SandraLuna FinemanMD

PubMed

• Treatment of high-risk Hodgkin lymphoma with a modified Stanford V regimen in the AHOPCA: Substituting chemotherapy agents and hampered outcomes.
  Castellanos, M., Metzger, M., Baez, L., Peña Hernandez, A., Bonilla, M., Fuentes-Alabi, S., Nieves, R., Blanco, J., Rossi, E., Devidas, M., Chen, Y., Arreola, M., Luna...> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2024 Feb 1
• 2 citations
  Collaboration for success: the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer in Latin America.
  Liliana Vásquez, Soad Fuentes-Alabi, Sara Benitez-Majano, Karina Braga Ribeiro, Monnie Abraham, Asya Agulnik, Justin N Baker, Daniel Bastardo Blanco, Miguela A Caniza,...> ;Revista Panamericana De Salud Publica = Pan American Journal of Public Health. 2023 Jan 1
• 1 citations
  Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer: progress and challenges in Panama.
  Karina Quintero, Iveth Berrio, Elsa Arenas, Soad Fuentes-Alabí, Liliana Vásquez, Sandra Luna-Fineman, Jorge Victoria, Modesta Houghton> ;Revista Panamericana De Salud Publica = Pan American Journal of Public Health. 2023 Jan 1
• 4 citations
  Impact of COVID-19 in pediatric oncology care in Latin America during the first year of the pandemic.
  Gabriela Villanueva, Claudia Sampor, Julia Palma, Milena Villarroel, Diana Valencia, Mercedes García Lombardi, Wendy Gomez Garcia, Eva Lezcano Caceres, Victoria Sobrer...> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2022 Oct 1
• 48 citations
  Genomic predictors of response to PD-1 inhibition in children with germline DNA replication repair deficiency.
  Anirban Das, Sumedha Sudhaman, Daniel Morgenstern, Ailish Coblentz, Jiil Chung, Simone C Stone, Noor Alsafwani, Zhihui Amy Liu, Ola Abu Al Karsaneh, Shirin Soleimani, ...> ;Nature Medicine. 2022 Jan 1
• 53 citations
  Wilms tumour.
  Filippo Spreafico, Conrad V Fernandez, Jesper Brok, Kayo Nakata, Gordan Vujanic, James I Geller, Manfred Gessler, Mariana Maschietto, Sam Behjati, Angela Polanco, Vivi...> ;Nature Reviews. Disease Primers. 2021 Oct 14
• 2 citations
  Childhood cancer control during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Sandra Luna-Fineman, Roberta Ortiz, André Ilbawi> ;The Lancet. Oncology. 2021 Oct 1
• 7 citations
  Sex, gender, and retinoblastoma: analysis of 4351 patients from 153 countries
  Ido Didi Fabian, Vikas Khetan, Andrew W. Stacey, Allen Foster, Dupe S Ademola-Popoola, Jesse L. Berry, Nathalie Cassoux, Guillermo Chantada, Laila Hessissen, Swathi Ka...> ;Eye. 2021 Jul 16
• 5 citations
  Circulating Plasma Tumor DNA Is Superior to Plasma Tumor RNA Detection in Ewing Sarcoma Patients: ptDNA and ptRNA in Ewing Sarcoma.
  Avery Bodlak, Kyle Chang, Jessica Channel, Amy L. Treece, Nathan Donaldson, Carrye R. Cost, Timothy P. Garrington, Brian Greffe, Sandra Luna-Fineman, Jenna Sopfe, Davi...> ;The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics. 2021 Jul 1
• 21 citations
  Excellent Outcome for Pediatric Patients With High-Risk Hodgkin Lymphoma Treated With Brentuximab Vedotin and Risk-Adapted Residual Node Radiation
  Monika L. Metzger, Michael P. Link, Amy L. Billett, Jamie E. Flerlage, John T. Lucas, Belinda N. Mandrell, Matthew J. Ehrhardt, Nickhill Bhakta, Torunn I. Yock, Alison...> ;Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2021 Apr 7
• Classic Hodgkin lymphoma in Guatemalan children of age less than six years: analysis of immune regulatory pathways and the tumor microenvironment.
  Oscar Silva, Vivek Charu, Mark D. Ewalt, Ryan A. Metcalf, Shuchun Zhao, E. Mauricio Castellanos, Elizabeth Orellana, Yasodha Natkunam, Sandra Luna-Fineman> ;Leukemia & Lymphoma. 2021 Feb 24
• 8 citations
  The Global COVID-19 Observatory and Resource Center for Childhood Cancer: A response for the pediatric oncology community by SIOP and St. Jude Global.
  Daniel C. Moreira, Elizabeth Sniderman, Sheena Mukkada, Guillermo Chantada, Nickhill Bhakta, Whitney Foster, Meghana Avula, Maysam R. Homsi, Lane Faughan, Brooke Happ,...> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2021 Feb 24
• 4 citations
  The threat of the COVID-19 pandemic on reversing global life-saving gains in the survival of childhood cancer: a call for collaborative action from SIOP, IPSO, PROS, W...
  Kathy Pritchard-Jones, Simone de Campos Vieira Abib, Natia Esiashvili, Gertjan J.L. Kaspers, Jon Rosser, John A Van Doorninck, João M L Braganca, Ruth I. Hoffman, Carl...> ;Ecancermedicalscience. 2021 Feb 15
