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Rutika  Mehta

Rutika Mehta, MD, MPH

4.8 (130)

Specialty: Medical Oncology

Program: Gastrointestinal Oncology

Language(s): English

  • Overview

    Cancer Focus:
    Anal Cancer, Colon Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Esophageal Cancer, Gallbladder Cancer, Liver Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Small Intestine Cancer, Stomach (Gastric) Cancer

    Dr. Mehta received her MD degree from Topiwala National Medical College, Mumbai, India. She received a Master of Science in Public Health in Epidemiology at St. Louis University School of Public Health at Indiana University, followed by a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology at Purdue University, Indianapolis Indiana. Dr. Mehta also completed a one-year Research Fellowship in Pathology at Indiana University School of Medicine, Translational Genomics Core. She completed her Internal Medicine Residency at Johns Hopkins University/Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Mehta recently completed a Hematology/Oncology Fellowship at the University of Buffalo, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York. Dr. Mehta’s clinical interests are a spectrum of gastrointestinal cancers including esophageal, gastric, hepato-biliary, pancreatic and colorectal cancers, both early stages and advanced stages. Dr. Mehta’s research interests are primarily esophageal/gastric cancers and colon cancer. She is interested in bringing basic research to the clinic by developing innovative clinical trials for patients.

    Education & Training

    Fellowship:

    • University of Buffalo/Roswell Park Cancer Institute - Hematology Oncology

    Residency:

    • Johns Hopkins University/Sinai Hospital of Baltimore - Internal Medicine

    Medical School:

    • Topiwala National Medical College, Mumbai, India - MBBS
  • Participating Trials

    Clinical Trial 21046
    Phase I Trial with Expansion Cohort of Obp-301 (Telomelysintm) And Definitive Chemoradiation For Patients with Locally Advanced Esophageal And Gastroesophageal Adenocarcinoma Who Are Not Candidates For Surgery
    Condition: Gastrointestinal Tumor
    Intervention: OBP-301 (); Paraplatin (carboplatin); Taxol (paclitaxel); carboplatin (); paclitaxel ()
    Status: Open

    Clinical Trial 21917
    A Phase II Study Of Neratinib In Combination With Chemotherapy/Trastuzumab/Pembrolizumab In HER2 Overexpressing Gastroesophageal Cancers
    Condition: Gastrointestinal Tumor
    Intervention: 5-fluorouracil (); Herceptin (Trastuzumab); Neratinib (); Oxaliplatin (); Pembrolizumab (Keytruda); Trastuzumab (); eloxatin (Oxaliplatin); rhuMAb HER2 (Trastuzumab)
    Status: 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

