
Robert S. Benjamin
Department of Sarcoma Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Clinical Professor, Department of Sarcoma Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
1968 | New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA, MD |
1964 | Williams College, Williamstown, MA, USA, BA, Chemistry |
Postgraduate Training
1972-null | Chemotherapy, ABIM Approved Fellowship in Medical Oncology, NCI, Baltimore Cancer Research Center |
1970-null | Approved Medical Residency , New York University, Bellevue Medical Center, ABIM |
1969-null | Approved Straight Medical Internship, New York University, Bellevue Medical Center, ABIM |
Board Certifications
1973 | American Board of Internal Medicine |
1973 | Medical Oncology |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Professor and Chairman, Department of Sarcoma Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2000 - 2012
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Professor, Department of Sarcoma Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 1993 - Present
Other Appointments/Responsibilities
Founding Member, Connective Tissue Oncology Society, Houston, TX, 1995 - Present
Honors & Awards
2019 | 2019 MD Anderson Top Performer |
2013 | Mendolsohn Lifetime Achievement |
2012 | Herman Suit Lecture Award, Connective Tissue Oncology Society |
2008 | Nobility in Science Award from the Sarcoma Foundation of America, SARC |
2006 | P. H. & Fay E. Robinson Distinguished Professor in Cancer Research |
2004 | Humanitarian Award, LifeRaft Society |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Patel RR, Lupo PJ, Bishop AJ, Lin PP, Delclos GL, Lazar AJ, Benjamin RS, Araujo DM. Synovial Sarcoma of the Hand and Foot: An Institutional Review. Am J Clin Oncol 44(7):361-368, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33927134.
- Benjamin RS, Minotti G. Doxorubicin-Dexrazoxane from Day 1 for Soft-tissue Sarcomas: The Road to Cardioprotection. Clin Cancer Res 27(14):3809-3811, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33990361.
- Parkes A, Wang WL, Patel S, Leung CH, Lin H, Conley AP, Somaiah N, Araujo DM, Zarzour M, Livingston JA, Ludwig J, Roland CL, Ravi V, Benjamin RS, Ratan R. Outcomes of systemic therapy in metastatic phyllodes tumor of the breast. Breast Cancer Res Treat 186(3):871-882, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33575859.
- Frezza AM, Ravi V, Lo Vullo S, Vincenzi B, Tolomeo F, Chen TW, Teterycz P, Baldi GG, Italiano A, Penel N, Brunello A, Duffaud F, Hindi N, Iwata S, Smrke A, Fedenko A, Gelderblom H, Van Der Graaf W, Vozy A, Connolly E, Grassi M, Benjamin RS, Broto JM, Grignani G, Jones RL, Kawai A, Tysarowski A, Mariani L, Casali PG, Stacchiotti S. Systemic therapies in advanced epithelioid haemangioendothelioma: A retrospective international case series from the World Sarcoma Network and a review of literature. Cancer Med 10(8):2645-2659, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33713582.
- Amin HM, Morani AC, Daw NC, Lamhamedi-Cherradi SE, Subbiah V, Menegaz BA, Vishwamitra D, Eskandari G, George B, Benjamin RS, Patel S, Song J, Lazar AJ, Wang WL, Kurzrock R, Pappo A, Anderson PM, Schwartz GK, Araujo D, Cuglievan B, Ratan R, McCall D, Mohiuddin S, Livingston JA, Molina ER, Naing A, Ludwig JA. IGF-1R/mTOR Targeted Therapy for Ewing Sarcoma: A Meta-Analysis of Five IGF-1R-Related Trials Matched to Proteomic and Radiologic Predictive Biomarkers. Cancers (Basel) 12(7), 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32630797.
- Wu CC, Beird HC, Andrew Livingston J, Advani S, Mitra A, Cao S, Reuben A, Ingram D, Wang WL, Ju Z, Hong Leung C, Lin H, Zheng Y, Roszik J, Wang W, Patel S, Benjamin RS, Somaiah N, Conley AP, Mills GB, Hwu P, Gorlick R, Lazar A, Daw NC, Lewis V, Futreal PA. Immuno-genomic landscape of osteosarcoma. Nat Commun 11(1):1008, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32081846.
- Frezza AM, Assi T, Lo Vullo S, Ben-Ami E, Dufresne A, Yonemori K, Noguchi E, Siontis B, Ferraro R, Teterycz P, Duffaud F, Ravi V, Vincenzi B, Gelderblom H, Pantaleo MA, Baldi GG, Desar I, Fedenko A, Maki RG, Jones RL, Benjamin RS, Blay JY, Kawai A, Gounder M, Gronchi A, Le Cesne A, Mir O, Czarnecka AM, Schuetze S, Wagner AJ, Adam J, Barisella M, Sbaraglia M, Hornick JL, Meurgey A, Mariani L, Casali PG, Thornton K, Stacchiotti S. Systemic treatments in MDM2 positive intimal sarcoma: A multicentre experience with anthracycline, gemcitabine, and pazopanib within the World Sarcoma Network. Cancer 126(1):98-104, 2020. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31536651.
