Recent Advances in Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Royal College of Surgeons of Thailand’s 23rd Annual Meeting. Pathia, TH.
- 1998. State of the Art Treatment of Melanoma at the National Cancer Institute - Panel Discussion. Invited. 23rd Annual Meeting. Pathia, TH.
- 1998. Current Management of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Royal College of Surgeons of Thailand’s 23rd Annual Meeting. Pathia, TH.
- 1998. MD Anderson Experience - Lymphatic Mapping for Melanoma and Breast Cancer. Invited. 9th Congress of the European Society of Surgical Oncology. Lausanne, CH.
- 1998. Melanoma Mapping. Invited. 51st Annual Meeting of the Society of Surgical Oncology. San Diego, US.
- 1998. Advances in the Staging and Surgical Treatment of Melanoma. Invited. 51st Annual Meeting of the Society of Surgical Oncology. San Diego, US.
- 1997. Epidemiologic Factors and the Role of Sentinel Node Mapping. Invited. European Cancer Conference. Hamburg, DE.
- 1997. Therapeutic Perspectives in the Management of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. European Cancer Conference. Hamburg, DE.
- 1997. Malignant Melanoma. Invited. The First UICC Cancer Management Meeting. Vienna, AT.
- 1997. Nodal Failure After Lymphatic Mapping and Negative Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Stage I or II Melanoma Patients. Invited. 4th World Conference on Melanoma. Sydney, AU.
- 1997. Recent Advances in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. 4th World Conference on Melanoma. Sydney, AU.
- 1997. Prognostic Significance of the Sentinel Lymph Node in Stage I or II Melanoma Patients. Invited. 4th World Conference on Melanoma. Sydney, AU.
- 1997. Management of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. 33rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Denver, US.
- 1997. Recent Surgical Laboratory and Therapeutic Advances in the Management of Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma. Invited. 50th Annual Cancer Symposium for the Society of Surgical Oncology. Chicago, US.
- 1997. Impact of Intraoperative Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy on Melanoma Patient Staging and Clinical Outcomes. Invited. 50th Annual Cancer Symposium for the Society of Surgical Oncology. Chicago, US.
- 1997. Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsy for Melanoma. Invited. 50th Annual Cancer Symposium for the Society of Surgical Oncology. Chicago, US.
- 1997. Breast Conservation Surgery After Induction Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced Breast Carcinoma. Invited. Third National Breast Congress Izmir Society for Breast Diseases Symposium. Izmir, TR.
- 1997. NSABP Updates. Invited. Third National Breast Congress. Izmir, TR.
- 1997. Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Current Controversies, Future Perspectives. Barcelona, ES.
- 1997. Early Detection Diagnosis and the Role of Sentinel Node Mapping. Invited. Current Controversies, Future Perspectives. Barcelona, ES.
- 1996. Elective Lymphadenectomy: Controversies in Perspective. Invited. International Symposium of Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma Annual Meeting. Sao Paulo, BR.
- 1996. Surgical Management of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. The European Society of Surgical Oncology Meeting. Dublin, IE.
- 1996. Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsy. Invited. TriClinica Oncology Focus: Melanoma Speakers’ Bureau Meeting. Montreal, CA.
- 1996. Sarcoma. Invited. National Cancer Registrars Association 22nd Annual Education Conference. New Orleans, US.
- 1996. Skin and Melanoma. Invited. National Cancer Registrars Association 22nd Annual Education Conference Cancer Management Course. New Orleans, US.
- 1996. Proposal for a New Staging System for Cutaneous Melanoma. Invited. 32nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Philadelphia, US.
- 1996. Session Chair- Axillary Endoscopic Lymphadenectomy in Breast Cancer. Invited. 9th International Congress on Breast Disease. Houston, US.
- 1996. Session Chair - Telemedicine and Breast Cancer. Invited. 9th International Congress on Breast Diseases. Houston, US.
- 1996. Update and Treatment of Melanoma: ECOG #1684. Invited. 49th Annual Meeting of the Society of Surgical Oncology. Atlanta, US.
- 1995. Results of Randomized Surgical Trials for Melanoma and Multidisciplinary Treatment of Distant Melanoma Metastases. Invited. The Sixth World Congress On Cancers Of The Skin. Buenos Aires, AR.
- 1995. Isolated Limb Perfusion (ILP) Circuit Leak Detected by Technetium-99 (99-Tc) Labeled RBC’s. Invited. The Society of Surgical Oncology’s 48th Annual Meeting. Boston, US.
- 1993. Conservative Breast Surgery In-Depth Review. Invited. Surgical Oncology Conference, US.
- 1993. Intra-Operative Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsy. Invited. W.H.O. Meeting. Crete, GR.
- 1993. Margins of Excision for Melanoma. Invited. W.H.O. Meeting. Crete, GR.
- 1993. Highlights in Breast Cancer. Invited. The Universita Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore. Rome, IT.
- 1993. Margins of Excision for Primary Melanomas Update of Clinical Trials. Invited. Third International Conference on Melanoma. Venice, IT.
- 1993. Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsy in the Management of Early Stage Melanomas. Invited. Third International Conference on Melanoma. Venice, IT.
- 1993. Expanding the Role of Intraoperative Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsy in the Management of Primary Melanoma. Invited. Society of Surgical Oncology Meeting. Los Angeles, US.
- 1992. Update on the Intergroup Melanoma Trial. Invited. Special International Columbus Meeting on Surgical Oncology. Genoa, IT.
- 1992. Elective Lymph Node Dissection: Results of Non-Randomized Trials. Invited. Special International Columbus Meeting on Surgical Oncology. Genoa, IT.
- 1992. Innovations in Melanoma Therapy. Invited. Nuevos Abodajes Terapeuticos En Oncologia. Mexico City, MX.
- 1992. State of the Art Breast Cancer Therapy. Invited. Nuevos Abordaje Terapeuticos En Oncologia. Mexico City, MX.
- 1992. Participation in the Programme Planning Committee. Invited. Third International Conference on Melanoma. Milan, IT.
- 1989. Patterns of Failure in Anorectal Melanoma a Guide to Surgical Therapy. Invited. Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, US.
Formal Peers
- 2024. Sentinel Nodes for Melanoma. Invited. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2023. Sentinel Nodes for Melanoma. Invited. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2022. Management of Malignant Melanoma. Visiting. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2022. Sentinel Nodes for Melanoma. Invited. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2021. NCCN Melanoma Panel Meeting – Day #2. Invited. Virtual Meeting, US.
- 2021. NCCN Melanoma Panel Meeting – Day #1. Invited. Virtual Meeting, US.
- 2021. Surgical Oncology Fellows Conference – Part Two Lecture Series. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2021. Sentinel Nodes for Melanoma. Invited. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2020. EISAI: ESMO Virtual Meeting. Invited. Virtual Meeting, US.
- 2020. Updates on the Treatments for the Melanoma Patient. Invited. Phoenix, AZ, US.
- 2020. Sentinel Nodes for Melanoma. Invited. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2020. James Cancer Center Grand Rounds. Invited. Columbus, OH, US.
- 2019. Melanoma Slide Review. Invited, Barcelona, ES.
- 2019. European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO). Invited, Barcelona, ES.
- 2019. The Art and Science of Managing the New Melanoma Landscape 6th Annual Collaborative Conference. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2019. 2019 Am. Radium Society Meeting. Invited. Dans Point, CA, US.
- 2019. Neracare Meeting. Invited. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2019. Sentinel Nodes for Melanoma. Invited. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2018. The Art and Science of Managing the New Melanoma Landscape 5th Annual Collaborative Conference. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2018. Sentinel Nodes for Melanoma. Invited. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2018. Advances in Melanoma: Treatment Controversies and Innovations. Invited. Hartford, CT, US.
- 2018. Sentinel Nodes for Melanoma. Invited. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2017. Update on surgical approaches to the treatment of melanoma. Invited. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 2017. The Art and Science of Managing the New Melanoma Landscape 4th Annual Collaborative Conference. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2017. Advances in melanoma prevention, detection, research and neoadjuvant clinical trials. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2017. Surgical Treatment of Melanoma: Evolving New Guidelines. Invited. Tulsa, OK, US.
- 2017. Regional Therapies Conference for Melanoma: The optimal method to treat in transit metastases. Invited. Snowbird, UT, US.
- 2016. Sentinel Nodes for Melanoma. Invited. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2015. Systemic Therapy for High-Risk Melanoma Patients: Current Status and Future Directions. Visiting. Columbus, OH, US.
- 2015. Surgical Strategies in the New Melanoma Treatment Landscape: New Opportunities and Evolving Paradigms. Visiting. Columbus, OH, US.
- 2015. Perspective from decades of SLN biopsy for cutaneous melanoma and SLN biopsy cases for Discussion-Panel. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2015. Sentinel Nodes for Melanoma. Invited. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2014. What's New in Surgery and Regional Therapies for Melanoma. Invited. Tampa, FL, US.
- 2014. When is Surgery Indicated in Stage IV and Advanced Stage III Disease?. Invited. Atlanta, GA, US.
- 2014. Surgery for Advanced Stage III and Stage IV Melanoma. Invited. Atlanta, GA, US.
- 2014. Sentinel Node Evaluation - Part II. Invited. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2014. Sentinel Node Evaluation - Part I. Invited. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2013. Sentinel Node Evaluation Part II. Invited. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2013. Melanoma - Case Presentations. Invited. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2013. Sentinel Node Evaluation Part I. Invited. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2012. Current Trends in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Salt Lake, UT, US.
- 2012. Current Trends in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Visiting. Salt Lake City, UT, US.
- 2012. Melanoma: Case Presentations. Invited. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2012. Sentinel Node Evaluation Part II. Invited. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2012. Sentinel Node Evaluation Part I. Invited. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2011. Melanoma Case Presentations - Part II. Invited. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2011. Sentinel Node Evaluation - Part II. Invited. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2011. Melanoma Case Presentations - Part I. Invited. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2011. Sentinel Node Evaluation - Part I. Invited. San Deigo, CA, US.
- 2010. Upcoming Modifications in Melanoma Staging System 2010. Invited. Las Vegas, NV, US.
- 2010. Panel Discussion: Data on One Versus Two Procedures for SLN and Completion Lymphadenectomy. Invited. Las Vegas, NV, US.
- 2010. Sentinel Node Evaluation. Invited. LaJolla, CA, US.
- 2009. HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer: Diagnostic tools and Challenges. Visiting. Colorado Springs, CO, US.
- 2009. A Case-Based Approach to the Treatment of Melanoma. Visiting. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2009. A Case-Based Approach to the Treatment of Melanoma. Visiting. El Paso, TX, US.
- 2009. HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer: Diagnostic tools and Challenges. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2009. HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer: Diagnostic tools and Challenges. Visiting. Greenwood Village, CO, US.
- 2009. HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer: Diagnostic tools and Challenges. Visiting. Denver, CO, US.
- 2009. HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer: Diagnostic tools and Challenges. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2009. Regional Chemotherapeutic Approaches to Recurrent Extremity Melanoma and Other Solid Tumors. Visiting. Allentown, PA, US.
- 2009. HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer: Diagnostic tools and Challenges. Visiting. Danville, PA, US.
- 2009. HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer: Diagnostic tools and Challenges. Visiting. Williamsport, PA, US.
- 2009. HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer: Diagnostic tools and Challenges. Visiting. Cleveland, OH, US.
- 2009. HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer: Diagnostic tools and Challenges. Visiting. Cleveland, OH, US.
- 2009. HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer: Diagnostic tools and Challenges. Visiting. Louisville, KY, US.
- 2009. A Case-Based Approach to the Treatment of Melanoma. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2009. I have melanoma, where do I go from here?. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2009. HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer: Diagnostic Tools and Challenges. Visiting. Cherry Hill, NJ, US.
- 2009. Utilization of OncotypeDX Risk Score in Node Negative and Node Positive Early Stage Breast Cancer Patients. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2009. HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer: Diagnostic Tools and Challenges. Visiting. Kansas City, MO, US.
- 2009. HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer: Diagnostic tools and challenges. Invited. Flint, MI, US.
- 2009. HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer: Diagnostic Tools and Challenges. Visiting. Flint, MI, US.
- 2009. Melanoma Update. Visiting. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2009. Surgical management of stage I & II melanoma: An evidence-based discussion. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2009. HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer: Diagnostic Tools and Challenges. Visiting. Anchorage, AK, US.
- 2009. Sentinel Node Evaluation. Invited. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2008. HER2-Positive Breast Cancer: Diagnostic Tools and Challenges. Invited. McAllen, TX, US.
- 2008. Sentinel Node Evaluation, Pros and Cons and Impact of Treatment Decisions. Invited. Columbus, OH, US.
- 2008. Sentinel Node Evaluation. Invited. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2007. Melanoma Staging and the Role of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy: Update on Regional Nodal Evaluation for Melanoma-Results of MSLT-1 and Future Studies. Invited. Cleveland, OH, US.
- 2007. Advances In Treating the Melanoma Patient. Invited. Boston, MA, US.
- 2007. Surgical Advances in the Treatment of the Melanoma Patient. Invited. Boston, MA, US.
- 2007. Melanoma Surgery. Visiting. Louisville, KY, US.
- 2007. The Ever-Evolving Role of Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsy in Treating the Melanoma Patient. Visiting. Louisville, KY, US.
- 2007. Updates in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Oklahoma City, OK, US.
- 2007. Stage II and III Melanoma and Metastatic Melanoma. Invited. New York, NY, US.
- 2007. Updates in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Fort Worth, TX, US.
- 2007. Updates in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Metairie, LA, US.
- 2007. Updates in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Miami, FL, US.
- 2007. Updates in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 2007. Herception (Trastuzumab) for the Adjuvent Treatment of HER2-Positive Node-Positive Breast Cancer. Invited. Galveston, TX, US.
- 2007. Updates in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Shreveport, LA, US.
- 2007. HER2-Targeted Therapy in the Treatment of Metastatic Breast Cancer. Invited. Sarasota, FL, US.
- 2007. Sentinel Lymph Node Controversies in the Management of Melanoma Patients. Visiting. Jacksonville, FL, US.
- 2007. Sentinel Lymph Node Controversies in the Management of Melanoma Patients. Invited. Jacksonville, FL, US.
- 2007. Updates in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Jacksonville, FL, US.
- 2007. HER2-Positive Breast Cancer: Diagnostic Tools and Challenges. Invited. Fort Myers, FL, US.
- 2007. Updates in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Fort Worth, TX, US.
- 2007. Updates in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Greenwood Village, CO, US.
- 2007. HER2-Targeted Therapy in the Treatment of Metastatic Breast Cancer. Invited. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2007. Surgical Controversies in Treating Melanoma. Invited. San Francisco, CA, US.
- 2007. Updates in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Metairie, LA, US.
- 2007. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy: Controversies in Melanoma. Invited. Orange, CA, US.
- 2007. Updates in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Santa Ana, CA, US.
- 2007. Surgical Advances in Treating Melanoma. Visiting. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2007. Updates in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Oakbrook, IL, US.
- 2007. Her2-Targeted Therapy in the Treatment of Metastatic Breast Cancer. Invited. Abita Springs, LA, US.
- 2007. HER2-Targeted Therapy in the Treatment of Metastatic Breast Cancer. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 2007. Current Status of Sentinel Node Evaluation in Melanoma & Breast Cancer. Visiting. La Jolla, CA, US.
- 2007. Current Treatment Options in the Management of the Melanoma Patient. Invited. Boston, MA, US.
- 2007. HER-2 Targeted Therapy in the Treatment of Metastatic Breast Cancer. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 2007. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in the Treating of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Atlanta, GA, US.
- 2007. Surgical Treatment of Melanoma. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 2007. Impact of AJCC Staging. Invited. Chapel Hill, NC, US.
- 2006. Updates in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Boston, MA, US.
- 2006. HER2-Targeted Therapy in the Treatment of Metastatic Breast Cancer. Invited. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 2006. Updates in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Lafayette, LA, US.
- 2006. Is Early Lymph Node Analysis Important?. Visiting. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2006. Melanoma in the New Millennium. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 2006. Updates in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Baton Rouge, LA, US.
- 2006. Historical, Prospective, and Future Systemic Therapy for Melanoma. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2006. The Ever-Evolving Role of Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsy in Treating the Melanoma and Breast Cancer Patient. Visiting. Hartford, CT, US.
- 2005. Updates in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Long Beach, CA, US.
- 2005. Updates in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Beverly Hills, CA, US.
- 2005. Systemic Adjuvant Therapy for Melanoma: Update on Interferon and Vaccines. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2005. Skin Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Techniques for the Spa Professional. Invited. Orlando, FL, US.
- 2005. Updates in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Las Vegas, NV, US.
- 2005. Surgery for Stage IV Melanoma. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2005. Management of Melanoma Extremity In-transit Disease. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2005. Updates in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Buffalo, NY, US.
- 2005. Updates in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Rochester, NY, US.
- 2005. Updates in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Lynchburg, VA, US.
- 2005. Updates in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Roanoke, VA, US.
- 2005. Updates in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Buffalo, NY, US.
- 2005. Stage IV Melanoma: Surgical and End of Life Issues. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 2005. Updates in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 2005. Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsy in Treating Breast Cancer and Melanoma. Visiting. La Jolla, CA, US.
- 2005. Surgical Advances in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Visiting. Dallas, TX, US.
- 2004. Melanoma in the New Millennium. Invited. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2002. Lymphatic Mapping for Breast Cancer. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2002. Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsy in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2002. Sentinel Node Biopsy for Breast Cancer. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2002. Malignant Melanoma. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2002. High and Low Dose Interferon for Malignant Melanoma. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2002. High and Low Dose Interferon for Malignant Melanoma. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2002. Current Trends in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Vancouver, CA.
- 2002. Sentinel Node Biopsy for Melanoma. Invited, SC, US.
- 2002. Current Treatments in the Management of Malignant Melanoma. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2002. Sentinel Node Biopsy for Melanoma – Current Status. Visiting. London, US.
- 2002. Isolated Limb Perfusion: The MD Anderson Experience. Visiting. London, US.
- 2001. Malignant Melanoma. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2001. Current Status of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Malignant Melanoma. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2001. Semi-Annual Meeting. Invited. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2001. Sarcoma. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2001. Current Status of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2001. Merkel Cell Cancer. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2001. Pigmented Lesions [Proctor/Presenter]. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2001. Malignant Melanoma. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2001. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy and the MD Anderson Experience. Invited. Memphis, TN, US.
- 2001. Sentinel Node Biopsy – A Surgical Perspective. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2001. Sentinel Node Biopsy Techniques. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2001. DCIS for Breast Cancer. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2001. Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsy in Malignant Melanoma. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2001. 2nd Melanoma Consensus Group Meeting. Invited. Zurich, CH.
- 2001. Melanoma Faculty Surgery Group Meeting. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 2001. PEG-Intron Melanoma Advisory Board Meeting. Invited. Denver, CO, US.
- 2001. American College of Surgeons Oncology Group – Semiannual Meeting. Invited. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2001. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy and the MD Anderson Experience. Invited. Memphis, TN, US.
- 2001. NSABP Review. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2001. Sentinel Node Biopsy as a Treatment for Melanoma. Invited. Tulsa, OK, US.
- 2000. Advances in the Management of Malignant Melanoma. Visiting. Worcester, MA, US.
- 2000. Panel Discussion. Invited. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2000. Advances in Melanoma Management. Invited. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2000. Sentinel Node Mapping for Breast Cancer. Invited. Oxford, MS, US.
- 2000. Sentinel Node Biopsy for Malignant Melanoma. Visiting. Baton Rouge, LA, US.
- 2000. Surgical Advances in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma and Breast Cancer. Visiting. Covington, LA, US.
- 2000. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy and the MD Anderson Experience. Invited. Memphis, TN, US.
- 2000. Surgical Advances in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Visiting. Little Rock, AK, US.
- 2000. Nodal Micrometastases: Prognostic Implications in Melanoma and Breast Cancer. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2000. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy and the MD Anderson Experience. Invited. Memphis, TN, US.
- 2000. Lymphatic Mapping for Malignant Melanoma. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2000. New Perspectives in Melanoma. Visiting. Dallas, TX, US.
- 2000. Skin-Sparing Mastectomy. Invited. Des Moines, IA, US.
- 2000. Recent Developments in the Management of Melanoma. Invited. Des Moines, IA, US.
- 2000. Prognostic Factors in Melanoma. Invited. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2000. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy and the MD Anderson Experience. Invited. Memphis, TN, US.
