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Office
4921 Parkview Pl
# Dv
Saint Louis, MO 63110Phone+1 800-647-2098Fax+1 314-362-3192
Summary
- Medical oncologist specializing in breast cancer and a physician-scientist experienced in clinical/translational research in the area of breast cancer biomarkers and molecular targeted treatment strategies.
Education & Training
- Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Fellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 2001 - 2005
- Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1998 - 2001
- University of CincinnatiPhD, Developmental Biology, 1997
- Beijing Medical UniversityClass of 1990
Certifications & Licensure
- IL State Medical License 2020 - 2026
- MO State Medical License 2005 - 2025
- MN State Medical License 2001 - 2006
- NC State Medical License 1998 - 2001
- American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- NCI Cancer Clinical Investigator Team Leadership Award NCI, 2013
- CALGB Clinical Scholar Award CALGB Foundation, 2011
- ASCO Career Development Award ASCO, 2008
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Clinical Trials
- 7-Hydroxystaurosporine and Irinotecan Hydrochloride in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Unresectable Solid Tumors or Triple Negative Breast Cancer (Currently Accruing Only Triple-negative Breast Cancer Patients Since 6/8/2007) Start of enrollment: 2001 Dec 01
- Bortezomib, Paclitaxel, and Carboplatin in Treating Patients With Unresectable, Metastatic Cancer of the Esophagus or Gastroesophageal Junction Start of enrollment: 2005 Aug 01
- PTK and Letrozole in Post-menopausal Women With Advanced Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2006 Mar 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 60 citationsHER2-Mutated Breast Cancer Responds to Treatment With Single-Agent Neratinib, a Second-Generation HER2/EGFR Tyrosine Kinase InhibitorNoa Efrat Ben-Baruch, Ron Bose, Shyam M. Kavuri, Cynthia X. Ma, Matthew J. Ellis
Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. 2015-09-01 - 18 citationsCisplatin +/- rucaparib after preoperative chemotherapy in patients with triple-negative or BRCA mutated breast cancer.Maitri Kalra, Yan Tong, David R. Jones, Thomas J. Walsh, Michael A. Danso
NPJ Breast Cancer. 2021-03-22 - 585 citationsActivating HER2 Mutations in HER2 Gene Amplification Negative Breast CancerRon Bose, Shyam M. Kavuri, Adam C. Searleman, Wei Shen, Dong Shen
Cancer Discovery. 2013-02-01
Journal Articles
- Proteogenomic Integration Reveals Therapeutic Targets in Breast Cancer XenograftsSouzan Sanati, Jana W Qiao, Xian Chen, Matthew J Ellis, Cynthia Ma, Nature
Other
- Treatment approach to metastatic hormone receptor-positive breast cancer: Endocrine therapyMa CX, Ellis M, Naughton MJ
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/treatment-approach-to-metastatic-hormone-receptor-positive-breast-c
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-01-16
Press Mentions
- Tvardi Therapeutics Announces First Patients Dosed in Phase 2 Trial of TTI-101 in Metastatic Breast CancerFebruary 23rd, 2023
- Agendia Presents Data from Innovative FLEX Study at ASCO 2021 Showing MammaPrint and BluePrint Utility in Wide Variety of Patient PopulationsJune 4th, 2021
- Salvage Neoadjuvant Chemo Induces “Very Low” Pathologic Complete Response RateDecember 11th, 2020
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Committees
- Member, Medical Oncologist Commimttee, ACOSOG 2009 - 2012
- Member, Institutional Review Board of Human Research, Washington University 2006 - 2015
- Member, CALGB Breast Cancer Committee 2006 - 2012
Research History
- Principal InvestigatorPuma Biotechnology A Phase II Study of Neratinib in Metastatic HER2 Mutated Non-Amplified Breast Cancer.2013 - Present
- Principal InvestigatorPfizer Pharmaceutical Inc. A Phase II Trial of Neoadjuvant PD 0332991, a Cyclin-Dependent Kinase (Cdk) 4/6 inhibitor, in Combination with Anastrozole in Women with Clinical Stage II or III Estrogen Receptor Positive and HER2 Negative Breast Cancer.2013 - Present
- Principal InvestigatorBreast Cancer Research Foundation The ALTERNATE Trial: A Biomarker Directed Approach in the management of postmenopausal women with linical stage II or III Estrogen Receptor Positive breast cancer.2016 - 2018
- Principal InvestigatorEisai Pharmaceuticals Efficacy of Eribulin in Combination with Buparlisib in PDX models of TNBC2016 - 2018
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Other Languages
- Chinese (Mandarin)
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