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Howard Colman
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Howard Colman, MD, PhD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Huntsman Cancer Institute - Cancer Hospital South

Clinic 2B, Neuro-Oncology
Salt Lake City
801-585-0250
  • Howard Colman, MD, PhD, has multiple clinical interests including the treatment of primary and metastatic brain tumors, and the diagnosis and management of neurologic complications of cancer. His clinical research is focused on the development and testing of new therapies for brain tumors. His laboratory interests include the identification of molecular markers of prognosis and treatment response in brain tumors and the role of tumors stem cells in the development and treatment resistance of brain tumors. He is a Jon M. Huntsman Presidential Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery, a member of the multidisciplinary Brain Tumor Research Team, and is Leader of the Center for Neurologic Cancers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah. He is also an HCI investigator and a member of the Experimental Therapeutics program.

    Board Certification

    American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Neurology)
    United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties (Neuro-oncology)

    Patient Rating

    4.9 /5
    ( out of 66 reviews )

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    October 30, 2024
    HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTER

    Professional, respectful, courteous, listened to and answered our questions. Highly recommend!

    October 21, 2024
    HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTER

    Excelente trabajo del doctor colman

    October 19, 2024
    HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTER

    Dr Coleman is extremely knowledgeable. He informs you of all possibilities to help your health. He not only takes care of your medical needs but understands your emotional needs as well.

    October 19, 2024
    HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTER

    Dr. Colman is a brilliant Neuro-Oncologist, but he does not understand how to empathize with patients, unfortunately.

    September 26, 2024
    HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTER

    He's an Awesome doctor!

    September 19, 2024
    HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTER

    He and his staff are great!

    July 11, 2024
    HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTER

    Terrific doctor; very knowledgeable and ready and able to clearly explain answers to all inquiries.

    June 29, 2024
    HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTER

    He's very professional and thorough.

    June 14, 2024
    HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTER

    great person- very kind

  • Howard Colman, MD, PhD, has multiple clinical interests including the treatment of primary and metastatic brain tumors, and the diagnosis and management of neurologic complications of cancer. His clinical research is focused on the development and testing of new therapies for brain tumors. His laboratory interests include the identification of molecular markers of prognosis and treatment response in brain tumors and the role of tumors stem cells in the development and treatment resistance of brain tumors. He is a Jon M. Huntsman Presidential Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery, a member of the multidisciplinary Brain Tumor Research Team, and is Leader of the Center for Neurologic Cancers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah. He is also an HCI investigator and a member of the Experimental Therapeutics program.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Neurosurgery -Primary
    Internal Medicine -Adjunct
    Neurology -Adjunct
    Academic Divisions Oncology
    Board Certification
    American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Neurology)
    United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties (Neuro-oncology)

