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Kamran Ahmed, MD

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Specialty: Radiation Oncology
Program: Radiation Oncology

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Cancer Focus: Breast Cancer, Ductal Carcinoma In Situ, Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Dr. Kamran Ahmed is an Associate Member in the Department of Radiation Oncology and Department of Immunology at Moffitt Cancer Center. He is the Section Chief for the Breast Radiotherapy Service at Moffitt Cancer Center. He is also the Program Director for the Advanced Radiation Oncology Research Fellowship. Dr. Ahmed received his medical degree from the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine in Rochester, MN and completed an internship at Baylor College of Medicine before completing his radiation oncology residency at Moffitt Cancer Center. Dr. Ahmed treats patients with breast and gynecologic cancers. Dr. Ahmed’s primary research interest is in studying the synergism between combinations of immunologic and targeted agents with radiation therapy to improve clinical outcomes. He is the principal investigator of several multicenter clinical trials in the management of advanced disease presentations and brain metastases with novel therapeutics and radiation therapy. He is also interested in studying personalized radiation delivery through genomic and radiomic approaches to tailor therapy to the patient. He serves on multiple journal editorial boards. Dr. Ahmed has published over 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts and has presented his research nationally and internationally.


Education & Training

Residency:

  • Moffitt Cancer Center - Radiation Oncology

Medical School:

  • Mayo Clinic College of Medicine - MD
Participating Trials

CLINICAL TRIAL 21448
Phase II Study of Screening Brain MRIs in Stage IV Breast Cancer
Condition: Breast
Intervention:
Open

CLINICAL TRIAL 20899
Phase I/II Study of Stereotactic Radiation and Abemaciclib in the Management of Hormone Receptor Positive HER2 Negative Breast Cancer Brain Metastases
Condition: Breast
Intervention: Abemaciclib (); Endocrine Therapy (); LY2835219 (Abemaciclib); Radiotherapy ()
Open

CLINICAL TRIAL 19662
Phase II study of stereotactic body radiation therapy and atezolizumab in the management of recurrent, persistent, or metastatic cervical cancer
Condition: Gynecological Tumor
Intervention: Atezolizumab (Tecentriq)
Open

CLINICAL TRIAL 20487
Phase I/II Study of Radiation Therapy Followed by Intrathecal Trastuzumab/Pertuzumab in the Management of HER2+ Breast Leptomeningeal Disease
Condition: Breast
Intervention: Herceptin (Trastuzumab); Pertuzumab (); Radiotherapy (); Trastuzumab (); rhuMAb HER2 (Trastuzumab)
Open

CLINICAL TRIAL 21757
Phase II Study of Genomically Guided Radiation Dose Personalization in the Management of Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Condition: Breast
Intervention: Radiotherapy ()
Open

If you believe you are eligible for one of these trials or studies, please call
813-745-6100 or toll-free 1-800-679-0775.