- 1999. Medical and Surgical Management of the Melanoma Patient. Visiting. Portland, ME, US.
- 1999. Surgical Advances in the Treatment of Melanoma. Visiting. Boston, MA, US.
- 1999. Medical and Surgical Management of the Melanoma Patient. Visiting. Dartmouth, NH, US.
- 1999. Update on Melanoma Staging. Visiting. New York, NY, US.
- 1999. Surgical Advances in the Treatment of the Melanoma Patient. Visiting. Portland, ME, US.
- 1999. Surgical Advances in the Treatment of the Melanoma Patient. Visiting. Dartmouth, NH, US.
- 1999. Nodal Micrometastases: Prognostic Implications in Melanoma and Breast Cancer. Invited. Milan, IT.
- 1999. Overview of Sentinel Node Biopsy in the Management of Breast Cancer and Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Newport Beach, CA, US.
- 1999. Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsy for Malignant Melanoma. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 1999. Melanoma/Pigmented Lesions. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 1999. Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsy in the Management and Treatment of Breast Cancer. Invited. Denver, CO, US.
- 1999. The Role for Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsy in the Management of Melanoma and Breast Cancer. Invited. Denver, CO, US.
- 1999. Breast Cancer and Melanoma: Sentinel Node Biopsy. Invited. Denver, CO, US.
- 1999. Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsy in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma and Breast Cancer. Invited. Lake Charles, LA, US.
- 1999. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy and the MD Anderson Experience. Invited. Memphis, TN, US.
- 1999. Lymphatic Mapping for Breast Cancer – An Update. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1999. Surgical Advances in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma and Breast Cancer. Visiting. San Diego, CA, US.
- 1999. Surgical Advances in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma and Breast Cancer. Visiting. Sydney, AU.
- 1999. Surgical Advances in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma and Breast Cancer – The MD Anderson Experiences. Visiting. Brisbane, AU.
- 1999. Surgical Advances in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma and Breast Cancer- The MD Anderson Experience. Visiting. Perth, AU.
- 1999. Surgical Advances in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma and Breast Cancer. Visiting. Melbourne, AU.
- 1999. Surgical Advances in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma and Breast Cancer. Visiting. Adelaide, AU.
- 1999. Sentinel Node Evaluation Review Indications/Techniques and Methods. Invited. Orange, CA, US.
- 1999. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy and the MD Anderson Experience. Invited. Memphis, TN, US.
- 1999. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy and the MD Anderson Experience. Invited. Memphis, TX, US.
- 1998. Modern Management of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Amarillo, TX, US.
- 1998. Adjuvant Approaches to the High-Risk Melanoma Patient: Immunotherapy and Vaccines. Invited. Amarillo, TX, US.
- 1998. Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsy for Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Alexandria, VA, US.
- 1998. Prevention of Skin Cancer. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1998. Sentinel Node Biopsies for Breast Cancer. Visiting. Beaumont, TX, US.
- 1998. Sentinel Node Evaluation in Melanoma. Invited. La Jolla, CA, US.
- 1998. Surgical Approaches for Treating Malignant Melanoma. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 1998. Diagnosis and Investigation of Sarcoma. Visiting. Buckinghamshire, US.
- 1998. Melanoma: Surgical Advances. Visiting. Buckinghamshire, US.
- 1998. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy. Visiting. Buckinghamshire, US.
- 1998. Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping in the Management of Early Stage melanoma and Breast Cancer. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1998. NSABP Review. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 1998. Sentinel Node Mapping in Breast Cancer. Invited. Sao Paulo, BR.
- 1998. Lymphatic Mapping for Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Sao Paulo, BR.
- 1998. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy and the MD Anderson Experience. Invited. Memphis, TN, US.
- 1998. Sentinel Node Status for Breast Cancer. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1998. Margins of Excision for Primary Melanoma. Visiting. Inglewood, CA, US.
- 1998. Limb Perfusion for Intransit Metastases. Visiting. Loma Linda, CA, US.
- 1998. Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsy for Melanoma. Visiting. Santa Monica, CA, US.
- 1998. Isolated Limb Perfusion for Intransit Metastases. Invited. Palm Springs, CA, US.
- 1998. Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsy. Visiting. Whittier, CA, US.
- 1998. Limb Perfusion for Intransit Metastases. Visiting. Loma Linda, CA, US.
- 1998. Surgical Approach to Treating the Melanoma Patient. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 1998. Surgical Management of Malignant Melanoma Including Lymphoscintigraphy. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 1998. Surgical Management of Breast Cancer. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 1998. Regional Treatment Advances for Melanoma. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 1998. Adjuvant Treatment of Metastatic Melanoma. Invited. Newport Beach, CA, US.
- 1998. The Surgical Management of Melanoma. Invited. Newport Beach, CA, US.
- 1998. Surgical Management of Breast Cancer. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1998. Surgical Management of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Fort Lauderdale, FL, US.
- 1998. Surgical Management of Malignant Melanoma & Breast Cancer. Invited. Fort Lauderdale, FL, US.
- 1998. Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsy: Surgical Techniques in the Management of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Laguna Niguel, CA, US.
- 1998. Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsy: Surgical Techniques. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1998. Surgical Management of Malignant Melanoma. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 1998. Surgical Management of Breast Cancer. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 1998. Melanoma Staging. Invited. Coconut Grove, FL, US.
- 1998. Surgical Management in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma & Breast Cancer. Visiting. Ann Arbor, MI, US.
- 1997. Surgical Advances in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma & Breast Cancer. Visiting. Hamilton, CA.
- 1997. Surgical Techniques for the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma and Breast Cancer. Invited. Cleveland, OH, US.
- 1997. Surgical Management of Breast Cancer. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 1997. Surgical Management in the Treatment of Breast Cancer. Visiting. Milwaukee, WI, US.
- 1997. Melanoma and the Use of the Neoprobe. Invited. Pensacola, FL, US.
- 1997. Surgical Advances in the Management of Malignant Melanoma and Breast Cancer. Invited. Evanston, IL, US.
- 1997. Melanoma – Role of the Sentinel Node. Invited. Akron, OH, US.
- 1997. Contemporary Surgical Approaches to the Management of Melanoma. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 1997. New Modalities in the Surgery for Melanoma. Invited. Mexico City, MX.
- 1997. Sentinel Node Biopsy in Melanoma and Breast Cancer. Invited. Aurora, IL, US.
- 1997. Sentinel Lymph Node Assessment in Breast Cancer. Invited. Rockville, MD, US.
- 1997. Sentinel Lymph Node Assessment in Melanoma. Invited. Rockville, MD, US.
- 1997. Lymphatic Mapping for Breast and Melanoma: New Diagnostic Procedures and Treatment. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1997. Sentinel Node Biopsy for Early Stage Melanoma. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 1997. Surgical Management of Breast Cancer. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1997. Breast Cancer. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 1997. Melanoma: Update. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1997. Complex Management Issues in the Melanoma Patient. Invited. Honolulu, HI, US.
- 1996. Surgical Approach to Treating the Melanoma Patient. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 1996. Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsy in the Management of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1996. Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsy in the Management of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Denver, CO, US.
- 1996. The Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping Techniques for the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Philadelphia, PA, US.
- 1996. Surgical Management of Melanoma. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 1996. Surgical Management of Breast Cancer. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 1996. Surgical Approach to Treating the Melanoma Patients. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1996. Surgical Management of Malignant Melanoma. Visiting. Newport Beach, CA, US.
- 1996. Lymphadenectomy. Invited. San Francisco, CA, US.
- 1996. Lymphatic Mapping. Invited. San Francisco, CA, US.
- 1996. Surgical Approach to Treating the Melanoma Patient. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1996. Early Detection Diagnosis and the Role of Sentinel Node Mapping. Invited. Pittsburgh, PA, US.
- 1996. Surgical Management of Breast Cancer. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1996. Surgical Management in Malignant Melanoma Including Lymphoscintigraphy. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1996. Cadaveric Study. Invited. Cincinnati, OH, US.
- 1996. Malignant Melanoma: New Approaches with Local and Systemic Therapies. Invited. Lubbock, TX, US.
- 1996. Melanoma. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 1996. Surgical Management of Breast Cancer. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 1996. Surgical Management in Malignant Melanoma Including Lymphoscintigraphy. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 1996. Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsy. Invited. Tampa, FL, US.
- 1996. Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsy. Invited. Worthington, OH, US.
- 1996. Ethicon Endoscopic-Surgery. Visiting. Cincinnati, OH, US.
- 1996. The Surgical Management of Melanoma. Invited. Rancho Santo Fe, CA, US.
- 1996. New Advances in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Baton Rouge, LA, US.
- 1996. New Advances in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 1996. New Advances in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma. Invited. Thibodeaux, LA, US.
- 1996. Regional Lymphatic Mapping. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 1996. Adjuvant Therapy for High Risk Melanoma. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1996. Lymphatic Metastasis Melanoma. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 1995. MELANOMA. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1995. Lymphatic Mapping in the Management of Early Stage Melanoma. Visiting. Vancouver, CA.
- 1995. Breast Cancer Awareness and Early Detection. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1995. Early Detection of Melanoma. Visiting. Chicago, IL, US.
- 1995. Malignant Melanoma. Visiting. Victoria, TX, US.
- 1995. The Surgical Management of Melanoma. Invited. Durham, NC, US.
- 1995. Surgical Options Rehab and Recovery. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1995. Southwest Advisory Board on Intron-A in Melanoma. Invited. Marina del Rey, CA, US.
- 1995. Multidisciplinary Approach to Treating the Melanoma Patient. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1994. Surgical Management of Early Breast Cancer. Invited. Irving, TX, US.
- 1994. Current Surgical Management of Melanoma. Visiting. Orlando, FL, US.
- 1994. Axillary Node Dissection for Breast Cancer: A Contemporary Controversy. Visiting. Orlando, FL, US.
- 1994. Melanoma: Primary Excision and Regional Node Dissection. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1993. Melanoma Case Presentations. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1993. Management of Stage I and II Breast Cancer. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 1993. Management of Soft Tissue Sarcomas. Visiting. Tampa, FL, US.
- 1993. Lymphoscintigraphy and Melanoma. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1993. WHO Melanoma Trials. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1993. Management of Stage I and II Breast Cancer. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1993. Pathophysiology Staging and Surgical Management of Melanoma. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1992. Innovations in Melanoma Therapy. Invited. Mexico City, MX.
- 1992. State of the Art Breast Cancer Therapy. Invited. Mexico City, MX.
- 1992. Management of Stage I and II Breast Cancer. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 1992. A Review of the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast Project. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1992. Management of Melanoma and Sarcoma. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1992. Surgical Management of Melanoma. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1992. Recent Advances in the Treatment of Melanoma. Invited. Abington, PA, US.
- 1992. Surgical Approaches for Cutaneous Melanoma. Invited. Mexico City, MX.
- 1992. Management of Melanoma and Sarcoma. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1992. MTP-PE Update. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1992. Intraoperative Lymphatic Mapping in Melanoma. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1992. Management of Melanoma and Sarcoma. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1992. Management of the Breast Lump. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1991. Surgical Management of Breast Cancer. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1991. Surgical Management of Breast Cancer. Invited. Durango, CO, US.
- 1991. Melanoma: Diagnosis and Treatment. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1991. Prophylactic Mastectomy. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1991. Surgical Therapy for Melanoma. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1991. Diagnosis and Treatment of Breast Cancer. Invited. Clear Lake, TX, US.
- 1991. Management of Melanoma and Sarcoma. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1991. Breast Cancer. Invited. Joplin, MI, US.
- 1991. Recent Advances in Breast Cancer. Invited. Lufkin, TX, US.
- 1990. Management of Melanoma and Sarcoma. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1990. Immunoradiodetection of Recurrent Colorectal-Rectal Cancer. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1989. Surgical Management of Colorectal and Anal Cancer. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1989. The Basics of Immunotherapy. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1989. Surgical Management of Stage I and II Breast Cancer. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 1989. Patterns of Failure in Anorectal Melanoma a Guide to Surgical Therapy. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
Grant & Contract Support
| Date: | 1988 - 1988 |
| Title: | National Institutes of Health Training Grant |
| Funding Source: | NIH |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | #1T32CA09599-01 |
| Date: | 1982 - 1984 |
| Title: | National Institutes of Health Training Grant |
| Funding Source: | NIH |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | T32HL07195 |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Hasanov M, Kiany S, Forget MA, Bassett R, Davies MA, Diab A, Gershenwald JE, Glitza IC, Lee JE, Lucci A, McQuade JL, Patel SP, Ross MI, Tawbi HA, Wargo JA, Wong MK, Bernatchez C, Hwu P, Haymaker C, Amaria RN. Lymphodepletion, tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, and high versus low dose IL-2 followed by pembrolizumab in patients with metastatic melanoma. Oncoimmunology 14(1):2546402, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40815607.
- Burton EM, Milton DR, Tetzlaff MT, Wani K, Ross MI, Postow MA, Lazcano R, Glitza IC, Wong MK, Patel SP, Diab A, Gershenwald JE, McQuade JL, Betof Warner A, Prieto VG, Lee JE, Goepfert RP, Fisher SB, Song A, Malke J, Simon JM, Ariyan C, Torres-Cabala CA, Davies MA, Lazar A, Wargo JA, Tawbi HA, Amaria RN. Long-Term Survival and Biomarker Analysis Evaluating Neoadjuvant Plus Adjuvant Relatlimab (anti-LAG3) and Nivolumab (anti-PD1) in Patients With Resectable Melanoma. J Clin Oncol:JCO2500494, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40638872.
- Yoon CH, Ross MI, Gastman BR, Luke JJ, Ascierto PA, Long GV, Rutkowski P, Khattak M, Del Vecchio M, de la Cruz Merino L, Mackiewicz J, Chiarion-Sileni V, Schadendorf D, Carlino MS, Zhao Y, Fukunaga-Kalabis M, Krepler C, Eggermont AMM, Gershenwald JE, Sondak VK. Adjuvant Pembrolizumab in Stage II Melanoma: Outcomes by Primary Tumor Location in the Randomized, Double-Blind, Phase III KEYNOTE-716 Trial. Ann Surg Oncol 32(4):2756-2764, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39893343.
- Keatts SA, Salem AF, Swanson DM, Farooqi AS, Bishop AJ, Amaria RN, McQuade JL, Glitza Oliva IC, Diab A, Weiser R, Fisher SB, Goepfert RP, Ross MI, Ashleigh Guadagnolo B, Mitra D. Durable local control with hypofractionated radiation therapy for unresectable or metastatic melanoma. Clin Transl Radiat Oncol 49:100856, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39308633.
- Swetter, S, Johnson, DB, Albertini, M, Barker, CA, Bateni, S, Baumgartner, JM, Bhatia, S, Bichakjian, CK, Boland, GM, Chandra, S, Chmielowski, B, DiMaio, D, Dronca, R, Fields, RC, Fleming, MD, Galan, A, Guild, SR, Hyngstrom, JR, Karakousis, G, Kendra, KL, Kiuru, M, Lange, J, Lanning, R, Logan, T, Olson, DJ, Olszanski, AJ, Ott, PA, Ross, MI, Rothermel, L, Salama, A, Sharma, R, Skitzki, J, Smith, EH, Tsai, KK, Wuthrick, EJ, Xing, Y, McMillian, NR, Espinosa, S. Melanoma. JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network 22(5):290-298, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39019054.
- Williams TP, Cox MW, Jana B, Ross MI, Fisher SB, Walker JP, Hume CB, Mayo LL, Tyler DS. Vascular stenting of a malignant arterial blowout as a bridge to effective systemic and regional therapy. J Surg Oncol 129(7):1209-1212, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38534025.
- Ninmer EK, Zhu H, Chianese-Bullock KA, von Mehren M, Haas NB, Ross MI, Dengel LT, Slingluff CL. Multipeptide vaccines for melanoma in the adjuvant setting: long-term survival outcomes and post-hoc analysis of a randomized phase II trial. Nat Commun 15(1):2570, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38519525.
- Salah HT, Yang RK, Roy-Chowdhuri S, Ross MI, Aung PP, Rothrock AT, Torres-Cabala CA, Curry JL, Prieto VG, Nagarajan P, Cho WC. Spitz melanocytic neoplasms with MLPH::ALK fusions: Report of two cases with previously unreported features and literature review. J Cutan Pathol. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38444194.
- Filderman JN, Taylor JL, Wang J, Zhang Y, Singh P, Ross MA, Watkins SC, Nedal Al Bzour A, Karapetyan L, Kalinski P, Storkus WJ. Antagonism of regulatory ISGs enhances the anti-melanoma efficacy of STING agonists. Front Immunol 15:1334769, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38312842.
- Holder AM, Wargo JA, Ross MI. Correction: Timing is Everything: Neoadjuvant Versus Adjuvant Immunotherapy in Patients with Resectable Metastatic Melanoma. Ann Surg Oncol 30(12):7688, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37661225.
- Cass S, Cope B, Bishop AJ, Chiang YJ, Ashleigh Guadagnolo B, Farooqi A, Morrison W, Witt RG, Seervai RNH, Garden AS, Fuller CD, Goepfert RP, Ross M, Gershenwald JE, Wong M, Aung PP, Keung EZ, Mitra D. Primary tumor site for localized Merkel cell carcinoma drives different management strategies without impacting oncologic outcomes. Radiother Oncol 188:109892, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37659660.
- Holder AM, Wargo JA, Ross MI. Timing is Everything: Neoadjuvant Versus Adjuvant Immunotherapy in Patients with Resectable Metastatic Melanoma. Ann Surg Oncol 30(12):6953-6957, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37597079.
- Dummer R, Gyorki DE, Hyngstrom JR, Ning M, Lawrence T, Ross MI. Final 5-Year Follow-Up Results Evaluating Neoadjuvant Talimogene Laherparepvec Plus Surgery in Advanced Melanoma: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol 9(10):1457-1459, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37561473.
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- Chesney J, Puzanov I, Ross MI. The Importance of Outcome and Precise Evaluation in Economic Analysis of Cancer Drugs. JAMA Dermatology, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31066868.
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- Ascierto PA, Caracò C, Gershenwald JE, Hamid O, Ross M, Sullivan RJ, Puzanov I. The Great Debate at "Melanoma Bridge", Napoli, December 2nd, 2017. J Transl Med 16(1):101, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
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- Caulley L, Balch CM, Ross MI, Robert C. Management of Sentinel-Node Metastasis in Melanoma. N Engl J Med 378(1):85-88, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29298143.
- Gershenwald JE, Scolyer RA, Hess KR, Sondak VK, Long GV, Ross MI, Lazar AJ, Faries MB, Kirkwood JM, McArthur GA, Haydu LE, Eggermont AMM, Flaherty KT, Balch CM, Thompson JF. Melanoma staging: Evidence-based changes in the American Joint Committee on Cancer eighth edition cancer staging manual. CA Cancer J Clin 67(6):472-492, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Saiag P, Gutzmer R, Ascierto PA, Maio M, Grob JJ, Murawa P, Dreno B, Ross M, Weber J, Hauschild A, Rutkowski P, Testori A, Levchenko E, Enk A, Misery L, Vanden Abeele C, Vojtek I, Peeters O, Brichard VG, Therasse P. Prospective assessment of a gene signature potentially predictive of clinical benefit in metastatic melanoma patients following MAGE-A3 immunotherapeutic (PREDICT). Ann Oncol 27(10):1947-53, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Chesney J, Puzanov I, Collichio F, Singh P, Milhem MM, Glaspy J, Hamid O, Ross MI, Friedlander P, Garbe C, Logan TF, Hauschild A, Lebbé C, Chen L, Kim JJ, Gansert J, Andtbacka RHI, Kaufman HL. Randomized, Open-Label Phase II Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Talimogene Laherparepvec in Combination With Ipilimumab Versus Ipilimumab Alone in Patients With Advanced, Unresectable Melanoma. J Clin Oncol 36(17):1658-1667. e-Pub 2017.
- Kaufman HL, Andtbacka RHI, Collichio FA, Wolf M, Zhao Z, Shilkrut M, Puzanov I, Ross M. Durable response rate as an endpoint in cancer immunotherapy: insights from oncolytic virus clinical trials. J Immunother Cancer 5(1):72, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Fang S, Wang Y, Dang Y, Gagel A, Ross MI, Gershenwald JE, Cormier JN, Wargo J, Haydu LE, Daview MA, McQuade JL, Sui D, Bassett RL, Reveille JD, Wei Q, Amos CI, Lee JE. Association between body mass index. C-Reactive protein levels and melanoma Patient Outcomes. J Invest Dermatol 137(8):1792-1795, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28442307.