- Benjamin RS. Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Osteosarcoma: A Historical Perspective. Adv Exp Med Biol 1257:1-10, 2020. PMID: 32483726.
- Parkes A, Urquiola E, Bhosale P, Lin H, Watson K, Wang WL, Feig B, Torres K, Roland CL, Conley AP, Zarzour M, Livingston JA, Ratan R, Ludwig J, Araujo DM, Ravi V, Benjamin RS, Patel S, Somaiah N. PET/CT Imaging as a Diagnostic Tool in Distinguishing Well-Differentiated versus Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma. Sarcoma 2020:8363986, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32565716.
- Chrisinger JSA, Al-Zaid T, Keung EZ, Leung C, Lin HY, Roland CL, Torres KE, Benjamin RS, Ingram DR, Khan S, Somaiah N, Amini B, Feig BW, Lazar AJ, Wang WL. The degree of sclerosis is associated with prognosis in well-differentiated liposarcoma of the retroperitoneum. J Surg Oncol 120(3):382-388, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31206726.
- Subbiah V, Anderson PM, Kairemo K, Hess K, Huh WW, Ravi V, Daw NC, Somaiah N, Ludwig JA, Benjamin RS, Chawla S, Hong DS, Meric-Bernstam F, Ravizzini G, Kleinerman E, Macapinlac H, Rohren E. Alpha particle Radium 223 dichloride in high-risk osteosarcoma: a phase I dose escalation trial. Clin Cancer Res 25(13):3802-3810, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30733229.
- Subbiah V, Lamhamedi-Cherradi SE, Cuglievan B, Menegaz BA, Camacho P, Huh W, Ramamoorthy V, Anderson PM, Pollock RE, Lev DC, Qiao W, McAleer MF, Benjamin RS, Patel S, Herzog CE, Daw NC, Feig BW, Lazar AJ, Hayes-Jordan A, Ludwig JA. Multimodality Treatment of Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor: Chemotherapy and Complete Cytoreductive Surgery Improve Patient Survival. Clin Cancer Res 24(19):4865-4873, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29871905.
- Frezza AM, Jones RL, Lo Vullo S, Asano N, Lucibello F, Ben-Ami E, Ratan R, Teterycz P, Boye K, Brahmi M, Palmerini E, Fedenko A, Vincenzi B, Brunello A, Desar IME, Benjamin RS, Blay JY, Broto JM, Casali PG, Gelderblom H, Grignani G, Gronchi A, Hall KS, Mir O, Rutkowski P, Wagner AJ, Anurova O, Collini P, Dei Tos AP, Flucke U, Hornick JL, Lobmaier I, Philippe T, Picci P, Ranchere D, Renne SL, Sbaraglia M, Thway K, Wagrodzki M, Wang WL, Yoshida A, Mariani L, Kawai A, Stacchiotti S. Anthracycline, Gemcitabine, and Pazopanib in Epithelioid Sarcoma: A Multi-institutional Case Series. JAMA Oncol 4(9):e180219, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29800950.
- Subbiah V, Murthy R, Hong DS, Prins RM, Hosing C, Hendricks K, Kolli D, Noffsinger L, Brown R, McGuire M, Fu S, Piha-Paul S, Naing A, Conley AP, Benjamin RS, Kaur I, Bosch ML. Cytokines Produced by Dendritic Cells Administered Intratumorally Correlate with Clinical Outcome in Patients with Diverse Cancers. Clin Cancer Res 24(16):3845-3856, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30018119.
- von Mehren M, Randall RL, Benjamin RS, Boles S, Bui MM, Ganjoo KN, George S, Gonzalez RJ, Heslin MJ, Kane JM, Keedy V, Kim E, Koon H, Mayerson J, McCarter M, McGarry SV, Meyer C, Morris ZS, O'Donnell RJ, Pappo AS, Paz IB, Petersen IA, Pfeifer JD, Riedel RF, Ruo B, Schuetze S, Tap WD, Wayne JD, Bergman MA, Scavone JL. Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Version 2.2018, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 16(5):536-563, 2018. PMID: 29752328.
- Beird HC, Wu CC, Ingram DR, Wang WL, Alimohamed A, Gumbs C, Little L, Song X, Feig BW, Roland CL, Zhang J, Benjamin RS, Hwu P, Lazar AJ, Futreal PA, Somaiah N. Genomic profiling of dedifferentiated liposarcoma compared to matched well-differentiated liposarcoma reveals higher genomic complexity and a common origin. Cold Spring Harb Mol Case Stud 4(2), 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29610390.
- Menegaz BA, Cuglievan B, Benson J, Camacho P, Lamhamedi-Cherradi SE, Leung CH, Warneke CL, Huh W, Subbiah V, Benjamin RS, Patel S, Daw N, Hayes-Jordan A, Ludwig JA. Clinical Activity of Pazopanib in Patients with Advanced Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor. Oncologist 23(3):360-366, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29212731.
