- Smilow Cancer Hospital Gastrointestinal Cancers ProgramSmilow Cancer Hospital at North Haven6 Devine Street, Fl 1North Haven, CT 06473
Michael Cecchini, MD
Biography
Michael Cecchini, MD, is a medical oncologist who specializes in gastrointestinal cancers, including (but not limited to) colorectal, bile duct, pancreas, esophageal, and stomach cancers. He often cares for patients with advanced gastrointestinal cancers and is an investigator in multiple research trials to help them get treatments that are not always available elsewhere.
“Taking care of patients and spending the time to get to know them is the best part of my job,” Dr. Cecchini says. It helps to draw upon the diverse expertise of colleagues at Smilow and those in non-cancer specialties, he adds. “At Yale we have an excellent multidisciplinary team that will work hard to treat your cancer, manage your symptoms, and deliver the care you deserve as a patient.”
Dr. Cecchini was inspired to become a cancer specialist partly because he wanted to have opportunities to perform research to improve options for his patients. “Few specialties are so integrated with close patient relationships and translational research that can dramatically improve the lives of our patients and minimize side effects,” he says. His translational research includes clinical and lab projects to study DNA damage and the immune response, primarily for colorectal cancer. He is the recipient of a Young Investigator Award from the Conquer Cancer Foundation for research focused on metastatic gastric cancer and 2020 Scholar on the Yale Cancer Center K12 Calabresi Immuno-Oncology Training Program.
Titles
- Associate Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology)
- Co-Director, Colorectal Program in the Center for Gastrointestinal Cancers
- Medical Oncology Section Lead for National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer, Internal Medicine
Education & Training
- Hematology / Oncology FellowYale New Haven Hospital (2018)
- Internal Medicine ResidentYale New Haven Hospital (2015)
- MDAlbert Einstein College of Medicine (2012)
- BSUniversity of California, Santa Cruz, Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology (2008)
Additional Information
- The Hematology & Oncology Fellowship Program Annual Research Award: (2021)
- Jean L. Cook MD Memorial Award for Medical Excellence: Albert Einstein College of Medicine (2012)
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine Dean's Award: Albert Einstein College of Medicine (2012)
- AB of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology (2018)
- AB of Internal Medicine, Hematology (Internal Medicine) (2018)
- AB of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine (2015)
- Huffington Post (2024): The 1 Unexpected Sign Of Colon Cancer, According To Doctors
- New York Times (2024): More Young People Than Ever Will Get Colorectal Cancer This Year
- WFSB Connecticut News (2024): CT '24: Colon cancer being diagnosed in more young adults
- National Geographic (2024): Why is stomach cancer rising in young women?
- National Cancer Institute (2023): Reviewer for NCI study section for R21 and R03.
- STAT News (2023): Radiation, a mainstay of cancer treatment, begins a fade-out
- ONC Live (2023): Dr. Cecchini on the Results of the PROSPECT Trial in Rectal Cancer
- SWOG Early Career Investigator, NCI Colon Task Force of the GI Steering Committee (2023 - Present): Member
- ASCO Post (2022): Expert Point of View: Michael Cecchini, MD on the RATIONALE-306 findings. https://ascopost.com/issues/september-10-2022/epov-michael-cecchini/
- ASCO Scientific Review Committee for Colorectal Cancer (2022 - Present): Member
- Kim S, Kim S, Kim E, Cecchini M, Park M, Choi J, Kim S, Hwang H, Kang C, Choi H, Shin S, Kang J, Lee C. Deep-Transfer-Learning–Based Natural Language Processing of Serial Free-Text Computed Tomography Reports for Predicting Survival of Patients With Pancreatic Cancer. JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics 2024, 8: e2400021. PMID: 39151114, DOI: 10.1200/cci.24.00021.
- Cecchini M, Salem R, Robert M, Czerniak S, Blaha O, Zelterman D, Rajaei M, Townsend J, Cai G, Chowdhury S, Yugawa D, Tseng R, Arbelaez C, Jiao J, Shroyer K, Thumar J, Kortmansky J, Zaheer W, Fischbach N, Persico J, Stein S, Khan S, Cha C, Billingsley K, Kunstman J, Johung K, Wiess C, Muzumdar M, Spickard E, Aushev V, Laliotis G, Jurdi A, Liu M, Escobar-Hoyos L, Lacy J. Perioperative Modified FOLFIRINOX for Resectable Pancreatic Cancer. JAMA Oncology 2024, 10: 1027-1035. PMID: 38900452, PMCID: PMC11190830, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.1575.
- Botta G, Abdelrahim M, Drengler R, Aushev V, Esmail A, Laliotis G, Brewer C, George G, Abbate S, Chandana S, Tejani M, Malla M, Bansal D, Rivero-Hinojosa S, Spickard E, McCormick N, Cecchini M, Lacy J, Fei N, Kasi P, Kasi A, Dayyani F, Hanna D, Sharma S, Malhotra M, Aleshin A, Liu M, Jurdi A. Association of personalized and tumor-informed ctDNA with patient survival outcomes in pancreatic adenocarcinoma. The Oncologist 2024, oyae155. PMID: 39022993, DOI: 10.1093/oncolo/oyae155.
- Cecchini M, Sundar R. Proofreading the way: immune checkpoint inhibitors in polymerase ε/polymerase δ (POLE/POLD1)-altered colorectal cancer. Annals Of Oncology 2024, 35: 582-584. PMID: 38910015, DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2024.04.006.
- Macarulla T, Cecchini M, Garcia-Carbonero R, Golan T, Perets R, Borazanci E, Pedregal M, Ponz-Sarvise M, Al Hallak M, Pant S, Boni V, Saavedra O, de Miguel M, Leal A, Muñoz Martín A, Sauri T, Schickler M. Interim results of the randomized phase 2 cohort of study FW-2020-01 assessing the efficacy, safety and pharmacodynamics of CM24 in combination with nivolumab and chemotherapy in advanced/metastatic pancreatic cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2024, 42: lba4143-lba4143. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2024.42.17_suppl.lba4143.
- Verma N, Johung K, Kortmansky J, Zaheer W, Lacy J, Cecchini M, Stein S, Cheng Y, Lam W, Liu S, Reddy V, Hochster H, Higgins S. A single arm phase 2 clinical trial of YIV-906 with neoadjuvant concurrent chemo-radiation therapy in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer. Journal Of Gastrointestinal Oncology 2024, 15: 1050-1059. PMID: 38989411, PMCID: PMC11231844, DOI: 10.21037/jgo-24-23.
