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Scott R. Plotkin, MD, PhD

Massachusetts General Hospital

Massachusetts General Hospital
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Scott R. Plotkin, MD, PhD

Massachusetts General Hospital

EDUCATIONAL TITLES

  • Professor, Neurology, Harvard Medical School
  • Associate Professor, Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital

DF/HCC PROGRAM AFFILIATION

DF/HCC ASSOCIATIONS

  • Member, Center Scientific Council

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  • Irwin KE, Ko N, Walsh EP, Decker V, Arrillaga-Romany I, Plotkin SR, Franas J, Gorton E, Moy B. Developing a Virtual Equity Hub: Adapting the Tumor Board Model for Equity in Cancer Care. Oncologist 2022. PubMed
  • Lassman AB, Wen PY, van den Bent MJ, Plotkin SR, Walenkamp AME, Green AL, Li K, Walker CJ, Chang H, Tamir S, Henegar L, Shen Y, Alvarez MJ, Califano A, Landesman Y, Kauffman MG, Sacham S, Mau-Sørensen M. A Phase 2 Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Oral Selinexor in Recurrent Glioblastoma. Clin Cancer Res 2021. PubMed
  • Jordan JT, Plotkin SR. Neurofibromatoses. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am 2021. PubMed
  • Ahlawat S, Ly KI, Fayad LM, Fisher MJ, Lessing AJ, Berg DJ, Salamon JM, Mautner VF, Babovic-Vuksanovic D, Dombi E, Harris G, Plotkin SR, Blakeley J, . Imaging Evaluation of Plexiform Neurofibromas in Neurofibromatosis Type 1: A Survey-Based Assessment. Neurology 2021; 97:S111-S119. PubMed
  • Akshintala S, Khalil N, Yohay K, Muzikansky A, Allen J, Yaffe A, Gross AM, Fisher MJ, Blakeley JO, Oberlander B, Pudel M, Engelson C, Obletz J, Mitchell C, Widemann BC, Stevenson DA, Plotkin SR. REiNS: Reliability of Handheld Dynamometry to Measure Focal Muscle Weakness in Neurofibromatosis Types 1 and 2. Neurology 2021. PubMed
  • Thalheimer R, Merker VL, Ly I, Champlain A, Sawaya J, Askenazi NL, Herr HP, Wei Da JL, Jordan JT, Muzikansky A, Pearce EM, Sakamoto FH, Blakeley J, Anderson RR, Plotkin SR, . [REiNS] Validating Techniques for Measurement of Cutaneous Neurofibromas: Recommendations for Clinical Trials. Neurology 2021. PubMed
  • Gross AM, Plotkin SR, Widemann BC, . [REiNS] NF Clinical Trials - REiNS Collaboration 2020 Recommendations: Looking Back and Moving Ahead. Neurology 2021. PubMed
  • Cannon A, Pichard DC, Wolters PL, Adsit S, Erickson G, Lessing AJ, Li P, Narmore W, Röhl C, Rosser T, Widemann BC, Blakeley JO, Plotkin SR, . Perspective of Adults With Neurofibromatosis 1 and Cutaneous Neurofibromas: Implications for Clinical Trials. Neurology 2021. PubMed
  • Maguiness S, Berman Y, Rubin N, Dodds M, Plotkin SR, Wong Mgc C, Moertel C, . REiNS: Measuring the Impact of Cutaneous Neurofibromas on Quality of Life in Neurofibromatosis Type 1. Neurology 2021. PubMed
  • Merker VL, Lessing AJ, Moss I, Hussey M, Oberlander B, Rose T, Thalheimer R, Wirtanen T, Wolters PL, Gross AM, Plotkin SR, . Enhancing Neurofibromatosis Clinical Trial Outcome Measures Through Patient Engagement: Lessons From REiNS. Neurology 2021. PubMed
  • Karajannis MA, Mauguen A, Maloku E, Xu Q, Dunbar EM, Plotkin SR, Yaffee A, Wang S, Roland JT, Sen C, Placantonakis DG, Golfinos JG, Allen JC, Vitanza NA, Chiriboga LA, Schneider RJ, Deng J, Neubert TA, Goldberg JD, Zagzag D, Giancotti FG, Blakeley JO. Phase 0 Clinical Trial of Everolimus in Patients with Vestibular Schwannoma or Meningioma. Mol Cancer Ther 2021. PubMed
  • Kukutla P, Ahmed SG, DuBreuil DM, Abdelnabi A, Cetinbas M, Fulci G, Aldikacti B, Stemmer-Rachamimov A, Plotkin SR, Wainger B, Sadreyev RI, Brenner GJ. Transcriptomic signature of painful human neurofibromatosis type 2 schwannomas. Ann Clin Transl Neurol 2021. PubMed
  • Legius E, Messiaen L, Wolkenstein P, Pancza P, Avery RA, Berman Y, Blakeley J, Babovic-Vuksanovic D, Cunha KS, Ferner R, Fisher MJ, Friedman JM, Gutmann DH, Kehrer-Sawatzki H, Korf BR, Mautner VF, Peltonen S, Rauen KA, Riccardi V, Schorry E, Stemmer-Rachamimov A, Stevenson DA, Tadini G, Ullrich NJ, Viskochil D, Wimmer K, Yohay K, , Huson SM, Evans DG, Plotkin SR. Revised diagnostic criteria for neurofibromatosis type 1 and Legius syndrome: an international consensus recommendation. Genet Med 2021. PubMed
  • Dhaenens BAE, Ferner RE, Bakker A, Nievo M, Evans DG, Wolkenstein P, Potratz C, Plotkin SR, Heimann G, Legius E, Oostenbrink R. Identifying challenges in neurofibromatosis: a modified Delphi procedure. Eur J Hum Genet 2021. PubMed