- Pfeiffer ML, Ozgue OK, Myers JN, Peng A, Ning J, Zafereo ME, Thakar S, Thuro B, Prieto VG, Ross MI, Esmaeli B. Sentinel lymph node biopsy for ocular adnexal melanoma. Acta Ophthalmol 95(4):e323-e328, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 27775232.
- Nagarajan P, Curry JL, Ning J, Piao J, Torres-Cabala CA, Aung PP, Ivan D, Ross MI, Levenback CF, Frumovitz M, Gershenwald JE, Davies MA, Malpica A, Prieto VG, Tetzlaff MT. Tumor thickness and mitotic rate robustly predict melanoma-specific survival in patients with primary vulvar melanoma: A retrospective review of 100 cases. Clin Cancer Res 23(8):2093-2104, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 27864417.
- Fang S, Vaysse A, Brossard M, Wang Y, Deng D, Liu Q, Zhang P, Xu K, Li M, Feng R, Liu H, Dang Y, Chen W, Prieto V, Gershenwald JE, Ross MI, Matejka B, Malke J, Haydu LE, Reveille JD, Sui D, Jr BR, Koshinkina N, Avril MF, Lu M, Wei Q, Demenais F, Amos CI, Lee JE. Melanoma expression genes identified through genome-wide association study of Breslow tumor thickness. J Invest Dermatol 137(1):253-257, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Andtbacka RH, Agarwala SS, Ollila DW, Hallmeyer S, Milhem M, Amatruda T, Nemunaitis JJ, Harrington KJ, Chen L, Shilkrut M, Ross M, Kaufman HL. Cutaneous head and neck melanoma in OPTiM, a randomized phase 3 trial of talimogene laherparepvec versus granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor for the treatment of unresected stage IIIB/IIIC/IV melanoma. Head Neck 38(12):1752-1758, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Andtbacka RH, Ross M, Puzanov I, Milhem M, Collichio F, Delman KA, Amatruda T, Zager JS, Cranmer L, Hsueh E, Chen L, Shilkrut M, Kaufman HL. Patterns of Clinical Response with Talimogene Laherparepvec (T-VEC) in Patients with Melanoma Treated in the OPTiM Phase III Clinical Trial. Ann Surg Oncol 23(13):4169-4177, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Coit DG, Thompson JA, Algazi A, Andtbacka R, Bichakjian CK, WErd C, Daniels GA, DiMaio D, Fields RC, Fleming MD, Gastman B, Gonzalez R, Guild V, Johnson D, Joseph RW, Lange JR, Martini MC, Materin MA, Olszanski AJ, Ott P, Gupta AP, Ross MI, Salama AK, Skitzki J, Swetter SM, Tanabe KK, Torres-Roca JF, Trisal V, Urist MM, McMillian N, Engh A. NCCN Guidelines Insights: Melanoma, Version 3.2016. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 14(8):945-58, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27496110.
- Fang S, Sui D, Wang Y, Liu H, Chiang YJ, Ross MI, Gershenwald JE, Cormier JN, Royal RE, Lucci A, Wargo J, Hu MI, Gardner JM, Reveille JD, Bassett RL, Wei Q, Amos CI, Lee JE. Association of Vitamin D Levels With Outcome in Patients With Melanoma After Adjustment For C-Reactive Protein. J Clin Oncol 34(15):1741-7, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27001565.
- McMasters KM, Egger ME, Edwards MJ, Ross MI, Reintgen DS, Noyes RD, Martin RC, Goydos JS, Beitsch PD, Urist MM, Ariyan S, Sussman JJ, Davidson BS, Gershenwald JE, Hagendoorn LJ, Stromberg AJ, Scoggins CR. Final Results of the Sunbelt Melanoma Trial: A Multi-Institutional Prospective Randomized Phase III Study Evaluating the Role of Adjuvant High-Dose Interferon Alfa-2b and Completion Lymph Node Dissection for Patients Staged by Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy. J Clin Oncol 34(10):1079-86, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26858331.
- Ross MI, Balch CM. Excision Margins of Melanoma Make a Difference: New Data Support an Old Paradigm. Ann Surg Oncol 23(4):1053-6, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26561402.
- Voss RK, Cromwell KD, Chiang YJ, Armer JM, Ross MI, Lee JE, Gershenwald JE, Stewart BR, Shaitelman SF, Cormier JN. The long-term risk of upper-extremity lymphedema is two-fold higher in breast cancer patients than in melanoma patients. J Surg Oncol 112(8):834-40, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26477877.
- Fang S, Wang Y, Chun YS, Liu H, Ross MI, Gershenwald JE, Cormier JN, Royal RE, Lucci A, Schacherer CW, Reveille JD, Chen W, Sui D, Bassett RL, Wang LE, Wei Q, Amos CI, Lee JE. Association of Common Genetic Polymorphisms with Melanoma Patient IL-12p40 Blood Levels, Risk, and Outcomes. J Invest Dermatol 135(9):2266-72, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25848976.
- Andtbacka RH, Kaufman HL, Collichio F, Amatruda T, Senzer N, Chesney J, Delman KA, Spitler LE, Puzanov I, Agarwala SS, Milhem M, Cranmer L, Curti B, Lewis K, Ross M, Guthrie T, Linette GP, Daniels GA, Harrington K, Middleton MR, Jr MW, Zager JS, Ye Y, Yao B, Li A, Doleman S, VanderWalde A, Gansert J, Coffin RS. Talimogene Laherparepvec Improves Durable Response Rate in Patients with Advanced Melanoma. J Clin Oncol 33(25):2780-8, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26014293.
- Cromwell KD, Chiang YJ, Armer J, Heppner PP, Mungovan K, Ross MI, Gershenwald JE, Lee JE, Royal RE, Lucci A, Cormier JN. Is surviving enough? Coping and impact on activities of daily living among melanoma patients with lymphoedema. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl) 24(5):724-33, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25809989.
- Roland CL, Ross MI, Hall CS, Laubacher B, Upshaw J, Anderson AE, Lucci A. Detection of circulating melanoma cells in the blood of melanoma patients: a preliminary study. Melanoma Res 25(4):335-41, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26011119.
- Thompson JF, Agarwala SS, Smithers BM, Ross MI, Scoggins CR, Coventry BJ, Neuhaus SJ, Minor DR, Singer JM, Wachter EA. Phase 2 Study of Intralesional PV-10 in Refractory Metastatic Melanoma. Ann Surg Oncol 22(7):2135-42, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25348780.
- Balch CM, Ross MI. Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsy in Melanoma. JAMA Surg 150(7):623-4, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26016730.
- Fang S, Wang Y, Sui D, Liu H, Ross MI, Gershenwald JE, Cormier JN, Royal RE, Lucci A, Schacherer CW, Gardner JM, Reveille JD, Bassett RL, Wang LE, Wei Q, Amos CI, Lee JE. C-reactive protein as a marker of melanoma progression. J Clin Oncol 33(12):1389-96, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25779565.
- Fang S, Wang Y, Chun YS, Liu H, Ross MI, Gershenwald JE, Cormier JN, Royal RE, Lucci A, Schacherer CW, Reveille JD, Sui D, Bassett RL, Wang LE, Wei Q, Amos CI, Lee JE. The relationship between blood IL-12p40 level and melanoma progression. Int J Cancer 136(8):1874-80, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25196740.
- Beasley GM, Speicher P, Augustine CK, Dolber PC, Peterson BL, Sharma K, Mosca PJ, Royal R, Ross M, Zager JS, Tyler DS. A multicenter phase I dose escalation trial to evaluate safety and tolerability of intra-arterial temozolomide for patients with advanced extremity melanoma using normothermic isolated limb infusion. Ann Surg Oncol 22(1):287-94, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25145500.
- Song G, Darr DB, Santos CM, Ross M, Valdivia A, Jordan JL, Midkiff BR, Cohen S, Nikolaishvili-Feinberg N, Miller CR, Tarrant TK, Rogers AB, Dudley AC, Perou CM, Zamboni WC. Effects of tumor microenvironment heterogeneity on nanoparticle disposition and efficacy in breast cancer tumor models. Clin Cancer Res 20(23):6083-95, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25231403.
- Ross M, Hadzikadic Gusic L, Dabbs DJ, Kelley J, Diego E. Simultaneous breast and axillary recurrence in a patient with a history of breast cancer and ipsilateral upper extremity melanoma: challenges in diagnosis and management. Tumori 100(4):136e-9e, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25296604.
- Rueth NM, Xing Y, Chiang YJ, Cromwell KD, Ross MI, Lee JE, Gershenwald JE, Royal RE, Cormier JN. Is surveillance imaging effective for detecting surgically treatable recurrences in patients with melanoma? A comparative analysis of stage-specific surveillance strategies. Ann Surg 259(6):1215-1222, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24096759.
- Guadagnolo BA, Prieto V, Weber R, Ross MI, Zagars GK. The role of adjuvant radiotherapy in the local management of desmoplastic melanoma. Cancer 120(9):1361-1368, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24142803.
- Coit DG, Thompson JA, Andtbacka R, Anker CJ, Bichakjian CK, WErd C, Daniels GA, Daud A, Dimaio D, Fleming MD, Gonzalez R, Fuild V, Halpern AC, Jr HF, Kelley MC, Khushalani NI, Kudchadkar RR, Lang JR, Martine MC, Olszanski AJ, Ross MI, Salama A, Swetter SM, Tanabe KK, Trisal V, Urist MM, McMillian NR, Ho M. Melanoma, Version 4.2014. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 12(5):621-619, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24812131.
- Ross MI. Intralesional therapy with PV-10 (Rose Bengal) for in-transit melanoma. J Surg Oncol 109(4):314-319, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24510477.
- Balch CM, Thompson JF, Gershenwald JE, Soong SJ, Ding S, McMasters KM, Coit DG, Eggermont AM, Gimotty PA, Johnson TM, Kirkwood JM, Leong SP, Ross MI, Byrd DR, Cochran AJ, Jr MM, Morton DL, Atkins MB, Flaherty KT, Sondak VK. Age as a predictor of sentinel node metastasis among patients with localized melanoma:an inverse correlation of melanoma mortality and incidence of sentinel node metastasis among young and old patients. Ann Surg Oncol 21(4):1075-1081, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24531700.
- Lim L, Nichols B, Migden MR, Rajaram N, Reichenberg JS, Markey MK, Ross MI, Tunnell JW. Clinical study of noninvasive in vivo melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancers using multimodal spectral diagnosis. J Biomed Opt 19(11):117003, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25375350.
- Chu VH, Tetzlaff MT, Torres-Cabala CA, Prieto VG, Jr BR, Gershenwald JE, McLemore MS, Ivan D, Wang WL, Ross MI, Curry JL. Impact of the 2009 (7th Edition) AJCC melanoma staging system in the classification of thin cutaneous melanomas. Biomed Res Int. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24369020.
- Tetzlaff MT, Curry JL, Ivan D, Wang WL, Torres-Cabala CA, Bassett RL, Valencia KM, McLemore MS, Ross MI, Prieto VG. Immunodetection of Phosphohistone H3 as a Surrogate of Mitotic Figure Count and Clinical Outcome in Cutaneous Melanoma. Modern Pathology 9(26):1153-1160, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23558574.
- Hyngstrom JR, Chiang YJ, Cromwell KD, Ross MI, Xing Y, Mungovan KS, Lee JE, Gershenwald JE, Royal RE, Lucci A, Armer JM, Cormier JN. Prospective assessment of lymphedema incidence and lymphedema-associated symptoms following lymph node surgery for melanoma. Melanoma Res 23(4):290-297, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Kester BS, Wayne JD, Ross MI, Bentrem DJ, Merkow RP, Bilimoria KY. An Opportunity to Ensure Hig-Quality Melanoma Care Through the Use of a Preoperative Treatment Algorithm. Ann Surg Oncol. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23860805.
- Balch CM, Soong SJ, Gershenwald JE, Thompson JF, Coit DG, Atkins MB, Ding S, Cochran AJ, Eggermont AM, Flaherty KT, Gimotty PA, Johnson TM, Krikwood JM, sP L, McMasters KM, Jr MM, Morton DL, Ross MI, Sondak VK. Age as a Prognostic Factor in Patients with Localized Melanoma and Regional Metastases. Ann Surg Oncol, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23838920.
- Ross, MI, Gershenwald JE. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Melanoma: A Critical Update for Dermatologists After Two Decades of Experience. Clinical Dermatology 3(31):298-310, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23608449.
- Coit DG, Andtbacka R, Anker CJ, Bichakjian CK, WErd C, Daud A, Dimaio D, Fleming MD, Guild V, Halpern AC, FSJr H, Kelley MC, Khushalani NI, Kudchadkar RR, Lange JR, Lin A, Martini MC, Olszanski AJ, Pruitt SK, Ross MI, Swetter SM, Tanabe KK, Thompson JA, Trisal V, Urist MM, McMillian N, Ho M. Melanoma, Version 2.2013: Featured Updates to the NCCN Guidelines. J Natl Compr Cancer Network 4(11):395-407, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23584343.
- Egger ME, Callender GG, McMasters KM, Ross MI, RCnd M, Edwards MJ, Urist MM, Noyes RD, Sussman JJ, Reintgen DS, Stromberg AJ, Scoggins CR. Diversity of Stage III Melanoma in the Era of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy. Ann Surg Oncol 3(20):956-963, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23064795.
- Mittendorf EA, Buchholz TA, Tucher SL, Meric-Bernstam F, Kuerer HM, Gonzalez-Angula AM, Bedrosian I, Babiera GV, Hoffman K, Yi, M, Ross MI, Hortobagyi GN, Hunt KK. Impact of Chemotherapy Sequencing on Local-Regional Failure Risk in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Breast-Conserving Therapy. Ann Surg 2(257):173-179, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23291658.
- Esmaeli B, Roberts D, Ross M, Fellman M, Cruz H, Kim SK, Prieto VG. Histologic features of conjunctival melanoma predictive of metastasis and death (an American Ophthalmological thesis). Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc 110:64-73, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Cromwell KD, Ross MI, Xing Y, Gershenwald JE, Royal RE, Lucci A, Lee JE, Cormier JN. Variability in Melanoma Post-Treatment Surveillance Practices by Country and Physician Specialty: A Systematic Review. Melanoma Research 5(22):376-385, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22914178.
- Egger ME, Callender GG, McMasters KM, Ross MI, RCnd M, Edwards MJ, Urist MM, Noyes RD, Sussman JJ, Reintgen DS, Stromberg AJ, Scoggins CR. Diversity of Stage III Melanoma in the Ear of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy. Annals of Surgical Oncology. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23064795.
- Radvanyi LG, Bernatchez C, Zhang M, Fox PS, Miller P, Chacon J, Wu R, Lizee G, Mahoney S, Alvarado G, Glass M, Johnson VE, McMannis JD, Shpall E, Prieto V, Papadopoulos N, Kim K, Homsi J, Bedikian A, Hwu WJ, Patel S, Ross MI, Lee JE, Gershenwald JE, Lucci A, Royal R, Cormier JN, Davies MA, Mansaray R, Fulbright OJ, Toth C, Ramachandran R, Wardell S, Gnzalez A, Hwu P. Specific Lymphocyte Subsets Predict Response to Adoptive Cell Therapy Using Expanded Autologous Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes in Metastatic Melanoma Patients. Clinical Cancer Research 24(18):6758-6770. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23032743.
- Swartz RJ, Baum GP, Askew RL, Palmer JL, Ross MI, Cormier JN. Reducing patient burden to the FACT-Melanoma quality-of-life questionnaire. Melanoma Res 22(2):158-163, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22395418.
- Cormier JN, Cromwell KD, Ross MI. Health-Related Quality of Life in Patient with Melanoma: Overview of Intstruments and Outcomes. Dermatol Clin 2(30):245-254, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22284139.
- Bronstein Y, NG CS, Rohren E, Ross MI, Lee JE, Cormier J, Honnson VE, Hwu WJ. PET/CT in the Managementof Patients with Stage IIIC and IV Metastatic Melanoma Considered Candidates for Surgery: Evaluation of the Additive Value After Conventional Imaging. AJR AM J Roetgenol 4(198):902-908, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22451559.
- Wagner JL, Fearmonti R, Hunt KK, Hwang RF, Meric-Bernstam F, Kuerer HM, Bedrosian I, Crosby MA, Baumann DP, Ross MI, Feig BW, Krishnamurthy S, Hernandez M, Babiera GV. Prospective Evaluation of the Nipple-Areola Complex Sparing Mastectomy for Risk Reduction and for Early-Stage Breast Cancer. Annals of Surgical Oncology 4(19):1137-1144, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 21979111.
- Callender GG, Gershenwald JE, Egger MI, Scoggins CR, RCnd M, Schacherer CW, Edwards MJ, Urist MM, Ross MI, Stromberg AJ, McMasters KM. A Novel and Accurate Computer Model of Melanoma Prognosis for Patient Staged by Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy: Comparison with the American Joint Committee on Cancer Model. J Am Coll Surg 4(214):Discussion 617-619, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22342785.
- Coit DG, Andtbacka R, Anker CJ, Bichakjian CK, WErd C, Daud A, Dilawari RA, Dimaio D, Guild V, Halpern AC, Jr HF, Kelley MC, Khushalani NI, Kudchadkar RR, Lange JR, Lind A, Martini MC, Olszanski AJ, Pruitt SK, Ross MI, Swetter SM, Tanabe KK, Thompson JA, Trisal V, Urist MM, Cancer Netowrk NC. Melanoma. J Natl Compr Cancer Network 3(10):366-400, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22393197.
- Mittendorf EA, Hunt KK, Boughey JC, Bassett R, Degnim AC, Harrell R, Yi M, Meric-Bernstam F, Ross MI, Babiera GV, Kuerer HM, Hwant RF. Incorporation of Sentinel Lymph Node Mestastasis into a Nomogram Predicting Nonsentinel Lymph Node Involvement in Breast Cancer Patients with a Positive Sentinel Lymph Node. Annals of Surgery 1(255):109-115, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22167004.
- Jr WR, Ayers GD, Stell HV, Ding S, Je G, Salo JC, Pockaj BA, Essner R, Faries M, Charney KJ, Avisar E, Hauschild A, Egberts F, Averbook BJ, Garberoglio CA, Vetto JT, Ross MI. Factors Predictive of the Status of Sentinel Lymph Nodes in melanoma Patients from a Large Multicenter Database. Ann Surg Oncol 13(18):3593-3600, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21647761.
- Callender GG, Egger MI, Burton AL, Scoggins CR, Ross MI, Stromberg AJ, Hagendoorn L, RCnd M, McMasters KM. Prognostic Implications of Anatomic Location of Primary Cutaneous Melanom of 1 mm or Thicker. Am J Surg 6(202):659-664, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 22137134.
- Kelly P, Zagars GK, Cormier JN, Ross MI, Guadagnolo BA. Sphincter-sparing local excision and hypofractionated radiation therapy for anorectal melanoma: A 20-year experience. Cancer 117(20):4747-4755, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21446049.
- Arun BK, Dhinghra K, Valero V, Kau SW, Broglio K, Booser D, Guerra L, Yin G, Walters R, Sahin A, Ibrahim N, Buzdar AU, Frye D, Sneige N, Strom E, Ross MI, Theriault RL, Vadhan-Raj S, Hortobagyi GN. Phase III randomized trial of dose intensive neoadjuvant chemotherapy with or without G-CSF in locally advanced breast cancer: long-term results. Oncologist 16(11):1527-1534. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 22042783.
- Caudle AS, Hunt KK, Kuerer HM, Meric-Bernstam F, Luccu A, Bedrosian I, Babiera GV, Hwang RF, Ross MI, Feig BW, Hoffman K, Litton JK, Sahin AA, Yang W, Hortobagyi GN, Buchholz TA, Mittendorf EA. Multidisciplinary Considerations in the Implementation of the Findings from the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group (ACOSOG) Z0011 Study: A Practice-Changing Trial. Annals of Surgical Oncology 9(18):2407-2012, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21327455.