- Heumann T, Stockton S, Cecchini M, Aljumaily R, Shyr C, Whisenant J, Starr J, Dayyani F, Baranda J, Trikalinos N, Ivy S, LoRusso P, Das S, Gore S, Beumer J, Berlin J. A phase I study of irinotecan combined with BAY1895344 (ATR inhibitor) in advanced solid tumors: Results of ETCTN 10402 dose escalation. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2024, 42: 3077-3077. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2024.42.16_suppl.3077.
- Stockton S, Shyr C, Cecchini M, Aljumaily R, Halfdanarson T, Sonbol M, Whisenant J, Ivy S, LoRusso P, Das S, Gore S, Berlin J, Beumer J, Heumann T. A phase I study of ATR inhibitor BAY1895344 (elimusertib) plus topotecan (ETCTN 10402): Results of dose escalation. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2024, 42: 3076-3076. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2024.42.16_suppl.3076.
- Wainberg Z, Han S, Lee S, Lee K, Kopetz S, Mizrahi J, Hong Y, Ghiringhelli F, Italiano A, Tougeron D, Beagle B, Boakye M, Zhao T, Rhee J, Nuyten D, Cecchini M. ARC-9: A randomized study to evaluate etrumadenant based treatment combinations in previously treated metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2024, 42: 3508-3508. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2024.42.16_suppl.3508.
- Papadopoulos K, Rodon Ahnert J, Khushman M, Sharma S, Pelster M, Cecchini M, Kummar S, Choi M, Akella L, Garofalo A, Yu Z, Iyer V, Nguyen M, Orford K, Klempner S. A first-in-human, phase 1/2 trial of FOG-001, a β-catenin:TCF antagonist, in patients with locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2024, 42: tps3175-tps3175. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2024.42.16_suppl.tps3175.
- Taylor M, Westvold S, Long J, Hyslop T, Wang S, Cecchini M, Leapman M, Leeds I, Lustberg M, Spees L, Wheeler S, Gross C, Oeffinger K, Dinan M. Personalized risk assessment of new onset depression in long-term cancer survivors. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2024, 42: e13798-e13798. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2024.42.16_suppl.e13798.
- Prosz A, Sahgal P, Huffman B, Sztupinszki Z, Morris C, Chen D, Börcsök J, Diossy M, Tisza V, Spisak S, Likasitwatanakul P, Rusz O, Csabai I, Cecchini M, Baca Y, Elliott A, Enzinger P, Singh H, Ubellaker J, Lazaro J, Cleary J, Szallasi Z, Sethi N. Author Correction: Mutational signature-based identification of DNA repair deficient gastroesophageal adenocarcinomas for therapeutic targeting. Npj Precision Oncology 2024, 8: 98. PMID: 38710943, PMCID: PMC11074298, DOI: 10.1038/s41698-024-00587-w.
- Prosz A, Sahgal P, Huffman B, Sztupinszki Z, Morris C, Chen D, Börcsök J, Diossy M, Tisza V, Spisak S, Likasitwatanakul P, Rusz O, Csabai I, Cecchini M, Baca Y, Elliott A, Enzinger P, Singh H, Ubellaker J, Lazaro J, Cleary J, Szallasi Z, Sethi N. Mutational signature-based identification of DNA repair deficient gastroesophageal adenocarcinomas for therapeutic targeting. Npj Precision Oncology 2024, 8: 87. PMID: 38589664, PMCID: PMC11001913, DOI: 10.1038/s41698-024-00561-6.
- Janjigian Y, Tolcher A, Mehta R, Cecchini M, Van Tine B, Kundranda M, Olatunji A, Patel M, Berlin J, Rocha-Lima C, Monga D, George B, Scott A, Xia Z, Elsafy M, Jones E, Yao Z, Qi C, Germa C, Gabrail N. Abstract CT132: A Phase I/IIa clinical trial (TranStar101) to evaluate the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of OSEMITAMAB administered as monotherapy or in combination with nivolumab or standard of care in patients with locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors. Cancer Research 2024, 84: ct132-ct132. DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2024-ct132.
- Rajendran B, Zhang J, Desai S, Gibson J, DiPalermo J, LoRusso P, Kong Y, Zhao H, Cecchini M, Schalper K. Abstract 4893: Role of MGMT expression in the genomic landscape and immunogenicity in human colorectal carcinomas. Cancer Research 2024, 84: 4893-4893. DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2024-4893.
- The Perioperative Modified FOLFIRINOX Clinical Trial for Resectable Pancreatic CancerMichael Cecchini MD, Ronald R. Salem MD, Marie Robert MD, Suzanne Czerniak MD PhD, Ondrej Blaha Phd, Daniel Zelterman PhD, Moein Rajaei PhD, Jeffrey P. Townsend PhD, Guoping Cai MD MS, Sumedha Chowdhury, Deanne Yugawa BS, Robert Tseng BS, Carlos Mejia Arbelaez MD, Jingjing Jiao MD, Kenneth Shroyer MD PhD, Jaykumar Thumar MBBS, Jeremy Kortmansky MD, Wajih Zaheer MD, Neal Fischbach MD, Justin Persico MD, Stacey Stein MD, Sajid A. Khan MD, Charles Cha MD, Kevin G. Billingsley MD MBA, John W. Kunstman MD MHS, Kimberly L. Johung MD MHS, Christina Wiess BA, Mandar D. Muzumdar MD PhD, Erik Spickard PhD, Vasily N. Aushev PhD, George Laliotis MD MHA MPH MBA, Adham Jurdi MD, Minetta C. Liu MD, Luisa Escobar-Hoyos MsC PhD, Jill Lacy MD. The Perioperative Modified FOLFIRINOX Clinical Trial for Resectable Pancreatic Cancer. JAMA Oncology [Accepted 2/2/2024 ].
- Cecchini M, Salem R, Robert M, Czerniak S, Rajaei M, Townsend J, Blaha O, Zelterman D, Thumar J, Kortmansky J, Zaheer W, Fischbach N, Persico J, Stein S, Khan S, Cha C, Billingsley K, Kunstman J, Chowdhury S, Tseng R, Mauricio C, Yugawa D, Escobar-Hoyos L, Johung K, Wiess C, Spickard E, Aushev V, Laliotis G, Jurdi A, Liu M, Lacy J. Abstract A002: A phase II study of peri-operative modified FOLFIRINOX in localized pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Cancer Research 2024, 84: a002-a002. DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.panca2023-a002.