    Education history

    Fellowship Neuro-Oncology - University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Fellow
    Neurology - Washington University School of Medicine Chief Resident
    Residency Neurology - Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine Resident
    Medicine - Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine Intern
    Doctoral Training Neuroscience - Washington University School of Medicine Ph.D.
    Medicine - Washington University School of Medicine M.D.
    Undergraduate Neural Sciences - Brown University Sc.B.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Ose DJ, Adediran E, Mark B, Ocier K, Dunson WA Jr, Turner C, Taylor B, Svoboda K, Post AR, Leiser J, Colman H, Ulrich CM, Hashibe M (2024). The association of diabetes mellitus and routinely collected patient-reported outcomes in patients with cancer. A real-world cohort study. Cancer Med, 13(20), e70246. (Read full article)
    2. Wang X, Li T, Eljilany I, Sukrithan V, Ratan A, McCarter M, Carpten J, Colman H, Ikeguchi AP, Puzanov I, Arnold S, Churchman M, Hwu P, Rodriguez PC, Dalton WS, Weiner GJ, Tarhini AA (2024). Multicellular immune ecotypes within solid tumors predict real-world therapeutic benefits with immune checkpoint inhibitors. (Read full article)
    3. McKean WB, Yang J, Boucher K, Shrieve DC, Suneja G, Salzman K, Jensen R, Cohen AL, Colman H Equal Contribution (2024). D-TERMINED, a phase 1 trial in newly diagnosed high-grade glioma with temozolomide, radiation, and minocycline followed by adjuvant minocycline/temozolomide. Neurooncol Adv, 6(1), vdae063. (Read full article)
    4. Underhill HR, Karsy M, Davidson CJ, Hellwig S, Stevenson S, Goold EA, Vincenti S, Sellers DL, Dean C, Harrison BE, Bronner MP, Colman H, Jensen RL (2024). Subclonal Cancer Driver Mutations are Prevalent in the Unresected Peritumoral Edema of Adult Diffuse Gliomas. Cancer Res, 84(7), 1149-1164. (Read full article)
    5. Demetriou AN, Chow F, Craig DW, Webb MG, Ormond DR, Battiste J, Chakravarti A, Colman H, Villano JL, Schneider BP, Liu JKC, Churchman ML, Zada G (2024). Profiling the molecular and clinical landscape of glioblastoma utilizing the Oncology Research Information Exchange Network brain cancer database. Neurooncol Adv, 6(1), vdae046. (Read full article)
    6. Arnold LM, Hoshina Y, Lee H, Colman H, Mendez J (2024). Effect of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia prophylaxis on hematologic toxicity in patients receiving chemoradiation for primary brain tumors. J Neurooncol, 167(1), 211-217. (Read full article)
    7. Amann E, Ose J, Hathaway CA, Oswald LB, Hardikar S, Himbert C, Chellam V, Lin T, Daniels B, Kirchhoff AC, Gigic B, Grossman DTward J, Varghese TK Jr, Shibata D, Figueiredo JC, Toriola AT, Beck A, Scaife C, Branes CA, Matsen C, Ma DS, Colman H, Hunt JPJones KB, Lee CJ, Larson M, Onega T, Akerley WL, Li CI, Grady WM, Schneider M, Dinkel A, Islam JY, Gonzalez BD, Ott o AKPenedo FJ, Siegel EM, Tworoger SS, Ulrich CM, Peoples AR (2024). Risk factors and health behaviors associated with loneliness among cancer survivors during the COVID-19 pandemic . Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 47(3), 405-421.
    8. Eljilany I, Saghand PG, Chen J, Ratan A, McCarter M, Carpten J, Colman H, Ikeguchi AP, Puzanov I, Arnold S, Churchman M, Hwu P, Conejo-Garcia J, Dalton WS, Weiner GJ, El Naqa IM, Tarhini AA (2023). The T Cell Immunoscore as a Reference for Biomarker Development Utilizing Real-World Data from Patients with Advanced Malignancies Treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors. Cancers (Basel), 15(20), 4913. (Read full article)
    9. Rahman R, Trippa L, Lee EQ, Arrillaga-Romany I, Fell G, Touat M, McCluskey C, Wiley J, Gaffey S, Drappatz J, Welch MR, Galanis E, Ahluwalia MS, Colman H, Nabors LB, Hepel J, Elinzano H, Schiff D, Chukwueke UN, Beroukhim R, Nayak L, McFaline-Figueroa JR, Batchelor TT, Rinne ML, Kaley TJ, Lu-Emerson C, Mellinghoff IK, Bi WL, Arnaout O, Peruzzi PP, Haas-Kogan D, Tanguturi S, Cagney D, Aizer A, Doherty L, Lavallee M, Fisher-Longden B, Dowling S, Geduldig J, Watkinson F, Pisano W, Malinowski S, Ramkissoon S, Santagata S, Meredith DM, Chiocca EA, Reardon DA, Alexander BM, Ligon KL, Wen PY (2023). Inaugural Results of the Individualized Screening Trial of Innovative Glioblastoma Therapy: A Phase II Platform Trial for Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Using Bayesian Adaptive Randomization. J Clin Oncol, 41(36), 5524-5535. (Read full article)
