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Temple University School of Medicine
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Barbara Pro, MD
Barbara Pro, MD
Associate Professor

Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles

  • Pozadzides JV, Pro B . Hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma and TNF- α inhibitors. Expert Rev Hematol. 2009 Dec;2(6):611-4.
  • Smith SM, van Besien K, Karrison T, Dancey J, McLaughlin P, Younes A, Smith S, Stiff P, Lester E, Modi S, Doyle LA, Vokes EE, Pro B. Temrolimus has activity in non-mantle cell non-Hodgklin’s lymphoma subtypes: The University of Chicago phase II consortium. J Clin Oncol. 2010 Nov 1;28(31):4740-6.
  • Pro B, Perini G. Central nervous system prophylaxis in peripheral T-cell lymphoma. Blood. 2010 Jul 1;115(26):5427.
  • Ravandi F, Aribi A, O'Brien S, Faderl S, Jones D, Ferrajoli A, Huang X, York S, Pierce S, Wierda W, Kontoyiannis D, Verstovsek S, Pro B, Fayad L, Keating M, Kantarjian H. Phase II Study of Alemtuzumab in Combination With Pentostatin in Patients With T-Cell Neoplasms. J Clin Oncol. 2009 Nov 10;27(32):5425-30.
  • Wang M, Oki Y, Pro B, Romaguera JE, Rodriguez MA, Samaniego F, McLaughlin P, Hagemeister F, Neelapu S, Copeland A, Samuels BI, Loyer EM, Ji Y, Younes A. Phase II Study of Yttrium-90-Ibritumomab Tiuxetan in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Mantle Cell Lymphoma. J Clin Oncol. 2009 Nov 1;27(31):5213-8.
  • Federico M, Bellei M, Marcheselli L, Luminari S, Lopez-Guillermo A, Vitolo U, Pro B, Pileri S, Pulsoni A, Soubeyran P, Cortelazzo S, Martinelli G, Martielli M, Rigacci L, Arcaini L, Di Raimondo F, Merli F,Sabattini E, McLaughlin P, Solal-Celigny P. Follicular Lymphoma International Prognostic Index 2: A new index for follicular lymphoma developed by the Interanational Lymphoma Prognostic Factor Project. J Clin Oncol. 2009 Sep 20;27(27):4555-62. Epub 2009 Aug 3.
  • Esmaeli B, McLaughlin P, Pro B, Samaniego F, Gayed I, Hagemeister F, Romaguera J, Cabanillas F, Neelapu SS, Banay R, Fayad L, Wayne Saville M, Kwak LW. Prospective trial of targeted radioimmunotherapy with Y-90 ibritumomab tiuxetan (Zevalin) for front-line treatment of early-stage extranodal indolent ocular adnexal lymphoma. Ann Oncol. 2009 Apr;20(4):709-14. Epub 2009 Jan 15.
  • Tam CS, Bassett R, Ledesma C, Korbling M, Alousi A, Hosing C, Kebraei P, Harrell R, Rondon G, Giralt SA, Anderlini P, Popat U, Pro B, Samuels B, Hagemeister F, Medeiros LJ, Champlin RE, Khouri IF. Mature results of the MD Anderson Cancer Center risk-adapted transplantation strategy in mantle cell lymphoma. Blood. 2009;113(18):4144-4152.
  • Falchook GS, Vega F, Dang NH, Samaniego F, Rodriguez MA, Champlin RE, Hosing C, Verstovsek S, Pro B. Hepatosplenic gamma-delta T-cell lymphoma: clinicopathological features and treatment. Ann Oncol. 2009 Jun;20(6):1080-5. Epub 2009 Feb 23.
  • Pro B, Leber B, Smith M, Fayad L, Romaguera J, Hagemeister F, Rodriguez A, McLaughlin P, Samaniego F, Zwiebel J, Lopez A, Kwak L, Younes A. Phase II multicenter study of oblimersen sodium, a Bcl-2 antisense oligonucleotide, in combination with rituximab in patients with recurrent B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Br J Haematol. 2008 Nov;143(3):355-60. Epub 2008 Sep 1.