- Chowdhury S, Yugawa D, Tseng R, Mejia M, Lacy J, Patel T, Escobar-Hoyos L, Shroyer K, Cai G, Robert M, Cecchini M, Kunstman J, Farrell J, Johung K. Abstract A072: Keratin 17-signature for stratification of chemotherapy in pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Cancer Research 2024, 84: a072-a072. DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.panca2023-a072.
- Cecchini M, Cleary J, Shyr Y, Chao J, Uboha N, Cho M, Shields A, Pant S, Goff L, Spencer K, Kim E, Stein S, Kortmansky J, Canosa S, Sklar J, Swisher E, Radke M, Ivy P, Boerner S, Durecki D, Hsu C, LoRusso P, Lacy J. NCI10066: a Phase 1/2 study of olaparib in combination with ramucirumab in previously treated metastatic gastric and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma. British Journal Of Cancer 2023, 130: 476-482. PMID: 38135713, PMCID: PMC10844282, DOI: 10.1038/s41416-023-02534-1.
- Cecchini M, Pilat M, Uboha N, Azad N, Cho M, Davis E, Ahnert J, Tinoco G, Shapiro G, Khagi S, Powers B, Groisberg R, Drappatz J, Chen L, Das B, Bao X, Li J, Patel A, Niger M, Doroshow D, Durecki D, Boerner S, Bindra R, Ivy P, Shyr Y, LoRusso P. Abstract B040: NCI 10129: A Phase 2 Study of the PARP inhibitor Olaparib (AZD2281) in IDH1 and IDH2 mutant advanced solid tumors. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics 2023, 22: b040-b040. DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.targ-23-b040.
- Ulahannan S, Pelster M, LoRusso P, Falchook G, Wang J, Barve M, Grewal J, Chow W, Henry J, Cecchini M, Subbiah V, Leabman M, Hernandez G, Li Y, Sinclair A, Wang B, Kotturi M, Humke E, Ahern S, Ennis L, Caruano M, Agrawal S. Abstract C031: A randomized Phase 1b study of IGM-8444 in combination with FOLFIRI + bevacizumab compared to FOLFIRI + bevacizumab alone in second line metastatic colorectal cancer. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics 2023, 22: c031-c031. DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.targ-23-c031.
- Silverman I, Schonhoft J, Yablonovitch A, Lagow E, Cecchini M, Herzberg B, Reis-Filho J, Rosen E, Rimkunas V, Yap T. Performance of Circulating Tumor DNA (ctDNA) Genomic and Epigenomic Profiling (GuardantINFINITY) in the TRESR and ATTACC Studies. The Journal Of Liquid Biopsy 2023, 1: 100014. DOI: 10.1016/j.jlb.2023.100014.
- Sen S, Spira A, Sommerhalder D, Meric-Bernstam F, Subbiah V, Berlin J, Parikh A, Cecchini M, Sanborn R, Chablani P, Peoples G, Schürpf T, Dillon L, Clifton G, Eder J, Tolcher A. 1079TiP A phase I first-in-human study of PRTH-101, an IgG1 monoclonal antibody targeting DDR1, as a monotherapy and combined with pembrolizumab in patients with advanced solid malignancies. Annals Of Oncology 2023, 34: s649-s650. DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2023.09.2976.
- Kc M, Fan J, Hyslop T, Hassan S, Cecchini M, Wang S, Silber A, Leapman M, Leeds I, Wheeler S, Spees L, Gross C, Lustberg M, Greenup R, Justice A, Oeffinger K, Dinan M. Relative Burden of Cancer and Noncancer Mortality Among Long-Term Survivors of Breast, Prostate, and Colorectal Cancer in the US. JAMA Network Open 2023, 6: e2323115. PMID: 37436746, PMCID: PMC10339147, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.23115.
- Cecchini M, Zhang J, Wei W, Sklar J, Lacy J, Zhong M, Kong Y, Zhao H, DiPalermo J, Devine L, Stein S, Kortmansky J, Johung K, Bindra R, LoRusso P, Schalper K. Quantitative DNA Repair Biomarkers and Immune Profiling for Temozolomide and Olaparib in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer. Cancer Research Communications 2023, 3: 1132-1139. PMID: 37387791, PMCID: PMC10305782, DOI: 10.1158/2767-9764.crc-23-0045.
- Cecchini M, Walther Z, Wei W, Hafez N, Pilat M, Boerner S, Durecki D, Eder J, Schalper K, Chen A, LoRusso P. NCI 7977: A Phase I Dose-Escalation Study of Intermittent Oral ABT-888 (Veliparib) Plus Intravenous Irinotecan Administered in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors. Cancer Research Communications 2023, 3: 1113-1117. PMID: 37377610, PMCID: PMC10292219, DOI: 10.1158/2767-9764.crc-22-0485.
- Clifton G, Rothenberg M, Ascierto P, Begley G, Cecchini M, Eder J, Ghiringhelli F, Italiano A, Kochetkova M, Li R, Mechta-Grigoriou F, Pai S, Provenzano P, Puré E, Ribas A, Schalper K, Fridman W. Developing a definition of immune exclusion in cancer: results of a modified Delphi workshop. Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2023, 11: e006773. PMID: 37290925, PMCID: PMC10254706, DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2023-006773.
- Peters G, Talcott W, Peters N, Dhanasopan A, Lacy J, Cecchini M, Kortmansky J, Stein S, Lattanzi S, Park H, Boffa D, Johung K, Jethwa K. Pre-operative chemoradiotherapy with or without induction chemotherapy for operable locally-advanced esophageal cancer. Journal Of Gastrointestinal Oncology 2023, 14: 1181-1192. PMID: 37435226, PMCID: PMC10331751, DOI: 10.21037/jgo-22-1005.
- Stockton S, Dan A, Cecchini M, Ajumaily R, Whisenant J, Gore S, Ivy P, LoRusso P, Berlin J, Das S. Phase Ia/Ib Study of BAY1895344 Plus Topoisomerase I Inhibitors with a Focus on Poorly Differentiated Neuroendocrine Carcinomas and Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. Endocrine Abstracts 2023 DOI: 10.1530/endoabs.89.t1.