    10. Singh K, Hotchkiss KM, Parney IF, De Groot J, Sahebjam S, Sanai N, Platten M, Galanis E, Lim M, Wen PY, Minniti G, Colman H, Cloughesy TF, Mehta MP, Geurts M, Arrillaga-Romany I, Desjardins A, Tanner K, Short S, Arons D, Duke E, Wick W, Bagley SJ, Ashley DM, Kumthekar P, Verhaak R, Chalmers AJ, Patel AP, Watts C, Fecci PE, Batchelor TT, Weller M, Vogelbaum MA, Preusser M, Berger MS, Khasraw M (2023). Correcting the drug development paradigm for glioblastoma requires serial tissue sampling. Nat Med, 29(10), 2402-2405. (Read full article)
    11. Nassiri F, Patil V, Yefet LS, Singh O, Liu J, Dang RMA, Yamaguchi TN, Daras M, Cloughesy TF, Colman H, Kumthekar PU, Chen CC, Aiken R, Groves MD, Ong SS, Ramakrishna R, Vogelbaum MA, Khagi S, Kaley T, Melear JM, Peereboom DM, Rodriguez A, Yankelevich M, Nair SG, Puduvalli VK, Aldape K, Gao A, Lpez-Janeiro, de Andrea CE, Alonso MM, Boutros P, Robbins J, Mason WP, Sonabend AM, Stupp R, Fueyo J, Gomez-Manzano C, Lang FF, Zadeh G (2023). Oncolytic DNX-2401 virotherapy plus pembrolizumab in recurrent glioblastoma: a phase 1/2 trial. Nat Med, 29(6), 1370-1378. (Read full article)
    12. Earl ER, Colman H, Mendez J, Jensen RL, Karsy M (2023). An evaluation of biobanking and therapeutic clinical trial representation among adult glioma patients from rural and urban Utah. Neurooncol Pract, 10(5), 472-481. (Read full article)
    13. Au TH, Willis C, Reblin M, Peters KB, Nghiemphu PL, Taylor JW, Colman H, Cohen AL, Ormond DR, Neil EC, Chakravarti A, Willmarth N, Balajonda BC, Menon J, Ma J, Bauer H, Nelson RS, Tan MS, Singh P, Marshall A, Korytowsky B, Stenehjem D, Brixner D (2023). Caregiver survey in glioblastoma focused on cognitive dysfunction: development and results from a multicenter study. Future Oncol, 19(2), 173-188. (Read full article)
    14. Wu Z, Rajan S, Chung HJ, Raffeld M, Panneer Selvam P, Schweizer L, Perry A, Samuel D, Giannini C, Ragunathan A, Frosch MP, Marshall MS, Bou DR, Donev K, Neill SG, Fernandes I, Resnick A, Rood B, Cummings TJ, Buckley AF, Szymanski L, Neto OLA, Zach L, Colman H, Cheshier S, Ziskin J, Tyagi M, Capper D, Abdullaev Z, Cimino PJ, Quezado M, Pratt D, Aldape K (2022). Molecular and clinicopathologic characteristics of gliomas with EP300::BCOR fusions. Acta Neuropathol, 144(6), 1175-1178. (Read full article)
    15. Morris BB, Smith JP, Zhang Q, Jiang Z, Hampton OA, Churchman ML, Arnold SM, Owen DH, Gray JE, Dillon PM, Soliman HH, Stover DG, Colman H, Chakravarti A, Shain KH, Silva AS, Villano JL, Vogelbaum MA, Borges VF, Akerley WL, Gentzler RD, Hall RD, Matsen CB, Ulrich CM, Post AR, Nix DA, Singer EA, Larner JM, Stukenberg PT, Jones DR, Mayo MW (2022). Replicative Instability Drives Cancer Progression. Biomolecules, 12(11). (Read full article)
    16. Cimino PJ, Ketchum C, Turakulov R, Singh O, Abdullaev Z, Giannini C, Pytel P, Lopez GY, Colman H, Nasrallah MP, Santi M, Fernandes IL, Nirschl J, Dahiya S, Neill S, Solomon D, Perez E, Capper D, Mani H, Caccamo D, Ball M, Badruddoja M, Chkheidze R, Camelo-Piragua S, Fullmer J, Alexandrescu S, Yeaney G, Eberhart C, Martinez-Lage M, Chen J, Zach L, Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK, Hefti M, Lopes MB, Nuechterlein N, Horbinski C, Rodriguez FJ, Quezado M, Pratt D, Aldape K (2022). Expanded analysis of high-grade astrocytoma with piloid features identifies an epigenetically and clinically distinct subtype associated with neurofibromatosis type 1. Acta Neuropathol, 145, 71-82. (Read full article)
    17. Peoples, A, Oswald L, Ose, J, Daniels B, Himbert C, Hathaway, C, Gigic B, Kirchhoff A, Lin T, Grossman D, Tward J, Varghese Jr T, Figueiredo J, Toriola A, Beck A, Scaife C, Shibata D, LaStayo P, Gonzalez, B, Salas K, Ashworth A, Matsen C, Christenson C, Ma D, Colman H, Hunt J, Jones K, Lee C, Larson M, Onega T, Akerley, W, Li C, Schneider M, Penedo F, Siegel E, Tworoger S, Ulrich C (2022). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural and urban cancer patients' experiences, health behaviors, and perceptions. J Rural Health, 38(4), 886-899.
    18. Gelhard S, Maxwell A, Colman H, Cohen AL, Mendez JS (2022). Consolidation regimens in primary central nervous system lymphoma: a single-center retrospective cohort evaluating survival outcomes and cost-benefit analysis. J Neurooncol, 159(2), 293-300. (Read full article)
    19. de la Fuente MI, Colman H, Rosenthal M, Van Tine BA, Levacic D, Walbert T, Gan HK, Vieito M, Milhem MM, Lipford K, Forsyth S, Guichard SM, Mikhailov Y, Sedkov A, Brevard J, Kelly PF, Mohamed H, Monga V (2022). Olutasidenib (FT-2102) in patients with relapsed or refractory IDH1-mutant glioma: a multicenter, open-label, phase 1b/2 trial. Neuro Oncol, 25, 146-156. (Read full article)