Publications

  • Liveringhouse CL, Palm RF, Bryant JM, Yang GQ, Mills MN, Figura ND, Ahmed KA, Mullinax J, Gonzalez R, Johnstone PA, Naghavi AO. Neoadjuvant Simultaneous Integrated Boost Radiotherapy Improves Clinical Outcomes for Retroperitoneal Sarcoma: Neoadjuvant Simultaneous Integrated Boost Radiotherapy for Retroperitoneal Sarcoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2023 Mar. Pubmedid: 36935026.
  • Liveringhouse CL, Mills MN, Ahmed KA, Washington IR, Lee MC, Khakpour N, Laronga C, Czerniecki B, Soliman H, Weinfurtner RJ, Rosa M, Kim Y, Stringfield O, Abdalah M, Diaz R, Montejo M. Phase 2 Study of Preoperative SABR for Early-Stage Breast Cancer: Introduction of a Novel Form of Accelerated Partial Breast Radiation Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2023 Feb. Pubmedid: 36796498.
  • Oliver DE, Yu HM, Ahmed KA. The Lung Graded Prognostic Assessment: Continued Evolution of Brain Metastases Prognostication. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2022 Sep.114(1):75-77. Pubmedid: 35964633.
  • Weinfurtner RJ, Abdalah M, Stringfield O, Ataya D, Williams A, Mooney B, Rosa M, Lee MC, Khakpour N, Laronga C, Czerniecki B, Diaz R, Ahmed K, Washington I, Latifi K, Niell B, Montejo M, Raghunand N. Quantitative Changes in Intratumoral Habitats on MRI Correlate With Pathologic Response in Early-stage ER/PR+ HER2− Breast Cancer Treated With Preoperative Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy. J Breast Imaging. 2022 May.4(3):273-284. Pubmedid: 36686407. Pmcid: PMC9851176.
  • Rubino S, Oliver DE, Tran ND, Vogelbaum MA, Forsyth PA, Yu HM, Ahmed K, Etame AB. Improving Brain Metastases Outcomes Through Therapeutic Synergy Between Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Targeted Cancer Therapies. Front Oncol. 2022 Mar.12:854402. Pubmedid: 35311078. Pmcid: PMC8924127.
  • Yuan Z, Yang GQ, Ahmed KA, Torres-Roca JF, Spiess PE, Johnstone PA. Radiation therapy in the management of the inguinal region in penile cancer: What's the evidence?. Urol Oncol. 2022 Jun.40(6):223-228. Pubmedid: 32482510.
  • Dohm AE, Oliver DE, Michael Yu HH, Ahmed KA. Commentary: From Postoperative to Preoperative: A Case Series of Hypofractionated and Single-Fraction Neoadjuvant Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2022 Jun.22(6):e283-e284. Pubmedid: 35404318.
  • Daniel Grass G, Alfonso JCL, Welsh E, Ahmed KA, Teer JK, Pilon-Thomas S, Harrison LB, Cleveland JL, Mulé JJ, Eschrich SA, Enderling H, Torres-Roca JF. The Radiosensitivity Index Gene Signature Identifies Distinct Tumor Immune Microenvironment Characteristics Associated With Susceptibility to Radiation Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2022 Jul.113(3):635-647. Pubmedid: 35289298. Pmcid: PMC9250625.
  • Mills MN, Potluri TK, Kawahara Y, Fahey M, Figura NB, Soyano AE, Washington IR, Diaz R, Oliver DE, Yu HM, Etame AB, Vogelbaum MA, Czerniecki BJ, Arrington JA, Sahebjam S, Forsyth PA, Soliman HH, Han HS, Ahmed KA. The presentation of brain metastases in melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer, and breast cancer and potential implications for screening brain MRIs. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2022 Jan.191(1):209-217. Pubmedid: 34669082.
  • Weinfurtner RJ, Raghunand N, Stringfield O, Abdalah M, Niell BL, Ataya D, Williams A, Mooney B, Rosa M, Lee MC, Khakpour N, Laronga C, Czerniecki B, Diaz R, Ahmed K, Washington I, Montejo M. MRI Response to Pre-operative Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy (SABR) in Early Stage ER/PR+ HER2- Breast Cancer correlates with Surgical Pathology Tumor Bed Cellularity. Clin Breast Cancer. 2022 Feb.22(2):e214-e223. Pubmedid: 34384695.
  • Lowe SR, Wang CP, Brisco A, Whiting J, Arrington J, Ahmed K, Yu M, Robinson T, Oliver D, Etame A, Tran N, Beer Furlan A, Sahebjam S, Mokhtari S, Piña Y, Macaulay R, Forsyth P, Vogelbaum MA, Liu JKC. Surgical and anatomic factors predict development of leptomeningeal disease in patients with melanoma brain metastases. Neurooncol. 2022 Aug.24(8):1307-1317. Pubmedid: 35092434. Pmcid: PMC9340645.