- Schwartzberg L, Broder M, Ailawadhi S, Beltran H, Blakely L, Budd G, Carr L, Cecchini M, Cobb P, Kansal A, Kim A, Monk B, Wong D, Campos C, Yermilov I. Impact of early detection on cancer curability: A modified Delphi panel study. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0279227. PMID: 36542647, PMCID: PMC9770338, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0279227.
- Mokhtech M, Miccio JA, Johung K, Cecchini M, Stein S, Narang AK, Herman JM, Kunstman J, Haddock MG, Anker CJ, Jabbour S, Hallemeier CL, Jethwa KR. Multiagent Chemotherapy Followed by Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Versus Conventional Radiotherapy for Resected Pancreas Cancer. American Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2022, 45: 450-457. PMID: 36318696, DOI: 10.1097/coc.0000000000000947.
- Li C, Ferro A, Mhatre SK, Lu D, Lawrance M, Li X, Li S, Allen S, Desai J, Fakih M, Cecchini M, Pedersen KS, Kim TY, Reyes-Rivera I, Segal NH, Lenain C. Hybrid-control arm construction using historical trial data for an early-phase, randomized controlled trial in metastatic colorectal cancer. Communications Medicine 2022, 2: 90. PMID: 35856081, PMCID: PMC9287310, DOI: 10.1038/s43856-022-00155-y.
- Jill Lacy and Michael Cecchini. PD-1 Inhibition in First-Line Treatment of Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: More to Come on New Paradigm. The ASCO Post. May 25 2022.
- Kalra M, Henry E, McCann K, Karuturi MS, Bustamante Alvarez JG, Parkes A, Wesolowski R, Wei M, Mougalian SS, Durm G, Qin A, Schonewolf C, Trivedi M, Armaghani AJ, Wilson FH, Iams WT, Turk AA, Vikas P, Cecchini M, Lubner S, Pathak P, Spencer K, Koshkin VS, Labriola MK, Marshall CH, Beckermann KE, , Sharifi MN, Bejjani AC, Hotchandani V, Housri S, Housri N. Making National Cancer Institute–Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center Knowledge Accessible to Community Oncologists via an Online Tumor Board: Longitudinal Observational Study. JMIR Cancer 2022, 8: e33859. PMID: 35588361, PMCID: PMC9164098, DOI: 10.2196/33859.
- Matsumoto N, Barbieri A, Gershkovich P, Cecchini M, Gibson J. QIM22-192: Mismatch Repair Protein Immunohistochemistry: Quality of Mismatch Repair Deficiency Detection. Journal Of The National Comprehensive Cancer Network 2022, 20: qim22-192. DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2021.7192.
- Giner-Calabuig M, De Leon S, Wang J, Fehlmann TD, Ukaegbu C, Gibson J, Alustiza-Fernandez M, Pico MD, Alenda C, Herraiz M, Carrillo-Palau M, Salces I, Reyes J, Ortega SP, Obrador-Hevia A, Cecchini M, Syngal S, Stoffel E, Ellis NA, Sweasy J, Jover R, Llor X, Xicola RM. Mutational signature profiling classifies subtypes of clinically different mismatch-repair-deficient tumours with a differential immunogenic response potential. British Journal Of Cancer 2022, 126: 1595-1603. PMID: 35197584, PMCID: PMC9130322, DOI: 10.1038/s41416-022-01754-1.
- Patel T, Miccio J, Cecchini M, Srikumar T, Stein S, Kortmanksy J, Johung K, Lacy J. Clinical outcomes of first line FOLFIRINOX vs . gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel in metastatic pancreatic cancer at the Yale Smilow Hospital System. Journal Of Gastrointestinal Oncology 2021, 0: 0-0. PMID: 35070386, PMCID: PMC8748034, DOI: 10.21037/jgo-21-202.
- Guo Y, Czeyda-Pommersheim F, Miccio JA, Mahalingam S, Cecchini M, Pahade J. Can a simplified CT response criteria for vascular involvement in pancreatic adenocarcinoma after neoadjuvant therapy predict survival in patients who achieved subsequent R0 resection? Abdominal Radiology 2021, 46: 5609-5617. PMID: 34557934, DOI: 10.1007/s00261-021-03284-5.
- Kang X, Qin J, Zhang R, Wang Z, Zheng Q, Li Y, Xu J, Huang J, Wang X, Hui Z, Xue L, Mao Y, Li Y, He J, Chen C, Chen H, Chen K, Chen L, Fu M, Fu J, Geng Q, Gong T, Guo S, Han Y, He Y, Hu J, Jiang H, Jiang J, Jiang Y, Kang M, Ma J, Ma S, Liao Y, Li H, Li S, Li Z, Liu S, Liu Y, Qiao G, Tan L, Tian H, Zhao G, Zhao J, Zheng S, Zhou Y, Nilsson M, Schlottmann F, Rosati R, Stefano C, Chiu P, Newman N, Hirahara N, Kim D, Mehta R, Johung K, Cecchini M, Lloyd S, Meredith K. 2021 NCC/CATS/CSTCVS/STM expert consensus on perioperative immunotherapy for esophageal cancer. Annals Of Esophagus 2021, 4: 33-33. DOI: 10.21037/aoe-21-64.
- Janjigian Y, Cecchini M, Shitara K, Enzinger P, Wainberg Z, Catenacci D, Chau I, Satoh T, Lee J, Loboda A, Kobie J, Li Y, Shih C, Cristescu R, Cao Z. 1416P Genomic landscape of late-stage gastric cancer. Annals Of Oncology 2021, 32: s1062-s1063. DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.08.1525.
- Peters GW, Tao W, Wei W, Miccio JA, Jethwa KR, Cecchini M, Johung KL. Publication Bias in Gastrointestinal Oncology Trials Performed over the Past Decade. The Oncologist 2021, 26: 660-667. PMID: 33728733, PMCID: PMC8342580, DOI: 10.1002/onco.13759.
- Gibson JA, Finberg KE, Nalbantoglu I, Cecchini M, Ganzak A, Walther Z, Sklar JL, Eder JP, Goldberg SB. Yale Cancer Center Precision Medicine Tumor Board: molecular findings alter a diagnosis and treatment plan. The Lancet Oncology 2021, 22: 306-307. PMID: 33662283, DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(20)30683-5.
- Cecchini M, Krishnan K, Giafis N, Scott J, Quah C, Bendell J. ARC-9: Phase Ib/II study to evaluate etrumadenant (AB928)-based treatment combinations in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2021, 39: tps150-tps150. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2021.39.3_suppl.tps150.