    • Read MD, Drake J, Hashemipour G, Powers BD, Mehta R, Sinnamon A, Pimiento JM, Dineen SP. Initial Experience Using Laparoscopic HIPEC for Gastric Cancer with Peritoneal Metastasis: Safety and Outcomes. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Mar. Pubmedid: 38430428.
    • Kim DW, Kim YC, Kovari BP, Martinez M, Miao R, Yu J, Mehta R, Strosberg J, Imanirad I, Kim RD. Biomarker Analysis from a Phase I/Ib Study of Regorafenib and Nivolumab in Mismatch Repair-Proficient Advanced Refractory Colorectal Cancer. Cancers (Basel). 2024 Jan.16(3). Pubmedid: 38339307. Pmcid: PMC10854756.
    • Sinnamon AJ, Mehta R, Saeed S, Lauwers GY, Palm RF, Frakes JM, Hoffe SE, Baldonado JJ, Fontaine JP, Pimiento JM. Induction Fluorouracil-Based Chemotherapy and PET-Adapted Consolidation Chemoradiation with Esophagectomy for High-Risk Gastroesophageal Adenocarcinoma. Cancers (Basel). 2023 Sep.15(17). Pubmedid: 37686650. Pmcid: PMC10486661.
    • Mehta R, Sinnamon A, Dam A, Walko C, Palm R, Barton L, Lauwers G, Pimiento JM. Locally advanced mismatch repair-deficient gastroesophageal junction cancer: Diagnosis, treatment modifications, and monitoring. CA-Cancer J Clin. 2023 Oct.74(2):123-131. Pubmedid: 37849051.
    • Shah MA, Kennedy EB, Alarcon-Rozas AE, Alcindor T, Bartley AN, Malowany AB, Bhadkamkar NA, Deighton DC, Janjigian Y, Karippot A, Khan U, King DA, Klute K, Lacy J, Lee JJ, Mehta R, Mukherjee S, Nagarajan A, Park H, Saeed A, Semrad TJ, Shitara K, Smyth E, Uboha NV, Vincelli M, Wainberg Z, Rajdev L. Immunotherapy and Targeted Therapy for Advanced Gastroesophageal Cancer: ASCO Guideline. J Clin Oncol. 2023 Mar.41(7):1470-1491. Pubmedid: 36603169.
    • Sinnamon AJ, Savoldy M, Mehta R, Dineen SP, Peña LR, Lauwers GY, Pimiento JM. ASO Visual Abstract: Tumor Regression Grade and Overall Survival Following Gastrectomy with Preoperative Therapy for Gastric Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Jun.30(6):3592-3593. Pubmedid: 36811737.
    • Sinnamon AJ, Savoldy M, Mehta R, Dineen SP, Peña LR, Lauwers GY, Pimiento JM. Tumor Regression Grade and Overall Survival following Gastrectomy with Preoperative Therapy for Gastric Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Jun.30(6):3580-3589. Pubmedid: 36765008.
    • Shariff B, Mehta R. FLOT or CROSS for gastroesophageal junction cancers-is the debate over yet?. Chin Clin Oncol. 2023 Jun.12(3):24. Pubmedid: 37303220.
    • Mehta R, Liepa AM, Zheng S, Chatterjee A. Real-World Molecular Biomarker Testing Patterns and Results for Advanced Gastroesophageal Cancers in the United States. Curr Oncol. 2023 Feb.30(2):1869-1881. Pubmedid: 36826106. Pmcid: PMC9955769.
    • Pointer DT, McDonald JA, Naffouje SA, Mehta R, Fleming JB, Fontaine JP, Lauwers GY, Frakes JM, Hoffe SE, Pimiento JM. The effect of histologic grade on neoadjuvant treatment outcomes in esophageal cancer. J Surg Oncol. 2022 Sep.126(3):465-478. Pubmedid: 35578777. Pmcid: PMC9339510.
    • Mehta R, Shah MA. Nivolumab plus chemotherapy in patients with HER2-negative, untreated, unresectable advanced or recurrent gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancer-regional differences in efficacy. Ann Palliat Med. 2022 Oct.11(10):3371-3375. Pubmedid: 36267012.
    • Kim RD, Kovari BP, Martinez M, Xie H, Sahin IH, Mehta R, Strosberg J, Imanirad I, Ghayouri M, Kim YC, Kim DW. A phase I/Ib study of regorafenib and nivolumab in mismatch repair proficient advanced refractory colorectal cancer. Eur J Cancer. 2022 Jul.169:93-102. Pubmedid: 35526308.
    • Pointer DT, Saeed S, Naffouje SA, Mehta R, Hoffe SE, Dineen SP, Fleming JB, Fontaine JP, Pimiento JM. Outcomes of 350 Robotic-assisted Esophagectomies at a High-volume Cancer Center: A Contemporary Propensity-score Matched Analysis. Ann Surg. 2022 Jul.276(1):111-118. Pubmedid: 33201093.