  • Mills MN, King W, Soyano A, Pina Y, Czerniecki BJ, Forsyth PA, Soliman H, Han HS, Ahmed KA. Evolving management of HER2+ breast cancer brain metastases and leptomeningeal disease. J Neurooncol. 2022 Apr.157(2):249-269. Pubmedid: 35244835.
  • Scott JG, Sedor G, Ellsworth P, Scarborough JA, Ahmed KA, Oliver DE, Eschrich SA, Kattan MW, Torres-Roca JF. Pan-cancer prediction of radiotherapy benefit using genomic-adjusted radiation dose (GARD): a cohort-based pooled analysis. Lancet Oncol. 2021 Sep.22(9):1221-1229. Pubmedid: 34363761.
  • Ahmed KA, Kim Y, Arrington JA, Kim S, DeJesus M, Soyano AE, Armaghani AJ, Costa RLB, Khong HT, Loftus LS, Rosa M, Caudell JJ, Diaz R, Robinson TJ, Etame AB, Tran ND, Sahebjam S, Soliman HH, Czerniecki BJ, Forsyth PA, Yu HM, Han HS. Nivolumab and Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Patients With Breast Cancer Brain Metastases: A Nonrandomized, Open-Label Phase 1b Study. Adv Radiat Oncol. 2021 Sep.6(6):100798. Pubmedid: 34934864. Pmcid: PMC8655428.
  • Yang G, Yuan Z, Ahmed K, Welsh EA, Fulp WJ, Gonzalez RJ, Mullinax JE, Letson D, Bui M, Harrison LB, Scott JG, Torres-Roca JF, Naghavi AO. Genomic identification of sarcoma radiosensitivity and the clinical implications for radiation dose personalization. Transl Oncol. 2021 Oct.14(10):101165. Pubmedid: 34246048. Pmcid: PMC8274330.
  • Alfonso JCL, Grass GD, Welsh E, Ahmed KA, Teer JK, Pilon-Thomas S, Harrison LB, Cleveland JL, Mulé JJ, Eschrich SA, Torres-Roca JF, Enderling H. Tumor-immune ecosystem dynamics define an individual Radiation Immune Score to predict pan-cancer radiocurability. Neoplasia. 2021 Nov.23(11):1110-1122. Pubmedid: 34619428. Pmcid: PMC8502777.
  • Mills MN, Thawani C, Figura NB, Oliver DE, Soyano AE, Etame A, Robinson TJ, Liu JK, Vogelbaum MA, Forsyth PA, Czerniecki BJ, Soliman HH, Han HS, Yu HM, Ahmed KA. Breast cancer subtype predicts clinical outcomes after stereotactic radiation for brain metastases. J Neurooncol. 2021 May.152(3):591-601. Pubmedid: 33742358.
  • Mills MN, Naz A, Thawani C, Walker C, Figura NB, Kushchayev S, Oliver DE, Etame AB, Yu HM, Robinson TJ, Liu JKC, Vogelbaum MA, Forsyth PA, Czerniecki BJ, Soliman HH, Han HS, Ahmed KA. Capecitabine and stereotactic radiation in the management of breast cancer brain metastases. BMC Cancer. 2021 May.21(1):552. Pubmedid: 33992087. Pmcid: PMC8126143.
  • Mills M, Liveringhouse C, Lee F, Nanda RH, Ahmed KA, Washington IR, Thapa R, Fridley BL, Blumencranz P, Extermann M, Loftus L, Balducci L, Diaz R. The prevalence of luminal B subtype is higher in older postmenopausal women with ER+/HER2- breast cancer and is associated with inferior outcomes. Geriatr Oncol. 2021 Mar.12(2):219-226. Pubmedid: 32859560. Pmcid: PMC7907245.
  • Mills MN, Walker C, Thawani C, Naz A, Figura NB, Kushchayev S, Etame A, Yu HM, Robinson TJ, Liu J, Vogelbaum MA, Forsyth PA, Czerniecki BJ, Soliman HH, Han HS, Ahmed KA. Trastuzumab Emtansine (T-DM1) and stereotactic radiation in the management of HER2+ breast cancer brain metastases. BMC Cancer. 2021 Mar.21(1):223. Pubmedid: 33663447. Pmcid: PMC7934378.
  • Liveringhouse CL, Washington IR, Diaz R, Jimenez RB, Harris EE, Rabinovitch R, Woodward WA, Torres-Roca JF, Ahmed KA. Genomically Guided Breast Radiation Therapy: A Review of the Current Data and Future Directions. Adv Radiat Oncol. 2021 Jul.6(4):100731. Pubmedid: 34409215. Pmcid: PMC8361058.
  • Koo J, Nardella L, Degnan M, Andreozzi J, Yu HM, Penagaricano J, Johnstone PAS, Oliver D, Ahmed K, Rosenberg SA, Wuthrick E, Diaz R, Feygelman V, Latifi K, Moros EG, Redler G. Triggered kV Imaging During Spine SBRT for Intrafraction Motion Management. Technol Cancer Res Treat. 2021 Jan.20. Pubmedid: 34855577. Pmcid: PMC8649431.
  • Yuan Z, Frazer M, Ahmed KA, Naqvi SMH, Schell MJ, Felder S, Sanchez J, Dessureault S, Imanirad I, Kim RD, Torres-Roca JF, Hoffe SE, Frakes JM. Modeling precision genomic-based radiation dose response in rectal cancer. Future Oncol. 2020 Oct.16(30):2411-2420. Pubmedid: 32686956.
  • Mills MN, Ahmed KA. Miliary breast cancer brain metastasis: a rare and aggressive form of central nervous system metastasis. Brit J Cancer. 2020 Oct.123(9):1349-1350. Pubmedid: 32747746. Pmcid: PMC7591525.