- Cecchini M, Kortmansky JS, Cui C, Wei W, Thumar JR, Uboha NV, Hafez N, Lacy J, Fischbach NA, Sabbath KD, Gomez CM, Sporn JR, Stein S, Hochster HS. A phase 1b expansion study of TAS‐102 with oxaliplatin for refractory metastatic colorectal cancer. Cancer 2020, 127: 1417-1424. PMID: 33351187, PMCID: PMC8085021, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.33379.
- Udyavar A, Cecchini M, DiRenzo D, Cho S, Seitz L, Zhang K, Young S, Anderson A, Gerrick K, Walters M, Gilbert H, Gardner O, Quah C, Jaen J, Grossman W. 338 Emerging insights on the association of tumor molecular phenotype with clinical benefit in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) subjects treated with AB928 + modified FOLFOX-6 (mFOLFOX-6). Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2020, 8: a206-a207. DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2020-sitc2020.0338.
- Miccio J, Mokhtech M, Jabbour S, Anker C, Patel T, Park H, Cecchini M, Salem R, Kuntsman J, Stein S, Kortmansky J, Lacy J, Narang A, Herman J, Haddock M, Hallemeier C, Johung K, Jethwa K. Association of Neoadjuvant Treatment Modality with Negative Margin and Pathologic Downstaging in Patients Undergoing Pancreatic Cancer Resection: A National Cancer Database Analysis. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2020, 108: e662. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.1980.
- Miccio J, Talcott W, Patel T, Park H, Cecchini M, Salem R, Stein S, Kortmansky J, Lacy J, Johung K, Jethwa K. The Utility of Neoadjuvant Radiotherapy after Neoadjuvant Multiagent Chemotherapy in Patients with Localized Pancreatic Cancer. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2020, 108: e31-e32. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.02.538.
- Ludwig J, Cecchini M, Kim H. Immune Modulation in Interventional Oncology. 2020, 371-387. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-48767-6_21.
- Patel TH, Cecchini M. Targeted Therapies in Advanced Gastric Cancer. Current Treatment Options In Oncology 2020, 21: 70. PMID: 32725377, DOI: 10.1007/s11864-020-00774-4.
- Cecchini M, Miccio JA, Pahade J, Lacy J, Salem RR, Johnson SB, Blakaj A, Stein S, Kortmansky JS, Johung KL. A Single-Institution Experience of Induction 5-Fluorouracil, Leucovorin, Irinotecan, and Oxaliplatin Followed by Surgery Versus Consolidative Radiation for Borderline and Locally Advanced Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer. Pancreas 2020, 49: 904-911. PMID: 32658074, DOI: 10.1097/mpa.0000000000001592.
- Uhlig J, Cecchini M, Stein S, Lacy J, Kim K. Microsatellite instability and KRAS mutation in stage 4 CRC: Prevalence, geographic discrepancies and outcomes from the National Cancer Database. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2020, 38: e16052-e16052. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2020.38.15_suppl.e16052.
- Michael Cecchini and Mario Sznol. PD-1 Inhibition in Mismatch Repair–Deficient/Microsatellite Instability–High Cancers Other Than Colorectal Cancer. The ASCO Post. April 25 2020.
- Uhlig J, Nie J, Stein S, Cecchini M, Lacy J, Kim H. Neuroendocrine and carcinoid tumors of the gastrointestinal tract: Epidemiology and outcomes from the National Cancer Database. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2020, 38: 609-609. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2020.38.4_suppl.609.
- Cecchini M, Rubin EH, Blumenthal GM, Ayalew K, Burris HA, Russell-Einhorn M, Dillon H, Lyerly HK, Reaman GH, Boerner S, LoRusso PM. Challenges with Novel Clinical Trial Designs: Master Protocols. Clinical Cancer Research 2019, 25: 2049-2057. PMID: 30696689, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-18-3544.
- Cecchini M, Miccio J, Pahade J, Lacy J, Salem R, Johnson S, Stein S, Kortmansky J, Johung K. Outcomes for patients with borderline resectable (BR) and locally advanced (LA) pancreatic cancer (PC) treated with induction FOLFIRINOX (FFX) +/- radiation (RT) followed by surgery compared to induction FFX followed by consolidative RT. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2019, 37: 437-437. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2019.37.4_suppl.437.
- Cecchini M, Kortmansky J, Lacy J, Fischbach N, Thumar J, Sabbath K, Gomez C, Sporn J, Stein S, Hochster H. A phase I study of TAS-102 in combination with oxaliplatin (TAS-OX) for refractory metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2019, 37: 630-630. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2019.37.4_suppl.630.
- Cecchini M, Walther Z, Sklar JL, Bindra RS, Petrylak DP, Eder JP, Goldberg SB. Introduction to the Yale Precision Medicine Tumor Board. The Lancet Oncology 2018, 19: 19-20. PMID: 29304351, DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(17)30919-1.
- Cecchini M, Walther Z, Sklar JL, Bindra RS, Petrylak DP, Eder JP, Goldberg SB. Yale Cancer Center Precision Medicine Tumor Board: two patients, one targeted therapy, different outcomes. The Lancet Oncology 2018, 19: 23-24. PMID: 29304353, DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(17)30916-6.
- Cecchini M, Sklar J, Lacy J. EGFR Exon 19 Deletion in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Responds to Erlotinib, Followed by T790M-Mediated Resistance. Journal Of The National Comprehensive Cancer Network 2017, 15: 1085-1089. PMID: 28874593, DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2017.0151.
- Deshpande HA, Cecchini M, Ni Choileain S, Jones R. Olaratumab for the treatment of soft tissue sarcoma. Drugs Of Today 2017, 53: 247-255. PMID: 28492292, DOI: 10.1358/dot.2017.53.4.2560077.
- Cecchini M, Framski K, Lazette P, Vega T, Strait M, Adelson K. Electronic Intervention to Improve Structured Cancer Stage Data Capture. JCO Oncology Practice 2016, 12: e949-e956. PMID: 27650837, DOI: 10.1200/jop.2016.013540.
- Kasi PM, Kotani D, Cecchini M, Shitara K, Ohtsu A, Ramanathan RK, Hochster HS, Grothey A, Yoshino T. Chemotherapy induced neutropenia at 1-month mark is a predictor of overall survival in patients receiving TAS-102 for refractory metastatic colorectal cancer: a cohort study. BMC Cancer 2016, 16: 467. PMID: 27412464, PMCID: PMC4944251, DOI: 10.1186/s12885-016-2491-y.
