RichardBWomerMD

Pediatric Hematology & Oncology • Philadelphia, PA

Pediatric Sarcoma Oncology, Pediatric Solid Tumor Oncology

Emeritus Professor, Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine

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Office
3401 Civic Center Blvd
Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia - Oncology
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone+1 215-590-2229

Fax+1 215-590-4183
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Education & Training

Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaFellowship, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 1982 - 1985
University of Virginia Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 1978 - 1980
University of Rochester School of Medicine and DentistryClass of 1978

Certifications & Licensure

PA State Medical License 1982 - 2022
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

Clinical Trials

Comparison of Combination Chemotherapy Regimens in Treating Patients With Ewing's Sarcoma or Neuroectodermal Tumor Start of enrollment: 2001 May 01
Completed
Phase 3
Biomarkers in Tumor Tissue Samples From Patients With Newly Diagnosed Neuroblastoma or Ganglioneuroblastoma Start of enrollment: 2000 Nov 06
Recruiting
Collecting and Storing Tissue, Blood, and Bone Marrow Samples From Patients With Rhabdomyosarcoma or Other Soft Tissue Sarcoma Start of enrollment: 1999 Mar 15
Completed
Effect of Hydroxyurea as Treatment for Primary Desmoid Tumors Start of enrollment: 2009 Oct 01
Withdrawn
Phase 2
Preventing Nephrotoxicity and Ototoxicity From Osteosarcoma Therapy Start of enrollment: 2013 Apr 01
Completed
Phase 2
Eribulin Mesylate in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Refractory Osteosarcoma Start of enrollment: 2014 Aug 01
Completed
Phase 2
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