- Groisberg R, Hong DS, Behrang A, Hess K, Janku F, Piha-Paul S, Naing A, Fu S, Benjamin R, Patel S, Somaiah N, Conley A, Meric-Bernstam F, Subbiah V. Characteristics and outcomes of patients with advanced sarcoma enrolled in early phase immunotherapy trials. J Immunother Cancer 5(1):100, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29254498.
- Dembla V, Groisberg R, Hess K, Fu S, Wheler J, Hong DS, Janku F, Zinner R, Piha-Paul SA, Ravi V, Benjamin RS, Patel S, Somaiah N, Herzog CE, Karp DD, Roszik J, Meric-Bernstam F, Subbiah V. Outcomes of patients with sarcoma enrolled in clinical trials of pazopanib combined with histone deacetylase, mTOR, Her2, or MEK inhibitors. Sci Rep 7(1):15963, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29162825.
- Livingston JA, Bugano D, Barbo A, Lin H, Madewell JE, Wang WL, Lazar AJ, Tseng WW, Roland CL, Feig BW, Pollock R, Conley AP, Benjamin RS, Patel S, Somaiah N. Role of chemotherapy in dedifferentiated liposarcoma of the retroperitoneum: defining the benefit and challenges of the standard. Sci Rep 7(1):11836, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28928422.
- Schvartsman G, Wagner MJ, Amini B, Zobniw CM, Trinh VA, Barbo AG, Lin HY, Wang WL, Conley AP, Ravi V, Araujo DM, Zarzour MA, Benjamin RS, Patel S, Somaiah N. Treatment patterns, efficacy and toxicity of regorafenib in gastrointestinal stromal tumour patients. Sci Rep 7(1):9519, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28842575.
- Abu Saleh WK, Ramlawi B, Shapira OM, Al Jabbari O, Ravi V, Benjamin R, Durand JB, Leja MJ, Blackmon SH, Bruckner BA, Reardon MJ. Improved Outcomes With the Evolution of a Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Approach to Right Heart Sarcoma. Ann Thorac Surg 104(1):90-96, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28189277.
- Groisberg R, Hong DS, Holla V, Janku F, Piha-Paul S, Ravi V, Benjamin R, Kumar Patel S, Somaiah N, Conley A, Ali SM, Schrock AB, Ross JS, Stephens PJ, Miller VA, Sen S, Herzog C, Meric-Bernstam F, Subbiah V. Clinical genomic profiling to identify actionable alterations for investigational therapies in patients with diverse sarcomas. Oncotarget 8(24):39254-39267, 2017. PMID: 28424409.
- Benjamin RS. Observational studies: goldmines of information on rare diseases. BMC Med 15(1):100, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28494808.
- Farag S, Somaiah N, Choi H, Heeres B, Wang WL, van Boven H, Nederlof P, Benjamin R, van der Graaf W, Grunhagen D, Boonstra PA, Reyners AK, Gelderblom H, Steeghs N. Clinical characteristics and treatment outcome in a large multicentre observational cohort of PDGFRA exon 18 mutated gastrointestinal stromal tumour patients. Eur J Cancer 76:76-83, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28284172.
- Biermann JS, Chow W, Reed DR, Lucas D, Adkins DR, Agulnik M, Benjamin RS, Brigman B, Budd GT, Curry WT, Didwania A, Fabbri N, Hornicek FJ, Kuechle JB, Lindskog D, Mayerson J, McGarry SV, Million L, Morris CD, Movva S, O'Donnell RJ, Randall RL, Rose P, Santana VM, Satcher RL, Schwartz H, Siegel HJ, Thornton K, Villalobos V, Bergman MA, Scavone JL. NCCN Guidelines Insights: Bone Cancer, Version 2.2017. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 15(2):155-167, 2017. PMID: 28188186.
- Gopalakrishnan V, Amini B, Wagner MJ, Nowell EN, Lazar AJ, Lin PP, Benjamin RS, Araujo DM. Synovial Sarcoma of the Head and Neck: A Single Institution Review. Sarcoma 2017:2016752, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28655993.
- Chen LL, Zhu J, Schumacher J, Wei C, Ramdas L, Prieto VG, Jimenez A, Velasco MA, Tripp SR, Andtbacka RHI, Gouw L, Rodgers GM, Zhang L, Chan BK, Cassidy PB, Benjamin RS, Leachman SA, Frazier ML. SCF-KIT signaling induces endothelin-3 synthesis and secretion: Thereby activates and regulates endothelin-B-receptor for generating temporally- and spatially-precise nitric oxide to modulate SCF- and or KIT-expressing cell functions. PLoS One 12(9):e0184154, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28880927.
- Quintana RA, Banchs J, Gupta R, Lin HY, Raj SD, Conley A, Ravi V, Araujo D, Benjamin RS, Patel S, Vadhan-Raj S, Somaiah N. Early Evidence of Cardiotoxicity and Tumor Response in Patients with Sarcomas after High Cumulative Dose Doxorubicin Given as a Continuous Infusion. Sarcoma 2017:7495914, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29081684.