- Cecchini M, Rose MG, Wong EY, Neparidze N. The implementation of electronic hematology consults at a VA hospital. Blood 2016, 127: 1610-1611. PMID: 26809506, PMCID: PMC4807425, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2015-09-672113.
- Cecchini M, Sznol M, Seropian S. Immune therapy of metastatic melanoma developing after allogeneic bone marrow transplant. Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2015, 3: 10. PMID: 25806109, PMCID: PMC4372324, DOI: 10.1186/s40425-015-0054-4.
- Neparidze N, Cecchini M, Wong E, Rose M. Electronic Hematology Consultations at Veterans Affairs (VA) Connecticut: Analysis of Effects on Patient Care, and Provider and Patient Satisfaction. Blood 2014, 124: 4857. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v124.21.4857.4857.
- Smilow Cancer Hospital Gastrointestinal Cancers ProgramSmilow Cancer Hospital at North Haven6 Devine Street, Fl 1North Haven, CT 06473
Biography
Michael Cecchini, MD, is a medical oncologist who specializes in gastrointestinal cancers, including (but not limited to) colorectal, bile duct, pancreas, esophageal, and stomach cancers. He often cares for patients with advanced gastrointestinal cancers and is an investigator in multiple research trials to help them get treatments that are not always available elsewhere.
“Taking care of patients and spending the time to get to know them is the best part of my job,” Dr. Cecchini says. It helps to draw upon the diverse expertise of colleagues at Smilow and those in non-cancer specialties, he adds. “At Yale we have an excellent multidisciplinary team that will work hard to treat your cancer, manage your symptoms, and deliver the care you deserve as a patient.”
Dr. Cecchini was inspired to become a cancer specialist partly because he wanted to have opportunities to perform research to improve options for his patients. “Few specialties are so integrated with close patient relationships and translational research that can dramatically improve the lives of our patients and minimize side effects,” he says. His translational research includes clinical and lab projects to study DNA damage and the immune response, primarily for colorectal cancer. He is the recipient of a Young Investigator Award from the Conquer Cancer Foundation for research focused on metastatic gastric cancer and 2020 Scholar on the Yale Cancer Center K12 Calabresi Immuno-Oncology Training Program.
Titles
- Associate Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology)
- Co-Director, Colorectal Program in the Center for Gastrointestinal Cancers
- Medical Oncology Section Lead for National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer, Internal Medicine
Education & Training
- Hematology / Oncology FellowYale New Haven Hospital (2018)
- Internal Medicine ResidentYale New Haven Hospital (2015)
- MDAlbert Einstein College of Medicine (2012)
- BSUniversity of California, Santa Cruz, Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology (2008)
Additional Information
- The Hematology & Oncology Fellowship Program Annual Research Award: (2021)
- Jean L. Cook MD Memorial Award for Medical Excellence: Albert Einstein College of Medicine (2012)
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine Dean's Award: Albert Einstein College of Medicine (2012)
- AB of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology (2018)
- AB of Internal Medicine, Hematology (Internal Medicine) (2018)
- AB of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine (2015)
- Huffington Post (2024): The 1 Unexpected Sign Of Colon Cancer, According To Doctors
- New York Times (2024): More Young People Than Ever Will Get Colorectal Cancer This Year
- WFSB Connecticut News (2024): CT '24: Colon cancer being diagnosed in more young adults
- National Geographic (2024): Why is stomach cancer rising in young women?
- National Cancer Institute (2023): Reviewer for NCI study section for R21 and R03.
- STAT News (2023): Radiation, a mainstay of cancer treatment, begins a fade-out
- ONC Live (2023): Dr. Cecchini on the Results of the PROSPECT Trial in Rectal Cancer
- SWOG Early Career Investigator, NCI Colon Task Force of the GI Steering Committee (2023 - Present): Member
- ASCO Post (2022): Expert Point of View: Michael Cecchini, MD on the RATIONALE-306 findings. https://ascopost.com/issues/september-10-2022/epov-michael-cecchini/
- ASCO Scientific Review Committee for Colorectal Cancer (2022 - Present): Member
- Kim S, Kim S, Kim E, Cecchini M, Park M, Choi J, Kim S, Hwang H, Kang C, Choi H, Shin S, Kang J, Lee C. Deep-Transfer-Learning–Based Natural Language Processing of Serial Free-Text Computed Tomography Reports for Predicting Survival of Patients With Pancreatic Cancer. JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics 2024, 8: e2400021. PMID: 39151114, DOI: 10.1200/cci.24.00021.
- Cecchini M, Salem R, Robert M, Czerniak S, Blaha O, Zelterman D, Rajaei M, Townsend J, Cai G, Chowdhury S, Yugawa D, Tseng R, Arbelaez C, Jiao J, Shroyer K, Thumar J, Kortmansky J, Zaheer W, Fischbach N, Persico J, Stein S, Khan S, Cha C, Billingsley K, Kunstman J, Johung K, Wiess C, Muzumdar M, Spickard E, Aushev V, Laliotis G, Jurdi A, Liu M, Escobar-Hoyos L, Lacy J. Perioperative Modified FOLFIRINOX for Resectable Pancreatic Cancer. JAMA Oncology 2024, 10: 1027-1035. PMID: 38900452, PMCID: PMC11190830, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.1575.
- Botta G, Abdelrahim M, Drengler R, Aushev V, Esmail A, Laliotis G, Brewer C, George G, Abbate S, Chandana S, Tejani M, Malla M, Bansal D, Rivero-Hinojosa S, Spickard E, McCormick N, Cecchini M, Lacy J, Fei N, Kasi P, Kasi A, Dayyani F, Hanna D, Sharma S, Malhotra M, Aleshin A, Liu M, Jurdi A. Association of personalized and tumor-informed ctDNA with patient survival outcomes in pancreatic adenocarcinoma. The Oncologist 2024, oyae155. PMID: 39022993, DOI: 10.1093/oncolo/oyae155.
- Cecchini M, Sundar R. Proofreading the way: immune checkpoint inhibitors in polymerase ε/polymerase δ (POLE/POLD1)-altered colorectal cancer. Annals Of Oncology 2024, 35: 582-584. PMID: 38910015, DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2024.04.006.
