Thuy Tran, MD, PhD

Fey R, Nichols R, Tran T, Vandenbark A, Kulkarni R. MIF and CD74 as Emerging Biomarkers for Immune Checkpoint Blockade Therapy. Cancers 2024, 16: 1773. PMID: 38730725, PMCID: PMC11082995, DOI: 10.3390/cancers16091773.

Valdez C, Sánchez-Zuno G, Bucala R, Tran T. Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) and D-Dopachrome Tautomerase (DDT): Pathways to Tumorigenesis and Therapeutic Opportunities. International Journal Of Molecular Sciences 2024, 25: 4849. PMID: 38732068, PMCID: PMC11084905, DOI: 10.3390/ijms25094849.

Provance O, Oria V, Tran T, Caulfield J, Zito C, Aguirre-Ducler A, Schalper K, Kluger H, Jilaveanu L. Vascular mimicry as a facilitator of melanoma brain metastasis. Cellular And Molecular Life Sciences 2024, 81: 188. PMID: 38635031, PMCID: PMC11026261, DOI: 10.1007/s00018-024-05217-z.

Kerekes D, Frey A, Prsic E, Tran T, Clune J, Sznol M, Kluger H, Forman H, Becher R, Olino K, Khan S. Immunotherapy Initiation at the End of Life in Patients With Metastatic Cancer in the US. JAMA Oncology 2024, 10: 342-351. PMID: 38175659, PMCID: PMC10767643, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.6025.

Frey A, Kerekes D, Khan S, Tran T, Kluger H, Clune J, Ariyan S, Sznol M, Ishizuka J, Olino K. Immunotherapy utilization in stage IIIA melanoma: less may be more. Frontiers In Oncology 2024, 14: 1336441. PMID: 38380358, PMCID: PMC10876869, DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2024.1336441.

Sanchez-Zuno G, Caulfield J, Leng L, Zhang L, Jilaveanu L, Kluger H, Bucala R, Tran T. 830 Inhibition of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) to overcome immune checkpoint resistance in melanoma. 2023, a928-a928. DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2023-sitc2023.0830.

Tran T, Caulfield J, Zhang L, Schoenfeld D, Djureinovic D, Chiang V, Oria V, Weiss S, Olino K, Jilaveanu L, Kluger H. Lenvatinib or anti-VEGF in combination with anti-PD-1 differentially augments anti-tumor activity in melanoma. JCI Insight 2023, 8: e157347. PMID: 36821392, PMCID: PMC10132152, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.157347.

Long A, Chang J, Glahn J, Olino K, Tran T, Clune J. Current diagnosis and management of cardiac melanoma: a case series and review. Journal Of Cancer Metastasis And Treatment 2023, 9: null-null. DOI: 10.20517/2394-4722.2022.113.

Tran TT, Rane CK, Zito CR, Weiss SA, Jessel S, Lucca L, Lu BY, Oria VO, Adeniran A, Chiang VL, Omay SB, Hafler DA, Kluger HM, Jilaveanu LB. Clinical Significance of PDCD4 in Melanoma by Subcellular Expression and in Tumor-Associated Immune Cells. Cancers 2021, 13: 1049. PMID: 33801444, PMCID: PMC7958624, DOI: 10.3390/cancers13051049.

Weiss SA, Zito C, Tran T, Heishima K, Neumeister V, McGuire J, Adeniran A, Kluger H, Jilaveanu LB. Melanoma brain metastases have lower T-cell content and microvessel density compared to matched extracranial metastases. Journal Of Neuro-Oncology 2020, 152: 15-25. PMID: 32974852, PMCID: PMC7910371, DOI: 10.1007/s11060-020-03619-0.

Perdigoto AL, Tran T, Patel N, Clark P, Patell K, Stamatouli AM, Reddy V, Clune J, Herold KC, Robert ME, Kluger HM. Elective Colectomy in a Patient with Active Ulcerative Colitis and Metastatic Melanoma Enabling Successful Treatment with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors. Clinical Oncology Case Reports 2020, 3 PMID: 33778814, PMCID: PMC7993656.

Oria V, Zhang H, Zhu H, Deng G, Zito C, Rane C, Zhang S, Weiss S, Tran T, Adeniran A, Zhang F, Zhou J, Kluger Y, Bosenberg M, Kluger H, Jilaveanu L. 19. PLEKHA5 REGULATES TUMOR GROWTH IN METASTATIC MELANOMA. Neuro-Oncology Advances 2020, 2: ii3-ii3. PMCID: PMC7401364, DOI: 10.1093/noajnl/vdaa073.009.

