Publications
Journal Articles
Below are some selected skull base tumor-focused journal articles published by program faculty.
- Contrera K, Renata Ferrarotto, Brandon Gunn, Shirley Y. Su, Merrill S. Kies, Bonnie S. Glisson, Adam S. Garden, Dianna Roberts, Curtis Habna, Camilla O. Hoff, Adel El-Naggar, Michelle D. Williams, Shaan M. Raza, Franco DeMonte, Melissa M. Chen, Mark S. Chambers, Ehab Y. Hanna; Phase II Trial of Induction Chemotherapy for Advanced Sinonasal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Clin Cancer Res 15 January 2025; 31 (2): 258–265. https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-24-1416
- Salem, A.F., Chen, M.M., Williams, M.D., Swanson, D.M., McQuade, J.L., Amaria, R.N., Hanna, E.Y., Bishop, A.J., Farooqi, A.S., Guadagnolo, B.A., Su, S.Y. and Mitra, D. (2025), Resectable Sinonasal Mucosal Melanoma in the Immunotherapy Era: Upfront Surgery vs. Neoadjuvant Therapy. Head & Neck. https://doi.org/10.1002/hed.28098
- Dagher, R., Calle, S., Learned KO. Imaging approach for fungal sinusitis. 2024 Oct 01; PMID: 39382179.
- Ucisik FE, Huell D, Choi J, Gidley PW, DeMonte F, Hanna EY, Learned KO. Post-Treatment Imaging Evaluation of the Skull Base. Semin Roentgenol 58(3):217-236, 7/2023. e-Pub 4/2023. PMID: 37507165.20.
- Hsieh KJ, Addae-Mensah K, Alrohaibani Y, Goad A, Learned KO. Perineural Spread of Tumor in the Skull Base and Head and Neck. Oral Maxillofac Surg Clin North Am. e-Pub 3/2023. PMID: 37005170.19.
- Gibson M, Michalowicz M, Chrisinger JSA, Bell D, Shah K, Demonte F, Gidley PW. Osteoblastoma of the Temporal Bone in a Child. Otol Neurotol. 2022 Feb 1;43(2):e276-e278. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000003381. PMID: 35015753.
- Nguyen H, Shah K, Waguespack SG, Hu MI, Habra MA, Cabanillas ME, Busaidy NL, Bassett R, Zhou S, Iyer PC, Simmons G, Kaya D, Pitteloud M, Subudhi SK, Diab A, Dadu R. Immune checkpoint inhibitor related hypophysitis: diagnostic criteria and recovery patterns. Endocr Relat Cancer. 2021 Jun; 28(7):419-431. PMID: 33890870.
- Katabathina, V.S., Rajebi, H., Chen, M. et al. Genetics and imaging of pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas: current update. Abdom Radiol 45, 928–944 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-019-02044-w
- Hamza A, Gidley PW, Learned KO, Hanna EY, Bell D. Uncommon Tumors of Temporomandibular Joint: An Institutional Experience and Review. Head Neck 42(8):1859-1873, 2/2020. PMID: 32040228.18.
- Fernando Santos-Pinheiro, Marta Penas-Prado, Carlos Kamiya-Matsuoka, Steven G Waguespack, Anita Mahajan, Paul D Brown, Komal B Shah, Gregory N Fuller, Ian E McCutcheon, Treatment and long-term outcomes in pituitary carcinoma: a cohort study, European Journal of Endocrinology, Volume 181, Issue 4, Oct 2019, Pages 397–407, https://doi.org/10.1530/EJE-18-0795
- Jurkiewicz MT, Stein JM, Learned KO, Nasrallah IM, Loevner LA. Hypoglossal nerve palsy due to carotid artery dissection: an uncommon presentation of a common problem. Neuroradiol J 32(2):123-126, 4/2019. e-Pub 1/2019. PMCID: PMC6410449.