- Macarulla T, Cecchini M, Garcia-Carbonero R, Golan T, Perets R, Borazanci E, Pedregal M, Ponz-Sarvise M, Al Hallak M, Pant S, Boni V, Saavedra O, de Miguel M, Leal A, Muñoz Martín A, Sauri T, Schickler M. Interim results of the randomized phase 2 cohort of study FW-2020-01 assessing the efficacy, safety and pharmacodynamics of CM24 in combination with nivolumab and chemotherapy in advanced/metastatic pancreatic cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2024, 42: lba4143-lba4143. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2024.42.17_suppl.lba4143.
- Verma N, Johung K, Kortmansky J, Zaheer W, Lacy J, Cecchini M, Stein S, Cheng Y, Lam W, Liu S, Reddy V, Hochster H, Higgins S. A single arm phase 2 clinical trial of YIV-906 with neoadjuvant concurrent chemo-radiation therapy in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer. Journal Of Gastrointestinal Oncology 2024, 15: 1050-1059. PMID: 38989411, PMCID: PMC11231844, DOI: 10.21037/jgo-24-23.
- Heumann T, Stockton S, Cecchini M, Aljumaily R, Shyr C, Whisenant J, Starr J, Dayyani F, Baranda J, Trikalinos N, Ivy S, LoRusso P, Das S, Gore S, Beumer J, Berlin J. A phase I study of irinotecan combined with BAY1895344 (ATR inhibitor) in advanced solid tumors: Results of ETCTN 10402 dose escalation. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2024, 42: 3077-3077. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2024.42.16_suppl.3077.
- Stockton S, Shyr C, Cecchini M, Aljumaily R, Halfdanarson T, Sonbol M, Whisenant J, Ivy S, LoRusso P, Das S, Gore S, Berlin J, Beumer J, Heumann T. A phase I study of ATR inhibitor BAY1895344 (elimusertib) plus topotecan (ETCTN 10402): Results of dose escalation. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2024, 42: 3076-3076. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2024.42.16_suppl.3076.
- Wainberg Z, Han S, Lee S, Lee K, Kopetz S, Mizrahi J, Hong Y, Ghiringhelli F, Italiano A, Tougeron D, Beagle B, Boakye M, Zhao T, Rhee J, Nuyten D, Cecchini M. ARC-9: A randomized study to evaluate etrumadenant based treatment combinations in previously treated metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2024, 42: 3508-3508. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2024.42.16_suppl.3508.
- Papadopoulos K, Rodon Ahnert J, Khushman M, Sharma S, Pelster M, Cecchini M, Kummar S, Choi M, Akella L, Garofalo A, Yu Z, Iyer V, Nguyen M, Orford K, Klempner S. A first-in-human, phase 1/2 trial of FOG-001, a β-catenin:TCF antagonist, in patients with locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2024, 42: tps3175-tps3175. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2024.42.16_suppl.tps3175.
- Taylor M, Westvold S, Long J, Hyslop T, Wang S, Cecchini M, Leapman M, Leeds I, Lustberg M, Spees L, Wheeler S, Gross C, Oeffinger K, Dinan M. Personalized risk assessment of new onset depression in long-term cancer survivors. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2024, 42: e13798-e13798. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2024.42.16_suppl.e13798.
- Prosz A, Sahgal P, Huffman B, Sztupinszki Z, Morris C, Chen D, Börcsök J, Diossy M, Tisza V, Spisak S, Likasitwatanakul P, Rusz O, Csabai I, Cecchini M, Baca Y, Elliott A, Enzinger P, Singh H, Ubellaker J, Lazaro J, Cleary J, Szallasi Z, Sethi N. Author Correction: Mutational signature-based identification of DNA repair deficient gastroesophageal adenocarcinomas for therapeutic targeting. Npj Precision Oncology 2024, 8: 98. PMID: 38710943, PMCID: PMC11074298, DOI: 10.1038/s41698-024-00587-w.
- Prosz A, Sahgal P, Huffman B, Sztupinszki Z, Morris C, Chen D, Börcsök J, Diossy M, Tisza V, Spisak S, Likasitwatanakul P, Rusz O, Csabai I, Cecchini M, Baca Y, Elliott A, Enzinger P, Singh H, Ubellaker J, Lazaro J, Cleary J, Szallasi Z, Sethi N. Mutational signature-based identification of DNA repair deficient gastroesophageal adenocarcinomas for therapeutic targeting. Npj Precision Oncology 2024, 8: 87. PMID: 38589664, PMCID: PMC11001913, DOI: 10.1038/s41698-024-00561-6.
- Janjigian Y, Tolcher A, Mehta R, Cecchini M, Van Tine B, Kundranda M, Olatunji A, Patel M, Berlin J, Rocha-Lima C, Monga D, George B, Scott A, Xia Z, Elsafy M, Jones E, Yao Z, Qi C, Germa C, Gabrail N. Abstract CT132: A Phase I/IIa clinical trial (TranStar101) to evaluate the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of OSEMITAMAB administered as monotherapy or in combination with nivolumab or standard of care in patients with locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors. Cancer Research 2024, 84: ct132-ct132. DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2024-ct132.
- Rajendran B, Zhang J, Desai S, Gibson J, DiPalermo J, LoRusso P, Kong Y, Zhao H, Cecchini M, Schalper K. Abstract 4893: Role of MGMT expression in the genomic landscape and immunogenicity in human colorectal carcinomas. Cancer Research 2024, 84: 4893-4893. DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2024-4893.
- The Perioperative Modified FOLFIRINOX Clinical Trial for Resectable Pancreatic CancerMichael Cecchini MD, Ronald R. Salem MD, Marie Robert MD, Suzanne Czerniak MD PhD, Ondrej Blaha Phd, Daniel Zelterman PhD, Moein Rajaei PhD, Jeffrey P. Townsend PhD, Guoping Cai MD MS, Sumedha Chowdhury, Deanne Yugawa BS, Robert Tseng BS, Carlos Mejia Arbelaez MD, Jingjing Jiao MD, Kenneth Shroyer MD PhD, Jaykumar Thumar MBBS, Jeremy Kortmansky MD, Wajih Zaheer MD, Neal Fischbach MD, Justin Persico MD, Stacey Stein MD, Sajid A. Khan MD, Charles Cha MD, Kevin G. Billingsley MD MBA, John W. Kunstman MD MHS, Kimberly L. Johung MD MHS, Christina Wiess BA, Mandar D. Muzumdar MD PhD, Erik Spickard PhD, Vasily N. Aushev PhD, George Laliotis MD MHA MPH MBA, Adham Jurdi MD, Minetta C. Liu MD, Luisa Escobar-Hoyos MsC PhD, Jill Lacy MD. The Perioperative Modified FOLFIRINOX Clinical Trial for Resectable Pancreatic Cancer. JAMA Oncology [Accepted 2/2/2024 ].