  • Asamoah FA, Yarney J, Scott A, Vanderpuye V, Yuan Z, Fernandez DC, Montejo ME, Agyeman M, Boateng SN, Anarfi K, Aidoo C, Shahzad MM, Chern JY, Chon HS, Wenham RM, Yamoah K, Ahmed KA. Comparison of Definitive Cervical Cancer Management With Chemotherapy and Radiation Between Two Centers With Variable Resources and Opportunities for Improved Treatment. JCO Glob Oncol. 2020 Oct.6:1510-1518. Pubmedid: 33021855. Pmcid: PMC7605379.
  • Sim AJ, Ahmed KA, Keller A, Figura NB, Oliver DE, Sarangkasiri S, Robinson TJ, Johnstone PAS, Yu HM, Naghavi AO. Outcomes and the Role of Primary Histology Following LINAC-based Stereotactic Radiation for Sarcoma Brain Metastases. Am J Clin Oncol. 2020 May.43(5):356-361. Pubmedid: 32217854.
  • Mohammadi H, Prince A, Figura NB, Peacock JS, Fernandez DC, Montejo ME, Chon HS, Wenham RM, Eschrich SA, Torres-Roca JF, Ahmed KA. Using the Radiosensitivity Index (RSI) to Predict Pelvic Failure in Endometrial Cancer Treated With Adjuvant Radiation Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2020 Mar.106(3):496-502. Pubmedid: 31759077. Pmcid: PMC7050205.
  • Glitza IC, Smalley KSM, Brastianos PK, Davies MA, McCutcheon I, Liu JKC, Ahmed KA, Arrington JA, Evernden BR, Smalley I, Eroglu Z, Khushalani N, Margolin K, Kluger H, Atkins MB, Tawbi H, Boire A, Forsyth P. Leptomeningeal disease in melanoma patients: An update to treatment, challenges, and future directions. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 2020 Jul.33(4):527-541. Pubmedid: 31916400.
  • Rishi A, Rollins M, Ahmed KA, Hunt DC, Sarkar P, Fernandez DC, Hoffman MS, Apte SM, Shahzad MMK, Chon HS, Chern JY, Wenham RM, Montejo ME. High-dose intensity-modulated chemoradiotherapy in vulvar squamous cell carcinoma: Outcome and toxicity. Gynecol Oncol. 2020 Feb.156(2):349-356. Pubmedid: 31771865.
  • Naghavi AO, Kim Y, Yang GQ, Ahmed KA, Caudell JJ. Alterations in genetic pathways following radiotherapy for head and neck cancer. Head Neck. 2020 Feb.42(2):312-320. Pubmedid: 31833149. Pmcid: PMC7771332.
  • Mills MN, Figura NB, Arrington JA, Yu HM, Etame AB, Vogelbaum MA, Soliman H, Czerniecki BJ, Forsyth PA, Han HS, Ahmed KA. Management of brain metastases in breast cancer: a review of current practices and emerging treatments. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2020 Apr.180(2):279-300. Pubmedid: 32030570.
  • Figura NB, Rizk VT, Armaghani AJ, Arrington JA, Etame AB, Han HS, Czerniecki BJ, Forsyth PA, Ahmed KA. Breast leptomeningeal disease: a review of current practices and updates on management. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2019 Sep.177(2):277-294. Pubmedid: 31209686.
  • Yuan Z, Grass GD, Azizi M, Ahmed KA, Yoder GSJ, Welsh EA, Fulp WJ, Dhillon J, Torres-Roca JF, Giuliano AR, Spiess PE, Johnstone PA. Intrinsic radiosensitivity, genomic-based radiation dose and patterns of failure of penile cancer in response to adjuvant radiation therapy. Rep Pract Oncol Radiother. 2019 Nov.24(6):593-599. Pubmedid: 31719799. Pmcid: PMC6839006.
  • Eroglu Z, Holmen SL, Chen Q, Khushalani NI, Amaravadi R, Thomas R, Ahmed KA, Tawbi H, Chandra S, Markowitz J, Smalley I, Liu JKC, Ann Chen Y, Najjar YG, Karreth FA, Abate-Daga D, Glitza IC, Sosman JA, Sondak VK, Bosenberg M, Herlyn M, Atkins MB, Kluger H, Margolin K, Forsyth PA, Davies MA, Smalley KSM. Melanoma central nervous system metastases: An update to approaches, challenges, and opportunities. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 2019 May.32(3):458-469. Pubmedid: 30712316. Pmcid: PMC7771318.
  • Figura NB, Rizk VT, Mohammadi H, Evernden B, Mokhtari S, Yu HM, Robinson TJ, Etame AB, Tran ND, Liu J, Washington I, Diaz R, Czerniecki BJ, Soliman H, Han HS, Sahebjam S, Forsyth PA, Ahmed KA. Clinical outcomes of breast leptomeningeal disease treated with intrathecal trastuzumab, intrathecal chemotherapy, or whole brain radiation therapy. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2019 Jun.175(3):781-788. Pubmedid: 30859348.