- Van Leeuwen BL, Rosenkranz KM, Feng LL, Bedrosian I, Hartmann K, Hunt KK, Kuerer HM, Ross MI, Singletary SE, Babiera GV. The effect of under-treatment of breast cancer in women 80 years of age and older. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 79(3):315 - 320, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 20655242.
- Ross MI, Gershenwald JE. Evidence-Based Treatment of Early-Stage Melanoma. J Surg Oncol 4(104):341-353, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21858828.
- Askew RL, Swartz RJ, Xing Y, Cantor SB, Ross MI, Gershenwald JE, Palmer JL, Lee JE, Cormier JN. Mapping FACT-melanoma quality-of-life scores to EQ-5D health utility weights. Value Health 14(6):900-6, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21914512.
- Burton AL, Gilbert J, Farmer RW, Stromberg AJ, Hagendoorn L, Ross MI, RCnd M, McMasterrs KM, Scoggins CR, Callender GG. Regression Does Not Predict Nodal Mestatasis or Survival in Patients iwth Cutaneous Melanoma. Am Surg 8(77):1009-1013, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 2194515.
- Joseph RW, Peddareddigari VR, Liu P, Miller PW, Overwijk WW, Bekele NB, Ross MI, Lee JE, Gershenwald JE, Lucci A, Prieto VG, McMannis JD, Papadopoulos N, Kim K, Homsi J, Bedikian A, Hwu WJ, Hwu P, Radvanyi LG. Impact of clinical and pathologic features on tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte expansion from surgically excised melanoma metastases for adoptive T-cell therapy. Clin Cancer Res 17(14):4882-91, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21632855.
- Jr SC, Petroni GR, Chianese-Bullock KA, Smolkin ME, Ross MI, Haas NB, Von Mehren M, Grosh WW. Randomized Multicenter Trial of the Effects of Melanoma-Associated Helper Peptides and Cyclophosphamide on the Immunogenicity of a Multipeptide Melanoma Vaccine. J Clin Oncol 21(29):2924-2932, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21690475.
- Thompson JF, Soong SJ, Balch CM, Gershenwald JE, Ding S, Coit DG, Flaherty KT, Gimotty PA, Johnson T, Johnson MM, Leong SP, Ross. Prognostic Significance of Mitotic Rate in Localized Primary Cutaneous Melanoma: An Analysis of Patients in the Multi-Institutional American Joint Committee on Cancer Melanoma Staging Database. J Clin Oncol 16(29):2199-2205, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21519009.
- Moor-Olufemi S, Herzog C, Warneke C, Gershenwald JE, Mansfield P, Ross MI, Prieto V, Lally KP, Hayes-Jordan A. Outcomes in pediatric melanom: Comparing prepubertal to adolescent pediatric patients. Ann Surg 253(6):1211-1215, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21451389.
- Swartz RJ, Baum GP, Askew RL, Palmer JL, Ross MI, Cormier JN. Reducing Patient Burden to the FACT-Melanoma Quality-Of-Life Questionnaire. Melanoma Research 2(22):158-163, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 22395418.
- Yi M, Kronowitz SJ, Meric-Bernstam F, Feig BW, Symmans WF, Lucci A, Ross MI, Babiera GV, Kuerer HM, Hunt KK. Local, regional, and systemic recurrence rates in patients undergoing skin-sparing mastectomy compared with conventional mastectomy. Cancer 117(5):916-24, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 20945319.
- Beasley GM, Riboh JC, Augustine CK, Zager JS, Hochwald SN, Grobmyer SR, Peterson B, Royal R, Ross MI, Tyler DS. Prospective Multicenter Phase II Trial of Systemic ADH-1 in Combination with Melphalan Via Isolated Limb Infusion in Patients with Advanced Extremity Melanoma. J Clin Oncol 29(9):1210-1215, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Yi M, Buchholz TA, Meric-Bernstam F, Bedrosian I, Hwang RF, Ross MI, Kuerer HM, Luo S, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Buzdar AU, Symmans WF, Feig BW, Lucci A, Huang EH, Hunt KK. Classification of ipsilateral breast tumor recurrences after breast conservation therapy can predict patient prognosis and facilitate treatment planning. Ann Surg 253(3):572-9, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21209588.
- Leong SP, Kim J, Ross MI, Faries M, Scoggins CR, Metz WL, Cope FO, Orahood RC. A phase 2 study of (99m) TC-tilmanocept in the detection of sentinel lymph nodes in melanoma and breast cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 18(4):961-969. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21331809.
- Xing Y, Bronstein Y, Ross MI, Askew RL, Lee JE, Gershenwald JE, Royal R, Cormier JN. Contemporary diagnostic imaging modalities for the staging and surveillance of melanoma patients: a meta-analysis. J Natl Cancer Inst 103(2):129-42, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21081714.
- Ross MI, Thompson JF, Gershenwald. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Melanoma: Critical Assessment at its Twentieth Anniversary. Surg Oncol Clin N Am 1(20):57-78, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21111959.
- Caudle AS, Ross MI. Metastasectomy for Stage IV Melanoma: For Whom and How Much?. Surg Oncol Clin N Am 1(20):133-144, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21111963.
- Brown RE, Ross MI, Edwards MJ, Noyes RD, Reintgen DS, Hagendoorn LJ, Stromberg AJ, Martin RC, McMasters KM, Scoggins CR. The Prognostic Significance of Nonsentinal Lymph Node Metastasis in Melanoma. Ann Surg Oncol 12(17):3330-3335, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20645010.
- Ross, MI. Sentinel Node Biopsy for Melanoma: An Update After Two Decades of Experience. Semin Cutan Med Surg 4(29):238-248, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 21277537.
- Vrd V, Kong AL, Hunt KK, Yi M, Hwang RF, Meric-Bernstam F, Bedrosian I, Ross MI, Babiera GV, Litton JK, Mittendorf EA. Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection is Technically Feasible in Older Breast Cancer Patients. Clinical Breast Cancer 6(10):477-482, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 21147692.
- Brown RE, Stromberg AJ, Hagendoorn LJ, Hulsewede DY, Ross MI, Noyes RD, Goydos JS, Urist MM, Edwards MJ Scoggins CR, McMasters KM, RCnd M. Surveillance After Surgical Treatment of Melanoma: Futility of Routine Chest Radiography. Surgery 4(148):711-716, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20800862.
- Chang SB, Askew RL, Xing Y, Weaver S, Gershenwald JE, Lee JE, Royal R, Lucci A, Ross MI, Cormier JN. Prospective assessment of postoperative complications and associated costs following inguinal lymph node dissection (ILND) in melanoma patients. Ann Surg Oncol 17(10):2764-72, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20336388.
- McMasters KM, Edwards MJ, Ross MI, Reintgen DS, RCnd M, Urist MM, Noyes RD, Sussman JJ, Stromberg AJ, Scoggins CR. Ulceration as a Predictive Marker for Reponse to Adjuvant Interferon Therapy in Melanoma. Ann Surg 3(252):460-465, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20739846.
- Ribas A, Camacho LH, Lee SM, Hersh EM, Brown CK, Richards JM, Rodriguez MJ, Prieto VG, Glaspy JA, Oseguera DK, Hernandez J, Villanueva A, Chmielowski B, Mitsky P, Bercovici N, Wasserman E, Landais D, Ross MI. Multicenter Phase II Study of Matured Dendritic Cells Pulsed with Melanoma Cell Line Lysates in patients with Advanced Melanoma. J Transl Med(8):89, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 21081714.
- Soong SJ, Ding S, Coit D, Balch CM, Gershenwald JE, Thompson JF, Gimotty P, Ross MI, Task Force AM. Predicting Survival Outcome ofLocalized Melanoma: An Electronic Prediction Tool Based on the AJCC Melanoma Database. Ann Surg Oncol 8(17):2006-2014, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20379784.
- Bowles TL, Xing Y, Hu CY, Mungovan KS, Askew RL, Chang GJ, Gershenwald JE, Lee JE, Mansfield PF, Ross MI, Cormier JN. Conditional Survival Estimates Improve Over 5 Years for Melanoma Survivors with Node-Positive Disease. Ann Surg Oncol 8(17):2015-2023, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20369298.
- Slingluff CL, Petroni GR, Smolkin ME, Chianese-Bullock KA, Smith K, Murphy C, Galeassi N, Neese PY, Grosh WW, Nail CJ, Ross M, von Mehren M, Haas N, Boisvert ME, Kirkwood JM. Immunogenicity for CD8+ and CD4+ T cells of 2 formulations of an incomplete freund's adjuvant for multipeptide melanoma vaccines. J Immunother 33(6):630-638, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20551833.
- Leong SPL, Kim J, Ross MI, Faries M, Scoggins CR, Metz WL, Cope FO, Orahood RC. A Phase 2 Study of 99mTc-Tilmanocept in the Detection of Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Melanoma and Breast Cancer. Annals of Surgical Oncology(18):961-969, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Bower MR, Scoggins CR, RCnd M, Mays MP, Edwards MJ, Reintgen DS, Ross MI, Urist MM, Noyes RD, Sussman JJ, Hagendoorn LJ, Stromberg AJ, McMasters KM. Second Primary Melanomas: Incidence and Outcome. Am Surg 7(76):675-681, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20698369.
- Scoggins CR, Bowen AL, RCnd M, Edwards MJ, Reintgen DS, Ross MI Urist MM, Stromberg AJ, Hagendoorn L, McMasters KM. Prognostic Information from Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Patients with Thick Melanoma. Arch Surg 7(145):22-627, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20644123.
- Brown AS, Hunt KK, Shen J, Huo L, Babiera GV, Ross MI, Meric-Bernstam F, Feig BW, Kuerer HM, Boughey JC, Ching CD, Gilcrease MZ. Histologic changes associated with false-negative sentinel lymph nodes after preoperative chemotherapy in patients with confirmed lymph node-positive breast cancer before treatment. Cancer 116(12):2878-83, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20564394.
- Crane-Okada R, Freemen E, Ross M, Kiger H, Giuliano AE. Training senior peer counselors to provide telephone support for newly diagnosed breast cancer survivors. J Cancer Educ 25(2):174-179, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20082171.
- Xing Y, Chang GJ, Hu CY, Askew RL, Ross MI, Gershenwald JE, Lee JE, Mansfield PF, Lucci A, Cormier JN. Conditional survival estimates improve over time for patients with advanced melanoma: results from a population-based analysis. Cancer 116(9):2234-41, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20187100.
- Balch CM, Gershenwald JE, Soong SJ, Thompson JF, Ding S, Byrd DR, Cascinelli N, Cochran AJ, Coit DG, Eggermont AM, Johnson T, Kirkwood JM, Leong SP, McMasters KM, Jr MM, Morton DL, Ross MI, Sondak VK. Multivariate Analysis of Prognostic Factors Among 2,313 Patients with Stage III Melanoma: Comparison of Nodal Micrometastases Versus Macrometastases. J Clin Oncol 14(28):2452-2459, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20368546.
- Scoggins CR, Martin RC, Ross MI, Edwards MJ, Reintgen DS, Urist MM, Gershenwald JE, Sussman JJ, Noyes DR, Goydos JS, Beitsch PD, Ariyan S, Stromberg AJ, Hagendoorn LJ, McMasters KM. Factors Associated with False-Negative Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Melanoma Patients. Ann Surg Oncol 3(17):709-717, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 19967459.
- Mays MP, Martin RC, Burton A, Ginter B, Edwards MJ, Reintgen DS, Ross MI, Urist MM, Stromberg AJ, McMasters KM, Scoggins CR. Should All Patients with Melanoma Between 1 and 2 mm Breslow Thickenss Undergo Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy?. Cancer 6(116):1535-1544, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20108306.
- Eton O, Ross MI, East MJ, Mansfield PF, Papadopoulos N, Ellerhorst JA, Bedikian AY, Lee JE. Autologous Ttumor-Derived Heat-Shock Protein Peptide Complex-96 (HSPPC-96) in Patients with metastatic Melanoma. J Transl Med(9):8, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20109236.
- Balch CM, Gershenwald JE, Soong SJ, Thompson JF, Atkins MB, Byrd DR, Buzaid AC, Cochran AJ, Coit DG, Ding S, Eggermont AM, Flaherty KT, Bimotty PA, Krikwood JM, McMasters KM, Jr MM, Morton DL, Ross MI, Sober AJ, Sondak VK. Final Version of 2009 AJCC Melanoma Staging and Classification. J Clin Oncol 36(27):6199-6206, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19917835.
- Jr SC, Petroni GR, Olson WC, Smolkin ME, Ross MI, Haas NB, Grosh WW, Boisvert ME, Kirkwood JM, Chianese-Bullock KA. Effect of Granulocyte/Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor on Circulating CD8+ and CD4+ T-Cell Responses to a Multipeptide Melanoma Vaccine: Outcome of a Multicenter Randomized Trial. Clin Cancer Res 22(15):7036-7044, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19903780.
- Savar A, Ross MI, Prieto VG, Ivan D, Kim S, Esmaeli B. Sentinel lymph node biopsy for ocular adnexal melanoma: Experience in 30 patients. Ophthalmology, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19766318.
- Santillan AA, Delman KA, Beasley GM, Mosca PH, Hockwald SN, Grobyer SR, Andtbacka RH, Noyes RD, Kane JM, Ross MI, Tyler DS, Zager JS. Predictive factors of regional toxicity and serum creatine phosphokinase levels after isolated limb infusion for melanoma: a multi-institutional analysis. Ann Surg Oncol 16(9):2570-2578, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19543771.
- Hunt KK, YI M, Mittendorf EA, Guerrero C, Babiera GV, Bedrosian I, Hwang RF, Kuerer HM, Ross MI, Meric-Bernstam F. Sentinel lymph node surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy is accurate and reduces the need for axillary dissection in breast cancer patients. Ann Surg, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19730235.
- Woodall CE, Martin RC, Stromberg AJ, Ginter B, Ross MI, Edwards MJ, McMasters KM, Scoggins CR. Do melanoma patients from southern climates have a worse outcome than those from northern climates?. Am Surg 75(8):687-692, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19725291.
- Beasley GM, McMahon N, Sanders G, Augustine CK, Selim MA, Peterson B, Norris R, Peters WP, Ross MI, Tyler DS. A phase 1 study of systemic ADH-1 incombination with melphalan via isolated limb infusion in patients with locally advanced in-transit malignant melanoma. Cancer. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19637344.
- Xing Y, Badgwell BD, Ross MI, Gershenwald JE, Lee JE, Mansfield PF, Lucci A, Cormier JN. Lymph node ratio predicts disease-specific survival in melanoma patients. Cancer 115(11):2505-13, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19309746.
- Balch CM, Morton DL, Gershenwald JE, McMasters KM, Nieweg OE, Powell B, Ross MI, Sondak VK, Thompson JF. Sentinel node biopsy and standard of care of melanoma. J Am Acad Dermatol 60(5):872-875, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19389531.
- Beasley GM, Caudle A, Petersen RP, McMahon NS, Padussis J, Mosca PJ, Zager JS, Hockwald SN, Grobmyer SR, Delman KA, Andtbacka RH, Noyes RD, Kane JM, Seigler H, Pruitt SK, Ross MI, Tyler DS. A multi-institutional experience of isolated limb infusion: Defining response and toxicity in the US. J Am Coll Surg 208(5):706-715, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19476821.
- Beadle BM, Guadagnolo BA, Ballo MT, Lee JE, Gershenwald JE, Cormier JN, Mansfield PF, Ross MI, Zagars GK. Radiation therapy field extent for adjuvant treatment of axillary metastases from malignant melanoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 73(5):1376-82, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 18774657.
- Krishnamurthy S, Meric-Bernstam F, Lucci A, Hwang RF, Kuerer HM, Babiera G, Ames FC, Feig BW, Ross MI, Singletary E, 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):1555-62, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19195040.
- Coit DG, Andtbacka R, Bichakjian CK, Dilawari RA, Dimaio D, Guild V, Halpern AC, Hodi FS, Kashani-Sabet M, Lange JR, Lind A, Martin L, Martini MC, Pruitt SK, Ross MI, Sener SF, Swetter SM, Tanabe KK, Thompson JA, Trisal V, Urist MM, Weber J, Wong MK, Panel NM. Melanoma. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 7(3):250-275, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19401060.
- Kim KB, Legha SS, Gonzalez R, Anderson CM, Johnson MM, Liu P, Papadopoulos NE, Eton O, Plager C, Buzaid AC, Prieto VG, Hwu WJ, Frost AM, Alvarado G, Hwu P, Ross MI, Gershenwald JE, Lee JE, Mansfield PF, Benjamin RS, Bedikian AY. A randomized phase III trial of biochemotherapy versus interferon-alpha-2b for adjuvant therapy in patients at high risk for melanoma recurrence. Melanoma Res 19(1):42-49, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19430405.
- 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):3369-3377, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18815841.
- Gershenwald JE, Andtbacka RH, Prieto VG, Johnson MM, Diwan AH, Lee JE, Mansfield PF, Cormier JN, Schacherer CW, Ross MI. Microscopic tumor burden in sentinel lymph nodes predicts synchronous nonsentinel lymph node involvement in patients with melanoma. J Clin Oncol 26(26):4296-4303, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Kim KB, Eton O, Davis DW, Frazier ML, McConkey DJ, Diwwan AH, Papadopoulos NE, Bedikian AY, Camacho LH, Ross MI, Cormier JN, Gershenwald JE, Lee JE, Mansfield PF, Billings LA, Ng CS, Charnsangavej C, Bar-Eli M, Johnson MM, Murgo AJ, Prieto VG. Phase II trial of imatinib mesylate in patients with metastatic melanoma. Br J Cancer 99(5):734-740, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18728664.
- Beadle BM, Guadagnolo BA, Ballo MT, Lee JE, Gershenwald JE, Cormier JN, Mansfield PF, Ross MI, Zagars GK. Radiation therapy field extent for adjuvant treatment of axillary metastass from malignant melanoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 73(5):1376-82, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18774657.
- Federico AC, Chagpar AB, Ross MI, Martin RC, Noyes RD, Goydos JS, Beitsch PD, Urist MM, Ariyan S, Sussman JJ, McMasters KM, Scoggins CR, Trial SM. Effect of multiple-nodal basin drainage on cutaneous melanoma. Arch Surg 143(7):632-637, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- 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):30-37, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18457326.
- Yi M, Krishnamurthy S, Kuerer HM, Meric-Bernstam F, Bedrosian I, Ross MI, Ames FC, Lucci A, Hwang RF, Kk H. 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):81-87, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18436181.
- Rao R, Geng L, Kuerer HM, Singletary SE, Bedrosian I, Hunt KK, Ross MI, Hortobagyi GN, Feig BW, Ames FC, Babiera GV. Timing of surgical intervention for the intact primary in stage IV breast cancer patients. Ann Surg Oncol 15(6):1696-1702, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Mortenson MM, Xing Y, Weaver S, Lee JE, Gershenwald JE, Lucci A, Mansfield PF, Ross MI, Cormier JN. Fibrin sealant does not decrease seroma output or time to drain removal following inguino-femoral lymph node dissection in melanoma patients: a randomized controlled trial (NCT00506311). World J Surg Oncol 6(1):63, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18564433.
- 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 112(12):2646-2654, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18442039.
- Cormier JN, Ross MI, Gershenwald JE, Lee JE, Mansfield PF, Camacho LH, Kim K, Webster K, Cella D, Palmer JL. Prospective assessment of the reliability, validity, and sensitivity to change of the functional assessment of cancer therapy-melanoma questionnaire. Cancer 112(10):2249-2257, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18383513.
- Ross MI. Current status of hyperthermic limb perfusion for in-transit melanoma. Int J Hyperthermia 24(3):205-217, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Beasley GM, Ross MI, Tyler DS. Future directions in regional treatment strategies for melanoma and sarcoma. Int J Hyperthermia 24(3):301-309, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Anaya DA, Xing Y, Feng L, Huang X, Camacho LH, Ross MI, Gershenwald JE, Lee JE, Mansfield PF, Cormier JN. Adjuvant high-dose interferon for cutaneous melanoma is most beneficial for patients with early stage III disease. Cancer 112(9):2030-2037, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Ross MI, Gershenwald JE. How should we view the results of the Multicenter Selective Lymphadenectomy Trial-1 (MSLT-1)?. Ann Surg Oncol 15(3):670-673, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18228101.
- Mittendorf EA, Lim SJ, Schacherer CW, Lucci A, Cormier JN, Mansfield PF, Gershenwald JE, Ross MI, Lee JE. Melanoma adrenal metastasis: natural history and surgical management. Am J Surg 195(3):363-368, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18206850.