    20. Himbert C, Hathaway CA, Daniels B, Salas K, Ashworth A, Gigic B, Lin T, Viskochil R, Kirchhoff AC, Grossman D, Ose J, Tward J, Scaife C, Figueiredo JC, Toriola AT, Beck A, Shibata D, Gonzalez BD, Matsen C, Christenson C, Ma DS, Colman H, Hunt JP, Jones KB, Lee CJ, Larson M, Onega T, Akerley WL, Li CI, Schneider M, Penedo FJ, Siegel EM, Tworoger SS, Ulrich CM, Peoples AR (2022). Factors associated with changes in exercise behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cancer Causes Control, 33(7), 939-950. (Read full article)
    21. Ellingson BM, Gerstner ER, Lassman AB, Chung C, Colman H, Cole PE, Leung D, Allen JE, Ahluwalia MS, Boxerman J, Brown M, Goldin J, Nduom E, Hassan I, Gilbert MR, Mellinghoff IK, Weller M, Chang S, Arons D, Meehan C, Selig W, Tanner K, Yung WKA, van den Bent M, Wen PY, Cloughesy TF (2022). Hypothetical Generalized Framework for a New Imaging Endpoint of Therapeutic Activity in Early Phase Clinical Trials in Brain Tumors. Neuro Oncol, 24, 1219-1229. (Read full article)
    22. Peoples AR, Oswald LB, Ose J, Daniels B, Himbert C, Hathaway CA, Gigic B, Kirchhoff AC, Lin T, Grossman D, Tward J, Varghese TK Jr, Figueiredo JC, Toriola AT, Beck A, Scaife C, Shibata D, LaStayo P, Gonzalez B, Salas K, Ashworth A, Matsen C, Christenson C, Ma DS, Colman H, Hunt JP, Jones KB, Lee CJ, Larson M, Onega T, Akerley WL, Li CI, Schneider M, Penedo FJ, Siegel EM, Tworoger SS, Ulrich CM (2022). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural and urban cancer patients' experiences, health behaviors, and perceptions. J Rural Health, 38(4), 886-899. (Read full article)
    23. Brat DJ, Aldape K, Bridge JA, Canoll P, Colman H, Hameed MR, Harris BT, Hattab EM, Huse JT, Jenkins RB, Lopez-Terrada DH, McDonald WC, Rodriguez FJ, Souter LH, Colasacco C, Thomas NE, Yount MH, van den Bent MJ, Perry A (2022). Molecular Biomarker Testing for the Diagnosis of Diffuse Gliomas. Arch Pathol Lab Med, 146(5), 547-574. (Read full article)
    24. Griguer CE, Oliva CR, Coffey CS, Cudkowicz ME, Conwit RA, Gudjonsdottir AL, Ecklund DJ, Fedler JK, Neill-Hudson TM, Nabors LB, Benge M, Hackney JR, Chase M, Leonard TP, Patel T, Colman H, de la Fuente M, Chaudhary R, Marder K, Kreisl T, Mohile N, Chheda MG, McNeill K, Kumthekar P, Dogan A, Drappatz J, Puduvalli V, Kowalska A, Graber J, Gerstner E, Clark S, Salacz M, Markert J (2021). Prospective biomarker study in newly diagnosed glioblastoma: Cyto-C clinical trial. Neurooncol Adv, 4(1), 1-10. (Read full article)
    25. Singh K, Batich KA, Wen PY, Tan AC, Bagley SJ, Lim M, Platten M, Colman H, Ashley DM, Chang SM, Rahman R, Galanis E, Mansouri A, Puduvalli VK, Reardon DA, Sahebjam S, Sampson JH, Simes J, Berry DA, Zadeh G, Cloughesy TF, Mehta MP, Piantadosi S, Weller M, Heimberger AB, Khasraw M (2021). Designing Clinical Trials for Combination Immunotherapy: A Framework for Glioblastoma. Clin Cancer Res, 28, 585-593. (Read full article)
    26. Au TH, Willis C, Reblin M, Peters KB, Nghiemphu PL, Taylor JW, Colman H, Cohen AL, Ormond DR, Chakravarti A, Willmarth N, Menon J, Ma J, Bauer H, Watanabe AH, Ulrich CM, Singh P, Marshall A, Korytowsky B, Stenehjem D, Brixner D (2022). Caregiver burden by treatment and clinical characteristics of patients with glioblastoma. Support Care Cancer, 30(2), 1365-1375. (Read full article)
    27. Tan AC, Bagley SJ, Wen PY, Lim M, Platten M, Colman H, Ashley DM, Wick W, Chang SM, Galanis E, Mansouri A, Khagi S, Mehta MP, Heimberger AB, Puduvalli VK, Reardon DA, Sahebjam S, Simes J, Antonia SJ, Berry D, Khasraw M (2021). Systematic review of combinations of targeted or immunotherapy in advanced solid tumors. J Immunother Cancer, 9(7). (Read full article)
    28. Wang X, Haaland B, Hu-Lieskovan S, Colman H, Holmen SL (2021). First line immunotherapy extends brain metastasis free survival, improves overall survival, and reduces the incidence of brain metastasis in patients with advanced melanoma. Cancer Rep (Hoboken), 4(6), e1419. (Read full article)
    29. Holowatyj AN, Viskochil R, Ose D, Tingey B, Haaland B, Wilson D, Larson M, Feltz S, Lewis MA, Colman H, Ulrich CM (2020). Diabetes, Body Fatness, and Insulin Prescription Among Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol, 10(2), 217-225. (Read full article)
    30. Kumthekar P, Ko CH, Paunesku T, Dixit K, Sonabend AM, Bloch O, Tate M, Schwartz M, Zuckerman L, Lezon R, Lukas RV, Jovanovic B, McCortney K, Colman H, Chen S, Lai B, Antipova O, Deng J, Li L, Tommasini-Ghelfi S, Hurley LA, Unruh D, Sharma NV, Kandpal M, Kouri FM, Davuluri RV, Brat DJ, Muzzio M, Glass M, Vijayakumar V, Heidel J, Giles FJ, Adams AK, James CD, Woloschak GE, Horbinski C, Stegh AH (2020). A first-in-human phase 0 clinical study of RNA interference-based spherical nucleic acids in patients with recurrent glioblastoma. Sci Transl Med, 13(584). (Read full article)