  • Weiss BD, Wolters PL, Plotkin SR, Widemann BC, Tonsgard JH, Blakeley J, Allen JC, Schorry E, Korf B, Robison NJ, Goldman S, Vinks AA, Emoto C, Fukuda T, Robinson CT, Cutter G, Edwards L, Dombi E, Ratner N, Packer R, Fisher MJ. NF106: A Neurofibromatosis Clinical Trials Consortium Phase II Trial of the MEK Inhibitor Mirdametinib (PD-0325901) in Adolescents and Adults With NF1-Related Plexiform Neurofibromas. J Clin Oncol 2021; 39:797-806. PubMed
  • Chang LS, Oblinger JL, Smith AE, Ferrer M, Angus SP, Hawley E, Petrilli AM, Beauchamp RL, Riecken LB, Erdin S, Poi M, Huang J, Bessler WK, Zhang X, Guha R, Thomas C, Burns SS, Gilbert TSK, Jiang L, Li X, Lu Q, Yuan J, He Y, Dixon SAH, Masters A, Jones DR, Yates CW, Haggarty SJ, La Rosa S, Welling DB, Stemmer-Rachamimov AO, Plotkin SR, Gusella JF, Guinney J, Morrison H, Ramesh V, Fernandez-Valle C, Johnson GL, Blakeley JO, Clapp DW, . Brigatinib causes tumor shrinkage in both NF2-deficient meningioma and schwannoma through inhibition of multiple tyrosine kinases but not ALK. PLoS ONE 2021; 16:e0252048. PubMed
  • Wu L, Vasilijic S, Sun Y, Chen J, Landegger LD, Zhang Y, Zhou W, Ren J, Early S, Yin Z, Ho WW, Zhang N, Gao X, Lee GY, Datta M, Sagers JE, Brown A, Muzikansky A, Stemmer-Rachamimov A, Zhang L, Plotkin SR, Jain RK, Stankovic KM, Xu L. Losartan prevents tumor-induced hearing loss and augments radiation efficacy in NF2 schwannoma rodent models. Sci Transl Med 2021. PubMed
  • Mansouri S, Suppiah S, Mamatjan Y, Paganini I, Liu JC, Karimi S, Patil V, Nassiri F, Singh O, Sundaravadanam Y, Rath P, Sestini R, Gensini F, Agnihotri S, Blakeley J, Ostrow K, Largaespada D, Plotkin SR, Stemmer-Rachamimov A, Ferrer MM, Pugh TJ, Aldape KD, Papi L, Zadeh G. Epigenomic, genomic, and transcriptomic landscape of schwannomatosis. Acta Neuropathol 2021; 141:101-116. PubMed
  • Fisher MJ, Shih CS, Rhodes SD, Armstrong AE, Wolters PL, Dombi E, Zhang C, Angus SP, Johnson GL, Packer RJ, Allen JC, Ullrich NJ, Goldman S, Gutmann DH, Plotkin SR, Rosser T, Robertson KA, Widemann BC, Smith AE, Bessler WK, He Y, Park SJ, Mund JA, Jiang L, Bijangi-Vishehsaraei K, Robinson CT, Cutter GR, Korf BR, , Blakeley JO, Clapp DW. Cabozantinib for neurofibromatosis type 1-related plexiform neurofibromas: a phase 2 trial. Nat Med 2021; 27:165-173. PubMed
  • Radtke HB, Klein-Tasman BP, Merker VL, Knight P, Ullrich NJ, Jordan JT, Korf B, Plotkin SR. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on neurofibromatosis clinical care and research. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2021; 16:61. PubMed
  • Beauchamp RL, Erdin S, Witt L, Jordan JT, Plotkin SR, Gusella JF, Ramesh V. mTOR kinase inhibition disrupts neuregulin 1-ERBB3 autocrine signaling and sensitizes NF2-deficient meningioma cellular models to IGF1R inhibition. J Biol Chem 2020; 296:100157. PubMed
  • Beauchamp RL, Erdin S, Witt L, Jordan JT, Plotkin SR, Gusella JF, Ramesh V. mTOR kinase inhibition disrupts neuregulin 1-ERBB3 autocrine signaling and sensitizes -deficient meningioma cellular models to IGF1R inhibition. J Biol Chem 2020. PubMed
  • Merker VL, Plotkin SR, Charns MP, Meterko M, Jordan JT, Elwy AR. Effective provider-patient communication of a rare disease diagnosis: A qualitative study of people diagnosed with schwannomatosis. Patient Educ Couns 2020. PubMed
  • Rios JJ, Richards BS, Stevenson DA, Oberlander B, Viskochil D, Gross AM, Dombi E, Widemann BC, Plotkin SR, May CJ, Ullrich NJ, Goldstein RY, Jain V, Schorry EK, . Are Some Randomized Clinical Trials Impossible? J Pediatr Orthop 2020. PubMed
  • Liu Y, Jordan JT, Bredella MA, Erdin S, Walker JA, Vangel M, Harris GJ, Plotkin SR, Cai W. Correlation between NF1 genotype and imaging phenotype on whole-body MRI: NF1 radiogenomics. Neurology 2020; 94:e2521-e2531. PubMed
  • Klesse LJ, Jordan JT, Radtke HB, Rosser T, Schorry E, Ullrich N, Viskochil D, Knight P, Plotkin SR, Yohay K. The Use of MEK Inhibitors in Neurofibromatosis Type 1-Associated Tumors and Management of Toxicities. Oncologist 2020. PubMed
  • Strowd RE, Plotkin SR. Familial Nervous System Tumor Syndromes. Continuum (Minneap Minn) 2020; 26:1523-1552. PubMed