- 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):2542-2550, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Chagpar RB, Ross MI, Reintgen DS, Edwards MJ, Scoggins CR, RCnd M, Noyes RD, Goydos JS, Beitsch PD, Urist MM, Ariyan S, Davidson BS, Sussman JJ, McMasters KM. Factors associated with improved survival among young adult melanoma patients despite a greater incidence of sentinel lymph node metastasis. J Surg Res 143(1):164-168, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Badgwell B, Xing Y, Gershenwald JE, Lee JE, Mansfield PF, Ross MI, Cormier JN. Pelvic lymph node dissection is beneficial in subsets of patients with node-positive melanoma. Ann Surg Oncol 14(10):2867-2875, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17671814.
- Williams SA, RAnd E, Hunt KK, Yi M, Kuerer HM, Singletary SE, Ross MI. Metastases to the breast from nonbreast solid neoplasms: presentation and determinants of survival. Cancer 110(4):731-737, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Ho VH, Ross MI, Prieto VG Khaleeq A, Kim S, Esmaeli B. Sentinel lymph node biopsy for sebaceous cell carcinoma and melanoma of the ocular adnexa. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 133(8):820-826, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Cormier JN, Xing Y, Ding M, Cantor SB, Salter KJ, Lee JE, Mansfield PF, Gershenwald JE, Ross MI. Cost effectiveness of adjuvant interferon in node-positive melanoma. J Clin Oncol 25(17):2442-2448, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Gershenwald JE, Ross MI. Is seninel-node biopsy superior to nodal observation in melanoma?. Nat Clin Pract Oncol 4(5):279-279, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Cabioglu N, Hunt KK, Sahin AA, Kuerer HM, Babiera GV, Singletary SE, Whitman GJ, Ross MI, 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):1458-1471, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- 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 after preoperative chemotherapy in breast cancer patients with documented axillary metastases. Cancer 109(7):1255-1263, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Li C, Liu Z, Zhang Z, Strom SS, Gershenwald JE, Prieto VG, Lee JE, Ross MI, Mansfield PF, Cormier JN, Duvic M, Grimm EA, Wei Q. Genetic variants of the vitamin D receptor gene alter risk of cutaneous melanoma. J Invest Dermatol 127(2):276-80, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 16990805.
- Nash JW, Barrett TL, Kies M, Ross MI, Sneige N, Diwan AH, Lazar AJ. Metastatic hidradenocarcinoma with demonstration of Her-2/neu gene amplification by flourescence in situ hydridization: potential treatment implications. J Cutan Pathol 34(1):49-54, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Li C, Hu Z, Liu Z, Wang LE, Strom SS, Gershenwald JE, Lee JE, Ross MI, Mansfield PF, Cormier JN, Prieto VG, Duvic M, Grimm EA, Wei Q. Polymorphisms in the DNA repair genes XPC, XPD, and XPG and risk of cutaneous melanoma: a case-control analysis. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15(12):2526-32, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 17164380.
- Gannon CJ, Rousseau DL, Jr, Ross MI, Johnson MM, Lee JE, Mansfield PF, Cormier JN, Prieto VG, Gershenwald JE. Accuracy of lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymph node biopsy after previous wide local excision in patients with primary melanoma. Cancer 107(11):2647-52, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 17063497.
- 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
- 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, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 17039501.
- 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, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16955504.
- Kronowitz SJ, Kuerer HM, Hunt KK, Ross MI, Massey PR, Ensor JE, Robb GL. Impact of sentinel lymph node biopsy on the evolution of breast reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg 118(5):1089-99, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 17016172.
- 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, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 17000390.
- 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, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16978971.
- Cornett WR, McCall LM, Petersen RP, Ross MI, Briele HA, Noyes RD, Sussman JJ, Kraybill WG, Kane JM, rd, Alexander HR, Lee JE, Mansfield PF, Pingpank JF, Winchester DJ, White RL, Jr, Chadaram V, Herndon JE, nd, Fraker DL, Tyler DS. Randomized multicenter trial of hyperthermic isolated limb perfusion with melphalan alone compared with melphalan plus tumor necrosis factor: American College of Surgeons Oncology Group Trial Z0020. J Clin Oncol 24(25):4196-201, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16943537.
- Cormier JN, Xing Y, Ding M, Lee JE, Mansfield PF, Gershenwald JE, Ross MI, Du XL. Ethnic differences among patients with cutaneous melanoma. Arch Intern Med 166(17):1907-14, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 17000949.
- Li C, Liu Z, Wang LE, Strom SS, Lee JE, Gershenwald JE, Ross MI, Mansfield PF, Cormier JN, Prieto VG, Duvic M, Grimm EA, Wei Q. Genetic variants of the ADPRT, XRCC1 and APE1 genes and risk of cutaneous melanoma. Carcinogenesis 27(9):1894-901, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16621887.
- Houghton AN, Coit DG, Daud A, Dilawari RA, Dimaio D, Gollbo JA, Haas NB, Halpern A, Johnson TM, Kashani-Sabet M, Kraybill WG, Lange JR, Martini M, Ross MI, Samlowski WE, Sener SF, Tanabe KK, Thompson JA, Trisal V, Urist MM, Walker MJ, Cancer Network NC. Melanoma. J Natl Compre Canc Netw 4(7):666-684, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Pawlik TM, Erasmus JJ, Truong MT, Macapinlac H, Ross MI, Gershenwald JE. Acne vulgaris: false-positive finding on integrated 18F-FDG PET/CT in a patient with melanoma. AJR Am J Roentgenol 187(1):W117-W119, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16794124.
- 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, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16798488.
- 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, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16614878.
- Scoggins CR, Ross MI, Reintgen DS, Noyes RD, Goydos JS, Beitsch PD, Urist MM, Ariyan S, Davidson BS, Sussman JJ, Edwards MJ, Martin RC, Lewis AM, Stromberg AJ, Conrad AJ, Hagendoorn L, Albrecht J, McMasters KM. Prospective multi-institutional study of reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction for molecular staging of melanoma. J Clin Oncol 24(18):2849-2857, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Aloia TA, Gershenwald JE, Andtbacka RH, Johnson MM, Schacherer CW, Ng CS, Cormier JN, Lee JE, Ross MI, Mansfield PF. Utility of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging staging before completion lymphadenectomy in patients with sentinel lymph node-positive melanoma. J Clin Oncol 24(18):2858-65, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16782925.
- Pawlik TM, Zorzi D, Abdalla EK, Clary BM, Gershenwald JE, Ross MI, Aloia TA, Curley SA, Camacho LH, Capussotti L, Elias D, Vauthey JN. Hepatic resection for metastatic melanoma: distinct patterns of recurrence and prognosis for ocular versus cutaneous disease. Ann Surg Oncol 13(5):712-20, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16538410.
- Cormier JN, Xing Y, Feng L, Huang X, Davidson L, Gershenwald JE, Lee JE, Mansfield PF, Ross MI. Metastatic melanoma to lymph nodes in patients with unknown primary sites. Cancer 106(9):2012-20, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16568458.
- Mullen JT, Feng L, Xing Y, Mansfield PF, Gershenwald JE, Lee JE, Ross MI, Cormier JN. Invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the skin: defining a high-risk group. Ann Surg Oncol, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16715440.
- Khakpour N, Zager JS, Yen T, Stephens T, Kuerer HM, Singletary ES, Ross MI, Hunt KK, Babiera GV. The role of ultrasound in the surgical management of patients diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast. Breast J 12(3):212-5, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16684318.
- Kim JY, Ross MI, Butler CE. Reconstruction following radical resection of recurrent metastatic axillary melanoma. Plast Reconstr Surg 117(5):1576-83, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16641728.
- Li C, Larson D, Zhang Z, Liu Z, Strom SS, Gershenwald JE, Prieto VG, Lee JE, Ross MI, Mansfield PF, Cormier JN, Duvic M, Grimm EA, Wei Q. Polymorphisms of the FAS and FAS ligand genes associated with risk of cutaneous malignant melanoma. Pharmacogenet Genomics 16(4):253-63, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16538172.
- 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, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16463073.
- 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, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16432360.
- Pawlik TM, Ross MI, Prieto VG, Ballo MT, Johnson MM, Mansfield PF, Lee JE, Cormier JN, Gershenwald JE. Assessment of the role of sentinel lymph node biopsy for primary cutaneous desmoplastic melanoma. Cancer 106(4):900-6, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16411225.
- 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. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16333852.
- 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. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16371742.
- Ballo MT, Ross MI, Cormier JN, Myers JN, Lee JE, Gershenwald JE, Hwu P, Zagars GK. Combined-modality therapy for patients with regional nodal metastases from melanoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 64(1):106-13, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16182463.
- Martin RC, nd, Scoggins CR, Ross MI, Reintgen DS, Noyes RD, Edwards MJ, McMasters KM. Is incisional biopsy of melanoma harmful?. Am J Surg 190(6):913-7, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 16307945.
- Wang LE, Xiong P, Strom SS, Goldberg LH, Lee JE, Ross MI, Mansfield PF, Gershenwald JE, Prieto VG, Cormier JN, Duvic M, Clayman GL, Weber RS, Lippman SM, Amos CI, Spitz MR, Wei Q. In vitro sensitivity to ultraviolet B light and skin cancer risk: a case-control analysis. J Natl Cancer Inst 97(24):1822-31, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 16368944.
- Scolyer RA, Thompson JF, McCarthy SW, Gershenwald JE, Ross MI, Cochran AJ. Intraoperative frozen-section evaluation can reduce accuracy of pathologic assessment of sentinel nodes in melanoma patients. J Am Coll Surg 201(5):821-3; author reply 823-4, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 16256927.
- 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, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 16164930.
- Cormier JN, Xing Y, Ding M, Lee JE, Mansfield PF, Gershenwald JE, Ross MI, Du XL. Population-based assessment of surgical treatment trends for patients with melanoma in the era of sentinel lymph node biopsy. J Clin Oncol 23(25):6054-62, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 16135473.
- Pawlik TM, Ross MI, Johnson MM, Schacherer CW, McClain DM, Mansfield PF, Lee JE, Cormier JN, Gershenwald JE. Predictors and natural history of in-transit melanoma after sentinel lymphadenectomy. Ann Surg Oncol 12(8):587-96, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 16021533.
- 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, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 15968686.
- 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, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 15981283.
- Pawlik TM, Ross MI, Johnson MM, Schacherer CW, McClain DM, Mansfield PF, Lee JE, Cormier JN, Gershenwald JE. Predictors and natural history of in-transit melanoma after sentinel lymphadenectomy. Ann Surg Oncol 12(8):587-96, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 16021533.
- Ballo MT, Garden AS, Myers JN, Lee JE, Diaz EM, Jr, Sturgis EM, Morrison WH, Gershenwald JE, Ross MI, Weber RS, Ang KK. Melanoma metastatic to cervical lymph nodes: Can radiotherapy replace formal dissection after local excision of nodal disease?. Head Neck 27(8):718-21, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 15952196.
- Ballo MT, Garden AS, Myers JN, Lee JE, Diaz EM, Jr, Sturgis EM, Morrison WH, Gershenwald JE, Ross MI, Weber RS, Ang KK. Melanoma metastatic to cervical lymph nodes: Can radiotherapy replace formal dissection after local excision of nodal disease?. Head Neck 27(8):718-21, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 15952196.
- Pawlik TM, Ross MI, Thompson JF, Eggermont AM, Gershenwald JE. The risk of in-transit melanoma metastasis depends on tumor biology and not the surgical approach to regional lymph nodes. J Clin Oncol 23(21):4588-90, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 16034040.
- 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, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 15915373.
- 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, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 15804465.
- Pawlik TM, Ross MI, Shaw HM, Thompson JF, Gershenwald JE. Re: Selective lymphadenectomy in sentinel node-positive patients may increase the risk of local/in-transit recurrence in malignant melanoma, Thomas and Clark. Eur J Surg Oncol 31(3):323-4, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 15780572.
- 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, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 15726547.
- 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, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 15641036.
- 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. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 15604959.
- Nijhawan N, Ross MI, Diba R, Ahmadi MA, Esmaeli B. Experience with Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Eyelid and Conjunctival Malignancies at a Cancer Center. Surg 21(1):10, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- Al-Refaie W, Kuerer HM, Khuwaja A, Perry A, Hunt KK, Feig B, Ames FC, Ross MI, singletary SE, Meric-Bernstam F, Babiera GV. Determinants of Mastectomy in Breast Conservation Therapy Candidates. Am J Surg 190(4):602-605, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- Ballo MT, Zagars GK, Gershenwald JE, Lee JE, Mansfield PF, Kim KB, Camacho LH, Hwu P, Ross MI. A critical assessment of adjuvant radiotherapy for inguinal lymph node metastases from melanoma. Ann Surg Oncol 11(12):1079-84, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15576833.
- 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, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15313733.
- 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, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15316905.
- 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, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15274063.
- Shahar KH, Hunt KK, Thames HD, Ross MI, Perkins GH, Kuerer HM, Strom EA, McNeese MD, Meric F, Schechter NR, Sahin AA, Middleton LP, Buchholz TA. Factors predictive of having four or more positive axillary lymph nodes in patients with positive sentinel lymph nodes: implications for selection of radiation fields. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 59(4):1074-9, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15234041.
- Nijhawan N, Ross MI, Diba R, Ahmadi MA, Esmaeli B. Experience with sentinel lymph node biopsy for eyelid and conjunctival malignancies at a cancer center. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg 20(4):291-5, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15266143.
- McMasters KM, Noyes RD, Reintgen DS, Goydos JS, Beitsch PD, Davidson BS, Sussman JJ, Gershenwald JE, Ross MI. Lessons learned from the Sunbelt Melanoma Trial. J Surg Oncol 86(4):212-23, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15221928.
- 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, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15197191.
- Kim KB, Sanguino AM, Hodges C, Papadopoulos NE, Eton O, Camacho LH, Broemeling LD, Johnson MM, Ballo MT, Ross MI, Gershenwald JE, Lee JE, Mansfield PF, Prieto VG, Bedikian AY. Biochemotherapy in patients with metastatic anorectal mucosal melanoma. Cancer 100(7):1478-83, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15042682.
- Fornage BD, Sneige N, Ross MI, Mirza AN, Kuerer HM, Edeiken BS, Ames FC, Newman LA, Babiera GV, Singletary SE. Small (< or = 2-cm) breast cancer treated with US-guided radiofrequency ablation: feasibility study. Radiology 231(1):215-24, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 14990810.
- Chao C, Martin RC, nd, Ross MI, Reintgen DS, Edwards MJ, Noyes RD, Hagendoorn LJ, Stromberg AJ, McMasters KM. Correlation between prognostic factors and increasing age in melanoma. Ann Surg Oncol 11(3):259-64, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 14993020.
- 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, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 14983489.
- Raut CP, Daley MD, Hunt KK, Akins J, Ross MI, Singletary SE, Marshall GD, Jr, Meric-Bernstam F, Babiera G, Feig BW, Ames FC, Kuerer HM. Anaphylactoid reactions to isosulfan blue dye during breast cancer lymphatic mapping in patients given preoperative prophylaxis. J Clin Oncol 22(3):567-8, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 14752082.
- 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, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 14745864.
- Chagpar A, Langstein HN, Kronowitz SJ, Singletary SE, Ross MI, Buchholz TA, Hunt KK, Kuerer HM. Treatment and outcome of patients with chest wall recurrence after mastectomy and breast reconstruction. Am J Surg 187(2):164-9, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 14769300.
- Bonnen MD, Ballo MT, Myers JN, Garden AS, Diaz EM, Jr, Gershenwald JE, Morrison WH, Lee JE, Oswald MJ, Ross MI, Ang KK. Elective radiotherapy provides regional control for patients with cutaneous melanoma of the head and neck. Cancer 100(2):383-9, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 14716775.
- Butler CE Ross MI. Reconstruction of Marginal Ear Defects with Modified Chondrocutaneous Helical Rim Advancement Flaps: Reply. Plast Reconstr Surg 114(1):284-285, 2004. e-Pub 2004.
- 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. Cancer, 2004. e-Pub 2004.
- Rosenberg JJ, Chandawarkar R, Ross MI, Chevray PM. Bilateral anterolateral thigh flaps for large-volume breast reconstruction. Microsurgery 24(4):281-4, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15274183.
- 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, 2004. e-Pub 2004.
- Shen H, Liu Z, Strom SS, Spitz MR, Lee JE, Gershenwald JE, Ross MI, Mansfield PF, Duvic M, Ananthaswamy HN, Wei Q. p53 codon 72 Arg homozygotes are associated with an increased risk of cutaneous melanoma. J Invest Dermatol 121(6):1510-4, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 14675203.
- Esmaeli B, Reifler D, Prieto VG, Amir Ahmadi M, Hidaji L, Delpassand E, Ross MI. Conjunctival melanoma with a positive sentinel lymph node. Arch Ophthalmol 121(12):1779-83, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 14662601.
- 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, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 14597440.
- 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, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 14553853.
- 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, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 12839847.
- Wrightson WR, Wong SL, Edwards MJ, Chao C, Reintgen DS, Ross MI, Noyes RD, Viar V, Cerrito PB, McMasters KM. Complications associated with sentinel lymph node biopsy for melanoma. Ann Surg Oncol 10(6):676-80, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 12839853.
- Rousseau DL, Jr, Ross MI, Johnson MM, Prieto VG, Lee JE, Mansfield PF, Gershenwald JE. Revised American Joint Committee on Cancer staging criteria accurately predict sentinel lymph node positivity in clinically node-negative melanoma patients. Ann Surg Oncol 10(5):569-74, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 12794025.
- 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, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 12679309.
- Wang S, Stewart JM, Ross MI, Prieto VG. Extensive pigmented villonodular synovitis with markedly pigmented lymphadenopathy and its implication for differential diagnosis with malignant melanoma. Ann Diagn Pathol 7(2):95-9, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 12715334.
- Ballo MT, Bonnen MD, Garden AS, Myers JN, Gershenwald JE, Zagars GK, Schechter NR, Morrison WH, Ross MI, Kian Ang K. Adjuvant irradiation for cervical lymph node metastases from melanoma. Cancer 97(7):1789-96, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 12655537.
- 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, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 12648684.
- Keleher AJ, Langstein HN, Ames FC, Ross MI, Chang DW, Reece GP, Singletary SE. Breast cancer in reduction mammaplasty specimens: case reports and guidelines. Breast J 9(2):120-5, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 12603386.
- Wei Q, Lee JE, Gershenwald JE, Ross MI, Mansfield PF, Strom SS, Wang LE, Guo Z, Qiao Y, Amos CI, Spitz MR, Duvic M. Repair of UV light-induced DNA damage and risk of cutaneous malignant melanoma. J Natl Cancer Inst 95(4):308-15, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 12591987.
- 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, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 12569592.
- 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 Nonsentinal Axillary Nodes in Women with Breast Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 10(3):248-54, 2003. e-Pub 2003.
- Diaz LK, Hunt K, Ames F, Meric F, Kuerer H, Babiera G, Ross MI, Sing 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):385-389, 2003. e-Pub 2003.
- Chao C, Wong SL, Edwards MJ, Ross MI, Reintgen DS, Noyes RD, Stadelmann WK, Lentsch E, McMasters KM. Sunbelt Melanoma Trial Group. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Head and Neck Melanomas. Am Surg Oncol 10(1):21-6, 2003. e-Pub 2003.
- Amato M, Esmaeli B, Ahmadi MA, Tehrani MH, Gershenwald J, Ross MI, Holds J, Delpassand E. Feasibility of Preoperative Lymphoscintigraphy for Identification of Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Patients with Conjunctival and Periocular Malignancies. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg 19(2):102-6, 2003. e-Pub 2003.
- Albo D, Ames FC, Hunt KK, Ross MI. Singletary SE, Kuerer HM: Evaluation of Lymph Node Status in Male Breast Cancer Patients: A Role for Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy. Breast Cancer Res Treat 77(1):9-14, 2003. e-Pub 2003.
- Ballo MT, Gershenwald JE, Zagars GK, Lee JE, Mansfield PF, Strom EA, Bedikian AY, Kim KB, Papadopoulos NE, Prieto VG, Ross MI. Sphincter-sparing local excision and adjuvant radiation for anal-rectal melanoma. J Clin Oncol 20(23):4555-8, 2002. e-Pub 2002. PMID: 12454112.
