DF/HCC Program Affiliation

Gastrointestinal Malignancies

DF/HCC Associations

Principal Investigator, Clinical Trials Applications Portal (OncPro and More)

Lab Website

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Immunology

Research Abstract

My clinical and basic science research focuses on pancreatic and hepatobiliary malignancies. In the laboratory we are exploring the immunologic responses and gene expression patterns of pancreatic adenocarcinoma, pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, and cholangiocarcinomas.

Publications

• Ferrone CR,Levine DA,Tang LH,Allen PJ,Jarnagin W,Brennan MF,Offit K,Robson ME.BRCA germline mutations in Jewish patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma.J Clin Oncol 2009 Jan 20;27(3):433-8.
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• Canter RJ,Qin LX,Ferrone CR,Maki RG,Singer S,Brennan MF.Why do patients with low-grade soft tissue sarcoma die?.Ann Surg Oncol 2008 Dec;15(12):3550-60.
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• Ferrone CR,Warshaw AL,Rattner DW,Berger D,Zheng H,Rawal B,Rodriguez R,Thayer SP,Fernandez-del Castillo C.Pancreatic fistula rates after 462 distal pancreatectomies: staplers do not decrease fistula rates.J Gastrointest Surg 2008 Oct;12(10):1691-7; discuss
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