- Lamhamedi-Cherradi SE, Menegaz BA, Ramamoorthy V, Vishwamitra D, Wang Y, Maywald RL, Buford AS, Fokt I, Skora S, Wang J, Naing A, Lazar AJ, Rohren EM, Daw NC, Subbiah V, Benjamin RS, Ratan R, Priebe W, Mikos AG, Amin HM, Ludwig JA. IGF-1R and mTOR Blockade: Novel Resistance Mechanisms and Synergistic Drug Combinations for Ewing Sarcoma. J Natl Cancer Inst 108(12), 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27576731.
- Subbiah V, Hess KR, Khawaja MR, Wagner MJ, Tang C, Naing A, Fu S, Janku F, Piha-Paul S, Tsimberidou AM, Herzog CE, Ludwig JA, Patel S, Ravi V, Benjamin RS, Meric-Bernstam F, Hong DS. Evaluation of Novel Targeted Therapies in Aggressive Biology Sarcoma Patients after progression from US FDA approved Therapies. Sci Rep 6:35448, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27748430.
- von Mehren M, Randall RL, Benjamin RS, Boles S, Bui MM, Conrad EU, Ganjoo KN, George S, Gonzalez RJ, Heslin MJ, Kane JM, Koon H, Mayerson J, McCarter M, McGarry SV, Meyer C, O'Donnell RJ, Pappo AS, Paz IB, Petersen IA, Pfeifer JD, Riedel RF, Schuetze S, Schupak KD, Schwartz HS, Tap WD, Wayne JD, Bergman MA, Scavone J. Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Version 2.2016, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 14(6):758-86, 2016. PMID: 27283169.
- Etchebehere EC, Hobbs BP, Milton DR, Malawi O, Patel S, Benjamin RS, Macapinlac HA. Assessing the role of (18)F-FDG PET and (18)F-FDG PET/CT in the diagnosis of soft tissue musculoskeletal malignancies: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 43(5):860-70, 2016. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26631240.
- Wagner MJ, Livingston JA, Patel SR, Benjamin RS. Chemotherapy for Bone Sarcoma in Adults. J Oncol Pract 12(3):208-16, 2016. PMID: 26962160.
- Varghese M, Bruland O, Wiedswang AM, Lobmaier I, Røsok B, Benjamin RS, Hall KS. Metastatic mesenteric dedifferentiated leiomyosarcoma: a case report and a review of literature. Clin Sarcoma Res 6:2, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26913180.
- Gupta R, Heshami N, Jay C, Ramesh N, Song J, Lei X, Rose EJ, Carter K, Araujo DM, Benjamin RS, Patel S, Nates JL, Ravi V. Predictors of survival in patients with sarcoma admitted to the intensive care unit. Clin Sarcoma Res 6:12, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27437097.
- Cachia D, Wani K, Penas-Prado M, Olar A, McCutcheon IE, Benjamin RS, Armstrong TS, Gilbert MR, Aldape KD. C11orf95-RELA fusion present in a primary supratentorial ependymoma and recurrent sarcoma. Brain Tumor Pathol 32(2):105-11, 2015. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25388523.
- Ravi V, Patel S, Benjamin RS. Chemotherapy for soft-tissue sarcomas. Oncology (Williston Park) 29(1):43-50, 2015. PMID: 25592207.
- Benjamin RS. Osteosarcoma: better treatment through better trial design. Lancet Oncol 16(1):12-3, 2015. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25638539.
- Benjamin RS, Wagner MJ, Livingston JA, Ravi V, Patel SR. Chemotherapy for bone sarcomas in adults: the MD anderson experience. Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book 35:e656-60, 2015. PMID: 25993237.
- Khoury M, Sim GC, Harao M, Radvanyi L, Amini B, Benjamin RS, Pisters PW, Pollock RE, Tseng WW. Multicystic dedifferentiated retroperitoneal liposarcoma: tumour cyst fluid analysis and implications for management. BMJ Case Rep 2015, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26156843.
- Joseph J, Wang WL, Patnana M, Ramesh N, Benjamin R, Patel S, Ravi V. Cytotoxic and targeted therapy for treatment of pseudomyogenic hemangioendothelioma. Clin Sarcoma Res 5:22, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26500758.
- El-Sayed Ahmed MM, Aftab M, Al-Najjar RM, de la Cruz KI, Benjamin RS, Hallman CH. Pulmonary artery sarcoma mimicking pulmonary embolism. Tex Heart Inst J 41(5):515-7, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25425986.
- Ramlawi B, Al-Jabbari O, Blau LN, Davies MG, Bruckner BA, Blackmon SH, Ravi V, Benjamin R, Rodriguez L, Shapira OM, Reardon MJ. Autotransplantation for the resection of complex left heart tumors. Ann Thorac Surg 98(3):863-8, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25086947.