• 66 citations
  Early impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on paediatric cancer care in Latin America.
  Liliana Vasquez, Claudia Sampor, Gabriela Villanueva, Essy Maradiegue, Mercedes Garcia-Lombardi, Wendy Gomez-Garcia, Florencia Moreno, Rosdali Diaz, Andrea Cappellano,...> ;The Lancet. Oncology. 2020 Jun 1
• 93 citations
  The COVID-19 pandemic: A rapid global response for children with cancer from SIOP, COG, SIOP-E, SIOP-PODC, IPSO, PROS, CCI, and St Jude Global.
  Michael J. Sullivan, Eric Bouffet, Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, Sandra Luna-Fineman, Muhammad Saghir Khan, Pamela Kearns, Douglas S. Hawkins, Julia Challinor, Lisa Morris...> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2020 May 13
• 153 citations
  Global Retinoblastoma Presentation and Analysis by National Income Level
  Ido Didi Fabian, Elhassan Abdallah, Shehu U. Abdullahi, Rula A. Abdulqader, Sahadatou Adamou Boubacar, Dupe S Ademola-Popoola, AO Adio, Armin R. Afshar, Priyanka Aggar...> ;JAMA Oncology. 2020 May 1
• 29 citations
  Delayed Enucleation With Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Advanced Intraocular Unilateral Retinoblastoma: AHOPCA II, a Prospective, Multi-Institutional Protocol in Central ...
  Sandra Luna-Fineman, Guillermo L. Chantada, Amanda Alejos, Geraldina Amador, Margarita Barnoya, Mauricio Castellanos, Ligia Fu, Soad Fuentes-Alabi, Verónica Girón, Mar...> ;Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2019 Sep 19
• 12 citations
  Establishing Cancer Treatment Programs in Resource-Limited Settings: Lessons Learned From Guatemala, Rwanda, and Vietnam.
  Claire M. Wagner, Federico Antillón, Francois Uwinkindi, Tran Van Thuan, Sandra Luna-Fineman, Pham Tuan Anh, Tran Thanh Huong, Patricia Valverde, Arielle Wilder Eagan,...> ;Journal of Global Oncology. 2018 Aug 7
• 16 citations
  Heritable variation at the chromosome 21 gene ERG is associated with acute lymphoblastic leukemia risk in children with and without Down syndrome.
  Adam J. de Smith, Kyle M. Walsh, Libby M. Morimoto, Stephen S. Francis, Helen M. Hansen, Soyoung Jeon, Semira Gonseth, Minhui Chen, Hanxiao Sun, Sandra Luna-Fineman, F...> ;Leukemia. 2019 Jul 11
• 56 citations
  Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Tumor Associated Macrophages: Clinical Translation
  Maryam Aghighi, Ashok J. Theruvath, Anuj Pareek, Laura Pisani, Raphael Alford, Anne M. Muehe, Tarsheen K. Sethi, Samantha J. Holdsworth, Florette K. Hazard, Dita Gratz...> ;Clinical Cancer Research. 2018 Sep 1
• 51 citations
  A framework to develop adapted treatment regimens to manage pediatric cancer in low- and middle-income countries: The Pediatric Oncology in Developing Countries (PODC)...
  Scott C. Howard, Alan Davidson, Sandra Luna-Fineman, Trijn Israels, Guillermo Chantada, Catherine G. Lam, Stephen P. Hunger, Simon Bailey, Raul C. Ribeiro, Ramandeep S...> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2017 Dec 1
• 30 citations
  Improvement in treatment abandonment in pediatric patients with cancer in Guatemala.
  Elysia Alvarez, Midori Seppa, Silvia Rivas, Lucia Fuentes, Patricia Valverde, Federico Antillon-Klussmann, E. Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, Kevin Messacar, John Kurap, Mari...> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2017 Oct 1
• 33 citations
  Retinoblastoma in Central America: report from the Central American Association of Pediatric Hematology Oncology (AHOPCA).
  Sandra Luna-Fineman, Margarita Barnoya, Miguel Bonilla, Ligia Fu, Fulgencio Baez, Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2012 Apr 1
• 21 citations
  Increased incidence and disparity of diagnosis of retinoblastoma patients in Guatemala.
  Michael Dean, Giovana Bendfeldt, Hong Lou, Verónica Girón, Claudia Garrido, Patricia Valverde, Margarita Barnoya, Mauricio Castellanos, Silvia Jiménez-Morales, Sandra ...> ;Cancer Letters. 2014 Aug 28
• 40 citations
  Development of Retinoblastoma Programs in Central America
  Judith A. Wilimas, Matthew W. Wilson, Barrett G. Haik, Margarita Barnoya, Ligia Fu, Mauricio Castellanos, Miguel Bonilla, Blanca Phillips, Eugene M. Helveston, Sandra ...> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2009 Jul 15
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Journal Articles