    • Mehta R, Frakes J, Kim J, Nixon A, Liu Y, Howard L, Martinez Jimenez ME, Carballido E, Imanirad I, Sanchez J, Dessureault S, Xie H, Felder S, Sahin I, Hoffe S, Malafa M, Kim R. Phase I Study of Lenvatinib and Capecitabine with External Radiation Therapy in Locally Advanced Rectal Adenocarcinoma. Oncologist. 2022 Aug.27(8):621-e617. Pubmedid: 35325225. Pmcid: PMC9355805.
    • Wood AC, Zhang Y, Mo Q, Cen L, Fontaine J, Hoffe SE, Frakes J, Dineen SP, Pimiento JM, Walko CM, Mehta R. Evaluation of Tumor DNA Sequencing Results in Patients with Gastric and Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma Stratified by TP53 Mutation Status. Oncologist. 2022 Apr.27(4):307-313. Pubmedid: 35380714. Pmcid: PMC8982441.
    • Allen CJ, Pointer DT, Blumenthaler AN, Mehta RJ, Hoffe SE, Minsky BD, Smith GL, Blum M, Mansfield PF, Ikoma N, Das P, Ajani J, Dineen SP, Fleming JB, Badgwell BD, Pimiento JM. Chemotherapy Versus Chemotherapy Plus Chemoradiation as Neoadjuvant Therapy for Resectable Gastric Adenocarcinoma: A Multi-institutional Analysis. Ann Surg. 2021 Oct.274(4):544-548. Pubmedid: 34132693. Pmcid: PMC8988446.
    • Kim DW, Tan E, Zhou JM, Schell MJ, Martinez M, Yu J, Carballido E, Mehta R, Strosberg J, Imanirad I, Kim RD. A phase 1/2 trial of ibrutinib in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with mismatch repair proficient metastatic colorectal cancer. Brit J Cancer. 2021 May.124(11):1803-1808. Pubmedid: 33828254. Pmcid: PMC8144213.
    • Saeed SM, Naffouje S, Mehta R, Hoffe SE, Fontaine JP, Lauwers GY, Shah P, Frakes J, Pimiento JM. Impact of histology classification on pathologic treatment response and overall survival in distal esophageal cancer patients: a propensity matched analysis. Dis Esophagus. 2021 Aug.34(8). Pubmedid: 32996568.
    • Mehta R, Wood AC, Yu J, Kim R. Investigational PARP inhibitors for the treatment of biliary tract cancer: spotlight on preclinical and clinical studies. Expert Opin Inv Drug. 2021 Apr.30(4):451-461. Pubmedid: 33660569.
    • Tan ES, Cao B, Kim J, Al-Toubah TE, Mehta R, Centeno BA, Kim RD. Phase 2 study of copanlisib in combination with gemcitabine and cisplatin in advanced biliary tract cancers. Cancer. 2021 Apr.127(8):1293-1300. Pubmedid: 33289918.
    • Parsee AA, Thomas KL, Ghayouri M, Mehta R, Latifi K, Sweeney J, Jeong D, Ahmed A. Rare Abdominal Wall Metastasis following Curative Resection of Gastric Cancer: What Can Be Learned from the Use of Percutaneous Catheters?. Case Rep Oncol Med. 2020 May.2020:3738798. Pubmedid: 32509367. Pmcid: PMC7244962.
    • Song EY, Frakes JM, Extermann M, Klocksieben F, Mehta R, Saeed S, Hoffe SE, Pimiento JM. Clinical Factors and Outcomes of Octogenarians Receiving Curative Surgery for Esophageal Cancer. J Surg Res. 2020 Jul.251:100-106. Pubmedid: 32114211.
    • Mehta R, Kommalapati A, Kim RD. The Impact of Ramucirumab Treatment on Survival and Quality of Life in Patients with Gastric Cancer. Cancer Manag Res. 2020 Jan.12:51-57. Pubmedid: 32021422. Pmcid: PMC6954857.
    • Bhutani MS, Klapman JB, Tuli R, El-Haddad G, Hoffe S, Wong FCL, Chasen B, Fogelman DR, Lo SK, Nissen NN, Hendifar AE, Varadhachary G, Katz MHG, Erwin WD, Koay EJ, Tamm EP, Singh BS, Mehta R, Wolff RA, Soman A, Cazacu IM, Herman JM. An open-label, single-arm pilot study of EUS-guided brachytherapy with phosphorus-32 microparticles in combination with gemcitabine +/- nab-paclitaxel in unresectable locally advanced pancreatic cancer (OncoPaC-1): Technical details and study protocol. Endosc Ultrasound. 2020 Jan.9(1):24-30. Pubmedid: 31670288. Pmcid: PMC7038730.
