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h-index: 15
Works: 127
Citations: 893

Most-cited papers

Emerging Immunotherapy Approaches for Advanced Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
Ling-Bin Meng, Katharine A. Collier, Peng Wang, Zi-Hai Li +6 more
2023Cells72 citations Open access
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Obesity-associated microbiomes instigate visceral adipose tissue inflammation by recruitment of distinct neutrophils
Dharti Shantaram, R. Hoyd, Alecia M. Blaszczak, Linda Antwi +23 more
2024Nature Communications67 citations Open access
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Serum Albumin: Early Prognostic Marker of Benefit for Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Monotherapy But Not Chemoimmunotherapy
Yi-Zhen Guo, Lai Wei, Sandip H. Patel, G. Lopez +18 more
2022Clinical Lung Cancer46 citations Open access
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Immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced hepatitis injury: risk factors, outcomes, and impact on survival
A. Miah, Gabriel Tinoco, Song-Zhu Zhao, Lai Wei +15 more
2022Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology38 citations Open access
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Improving combination therapies: targeting A2B-adenosine receptor to modulate metabolic tumor microenvironment and immunosuppression
Jason V. Evans, S. Suman, M. Goruganthu, E. Tchekneva +29 more
2023Journal of the National Cancer Institute28 citations Open access
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The Tumor Microbiome Reacts to Hypoxia and Can Influence Response to Radiation Treatment in Colorectal Cancer
M. Benej, R. Hoyd, M. Kreamer, C. Wheeler +28 more
2023bioRxiv25 citations Open access
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The microbiome and gynecologic cancer: cellular mechanisms and clinical applications
Julia Chalif, Heather Wang, D. Spakowicz, Allison Quick +3 more
2023International Journal of Gynecological Cancer24 citations Open access
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The new microbiome on the block: challenges and opportunities of using human tumor sequencing data to study microbes
Ying-Jie Li, A. Ma, Evan Johnson, Charis Eng +5 more
2025Nature Methods19 citations
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Exogenous Sequences in Tumors and Immune Cells (Exotic): A Tool for Estimating the Microbe Abundances in Tumor RNA-seq Data
R. Hoyd, C. Wheeler, Yun-Zhou Liu, Malvenderjit S. Jagjit Singh +6 more
2022bioRxiv17 citations Open access
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Metabolic Dysregulation Explains the Diverse Impacts of Obesity in Males and Females with Gastrointestinal Cancers
S. Rosario, Bowen Dong, Yali Zhang, Hua-Hsin Hsiao +19 more
2023International Journal of Molecular Sciences14 citations Open access
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Risk Factors for Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Immunotherapy Toxicity Among Older Adults with Cancer
A. Johns, Michael Yang, Lai Wei, M. Grogan +11 more
2023The Oncologist14 citations Open access
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Association between Tumor Microbiome and Hypoxia across Anatomic Subsites of Head and Neck Cancers
A. Dhakal, R. Upadhyay, C. Wheeler, R. Hoyd +14 more
2022International Journal of Molecular Sciences13 citations Open access
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A Geriatric Assessment Intervention to Reduce Treatment Toxicity Among Older Adults With Advanced Lung Cancer: A Subgroup Analysis From a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
C. Presley, M. Mohamed, E. Culakova, M. Flannery +8 more
2022Frontiers in Oncology13 citations Open access
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Mean platelet volume, thrombocytosis, and survival in non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with first-line pembrolizumab alone or with chemotherapy
Ming-Jia Li, Song-Zhu Zhao, G. Lopez, Austin Secor +20 more
2023Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy12 citations Open access
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From poo to promise: Fecal microbiota transplants support immunotherapy re-sensitization in solid tumors.