• Is it pre-enucleation chemotherapy or delayed enucleation of severely involved eyes with intraocular retinoblastoma that risks extraocular dissemination and death?  
  Chantada G, Leal-Leal C, Brisse H, de Graff P, Sitorus RS, Qaddoumi I, de Antoneli Celia, Tacyildiz N, Luna-Fineman S et al., J Clin Oncol, 1/1/2011

Books/Book Chapters

• Retinoblastoma 
  Chapter: Retinoblastoma in Developing Countries 
  Chantada G, Luna-Fineman S, Qaddoumi I, Furmanchuk A y Wilimas J.Editors: C Rodr�guez-Galindo.Springer2010
• Supportive Care for Children with Cancer 
  Chapter: Use of hematopoietic growth factors in children with cancer 
  Luna-Fineman S, Shannon K and Blazar B.Editors: AR Ablin.The John Hopkins University Press1997
• Supportive Care for Children with Cancer 
  Chapter: Recombinant human G-CSF and recombinant human GM-CSF. 
  Luna-Fineman S, Ablin AR and Blazar, B.Editors: AR Ablin.The John Hopkins University Press1993

Abstracts/Posters

• Immune and tumor biomarkers of outcome in replication repair deficient brain tumors to immune checkpoint inhibition: Updates from the international RRD consortium.
  Sudhaman S, Bouffet E, Chung J, Cambell B, Eduards M, Brosiscer A, Hoffman L, Luna-Fineman S et al., Ped SNO, 1/1/2019
• Results of the AHOPCA GCT 2: risk-adapted therapy for germ cell tumor in Central America.
  Garrido C, Frazier L, Luna-Fineman S, Blanco J, Fuentes S, Gomez W, Aleman V, Rodriguez-Galindo C., SIOP, 1/1/2018
• How to Provide Gadolinium-Free PET/MR Cancer Staging of Children and Young Adults in less than 1 h: The Stanford Approach.
  Muehe AM, Theruvath AJ, Lai L, Maryam Aghighi, Quon A, Holdsworth SJ, Jia Wang J, Luna-Fineman S, Marina N, Advani RH, Rosenberg J, Daldrup-Link HE, Mol Imaging Biol, 1/1/2018
• Bone marrow oedema predicts cone collapse in paediatric and adolescent leukaemia patients with corticosteroid-induced osteonecrosis.
  Theruvath A, Sukerkar PA, Bao S, Rosenberg J, Luna-Fineman S, Kharbanda S, Daldrup-Link HE., Eur Radiol, 1/1/2018
• Bone marrow oedema predicts cone collapse in paediatric and adolescent leukaemia patients with corticosteroid-induced osteonecrosis
  Theruvath A, Sukerkar PA, Bao S, Rosenberg J, Luna-Fineman S, Kharbanda S, Daldrup-Link HE., Eur Radiol, 1/1/2018
• Establishing cancer treatment programs in resource-limited settings: lessons learned from Guatemala, Rwanda and Vietnam.
  Wagner CM, Antillon-Klussmann F, Uwinkindi F, Thuan TV, Luna-Fineman S, Anh PT, Huong TT, Valverde P, Eagan A, Binh PV, Johnson S, Binagwaho A, Torade J, J Global Oncol, 1/1/2018
• MR Imaging of Tumor Associated Macrophages: Clinical Translation.
  Aghigh, M, Theruvath TJ, Anuj Pareek A, Pisani LL, Alford R, Muehe AM, Sethi TK, Holdsworth SJ, Hazard FK, Gratzinger D, Luna-Fineman S, Advani R, Spunt SL, Heike E. D..., Clin Cancer Res, 1/1/2018
• RB1 gene mutations in retinoblastoma patients from Central America.
  Dean M, Torres-Gonz�lez E, Garland L, Bendfelt G, Gir�n V, Garrido C, Lou H, Valverde P, Barnoya M, Castellanos M, Mej�a G, Ortiz R, Luna-Fineman S., American Society of Human Genetics, 1/1/2017
• AHOPCA LH 2004: Treatment of high risk Hodgkin Lymphoma in LMIC: Essential drug availability and long term outcomes.
  Luna-Fineman S, Castellanos M, Metzger M, B�ez LF, Gamboa Y, Pe�a-Hernandez A, Alabi S, Nieves R, Blanco J, Rossi E, de Alarc�n P, SIOP, 1/1/2017
• A PET/MR Imaging Approach for the Integreated Assessment of Chemotherapy-induced Brain, Heart, and Bone Injuries in Pediatric Cancer Survivors: a Pilot Study
  Theruvath AJ, Ilivitzki A, Muehe A, Theruvath J, Gulaka P, Kim C, Luna-Fineman S, Sakamoto KM, Yeom KW, Yang P, Moseley M, Chan F, Daldrup-Link HE., Radiology, 1/1/2017
• Improvement of abandonment and refusal of therapy in pediatric patients with cancer in Guatemala.
  Alvarez E, Seppa M, Rivas S, Fuentes L, Valverde P, Antill�n-Klussmann F, Castellanos M, Sweet-Cordero A, Messacar K, Kurap J, Bustamante M, Howard SC, Efron B, Luna-F..., Pediatr Blood Cancer, 1/1/2017