- 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, 2002. e-Pub 2002. PMID: 12417515.
- 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, 2002. e-Pub 2002. PMID: 12412158.
- Duan Z, Shen H, Lee JE, Gershenwald JE, Ross MI, Mansfield PF, Duvic M, Strom SS, Spitz MR, Wei Q. DNA repair gene XRCC3 241Met variant is not associated with risk of cutaneous malignant melanoma. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 11(10 Pt 1):1142-3, 2002. e-Pub 2002. PMID: 12376526.
- 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, 2002. e-Pub 2002. PMID: 12383904.
- Lee JE, Abdalla J, Porter GA, Bradford L, Grimm EA, Reveille JD, Mansfield PF, Gershenwald JE, Ross MI. Presence of the human leukocyte antigen class II gene DRB1*1101 predicts interferon gamma levels and disease recurrence in melanoma patients. Ann Surg Oncol 9(6):587-93, 2002. e-Pub 2002. PMID: 12095976.
- Yared MA, Middleton LP, Smith TL, Kim HW, Ross MI, Hunt KK, Sahin AA. Recommendations for sentinel lymph node processing in breast cancer. Am J Surg Pathol 26(3):377-82, 2002. e-Pub 2002. PMID: 11859211.
- Hunt KK Ross MI. Sentinel lymph node dissection in early stage breast cancer. Breast Cancer 9(4):282-8, 2002. e-Pub 2002. PMID: 12459707.
- Chao C, Wong SL, Ross MI, Reintgen DS, Noyes RD, Cerrito PB, Edwards MJ, McMasters KM. Sunbelt Melanoma Trial Study Group. Patterns of Early Recurrence After Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Melanoma. Am J Surg 184(6):520-4, 2002. e-Pub 2002.
- Lenert JT, Barnett CC, Jr, Kudelka AP, Sellin RV, Gagel RF, Prieto VG, Skibber JM, Ross MI, Pisters PW, Curley SA, Evans DB, Lee JE. Evaluation and surgical resection of adrenal masses in patients with a history of extra-adrenal malignancy. Surgery 130(6):1060-7, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11742339.
- 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, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11776497.
- Kuerer HM, Singletary SE, Buzdar AU, Ames FC, Valero V, Buchholz TA, Ross MI, Pusztai L, Hortobagyi GN, Hunt KK. Surgical conservation planning after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for stage II and operable stage III breast carcinoma. Am J Surg 182(6):601-8, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11839324.
- Dessureault S, Soong SJ, Ross MI, Thompson JF, Kirkwood JM, Gershenwald JE, Coit DG, McMasters KM, Balch CM, Reintgen D. Improved staging of node-negative patients with intermediate to thick melanomas (>1 mm) with the use of lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymph node biopsy. Ann Surg Oncol 8(10):766-70, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11776489.
- Schlembach PJ, Buchholz TA, Ross MI, Kirsner SM, Salas GJ, Strom EA, McNeese MD, Perkins GH, Hunt KK. Relationship of sentinel and axillary level I-II lymph nodes to tangential fields used in breast irradiation. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 51(3):671-8, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11597808.
- Albo D, Wayne JD, Hunt KK, Rahlfs TF, Singletary SE, Ames FC, Feig BW, Ross MI, Kuerer HM. Anaphylactic reactions to isosulfan blue dye during sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer. Am J Surg 182(4):393-8, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11720678.
- 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 MD Anderson experience. Cancer 92(5):1092-100, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11571720.
- McMasters KM, Wong SL, Edwards MJ, Ross MI, Chao C, Noyes RD, Viar V, Cerrito PB, Reintgen DS. Factors that predict the presence of sentinel lymph node metastasis in patients with melanoma. Surgery 130(2):151-6, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11490343.
- Balch CM, Soong SJ, Gershenwald JE, Thompson JF, Reintgen DS, Cascinelli N, Urist M, McMasters KM, Ross MI, Kirkwood JM, Atkins MB, Thompson JA, Coit DG, Byrd D, Desmond R, Zhang Y, Liu PY, Lyman GH, Morabito A. Prognostic factors analysis of 17,600 melanoma patients: validation of the American Joint Committee on Cancer melanoma staging system. J Clin Oncol 19(16):3622-34, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11504744.
- Gutman H, Hess KR, Kokotsakis JA, Ross MI, Guinee VF, Balch CM. Surgery for abdominal metastases of cutaneous melanoma. World J Surg 25(6):750-8, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11376411.
- Vlastos G, Jean ME, Mirza AN, Mirza NQ, Kuerer HM, Ames FC, Hunt KK, Ross MI, Buchholz TA, Buzdar AU, Singletary SE. Feasibility of breast preservation in the treatment of occult primary carcinoma presenting with axillary metastases. Ann Surg Oncol 8(5):425-31, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11407517.
- Dupont EL, Kamath VJ, Ramnath EM, Shivers SC, Cox C, Berman C, Leight GS, Jr, Ross MI, Blumencranz P, Reintgen DS. The role of lymphoscintigraphy in the management of the patient with breast cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 8(4):354-60, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11352310.
- Newman LA, Kuerer HM, Fornage B, Mirza N, Hunt KK, Ross MI, Ames FC, Buzdar AU, Singletary SE. Adverse prognostic significance of infraclavicular lymph nodes detected by ultrasonography in patients with locally advanced breast cancer. Am J Surg 181(4):313-8, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11438265.
- McMasters KM, Reintgen DS, Ross MI, Wong SL, Gershenwald JE, Krag DN, Noyes RD, Viar V, Cerrito PB, Edwards MJ. Sentinel lymph node biopsy for melanoma: how many radioactive nodes should be removed?. Ann Surg Oncol 8(3):192-7, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11314933.
- Porter GA, Abdalla J, Lu M, Smith S, Montgomery D, Grimm E, Ross MI, Mansfield PF, Gershenwald JE, Lee JE. Significance of plasma cytokine levels in melanoma patients with histologically negative sentinel lymph nodes. Ann Surg Oncol 8(2):116-22, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11258775.
- Balch CM, Soong SJ, Smith T, Ross MI, Urist MM, Karakousis CP, Temple WJ, Mihm MC, Barnhill RL, Jewell WR, Wanebo HJ, Desmond R. Long-term results of a prospective surgical trial comparing 2 cm vs. 4 cm excision margins for 740 patients with 1-4 mm melanomas. Ann Surg Oncol 8(2):101-8, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11258773.
- Kuerer HM, Wayne JD, Ross MI. Anaphylaxis during breast cancer lymphatic mapping. Surgery 129(1):119-20, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11150045.
- Brito RA, Valero V, Buzdar AU, Booser DJ, Ames FC, Strom EA, Ross MI, Theriault RL, Frye D, Kau SW, Asmar L, McNeese M, Singletary SE, Hortobagyi GN. Long-Term Results of Combined-Modality Therapy for Locally Advanced Breast Cancer with Ipsilateral Supraclavicular Metastases: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Experience. J Clin Oncol 19(3):628-633, 2001. e-Pub 2001.
- Bedikian AY, Plager C, Stewart JR, O’Brian CA, Herdman SK, Ross MI, Papadopoulos N, Eton O, Ellerhorst J, Smith T. Phase II Evaluation of Bryostatin-1 in Metastatic Melanoma. Melanoma Res 11(2):183-188, 2001. e-Pub 2001.
- 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, 2000. e-Pub 2000. PMID: 11034242.
- Newman LA, Hunt KK, Buchholz T, Kuerer HM, Vlastos G, Mirza N, Ames FC, Ross MI, Singletary SE. Presentation, management and outcome of axillary recurrence from breast cancer. Am J Surg 180(4):252-6, 2000. e-Pub 2000. PMID: 11113430.
- Breslin TM, Cohen L, Sahin A, Fleming JB, Kuerer HM, Newman LA, Delpassand ES, House R, Ames FC, Feig BW, Ross MI, Singletary SE, Buzdar AU, Hortobagyi GN, Hunt KK. Sentinel lymph node biopsy is accurate after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer. J Clin Oncol 18(20):3480-6, 2000. e-Pub 2000. PMID: 11032588.
- Cohen LF, Breslin TM, Kuerer HM, Ross MI, Hunt KK, Sahin AA. Identification and evaluation of axillary sentinel lymph nodes in patients with breast carcinoma treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Am J Surg Pathol 24(9):1266-72, 2000. e-Pub 2000. PMID: 10976701.
- Porter GA, Ross MI, Berman RS, Sumner WE, rd, Lee JE, Mansfield PF, Gershenwald JE. How many lymph nodes are enough during sentinel lymphadenectomy for primary melanoma?. Surgery 128(2):306-11, 2000. e-Pub 2000. PMID: 10923009.
- Newman LA, Kuerer HM, Hunt KK, Ames FC, Ross MI, Feig BW, Hortobagyi GN, Buzdar AU, Singletary SE. Response to Induction Chemotherapy in Black and White Patients with Locally Advanced Breast Cancer. Breast J 6(4):242-246, 2000. e-Pub 2000. PMID: 11348372.
- 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, 2000. e-Pub 2000. PMID: 10894139.
- Neville HL, Andrassy RJ, Lally KP, Corpron C, Ross MI. Lymphatic mapping with sentinel node biopsy in pediatric patients. J Pediatr Surg 35(6):961-4, 2000. e-Pub 2000. PMID: 10873044.
- Vlastos G, Fornage BD, Mirza NQ, Bedi D, Lenert JT, Winchester DJ, Tolley SM, Ames FC, Ross MI, Feig BW, Hunt KK, Buzdar AU, Singletary SE. The correlation of axillary ultrasonography with histologic breast cancer downstaging after induction chemotherapy. Am J Surg 179(6):446-52, 2000. e-Pub 2000. PMID: 11004328.
- Porter GA, Ross MI, Berman RS, Lee JE, Mansfield PF, Gershenwald JE. Significance of multiple nodal basin drainage in truncal melanoma patients undergoing sentinel lymph node biopsy. Ann Surg Oncol 7(4):256-61, 2000. e-Pub 2000. PMID: 10819364.
- Balch CM, Buzaid AC, Atkins MB, Cascinelli N, Coit DG, Fleming ID, Houghton A, Jr, Kirkwood JM, Mihm MF, Morton DL, Reintgen D, Ross MI, Sober A, Soong SJ, Thompson JA, Thompson JF, Gershenwald JE, McMasters KM. A new American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system for cutaneous melanoma. Cancer 88(6):1484-91, 2000. e-Pub 2000. PMID: 10717634.
- Gershenwald JE, Mansfield PF, Lee JE, Ross MI. Role for lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with thick (> or = 4 mm) primary melanoma. Ann Surg Oncol 7(2):160-5, 2000. e-Pub 2000. PMID: 10761797.
- Vlastos G, Mirza NQ, Lenert JT, Hunt KK, Ames FC, Feig BW, Ross MI, Buzdar AU, Singletary SE. The feasibility of minimally invasive surgery for stage IIA, IIB, and IIIA breast carcinoma patients after tumor downstaging with induction chemotherapy. Cancer 88(6):1417-24, 2000. e-Pub 2000. PMID: 10717625.
- Balch CM, Soong S, Ross MI, Urist MM, Karakousis CP, Temple WJ, Mihm MC, Barnhill RL, Jewell WR, Wanebo HJ, Harrison R. Long-term results of a multi-institutional randomized trial comparing prognostic factors and surgical results for intermediate thickness melanomas (1.0 to 4.0 mm). Intergroup Melanoma Surgical Trial. Ann Surg Oncol 7(2):87-97, 2000. e-Pub 2000. PMID: 10761786.
- Verstovsek S, Verschraegen CF, Edwards CL, Malpica A, Kavanagh JJ, Ross M, Strom EA, Jhingran A, Theriault RL, Kudelka AP. Synchronous primary cancers of the breast and cervix: planning multidisciplinary primary treatment [clinico-pathological conference]. Am J Clin Oncol 23(1):99-103, 2000. e-Pub 2000. PMID: 10683089.
- Murray JL, Hudson JM, Ross MI, Zhang HZ, Ioannides CG. Reduced recognition of metastatic melanoma cells by autologous MART-1 specific CTL: relationship to TAP expression. J Immunother 23(1):28-35, 2000. e-Pub 2000. PMID: 10687135.
- Gershenwald JE, Berman RS, Porter G, Mansfield PF, Lee JE, Ross MI. Regional Nodal Basin Control is not Compromised by Previous Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Patients with Melanoma. Ann Surg Oncol 7(3):226-231, 2000. e-Pub 2000.
- Neville HL, Andrassy RJ, Lally KP, Corpron C, Ross MI. Lymphatic Mapping with Sentinel Node Biopsy in Pediatric Patients. J Pediatr Surg 35(6):961-964, 2000. e-Pub 2000.
- Lenert JT, Vlastos G, Mirza NQ, Winchester DJ, Binkley SM, Ames FC, Ross M, Feig BW, Hunt KK, Strom E, Buzdar AU, Hortobagyi GN, Singletary SE. Primary tumor response to induction chemotherapy as a predictor of histological status of axillary nodes in operable breast cancer patients. Ann Surg Oncol 6(8):762-7, 1999. e-Pub 1999. PMID: 10622504.
- Newman LA, Kuerer HM, Hunt KK, Ames FC, Ross M, Theriault R, Fry N, Kroll SS, Robb GL, Singletary SE. Feasibility of immediate breast reconstruction for locally advanced breast cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 6(7):671-5, 1999. e-Pub 1999. PMID: 10560853.
- Balch CM, Ross M. The importance of lymphatic anatomy in melanoma--a resurgence of clinical significance in an era of sentinel lymph node technology. J Am Coll Surg 189(2):204-6, 1999. e-Pub 1999. PMID: 10437843.
- Balch CM, Ross M. Sentinel lymphadenectomy for melanoma--is it a substitute for elective lymphadenectomy?. Ann Surg Oncol 6(5):416-7, 1999. e-Pub 1999. PMID: 10458675.
- Kuerer HM, Sahin AA, Hunt KK, Newman LA, Breslin TM, Ames FC, Ross M, Buzdar AU, Hortobagyi GN, Singletary SE. Incidence and impact of documented eradication of breast cancer axillary lymph node metastases before surgery in patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Ann Surg 230(1):72-8, 1999. e-Pub 1999. PMID: 10400039.
- Balch CM, Ross M. Melanoma patients with iliac nodal metastases can be cured. Ann Surg Oncol 6(3):230-1, 1999. e-Pub 1999. PMID: 10340880.
- Newman LA, Kuerer HM, Hunt KK, Singh G, Ames FC, Feig BW, Ross M, Taylor S, Singletary SE. Local recurrence and survival among black women with early-stage breast cancer treated with breast-conservation therapy or mastectomy. Ann Surg Oncol 6(3):241-8, 1999. e-Pub 1999. PMID: 10340882.
- Gershenwald JE, Thompson W, Mansfield PF, Lee JE, Colome MI, Tseng CH, Lee JJ, Balch CM, Reintgen DS, Ross M. Multi-institutional melanoma lymphatic mapping experience: the prognostic value of sentinel lymph node status in 612 stage I or II melanoma patients. J Clin Oncol 17(3):976-83, 1999. e-Pub 1999. PMID: 10071292.
- Kuerer HM, Newman LA, Smith TL, Ames FC, Hunt KK, Dhingra K, Theriault RL, Singh G, Binkley SM, Sneige N, Buchholz TA, Ross M, McNeese MD, Buzdar AU, Hortobagyi GN, Singletary SE. Clinical course of breast cancer patients with complete pathologic primary tumor and axillary lymph node response to doxorubicin-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy. J Clin Oncol 17(2):460-9, 1999. e-Pub 1999. PMID: 10080586.
- Heaton KM, Peoples GE, Singletary SE, Feig BW, Ross M, Ames FC, Buchholz TA, Strom EA, McNeese MD, Hunt KK. Feasibility of breast conservation therapy in metachronous or synchronous bilateral breast cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 6(1):102-8, 1999. e-Pub 1999. PMID: 10030422.
- Kuerer HM, Newman LA, Fornage BD, Dhingra K, Hunt KK, Buzdar AU, Ames FC, Ross MI, Feig BW, Hortobagyi GN, Singletary SE. Role of axillary lymph node dissection after tumor downstaging with induction chemotherapy for locally advanced breast cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 5(8):673-80, 1998. e-Pub 1998. PMID: 9869512.
- Kuerer HM, Newman LA, Buzdar AU, Hunt KK, Dhingra K, Buchholz TA, Binkley SM, Ames FC, Feig BW, Ross MI, Hortobagyi GN, Singletary SE. Residual metastatic axillary lymph nodes following neoadjuvant chemotherapy predict disease-free survival in patients with locally advanced breast cancer. Am J Surg 176(6):502-9, 1998. e-Pub 1998. PMID: 9926779.
- Newman LA, Kuerer HM, Hunt KK, Kroll SS, Ames FC, Ross MI, Feig BW, Singletary SE. Presentation, treatment, and outcome of local recurrence afterskin-sparing mastectomy and immediate breast reconstruction. Ann Surg Oncol 5(7):620-6, 1998. e-Pub 1998. PMID: 9831111.
- Bold RJ, Mansfield PF, Berger DH, Pollock RE, Singletary SE, Ames FC, Balch CM, Hohn DC, Ross MI. Prospective, randomized, double-blind study of prophylactic antibiotics in axillary lymph node dissection. Am J Surg 176(3):239-43, 1998. e-Pub 1998. PMID: 9776150.
- Gershenwald JE, Hunt KK, Kroll SS, Ross MI, Baldwin BJ, Feig BW, Ames FC, Schusterman MA, Singletary SE. Synchronous elective contralateral mastectomy and immediate bilateral breast reconstruction in women with early-stage breast cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 5(6):529-38, 1998. e-Pub 1998. PMID: 9754762.
- Gershenwald JE, Tseng CH, Thompson W, Mansfield PF, Lee JE, Bouvet M, Lee JJ, Ross MI. Improved sentinel lymph node localization in patients with primary melanoma with the use of radiolabeled colloid. Surgery 124(2):203-10, 1998. e-Pub 1998. PMID: 9706139.
- Kuerer HM, Newman LA, Buzdar AU, Dhingra K, Hunt KK, Buchholz TA, Binkley SM, Strom EA, Ames FC, Ross MI, Feig BW, McNeese MD, Hortobagyi GN, Singletary SE. Pathologic tumor response in the breast following neoadjuvant chemotherapy predicts axillary lymph node status. Cancer J Sci Am 4(4):230-6, 1998. e-Pub 1998. PMID: 9689981.
- Heaton KM, Sussman JJ, Gershenwald JE, Lee JE, Reintgen DS, Mansfield PF, Ross MI. Surgical margins and prognostic factors in patients with thick (>4mm) primary melanoma. Ann Surg Oncol 5(4):322-8, 1998. e-Pub 1998. PMID: 9641453.
- Gershenwald JE, Colome MI, Lee JE, Mansfield PF, Tseng C, Lee JJ, Balch CM, Ross MI. Patterns of recurrence following a negative sentinel lymph node biopsy in 243 patients with stage I or II melanoma. J Clin Oncol 16(6):2253-60, 1998. e-Pub 1998. PMID: 9626228.
- Lee JE, Mansfield PF, Ross MI. Cutaneous melanoma metastases. N Engl J Med 338(13):922-3, 1998. e-Pub 1998. PMID: 9518292.
- Eton O, Kharkevitch DD, Gianan MA, Ross MI, Itoh K, Pride MW, Donawho C, Buzaid AC, Mansfield PF, Lee JE, Legha SS, Plager C, Papadopoulos NE, Bedikian AY, Benjamin RS, Balch CM. Active immunotherapy with ultraviolet B-irradiated autologous whole melanoma cells plus DETOX in patients with metastatic melanoma. Clin Cancer Res 4(3):619-27, 1998. e-Pub 1998. PMID: 9533529.
- Pride MW, Shuey S, Grillo-Lopez A, Braslawsky G, Ross M, Legha SS, Eton O, Buzaid A, Ioannides C, Murray JL. Enhancement of Cell-Medi9ated Immunity in Melanoma Patients Immunized with Murine Anti-Idiotypic Monoclonal Antibodies (MELIMMUNE) that Mimic the High Molecular Weight Proteoglycan Antigen. Clin Cancer Res 4(10):2363-2370, 1998. e-Pub 1998.