L. Chambers, Dennis Grencewicz, D. Spakowicz
2024Cell Host and Microbe10 citations
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The tumor microbiome as a predictor of outcomes in patients with metastatic melanoma treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors
C. Wheeler, S. Coleman, R. Hoyd, Louis Denko +20 more
2023bioRxiv10 citations Open access
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Association of medical comorbidities and cardiovascular disease with toxicity and survival among patients receiving checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy
A. Johns, Michael Yang, Lai Wei, M. Grogan +10 more
2023Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy10 citations Open access
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An Explainable Graph Neural Framework to Identify Cancer‐Associated Intratumoral Microbial Communities
Zhao-Qian Liu, Yu-Han Sun, Ying-Jie Li, A. Ma +10 more
2024Advancement of science9 citations Open access
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Comparative analysis of the tumor microbiome, molecular profiles, and immune cell abundances by HPV status in mucosal head and neck cancers and their impact on survival
Rituraj Upadhyay, A. Dhakal, C. Wheeler, R. Hoyd +15 more
2024Cancer Biology & Therapy8 citations Open access
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The Tumor Microbiome as a Predictor of Outcomes in Patients with Metastatic Melanoma Treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
C. Dravillas, S. Coleman, R. Hoyd, Griffin R. G. Caryotakis +21 more
2024Cancer Research Communications8 citations Open access
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Epigenetic Modulation, Intratumoral Microbiome, and Immunity in Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer
N. Jin, R. Hoyd, A. S. Yilmaz, Jiangjiang Zhu +32 more
2025Cancer Research Communications6 citations Open access
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Bridging the Gap from Bench to Bedside: A Call for In Vivo Preclinical Models to Advance Endometrial Cancer and Cervical Cancer Immuno-Oncology Research
Laura Chambers, Paulina J. Haight, Julia Chalif, Y. Mehra +8 more
2024Clinical Cancer Research6 citations Open access
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Breast tumor microbiome regulates anti-tumor immunity and T cell-associated metabolites
Chin-Chih Liu, Dennis Grencewicz, Karthik Chakravarthy, Lin Li +12 more
2024bioRxiv6 citations Open access
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Deciphering the Tumor–Immune–Microbe Interactions in HPV-Negative Head and Neck Cancer
Min Hu, S. Coleman, Muhammad Zaki Hidayatullah Fadlullah, D. Spakowicz +2 more
2023Genes6 citations Open access
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The Role of the Microbiome in Cancer Therapies: Current Evidence and Future Directons
Julia Chalif, Naomi Goldstein, Y. Mehra, D. Spakowicz +1 more
2025Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America5 citations Open access
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A bioinformatics tool for identifying intratumoral microbes from the ORIEN dataset
Can-Kun Wang, A. Ma, Megan McNutt, R. Hoyd +25 more
2023bioRxiv5 citations Open access
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The microbiome and ovarian cancer: insights, implications, and therapeutic opportunities
Y. Mehra, Julia Chalif, Carol Mensah-Bonsu, D. Spakowicz +2 more
2023Journal of Cancer Metastasis and Treatment5 citations Open access
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Primary tumor microbiomes predict distant metastasis of colorectal cancer
Bishal Parajuli, V. Midya, Ryan Kiddle, N. de Jager +22 more
2025npj Precision Oncology4 citations Open access
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Resiliency Among Older Adults Receiving Lung Cancer Treatment (ROAR-LCT): A Novel Supportive Care Intervention for Older Adults with Advanced Lung Cancer
C. Presley, M. Grogan, A. Compston, K. Hock +18 more
2024Journal of Geriatric Oncology4 citations Open access
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Differential Infiltration of Key Immune T-Cell Populations Across Malignancies Varying by Immunogenic Potential and the Likelihood of Response to Immunotherapy
Islam Eljilany, S. Coleman, A. Tan, Martin D. McCarter +18 more
2024Cells4 citations Open access
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The FITNESS study: longitudinal geriatric assessment, treatment toxicity, and biospecimen collection to assess functional disability among older adults with lung cancer
M. Grogan, R. Hoyd, Jason A. Benedict, Sarah Janse +7 more
2024Frontiers in Aging4 citations Open access
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The impact of antibiotic and proton pump inhibitor use at the time of adjuvant platinum-based chemotherapy on survival in patients with endometrial cancer.