  • Chi AS, Cahill DP, Reardon DA, Wen PY, Mikkelsen T, Peereboom DM, Wong ET, Gerstner ER, Dietrich J, Plotkin SR, Norden AD, Lee EQ, Nayak L, Tanaka S, Wakimoto H, Lelic N, Koerner MV, Klofas LK, Bertalan MS, Arrillaga-Romany IC, Betensky RA, Curry WT, Borger DR, Balaj L, Kitchen RR, Chakrabortty SK, Valentino MD, Skog J, Breakefield XO, Iafrate AJ, Batchelor TT. Exploring Predictors of Response to Dacomitinib in -Amplified Recurrent Glioblastoma. JCO Precis Oncol 2020. PubMed
  • Plotkin SR, Duda DG, Muzikansky A, Allen J, Blakeley J, Rosser T, Campian JL, Clapp DW, Fisher MJ, Tonsgard J, Ullrich N, Thomas C, Cutter G, Korf B, Packer R, Karajannis MA. Multicenter, Prospective, Phase II and Biomarker Study of High-Dose Bevacizumab as Induction Therapy in Patients With Neurofibromatosis Type 2 and Progressive Vestibular Schwannoma. J Clin Oncol 2019; 37:3446-3454. PubMed
  • Gerstner E, Emblem KE, Chang K, Vakulenko-Lagun B, Yen YF, Beers AL, Dietrich J, Plotkin SR, Catana C, Hooker JM, Duda DG, Rosen B, Kalpathy-Cramer J, Jain RK, Batchelor T. Bevacizumab reduces permeability and concurrent temozolomide delivery in a subset of patients with recurrent glioblastoma. Clin Cancer Res 2019. PubMed
  • Funes CJ, Mace RA, Macklin EA, Plotkin SR, Jordan JT, Vranceanu AM. First report of quality of life in adults with neurofibromatosis 2 who are deafened or have significant hearing loss: results of a live-video randomized control trial. J. Neurooncol. 2019; 143:505-513. PubMed
  • Ferner RE, Bakker A, Elgersma Y, Evans DGR, Giovannini M, Legius E, Lloyd A, Messiaen LM, Plotkin S, Reilly KM, Schindeler A, Smith MJ, Ullrich NJ, Widemann B, Sherman LS. From process to progress-2017 International Conference on Neurofibromatosis 1, Neurofibromatosis 2 and Schwannomatosis. Am J Med Genet A 2019. PubMed
  • Chen J, Landegger LD, Sun Y, Ren J, Maimon N, Wu L, Ng MR, Chen JW, Zhang N, Zhao Y, Gao X, Fujita T, Roberge S, Huang P, Jain RK, Plotkin SR, Stankovic KM, Xu L. A cerebellopontine angle mouse model for the investigation of tumor biology, hearing, and neurological function in NF2-related vestibular schwannoma. Nat Protoc 2019; 14:541-555. PubMed
  • Ina Ly K, Vakulenko-Lagun B, Emblem KE, Ou Y, Da X, Betensky RA, Kalpathy-Cramer J, Duda DG, Jain RK, Chi AS, Plotkin SR, Batchelor TT, Sorensen G, Rosen BR, Gerstner ER. Probing tumor microenvironment in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma during chemoradiation and adjuvant temozolomide with functional MRI. Sci Rep 2018; 8:17062. PubMed
  • Vranceanu AM, Zale EL, Funes CJ, Macklin EA, McCurley J, Park ER, Jordan JT, Lin A, Plotkin SR. Mind-Body Treatment for International English-Speaking Adults With Neurofibromatosis via Live Videoconferencing: Protocol for a Single-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc 2018; 7:e11008. PubMed
  • Merker VL, Dai A, Radtke HB, Knight P, Jordan JT, Plotkin SR. Increasing access to specialty care for rare diseases: a case study using a foundation sponsored clinic network for patients with neurofibromatosis 1, neurofibromatosis 2, and schwannomatosis. BMC Health Serv Res 2018; 18:668. PubMed
  • Angus SP, Oblinger JL, Stuhlmiller TJ, DeSouza PA, Beauchamp RL, Witt L, Chen X, Jordan JT, Gilbert TSK, Stemmer-Rachamimov A, Gusella JF, Plotkin SR, Haggarty SJ, Chang LS, Johnson GL, Ramesh V, . EPH receptor signaling as a novel therapeutic target in NF2-deficient meningioma. 2018; 20:1185-1196. PubMed
  • Jordan JT, Plotkin SR. Benign Intracranial Tumors. Neurol Clin 2018; 36:501-516. PubMed
  • Ortonne N, Wolkenstein P, Blakeley JO, Korf B, Plotkin SR, Riccardi VM, Miller DC, Huson S, Peltonen J, Rosenberg A, Carroll SL, Verma SK, Mautner V, Upadhyaya M, Stemmer-Rachamimov A. Cutaneous neurofibromas: Current clinical and pathologic issues. Neurology 2018; 91:S5-S13. PubMed
  • Verma SK, Riccardi VM, Plotkin SR, Weinberg H, Anderson RR, Blakeley JO, Jarnagin K, Lee J. Considerations for development of therapies for cutaneous neurofibroma. Neurology 2018; 91:S21-S30. PubMed
  • Huang V, Bergner AL, Halpin C, Merker VL, Sheridan MR, Widemann BC, Blakeley JO, Plotkin SR. Improvement in Patient-reported Hearing After Treatment With Bevacizumab in People With Neurofibromatosis Type 2. Otol. Neurotol. 2018; 39:632-638. PubMed
  • Zhao Y, Liu P, Zhang N, Chen J, Landegger LD, Wu L, Zhao F, Zhao Y, Zhang Y, Zhang J, Fujita T, Stemmer-Rachamimov A, Ferraro GB, Liu H, Muzikansky A, Plotkin SR, Stankovic KM, Jain RK, Xu L. Targeting the cMET pathway augments radiation response without adverse effect on hearing in NF2 schwannoma models. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018; 115:E2077-E2084. PubMed
