DF/HCC Program Affiliation

Lung Cancer

Research Abstract

As pulmonary pathologist at BWH, I have interest in pathologic diagnosis of thoracic malignancies including lung cancer, mesothelioma, and mediastinal malignancies. I also have interest in the operation and use of tissue repositories for research.

Publications

• Christensen BC, Godleski JJ, Roelofs CR, Longacker JL, Bueno R, Sugarbaker DJ, Marsit CJ, Nelson HH, Kelsey KT.Asbestos burden predicts survival in pleural mesothelioma.Environ Health Perspect 2008 Jun;116(6):723-6.
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• Godleski JJ.Responses of the heart to ambient particle inhalation.Clin Occup Environ Med 2006;5(4):849-64.
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• Kraunz KS, Nelson HH, Lemos M, Godleski JJ, Wiencke JK, Kelsey KT.Homozygous deletion of p16(INK4a) and tobacco carcinogen exposure in nonsmall cell lung cancer.Int J Cancer 2006 Mar 15;118(6):1364-9.
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• Godleski JJ.Role of asbestos in etiology of malignant pleural mesothelioma.Thorac Surg Clin 2004 Nov;14(4):479-87.
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• Pope CA, Burnett RT, Thurston GD, Thun MJ, Calle EE, Krewski D, Godleski JJ.Cardiovascular Mortality and Long-Term Exposure to Particulate Air Pollution. Epidemiological Evidence of General Pathophysiological Pathways of Disease.Circulation 2003 Dec 15.
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• Wellenius GA, Coull BA, Godleski JJ, Koutrakis P, Okabe K, Savage ST, Lawrence JE, Murthy GG, Verrier RL.Inhalation of concentrated ambient air particles exacerbates myocardial ischemia in conscious dogs.Environ Health Perspect 2003 Apr;111(4):402-8.
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• Breathnach OS, Kwiatkowski DJ, Finkelstein DM, Godleski J, Sugarbaker DJ, Johnson BE, Mentzer S.Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma of the lung: recurrences and survival in patients with stage I disease.J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 Jan;121(1):42-7.
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• Kwiatkowski DJ, Harpole DH, Godleski J, Herndon JE, Shieh DB, Richards W, Blanco R, Xu HJ, Strauss GM, Sugarbaker DJ.Molecular pathologic substaging in 244 stage I non-small-cell lung cancer patients: clinical implications.J Clin Oncol 1998 Jul;16(7):2468
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• Shapiro GI, Edwards CD, Kobzik L, Godleski J, Richards W, Sugarbaker DJ, Rollins BJ.Reciprocal Rb inactivation and p16INK4 expression in primary lung cancers and cell lines.Cancer Res 1995 Feb 1;55(3):505-9.
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