Paulina J. Haight, Quinn Kistenfeger, C. Riedinger, W. Khadraoui +9 more
2023Gynecologic Oncology4 citations
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Breast tumor microbiome regulates anti-tumor immunity and T cell-associated metabolites
Chin-Chih Liu, Dennis Grencewicz, Karthik Chakravarthy, Lin Li +13 more
2026Scientific Reports3 citations Open access
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Phase 1 dose escalation trial of the selective adenosine A2B antagonist PBF-1129 in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer
Dwight H. Owen, Ruohan Wu, Lai Wei, Mikhail M. Dikov +18 more
2025Investigational new drugs3 citations
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Early Changes in Lymphocyte/Monocyte Ratio on Treatment as a Prognostic Marker to Predict Overall Survival in Patients with Advanced Cancer Treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
Sandip H. Patel, Song-Zhu Zhao, Ming-Jia Li, Lai Wei +16 more
2025Cancer Investigation3 citations Open access
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Primary tumor microbiomes predict distant metastasis of colorectal cancer
Bishal Parajuli, V. Midya, Ryan Kiddle, N. de Jager +22 more
2025bioRxiv2 citations
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Colon cancer in Appalachian Kentucky: Unique genetic, microbiome and obesity findings in a cohort comparison
Ze-Ta Chow, Jin-Peng Liu, Da-Heng He, Chi Wang +20 more
2025HGG advances2 citations Open access
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Microbiome signature, immune landscape and global methylation in early onset colorectal cancer.
N. Jin, R. Hoyd, A. S. Yilmaz, Shiqi Zhang +7 more
2024Journal of Clinical Oncology2 citations
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De-correlating immune checkpoint inhibitor toxicity and response in melanoma via the microbiome.
N. Williams, C. Wheeler, M. Husain, R. Hoyd +16 more
2023Journal of Clinical Oncology2 citations
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The effect of the microbiome on immune checkpoint inhibitor toxicity in patients with melanoma.
N. Williams, R. Hoyd, C. Wheeler, Mari Lynn +13 more
2022Journal of Clinical Oncology2 citations
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ShinyEvents: harmonizing longitudinal data for real-world survival estimation
Alyssa N. Obermayer, Joshua Davis, D. P. Talada, Mingxiang Teng +18 more
2026npj Precision Oncology1 citations Open access
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Association between obesity, sex, medical comorbidities, and survival in cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors
Ming-Jia Li, D. Spakowicz, Song-Zhu Zhao, Hyunwoo Kwon +20 more
2026Journal of Cancer1 citations Open access
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Early Acute Kidney Injury and Its Association With Survival in Patients With Metastatic Non‐Small‐Cell Lung Cancer Treated With Front‐Line Immunotherapy‐Based Therapies
Ming-Jia Li, Po-Lan Su, Song-Zhu Zhao, Grace Cheng +27 more
2025Cancer Medicine1 citations Open access
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Prediction of post-treatment toxicities using the pre-treatment oral microbiome in the context of definitive chemoradiation for oropharyngeal cancer.
Karthik Chakravarthy, E. Gogineni, I. Manring, M. Mestres-Villanueva +15 more
2025Journal of Clinical Oncology1 citations
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CLO25-080: Outcomes of Extreme Low PD-L1 Expression in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Implications for Treatment Approaches.
A. Rudich, Natalie Johns, Song-Zhu Zhao, K. Chian +16 more
2025The Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network1 citations
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Abstract 2377: Gut microbiome modulation by a black raspberry nectar for improving anti-PD1 therapy effectiveness in pre-clinical cancer models
S. Jahanbakhshi, Amna Bibi, R. Hoyd, C. Dravillas +25 more
2025Cancer Research1 citations
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A Bioinformatics Tool for Identifying Intratumoral Microbes from the ORIEN Dataset
Can-Kun Wang, A. Ma, Ying-Jie Li, Megan McNutt +28 more
2024Cancer Research Communications1 citations Open access
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Eosinophil-neutrophil ratio as a sex-dependent prognostic marker in immune checkpoint therapy for metastatic NSCLC and transcriptomic evaluation of intratumoral eosinophil-T cell interaction.
Hyunwoo Kwon, Ming-Jia Li, A. Ma, Can-Kun Wang +16 more
2024Journal of Clinical Oncology1 citations
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Abstract 7615: Epithelial-mesenchymal-transition gene signature changes and poor oncological outcome in Candida-positive pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
P. Ear, Min Hu, Jonathan Shilyansky, N. Fei +24 more
2024Cancer Research1 citations
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670 A phase 2 trial of immune checkpoint inhibitor rechallenge in combination with siltuximab prophylaxis for patients who had prior immune-related adverse event (CIRES trial)
Ming-Jia Li, Mark P. Rubinstein, Lai Wei, T. Voorhees +12 more
2024Regular and Young Investigator Award Abstracts1 citations Open access
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