  • Plotkin SR, Wick A. Neurofibromatosis and Schwannomatosis. Semin Neurol 2018; 38:73-85. PubMed
  • Jordan JT, Smith MJ, Walker JA, Erdin S, Talkowski ME, Merker VL, Ramesh V, Cai W, Harris GJ, Bredella MA, Seijo M, Suuberg A, Gusella JF, Plotkin SR. Pain correlates with germline mutation in schwannomatosis. Medicine (Baltimore) 2018; 97:e9717. PubMed
  • , Allaway R, Angus SP, Beauchamp RL, Blakeley JO, Bott M, Burns SS, Carlstedt A, Chang LS, Chen X, Clapp DW, Desouza PA, Erdin S, Fernandez-Valle C, Guinney J, Gusella JF, Haggarty SJ, Johnson GL, La Rosa S, Morrison H, Petrilli AM, Plotkin SR, Pratap A, Ramesh V, Sciaky N, Stemmer-Rachamimov A, Stuhlmiller TJ, Talkowski ME, Welling DB, Yates CW, Zawistowski JS, Zhao WN. Traditional and systems biology based drug discovery for the rare tumor syndrome neurofibromatosis type 2. PLoS ONE 2018; 13:e0197350. PubMed
  • Merker VL, McDannold S, Riklin E, Talaei-Khoei M, Sheridan MR, Jordan JT, Plotkin SR, Vranceanu AM. Health literacy assessment in adults with neurofibromatosis: electronic and short-form measurement using FCCHL and Health LiTT. J. Neurooncol. 2017. PubMed
  • Cai W, Steinberg SM, Bredella MA, Basinsky G, Somarouthu B, Plotkin SR, Solomon J, Widemann BC, Harris GJ, Dombi E. Volumetric MRI Analysis of Plexiform Neurofibromas in Neurofibromatosis Type 1: Comparison of Two Methods. Acad Radiol 2017. PubMed
  • Zhang N, Chen J, Ferraro G, Wu L, Datta M, Jain RK, Plotkin SR, Stemmer-Rachamimov A, Xu L. Anti-VEGF treatment improves neurological function in tumors of the nervous system. Exp Neurol 2017. PubMed
  • Riklin E, Talaei-Kheoi M, Merker VL, Sheridan MR, Jordan JT, Plotkin SR, Vranceanu AM. First report of factors associated with satisfaction in patients with neurofibromatosis. Am J Med Genet A 2017; 173:671-677. PubMed
  • Brastianos PK, Nayyar N, Rosebrock D, Leshchiner I, Gill CM, Livitz D, Bertalan MS, D'Andrea M, Hoang K, Aquilanti E, Chukwueke UN, Kaneb A, Chi A, Plotkin S, Gerstner ER, Frosch MP, Suva ML, Cahill DP, Getz G, Batchelor TT. Resolving the phylogenetic origin of glioblastoma via multifocal genomic analysis of pre-treatment and treatment-resistant autopsy specimens. NPJ Precis Oncol 2017; 1:33. PubMed
  • Andronesi OC, Esmaeili M, Borra RJH, Emblem K, Gerstner ER, Pinho MC, Plotkin SR, Chi AS, Eichler AF, Dietrich J, Ivy SP, Wen PY, Duda DG, Jain R, Rosen BR, Sorensen GA, Batchelor TT. Early changes in glioblastoma metabolism measured by MR spectroscopic imaging during combination of anti-angiogenic cediranib and chemoradiation therapy are associated with survival. NPJ Precis Oncol 2017. PubMed
  • Talaei-Khoei M, Riklin E, Merker VL, Sheridan MR, Jordan JT, Plotkin SR, Vranceanu AM. First use of patient reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS) measures in adults with neurofibromatosis. J. Neurooncol. 2017; 131:413-419. PubMed
  • Vranceanu AM, Riklin E, Merker VL, Macklin EA, Park ER, Plotkin SR. Mind-body therapy via videoconferencing in patients with neurofibromatosis: An RCT. Neurology 2016; 87:806-14. PubMed
  • Plotkin SR, Davis SD, Robertson KA, Akshintala S, Allen J, Fisher MJ, Blakeley JO, Widemann BC, Ferner RE, Marcus CL, . Sleep and pulmonary outcomes for clinical trials of airway plexiform neurofibromas in NF1. Neurology 2016; 87:S13-20. PubMed
  • Ahlawat S, Fayad LM, Khan MS, Bredella MA, Harris GJ, Evans DG, Farschtschi S, Jacobs MA, Chhabra A, Salamon JM, Wenzel R, Mautner VF, Dombi E, Cai W, Plotkin SR, Blakeley JO, , . Current whole-body MRI applications in the neurofibromatoses: NF1, NF2, and schwannomatosis. Neurology 2016; 87:S31-9. PubMed
  • Hanemann CO, Blakeley JO, Nunes FP, Robertson K, Stemmer-Rachamimov A, Mautner V, Kurtz A, Ferguson M, Widemann BC, Evans DG, Ferner R, Carroll SL, Korf B, Wolkenstein P, Knight P, Plotkin SR, . Current status and recommendations for biomarkers and biobanking in neurofibromatosis. Neurology 2016; 87:S40-8. PubMed
  • Stevenson DA, Schill L, Schoyer L, Andresen BS, Bakker A, Bayrak-Toydemir P, Burkitt-Wright E, Chatfield K, Elefteriou F, Elgersma Y, Fisher MJ, Franz D, Gelb BD, Goriely A, Gripp KW, Hardan AY, Keppler-Noreuil KM, Kerr B, Korf B, Leoni C, McCormick F, Plotkin SR, Rauen KA, Reilly K, Roberts A, Sandler A, Siegel D, Walsh K, Widemann BC. The Fourth International Symposium on Genetic Disorders of the Ras/MAPK pathway. Am J Med Genet A 2016. PubMed