- Roberts NJ, Zhang L, Janku F, Collins A, Bai RY, Staedtke V, Rusk AW, Tung D, Miller M, Roix J, Khanna KV, Murthy R, Benjamin RS, Helgason T, Szvalb AD, Bird JE, Roy-Chowdhuri S, Zhang HH, Qiao Y, Karim B, McDaniel J, Elpiner A, Sahora A, Lachowicz J, Phillips B, Turner A, Klein MK, Post G, Diaz LA, Riggins GJ, Papadopoulos N, Kinzler KW, Vogelstein B, Bettegowda C, Huso DL, Varterasian M, Saha S, Zhou S. Intratumoral injection of Clostridium novyi-NT spores induces antitumor responses. Sci Transl Med 6(249):249ra111, 2014. PMID: 25122639.
- von Mehren M, Randall RL, Benjamin RS, Boles S, Bui MM, Casper ES, Conrad EU, DeLaney TF, Ganjoo KN, George S, Gonzalez RJ, Heslin MJ, Kane JM, Mayerson J, McGarry SV, Meyer C, O'Donnell RJ, Pappo AS, Paz IB, Pfeifer JD, Riedel RF, Schuetze S, Schupak KD, Schwartz HS, Van Tine BA, Wayne JD, Bergman MA, Sundar H. Gastrointestinal stromal tumors, version 2.2014. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 12(6):853-62, 2014. PMID: 24925196.
- Benjamin RS, Lee JJ. One step forward, two steps back. Lancet Oncol 15(4):366-7, 2014. PMID: 24694628.
- von Mehren M, Randall RL, Benjamin RS, Boles S, Bui MM, Casper ES, Conrad EU, Delaney TF, Ganjoo KN, George S, Gonzalez RJ, Heslin MJ, Kane JM, Mayerson J, McGarry SV, Meyer C, O'Donnell RJ, Pappo AS, Paz IB, Pfeifer JD, Riedel RF, Schuetze S, Schupak KD, Schwartz HS, Van Tine BA, Wayne JD, Bergman MA, Sundar H, National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Soft tissue sarcoma, version 2.2014. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 12(4):473-83, 2014. PMID: 24717567.
- Zhang YP, Myers AL, Trinh VA, Kawedia JD, Kramer MA, Benjamin RS, Tran HT. Physical and chemical stability of reconstituted and diluted dexrazoxane infusion solutions. J Oncol Pharm Pract 20(1):58-64, 2014. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23676513.
- Jiang Y, Subbiah V, Janku F, Ludwig JA, Naing A, Benjamin RS, Brown RE, Anderson P, Kurzrock R. Novel secondary somatic mutations in Ewing's sarcoma and desmoplastic small round cell tumors. PLoS One 9(8):e93676, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25119929.
- Dumont SN, Araujo DM, Munsell MF, Salganick JA, Dumont AG, Raymond KA, Linassier C, Patel S, Benjamin RS, Trent JC. Management and outcome of 239 adolescent and adult rhabdomyosarcoma patients. Cancer Med 2(4):553-63, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24156028.
- Biermann JS, Adkins DR, Agulnik M, Benjamin RS, Brigman B, Butrynski JE, Cheong D, Chow W, Curry WT, Frassica DA, Frassica FJ, Hande KR, Hornicek FJ, Jones RL, Mayerson J, McGarry SV, McGrath B, Morris CD, O'Donnell RJ, Randall RL, Santana VM, Satcher RL, Siegel HJ, von Mehren M, Bergman MA, Sundar H, National complrehensive cancer network. Bone cancer. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 11(6):688-723, 2013. PMID: 23744868.
- Jiang Y, Janku F, Subbiah V, Angelo LS, Naing A, Anderson PM, Herzog CE, Fu S, Benjamin RS, Kurzrock R. Germline PTPRD Mutations in Ewing Sarcoma: Biologic and Clinical Implications. Oncotarget 4(6):884-9, 2013. PMID: 23800680.
- Agulnik M, Yarber JL, Okuno SH, von Mehren M, Jovanovic BD, Brockstein BE, Evens AM, Benjamin RS. An open-label, multicenter, phase II study of bevacizumab for the treatment of angiosarcoma and epithelioid hemangioendotheliomas. Ann Oncol 24(1):257-63, 2013. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22910841.
- Park MS, Ravi V, Conley A, Patel SR, Trent JC, Lev DC, Lazar AJ, Wang WL, Benjamin RS, Araujo DM. The role of chemotherapy in advanced solitary fibrous tumors: a retrospective analysis. Clin Sarcoma Res 3(1):7, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23663788.
- Fox E, Patel S, Wathen JK, Schuetze S, Chawla S, Harmon D, Reinke D, Chugh R, Benjamin RS, Helman LJ. Phase II study of sequential gemcitabine followed by docetaxel for recurrent Ewing sarcoma, osteosarcoma, or unresectable or locally recurrent chondrosarcoma: results of Sarcoma Alliance for Research Through Collaboration Study 003. Oncologist 17(3):321, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22363068.
- Wang WL, Katz D, Araujo DM, Ravi V, Ludwig JA, Trent JC, Patel SR, Lin PP, Guadagnolo A, Lòpez-Terrada D, Dei Tos AP, Lewis VO, Lev D, Pollock RE, Zagars GK, Benjamin RS, Madewell JE, Lazar AJ. Extensive adipocytic maturation can be seen in myxoid liposarcomas treated with neoadjuvant doxorubicin and ifosfamide and pre-operative radiation therapy. Clin Sarcoma Res 2(1):25, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23272660.