• Effects of malnutrition on treatment related toxicity and survival in children with cancer in Nicaragua.
  Pribnow AK, Ortiz R, Luna-Fineman S., Pediatr Blood Cancer, 1/1/2017
• Progressing towards a cohesive pediatric 18F-FDG PET/MR protocol: Is the administration of Gadolinium-Chelates necessary?
  Klenk C, Gawande R, Tran VT, Trinh J, Chi K, Owen D, Luna-Fineman S, Sakamoto KM, McMillan A, Quon A, Daldrup-Link HE, J Nucl Med., 1/1/2016
• Progressing Toward a Cohesive Pediatric 18F-FDG PET/MR Protocol: Is Administration of Gadolinium Chelates Necessary?
  Klenk C, Gawande R, Tran VT, Leung JT, Chi K, Owen D, Luna-Fineman S, Sakamoto KM, McMillan A, Quon A, Daldrup-Link HE, J Nucl Med, 1/1/2016
• Safety Report of Ferumoxytol for Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Children and Young Adults.
  Muehe AM, Feng D, von Eyben R, Luna-Fineman S, Link MP, Muthig T, Huddleston AE, Neuwelt EA, Daldrup-Link HE, Invest Radiol, 1/1/2016
• A study of the mutational landscape of pediatric-type follicular lymphoma and pediatric nodal marginal zone lymphoma.
  Ozawa MG, Bhaduri A, Chisholm KM, Baker SA, Ma L, Zehnder JL, Luna-Fineman S, Link MP, Meeker JD, Arber DA, Ohgami RS., Mod Pathol, 1/1/2016
• Speeding up PET/MR for cancer staging of children and young adults.
  Aghighi M, Pisani L, Sun Z, Klenk C, Madnawat H, Luna-Fineman S, Advani R, Von Eyben R, Owen D, Quon A, Moseley M, Daldrup-Link H., Eur Radiol, 1/1/2016
• A Risk-Adapted, Response-Based Therapeutic Regimen Using a Modified Stanford V Approach for the Treatment of Children with High Risk Hodgkin Lymphoma, AHOPCA LH 2004, ...
  Castellanos EM, Metzger MM, B�ez F, Gamboa Y, Pena Hern�ndez A, Alabi S, Luna-Fineman S, Nieves R and de Alarc�n P., SIOP, 1/1/2015
• Pre-enucleation chemotherapy in advanced intraocular retinoblastoma in Central America. Long term follow-up: AHOPCA II.
  Luna-Fineman S, Alabi S, Alejos G, Amador X, Barnoya M, Benavides R, Castellanos M, Delgado M, Dom�nguez R, Gamboa J, Fu L, Maldonado C, M�ndez A, Morales RA, Ortiz, R..., SIOP, 1/1/2015
• SIOP PODC adapted treatment recommendations for standard-risk medulloblastoma in low and middle income settings
  Parkes J, Hendricks M, Ssenyonga P, Mugamba J, Molyneux E, Schouten-van Meeteren A, Qaddoumi I, Fieggen G, Luna-Fineman S, Howard S, Mitra D, Bouffet E, Davidson A, Ba..., Pediatr Blood Cancer., 1/1/2015
• Evaluation of febrile, nonneutropenic pediatric oncology patients with central venous catheters who are not given empiric antibiotics.
  Bartholomew F, Aftandilian C, Andrews J, Gutierrez K, Luna-Fineman S, Jeng M., J Pediatr, 1/1/2015
• Improved outcomes after autologous bone marrow transplantation for children with relapsed or refractory Hodgkin lymphoma: twenty-year experience at a single institution.
  Garfin PM, Link MP, Donaldson SS, Advani RH, Luna-Fineman S, Kharbanda S, Porteus M, Weinberg KI, Agarwal-Hashmi R., Biol Blood Marrow Transplant., 1/1/2015
• The utility of IgM, CD21, HGAL and LMO2 in the diagnosis of pediatric follicular lymphoma.
  Karnik T, Ozawa MG, Lefterova M, Luna-Fineman S, Alvarez E, Link M, Zehnder JL, Arber DA, Ohgami RS, Hum Pathol, 1/1/2015
• Ionising radiation-free whole-body MRI versus (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT scans for children and young adults with cancer: a prospective, non-randomised, single-ce...
  Klenk C, Gawande R, Uslu L, Khurana A, Qiu D, Quon A, Donig J, Rosenberg J, Luna-Fineman S, Moseley M, Daldrup-Link HE, Lancet Oncol, 1/1/2014
• Increased incidence and disparity of diagnosis of retinoblastoma patients in Guatemala.
  Dean M, Bendfeldt G, Lou H, Gir�n V, Garrido C, Valverde P, Barnoya M, Castellanos M, Jim�nez-Morales S, Luna-Fineman S, Cancer Lett., 1/1/2014
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Lectures