    31. Ellingson BM, Brown MS, Boxerman JL, Gerstner ER, Kaufmann TJ, Cole PE, Bacha JA, Leung D, Barone A, Colman H, van den Bent MJ, Wen PY, Alfred Yung WK, Cloughesy TF, Goldin JG (2020). Radiographic read paradigms and the roles of the central imaging laboratory in neuro-oncology clinical trials. Neuro Oncol, 23(2), 189-198. (Read full article)
    32. Nayak L, Molinaro AM, Peters K, Clarke JL, Jordan JT, de Groot J, Nghiemphu L, Kaley T, Colman H, McCluskey C, Gaffey S, Smith TR, Cote DJ, Severgnini M, Yearley JH, Zhao Q, Blumenschein WM, Duda DG, Muzikansky A, Jain RK, Wen PY, Reardon DA (2020). Randomized Phase II and Biomarker Study of Pembrolizumab plus Bevacizumab versus Pembrolizumab Alone for Patients with Recurrent Glioblastoma. Clin Cancer Res, 27(4), 1048-1057. (Read full article)
    33. Colman H (2020). Adult Gliomas. Continuum (Minneap Minn), 26(6), 1452-1475. (Read full article)
    34. Puduvalli VK, Wu J, Yuan Y, Armstrong TS, Vera E, Wu J, Xu J, Giglio P, Colman H, Walbert T, Raizer J, Groves MD, Tran D, Iwamoto F, Avgeropoulos N, Paleologos N, Fink K, Peereboom D, Chamberlain M, Merrell R, Penas Prado M, Yung WKA, Gilbert MR (2020). A Bayesian adaptive randomized phase II multicenter trial of bevacizumab with or without vorinostat in adults with recurrent glioblastoma. Neuro Oncol, 22(10), 1505-1515. (Read full article)
    35. Werner CK, Nna UJ, Sun H, Wilder-Romans K, Dresser J, Kothari AU, Zhou W, Yao Y, Rao A, Stallard S, Koschmann C, Bor T, Debinski W, Hegedus AM, Morgan MA, Venneti S, Baskin-Bey E, Spratt DE, Colman H, Sarkaria JN, Chinnaiyan AM, Eisner JR, Speers C, Lawrence TS, Strowd RE, Wahl DR (2020). Expression of the Androgen Receptor Governs Radiation Resistance in a Subset of Glioblastomas Vulnerable to Antiandrogen Therapy. Mol Cancer Ther, 19(10), 2163-2174. (Read full article)
    36. Cohen AL, Anker CJ, Johnson B, Burt LM, Shrieve DC, Salzman K, Jensen R, Boucher K, Colman H (2020). Repeat radiation with bevacizumab and minocycline in bevacizumab-refractory high grade gliomas: a prospective phase 1 trial. J Neurooncol, 148(3), 577-585. (Read full article)
    37. Brat DJ, Aldape K, Colman H, Figrarella-Branger D, Fuller GN, Giannini C, Holland EC, Jenkins RB, Kleinschmidt-DeMasters B, Komori T, Kros JM, Louis DN, McLean C, Perry A, Reifenberger G, Sarkar C, Stupp R, van den Bent MJ, von Deimling A, Weller M (2020). cIMPACT-NOW update 5: recommended grading criteria and terminologies for IDH-mutant astrocytomas. Acta Neuropathol, 139(3), 603-608. (Read full article)
    38. Smith-Cohn M, Davidson C, Colman H, Cohen AL (2019). Challenges of targeting BRAF V600E mutations in adult primary brain tumor patients: a report of two cases. CNS Oncol, 8(4), CNS48. (Read full article)
    39. Lim-Fat MJ, Bi WL, Lo J, Lee EQ, Ahluwalia MS, Batchelor TT, Chang SM, Chiocca EA, Chukwueke U, Cloughesy TF, Colman H, Deangelis LM, Galanis E, Gilbert MR, De Groot JF, Lassman AB, Liau LM, Mason W, McFaline-Figueroa JR, Mehta MP, Mellinghoff IK, Nabors LB, Nayak L, Reardon DA, Wen PY (2019). Letter: When Less is More: Dexamethasone Dosing for Brain Tumors. Neurosurgery, 85(3), E607-E608. (Read full article)
    40. Wen PY, Touat M, Alexander BM, Mellinghoff IK, Ramkissoon S, McCluskey CS, Pelton K, Haidar S, Basu SS, Gaffey SC, Brown LE, Martinez-Ledesma JE, Wu S, Kim J, Wei W, Park MA, Huse JT, Kuhn JG, Rinne ML, Colman H, Agar NYR, Omuro AM, DeAngelis LM, Gilbert MR, de Groot JF, Cloughesy TF, Chi AS, Roberts TM, Zhao JJ, Lee EQ, Nayak L, Heath JR, Horky LL, Batchelor TT, Beroukhim R, Chang SM, Ligon AH, Dunn IF, Koul D, Young GS, Prados MD, Reardon DA, Yung WKA, Ligon KL (2019). Buparlisib in Patients With Recurrent Glioblastoma Harboring Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Pathway Activation: An Open-Label, Multicenter, Multi-Arm, Phase II Trial. J Clin Oncol, 37(9), 741-750. (Read full article)
    41. Cloughesy TF, Mochizuki AY, Orpilla JR, Hugo W, Lee AH, Davidson TB, Wang AC, Ellingson BM, Rytlewski JA, Sanders CM, Kawaguchi ES, Du L, Li G, Yong WH, Gaffey SC, Cohen AL, Mellinghoff IK, Lee EQ, Reardon DA, OBrien BJ, Butowski NA, Nghiemphu PL, Clarke JL, Arrillaga-Romany IC, Colman H, Kaley TJ, de Groot JF, Liau LM, Wen PY, Prins RM (2019). Neoadjuvant anti-PD-1 immunotherapy promotes a survival benefit with intratumoral and systemic immune responses in recurrent glioblastoma. Nat Med, 25(3), 477-486. (Read full article)