- Ross M. Modifying the Criteria of the American Joint Commission on Cancer Staging System in Melanoma. Current Opinion in Oncology 10(2):153-161, 1998. e-Pub 1998.
- Ross M. Modifying the Criteria of the American Joint Commission on Cancer Staging System in Melanoma. Current Opinion in Oncology 10:153-161, 1998. e-Pub 1998.
- Janjan NA, Reece GP, Miller MJ, Murray JA, Ross MI, Schusterman M, Kroll SS, Romsdahl MM, Yasko, AW, Pollock RE. Cutaneous Dose During Preoperative External Beam Irradiation or Perioperative Brachytherapy for Soft-Tissue Sarcoma. Journal of Brachytherapy International 14:29-41, 1998. e-Pub 1998.
- Cox CE, Haddad F, Bass S, Cox JM, Ku NN, Berman C, Shons AR, Yeatman T, Pendas S, Reintgen DS. Lymphatic Mapping in the Treatment of Breast Cancer: Article Reviewed By: Haigh P, Giuliano A, Hunt K, Ross M. Oncology 12(9):1283-1298, 1998. e-Pub 1998.
- Buzaid AC, Colome M, Bedikian A, Eton O, Legha SS, Papadopoulos N, Plager C, Ross M, Lee JE, Mansfield P, Rice J, Ring S, Lee JJ, Strom E, Benjamin R. Phase II Study of Neoadjuvant Concurrent Biochemotherapy in Melanoma Patients with Local-Regional Metastases. Melanoma Res 8(6):549.556, 1998. e-Pub 1998.
- Bouvet M, Ollila DW, Hunt KK, Babiera GV, Spitz FR, Giuliano AE, Strom EA, Ames FC, Ross MI, Singletary SE. Role of conservation therapy for invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast. Ann Surg Oncol 4(8):650-4, 1997. e-Pub 1997. PMID: 9416413.
- Bold RJ, Kroll SS, Baldwin BJ, Ross MI, Singletary SE. Local rotational flaps for breast conservation therapy as an alternative to mastectomy. Ann Surg Oncol 4(7):540-4, 1997. e-Pub 1997. PMID: 9367018.
- Fleming RY, Asmar L, Buzdar AU, McNeese MD, Ames FC, Ross MI, Singletary SE. Effectiveness of mastectomy by response to induction chemotherapy for control in inflammatory breast carcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol 4(6):452-61, 1997. e-Pub 1997. PMID: 9309333.
- Jung FA, Buzaid AC, Ross MI, Woods KV, Lee JJ, Albitar M, Grimm EA. Evaluation of tyrosinase mRNA as a tumor marker in the blood of melanoma patients. J Clin Oncol 15(8):2826-31, 1997. e-Pub 1997. PMID: 9256125.
- Berger DH, Feig BW, Podoloff D, Norman J, Cruse CW, Reintgen DS, Ross MI. Lymphoscintigraphy as a predictor of lymphatic drainage from cutaneous melanoma. Ann Surg Oncol 4(3):247-51, 1997. e-Pub 1997. PMID: 9142386.
- Buzaid AC, Ross MI, Balch CM, Soong S, McCarthy WH, Tinoco L, Mansfield P, Lee JE, Bedikian A, Eton O, Plager C, Papadopoulos N, Legha SS, Benjamin RS. Critical analysis of the current American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system for cutaneous melanoma and proposal of a new staging system. J Clin Oncol 15(3):1039-51, 1997. e-Pub 1997. PMID: 9060544.
- Reintgen DS, Balch CM, Kirkwood J, Ross MI. Recent Advances in the Care of the Patient with Malignant Melanoma. Annals of Surgery 225(1):1-14, 1997. e-Pub 1997.
- Reintgen D, Rapaport D, Tanabe KK, Ross M. Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsy in Patients with Malignant Melanoma. J Fla Med Assoc 84(3):188-193, 1997. e-Pub 1997.
- Ramnath EM, Kamath D, Brobeil A, Stall A, Kamath V, Cruse C, Glass F, Messina J, Fenske N, Berman C, Ross MI, Cantor A, Cuthbertson D, Reintgen D. Lymphatic Mapping for Melanoma: Long-Term Results of Regional Nodal Sampling with Radioguided Surgery. Cancer Control Journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center 4(6):483-490, 1997. e-Pub 1997.
- Corpron CA, Black CT, Ross MI, Herzog CS, Ried HL, Lally KP, Andrassy RJ. Melanoma as a second malignant neoplasm after childhood cancer. Am J Surg 172(5):459-61; discussion 461-2, 1996. e-Pub 1996. PMID: 8942544.
- Balch CM, Soong SJ, Bartolucci AA, Urist MM, Karakousis CP, Smith TJ, Temple WJ, Ross, MI, Jewell WR, Mihm MC, Barnhill RL, Wanebo HJ. Efficacy of an elective regional lymph node dissection of 1 to 4 mm thick melanomas for patients 60 years of age and younger. Ann Surg 224(3):255-63; discussion 263-6, 1996. e-Pub 1996. PMID: 8813254.
- Lee JE, Lu M, Mansfield PF, Platsoucas CD, Reveille JD, Ross, MI. Malignant melanoma: relationship of the human leukocyte antigen class II gene DQB1*0301 to disease recurrence in American Joint Committee on Cancer Stage I or II. Cancer 78(4):758-63, 1996. e-Pub 1996. PMID: 8756369.
- Murray JL, Kleinerman ES, Jia SF, Rosenblum MG, Eton O, Buzaid A, Legha S, Ross MI, Thompson L, Mujoo K, Rieger PT, Saleh M, Khazaeli MB, Vadhan-Raj S. Phase Ia/Ib trial of anti-GD2 chimeric monoclonal antibody 14.18 (ch14.18) and recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (rhGM-CSF) in metastatic melanoma. J Immunother Emphasis Tumor Immunol 19(3):206-17, 1996. e-Pub 1996. PMID: 8811495.
- Jung FA, Buzaid AC, Woods KV, Ross M, Grimm EA. Detection of Melanoma Cells in Peripheral Blood Using Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for Tyrosinase MRNA. Cancer Survey 26:251-265, 1996. e-Pub 1996.
- Albertini JJ, Cruse CW, Rapaport D, Wells K, Ross MI, Deconti R, Berman CG, Jared K, Messina J, Lyman G, Glass F, Fenske N, Reintgen DS. Intraoperative Radiolymphoscintigraphy Improves Sentinel Lymph Node Identification for Patients with Melanoma. Annals of Surgery 223(2):217-224, 1996. e-Pub 1996.
- Buzaid AC, Tinoco LA, Jendiroba D, Tu ZN, Lee JJ, Legha SS, Ross MI, Balch CM, Benjamin RS. Prognostic value of size of lymph node metastases in patients with cutaneous melanoma. J Clin Oncol 13(9):2361-8, 1995. e-Pub 1995. PMID: 7666095.
- Strom EA, Ross MI. Adjuvant radiation therapy after axillary lymphadenectomy for metastatic melanoma: toxicity and local control. Ann Surg Oncol 2(5):445-9, 1995. e-Pub 1995. PMID: 7496841.
- Buzaid AC, Tinoco L, Ross MI, Legha SS, Benjamin RS. Role of computed tomography in the staging of patients with local-regional metastases of melanoma. J Clin Oncol 13(8):2104-8, 1995. e-Pub 1995. PMID: 7636554.
- Auzenne E, Feig B, Ross MI, Tomasovic SP, Klostergaard J. Tetramodality treatment of human melanoma in vitro. Melanoma Res 5(1):49-57, 1995. e-Pub 1995. PMID: 7734956.
- Tyler DS, Francis GM, Frederick M, Tran AH, Ordonez NG, Smith L, Eton O, Ross, MI, Grimm EA. Interleukin-1 Production in Tumor Cells of Human Melanoma Surgical Specimens. Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research 15(4):331-340, 1995. e-Pub 1995.
- Marchetti D, McCutcheon, Ross, MI, Nicholson GL. Inverse Expression of Neurotrophins and Neurotrophin Receptors at the Invasion Front of Human Melanoma Brain Metastases. International Journal of Oncology 7:87-94, 1995. e-Pub 1995.
- Lee JE, Reveille JD, Ross MI, Platsoucas CD. HLA-DQB1*0301 Association with increased cutaneous melanoma risk. Int J Cancer 59(4):510-3, 1994. e-Pub 1994. PMID: 7960221.
- Janjan NA, Yasko AW, Reece GP, Miller MJ, Murray JA, Ross MI, Romsdahl MM, Oswald MJ, Ochran TG, Pollock RE. Comparison of charges related to radiotherapy for soft-tissue sarcomas treated by preoperative external-beam irradiation versus interstitial implantation. Ann Surg Oncol 1(5):415-22, 1994. e-Pub 1994. PMID: 7850543.
- Gutman H, Pollock RE, Ross MI, Benjamin RS, Johnston DA, Janjan NA, Romsdahl MM. Sarcoma of the breast: implications for extent of therapy. The MD Anderson experience. Surgery 116(3):505-9, 1994. e-Pub 1994. PMID: 8079181.
- Fornage BD, Ross MI, Singletary SE, Paulus DD. Localization of impalpable breast masses: value of sonography in the operating room and scanning of excised specimens. AJR Am J Roentgenol 163(3):569-73, 1994. e-Pub 1994. PMID: 8079846.
- Levenback C, Burke TW, Gershenson DM, Morris M, Malpica A, Ross MI. Intraoperative lymphatic mapping for vulvar cancer. Obstet Gynecol 84(2):163-7, 1994. e-Pub 1994. PMID: 8041523.
- Schusterman MA, Kroll SS, Miller MJ, Reece GP, Baldwin BJ, Robb GL, Altmyer CS, Ames FC, Singletary SE, Ross MI, et al. The free transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap for breast reconstruction: one center's experience with 211 consecutive cases. Ann Plast Surg 32(3):234-41; discussion 241-2, 1994. e-Pub 1994. PMID: 8192381.
- Heaton KM, el-Naggar A, Ensign LG, Ross MI, Balch CM. Surgical management and prognostic factors in patients with subungual melanoma. Ann Surg 219(2):197-204, 1994. e-Pub 1994. PMID: 8129491.
- Murray JL, Cunningham JE, Brewer H, Mujoo K, Zukiwski AA, Podoloff DA, Kasi LP, Bhadkamkar V, Fritsche HA, Benjamin RS, Legha SS, Ater JL, Jaffee N, Itoh K, Ross MI, Bucana CD, Thompson BL, Cheung L, Rosenblum MG. Phase I Trial of Murine Monoclonal Antibody 14G2a Administered by Prolonged Intravenous Infusion in Patients with Neuroectodermal Tumors. J Clin Oncol 12:184-193, 1994. e-Pub 1994.
- Ross MI, Meyer JL. Management of the Regional Lymph Nodes in Malignant Melanoma: Surgery, Radiotherapy or Observation. Front Radiat Ther Oncol 28:226-234, 1994. e-Pub 1994.
- Reintgen DS, Cruse CW, Wells K, Berman C, Fenske N, Glass F, Schroer K, Heller R, Ross MI. The Orderly Progression of Melanoma Nodal Metastases. Annals of Surgery 220(6):759-67, 1994. e-Pub 1994.
- Reece GP, Kroll SS, Miller MJ, Baldwin BJ, Pollock RE, Romsdahl MM, Ross MI, Janjan NA, Schusterman MA. Lower Extremity Salvage in Cancer Patients Using Free Tissue Transfer. Italian Rev Plas Surg 23(1):441-443, 1994. e-Pub 1994.
- Buzaid AC, Legha SS, Ring S, Ross MI, Plager C, Papadopoulos NE, El-Naggar AK, Balch CM, Benjamin RS. Pilot Study of Preoperative Chemotherapy with Cisplatin, Vinblastine, and Dacarbazine in Patients with Local-Regional Recurrences of Melanoma. Cancer 74(9):2476-2482, 1994. e-Pub 1994.
- Berger D, Ross MI. Surgical Management of Early Stage Malignant Melanoma. Advances in Oncology 10(4):17-25, 1994. e-Pub 1994.
- Heaton KM, Rippon MB, el-Naggar A, Tucker SL, Ross MI, Balch CM. Prognostic implications of DNA index in patients with stage III cutaneous melanoma. Am J Surg 166(6):648-52; discussion 652-3, 1993. e-Pub 1993. PMID: 8273843.
- Umezu Y, Augustus LB, Seito D, Hayakawa K, Ross MI, Eton O, Swanson DA, Itoh K. Increase in the ability of human cancer cells to induce cytotoxic T lymphocytes by ultraviolet irradiation. Cancer Immunol Immunother 37(6):392-9, 1993. e-Pub 1993. PMID: 8242664.
- Reintgen DS, Ross MI, Bland K, Seigler HF, Balch CM. Prevention and Early Detection of Melanoma: A Surgeon’s Perspective. Seminars in Surgical Oncology 9:174-187, 1993. e-Pub 1993.
- Fujimaki W, Itoh K, An T, Gano JB, Ross MI, Mansfield PF, Balch CM, Augustus LB, Karkevitch DD, Johnston D, et al. Cytokine production and immune cell activation in melanoma patients treated with liposomal muramyl tripeptide (CGP 19835A lipid). Cancer Biother 8(4):307-18, 1993. e-Pub 1993. PMID: 7804372.
- Salmeron MA, Balch CM, Ross MI, Itoh K. Role of uncultured human melanoma cells in the proliferation of autologous tumor-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes. Cell Immunol 143(1):228-37, 1992. e-Pub 1992. PMID: 1623565.
- Itoh K, Salmeron MA, Morita T, Seito D, Mansfield PF, Ross MI, Balch CM, Augustus LB. Distribution of autologous tumor-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes in human metastatic melanoma. Int J Cancer 52(1):52-9, 1992. e-Pub 1992. PMID: 1500228.
- Jaiyesimi I, Buzdar AU, Sahin AA, Ross MI. Carcinoma of the Male Breast: A Review. Annals Internal Medicine 117:771-777, 1992. e-Pub 1992.
- Morita T, Salmeron MA, Moser RP, Ross MI, Itoh K. Oligoclonal expansion of V beta 8+ cells in interleukin-2-activated T cells residing in subcutaneous metastatic melanoma. Clin Exp Metastasis 10(1):69-76, 1992. e-Pub 1992. PMID: 1531124.
- Itoh K, Balch CM, Murray JL, Parkinson DR, Markowitz AB, Talpaz M, Lee K, Zukiwski AA, Ross MI, Legha SS, et al. Immunological properties of melanoma tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes before and after IL-2-based biotherapies. In Vivo 5(6):647-53, 1991. e-Pub 1991. PMID: 1810451.
- Hayakawa K, Salmeron MA, Parkinson DR, Markowitz AB, von Eschenbach AC, Legha SS, Balch CM, Ross MI, Augustus LB, Itoh K. Study of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes for adoptive therapy of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and metastatic melanoma: sequential proliferation of cytotoxic natural killer and noncytotoxic T cells in RCC. J Immunother 10(5):313-25, 1991. e-Pub 1991. PMID: 1790139.
- Voravud N, Dimopoulos M, Hortobagyi G, Ross MI, Theriault R. Breast Cancer and Second Primary Ovarian Cancer in Dermatomyositis. Gynecol Oncology 43(3):286-290, 1991. e-Pub 1991.
- McCready D, Broadwater R, Ross MI, Pollock R, Ota D, Balch CM. A Case-Control Comparison of Durability Ad Cost Between Implanted Reservoir and Percutaneous Catheters in Cancer Patients. J Surg Res 51(5):377-381, 1991. e-Pub 1991.
- Ross MI, Pezzi C, Muerer D, Hickey R, Balch CM. Patterns of Failure in Anorectal Melanoma: A Guide to Surgical Therapy. Archives of Surgery 125(3):313-316, 1990. e-Pub 1990.
- Ross MI, Pezzi C, Muerer D, Hickey R, Balch CM. Patterns of Failure in Anorectal Melanoma: A Guide to Surgical Therapy. Archives of Surgery 125(3):313-316, 1990. e-Pub 1990.
- Broadwater JR, Edwards MJ, Ross MI, Balch CM. U.S. Soviet Relations: An Agenda for the Future. A Report to the Forty-First President of the United States. “Cooperation in Surgical Oncology. Foreign Policy Briefs, John Hopkins University:23-24, 1989. e-Pub 1989.
- Broadwater JR, Edwards MJ, Ross MI, Balch CM. Cooperation in Surgical Oncology: U.S. Soviet Relations: An Agenda for the Future. Foreign Policy Institute Brief, John Hopkins University, November 1988, 1988. e-Pub 1988.
- Ross MI, Deems RA, Jesaitis AJ, Dennis EA, Ulevitch RJ. Phospholipase activities of the P388D1 macrophage-like cell line. Arch Biochem Biophys 238(1):247-58, 1985. e-Pub 1985. PMID: 3985620.
- Balch CM, Ross MI. Sentinel-Node Metastasis: Treatment Option One. N Engl J Med.
- Rodgers T, Tawbi H, Tetzlaff M, Ross MI, Aung PP, Trinh VA, Schvartsman G, Wong M. Checkpoint Inhibitors in Locally Advanced Merkel Cell Carcinoma: The Emergence of a Neoadjuvant Paradigm. JITC.
- Amaria RN, Prieto PA, Tetzlaff MT, Reuben A, Andrews MC, Ross MI, Glitza IC, Cormier J, Hwu WJ, Tawbi HA, Patel SP, Lee JE, Gershenwald JE, Spencer C, Gopalakrishnan V, Bassett R, Simpson L, Mouton R, Hudgens CW, Zhao L, Zhu H, Cooper ZA, Wani K, Hwu P, Diab A, Wong MK, McQuade J, Royal R, Lucci A, Burton EM, Jiang H, Sharma P, Allison J, Futreal A, Woodman SE, Davies MA, Wargo JA. Improved outcomes with perioperative BRAF and MEK inhibition in high-risk resectable melanoma. N Engl J Med.
Invited Articles
- Ross MI. Adjuvant therapy in high-risk, node-negative melanoma. Clin Adv Hematol Oncol 21(8):445-448, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37530620.
- Patnana M, Korivi BR, Devine CE, Faria S, Prieto V, Ross MI, Ng CS. Metastatic melanoma to the testis. BJR Case Rep 4(3):20170104, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 31489212.
- Hyngstrom JR, Chiang YJ, Cromwell KD, Ross MI, Xing Y, Mungovan KS, Lee JE, Gershenwald JE, Royal RE, Lucci A, Armer JM, Cormier JN. Prospective Assessment of Lymphedema Incidence and Lymphedema-Associated Symptoms Following Lymph Node Surgery for Melanoma. Melanoma Research 4(23):290-297, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23752305.
- Kelly P, Zagars GK, Cormier JN, Ross MI, Guadagnolo BA. Sphincter-Sparing Local Excision and Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy for Anorectal melanoma:A 20-Year Experience. Cancer 20(117):4747-4755, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21446049.
- Eton O, Ross MI, East MJ, Mansfield PF, Papadopoulos N, Ellerhorst JA, Bedikian AY, Lee JE. Autologous tumor-derived heat-shock protein peptide complex-96 (HSPPC-96) in patients with metastatic melanoma. J Transl Med 8:9, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20109236.
- Ross MI. Sentinel Node Dissection in Early-Stage Breast Cancer: Ongoing Prospective Randomized Trials in the USA. Ann Surg Oncol 8(9 Suppl):77S-81S, 2001. e-Pub 2001.
- Balch CM, Ross MI. The Importance of Lymphatic Anatomy in Melanoma—A Resurgence of Clinical Significance in an Era of Sentinel Lymph Node Technology. J AM Coll Surg 189(2):204-206, 1999. e-Pub 1999.
- Barrow BJ, Janjan NA, Gutman H, Benjamin RS, Allen P, Romsdahl MM, Ross MI, Pollock RE. Role of Radiotherapy in Sarcoma of the Breast – A Retrospective Review of the MD Anderson Experience. Radiotherapy and Oncology 52(2):173-178, 1999. e-Pub 1999.
- Morton DL, Giuliano AE, Reintgen DS, Roses DF, Ross MI, Thompson JF. SYMPOSIUM: Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsy in Patients with Breast Cancer and Melanoma - Part 1. Contemporary Surgery 54(4):281-298, 1998. e-Pub 1998.
- Rivers JK, Ross MI. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Melanoma: Is Less Surgery Better. The Lancet 9088(350):1336-1337, 1997. e-Pub 1997.