• Lumps and Bumps 
  Havana, Cuba - 1/1/2018
• Advances in Germ cell tumor 
  Havana, Cuba - 1/1/2018
• Hodgkin Lymphoma advances in Pediatrics 
  Havana, Cuba - 1/1/2018
• Strategies for retinoblastoma therapy advancement in Low-Middle Income Countries (LMIC) 
  Sao Paolo, Brazil - 1/1/2018
• Contributions and experience of PODC, SIOP 
  Lima, Peru - 1/1/2018
• Adapted-Therapy Regimens for Retinoblastoma in LMIC 
  Lima, Peru - 1/1/2018
• The Importance of Global Health for Pediatric Oncology and non-Communicable Disorder (NCD) 
  CCBD, Children�s Hospital Colorado, Denver, CO - 1/1/2017
• Advances in Retinoblastoma 
  St Jude Children�s Research Hospital, Memphis TN - 1/1/2016
• Pre-enucleation Chemotherapy for locally advance retinoblastoma 
  London, Great Britain - 1/1/2012
• Follow-up after Childhood Cancer 
  1/1/2008
• Advances in Pediatric Solid Tumors, Late Effects in Ped Oncology 
  1/1/2008
• Late Effects, impact on the Pediatrician 
  1/1/2007
• Transient Myeloproliferative Disorder and Leukemia in Down Syndrome 
  1/1/2006
• Retinoblastoma � State of the Art 
  1/1/2005
• Late Effects in Pediatric Oncology 
  1/1/2005
• Biologic Response Modifiers in Oncology 
  School of Pharmacy, Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala, Guatemala - 1/1/2004
• Hodgkin lymphoma 
  Guatemala - 1/1/2004
• Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (Burkitt and Anaplastic large cell lymphoma) 
  Guatemala - 1/1/2004
• Biologic response modifiers 
  Guatemala - 1/1/2004
• Diagnosis of Cancer 
  Guatemala - 1/1/2004
• Advances in Ped Oncology 
  Guatemala - 1/1/2004
• Germ cell tumors of Pediatrics 
  Guatemala - 1/1/2004
• Research in Pediatric Oncology 
  Guatemala - 1/1/2004
• Pediatric Oncology in Guatemala 
  Rafael Land�var University, Guatemala, Guatemala - 1/1/2000
• Pediatric Oncology in Developing Countries � The Future Challenge 
  1/1/1997
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Other

• Thesis, Lead intoxication in ceramic workers and their children of rural Guatemala. The use of delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase assay as a screening method 
  Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
  Guatemala - 1/1/1984