- Lee JYK, Cho SS, Zeh R, Pierce JT, Martinez-Lage M, Adappa ND, Palmer JN, Newman JG, Learned KO, White C, Kharlip J, Snyder P, Low PS, Singhal S, Grady MS. Folate receptor overexpression can be visualized in real time during pituitary adenoma endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery with near-infrared imaging. J Neurosurg 129(2):390-403, 8/2018. e-Pub 8/2017. PMID: 28841122.
- Workman AD, Glicksman JT, Parasher AK, Carey RM, Brooks SG, Kennedy DW, Nabavizadeh SA, Learned KO, Palmer JN, Adappa ND. 18FDG PET/CT in Routine Surveillance of Asymptomatic Patients following Treatment of Sinonasal Neoplasms. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 157(6):1068-1074, 12/2017. e-Pub 8/2017. PMID: 28809123.
- Schwartz JS, Brooks SG, Stubbs V, Ghosh A, Tajudeen BA, Khalili S, Palmer JN, Lee JY, Nabavizadeh SA, Learned KO, Adappa ND. Temporal patterns of 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography sinonasal uptake after treatment of sinonasal malignancy. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol 6(12):1301-1307, 12/2016. e-Pub 7/2016. PMID: 27383662.
- Skolnik AD, Loevner LA, Sampathu DM, Newman JG, Lee JY, Bagley LJ, Learned KO. Cranial Nerve Schwannomas: Diagnostic Imaging Approach. Radiographics 36(5):1463-77, Sep-Oct, 9/2016. e-Pub 8/2016. PMID: 27541436.
- Khalili S, Worrall DM, Brooks S, Morris SM, Farquhar D, Newman JG, Learned KO, Ahn PH, Craig J, Kennedy DW, O'Malley BW, Palmer JN, Adappa ND. Endoscopy versus imaging: Analysis of surveillance methods in sinonasal malignancy. Head Neck 38(8):1229-33, 8/2016. e-Pub 5/2016. PMID: 27142811.
- Wangaryattawanich P, Chavali LS, Shah K, Gogia B, Valenzuela RF, DeMonte F, Kumar AJ, Hayman LA. Contrast-enhanced reformatted MR images for preoperative assessment of the bridging veins of the skull base. Radiographics. 2016 Jan; 36(1):244-57. PMID: 26761539.
- Ghosh A, Hatten K, Learned KO, Rizzi MD, Lee JY, Storm PB, Palmer JN, Adappa ND. Pediatric nasoseptal flap reconstruction for suprasellar approaches. Laryngoscope 125(11):2451-6, 11/2015. e-Pub 5/2015. PMID: 26016422.
- Learned KO, Nasseri F, Mohan S. Imaging of the Postoperative Orbit. Neuroimaging Clin N Am 25(3):457-76, 8/2015. PMID: 26208420.
- Rich T, Jackson M, Roman-Gonzalez A, Shah K, Cote GJ, Jimenez C. Metastatic sympathetic paraganglioma in a patient with loss of the SDHC gene. Fam Cancer. 2015 Dec;14(4):615-9. doi: 10.1007/s10689-015-9821-0. Epub 2015 Jul 11. PMID: 26162468.
- Learned KO, Maralani P, Malloy KM, Loevner LA. Skull Base Reconstruction: Demystifying Postoperative Imaging Evaluation. Neurographics 5(2):56-63, 3/2015.
- Learned KO, Lee JY, Palmer JN, Newman JG, Mohan S, Loevner LA, Bagley LJ. Radiologic Evaluation for Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Surgery Candidates. Neurographics 5(2):41-55, 3/2015.
- Learned KO, Adappa ND, Lee JY, Newman JG, Palmer JN, Loevner LA. MR imaging evolution of endoscopic cranial defect reconstructions using nasoseptal flaps and their distinction from neoplasm. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 35(6):1182-9, 6/2014. e-Pub 1/2014. PMID: 24457820.
- Learned KO, Mohan S, Hyder IZ, Bagley LJ, Wang S, Lee JY. Imaging features of a gelatin-thrombin matrix hemostatic agent in the intracranial surgical bed: a unique space-occupying pseudomass. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 35(4):686-90, 4/2014. e-Pub 11/2013. PMID: 24184522.