9 citations
Randomized Phase III Trial of Ganitumab With Interval-Compressed Chemotherapy for Patients With Newly Diagnosed Metastatic Ewing Sarcoma: A Report From the Children's ...
Steven G DuBois, Mark D Krailo, Julia Glade-Bender, Allen Buxton, Nadia Laack, R Lor Randall, Helen X Chen, Nita L Seibel, Matthew Boron, Stephanie Terezakis, Christin...> ;Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2023 Apr 10
11 citations
Phase 2 study of anti-disialoganglioside antibody, dinutuximab, in combination with GM-CSF in patients with recurrent osteosarcoma: A report from the Children's Oncolo...
Pooja Hingorani, Mark Krailo, Allen Buxton, Paul Hutson, Paul M Sondel, Mitchell Diccianni, Alice Yu, Carol D Morris, Richard B Womer, Brian Crompton, R Lor Randall, L...> ;European Journal of Cancer. 2022 Sep 1
4 citations
Analysis of Local Control Outcomes and Clinical Prognostic Factors in Localized Pelvic Ewing Sarcoma Patients Treated With Radiation Therapy: A Report From the Childre...
Safia K Ahmed, Brent G Witten, William S Harmsen, Peter S Rose, Mark Krailo, Karen J Marcus, R Lor Randall, Steven G DuBois, Katherine A Janeway, Richard B Womer, Holc...> ;International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 2023 Feb 1
32 citations
Phase III Trial Adding Vincristine-Topotecan-Cyclophosphamide to the Initial Treatment of Patients With Nonmetastatic Ewing Sarcoma: A Children's Oncology Group Report
Patrick J. Leavey, Nadia N. Laack, Mark Krailo, Allen Buxton, R. Lor Randall, Steven G. DuBois, Damon R. Reed, Holcombe E. Grier, Douglas S. Hawkins, Bruce R. Pawel, H...> ;Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2021 Oct 15
3 citations
A pharmacologically-based approach to high dose methotrexate administration to investigate nephrotoxicity and acute kidney injury biomarkers in children and adolescent...
Elizabeth Fox, Christine Busch, Alexander DeBernardo, Blair Segers, Joseph Gottschalk, Richard B. Womer, Naomi Balamuth, Rochelle Bagatell, Frank M. Balis> ;Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology. 2021 Mar 7
8 citations
BRAF fusions in pediatric histiocytic neoplasms define distinct therapeutic responsiveness to RAF paradox breakers.
Payal Jain, Lea F. Surrey, Joshua Straka, Pierre Russo, Richard B. Womer, Marilyn M. Li, Phillip B. Storm, Angela J. Waanders, Michael D. Hogarty, Adam C. Resnick, Jen...> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2021 Feb 9
3 citations
Role of Metastatic Site Irradiation in Pediatric Patients With Metastatic Ewing Sarcoma.
Amardeep S. Grewal, Yimei Li, Sharonjit K Grewal, Rochelle Bagatell, Naomi Balamuth, Richard B. Womer, G. Kurtz, Zelig Tochner, Christine E. Hill-Kayser> ;Journal of Pediatric Hematology/oncology. 2020 Jul 1
16 citations
Effects of dexrazoxane on doxorubicin-related cardiotoxicity and second malignant neoplasms in children with osteosarcoma: a report from the Children’s Oncology Group
Lisa M. Kopp, Richard B. Womer, Cindy L. Schwartz, David H. Ebb, Vivian I. Franco, David Hall, Donald A. Barkauskas, Mark Krailo, Holcombe E. Grier, Paul A. Meyers, Le...> ;Cardio-Oncology. 2019 Oct 28
59 citations
High-Dose Chemotherapy Compared With Standard Chemotherapy and Lung Radiation in Ewing Sarcoma With Pulmonary Metastases: Results of the European Ewing Tumour Working ...
Uta Dirksen, Bernadette Brennan, Marie-Cécile Le Deley, Nathalie Cozic, Henk van den Berg, Vivek A Bhadri, Bénédicte Brichard, Line Claude, Alan W. Craft, Susanne Amle...> ;Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2019 Sep 25
8 citations
Dexrazoxane preferentially mitigates doxorubicin cardiotoxicity in female children with sarcoma.
Hari K. Narayan, Mary E. Putt, Nikitha Kosaraju, Alejandro Paz, Shivani M. Bhatt, Theodore Plappert, Laura Mercer-Rosa, Saro H. Armenian, Ami V. Desai, Richard B. Wome...> ;Open Heart. 2019 Jun 1
4 citations
Fundamental problems with pediatric adaptive dosing of carboplatin using nuclear-medicine-based estimates of renal function.
Peter C. Adamson, Gareth J. Veal, Richard B. Womer, Holly J. Meany, M. Brooke Bernhardt, A. Lindsay Frazier, Frank M. Balis> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2019 Jun 1
13 citations
Outcomes After Proton Therapy for Treatment of Pediatric High-Risk Neuroblastoma.
Christine E. Hill-Kayser, Zelig Tochner, Yimei Li, G. Kurtz, Robert A. Lustig, Paul A. James, Naomi Balamuth, Richard B. Womer, Peter Mattei, S A Grupp, Yael P. Mosse,...> ;International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 2019 Jun 1