    • Parsee AA, McDonald JA, Jiang K, Latifi K, Mehta R, Frakes JM, Pimiento JM, Hoffe SE. Radiation-induced hepatitis masquerading as metastatic disease: the importance of correlating diagnostic imaging with treatment planning. J Gastrointest Oncol. 2020 Feb.11(1):133-138. Pubmedid: 32175116. Pmcid: PMC7052759.
    • Song EY, Venkat P, Fradley M, Frakes JM, Klocksieben F, Fontaine J, Mehta R, Saeed S, Hoffe SE, Pimiento JM. Clinical factors associated with the development of postoperative atrial fibrillation in esophageal cancer patients receiving multimodality therapy before surgery. J Gastrointest Oncol. 2020 Feb.11(1):68-75. Pubmedid: 32175107. Pmcid: PMC7052762.
    • Rishi A, Zhang GG, Yuan Z, Sim AJ, Song EY, Moros EG, Tomaszewski MR, Latifi K, Pimiento JM, Fontaine JP, Mehta R, Harrison LB, Hoffe SE, Frakes JM. Pretreatment CT and 18 F-FDG PET-based radiomic model predicting pathological complete response and loco-regional control following neoadjuvant chemoradiation in oesophageal cancer. J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol. 2020 Dec.65(1):102-111. Pubmedid: 33258556.
    • Balbona J, Chen L, Malafa MP, Hodul PJ, Dineen SP, Mehta R, Mhaskar RS, Pimiento JM. Outcomes of Gastric Resection in the Establishment of a Comprehensive Oncologic Robotic Program. J Surg Res. 2020 Aug.252:30-36. Pubmedid: 32222591.
    • Nelson RS, Mehta RJ, McLeod HL, Walko CM. Prioritization of Therapy Options for a Patient With High Tumor Mutation Burden and Microsatellite Instability but No Clinical Benefit From Immunotherapy. JCO Precis Oncol. 2019 Oct.3. Pubmedid: 32923851. Pmcid: PMC7446362.
    • Saeed SM, Fontaine JP, Dam AN, Hoffe SE, Cameron M, Frakes J, Mehta R, Gurd E, Pimiento JM. Is Preoperative G-Tube Use Safe for Esophageal Cancer Patients?. J Am Coll Nutr. 2019 Aug.39(4):301-306. Pubmedid: 31397638.
    • Mehta R, Almhanna K. Predictive markers in gastric cancer immunotherapy treatment-are we there yet?. Transl Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019.4:4. Pubmedid: 30854491. Pmcid: PMC6378244.
    • Mehta R, Shah A, Almhanna K. Pembrolizumab for the treatment of patients with recurrent locally advanced or metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancer: an evidence-based review of place in therapy. Onco Targets Ther. 2018 Oct.11:6525-6537. Pubmedid: 30323626. Pmcid: PMC6177372.
    • Jasra S, Opyrchal M, Norton L, Mehta R. A Rare Case of S310F Somatic ERBB2 Mutation in a HER2-Nonamplified Breast Cancer. Clin Breast Cancer. 2017 Feb.17(1):e37-e41. Pubmedid: 27665021.
    • Miller K, Mehta R, Abraham J, Opneja A, Jain RK. Patterns of Long-term Cancer Survivorship Care in a National Cancer Institute-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. Am J Clin Oncol. 2017 Dec.40(6):639-643. Pubmedid: 26359697.
    • Miller KD, Pandey M, Jain R, Mehta R. Cancer Survivorship and Models of Survivorship Care: A Review. Am J Clin Oncol. 2015 Dec.38(6):627-633. Pubmedid: 25635609.
    • Gökmen-Polar Y, Goswami CP, Toroni RA, Sanders KL, Mehta R, Sirimalle U, Tanasa B, Shen C, Li L, Ivan M, Badve S, Sledge GW. Gene Expression Analysis Reveals Distinct Pathways of Resistance to Bevacizumab in Xenograft Models of Human ER-Positive Breast Cancer. J Cancer. 2014 Aug.5(8):633-645. Pubmedid: 25157274. Pmcid: PMC4142325.
    • Vladislav T, Jain RK, Alvarez R, Mehta RJ, Gökmen-Polar Y, Kesler KA, Henley JD, Loehrer PJ, Badve S. Extrathoracic metastases of thymic origin: a review of 35 cases. Mod Pathol. 2012 Mar.25(3):370-377. Pubmedid: 22080058.
    • Mehta RJ, Jain RK, Leung S, Choo J, Nielsen T, Huntsman D, Nakshatri H, Badve S. FOXA1 is an independent prognostic marker for ER-positive breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2012 Feb.131(3):881-890. Pubmedid: 21503684.