- Benjamin RS, Schöffski P, Hartmann JT, Van Oosterom A, Bui BN, Duyster J, Schuetze S, Blay JY, Reichardt P, Rosen LS, Skubitz K, McCoy S, Sun YN, Stepan DE, Baker L. Efficacy and safety of motesanib, an oral inhibitor of VEGF, PDGF, and Kit receptors, in patients with imatinib-resistant gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 68(1):69-77, 2011. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20838998.
- Vadhan-Raj S, Trent J, Patel S, Zhou X, Johnson MM, Araujo D, Ludwig JA, O'Roark S, Gillenwater AM, Bueso-Ramos C, El-Naggar AK, Benjamin RS. Single-dose palifermin prevents severe oral mucositis during multicycle chemotherapy in patients with cancer: a randomized trial. Ann Intern Med 153(6):358-67, 2010. PMID: 20855800.
- Guadagnolo BA, Zagars GK, Raymond AK, Benjamin RS, Sturgis EM. Osteosarcoma of the jaw/craniofacial region: outcomes after multimodality treatment. Cancer 115(14):3262-70, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19382187.
- Chugh R, Wathen JK, Maki RG, Benjamin RS, Patel SR, Meyers PA, Myers PA, Priebat DA, Reinke DK, Thomas DG, Keohan ML, Samuels BL, Baker LH. Phase II Multicenter Trial of Imatinib in 10 Histologic Subtypes of Sarcoma Using a Bayesian Hierarchical Statistical Model. J Clin Oncol 27(19):3148-53, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19451433.
- Chen LL, Holden JA, Choi H, Zhu J, Wu FF, Jones KA, Ward JH, Andtbacka RH, Randall RL, Scaife CL, Hunt KK, Prieto VG, Raymond AK, Zhang W, Trent JC, Benjamin RS, Frazier ML. Evolution from heterozygous to homozygous KIT mutation in gastrointestinal stomal tumor correlates wth the mechanism of mitotic nondisjunction and significant tumor progression. Mod Pathol 21(7):826-36, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18488000.
- Blanke CD, Rankin C, Demetri GD, Ryan CW, von Mehren M, Benjamin RS, Raymond AK, Bramwell VH, Baker LH, Maki RG, Tanaka M, Hecht JR, Heinrich MC, Fletcher CD, Crowley JJ, Borden EC. Phase III randomized, intergroup trial assessing imatinib mesylate at two dose levels in patients with unresectable or metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumors expressing the kit receptor tyrosine kinase: S0033. J Clin Oncol 26(4):626-32, 2008. PMID: 18235122.
- Benjamin RS. SARC-CTOS imaging symposium: introduction to the problem from a clinical perspective. Oncologist 13 Suppl 2:1-3, 2008. PMID: 18434630.
- Maki RG, Wathen JK, Patel SR, Priebat DA, Okuno SH, Samuels B, Fanucchi M, Harmon DC, Schuetze SM, Reinke D, Thall PF, Benjamin RS, Baker LH, Hensley ML. Randomized phase II study of gemcitabine and docetaxel compared with gemcitabine alone in patients with metastatic soft tissue sarcomas: results of sarcoma alliance for research through collaboration study 002 [corrected]. J Clin Oncol 25(19):2755-63, 2007. PMID: 17602081.
- Benjamin RS, Choi H, Macapinlac HA, Burgess MA, Patel SR, Chen LL, Podoloff DA, Charnsangavej C. We Should Desist Using RECIST, at Least in GIST. J Clin Oncol 25(13):1760-1764, 2007. PMID: 17470866.
- Choi H, Charnsangavej C, Faria SC, Macapinlac HA, Burgess MA, Patel SR, Chen LL, Podoloff DA, Benjamin RS. Correlation of computed tomography and positron emission tomography in patients with metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor treated at a single institution with imatinib mesylate: proposal of new computed tomography response criteria. J Clin Oncol 25(13):1753-9, 2007. PMID: 17470865.
- Benjamin RS, Blanke CD, Blay JY, Bonvalot S, Eisenberg B. Management of gastrointestinal stromal tumors in the imatinib era: selected case studies. Oncologist 11(1):9-20, 2006. PMID: 16401709.
- Benjamin RS, Baker LH, O'Bryan RM, Moon TE, Gottlieb JA. Advances in the chemotherapy of soft tissue sarcomas. Med Clin North Am 61(5):1039-43, 1977. PMID: 895246.
- Gottlieb JA, Benjamin RS, Baker LH, O'Bryan RM, Sinkovics JG, Hoogstraten B, Quagliana JM, Rivkin SE, Bodey GP, Rodriguez V, Blumenschein GR, Saiki JH, Coltman C, Burgess MA, Sullivan P, Thigpen T, Bottomley R, Balcerzak S, Moon TE. Role of DTIC (NSC-45388) in the chemotherapy of sarcomas. Cancer Treat Rep 60(2):199-203, 1976. PMID: 769974.