  • Merker VL, Bergner AL, Vranceanu AM, Muzikansky A, Slattery W, Plotkin SR. Health-related Quality of Life of Individuals With Neurofibromatosis Type 2: Results From the NF2 Natural History Study. Otol. Neurotol. 2016. PubMed
  • Blakeley JO, Ye X, Duda DG, Halpin CF, Bergner AL, Muzikansky A, Merker VL, Gerstner ER, Fayad LM, Ahlawat S, Jacobs MA, Jain RK, Zalewski C, Dombi E, Widemann BC, Plotkin SR. Efficacy and Biomarker Study of Bevacizumab for Hearing Loss Resulting From Neurofibromatosis Type 2-Associated Vestibular Schwannomas. J Clin Oncol 2016. PubMed
  • Naunheim MR, Plotkin SR, Franco RA, Song PC. Laryngeal Manifestations of Neurofibromatosis. 2016; 154:494-7. PubMed
  • Blakeley JO, Plotkin SR. Therapeutic advances for the tumors associated with neurofibromatosis type 1, type 2, and schwannomatosis. 2016. PubMed
  • Terry AR, Jordan JT, Schwamm L, Plotkin SR. Increased Risk of Cerebrovascular Disease Among Patients With Neurofibromatosis Type 1: Population-Based Approach. Stroke 2015. PubMed
  • Jordan JT, Gerstner ER, Batchelor TT, Cahill DP, Plotkin SR. Glioblastoma care in the elderly. Cancer 2015. PubMed
  • Gao X, Zhao Y, Stemmer-Rachamimov AO, Liu H, Huang P, Chin S, Selig MK, Plotkin SR, Jain RK, Xu L. Anti-VEGF treatment improves neurological function and augments radiation response in NF2 schwannoma model. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:14676-81. PubMed
  • Stivaros SM, Stemmer-Rachamimov AO, Alston R, Plotkin SR, Nadol JB, Quesnel A, O'Malley J, Whitfield GA, McCabe MG, Freeman SR, Lloyd SK, Wright NB, Kilday JP, Kamaly-Asl ID, Mills SJ, Rutherford SA, King AT, Evans DG. Multiple synchronous sites of origin of vestibular schwannomas in neurofibromatosis Type 2. J Med Genet 2015. PubMed
  • Beauchamp RL, James MF, DeSouza PA, Wagh V, Zhao WN, Jordan JT, Stemmer-Rachamimov A, Plotkin SR, Gusella JF, Haggarty SJ, Ramesh V. A high-throughput kinome screen reveals serum/glucocorticoid-regulated kinase 1 as a therapeutic target for NF2-deficient meningiomas. 2015; 6:16981-97. PubMed
  • Terry AR, Merker VL, Barker FG, Leffert L, Bateman BT, Souter I, Plotkin SR. Pregnancy complications in women with rare tumor suppressor syndromes affecting central and peripheral nervous system. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2015. PubMed
  • Vranceanu AM, Merker VL, Park ER, Plotkin SR. Quality of life among children and adolescents with neurofibromatosis 1: a systematic review of the literature. J. Neurooncol. 2015; 122:219-28. PubMed
  • Merker VL, Murphy TP, Hughes JB, Muzikansky A, Hughes MR, Souter I, Plotkin SR. Outcomes of preimplantation genetic diagnosis in neurofibromatosis type 1. Fertil Steril 2015; 103:761-8.e1. PubMed
  • Park ER, Smith KB, Merker VL, Muzikansky A, Vranceanu AM, Wang DL, Plotkin SR. Examining perceived cancer risk among patients with neurofibromatosis type 1. J. Neurooncol. 2015; 122:127-33. PubMed
  • Jackman DM, Cioffredi LA, Jacobs L, Sharmeen F, Morse LK, Lucca J, Plotkin SR, Marcoux PJ, Rabin MS, Lynch TJ, Johnson BE, Kesari S. A phase I trial of high dose gefitinib for patients with leptomeningeal metastases from non-small cell lung cancer. 2015; 6:4527-36. PubMed
  • Norden AD, Ligon KL, Hammond SN, Muzikansky A, Reardon DA, Kaley TJ, Batchelor TT, Plotkin SR, Raizer JJ, Wong ET, Drappatz J, Lesser GJ, Haidar S, Beroukhim R, Lee EQ, Doherty L, Lafrankie D, Gaffey SC, Gerard M, Smith KH, McCluskey C, Phuphanich S, Wen PY. Phase II study of monthly pasireotide LAR (SOM230C) for recurrent or progressive meningioma. Neurology 2015; 84:280-6. PubMed
  • Kaley TJ, Wen P, Schiff D, Ligon K, Haidar S, Karimi S, Lassman AB, Nolan CP, DeAngelis LM, Gavrilovic I, Norden A, Drappatz J, Lee EQ, Purow B, Plotkin SR, Batchelor T, Abrey LE, Omuro A. Phase II trial of sunitinib for recurrent and progressive atypical and anaplastic meningioma. 2015. PubMed
  • Plotkin SR, Albers AC, Babovic-Vuksanovic D, Blakeley JO, Breakefield XO, Dunn CM, Evans DG, Fisher MJ, Friedman JM, Giovannini M, Gutmann DH, Kalamarides M, McClatchey AI, Messiaen L, Morrison H, Parkinson DB, Stemmer-Rachamimov AO, Van Raamsdonk CD, Riccardi VM, Rosser T, Schindeler A, Smith MJ, Stevenson DA, Ullrich NJ, van der Vaart T, Weiss B, Widemann BC, Zhu Y, Bakker AC, Lloyd AC. Update from the 2013 International Neurofibromatosis Conference. Am J Med Genet A 2014. PubMed