    42. Hummel S, Kohlmann W, Kollmeyer TM, Jenkins R, Sonnen J, Palmer CA, Colman H, Abbott D, Cannon-Albright L, Cohen AL (2019). The contribution of the rs55705857 G allele to familial cancer risk as estimated in the Utah population database. BMC Cancer, 19(1), 190. (Read full article)
    43. Wang Y, Xu X, Maglic D, Dill MT, Mojumdar K, Ng PK, Jeong KJ, Tsang YH, Moreno D, Bhavana VH, Peng X, Ge Z, Chen H, Li J, Chen Z, Zhang H, Han L, Du D, Creighton CJ, Mills GB, Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network, Camargo F, Liang H (2018). Comprehensive Molecular Characterization of the Hippo Signaling Pathway in Cancer. Cell Rep, 25(5), 1304-1317.e5.
    44. Ippen FM, Colman H, van den Bent MJ, Brastianos PK (2018). Precision Medicine for Primary Central Nervous System Tumors: Are We There Yet? Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book, 38(38), 158-167. (Read full article)
    45. Philip B, Yu DX, Silvis MR, Shin CH, Robinson JP, Robinson GL, Welker AE, Angel SN, Tripp SR, Sonnen JA, VanBrocklin MW, Gibbons RJ, Looper RE, Colman H, Holmen SL (2018). Mutant IDH1 Promotes Glioma Formation In Vivo. Cell Rep, 23(5), 1553-1564. (Read full article)
    46. Frandsen J, Orton A, Jensen R, Colman H, Cohen AL, Tward J, Shrieve DC, Suneja G (2018). Patterns of care and outcomes in gliosarcoma: an analysis of the National Cancer Database. J Neurosurg, 128(4), 1133-1138. (Read full article)
    47. Colman H (2017). Toward more informative biomarker-based clinical trials in glioblastoma. Neuro Oncol, 19(7), 880-881. (Read full article)
    48. Ramaswamy V, Hielscher T, Mack SC, Lassaletta A, Lin T, Pajtler KW, Jones DT, Luu B, Cavalli FM, Aldape K, Remke M, Mynarek M, Rutkowski S, Gururangan S, McLendon RE, Lipp ES, Dunham C, Hukin J, Eisenstat DD, Fulton D, van Landeghem FK, Santi M, van Veelen MC, Van Meir EG, Osuka S, Fan X, Muraszko KM, Tirapelli DP, Oba-Shinjo SM, Marie SK, Carlotti CG, Lee JY, Nageswara Rao AA, Giannini C, Faria CC, Nunes S, Mora J, Hamilton RL, Hauser P, Jabado N, Petrecca K, Jung S, Massimi L, Zollo M, Cinalli G, Bognr L, Klekner A, Hortobgyi T, Leary S, Ermoian RP, Olson JM, Leonard JR, Gardner C, Grajkowska WA, Chambless LB, Cain J, Eberhart CG, Ahsan S, Massimino M, Giangaspero F, Buttarelli FR, Packer RJ, Emery L, Yong WH, Soto H, Liau LM, Everson R, Grossbach A, Shalaby T, Grotzer M, Karajannis MA, Zagzag D, Wheeler H, von Hoff K, Alonso MM, Tuon T, Schller U, Zitterbart K, Sterba J, Chan JA, Guzman M, Elbabaa SK, Colman H, Dhall G, Fisher PG, Fouladi M, Gajjar A, Goldman S, Hwang E, Kool M, Ladha H, Vera-Bolanos E, Wani K, Lieberman F, Mikkelsen T, Omuro AM, Pollack IF, Prados M, Robins HI, Soffietti R, Wu J, Metellus P, Tabori U, Bartels U, Bouffet E, Hawkins CE, Rutka JT, Dirks P, Pfister SM, Merchant TE, Gilbert MR, Armstrong TS, Korshunov A, Ellison DW, Taylor MD (2016). Therapeutic Impact of Cytoreductive Surgery and Irradiation of Posterior Fossa Ependymoma in the Molecular Era: A Retrospective Multicohort Analysis [Epub ahead of print]. J Clin Oncol, 34(21), 2468-2477.
    49. Butowski N, Colman H, De Groot JF, Omuro AM, Nayak L, Wen PY, Cloughesy TF, Marimuthu A, Haidar S, Perry A, Huse J, Phillips J, West BL, Nolop KB, Hsu HH, Ligon KL, Molinaro AM, Prados M (2016). Orally administered colony stimulating factor 1 receptor inhibitor PLX3397 in recurrent glioblastoma: an Ivy Foundation Early Phase Clinical Trials Consortium phase II study. Neuro Oncol, 18(4), 557-64. (Read full article)
    50. Karsy M, Guan J, Jensen R, Huang LE, Colman H (2016). The Impact of Hypoxia and Mesenchymal Transition on Glioblastoma Pathogenesis and Cancer Stem Cells Regulation. World Neurosurg, 88, 222-236. (Read full article)
    51. Ceccarelli M, et al TCGA Research Network, Colman H (2016). Molecular Profiling Reveals Biologically Discrete Subsets and Pathways of Progression in Diffuse Glioma. Cell, 146(3), 550-563.
    52. Sathyan P, Zinn PO, Marisetty AL, Liu B, Kamal MM, Singh SK, Bady P, Lu L, Wani KM, Veo BL, Gumin J, Kassem DH, Robinson F, Weng C, Baladandayuthapani V, Suki D, Colman H, Bhat KP, Sulman EP, Aldape K, Colen RR, Verhaak RG, Lu Z, Fuller GN, Huang S, Lang FF, Sawaya R, Hegi M, Majumder S (2015). Mir-21-Sox2 Axis Delineates Glioblastoma Subtypes with Prognostic Impact. J Neurosci, 35(45), 15097-112. (Read full article)
    53. Yuan S, Lu Y, Yang J, Chen G, Kim S, Feng L, Ogasawara M, Hammoudi N, Lu W, Zhang H, Liu J, Colman H, Lee JS, Li XN, Xu RH, Huang P, Wang F (2015). Metabolic activation of mitochondria in glioma stem cells promotes cancer development through a reactive oxygen species-mediated mechanism. Stem Cell Res Ther, 6(1), 198. (Read full article)