    • Gökmen-Polar Y, Liu Y, Toroni RA, Sanders KL, Mehta R, Badve S, Rommel C, Sledge GW. Investigational drug MLN0128, a novel TORC1/2 inhibitor, demonstrates potent oral antitumor activity in human breast cancer xenograft models. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2012 Dec.136(3):673-682. Pubmedid: 23085766.
    • Mehta R, Jain RK, Badve S. Personalized medicine: the road ahead. Clin Breast Cancer. 2011 Mar.11(1):20-26. Pubmedid: 21421518.
    • Patel JB, Appaiah HN, Burnett RM, Bhat-Nakshatri P, Wang G, Mehta R, Badve S, Thomson MJ, Hammond S, Steeg P, Liu Y, Nakshatri H. Control of EVI-1 oncogene expression in metastatic breast cancer cells through microRNA miR-22. Oncogene. 2011 Mar.30(11):1290-1301. Pubmedid: 21057539.
    • Jain RK, Mehta R, Dimitrov R, Larsson LG, Musto PM, Hodges KB, Ulbright TM, Hattab EM, Agaram N, Idrees MT, Badve S. Atypical ductal hyperplasia: interobserver and intraobserver variability. Mod Pathol. 2011 Jul.24(7):917-923. Pubmedid: 21532546.
    • Johnson EO, Chang KH, de Pablo Y, Ghosh S, Mehta R, Badve S, Shah K. PHLDA1 is a crucial negative regulator and effector of Aurora A kinase in breast cancer. J Cell Sci. 2011 Aug.124(Pt 16):2711-2722. Pubmedid: 21807936.
    • Jain RK, Mehta RJ, Nakshatri H, Idrees MT, Badve SS. High-level expression of forkhead-box protein A1 in metastatic prostate cancer. Histopathology. 2011 Apr.58(5):766-772. Pubmedid: 21401706.
    • Appaiah H, Bhat-Nakshatri P, Mehta R, Thorat M, Badve S, Nakshatri H. ITF2 is a target of CXCR4 in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells and is associated with reduced survival in estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer. Cancer Biol Ther. 2010 Sep.10(6):600-614. Pubmedid: 20603605. Pmcid: PMC3040950.
    • Gökmen-Polar Y, Mehta R, Tuzmen S, Mousses S, Thorat MA, Sanders KL, Turbin D, Leung S, Huntsman DG, Sledge GW, Badve S. Differential subcellular expression of protein kinase C betaII in breast cancer: correlation with breast cancer subtypes. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2010 Nov.124(2):327-335. Pubmedid: 20099025.
    • McCune K, Mehta R, Thorat MA, Badve S, Nakshatri H. Loss of ERα and FOXA1 expression in a progression model of luminal type breast cancer: insights from PyMT transgenic mouse model. Oncol Rep. 2010 Nov.24(5):1233-1239. Pubmedid: 20878115. Pmcid: PMC2948410.
    • Geyer FC, Lambros MB, Natrajan R, Mehta R, Mackay A, Savage K, Parry S, Ashworth A, Badve S, Reis-Filho JS. Genomic and immunohistochemical analysis of adenosquamous carcinoma of the breast. Mod Pathol. 2010 Jul.23(7):951-960. Pubmedid: 20453835.
    • Jain RK, Mehta RJ, Henley JD, Kesler KA, Loehrer PJ, Badve S. WHO types A and AB thymomas: not always benign. Mod Pathol. 2010 Dec.23(12):1641-1649. Pubmedid: 20834239.
    • Jain RK, Mehta R, Badve S. Conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma due to ocular prostheses: a case report and review of literature. Pathol Oncol Res. 2010 Dec.16(4):609-612. Pubmedid: 20376710.
    • Resetkova E, Reis-Filho JS, Jain RK, Mehta R, Thorat MA, Nakshatri H, Badve S. Prognostic impact of ALDH1 in breast cancer: a story of stem cells and tumor microenvironment. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2010 Aug.123(1):97-108. Pubmedid: 19911270.
    • Mehta R, Jain RK, Sneige N, Badve S, Resetkova E. Expression of high-molecular-weight cytokeratin (34betaE12) is an independent predictor of disease-free survival in patients with triple-negative tumours of the breast. J Clin Pathol. 2010 Aug.63(8):744-747. Pubmedid: 20702478.
  • Grants

    Title: Remote Monitoring for Malnutrition Among Gastroesophageal Cancer Patients: A Pilot Study
    Sponsor: Moffitt Cancer Center
    PI: Turner, K., CO-PI: Mehta, R., CO-PI: Pimiento, J.
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