- Benjamin RS, Wiernik PH, Bachur NR. Adriamycin chemotherapy--efficacy, safety, and pharmacologic basis of an intermittent single high-dosage schedule. Cancer 33(1):19-27, 1974. PMID: 4810094.
- Benjamin RS, Futreal A. Are sarcomas hereditary?. Lancet Oncol. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27498912.
- Livingston JA, Hess KR, Naing A, Hong DS, Patel S, Benjamin RS, Ludwig JA, Conley A, Herzog CE, Anderson P, Meric-Bernstam F, Kurzrock R, Subbiah V. Validation of prognostic scoring and assessment of clinical benefit for patients with bone sarcomas enrolled in phase I clinical trials. Oncotarget. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27486883.
- Benjamin RS, Casali PG. Adjuvant Imatinib for GI Stromal Tumors: When and For How Long?. J Clin Oncol. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26644523.
- Ramlawi B, Leja MJ, Abu Saleh WK, Al Jabbari O, Benjamin R, Ravi V, Shapira OM, Blackmon SH, Bruckner BA, Reardon MJ. Surgical Treatment of Primary Cardiac Sarcomas: Review of a Single-Institution Experience. Ann Thorac Surg. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26476808.
- Bellera CA, Penel N, Ouali M, Bonvalot S, Casali PG, Nielsen OS, Delannes M, Litière S, Bonnetain F, Dabakuyo TS, Benjamin RS, Blay JY, Bui BN, Collin F, Delaney TF, Duffaud F, Filleron T, Fiore M, Gelderblom H, George S, Grimer R, Grosclaude P, Gronchi A, Haas R, Hohenberger P, Issels R, Italiano A, Jooste V, Krarup-Hansen A, Le Péchoux C, Mussi C, Oberlin O, Patel S, Piperno-Neumann S, Raut C, Ray-Coquard I, Rutkowski P, Schuetze S, Sleijfer S, Stoeckle E, Van Glabbeke M, Woll P, Gourgou-Bourgade S, Mathoulin-Pélissier S. Guidelines for time-to-event end point definitions in sarcomas and gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) trials: results of the DATECAN initiative (Definition for the Assessment of Time-to-event Endpoints in CANcer trials) . Ann Oncol. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25070543.
- Keung EZ, Ikoma N, Benjamin R, Wang WL, Lazar AJ, Feig BW. The clinical behavior of well differentiated liposarcoma can be extremely variable: A retrospective cohort study at a major sarcoma center. J Surg Oncol. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29723411.
- Wagner MJ, Gopalakrishnan V, Ravi V, Livingston JA, Conley AP, Araujo D, Somaiah N, Zarzour MA, Ratan R, Wang WL, Patel SR, Lazar A, Ludwig JA, Benjamin RS. Vincristine, Ifosfamide, and Doxorubicin for Initial Treatment of Ewing Sarcoma in Adults. Oncologist. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28710342.
- Benjamin RS. Adjuvant and neoadjuvant chemotherapy for soft tissue sarcomas: a personal point of view. Tumori:0. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28430348.
- Heinrich M, Rankin C, Blanke CD, Demetri GD, Borden EC, Ryan CW, von Mehren M, Blackstein ME, Priebat DA, Tap WD, Maki RG, Corless CL, Fletcher JA, Owzar K, Crowley JJ, Benjamin RS, Baker LH. Correlation of Long-term Results of Imatinib in Advanced Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors With Next-Generation Sequencing Results: Analysis of Phase 3 SWOG Intergroup Trial S0033. JAMA Oncol. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28196207.
- Kumar R, Meis JM, Amini B, McEnery KW, Madewell JE, Rhines LD, Benjamin RS. Giant Cell Tumor of Cervical Spine Presenting as Acute Asphyxia: Successful Surgical Resection after Down-staging with Denosumab. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27792106.
Invited Articles
- Benjamin RS. A practical approach to adriamycin (NSC 123127) toxicology. Cancer Chemother Rep 6:191-194, 1975.
- Benjamin RS. Pharmacokinetics of adriamycin (NSC 123127) in patients with sarcoma. Cancer Chemother Rep(58):271-273, 1974.
Abstracts
- Somaiah N, Conley AP, Lin HY, Amini A, Sabir SH, Araujo DM, Benjamin RS, Livingston JA, Patel S, Ratan R, Ravi V, Zarzour MA, Wang WL, Tate t, Roland RL, Daw NC, Futreal A, Wistuba I,. Phase II Multi-arm Study of Durvalumab and Tremelimumab for Advanced or Metastatic Sarcomas. 2020 Annual ASCO Virtual Meeting, 2020.
- Subramaniam A, Zheng J, Yalamanchili S, Conley AP, Ratan R, Somaiah N, Livingston JA, Zarzour MA, Araujo DM, Benjamin RS, Patel SR, Ravi V. Modulation of YAP by statins to Improve Survival in Epitheloid hemangioendothelioma (EHE). 2020 Annual ASCO Virtual Meeting, 2020.