    54. Balasubramaniyan V, Vaillant B, Wang S, Gumin J, Butalid ME, Sai K, Mukheef F, Kim SH, Boddeke HW, Lang F, Aldape K, Sulman EP, Bhat KP, Colman H (2015). Aberrant mesenchymal differentiation of glioma stem-like cells: implications for therapeutic targeting. Oncotarget, 6(31), 31007-17. (Read full article)
    55. Prados MD, Byron SA, Tran NL, Phillips JJ, Molinaro AM, Ligon KL, Wen PY, Kuhn JG, Mellinghoff IK, de Groot JF, Colman H, Cloughesy TF, Chang SM, Ryken TC, Tembe WD, Kiefer JA, Berens ME, Craig DW, Carpten JD, Trent JM (2015). Toward precision medicine in glioblastoma: the promise and the challenges. Neuro Oncol, 17(8), 1051-63. (Read full article)
    56. Hossain A, Gumin J, Gao F, Figueroa J, Shinojima N, Takezaki T, Priebe W, Villarreal D, Kang SG, Joyce C, Sulman E, Wang Q, Marini FC, Andreeff M, Colman H, Lang FF (2015). Mesenchymal Stem Cells Isolated From Human Gliomas Increase Proliferation and Maintain Stemness of Glioma Stem Cells Through the IL-6/gp130/STAT3 Pathway. Stem Cells, 33(8), 2400-15. (Read full article)
    57. Cohen A, Sato M, Aldape K, Mason CC, Alfaro-Munoz K, Heathcock L, South ST, Abegglen LM, Schiffman JD, Colman H (2015). DNA copy number analysis of Grade II-III and Grade IV gliomas reveals differences in molecular ontogeny including chromothripsis associated with IDH mutation status. Acta Neuropathol Commun, 3, 34. (Read full article)
    58. The Cancer Genome Atlas Network (2015). Comprehensive and Integrative Genomic Characterization of Diffuse Lower Grade Gliomas DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1402121 *Includes Colman, H. N Engl J Med, 372(26), 2481-2498.
    59. Choi H, Gillespie DL, Berg S, Rice C, Couldwell S, Gu J, Colman H, Jensen RL, Huang LE (2015). Intermittent induction of HIF-1α produces lasting effects on malignant progression independent of its continued expression. PLoS One, 10(4), e0125125. (Read full article)
    60. Vera-Bolanos E, Aldape K, Yuan Y, Wu J, Wani K, Necesito-Reyes MJ, Colman H, Dhall G, Lieberman FS, Metellus P, Mikkelsen T, Omuro A, Partap S, Prados M, Robins HI, Soffietti R, Wu J, Gilbert MR, Armstrong TS, CERN Foundation (2014). Clinical course and progression-free survival of adult intracranial and spinal ependymoma patients. Neuro Oncol, 17(3), 440-7. (Read full article)
    61. Karsy M, Neil JA, Guan J, Mahan MA, Colman H, Jensen RL (2015). A practical review of prognostic correlations of molecular biomarkers in glioblastoma. Neurosurg Focus, 38(3), E4. (Read full article)
    62. Chen R, Ravindra VM, Cohen AL, Jensen RL, Salzman KL, Prescot AP, Colman H (2015). Molecular features assisting in diagnosis, surgery, and treatment decision making in low-grade gliomas. Neurosurg Focus, 38(3), E2. (Read full article)
    63. Penas-Prado M, Hess KR, Fisch MJ, Lagrone LW, Groves MD, Levin VA, De Groot JF, Puduvalli VK, Colman H, Volas-Redd G, Giglio P, Conrad CA, Salacz ME, Floyd JD, Loghin ME, Hsu SH, Gonzalez J, Chang EL, Woo SY, Mahajan A, Aldape KD, Yung WK, Gilbert MR, MD Anderson Community Clinical Oncology Program, Brain Tumor Trials Collaborative (2015). Randomized phase II adjuvant factorial study of dose-dense temozolomide alone and in combination with isotretinoin, celecoxib, and/or thalidomide for glioblastoma. Neuro Oncol, 17(2), 266-73. (Read full article)
    64. Cohen AL, Colman H (2015). Glioma biology and molecular markers. Cancer Treat Res, 163, 15-30. (Read full article)
    65. Gilbert MR, Dignam JJ, Armstrong TS, Wefel JS, Blumenthal DT, Vogelbaum MA, Colman H, Chakravarti A, Pugh S, Won M, Jeraj R, Brown PD, Jaeckle KA, Schiff D, Stieber VW, Brachman DG, Werner-Wasik M, Tremont-Lukats IW, Sulman EP, Aldape KD, Curran WJ Jr, Mehta MP (2014). A randomized trial of bevacizumab for newly diagnosed glioblastoma. N Engl J Med, 370(8), 699-708. (Read full article)
    66. Saito N, Fu J, Zheng S, Yao J, Wang S, Liu DD, Yuan Y, Sulman EP, Lang FF, Colman H, Verhaak RG, Yung WK, Koul D (2014). A high Notch pathway activation predicts response to γ secretase inhibitors in proneural subtype of glioma tumor-initiating cells. Stem Cells, 32(1), 301-12. (Read full article)
    67. Bhat KPL, Balasubramaniyan V, Vaillant B, Ezhilarasan R, Hummelink K, Hollingsworth F, Wani K, Heathcock L, James JD, Goodman LD, Conroy S, Long L, Lelic N, Wang S, Gumin J, Raj D, Kodama Y, Raghunathan A, Olar A, Joshi K, Pelloski CE, Heimberger A, Kim SH, Cahill DP, Rao G, Den Dunnen WFA, Boddeke HWGM, Phillips HS, Nakano I, Lang FF, Colman H, Sulman EP, Aldape K (2013). Mesenchymal differentiation mediated by NF-κB promotes radiation resistance in glioblastoma. Cancer Cell, 24(3), 331-46. (Read full article)