- Ross MI. Prospective Randomized Trials in Melanoma: Defining Contemporary Surgical Roles. Cancer Treat Res 90:1-27, 1997. e-Pub 1997.
- Ross MI. Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsy for Early Stage Melanoma: How we do it at the MD Anderson Cancer Center. J Surg Oncol 66(4):273-276, 1997. e-Pub 1997.
- Hunt KK, Ross MI. Changing Trends in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Early Breast Cancer. Cancer Treat Res 90:171-201, 1997. e-Pub 1997.
- Ross MI. Staging Evaluation and Surveillance for Melanoma Patients in a Fiscally Restrictive Medical Environment-A Commentary. Surgical Clinics of North America 76(6):1423, 1996. e-Pub 1996.
- Ross MI. Surgical Management of Stage I and II Melanoma Patients: Approach to the Regional Lymph Node Basin. Seminars in Surgical Oncology 12(6):394-401, 1996. e-Pub 1996.
- Karakousis CP, Balch CM, Urist MM, Ross MI, Smith TJ, Bartolucci AA. Local Recurrence in Malignant Melanoma: Long-Term Results of the Multiinstitutional Randomized Surgical Trial. Ann Surg Oncol 3(5):446-452, 1996. e-Pub 1996.
- Ross MI. Intraoperative Lymphatic Mapping Elegant Way to Identify Lymph Node Metastases in Melanoma Patients. MD Anderson Oncolog 41(2):2-7, 1996. e-Pub 1996.
- Ross MI. Gender Barriers Don’t Stop Breast Cancer. USA Today, 1995. e-Pub 1995.
- Ross MI. New Test Helps Spot Sentinel Metastatic Lymph Node. Medical Tribune, 1995. e-Pub 1995.
- Ross MI. Ten Best Readings in Malignant Melanoma. Cancer Control - Journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center 5(2):460-461, 1995. e-Pub 1995.
- Ross MI, Meyer JL. Management of the Regional Lymph Nodes in Malignant Melanoma: Surgery, Radiotherapy or Observation. Frontiers of Radiation Therapy & Oncology 28:226-234, 1994. e-Pub 1994.
- Ross MI. Surgery and Other Local/Regional Modalities for All Stages of Melanoma. Current Opinions in Oncology 6(2):197-203, 1994. e-Pub 1994.
- Ross MI, Balch CM. Clinical Trials for Melanoma Operation: Setting New Standards for Surgical Therapy. News from the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer 5(1):2-3, 1994. e-Pub 1994.
- Wood WC, Bland KI, Olson JE, Ross MI. Symposium: Adjuvant Therapy for the Treatment of Breast Cancer. Contemporary Surgery 4:51-60, 1992. e-Pub 1992.
- Ross MI. Silicone Gel-Filled Implants: Women Should Have the Option to Choose. MD Anderson Oncology:5-8, 1992. e-Pub 1992.
- Ross MI. Recent Advances in the Treatment of Melanoma. Cancer Bulletin 44:301-308, 1992. e-Pub 1992.
- Ross MI Balch CM. The current management of cutaneous melanoma. Adv Surg 24:139-200, 1991. e-Pub 1991. PMID: 1996522.
- Hoff S, Ross MI. Gastric Carcinoid Tumors: Report of A Case and a Review of Presentation, Therapy and Prognosis. The MD Anderson Oncology Case Report and Review 5(1), 1990. e-Pub 1990.
Review Articles
- Gershenwald JE, Ross MI. Sentinel-lymph-node biopsy for cutaneous melanoma. N Engl J Med 364(18):1738-45, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21542744.
- Cormier JN, Askew RL, Mungovan KS, Xing Y, Ross MI, Armer JM. Lymphedema beyond breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cancer-related secondary lymphedema. Cancer 116(22):5138-49, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20665892.
- Ross MI. New American Joint Commission on Cancer staging system for melanoma: prognostic impact and future directions. Surg Oncol Clin N Am 15(2):341-52, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16632219.
- Ross MI. Early-stage melanoma: staging criteria and prognostic modeling. Clin Cancer Res 12(7 Pt 2):2312s-2319s, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16609051.
- 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, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 15747375.
- Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Walters RS, Carpenter RJ, Jr, Ross MI, Perkins GH, Gwyn K, Theriault RL. Paclitaxel chemotherapy in a pregnant patient with bilateral breast cancer. Clin Breast Cancer 5(4):317-9, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15507181.
- Balch CM, Soong SJ, Atkins MB, Buzaid AC, Cascinelli N, Coit DG, Fleming ID, Gershenwald JE, Houghton A, Jr, Kirkwood JM, McMasters KM, Mihm MF, Morton DL, Reintgen DS, Ross MI, Sober A, Thompson JA, Thompson JF. An evidence-based staging system for cutaneous melanoma. CA Cancer J Clin 54(3):131-49; quiz 182-4, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15195788.
- Pawlik TM, Ross MI, Gershenwald JE. Lymphatic mapping in the molecular era. Ann Surg Oncol 11(4):362-74, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15070595.
- Balch CM, Buzaid AC, Soong SJ, Atkins MB, Cascinelli N, Coit DG, Fleming ID, Gershenwald JE, Houghton A, Jr, Kirkwood JM, McMasters KM, Mihm MF, Morton DL, Reintgen DS, Ross MI, Sober A, Thompson JA, Thompson JF. New TNM melanoma staging system: linking biology and natural history to clinical outcomes. Semin Surg Oncol 21(1):43-52, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 12923915.
- Balch CM, Buzaid AC, Soong SJ, Atkins MB, Cascinelli N, Coit DG, Fleming ID, Gershenwald JE, Houghton A, Jr, Kirkwood JM, McMasters KM, Mihm MF, Morton DL, Reintgen DS, Ross MI, Sober A, Thompson JA, Thompson JF. Final version of the American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system for cutaneous melanoma. J Clin Oncol 19(16):3635-48, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11504745.
- Sondak VK, Ross MI, Schuchter LM. Early stage (I, II, III) melanoma. Curr Treat Options Oncol 2(3):183-91, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 12057118.
- McMasters KM, Reintgen DS, Ross MI, Gershenwald JE, Edwards MJ, Sober A, Fenske N, Glass F, Balch CM, Coit DG. Sentinel lymph node biopsy for melanoma: controversy despite widespread agreement. J Clin Oncol 19(11):2851-5, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11387357.
- Newman LA, Kuerer HM, Hunt KK, Vlastos G, Ames FC, Ross MI, Singletary SE. Educational review: role of the surgeon in hereditary breast cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 8(4):368-78, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11352312.
- Gershenwald JE, Buzaid AC, Ross MI. Classification and staging of melanoma. Clin Lab Med 20(4):785-815, 2000. e-Pub 2000. PMID: 11221515.
- Newman LA, Kuerer HM, Hung KK, Vlastos G, Ames FC, Ross MI, Singletary SE. Prophylactic mastectomy. J Am Coll Surg 191(3):322-30, 2000. e-Pub 2000. PMID: 10989906.
- Kuerer HM, Hunt KK, Newman LA, Ross MI, Ames FC, Singletary SE. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in women with invasive breast carcinoma: conceptual basis and fundamental surgical issues. J Am Coll Surg 190(3):350-63, 2000. e-Pub 2000. PMID: 10703863.
- McMasters KM, Sondak VK, Lotze MT, Ross M. Recent advances in melanoma staging and therapy. Ann Surg Oncol 6(5):467-75, 1999. e-Pub 1999. PMID: 10458685.
- Gershenwald JE, Buzaid AC, Ross MI. Classification and staging of melanoma. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am 12(4):737-65, 1998. e-Pub 1998. PMID: 9759577.
- Ross MI, Reintgen DS. Role of lymphatic mapping and sentinel node biopsy in the detection of melanoma nodal metastases. Eur J Cancer 34 Suppl 3:S7-11, 1998. e-Pub 1998. PMID: 9849402.
- Ross MI. Prospective randomized trials in melanoma: defining contemporary surgical roles. Cancer Treat Res 90:1-27, 1997. e-Pub 1997. PMID: 9367075.
- Ross MI. Staging evaluation and surveillance for melanoma patients in a fiscally restrictive medical environment. A commentary. Surg Clin North Am 76(6):1423-32, 1996. e-Pub 1996. PMID: 8977560.
- Ross MI. Surgical management of stage I and II melanoma patients: approach to the regional lymph node basin. Semin Surg Oncol 12(6):394-401, 1996. e-Pub 1996. PMID: 8914203.
- Ross MI. Surgery and other local-regional modalities for all stages of melanoma. Curr Opin Oncol 6(2):197-203, 1994. e-Pub 1994. PMID: 8011697.
Professional Educational Materials
- Lee JE, Lu M, Bell B, Reveille JD, Ross, MI. Relationship of the HLA Class II Gene DQB1*0301 to Disease Progression in Patients with AJCC Stage I Melanoma, 2000.
- . Video Tape: "The Emerging Role for Intra-Operative Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsy in the Management of Early Stage Melanoma, 2000.
- Dackiw A, Gershenwald JE, Ross, MI, Mansfield, PF, Lee JE. Epitrochlear and Popliteal Node Dissection” shown at 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Surgical Oncology. New Orleans, Louisiana, March 16 – 19, 2000.
- . Video Tapes: “Minimally Invasive Nodal Staging for Early Stage Melanoma and Breast Cancer” Lymphatic Mapping Training Course, (Course Director) University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Surgical Oncology, 2000.
Other Articles
- Nagarajan P, Piao J, Ning J, Noordenbos LE, Curry JL, Torres-Cabala CA, Diwan AH, Ivan D, Aung PP, Ross MI, Royal RE, Wargo JA, Wang WL, Samdani R, Lazar AJ, Rashid A, Davies MA, Prieto VG, Gershenwald JE, Tetzlaff MT Corrigendum to "Prognostic Model for Patient Survival in Primary Anorectal Mucosal Melanoma: Stage at Presentation Determines Relevance of Histopathologic Features" [Modern Pathology 33 (2020) 496-513]. Mod Pathol 38(8):100819, 2025. PMID: 40541156.
Abstracts
- Nagarajan P, Piao J, Ning J, Curry JL, Torres-Cabala CA, Aung PP, Wang WL, Ross MI, Royal RE, Wargo JA, Rashid A, Samdani R, Noordenbos LE, Lazar AJ, Davies MA, Prieto VG, Gershenwald JE, Tetzla MT. Stage at presentation to determine associations between histologic parameters of primary tumor and disease specific survival (DSS) in anorectal melanoma (AM). 54th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Andtbacka RH, Dummer R, Gyorki D, Berger A, Conry R, Demidov R, Chan E, Treichel SA, Faries M, Ross MI. A comparison of talimogene laherparepvec (T-VEC) neoadjuvant treatment plus surgery versus surgery alone for resectable stage IIIB–IVM1a melanoma: Interim results from a randomized phase 2 study. 8th European Post Chicago Melanoma/Skin Cancer Meeting 2018, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Andtbacka R, Milhem M, Yushak M, Ross MI, Grossman K, Pierce R, Campbe JS, Wang Y, Sprott K, Tsiroyannis E, Niland K, Gan L, Parasuraman S. X4P-001, an orally bioavailable CXCR4 antagonist, enhances immune cell infiltration and activation in the tumor microenvironment of melanoma. American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2018, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Andtbacka RHI, Yushak M, Ross MI, Grossmann K, Pierce R, Tsiroyannis E, Blanchette S, Gan L, Wang Y, Milhem M. X4P-001, an orally bioavailable CXCR4 antagonist, increases T Cell infiltration in human metastatic melanoma. Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Annual Meeting 2017, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Andtbacka RHI, Yushak M, Ross MI, Grossmann K, Pierce R, Tsiroyannis E, Blanchette S, Gan L, Wang Y, Milhem M. X4P-001, an orally bioavailable CXCR4 antagonist, increases T cell infiltration to melanoma. Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Annual Meeting 2017, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Reddy SM, Amaria RN, Spencer CN, Ross MI, et al. Neoadjuvant nivolumab versus combination ipilimumab and nivolumab followed by adjuvant nivolumab in patients with resectable stage III and oligometastatic stage IV melanoma: preliminary findings. Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Annual Meeting 2017, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Agarwala SS, Ross MI, Zager J, Essner R, Shirai K, Smithers BM, Atkinson V, Watchter E. Preliminary results of a Phase 1b/2 study of PV-10 and pembrolizumab in Stage IV melanoma. World Congress of Melanoma, Society for Melanoma Research Congress 2017, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Nagarajan P, Prieto V, Gershenwald J, Davies MA, Ning J, Piao J, Curry JL, Ivan D, Torres Cabala CA, Aung PP, Wang WL, Lazar A, Ross MI, Royal RE, Wargo J, Samdani R, Rashid A, Tetzlaff M. Primary anorectal melanoma: A retrospective analysis of 160 patients. 54th Annual Meeting of The American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) 2017, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Fang S, Wang Y, Ross MI, Gernshenwald JE, Cormier JN, Royal RE, Reveille JD, Wei Q, Amos CI, Lee JE. CDKN2A germline polymorphisms demonstrate parallel associations of disease risk and clinical outcome in melanoma patients. American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) 67th Annual Meeting 2017, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Andtbacka RHI, Ross MI, Agarwala SS, Taylor MH, Vetto JT, Neves RI, Daud A, Khong HT, Ungerleider RS, Tanaka M, Grossmann KF. Final Results of a Phase II Multicenter Trial of HF10, a Replication-competent HSV-1 Oncolytic Virus, and Ipilimumab Combination Treatment in Patients with Stage IIIB-IV Unresectable or Metastatic Melanoma. American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting 2017, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
Book Chapters
- Ross, MI, Henderson, MA. Mucosal melanoma, 337-350, 2024.
- Beasley, GM, Kroon, HM, Ross, MI, Kam, PC, Thompson, JF, Tyler, DS. Isolated limb infusion for melanoma, 541-560, 2024.
- Thompson, JF, Morton, DL, Balch, CM, Ross, MI. Surgical excision of distant melanoma metastases, 603-628, 2024.
- Ross, MI. Excision of primary melanoma, 251-274, 2024.
- Caudle AS, Ross, MI. Metastasectomy for Stage IV Melanoma: For Whom and How Much?. In: Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America. W.B. Saunders Company an imprint of Elsevier Inc, 134-144, 2011.
- Bowles TL, Ross, MI, Lazar AJ. Sarcomas of the Skin. In: Cancer of the Skin. Second. Elsevier Limited Inc, 157-167, 2011.
- Ross, MI. Regional Lymph Node Surgery in Melanoma Patients. In: Cancer of the Skin. Second. Elsevier Limited Inc, 544-558, 2011.
- Ross, MI, Thompson JF, Gershenwald JE. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Melanoma: Critical Assessment at its Twentieth Anniversary. In: Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America. W. B. Saunders Company an imprint of Elsevier, Inc, 57-78, 2011.
- Ross, MI. Regional Therapy for Intransit Melanoma Metastases. In: Advanced Therapy of Surgical Oncology. B.C. Decker, Inc, 783-799, 2007.
- Ross, MI. Surgical Management of Stage I and II Melanoma: Excision Margins, Reconstrution and Sentinel Node Biopsy. In: Advanced Therapy of Surgical Oncology. B.C. Decker, 837-866, 2007.
- Zager JS, Ross, MI. Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer. In: Advanced Therapy of Surgical Oncology. B.C. Decker, Inc, 825-836, 2007.
- Ross D, Ross, MI. The Management of Regional Lymph Node Relapse in Melanoma. In: Melanoma Critical Debates. Blackwell Science Publishing, 150-167, 2002.
- Ahmad S, Ross, MI. Tumor Markers. In: Surgery: Basic Science and Clinical Evidence. Springer-Verlag, 1619-1639, 2000.
- Singletary SE, Ames FC, Hunt KK, Ross, MI. Surgical treatment of breast cancer. In: Advanced Surgical Oncology: The MD Anderson Approach, 1999.
- Ross, MI, Gershenwald JE. Melanoma lymphatic mapping: Scientific support for the sentinel lympy node concept and biological significance of the sentinel node. In: Radioguided Surgery. Landes Bioscience, 47-62, 1999.
- Ross, MI, Hunt KK. Role for lymphatic mapping and sentinel node biopsy in management of early stage breast cancer. In: Breast Cancer. Springer-Verlag, 171-183, 1998.
- Buzaid, AC, Ross, MI, Soong, Seng-Jaw. Classification and staging. In: Cutaneous Melanoma, 3rd Edition. Quality Medical Publishing, 37-49, 1998.
- Ross, MI, Balch CM. Surgical treatment of primary melanoma. In: Cutaneous Melanoma, 3rd Edition. Quality Medical Publishing, 141-153, 1998.
- Hunt KK, Ross, MI. Paget’s disease of the nipple-areolar complex. In: Breast Cancer. Springer-Verlag, 262-272, 1998.
- Hunt KK, Singletary SE, Smith TL, Ross, MI, Strom EA, McNeese MD, Ames FC. Conservation surgery and radiation: The MD Anderson Cancer Center experience. In: The Breast: Comprehensive Management of Benign and Malignant Diseases. WB Saunders Company, 1179-1182, 1998.
- Reintgen DS, Rapaport DP, Tanabe KK, Ross, MI. Lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymphadenectomy. In: Cutaneous Melanoma, 3rd Edition. Quality Medical Publishing, 227-244, 1998.
- Ross, MI, Stern SF. Mucosal melanomas. In: Cutaneous Melanoma, 3rd Edition. Quality Medical Publishing, 195-206, 1998.
- Ross, MI. Prospective randomized trials in melanoma: defining contemporary surgical roles. In: Surgical Oncology. Norwell; Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1-27, 1997.
- Hunt KK, Ross, MI. Changing trends in the diagnosis and treatment of early breast cancer. In: Surgical Oncology. Norwell; Kluwer Academic Publishers, 171-201, 1997.
- Ross, MI, Meyer JL. Management of the regional lymph nodes in malignant melanoma: surgery, radiotherapy or observation. In: The Lymphatic System and Cancer: Frontiers of Radiation Therapy and Oncology. Karger Publishing Inc, 226-34, 1994.
- Balch CM, Ross, MI. Clinical management of cutaneous melanoma. In: Cancer Surgery. J.B. Lippincott, 551-576, 1994.
- Buzdar AU, Hortobagyi GN, S-W K, Holmes FA, Fraschini G, Theriault RL, McNeese M, Ross, M, Singletary E. Breast cancer adjuvant therapy at the MD Anderson Cancer Center: results of four prospective studies. In: Adjuvant Therapy of Cancer VII. J. B. Lippincott Company, 220-225, 1993.
- Ross, MI. The case for elective regional lymphadenectomy. In: 1992 Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America. W.B. Saunders Company, 205-223, 1992.
- Ross, MI, Stern S, Wanebo H. Mucosal melanoma. In: Cutaneous Melanoma: Clinical Management and Treatment Results Worldwide, 2nd Edition. Lippincott, 325-355, 1992.
- Ross, MI, Balch CM. General principles of regional lymphadenectomy in cutaneous melanoma. In: Clinical Management and Treatment Results Worldwide, 2nd Edition. J.B. Lippincott, 339-344, 1992.
- Ross, MI, Balch CM. The current management of cutaneous melanoma. In: Advances in Surgery. Mosby-Year Book, Inc, 139-200, 1990.
- Broadwater JR, Edwards MJ, Ross, MI, Balch CM. Cooperation in surgical oncology. In: The Future of US - Soviet Relations, 207-218, 1989.
- Dennis EA, Hazlett TL, Deems RA, Ross, MI, Ulevitch R. Phospholipase in the macrophage. In: Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes, and Lipoxins, 213-220, 1985.
- Chen L, Ross, MI, Migden MR, Silapunt S. Surgical Treatment for Basal Cell Carcinoma: Surgical Oncology. In: Basal Cell Carcinoma: Advances in Research and Treatment. Nova Science.
Letters to the Editor
- Lee JE, Mansfield PF, Ross, MI. Cutaneous Melanoma Metastases. N Engl J Med 338: 922-923, 1998.
- McMasters KM, Giuliano AE, Ross, MI, Reintgen DS, Hunt KK, Byrd DR, Klimberg VS, Whitworth PW, Tafra LC, Edwards MJ. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Breast Cancer --Not Yet the Standard of Care. N Engl J Med 339: 990-995, 1998.
Patient Reviews
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