  • Prabhu AH, Kant S, Kesarwani P, Ahmed K, Forsyth P, Nakano I, Chinnaiyan P. Integrative cross-platform analyses identify enhanced heterotrophy as a metabolic hallmark in glioblastoma. Neurooncol. 2019 Feb.21(3):337-347. Pubmedid: 30476237. Pmcid: PMC6380409.
  • Henry DA, Lee MC, Almanza D, Ahmed KA, Sun W, Boulware DC, Laronga C. Trends in use of bilateral prophylactic mastectomy vs high-risk surveillance in unaffected carriers of inherited breast cancer syndromes in the Inherited Cancer Registry (ICARE). Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2019 Feb.174(1):39-45. Pubmedid: 30474778. Pmcid: PMC7771240.
  • Figura NB, Potluri TK, Mohammadi H, Oliver DE, Arrington JA, Robinson TJ, Etame AB, Tran ND, Liu JK, Soliman H, Forsyth PA, Sahebjam S, Yu HM, Han HS, Ahmed KA. CDK 4/6 inhibitors and stereotactic radiation in the management of hormone receptor positive breast cancer brain metastases. J Neurooncol. 2019 Aug.144(3):583-589. Pubmedid: 31399935.
  • Ahmed KA, Liveringhouse CL, Mills MN, Figura NB, Grass GD, Washington IR, Harris EE, Czerniecki BJ, Blumencranz PW, Eschrich SA, Scott JG, Diaz R, Torres-Roca JF. Utilizing the genomically adjusted radiation dose (GARD) to personalize adjuvant radiotherapy in triple negative breast cancer management. EBioMedicine. 2019 Aug.47:163-169. Pubmedid: 31416721. Pmcid: PMC6796536.
  • Grass GD, Mills MN, Ahmed KA, Liveringhouse CL, Montejo ME, Robinson TJ, Chavez JC, Harrison LB, Kim S. Radiotherapy for early stage diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with or without double or triple hit genetic alterations. Leuk Lymphoma. 2019 Apr.60(4):886-893. Pubmedid: 30457458. Pmcid: PMC6596288.
  • Oliver DE, Mohammadi H, Figura N, Frakes JM, Yamoah K, Perez BA, Wuthrick EJ, Naghavi AO, Caudell JJ, Harrison LB, Torres-Roca JF, Ahmed KA. Novel Genomic-Based Strategies to Personalize Lymph Node Radiation Therapy. Semin Radiat Oncol. 2019 Apr.29(2):111-125. Pubmedid: 30827449.
  • Yuan Z, Naghavi AO, Tang D, Kim Y, Ahmed KA, Dhillon J, Giuliano AR, Spiess PE, Johnstone PA. The relationship between HPV status and chemoradiotherapy in the locoregional control of penile cancer. World J Urol. 2018 Sep.36(9):1431-1440. Pubmedid: 29589134. Pmcid: PMC7771321.
  • Naghavi AO, Echevarria MI, Strom TJ, Abuodeh YA, Venkat PS, Ahmed KA, Demetriou S, Frakes JM, Kim Y, Kish JA, Russell JS, Otto KJ, Chung CH, Harrison LB, Trotti A, Caudell JJ. Patient choice for high-volume center radiation impacts head and neck cancer outcome. Cancer Med. 2018 Oct.7(10):4964-4979. Pubmedid: 30175512. Pmcid: PMC6198196.
  • B Figura N, Long W, Yu M, Robinson TJ, Mokhtari S, Etame AB, Tran ND, Diaz R, Soliman H, S Han H, Sahebjam S, Forsyth PA, Ahmed KA. Intrathecal trastuzumab in the management of HER2+ breast leptomeningeal disease: a single institution experience. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2018 Jun.169(2):391-396. Pubmedid: 29392582.
  • Ahmed KA, Grass GD, Orman AG, Liveringhouse C, Montejo ME, Soliman HH, Han HS, Czerniecki BJ, Torres-Roca JF, Diaz R. Personalizing Radiation Treatment Delivery in the Management of Breast Cancer. Int J Breast Cancer. 2018 Jun.2018:6729802. Pubmedid: 29984003. Pmcid: PMC6015692.
  • Mills MN, Yang GQ, Oliver DE, Liveringhouse CL, Ahmed KA, Orman AG, Laronga C, Hoover SJ, Khakpour N, Costa RLB, Diaz R. Histologic heterogeneity of triple negative breast cancer: A National Cancer Centre Database analysis. Eur J Cancer. 2018 Jul.98:48-58. Pubmedid: 29870876.
  • Ahmed KA, Scott JG, Arrington JA, Naghavi AO, Grass GD, Perez BA, Caudell JJ, Berglund AE, Welsh EA, Eschrich SA, Dilling TJ, Torres-Roca JF. Radiosensitivity of Lung Metastases by Primary Histology and Implications for Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Using the Genomically Adjusted Radiation Dose. J Thorac Oncol. 2018 Aug.13(8):1121-1127. Pubmedid: 29733909. Pmcid: PMC7810135.
  • Yuan Z, Fromm A, Ahmed KA, Grass GD, Yang GQ, Oliver DE, Dilling TJ, Antonia SJ, Perez BA. Radiotherapy Rescue of a Nivolumab-Refractory Immune Response in a Patient with PD-L1-Negative Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lung. J Thorac Oncol. 2017 Sep.12(9):e135-e136. Pubmedid: 28502722.