    Review

    1. Chen R, Cohen AL, Colman H (2016). Targeted Therapeutics in Patients With High-Grade Gliomas: Past, Present, and Future. [Review]. Curr Treat Options Oncol, 17(8), 42. (Read full article)
    2. Karsy M, Guan J, Cohen A, Colman H, Jensen RL (2016). Medical Management of Meningiomas: Current Status, Failed Treatments, and Promising Horizons. [Review]. Neurosurg Clin N Am, 27(2), 249-60. (Read full article)

    Case Report

    1. Sivakumar W, Oh N, Cutler A, Colman H, Couldwell WT (2015). Cranial and spinal leptomeningeal dissemination in esthesioneuroblastoma: Two reports of distant central nervous system metastasis and rationale for treatment. Surg Neurol Int, 6(Suppl 25), S628-32. (Read full article)

    Editorial

    1. Colman H (2019). A platform for efficient early evaluation of biomarker-associated therapies in newly diagnosed IDH wild-type, MGMT unmethylated glioblastoma. 21(1), 6-7.

    Other

    1. Au TH, Willis C, Reblin M, Peters KB, Nghiemphu PL, Taylor JW, Colman H, Cohen AL, Ormond DR, Chakravarti A, Willmarth N, Menon J, Ma J, Bauer H, Watanabe AH, Ulrich CM, Singh P, Marshall A, Korytowsky B, Stenehjem D, Brixner D (2021). Correction to: Caregiver burden by treatment and clinical characteristics of patients with glioblastoma. Support Care Cancer (30(2), pp. 1377-1378). Germany. (Read full article)
    2. Himbert C, Hathaway CA, Daniels B, Salas K, Ashworth A, Gigic B, Lin T, Viskochil R, Kirchhoff AC, Grossman D, Ose J, Tward J, Scaife C, Figueiredo JC, Toriola AT, Beck A, Shibata D, Gonzalez BD, Matsen C, Christenson C, Ma DS, Colman H, Hunt JP, Jones KB, Lee CJ, Larson M, Onega T, Akerley WL, Li CI, Schneider M, Penedo FJ, Siegel EM, Tworoger SS, Ulrich CM, Peoples AR (2021). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on exercise habits among cancer patients. Res Sq. United States. (Read full article)

    Patent

    1. University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Colman H, Zhang L, Aldape K (2009). Multigene Assay to Predict Outcome in an Individual with Glioblastoma. U.S. Patent No. PCT/U808/55472. Washington, D.C.:U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
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