  • Vranceanu AM, Merker VL, Plotkin SR, Park ER. The relaxation response resiliency program (3RP) in patients with neurofibromatosis 1, neurofibromatosis 2, and schwannomatosis: results from a pilot study. J. Neurooncol. 2014; 120:103-9. PubMed
  • Sengupta S, Benkers T, Blitstein M, Palmer E, Plotkin SR, Abramson JS. Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) complicating newly-diagnosed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk 2014. PubMed
  • Merker VL, Bredella MA, Cai W, Kassarjian A, Harris GJ, Muzikansky A, Nguyen R, Mautner VF, Plotkin SR. Relationship between whole-body tumor burden, clinical phenotype, and quality of life in patients with neurofibromatosis. Am J Med Genet A 2014. PubMed
  • Slusarz KM, Merker VL, Muzikansky A, Francis SA, Plotkin SR. Long-term toxicity of bevacizumab therapy in neurofibromatosis 2 patients. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 2014. PubMed
  • Jordan JT, Yang HS, Narendra D, Plotkin SR. Teaching NeuroImages: brain mass with hilar adenopathy: the importance of histologic diagnosis. Neurology 2014; 82:e161-2. PubMed
  • Urban T, Lim R, Merker VL, Muzikansky A, Harris GJ, Kassarjian A, Bredella MA, Plotkin SR. Anatomic and metabolic evaluation of peripheral nerve sheath tumors in patients with neurofibromatosis 1 using whole-body MRI and (18)F-FDG PET fusion. Clin Nucl Med 2014; 39:e301-7. PubMed
  • Plotkin SR. Chemoprevention for neurofibromatosis 2: just over the horizon? 2014; 16:471-2. PubMed
  • Pier DB, Nunes FP, Plotkin SR, Stemmer-Rachamimov AO, Kim JC, Shih HA, Brastianos P, Lin AE. Turner syndrome and meningioma: support for a possible increased risk of neoplasia in Turner syndrome. Eur J Med Genet 2014. PubMed
  • Widemann BC, Acosta MT, Ammoun S, Belzberg AJ, Bernards A, Blakeley J, Bretscher A, Cichowski K, Clapp DW, Dombi E, Evans GD, Ferner R, Fernandez-Valle C, Fisher MJ, Giovannini M, Gutmann DH, Hanemann CO, Hennigan R, Huson S, Ingram D, Kissil J, Korf BR, Legius E, Packer RJ, McClatchey AI, McCormick F, North K, Pehrsson M, Plotkin SR, Ramesh V, Ratner N, Schirmer S, Sherman L, Schorry E, Stevenson D, Stewart DR, Ullrich N, Bakker AC, Morrison H. CTF meeting 2012: Translation of the basic understanding of the biology and genetics of NF1, NF2, and schwannomatosis toward the development of effective therapies. Am J Med Genet A 2014; 164A:563-78. PubMed
  • Plotkin SR, Merker VL, Muzikansky A, Barker FG, Slattery W. Natural history of vestibular schwannoma growth and hearing decline in newly diagnosed neurofibromatosis type 2 patients. Otol. Neurotol. 2014; 35:e50-6. PubMed
  • Smith KB, Wang DL, Plotkin SR, Park ER. Appearance concerns among women with neurofibromatosis: examining sexual/bodily and social self-consciousness. 2013; 22:2711-9. PubMed
  • Batchelor TT, Gerstner ER, Emblem KE, Duda DG, Kalpathy-Cramer J, Snuderl M, Ancukiewicz M, Polaskova P, Pinho MC, Jennings D, Plotkin SR, Chi AS, Eichler AF, Dietrich J, Hochberg FH, Lu-Emerson C, Iafrate AJ, Ivy SP, Rosen BR, Loeffler JS, Wen PY, Sorensen AG, Jain RK. Improved tumor oxygenation and survival in glioblastoma patients who show increased blood perfusion after cediranib and chemoradiation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013; 110:19059-64. PubMed
  • Plotkin SR, Ardern-Holmes SL, Barker FG, Blakeley JO, Evans DG, Ferner RE, Hadlock TA, Halpin C, . Hearing and facial function outcomes for neurofibromatosis 2 clinical trials. Neurology 2013; 81:S25-32. PubMed
  • Widemann BC, Blakeley JO, Dombi E, Fisher MJ, Hanemann CO, Walsh KS, Wolters PL, Plotkin SR. Conclusions and future directions for the REiNS International Collaboration. Neurology 2013; 81:S41-4. PubMed
  • Dombi E, Ardern-Holmes SL, Babovic-Vuksanovic D, Barker FG, Connor S, Evans DG, Fisher MJ, Goutagny S, Harris GJ, Jaramillo D, Karajannis MA, Korf BR, Mautner V, Plotkin SR, Poussaint TY, Robertson K, Shih CS, Widemann BC, . Recommendations for imaging tumor response in neurofibromatosis clinical trials. Neurology 2013; 81:S33-40. PubMed
  • Lu-Emerson C, Snuderl M, Kirkpatrick ND, Goveia J, Davidson C, Huang Y, Riedemann L, Taylor J, Ivy P, Duda DG, Ancukiewicz M, Plotkin SR, Chi AS, Gerstner ER, Eichler AF, Dietrich J, Stemmer-Rachamimov AO, Batchelor TT, Jain RK. Increase in tumor-associated macrophages after antiangiogenic therapy is associated with poor survival among patients with recurrent glioblastoma. 2013; 15:1079-87. PubMed