  • Leitenberger JJ, Berthelot CN, Polder KD, Pro B, McLaughlin P, Jones D, Duvic M. CD4+ CD56+ hematodermic/plasmacytoid dendritic cell tumor with response to pralatrexate. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2008 Mar;58(3):480-4.
  • Oki Y, Pro B, Fayad LE, Romaguera J, Samaniego F, Hagemeister F, Neelapu S, McLaughlin P, Goy A, Younes A. Phase 2 study of gemcitabine in combination with rituximab in patients with recurrent or refractory Hodgkin lymphoma. Cancer. 2008 Feb;112(4):831-6.
  • Overman MJ, Feng L, Pro B, McLaughlin P, Hess M, Samaniego F, Younes A, Romaguera JE, Hagemeister FB, Kwak L, Cabanillas F, Rodriguez MA, Fayad LE. The addition of rituximab to CHOP chemotherapy improves overall and failure-free survival for follicular grade 3 lymphoma. Ann Oncol. 2008 Mar;19(3):553-9. Epub 2007 Dec 13.
  • Anderlini P, Saliba R, Acholonu S, Giralt SA, Andersson B, Ueno NT, Hosing C, Khouri IF, Couriel D, de Lima M, Qazilbash MH, Pro B, Romaguera J, Fayad L, Hagemeister F, Younes A, Munsell MF, Champlin RE. Fludarabine-melphalan as a preparative regimen for reduced-intensity conditioning allogeneic stem cell transplantation in relapsed and refractory Hodgkin's lymphoma: the updated M.D. Anderson Cancer Center experience. Haematologica. 2008 Feb;93(2):257-64. Epub 2008 Jan 26.
  • Gayed I, Eskandari MF, McLaughlin P, Pro B, Diba R, Esmaeli B. Value of positron emission tomography in staging ocular adnexal lymphomas and evaluating their response to therapy. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging. 2007;38(4):319-25.
  • Hatef E, Roberts D, McLaughlin P, Pro B, Esmaeli B. Prevalence and nature of systemic involvement and stage at initial examination in patients with orbital and ocular adnexal lymphoma. Arch Ophthalmol. 2007;125(12):1663-7.
  • Jabbour E, Hosing C, Ayers G, Nunez R, Anderlini P, Pro B, Khouri I, Younes A, Hagemeister F, Kwak L, Fayad L. Pretransplant positive positron emission tomography/gallium scans predict poor outcome in patients with recurrent/refractory Hodgkin lymphoma. Cancer. 2007;109(12):2481-9.
  • Dang NH, Fayad L, McLaughlin P, Romaguara JE, Hagemeister F, Goy A, Neelapu S, Samaniego F, Walker PL, Wang M, Rodriguez MA, Tong AT, Pro B. Phase II trial of the combination of denileukin diftitox and rituximab for relapsed/refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Br J Haematol. 2007;138(4):502-5, Jul-Aug.
  • Dang NH, Pro B, Hagemeister FB, Samaniego F, Jones D, Samuels BI, Rodriguez MA, Goy A, Romaguera JE, McLaughlin P, Tong AT, Turturro F, Walker PL, Fayad L. Phase II trial of denileukin diftitox for relapsed/refractory T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Br J Haematol. 2007;136(3):439-47.
  • Husain A, Roberts D, Pro B, McLaughlin P, Esmaeli B. Meta-analyses of the association between Chlamydia psittaci and ocular adnexal lymphoma and the response of ocular adnexal lymphoma to antibiotics. Cancer. 2007;110(4):809-15.
  • Soriano AO, Thompson MA, Admirand JH, Fayad LE, Rodriguez AM, Romaguera JE, Hagemeister FB, Pro B. Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma: a report of 14 cases and a review of the literature. Am J Hematol. 2007;82(8):725-8.
  • Oki Y, McLaughlin P, Fayad LE, Pro B, Mansfield PF, Clayman GL, Medeiros LJ, Kwak LW, Srivastava PK, Younes A. Experience with heat shock protein-peptide complex 96 vaccine therapy in patients with indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Cancer. 2007;109(1):77-83.
  • Pro B, McLaughlin P. Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma: still a dismal prognosis with current treatment approaches. Leuk Lymphoma. 2007;48(4):645-6.
  • Younes A, Fayad L, Romaguera J, Pro B, Goy A, Wang M. Safety and efficacy of once-per-cycle pegfilgrastim in support of ABVD chemotherapy in patients with Hodgkin lymphoma. Eur J Cancer. 2006;42(17):2976-81.
  • Pro B, Hagemeister FB, McLaughlin P, Romaguera J, Rodriguez MA, Cabanillas F, Tiongson LP, Younes A. Phase 2 study of fludarabine and paclitaxel in patients with recurrent low-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Leuk Lymphoma. 2006;47(9):1818-21.
  • Pro B, Fayad L, McLaughlin P, Romaguera J, Hagemeister FB, Rodriguez MA, Goy A, Loyer E, Younes A. Pegfilgrastim administered in a single fixed dose is effective in inducing neutrophil count recovery after paclitaxel and topotecan chemotherapy in patients with relapsed aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Leuk Lymphoma. 2006;47(3):481-5.
  • Liu Q, Fayad L, Cabanillas F, Hagemeister FB, Ayers GD, Hess M, Romaguera J, Rodriguez MA, Tsimberidou AM, Verstovsek S, Younes A, Pro B, Lee MS, Ayala A, McLaughlin P. Improvement of overall and failure-free survival in stage IV follicular lymphoma: 25 years of treatment experience at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. J Clin Oncol. 2006;24(10):1582-9.
  • Younes A, Pro B, Fayad L. Experience with bortezomib for the treatment of patients with relapsed classical Hodgkin lymphoma. Blood. 2006;107(4):1731-2.
  • Safdar A, Rodriguez MA, Fayad LE, Rodriguez GH, Pro B, Wang M, Romaguera JE, Goy AH, Hagemeister FB, McLaughlin P, Bodey GP, Kwak LW, Raad, II, Couch RB. Dose-related safety and immunogenicity of baculovirus-expressed trivalent influenza vaccine: a double-blind, controlled trial in adult patients with non-Hodgkin B cell lymphoma. J Infect Dis. 2006;194(10):1394-7.
  • Wedgwood A, Pro B, Younes A. The lymphomas: molecular pathways and novel therapeutic targets. Curr Hematol Rep. 2005;4(4):324-334.
  • Anderlini P, Saliba R, Acholonu S, Okoroji GJ, Donato M, Giralt S, Andersson B, Ueno NT, Khouri I, De Lima M, Hosing C, Cohen A, Ippoliti C, Romaguera J, Rodriguez MA, Pro B, Fayad L, Goy A, Younes A, Champlin RE. Reduced-intensity allogeneic stem cell transplantation in relapsed and refractory Hodgkin's disease: low transplant-related mortality and impact of intensity of conditioning regimen. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2005;35(10):943-951.
  • Goy A, Younes A, McLaughlin P, Pro B, Romaguera JE, Hagemeister F, Fayad L, Dang NH, Samaniego F, Wang M, Broglio K, Samuels B, Gilles F, Sarris AH, Hart S, Trehu E, Schenkein D, Cabanillas F, Rodriguez AM. Phase II study of proteasome inhibitor bortezomib in relapsed or refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. J Clin Oncol. 2005;23(4):667-675.
  • Oki Y, McLaughlin P, Pro B, Hagemeister FB, Bleyer A, Loyer E, Younes A. Phase II study of oxaliplatin in patients with recurrent or refractory non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Cancer. 2005;104(4):781-787.
  • Romaguera JE, Fayad L, Rodriguez MA, Broglio KR, Hagemeister FB, Pro B, McLaughlin P, Younes A, Samaniego F, Goy A, Sarris AH, Dang NH, Wang M, Beasley V, Medeiros LJ, Katz RL, Gagneja H, Samuels BI, Smith TL, Cabanillas FF. High rate of durable remissions after treatment of newly diagnosed aggressive mantle-cell lymphoma with rituximab plus hyper-CVAD alternating with rituximab plus high-dose methotrexate and cytarabine. J Clin Oncol. 2005;23(28):7013-23.
  • Khouri IF, Saliba RM, Hosing C, Okoroji GJ, Acholonu S, Anderlini P, Couriel D, De Lima M, Donato ML, Fayad L, Giralt S, Jones R, Korbling M, Maadani F, Manning JT, Pro B, Shpall E, Younes A, McLaughlin P, Champlin RE. Concurrent administration of high-dose rituximab before and after autologous stem-cell transplantation for relapsed aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. J Clin Oncol. 2005;23(10):2240-2247.
  • Pro B, Younes A, Albitar M, Dang NH, Samaniego F, Romaguera J, McLaughlin P, Hagemeister FB, Rodriguez MA, Clemons M, Cabanillas F. Thalidomide for patients with recurrent lymphoma. Cancer. 2004;100(6):1186-1189.
  • Dang NH, Hagemeister FB, Pro B, McLaughlin P, Romaguera JE, Jones D, Samuels B, Samaniego F, Younes A, Wang M, Goy A, Rodriguez MA, Walker PL, Arredondo Y, Tong AT, Fayad L. Phase II study of denileukin diftitox for relapsed/refractory B-Cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. J Clin Oncol. 2004;22(20):4095-4102.
  • Younes A, Pro B, Robertson MJ, Flinn IW, Romaguera JE, Hagemeister F, Dang NH, Fiumara P, Loyer EM, Cabanillas FF, McLaughlin PW, Rodriguez MA, Samaniego F. Phase II clinical trial of interleukin-12 in patients with relapsed and refractory non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and Hodgkin's disease. Clin Cancer Res. 2004;10(16):5432-5438.
  • Escalon MP, Champlin RE, Saliba RM, Acholonu SA, Hosing C, Fayad L, Giralt S, Ueno NT, Maadani F, Pro B, Donato M, McLaughlin P, Khouri IF. Nonmyeloablative allogeneic hematopoietic transplantation: a promising salvage therapy for patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma whose disease has failed a prior autologous transplantation. J Clin Oncol. 2004;22(12):2419-2423.
  • Goy A, Hart S, Pro B, McLaughlin P, Younes A, Dang N, Fayad L, Romaguera J, Cabanillas F, Hagemeister F, Samaniego F, Wang M, Mesina O, Gilles F, Trehu E, Shenkein D. Report of a Phase II Study of Proteasome Inhibitor Bortezomib (VELCADE) in Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Indolent or Aggressive Lymphomas. Blood. 2003;102(11).
  • Pro B, Dang NH. CD26/dipeptidyl peptidase IV and its role in cancer. Histol Histopathol. 2004;19(4):1345-1351.
  • Dabaja BS, McLaughlin P, Ha CS, Pro B, Meyers CA, Seabrooke LF, Wilder RB, Kyritsis AP, Preti HA, Yung WK, Levin V, Cabanillas F, Cox JD. Primary central nervous system lymphoma: Phase I evaluation of infusional bromodeoxyuridine with whole brain accelerated fractionation radiation therapy after chemotherapy. Cancer 2003;98(5):1021-1028.
  • Dang NH, Hagemeister FB, Duvic M, Romaguera JE, Younes A, Jones D, Samuels B, Fayad LE, Pro B, Samaniego F, Sarris A, Goy A, McLaughlin P, Tong AT, Walker PL, Tiongson LP, Smith TL, Huh YO, Morimoto C, Rodriguez MA. Pentostatin in T-non-Hodgkin's lymphomas: efficacy and effect on CD26+ T lymphocytes. Oncol Rep. 2003;10(5):1513-1518.
  • Khouri IF, Lee MS, Saliba RM, Jun G, Fayad L, Younes A, Pro B, Acholonu S, McLaughlin P, Katz RL, Champlin RE. Nonablative allogeneic stem-cell transplantation for advanced/recurrent mantle-cell lymphoma. J Clin Oncol. 2003;21(23):4407-4412.
  • Seymour JF, Pro B, Fuller LM, Manning JT, Hagemeister FB, Romaguera J, Rodriguez MA, Ha CS, Smith TL, Ayala A, Hess M, Cox JD, Cabanillas F, McLaughlin P. Long-term follow-up of a prospective study of combined modality therapy for stage I-II indolent non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. J Clin Oncol. 2003;21(11):2115-2122.
  • Dabaja BS, Ha CS, Wilder RB, Pro B, McLaughlin P, Cabanillas F, Cox JD. Importance of esophagogastroduodenoscopy in the evaluation of non-gastrointestinal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma. Cancer J. 2003;9(4):321-324.
  • Romaguera JE, Medeiros LJ, Hagemeister FB, Fayad LE, Rodriguez MA, Pro B, Younes A, McLaughlin P, Goy A, Sarris AH, Dang NH, Samaniego F, Brown HM, Gagneja HK, Cabanillas F. Frequency of gastrointestinal involvement and its clinical significance in mantle cell lymphoma. Cancer. 2003;97(3):586-591.
  • Faderl S, Thomas DA, O'Brien S, Garcia-Manero G, Kantarjian HM, Giles FJ, Koller C, Ferrajoli A, Verstovsek S, Pro B, Andreeff M, Beran M, Cortes J, Wierda W, Tran N, Keating MJ. Experience with alemtuzumab plus rituximab in patients with relapsed and refractory lymphoid malignancies. Blood. 2003;101(9):3413-3415.
  • Lee HK, Wilder RB, Jones D, Ha CS, Pro B, Rodriguez MA, Romaguera JE, Cabanillas F, Rodriguez J, Cox JD. Outcomes using doxorubicin-based chemotherapy with or without radiotherapy for early-stage peripheral T-cell lymphomas. Leuk Lymphoma. 2002;43(9):1769-1775.
  • Sarris AH, Phan A, Goy A, Romaguera J, Hagemeister FB, Rodriguez MA, McLaughlin P, Pro B, Medeiros LJ, Samuels B, Mesina O, Bleyer AW, Cabanillas F. Irinotecan in relapsed or refractory non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. Indications of activity in a phase II trial. Oncology (Williston Park). 2002;16(8 Suppl 7):27-31.
  • Wilder RB, Rodriguez MA, Medeiros LJ, Tucker SL, Ha CS, Romaguera JE, Pro B, Hess MA, Cabanillas F, Cox JD. International prognostic index-based outcomes for diffuse large B-cell lymphomas. Cancer. 2002;94(12):3083-8.
  • Hagemeister FB, Romaguera J, Pro B, McLaughlin P, Dang N, Cabanillas F. Hodgkin's disease in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus: frequency, presentation and clinical outcome. Leuk Lymphoma. 2001;41(5-6):535-44.
  • Wilder RB, Rodriguez MA, Ha CS, Pro B, Hess MA, Cabanillas F, Cox JD. Bulky disease is an adverse prognostic factor in patients treated with chemotherapy comprised of cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone with or without radiotherapy for aggressive lymphoma. Cancer. 2001;91(12):2440-2446.
  • Sarris AH, Romaguera J, Hagemeister FB, Rodriguez MA, McLaughlin P, Pro B, Younes A, Mesina O, Cabanillas F, Medeiros LJ, Samuels B. Irinotecan in relapsed or refractory non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Oncology (Williston Park). 7/2001;15(7 Suppl 8):53-6.
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