Goldberg SB, Schalper KA, Gettinger SN, Mahajan A, Herbst RS, Chiang AC, Lilenbaum R, Wilson FH, Omay SB, Yu JB, Jilaveanu L, Tran T, Pavlik K, Rowen E, Gerrish H, Komlo A, Gupta R, Wyatt H, Ribeiro M, Kluger Y, Zhou G, Wei W, Chiang VL, Kluger HM. Pembrolizumab for management of patients with NSCLC and brain metastases: long-term results and biomarker analysis from a non-randomised, open-label, phase 2 trial. The Lancet Oncology 2020, 21: 655-663. PMID: 32251621, PMCID: PMC7380514, DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(20)30111-x.

Tran TT, Gallezot JD, Jilaveanu LB, Zito C, Turcu G, Lim K, Nabulsi N, Huang H, Huttner A, Kluger HM, Chiang VL, Carson R. [11C]Methionine and [11C]PBR28 as PET Imaging Tracers to Differentiate Metastatic Tumor Recurrence or Radiation Necrosis. Molecular Imaging 2020, 19: 1536012120968669. PMID: 33147119, PMCID: PMC7649862, DOI: 10.1177/1536012120968669.

Tran TT, Jilaveanu LB, Omuro A, Chiang VL, Huttner A, Kluger HM. Complications associated with immunotherapy for brain metastases. Current Opinion In Neurology 2019, 32: 907-916. PMID: 31577604, PMCID: PMC7398556, DOI: 10.1097/wco.0000000000000756.

Zhang H, Zhu H, Deng G, Zito CR, Oria VO, Rane CK, Zhang S, Weiss SA, Tran T, Adeniran A, Zhang F, Zhou J, Kluger Y, Bosenberg MW, Kluger HM, Jilaveanu LB. PLEKHA5 regulates tumor growth in metastatic melanoma. Cancer 2019, 126: 1016-1030. PMID: 31769872, PMCID: PMC7147081, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.32611.

Kluger H, Forsyth P, Khushalani N, Eroglu Z, Sznol M, Tran T, Jilaveanu L, Cohen J, Hegde U, Wei W, Mahajan A, Goldberg S, Chiang V, Weiss S. RBTT-07. A PHASE 2 TRIAL OF PEMBROLIZUMAB AND BEVACIZUMAB IN MELANOMA BRAIN MET PATIENTS. Neuro-Oncology 2019, 21: vi220-vi220. PMCID: PMC6847787, DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noz175.919.

Tran TT, Mahajan A, Chiang VL, Goldberg SB, Nguyen DX, Jilaveanu LB, Kluger HM. Perilesional edema in brain metastases: potential causes and implications for treatment with immune therapy. Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2019, 7: 200. PMID: 31362777, PMCID: PMC6668163, DOI: 10.1186/s40425-019-0684-z.

Kluger HM, Chiang V, Mahajan A, Zito CR, Sznol M, Tran T, Weiss SA, Cohen JV, Yu J, Hegde U, Perrotti E, Anderson G, Ralabate A, Kluger Y, Wei W, Goldberg SB, Jilaveanu LB. Long-Term Survival of Patients With Melanoma With Active Brain Metastases Treated With Pembrolizumab on a Phase II Trial. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2018, 37: 52-60. PMID: 30407895, PMCID: PMC6354772, DOI: 10.1200/jco.18.00204.

Tran T, Jilaveanu L, Mahajan A, Goldberg S, Nguyen D, Chiang V, Kluger H. Perilesional edema and blood vessel characteristics in brain metastases and implications for treatment with immune therapy. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2018, 36: 9572-9572. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2018.36.15_suppl.9572.

Tran T, Barlow B, O'Rear L, Jarvis B, Li Z, Dickeson K, Dupont W, Zutter M. Loss of the α2β1 integrin alters human papilloma virus-induced squamous carcinoma progression in vivo and in vitro. PloS One 2011, 6: e26858. PMID: 22046385, PMCID: PMC3203166, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026858.

Ameri A, Machiah DK, Tran TT, Channell C, Crenshaw V, Fernstrom K, Khachidze M, Duncan A, Fuchs S, Howard TE. A nonstop mutation in the factor (F)X gene of a severely haemorrhagic patient with complete absence of coagulation FX. Thrombosis And Haemostasis 2007, 98: 1165-9. PMID: 18064309, DOI: 10.1160/th07-02-0125.