  • Terry AR, Barker FG, Leffert L, Bateman BT, Souter I, Plotkin SR. Neurofibromatosis type 1 and pregnancy complications: a population-based study. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2013. PubMed
  • Norden AD, Lesser GJ, Drappatz J, Ligon KL, Hammond SN, Lee EQ, Reardon DR, Fadul CE, Plotkin SR, Batchelor TT, Zhu JJ, Beroukhim R, Muzikansky A, Doherty L, Lafrankie D, Smith K, Tafoya V, Lis R, Stack EC, Rosenfeld MR, Wen PY. Phase 2 study of dose-intense temozolomide in recurrent glioblastoma. 2013; 15:930-5. PubMed
  • Smith MJ, Esparza S, Merker VL, Muzikansky A, Bredella MA, Harris GJ, Kassarjian A, Cai W, Walker JA, Mautner VF, Plotkin SR. Plasma S100β is not a useful biomarker for tumor burden in neurofibromatosis. Clin Biochem 2013; 46:698-700. PubMed
  • Plotkin SR, Blakeley JO, Evans DG, Hanemann CO, Hulsebos TJ, Hunter-Schaedle K, Kalpana GV, Korf B, Messiaen L, Papi L, Ratner N, Sherman LS, Smith MJ, Stemmer-Rachamimov AO, Vitte J, Giovannini M. Update from the 2011 International Schwannomatosis Workshop: From genetics to diagnostic criteria. Am J Med Genet A 2013; 161:405-16. PubMed
  • Dunn GP, Spiliopoulos K, Plotkin SR, Hornicek FJ, Harmon DC, Delaney TF, Williams Z. Role of resection of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1. J Neurosurg 2013. PubMed
  • Nunes FP, Merker VL, Jennings D, Caruso PA, di Tomaso E, Muzikansky A, Barker FG, Stemmer-Rachamimov A, Plotkin SR. Bevacizumab treatment for meningiomas in NF2: a retrospective analysis of 15 patients. PLoS ONE 2013; 8:e59941. PubMed
  • Smith MJ, Walker JA, Shen Y, Stemmer-Rachamimov A, Gusella JF, Plotkin SR. Expression of SMARCB1 (INI1) mutations in familial schwannomatosis. Hum Mol Genet 2012; 21:5239-45. PubMed
  • Wang DL, Smith KB, Esparza S, Leigh FA, Muzikansky A, Park ER, Plotkin SR. Emotional functioning of patients with neurofibromatosis tumor suppressor syndrome. Genet Med 2012. PubMed
  • Wirth LJ, Plotkin SR, Emerick KS, Cunnane ME, Faquin WC. Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 29-2012. A 49-year-old man with pain and cranial-nerve palsies after treatment of oral cancer. N Engl J Med 2012; 367:1136-47. PubMed
  • Plotkin SR, Merker VL, Halpin C, Jennings D, McKenna MJ, Harris GJ, Barker FG. Bevacizumab for progressive vestibular schwannoma in neurofibromatosis type 2: a retrospective review of 31 patients. Otol. Neurotol. 2012; 33:1046-52. PubMed
  • Terry AR, Barker FG, Leffert L, Bateman BT, Souter I, Plotkin SR. Outcomes of hospitalization in pregnant women with CNS neoplasms: a population-based study. 2012; 14:768-76. PubMed
  • Merker VL, Esparza S, Smith MJ, Stemmer-Rachamimov A, Plotkin SR. Clinical features of schwannomatosis: a retrospective analysis of 87 patients. Oncologist 2012; 17:1317-22. PubMed
  • Plotkin SR, O'Donnell CC, Curry WT, Bove CM, MacCollin M, Nunes FP. Spinal ependymomas in neurofibromatosis Type 2: a retrospective analysis of 55 patients. J Neurosurg Spine 2011; 14:543-7. PubMed
  • Jeyaretna DS, Curry WT, Batchelor TT, Stemmer-Rachamimov A, Plotkin SR. Exacerbation of cerebral radiation necrosis by bevacizumab. J Clin Oncol 2011; 29:e159-62. PubMed
  • di Tomaso E, Snuderl M, Kamoun WS, Duda DG, Auluck PK, Fazlollahi L, Andronesi OC, Frosch MP, Wen PY, Plotkin SR, Hedley-Whyte ET, Sorensen AG, Batchelor TT, Jain RK. Glioblastoma recurrence after cediranib therapy in patients: lack of "rebound" revascularization as mode of escape. Cancer Res 2011; 71:19-28. PubMed
  • Gerstner ER, Eichler AF, Plotkin SR, Drappatz J, Doyle CL, Xu L, Duda DG, Wen PY, Jain RK, Batchelor TT. Phase I trial with biomarker studies of vatalanib (PTK787) in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma treated with enzyme inducing anti-epileptic drugs and standard radiation and temozolomide. J. Neurooncol. 2010. PubMed
  • Plotkin SR, Halpin C, McKenna MJ, Loeffler JS, Batchelor TT, Barker FG. Erlotinib for progressive vestibular schwannoma in neurofibromatosis 2 patients. Otol. Neurotol. 2010; 31:1135-43. PubMed
  • Batchelor TT, Duda DG, di Tomaso E, Ancukiewicz M, Plotkin SR, Gerstner E, Eichler AF, Drappatz J, Hochberg FH, Benner T, Louis DN, Cohen KS, Chea H, Exarhopoulos A, Loeffler JS, Moses MA, Ivy P, Sorensen AG, Wen PY, Jain RK. Phase II study of cediranib, an oral pan-vascular endothelial growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, in patients with recurrent glioblastoma. J Clin Oncol 2010; 28:2817-23. PubMed
