Working to Eradicate Gynecologic Cancers

Krishnansu S. Tewari, MD

Professor
University of California at Irvine
Dept. OB/GYN Division of Gynecologic Oncology
101 The City Drive
Bldg. 56
Irvine, CA
USA 92868


Biographical Sketch:
I am the Director of Research in Gynecologic Oncology and the Principal Investigator of the Gynecologic Oncology Group at UC Irvine. Within the GOG I am the Study Chair for the Phase III randomized clinical trial GOG 240. I currently am the PI of an NCI-funded R21 grant to study surrogate markers of angiogenesis. I prepared the concept for this SGO 2013 abstract submission of the GOG 218 ancillary data study and conducted the data analysis and wrote the abstract.

Papers:
92 - Featured Poster Human papillomavirus vaccination within a Southern California integrated healthcare system demonstrates disparities in adherence rates among males and females compared to national reports 129 - Featured Poster Assessment of palliative care training in gynecologic oncology: a Gynecologic Oncology Fellows Research Network study 136 - Scientific Plenary A phase II evaluation of the potent, highly selective PARP inhibitor veliparib in the treatment of persistent or recurrent epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer in patients who carry a germline BRCA1 or BRCA2 m 143 - Scientific Plenary Prospective validation of pooled clinical prognostic factors in patients with recurrent and advanced cervical cancer: a Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) study 144 - Scientific Plenary High-risk patients with recurrent/advanced cervical cancer may derive the most benefit from antiangiogenesis therapy: a Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) study 278 - Poster Session A Binary methylation of human papillomavirus (HPV) L1 and death-associated protein kinase (DAPK) as biomarkers of progression in cervical carcinogenesis 392 - Poster Session B Impact of race, socioeconomic status, and the healthcare system on the treatment of advanced-stage ovarian cancer in California Use of a dedicated pulley system to reestablish continuity of the vagina with the uterus at the time of fertility preserving robotic assisted laparoscopic radical trachelectomy Faculty Landmark Trials