- Learned KO, Adappa ND, Loevner LA, Palmer JN, Newman JG, Lee JY. MR imaging evaluation of endoscopic cranial base reconstruction with pedicled nasoseptal flap following endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery. Eur J Radiol 82(3):544-51, 3/2013. e-Pub 12/2012. PMID: 23219190.
- Hightower E, Cabanillas ME, Fuller GN, McCutcheon IE, Hess KR, Shah K, Waguespack SG, Corley LJ, Devin JK. Phospho-histone H3 (pHH3) immuno-reactivity as a prognostic marker in non-functioning pituitary adenomas. Pituitary. 2012 Dec; 15(4):556-61. PMID: 22120760.
- Learned KO, Thaler ER, O'Malley BW, Grady MS, Loevner LA. Hypoglossal nerve palsy missed and misinterpreted: the hidden skull base. J Comput Assist Tomogr 36(6):718-24, Nov-Dec, 11/2012. PMID: 23192210.
- Adappa ND, Learned KO, Palmer JN, Newman JG, Lee JY. Radiographic enhancement of the nasoseptal flap does not predict postoperative cerebrospinal fluid leaks in endoscopic skull base reconstruction. Laryngoscope 122(6):1226-34, 6/2012. e-Pub 5/2012. PMID: 22566127.
- Learned KO, Malloy KM, Loevner LA. Myocutaneous flaps and other vascularized grafts in head and neck reconstruction for cancer treatment. Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am 20(3):495-513, 8/2012. e-Pub 6/2012. PMID: 22877953.
- Amhaz HH, Chamoun RB, Waguespack SG, Shah K, McCutcheon IE. Spontaneous involution of Rathke cleft cysts: is it rare or just underreported? J Neurosurg. 2010 Jun; 112(6):1327-1332. PMID: 19929199.
- Kumar VA, Shah KB, Ginsberg LE. Perineural tumor spread to the oculomotor (CN III) nerve. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2013 Jul-Aug;37(4):525-7. doi: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31828f4ba8. PMID: 23863527.
Books
The Skull Base Tumor Program faculty are regarded as national and international experts and are highly sought for teaching the latest advances in skull base surgery. Combined, they have authored nine textbooks and almost 90 book chapters dealing with various aspects of caring for patients with skull base tumors. A few of these are listed below.
- Comprehensive Management of Skull Base Tumors/ Edition 2 Editors: Ehab Y. Hanna, M.D., FACS and Franco DeMonte, M.D., FRCSC, FACS
- Temporal Bone Cancer Editors: Paul W. Gidley, M.D., FACS and Franco DeMonte, M.D., FRCSC, FACS
- Controversies in Neuro-Oncology: Best Evidence Medicine for Brain Tumor Surgery Editors: Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, M.D. and Shaan M. Raza, M.D.
- Comprehensive Management of Skull Base Tumors Editors: Ehab Y. Hanna, M.D., FACS and Franco DeMonte, M.D., FRCSC, FACS
- Tumors of the Brain and Spine Editors: Franco DeMonte, M.D., FRCSC, FACS, Mark R. Gilbert, M.D, Anita Mahajan, M.D., Ian E. McCutcheon, M.D. Foreword: Raymond Sawaya, M.D. and W.K. Alfred Yung, M.D.
- Intracranial Metastases: Current Management Strategies Editor: Raymond Sawaya, M.D.
- Cancer in the Nervous System Editor: Victor A. Levin, M.D.
- Al-Mefty’s Meningiomas Editors: Franco DeMonte, M.D., FRCSC, FACS, Michael W. McDermott, M.D., Ossama Al-Mefty, M.D. FACS
- NeuRecipes: The MD Anderson Cancer Center Guide to Anesthesia for Neurosurgical Cases Editors: Una Srejic, M.D. and Franco DeMonte, M.D.
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