  • Echevarria MI, Naghavi AO, Abuodeh YA, Ahmed KA, Chevere C, Fernandez D, Yamoah K. Low-dose-rate Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer in Low-resource Settings. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2017 Oct.99(2):378-382. Pubmedid: 28871987.
  • Ahmed KA, Grass GD, Creelan B, Gray J, Kim S, Dilling TJ, Antonia SJ, Perez BA. Tolerability and Safety of Thoracic Radiation and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Among Patients with Lung Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2017 May.98(1):224. Pubmedid: 28586976.
  • Ahmed KA, Kim S, Arrington J, Naghavi AO, Dilling TJ, Creelan BC, Antonia SJ, Caudell JJ, Harrison LB, Sahebjam S, Gray JE, Etame AB, Johnstone PA, Yu M, Perez BA. Outcomes targeting the PD-1/PD-L1 axis in conjunction with stereotactic radiation for patients with non-small cell lung cancer brain metastases. J Neurooncol. 2017 Jun.133(2):331-338. Pubmedid: 28466250.
  • Naghavi AO, Gonzalez RJ, Scott JG, Mullinax JE, Abuodeh YA, Kim Y, Binitie O, Ahmed KA, Bui MM, Saini AS, Zager JS, Biagioli MC, Letson D, Harrison LB, Fernandez DC. Implications of staged reconstruction and adjuvant brachytherapy in the treatment of recurrent soft tissue sarcoma. Brachytherapy. 2017 Jul.15(4):495-503. Pubmedid: 27180128. Pmcid: PMC7771533.
  • Ahmed KA, Kim S, Harrison LB. Novel Opportunities to Use Radiation Therapy with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors for Melanoma Management. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2017 Jul.26(3):515-529. Pubmedid: 28576186.
  • Scott JG, Berglund A, Schell MJ, Mihaylov I, Fulp WJ, Yue B, Welsh E, Caudell JJ, Ahmed K, Strom TS, Mellon E, Venkat P, Johnstone P, Foekens J, Lee J, Moros E, Dalton WS, Eschrich SA, McLeod H, Harrison LB, Torres-Roca JF. A genome-based model for adjusting radiotherapy dose (GARD): a retrospective, cohort-based study. Lancet Oncol. 2017 Feb.18(2):202-211. Pubmedid: 27993569. Pmcid: PMC7771305.
  • Naghavi AO, Gonzalez RJ, Scott JG, Kim Y, Abuodeh YA, Strom TJ, Echevarria M, Mullinax JE, Ahmed KA, Harrison LB, Fernandez DC. Staged reconstruction brachytherapy has lower overall cost in recurrent soft-tissue sarcoma. J Contemp Brachytherapy. 2017 Feb.9(1):20-29. Pubmedid: 28344600. Pmcid: PMC5346606.
  • Ahmed KA, Berglund AE, Welsh EA, Naghavi AO, Kim Y, Yu M, Robinson TJ, Eschrich SA, Johnstone PA, Torres-Roca JF. The radiosensitivity of brain metastases based upon primary histology utilizing a multigene index of tumor radiosensitivity. Neurooncol. 2017 Aug.19(8):1145-1146. Pubmedid: 28379582. Pmcid: PMC5570253.
  • Abuodeh Y, Ahmed K, Echevarria M, Naghavi A, Grass GD, Robinson TJ, Tomblyn M, Shah B, Chavez J, Bello C, El-Haddad G, Harrison L, Kim S. Priming radioimmunotherapy with external beam radiation in patients with relapsed low grade non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Ther Adv Hematol. 2017 Apr.8(4):129-138. Pubmedid: 28491264. Pmcid: PMC5405899.
  • Naghavi AO, Echevarria MI, Grass GD, Strom TJ, Abuodeh YA, Ahmed KA, Kim Y, Trotti AM, Harrison LB, Yamoah K, Caudell JJ. Having Medicaid insurance negatively impacts outcomes in patients with head and neck malignancies. Cancer. 2016 Nov.122(22):3529-3537. Pubmedid: 27479362. Pmcid: PMC7810134.
  • Ahmed KA, Stallworth DG, Kim Y, Johnstone PA, Harrison LB, Caudell JJ, Yu HH, Etame AB, Weber JS, Gibney GT. Clinical outcomes of melanoma brain metastases treated with stereotactic radiation and anti-PD-1 therapy. Ann Oncol. 2016 Mar.27(3):434-441. Pubmedid: 26712903.
  • Abuodeh Y, Ahmed KA, Naghavi AO, Venkat PS, Sarangkasiri S, Johnstone PA, Etame AB, Yu HM. Postoperative Stereotactic Radiosurgery Using 5-Gy × 5 Sessions in the Management of Brain Metastases. World Neurosurg. 2016 Jun.90:58-65. Pubmedid: 26921701.
  • Ahmed KA, Demetriou SK, McDonald M, Johnstone PA. Clinical Benefits of Proton Beam Therapy for Tumors of the Skull Base. Cancer Control. 2016 Jul.23(3):213-219. Pubmedid: 27556661.
  • Naghavi AO, Strom TJ, Ahmed KA, Echevarria MI, Abuodeh YA, Venkat PS, Frakes JM, Harrison LB, Trotti AM, Caudell JJ. Management of Oropharyngeal Cancer in the HPV Era. Cancer Control. 2016 Jul.23(3):197-207. Pubmedid: 27556659.