- Groisberg R, Hong D, Holla V, Janku F, Piha-Paul S, Ravi S, Benjamin R. Patel S, Somaiah N, Conley A, Ali Siraj, Schrock A, Ross J, Stephens P, Miller V, Sen S. Herzog C, Meric-Bernstam F, Subbiah V. Clinical genomic profiling to identify actionable alterations for investigarional therapies in patients with diferser sarcomas. Ann Oncol, 2020.
- Parkes AM, Patel S, Leung CH, Lin HY, Conley AP, Somaiah N, Araujo DM, Zarzour MA, Livingston JA, Ravi V, Benjamin RS, Ratan R. Systemic therapy regimen outcomes in metastatic phyllodes tumors of the breast. J. Clin Oncol 36, 2018.
- Somaiah N, Conley A, Espiridion BS, Lin H, Amini B, Ravi V, Araujo D, Benjamin R, Patel S, Zarzour A, Sabir S, Lazar AJ, Wang WL, Wistuba II. A phase II multi-arm study to test the efficacy of durvalumab and tremelimumab in multiple sarcoma subtypes. CTOS 2017 Annual Meeting, 2017.
- Livingston JA, Posey K, Subbiah V, Daw JC, Somaiah N, Ravi V, Patel S, Benjamin RS, Wang WL, Lazar A, Broaddus R, Meric-Bernstam F, Shaw KR, Roszik J, Conley AP. Analysis of osteosarcoma subtypes by clinical genomic testing to identify clinically actionable alterations. Journal of Clincal Oncology, 2017.
- Conley AP, Livingston JA, Ravi V, Shaw KR, Subbiah V, Janku F, Broaddus R, Lewis V, Patel S, Benjamin R, Wang WL, Lazar A, Futreal A, Meric-Bernstam F, Roszik J. Assessment of next generation sequencing (NGS) for patients with chondrosarcoma. CTOS 2017 Annual Meeting, 2017.
- Conley AP, Huh WW, Roszik J, Harrison DJ, Hayes-Jordan AA, Kehr KA, Ratan R, Ravi V, Arauo DM, Zarzour MA, Ludwig JA, Wang WL, Benjamin RS, Patel S. Clinical characteristics of adult alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (ARMS) patients (Pts) on front-line therapies: An MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC) series. J Clin Oncol, 2016.
- Groisberg R, Hong DS, Janku F, Piha-Paul SA, Ravi V, Benjamin RS, Patel S, Somaiah N, Conley AP, Herzog CE, Meric-Bernstam F, Subbiah V. Clinical next generation sequencing in sarcomas. J Clin Oncol, 2016.
- Nathenson M, Conley AP, Ratan R, Zarzour MA, Somaiah N, Araujo DM, Patel S, Benjamin RS, Ravi V. Efficacy of front-line chemotherapy for recurrent/metastatic adenosarcoma of the uterus. J Clin Oncol, 2016.
- Conley AP, Satcher Rl, Wang WL, Lazar AJF, Fox PS, Lin PP, Moon B, Bird JE, Araujo DM, Ravi V, Somaiah N, Patel S, Benjamin RS, Lewis VO. Clinical Characteristics and treatment outcomes of clear cell chondrosarcomas. J Clin Oncol, 2015.
- Vadhan-Raj S, Ravi V, Zhou X, Araujo DM, Somaiah N, Conley AP, Daniel M, Benjamin RS, Patel S, Spasojevic I. Effects of fosaprepitan (Fosa) on ifosfamide (Ifex) metabolism in sarcoma patients (pts) receiving multi-day chemotherapy (CT) regimen on doxorubicin (Dox) and Ifex (AI): Randomized, cross-over study. J Clin Oncol, 2015.
- Somaiah N, Berid H, Shaw KR, Wang WL, Conley AP, Ravi V, Torress KE, Ingram D, Roland CL, Subbiah V, Feig BW, Lazar AJF, Benjamin RS, Patel S, Hwu P, Futreal A, Meric-Bernstam F, Hong DS. Targeted next generation sequencing in well-differentiated/dedifferentiated liposrcoma (WD/DD LPS): Multiple gene amplifications but few mutations. J Clin Oncol, 2015.
- Vadhan-Raj S, Araujo DM, Trent JC, Zhou X, Ludwig JA, Ravi V, Chambers MS, Patel S, Benjamin RS. Phase II study of caphosol oral rinse for prevention of oral mucositis (OM) in sarcoma patiens (pts) receiving multi-cycle doxorubicin-based chemotherapy (CT): Randomized study with cross-over to palifermin for severe OM. ASCO 2012 Annual Mtg. Chicago, Illinois (#92822), 2012.
- Subbiah V, Viny AD, Anderson PM, Hayes-Jordan A, Qiao W, Benjamin RS, Maki RG, Ludwig JA. Optimizing the therapy of desmoplastic small round cell tumor: Combined experience from the two major cancer centers. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2012 ASCO Annual Meeting Proceedings 30(No. 15S):Abstract 10021, 2012.