  • Wong HK, Lahdenranta J, Kamoun WS, Chan AW, McClatchey AI, Plotkin SR, Jain RK, di Tomaso E. Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapies as a novel therapeutic approach to treating neurofibromatosis-related tumors. Cancer Res 2010; 70:3483-93. PubMed
  • El-Jawahri A, Podgurski LM, Eichler AF, Plotkin SR, Temel JS, Mitchell SL, Chang Y, Barry MJ, Volandes AE. Use of video to facilitate end-of-life discussions with patients with cancer: a randomized controlled trial. J Clin Oncol 2010; 28:305-10. PubMed
  • James MF,Han S,Polizzano C,Plotkin SR,Manning BD,Stemmer-Rachamimov AO,Gusella JF,Ramesh V. NF2/Merlin is a Novel Negative Regulator of mTOR Complex 1 and Activation of mTORC1 is Associated with Meningioma and Schwannoma Growth. Mol Cell Biol 2009; 29:4250-61. PubMed
  • Plotkin SR, Stemmer-Rachamimov AO, Barker FG, Halpin C, Padera TP, Tyrrell A, Sorensen AG, Jain RK, di Tomaso E. Hearing improvement after bevacizumab in patients with neurofibromatosis type 2. N Engl J Med 2009; 361:358-67. PubMed
  • Plotkin SR,Halpin C,Blakeley JO,Slattery WH 3rd,Welling DB,Chang SM,Loeffler JS,Harris GJ,Sorensen AG,McKenna MJ,Barker FG 2nd. Suggested response criteria for phase II antitumor drug studies for neurofibromatosis type 2 related vestibular schwannoma. J Neurooncol 2009; 93:61-77. PubMed
  • Cai W,Kassarjian A,Bredella MA,Harris GJ,Yoshida H,Mautner VF,Wenzel R,Plotkin SR. Tumor burden in patients with neurofibromatosis types 1 and 2 and schwannomatosis: determination on whole-body MR images. Radiology 2009; 250:665-73. PubMed
  • Lu-Emerson C, Plotkin SR. The neurofibromatoses. Part 2: NF2 and schwannomatosis. 2009; 6:E81-6. PubMed
  • Shen Y, Nunes F, Stemmer-Rachamimov A, James M, Mohapatra G, Plotkin S, Betensky RA, Engler DA, Roy J, Ramesh V, Gusella JF. Genomic profiling distinguishes familial multiple and sporadic multiple meningiomas. BMC Med Genomics 2009; 2:42. PubMed
  • Lu-Emerson C, Plotkin SR. The Neurofibromatoses. Part 1: NF1. 2009; 6:E47-53. PubMed
  • McQueen M,MacCollin M,Gusella J,Plotkin SR. Patient and physician attitudes regarding clinical trials in neurofibromatosis 1. J Neurosci Nurs 2008; 40:341-5. PubMed
  • Plotkin SR,Singh MA,O'Donnell CC,Harris GJ,McClatchey AI,Halpin C. Audiologic and radiographic response of NF2-related vestibular schwannoma to erlotinib therapy. Nat Clin Pract Oncol 2008; 5:487-91. PubMed
  • Eichler AF,Plotkin SR. Brain metastases. Curr Treat Options Neurol 2008; 10:308-14. PubMed
  • Harris GJ,Plotkin SR,Maccollin M,Bhat S,Urban T,Lev MH,Slattery WH. Three-dimensional volumetrics for tracking vestibular schwannoma growth in neurofibromatosis type II. Neurosurgery 2008; 62:1314-9; discussion 1319-20. PubMed
  • James MF, Lelke JM, Maccollin M, Plotkin SR, Stemmer-Rachamimov AO, Ramesh V, Gusella JF. Modeling NF2 with human arachnoidal and meningioma cell culture systems: NF2 silencing reflects the benign character of tumor growth. Neurobiol Dis 2008; 29:278-92. PubMed
  • Alcalay RN, Shulman JM, Plotkin SR. Ramsay Hunt syndrome in a patient with metastatic lung cancer to brain. J Neurooncol 2008; 86:55-6. PubMed
  • Wendell LC, Freeman SH, Plotkin SR, Sims JR. Clinical reasoning: a case of multiple intracerebral hemorrhages. Neurology 2007; 69:E30-4. PubMed
  • Farrell CJ, Plotkin SR. Genetic causes of brain tumors: neurofibromatosis, tuberous sclerosis, von Hippel-Lindau, and other syndromes. Neurol Clin 2007; 25:925-46, viii. PubMed
  • Bredella MA, Torriani M, Hornicek F, Ouellette HA, Plamer WE, Williams Z, Fischman AJ, Plotkin SR. Value of PET in the assessment of patients with neurofibromatosis type 1. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2007; 189:928-35. PubMed
  • Batchelor TT, Sorensen AG, di Tomaso E, Zhang WT, Duda DG, Cohen KS, Kozak KR, Cahill DP, Chen PJ, Zhu M, Ancukiewicz M, Mrugala MM, Plotkin S, Drappatz J, Louis DN, Ivy P, Scadden DT, Benner T, Loeffler JS, Wen PY, Jain RK. AZD2171, a pan-VEGF receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, normalizes tumor vasculature and alleviates edema in glioblastoma patients. Cancer Cell 2007; 11:83-95. PubMed
  • Lessing AJ, Cote GM, DeLaney TF, Plotkin SR, Raskin KA, Lessing JN. Pseudoprogression of Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor in Patient with Neurofibromatosis Type 1, a Case Report. ; 14:1342-1346. PubMed
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