  • Ahmed KA, Torres-Roca JF. Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy in the Management of Oligometastatic Disease. Cancer Control. 2016 Jan.23(1):21-29. Pubmedid: 27009453.
  • Naghavi AO, Echevarria MI, Strom TJ, Abuodeh YA, Ahmed KA, Venkat PS, Trotti A, Harrison LB, Green BL, Yamoah K, Caudell JJ. Treatment delays, race, and outcomes in head and neck cancer. Cancer Epidemiol. 2016 Dec.45:18-25. Pubmedid: 27664388.
  • Abuodeh Y, Naghavi AO, Ahmed KA, Venkat PS, Kim Y, Kis B, Choi J, Biebel B, Sweeney J, Anaya DA, Kim R, Malafa M, Frakes JM, Hoffe SE, El-Haddad G. Prognostic value of pre-treatment F-18-FDG PET-CT in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma undergoing radioembolization. World J Gastroenterol. 2016 Dec.22(47):10406-10414. Pubmedid: 28058021. Pmcid: PMC5175253.
  • Ahmed KA, Sarangkasiri S, Chinnaiyan P, Sahebjam S, Yu HH, Etame AB, Rao NG. Outcomes Following Hypofractionated Stereotactic Radiotherapy in the Management of Brain Metastases. Am J Clin Oncol. 2016 Aug.39(4):379-383. Pubmedid: 24755663.
  • Patel BG, Ahmed KA, Johnstone PA, Yu HM, Etame AB. Initial experience with combined BRAF and MEK inhibition with stereotactic radiosurgery for BRAF mutant melanoma brain metastases. Melanoma Res. 2016 Aug.26(4):382-386. Pubmedid: 26926151.
  • Ahmed KA, Caudell JJ, El-Haddad G, Berglund AE, Welsh EA, Yue B, Hoffe SE, Naghavi AO, Abuodeh YA, Frakes JM, Eschrich SA, Torres-Roca JF. Radiosensitivity Differences Between Liver Metastases Based on Primary Histology Suggest Implications for Clinical Outcomes After Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2016 Aug.95(5):1399-1404. Pubmedid: 27319288. Pmcid: PMC7771381.
  • Ahmed KA, Chinnaiyan P, Fulp WJ, Eschrich S, Torres-Roca JF, Caudell JJ. The radiosensitivity index predicts for overall survival in glioblastoma. Oncotarget. 2015 Oct.6(33):34414-34422. Pubmedid: 26451615. Pmcid: PMC4741462.
  • Frakes JM, Figura ND, Ahmed KA, Juan TH, Patel N, Latifi K, Sarangkasiri S, Strom TJ, Chinnaiyan P, Rao NG, Etame AB. Potential role for LINAC-based stereotactic radiosurgery for the treatment of 5 or more radioresistant melanoma brain metastases. J Neurosurg. 2015 Nov.123(5):1261-1267. Pubmedid: 26140482.
  • Ahmed KA, Freilich JM, Sloot S, Figura N, Gibney GT, Weber JS, Sarangkasiri S, Chinnaiyan P, Forsyth PA, Etame AB, Rao NG. LINAC-based stereotactic radiosurgery to the brain with concurrent vemurafenib for melanoma metastases. J Neurooncol. 2015 Mar.122(1):121-126. Pubmedid: 25519302.
  • Ahmed KA, Allen PK, Mahajan A, Brown PD, Ghia AJ. Astroblastomas: a Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)-based patterns of care analysis. World Neurosurg. 2014 Oct.82(1-2):e291-e297. Pubmedid: 24141003.
  • Ahmed KA, Freilich JM, Abuodeh Y, Figura N, Patel N, Sarangkasiri S, Chinnaiyan P, Yu HH, Etame AB, Rao NG. Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy to the post-operative cavity for radioresistant and radiosensitive brain metastases. J Neurooncol. 2014 May.118(1):179-186. Pubmedid: 24604750.
  • Ahmed KA, Davis BJ, Mynderse LA, Slezak JM, Bergstralh EJ, Wilson TM, Choo CR. Comparison of biochemical failure rates between permanent prostate brachytherapy and radical retropubic prostatectomy as a function of posttherapy PSA nadir plus 'X'. Radiat Oncol. 2014 Jul.9:171. Pubmedid: 25074478. Pmcid: PMC4123307.
  • Ahmed KA, Laack NN, Eckel LJ, Orme NM, Wetjen NM. Histologically proven, low-grade brainstem gliomas in children: 30-year experience with long-term follow-up at Mayo Clinic. Am J Clin Oncol. 2014 Feb.37(1):51-56. Pubmedid: 23357966. Pmcid: PMC4361935.
  • Ahmed KA, Correa CR, Dilling TJ, Rao NG, Shridhar R, Trotti AM, Wilder RB, Caudell JJ. Altered fractionation schedules in radiation treatment: a review. Semin Oncol. 2014 Dec.41(6):730-750. Pubmedid: 25499633.
  • Ahmed KA, Chinnaiyan P. Applying metabolomics to understand the aggressive phenotype and identify novel therapeutic targets in glioblastoma. Metabolites. 2014 Aug.4(3):740-750. Pubmedid: 25167383. Pmcid: PMC4192690.