19 citations
A phase II study of eribulin in recurrent or refractory osteosarcoma: A report from the Children's Oncology Group
Michael S. Isakoff, Robert E. Goldsby, Doojduen Villaluna, Mark Krailo, Pooja Hingorani, Anderson B. Collier, Carol D. Morris, E. Anders Kolb, John J. Doski, Richard B...> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2019 Feb 1
26 citations
Pantoprazole, an Inhibitor of the Organic Cation Transporter 2, Does Not Ameliorate Cisplatin-Related Ototoxicity or Nephrotoxicity in Children and Adolescents with Ne...
Elizabeth Fox, Kristin Levin, Yan Zhu, Blair Segers, Naomi Balamuth, Richard B. Womer, Rochelle Bagatell, Frank M. Balis> ;The Oncologist. 2018 Jul 1
19 citations
Proton therapy for pediatric head and neck malignancies
Jennifer Vogel, Stefan Both, Maura Kirk, Hann Hsiang Chao, Rochelle Bagatell, Yimei Li, Richard B. Womer, Naomi Balamuth, Anne Reilly, G. Kurtz, Robert A. Lustig, Zeli...> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2018 Feb 1
6 citations
Clinical and radiographic presentation of pelvic sarcoma in children
Muayad Kadhim, Nariman Abol Oyoun, Richard B. Womer, John Paul Dormans> ;SICOT-J. 2018 Jan 1
9 citations
Management of Refractory Pediatric Kaposiform Hemangioendothelioma With Sirolimus and Aspirin.
Suzanne P. MacFarland, Lisa M. Sullivan, Lisa J. States, L. Charles Bailey, Naomi Balamuth, Richard B. Womer, Timothy S. Olson> ;Journal of Pediatric Hematology/oncology. 2017 Dec 1
27 citations
Identification of Patients With Localized Ewing Sarcoma at Higher Risk for Local Failure: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group.
Safia K. Ahmed, R. Lor Randall, Steven G. DuBois, William S. Harmsen, Mark Krailo, Karen J. Marcus, Katherine A. Janeway, David S. Geller, Joel I. Sorger, Richard B. W...> ;International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 2017 Dec 1
6 citations
Surgical treatment of pelvic sarcoma in children: outcomes for twenty six patients
Muayad Kadhim, Richard B. Womer, John P. Dormans> ;International Orthopaedics. 2017 Jul 27
17 citations
Dosing anticancer drugs in infants: Current approach and recommendations from the Children's Oncology Group's Chemotherapy Standardization Task Force
Frank M. Balis, Richard B. Womer, Stacey L. Berg, Naomi J. Winick, Peter C. Adamson, Elizabeth Fox> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2017 May 16
61 citations
Comparison of clinical features and outcomes in patients with extraskeletal versus skeletal localized Ewing sarcoma: A report from the Children's Oncology Group.
Thomas Cash, Elizabeth McIlvaine, Mark Krailo, Stephen L. Lessnick, Elizabeth R. Lawlor, Nadia N. Laack, Joel I. Sorger, Neyssa Marina, Holcombe E. Grier, Linda Granow...> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2016 Oct 1
6 citations
Local Control Modality and Outcome for Ewing Sarcoma of the Femur: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group.
Najat C. Daw, Nadia N. Laack, Elizabeth McIlvaine, Mark Krailo, Richard B. Womer, Linda Granowetter, Holcombe E. Grier, Neyssa Marina, Mark L. Bernstein, Mark C. Gebha...> ;Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2016 May 23
18 citations
Pilot Study of Adding Vincristine, Topotecan, and Cyclophosphamide to Interval-Compressed Chemotherapy in Newly Diagnosed Patients With Localized Ewing Sarcoma: A Repo...
Leo Mascarenhas, Judy Felgenhauer, Mason Bond, Doojduen Villaluna, Joseph D. Femino, Nadia N. Laack, Sarangarajan Ranganathan, James S. Meyer, Richard B. Womer, Richar...> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2016 Mar 1
19 citations
Impact of Two Measures of Micrometastatic Disease on Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Ewing Sarcoma: A Report from the Children's Oncology Group
Kieuhoa T. Vo, Jeremy V. Edwards, C. Lorrie Epling, Elizabeth Sinclair, Douglas S. Hawkins, Holcombe E. Grier, Katherine A. Janeway, Phillip Barnette, Elizabeth McIlva...> ;Clinical Cancer Research. 2016 Jul 15
21 citations
Age, Tumor Characteristics, and Treatment Regimen as Event Predictors in Ewing: A Children’s Oncology Group Report
Neyssa Marina, Linda Granowetter, Holcombe E. Grier, Richard B. Womer, R. Lor Randall, Karen J. Marcus, Elizabeth McIlvaine, Mark Krailo> ;Sarcoma. 2015 Oct 5
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Hospital Affiliations

Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania