Published Works

Hijiya N, Gaynon P, Barry E, Silverman L, Thomson B, Chu R, Cooper T, Kadota R, Rytting M, Steinherz P, Shen V, Jeha S, Abichandani R, Carroll WL. A multi-center phase I study of clofarabine, etoposide and cyclophosphamide in combination in pediatric patients with refractory or relapsed acute leukemia. Leukemia. 2009 Dec;23(12):2259-64. Epub 2009 Sep 10.

Jeha S, Gaynon PS, Razzouk BI, Franklin J, Kadota R, Shen V, Luchtman-Jones L, Rytting M, Bomgaars LR, Rheingold S, Ritchey K, Albano E, Arceci RJ, Goldman S, Griffin T, Altman A, Gordon B, Steinherz L, Weitman S, Steinherz P. Phase II study of clofarabine in pediatric patients with refractory or relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia. J Clin Oncol. 2006 Apr 20;24(12):1917-23.

Jeha S, Kantarjian H, Irwin D, Shen V, Shenoy S, Blaney S, Camitta B, Pui CH. Efficacy and safety of rasburicase, a recombinant urate oxidase (Elitek), in the management of malignancy-associated hyperuricemia in pediatric and adult patients: final results of a multicenter compassionate use trial. Leukemia. 2005 Jan;19(1):34-8.

Shen V, Li X, Murdock M, Resnansky L, McCluskey E, Semba C: Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (Alteplase) for restoration of function to occluded central venous catheters in pediatric patients. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 25: 38-45, 2003

Jennings M, Sposto R, Boyett J, Vezina G, Pollack I, Shen V etc: Preradiation chemotherapy in primary high risk brain stem tumors: CCG-9941, a phase II study of the Childrens Cancer Group. J Clin Oncol 20:3431-3427, 2002

Shen V: Management of breakthrough vomiting. In YourDoctor.com, 2001

Goldman SC, Bracho F, Davenport V, Slack R, Areman E, Shen V, Lenarsky C, Weinthal J, Hughes R, Cairo MS: A feasibility study of Interleukin-11 and G-CSF following myelosuppressive chemotherapy to mobilize peripheral blood stem cells (CD34+) from heavily pretreated patients. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 23(5):300-5, 2001

Houtenbos I, Bracho F, Davenport V, Slack R, van de Ven C, Suen Y, Killen R, Shen V, Cairo MS: Autologous bone marrow transplantation for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A novel combined approach consisting of ex vivo marrow purging, modulation of multi-drug resistance, induction of auto graft vs leukemia effect, and post transplant immuno and chemotherapy (PTIC). bone marrow transplantation,27(2):145-53, 2001

Cairo MS, Shen V, Krailo M, Bauer M, Miser J,, Blatt J, Sato J, Liu W, Reaman G: Prospective randomized trial between two doses of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor after Ifosfamide, Carboplatin, and Etoposide (ICE) in Children with Recurrent of Refractory Solid Tumors: A Children?s Cancer Group Report. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 23:30-38,2001

Bracho F, Krailo M, Shen V, Bergeron S,, Liu-Mares W, Blazer B, van der Ven, C, Secola R, Ames M, Reaman G, Cairo MS: A phase I clinical, pharmacologic and biological trial of interleukin-6 (IL-6) following Ifosfamide, Carboplatin, Etoposide (ICE) in children with recurrent/refractory solid tumors: Enhanced hematological responses but a high incidence of grade III/IV toxicities. Clinical Cancer Research 7:58-67,2001

Hong R, Shen V, Rooney C, Hughes D, Smith C, Comoli P, Zhang L: Correction of DiGeorge Anomaly with EBV-induced lymphoma by transplantation of organ cultured thymus and Epstein-Barr specific T lymphocytes. Clinical Immunology 98:54-61,2001

Kramer ED, Packer RJ, Ginsberg J, Goldman S, Thompson S, Bayer LA, Shen V, Harris R, Khan S, Finlay JL: Acute neurologic dysfunction associated with high-dose chemotherapy and autologous bone marrow rescue for primary malignant brain tumors. Pediatr Neurosurg 27(5):230-7, 1997

Shen WV, Felsing N, Lang D, Goodman G, Cairo MS: The development of infant botulism in a three year old female with neuroblastoma following autologous bone marrow transplantation: potential use of human botulism immune globulin(HBIG). Bone Marrow Transplantation 13:345-347 (1994)

Cairo MS, Gillan ER, Weinthal J, Yancik S, van de Ven C, Ho W, Shen V, Buzby JS, Suen Y: Decreased endogenous circulating steel factor (SLF) levels following allogeneic and autologous BMT: lack of an inverse correlation with post-BMT myeloid engraftment. Bone Marrow Transplantation 11:155-161, (1993)

Shen WV, Towne B, Zadeh T.: Cytogenetic abnormalities in an intraabdominal desmoplastic small cell tumor. Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics 64:189-191 (1992)

Shen, W.V., Chapparro M., Young R., Bernstein R.: Absence of isochromosome 12p in a pineal region malignant germ cell tumor. Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics 50:153-160 (1990).

Shen WV, Walter B, Young R, Choi B., Smith M, Katz J: Molecular analysis of a myxoid chondrosarcoma showing rearrangement in chromosome 10 and 22. Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics 45:207-215 (1990)

Meyers MB, Shen V, Spengler BA et al: Increased epidermal growth factor receptor in multidrug-resistant human neuroblastoma cells. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 38:87-97 (1988)

Shen W.V., Aldrich T, Perez G., Franza B.R., Furth M.: Expression of normal and mutant ras protein in human leukemia. Oncogene 2:157-165(1987)

Abstracts
Marcos Di Pinto, Ph.D., Violet Shen, M.D., Laura McDonald, M.S., Grace Mucci, Ph.D., Julene Schenk, RN,BSN, Tina Templeman RN, Jody Pathare NP, Kristin Hawking : Intellectual Outcome in Bilingual and Monolingual Children with Medulloblastoma , to be presented at the International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology (ISPNO), Vienna, Austria.

Van Huynh, Tina Templeman, Violet Shen, “Toxicity profile of Bevacizumab based regimens in the treatment of pediatric malignant brain tumors - a Single Institution’s Experience, to be presented at International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology (ISPNO), Vienna, Austria.

A Lee1, C Fanelli1, LA Harrison1, V Shen2, L Gates2, R Wells2, JE Wolff3, JH Garvin1, DJ Yamashiro1,5, MS Cairo1,4,5 Pilot study of the novel chemotherapy regimen of Topotecan, Ifosfamide, and Carboplatin (TIC) in Children with Refractory/Recurrent Solid Tumors, to be presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2010 Meeting.

Nobuko Hijiya, Paul Gaynon, Manuel Fernandez, Lewis Silverman, Blythe Thomson, Roland Chu, Todd Cooper, Richard Kadota, Michael Rytting, Peter Steinherz, Violet Shen, Sima Jeha, Elly Barry, William L. Carroll: Durable Remissions Observed in a Phase I/II Study of Clofarabine in Combination with Etoposide and Cyclophosphamide in Pediatric Patients with Refractory or Relapsed Acute Leukemia. (presented at ASH 2008)

Kadota R, Shen V, Messinger Y: Safety, pharmacokinetics and efficacy of palonosetron in pediatric patients: A multicenter, stratified, double-blind, phase 3, randomized study. Am Soc Clin Oncol 25: No 18S 543s, 2007

Jeha S, Razzouk, M, Rytting M, Gaynon P, Kadoto R, Rheingold S, Luchtman-Jones L, Shen V, Arceci R, Fernandez M, Weitman S, Steinherz P: Phase II trials of Clofarabine in relapsed or refractory pediatric leukemia. Blood 104 (11):196a, 2004

Jeha S, Kantarjian H, Irwin D, Shen V, Shenoy S, Blaney S, Camitta B, Pui CH: Efficacy and safety of rasburicase, a recombinant urate oxidase (Elitek), in the management of malignancy-associated hyperuricemia in pediatric and adult patients: final results of a multicenter compassionate use trial. Leukemia. 2005 Jan;19(1):34-8.

Cairo MS, Davenport V, Bessmertny O, Goldman SC, Berg SL, Kreissman SG, Laver J, Shen V, Secola R, van de Ven C, Reaman GH: Phase I/II dose escalation study of recombinant human interleukin-11 following ifosfamide, carboplatin and etoposide in children, adolescents and young adults with solid tumours or lymphoma: a clinical, haematological and biological study. Br. J Haematol 128(1):49-58, 2005

Sima Jeha, Bassem Razzouk, Michael Rytting, Paul Gaynon, Richard Kadota, Susan Rheingold, Lori Luchtman-Jones, Violet Shen, Robert Arcecci. Manuel Fernandez, Steve Weitman, Peter Steinherz: Phase II trials of Clofarabine in relapsed or refractory pediatric leukemia. Blood 104, No 11: 196A,2004

Olga Bessmertny, Stanton Goldman, Stacy Berg, Susan Kreissman, Joseph Laver, Violet Shen, Virginia Davenport, Rita Secola, Gregory Reaman, Mitchell Cairo, The final results of a phase I/II trial of recombinant human interleukin-11 (IL-11) (Neumega) following ifosfamide, carboplatin and etoposide (ICE) in children and adolescents (C+A) with solid tumors (ST) or lymphomas (L). Proc Am Soc Clin Oncol 22:811, 2003

Pui CH, Jeha S, Irwin D, Shen V, Shenoy S, Blaney S, Camitta B: Recombinant urate oxidase (Rasburicase, Elitek) for prevention and treatment of malignancy-associated hyperuricemia: updated results of a compassionate use trial. Presented at American Society of Hematology annual meeting, Dec 2002

Shen V, Eckroth E, Evans J: Treatment of malignant central nervous system tumors and high risk solid tumors with dose intensified thiotepa, cyclophosphamide and carboplatin (TCC) and autologous stem cell transplantation. Presented at 10th International symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology, June 2002, London

Shen V, Eckroth E: A phase IV porspective open label study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Megestrol Acetate in children with cancer-related anorexia and weight loss. Presented at ASPHO meeting, May 2002, Baltimore

Houtenbos I, Bracho F, Slack R, Shen V, Davenport V, Cairo MS: Improved 2-year overall survival (85%) in children with ALL in high risk 1st CR or 2nd CR with purged autologous BMT and post transplant immunochemotherapy (PTIC). presented at 2nd Biennial Hannover Symposium on Childhood Leukemia and Lymphoma, March 14, 2000

F Bracho, G Davenport, S Goldman, V Shen, G. Reaman, J Laver, B Blazer, I Rimm, MS Cairo: RhIL-11+G-CSF improves hematologic recovery, decrease platelet transfusions and increases peripheral blood progenitor cells relative to G-CSF alone in children following ifosfamide, carboplatin, etoposide chemotherapy, presented at SIOP/ASPHO 1999

V Shen, E Morris, V Davenport, M Krailo, I Rimm, G Reaman, MS Cairo: Ifosfamide, Carboplatin and Etoposide (ICE) is an excellent retrieval regimen in children with recurrent/refractory CNS malignancies: the Children”s Cancer Group (CCG) experience. Proc Am Soc Clin Oncol 18:558a, presented at American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting 1999

Bracho F, Krailo M, Shen V, Bergeron S,, Liu-Mares W, Blazer B, van der Ven, C, Secola R, Shah G, Reaman G, Cairo MS: Phase I trial of interleukin-6 (IL-6) following Ifosfamide, Carboplatin, Etoposide (ICE) in children with recurrent/refractory solid tumors (CCG-0931): Accelerated hematological recovery, increased absorption, and high incidence of constitutional toxicity with elevated levels of IL-1 and IFN Proc Am Soc Clin Oncol 17:89a, 1998

Bracho F, Shen V, Krailo M, Liu-Mares W, Blazer B, van der Ven, C, Sender L, Secola R, Reaman G, Cairo MS: Recombinant human interleukin 6 (IL-6) is tolerated at 25% the adult maximum tolerated dose (MTD) but appears to enhance hematolopoietic recovery following ifosfamide, carboplatin and etoposide (ICE) chemotherapy in children: Correlation with induction of inflammatory cytokines and mobilization of early progenitor cell subsets. Blood vol 90, No 10, suppl 1:183b, 1997

Shen V, Bergeron S, Krailo M, Blazer B, Edwards J, Sender L, Secola R, Reaman G, Cairo MS: Enhanced hematological recovery but a high incidence of grade III/IV toxicities attributed to Interleukin-6 in children with recurrent/refractoy solid tumors treated with rIL-6 and G-CSF following Ifosfamide, carboplatin and etoposide(ICE). Proc Am Soc Clin Oncol 16:111a, 1997

Shen V, Killen R, Slone V, Sender L, Cairo MS: High dose thiotepa, carboplatin and cyclophosphamide followed by autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplant is well-tolerated and associated with rapid hematologic reconstitution in children with poor risk solid tumors. (Presented at AACR,1997)

Suen Y, Chang M, Bussel J, Shen V, van de Ven C, Cairo M.S.: Differential mechanisms in the regulation of endogenous levels of thrombopoietin (TPO) and interleukin-11 (IL-11) during acute thrombocytopenia: Insight into the regulation of platelet production. Blood vol 88, No 10, suppl 1:288a, 1996

Shen V, Bergeron S, Krailo M, Blazer B, Edwards J, Sender L, Secola R, Reaman G, Cairo, M: Enhanced hamatological recovery, but a high incidence of grade III/IV toxicities, attributed to interleukin-6 in children with recurrent/refractory solid tumors treated with IL-6 and G-CSF following Ifosfamide, Carboplatin and Etoposide. Blood vol 88, No 10 suppl 1:137b, 1996

Shen V, Krailo M, Kao W, Liu-Mares W, Reaman G, Cairo MS: Significant activity of Ifosfamide, etoposide and carboplatin combination chemotherapy (ICE) in children with recurrent or refractory CNS tumors: CCG experience. Presented at 1996 International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology

Cairo MS, Krailo M, Miser J, Shen V, Bergeron S, Liu W, Reaman G: Excellent results of the use of Ifosfamide, Carboplatin, Etoposide (I.C.E.) In children with recurrent or refractory solid tumors. Proc Am Soc Clin Oncol 15:468, 1996

Shen V, Bennetts G, Woodbury C, Chang L, Sender L, Killen R and Cairo M.S.: Collection and administration of PBSC in infants and young children: safe feasible with enhancement of hematological reconstitution following myelo and sub-myeloablative therapy. Blood 86, supp1:402a, 1995

Cairo MS, Shen V, Miser J, Krailo M, Blazer B, Reaman G: ): A randomized trial of two doses of G-CSF (5.0 vs 10.0 ?g/kg/d) following Ifosfamide, Carboplatin, and Etoposide (ICE) chemotherapy in children with recurrent solid tumors (RST) No significant improvement in hematopoietic recovery with increased dose of G-CSF. Proc ASCO, 14:255,1995

Bennetts G, Danmeyer D, Woodbury C, Shen V, Cairo M, Van de Ven C: Efficacy of prolonged collection of peripheral blood stem cells in the pediatric population undergoing submyeloablative chemotherapy. Submitted to American Society for Apheresis 16th annual meeting, 1995

Suen Y, Nugent D, Chang M, Shen V, Cairo MS: Endogenous circulating levels of IL-11 are significantly elevated during acute immune thromocytopenic purpura(ITP): Possible positive feedback mechanism of IL-11 production during states of acute thrombocytopenia. Presented at International Society of Experimental Hematology, 1994

Yu Suen, Diane Nugent, Mei Chang, Violet Shen, Mitchell S. Cairo: Increased IL-11 protein production from activated neonatal vs. adult fibroblasts: Its role in the regulation of thrombopoiesis in adults, neonates, and immune thrombocytopenic purpura(ITP) patients. Presented at the Society for Pediatric Research, 1994

Shen V, Bennetts G., Killen R., Harrison M, Rosenthal J., Ishizawa L, Cairo M.S.: The safety and efficacy of repetitive peripheral stem cell support in children with brain tumors receiving dose-intensified chemotherapy. Presented at 6th international symposium on neuro-oncology, 1994

Bennetts G, Shen V, Cairo M, Woodbury C, Killen R: The safety and feasibility of repetitive peripheral blood stem cell collections in children receiving submyeloablative chemotherapy. Presented at 5th international congress of world apheresis association, 1994

Shen V, Bennetts G, Woodbury C, Cairo MS: The safety and efficacy of repetitive peripheral stem cell support in children receiving submyeloablative chemotherapy. Proceedings AACR, Vol 35:240, 1994

DJ Lang, G Briones, M Cairo, V Shen, A Arrieta: Prevention of Coronary Artery Aneurysm (CAA) in Kawasaki Disease (KD) Treated with Sandoglobulin (SG) and Aspirin (ASA). Presented at 94th General Meeting of American Society for Microbiology, May 25, 1994

Shen V, Felsing N, Lang D, Cairo MS: An unusual case of botulism and the successful use of human botulism immuni globulin(HBIG) in a 3 year old female with neuroblastoma following autologous bone marrow transplantation. Blood vol 82, No 10:2550, 1994

Shen WP, Gillan E, Tishler D, Ewing N. Weinthal J, Cairo MS: A pilot study evaluating the toxicity and response rate of Ifosfamide, Carboplatin and Etoposide (ICE) chemotherapy with G-CSF support for recurrent pediatric solid tumors. Proceedings ASCO 12:426, 1993

Shen WP, Briones G, Lang D, Arrieta A, Cairo M: Sandoglobulin in conjunction with aspirin is well tolerated and very effective in the treatment of Kawasaki Syndrome: 100% prevention of cardiac complications. Submitted to APS/SPR meeting, 1993

Cairo MS, Weinthal J, Shen WP, Gillan E, Yancik S, Suen Yu: Decreased endogenous circulating Steel Factor (SLF)levels following allogeneic and autologous bone marrow transplantation compared to ITP or neutropenia: Lack of significant correlation with post-BMT myeloid engraftment. Blood Vol 80, No 10, suppl 1: 1062

Bernstein R, Chilcote RR, Meltzer, Shen V, Cain MJ, Katz J: Leukemic abnormalities superimposed on chromosomes affected by a constitutional rearrangement. American Society on Human Genetics 1992

Shen WV, Chuong CM: Expression of neural cell adhesion molecules (N-CAM) in retinoblastoma: correlation with dissociated, aggregated and differentiation phenotypes. Proc AACR 31:439,1990

Shen V, Amodei P., Choi B: Expression of neural cell adhesion molecule in PC-12 cells following methylmercury exposure: Immunoflurescent, phase and EM study. FASEB 3:A372, 1989

Shen V, Walter B, Haddad M, Wagner C, Bernstein R, Katz J, Young R, Smith M: Deletion or loss of chromosome 9 and 10 in astrocytomas. Presented in 10th Human Gene Mapping Meeting at New haven, 1989 (A2036)

Shen WV, Walter B, Cain MJ, Young R, Katz J and Smith M: Extraskeletal chondrosarcoma with a allele loss in chromosome 22 and chromosome 10. Presented in 3rd international workshop on chromosomes in solid tumors 1989

Shen WV., Wagner K., Walter B, Katz J, Smith M.: Cytogenetic and molecular study of tumors associated with neurofibromatosis. Annual clinical care symposium on neurofibromatosis, 1988

Young,R., Shen. V., Katz, J.: Cytogenetic and Molecular genetic study of brain tumor. Presented at Western Neurosurgery meeting 1988.

Shen WV, Austin T, Katz J: Acute non-lymphoblastic leukemia in a 2 year old Down's syndrome with chromosome 1 and 10 translocation. Blood vol 72 no 5 suppl 1:226a, 1988

Miller J., Shen V, Katz J: Low levels of insulin-like growth factor-1/somatomedin-C associated with growth failure in chronically transfused BE thalassemia patients. Blood Vol 72 No 5, suppl 1:67a, 1988

Meyers, M.B., Spengler B.A., Shen W.V., Furth M.E. and Biedler J.L.: Epidermal growth factor receptor is increased in multidrug resistant human neuroblastoma cells. presented in ICN-UCLA meeting in 1986

Shen V., Furth M.E., Franza R. : Expression of ras proteins in human leukemia. Proc AACR 27:429, 1986