  • Ahmed KA, Wilder RB. Outcomes and treatment patterns as a function of time in stage IS testicular seminoma: a population-based analysis. Cancer Epidemiol. 2014 Apr.38(2):124-128. Pubmedid: 24613492.
  • Ahmed KA, Barney BM, Macdonald OK, Miller RC, Garces YI, Laack NN, Haddock MG, Foote RL, Olivier KR. Stereotactic body radiotherapy in the treatment of adrenal metastases. Am J Clin Oncol. 2013 Oct.36(5):509-513. Pubmedid: 22781389.
  • Ahmed KA, Fox SJ, Frigas E, Park MA. Clinical outcome in the use of cephalosporins in pediatric patients with a history of penicillin allergy. Int Arch Allergy Immunol. 2012 Sep.158(4):405-410. Pubmedid: 22487723.
  • Ahmed KA, Madhavan M, Prasad A. Brain natriuretic peptide in apical ballooning syndrome (Takotsubo/stress cardiomyopathy): comparison with acute myocardial infarction. Coron Artery Dis. 2012 Jun.23(4):259-264. Pubmedid: 22395239.
  • Stauder MC, Ni Laack N, Ahmed KA, Link MJ, Schomberg PJ, Pollock BE. Stereotactic radiosurgery for patients with recurrent intracranial ependymomas. J Neurooncol. 2012 Jul.108(3):507-512. Pubmedid: 22437346.
  • Ahmed KA, Stauder MC, Miller RC, Bauer HJ, Rose PS, Olivier KR, Brown PD, Brinkmann DH, Laack NN. Stereotactic body radiation therapy in spinal metastases. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 Apr.82(5):e803-e809. Pubmedid: 22330988.
  • Ahmed KA, Barney BM, Davis BJ, Park SS, Kwon ED, Olivier KR. Stereotactic body radiation therapy in the treatment of oligometastatic prostate cancer. Front Oncol. 2012.2:215. Pubmedid: 23346551. Pmcid: PMC3551203.
  • Ahmed KA, Davis BJ, Wilson TM, Wiseman GA, Federspiel MJ, Morris JC. Progress in gene therapy for prostate cancer. Front Oncol. 2012.2:172. Pubmedid: 23181221. Pmcid: PMC3500761.
  • Ahmed KA, Dreher ME, King RF, Flick R, Marienau ME, Schears GJ, Orvidas LJ. Dexamethasone and postoperative bleeding risk after adenotonsillectomy in children. Laryngoscope. 2011 May.121(5):1060-1061. Pubmedid: 21520125.
  • Ahmed KA, McLaren JW, Baratz KH, Maguire LJ, Kittleson KM, Patel SV. Host and graft thickness after Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty for Fuchs endothelial dystrophy. Am J Ophthalmol. 2010 Oct.150(4):490-497.e2. Pubmedid: 20688317.
  • Ahmed K, Oas KH, Mack KJ, Garza I. Experience with botulinum toxin type A in medically intractable pediatric chronic daily headache. Pediatr Neurol. 2010 Nov.43(5):316-319. Pubmedid: 20933173.
  • Vijan SS, Ahmed KA, Harmsen WS, Que FG, Reid-Lombardo KM, Nagorney DM, Donohue JH, Farnell MB, Kendrick ML. Laparoscopic vs open distal pancreatectomy: a single-institution comparative study. Arch Surg. 2010 Jul.145(7):616-621. Pubmedid: 20644122.
  • Moon J, Ahmed K, Garza I. Case series of sixteen patients with nummular headache. Cephalalgia. 2010 Dec.30(12):1527-1530. Pubmedid: 20974606.
  • Jawanda N, Ahmed K, Tu SC. Vibrio harveyi flavin reductase--luciferase fusion protein mimics a single-component bifunctional monooxygenase. Biochemistry-Us. 2008 Jan.47(1):368-377. Pubmedid: 18067321.
  • Ahmed KA, Wilder RB. Stage IIA and IIB testicular seminoma treated postorchiectomy with radiation therapy versus other approaches: a population-based analysis of 241 patients. Int Braz J Urol. 41(1):78-85. Pubmedid: 25928512. Pmcid: PMC4752059.
  • Owen D, Mayo CS, Song L, Ahmed K, Laack N, Olivier K. Dosimetric analysis of varying cord planning organ at risk volume in spine stereotactic body radiation therapy. Adv Radiat Oncol. 1(1):76-81. Pubmedid: 28799577. Pmcid: PMC5506717.

Grants

Title: Phase II Study of Screening Brain MRIs in Stage IV Breast Cancer
Sponsor: Florida Breast Cancer Foundation
PI: Ahmed, K.
Title: Characterizing the Immunologic Interaction Between Atezolizumab and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) in the Management of Recurrent, Persistent, or Metastatic Cervical Cancer
Sponsor: Moffitt Cancer Center
PI: Ahmed, K., CO-PI: Kim, S.
Title: Predicting Brain Metastasis Progression in Stage IV Breast Cancer
Sponsor: Florida Breast Cancer Foundation
PI (Contact): Ahmed, K., CO-PI: Beg, A.

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