- Cecchini M, Salem R, Robert M, Czerniak S, Rajaei M, Townsend J, Blaha O, Zelterman D, Thumar J, Kortmansky J, Zaheer W, Fischbach N, Persico J, Stein S, Khan S, Cha C, Billingsley K, Kunstman J, Chowdhury S, Tseng R, Mauricio C, Yugawa D, Escobar-Hoyos L, Johung K, Wiess C, Spickard E, Aushev V, Laliotis G, Jurdi A, Liu M, Lacy J. Abstract A002: A phase II study of peri-operative modified FOLFIRINOX in localized pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Cancer Research 2024, 84: a002-a002. DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.panca2023-a002.
- Chowdhury S, Yugawa D, Tseng R, Mejia M, Lacy J, Patel T, Escobar-Hoyos L, Shroyer K, Cai G, Robert M, Cecchini M, Kunstman J, Farrell J, Johung K. Abstract A072: Keratin 17-signature for stratification of chemotherapy in pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Cancer Research 2024, 84: a072-a072. DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.panca2023-a072.
- Cecchini M, Cleary J, Shyr Y, Chao J, Uboha N, Cho M, Shields A, Pant S, Goff L, Spencer K, Kim E, Stein S, Kortmansky J, Canosa S, Sklar J, Swisher E, Radke M, Ivy P, Boerner S, Durecki D, Hsu C, LoRusso P, Lacy J. NCI10066: a Phase 1/2 study of olaparib in combination with ramucirumab in previously treated metastatic gastric and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma. British Journal Of Cancer 2023, 130: 476-482. PMID: 38135713, PMCID: PMC10844282, DOI: 10.1038/s41416-023-02534-1.
- Cecchini M, Pilat M, Uboha N, Azad N, Cho M, Davis E, Ahnert J, Tinoco G, Shapiro G, Khagi S, Powers B, Groisberg R, Drappatz J, Chen L, Das B, Bao X, Li J, Patel A, Niger M, Doroshow D, Durecki D, Boerner S, Bindra R, Ivy P, Shyr Y, LoRusso P. Abstract B040: NCI 10129: A Phase 2 Study of the PARP inhibitor Olaparib (AZD2281) in IDH1 and IDH2 mutant advanced solid tumors. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics 2023, 22: b040-b040. DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.targ-23-b040.
- Ulahannan S, Pelster M, LoRusso P, Falchook G, Wang J, Barve M, Grewal J, Chow W, Henry J, Cecchini M, Subbiah V, Leabman M, Hernandez G, Li Y, Sinclair A, Wang B, Kotturi M, Humke E, Ahern S, Ennis L, Caruano M, Agrawal S. Abstract C031: A randomized Phase 1b study of IGM-8444 in combination with FOLFIRI + bevacizumab compared to FOLFIRI + bevacizumab alone in second line metastatic colorectal cancer. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics 2023, 22: c031-c031. DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.targ-23-c031.
- Silverman I, Schonhoft J, Yablonovitch A, Lagow E, Cecchini M, Herzberg B, Reis-Filho J, Rosen E, Rimkunas V, Yap T. Performance of Circulating Tumor DNA (ctDNA) Genomic and Epigenomic Profiling (GuardantINFINITY) in the TRESR and ATTACC Studies. The Journal Of Liquid Biopsy 2023, 1: 100014. DOI: 10.1016/j.jlb.2023.100014.
- Sen S, Spira A, Sommerhalder D, Meric-Bernstam F, Subbiah V, Berlin J, Parikh A, Cecchini M, Sanborn R, Chablani P, Peoples G, Schürpf T, Dillon L, Clifton G, Eder J, Tolcher A. 1079TiP A phase I first-in-human study of PRTH-101, an IgG1 monoclonal antibody targeting DDR1, as a monotherapy and combined with pembrolizumab in patients with advanced solid malignancies. Annals Of Oncology 2023, 34: s649-s650. DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2023.09.2976.
- Kc M, Fan J, Hyslop T, Hassan S, Cecchini M, Wang S, Silber A, Leapman M, Leeds I, Wheeler S, Spees L, Gross C, Lustberg M, Greenup R, Justice A, Oeffinger K, Dinan M. Relative Burden of Cancer and Noncancer Mortality Among Long-Term Survivors of Breast, Prostate, and Colorectal Cancer in the US. JAMA Network Open 2023, 6: e2323115. PMID: 37436746, PMCID: PMC10339147, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.23115.
- Cecchini M, Zhang J, Wei W, Sklar J, Lacy J, Zhong M, Kong Y, Zhao H, DiPalermo J, Devine L, Stein S, Kortmansky J, Johung K, Bindra R, LoRusso P, Schalper K. Quantitative DNA Repair Biomarkers and Immune Profiling for Temozolomide and Olaparib in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer. Cancer Research Communications 2023, 3: 1132-1139. PMID: 37387791, PMCID: PMC10305782, DOI: 10.1158/2767-9764.crc-23-0045.
- Cecchini M, Walther Z, Wei W, Hafez N, Pilat M, Boerner S, Durecki D, Eder J, Schalper K, Chen A, LoRusso P. NCI 7977: A Phase I Dose-Escalation Study of Intermittent Oral ABT-888 (Veliparib) Plus Intravenous Irinotecan Administered in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors. Cancer Research Communications 2023, 3: 1113-1117. PMID: 37377610, PMCID: PMC10292219, DOI: 10.1158/2767-9764.crc-22-0485.
- Clifton G, Rothenberg M, Ascierto P, Begley G, Cecchini M, Eder J, Ghiringhelli F, Italiano A, Kochetkova M, Li R, Mechta-Grigoriou F, Pai S, Provenzano P, Puré E, Ribas A, Schalper K, Fridman W. Developing a definition of immune exclusion in cancer: results of a modified Delphi workshop. Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2023, 11: e006773. PMID: 37290925, PMCID: PMC10254706, DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2023-006773.
- Peters G, Talcott W, Peters N, Dhanasopan A, Lacy J, Cecchini M, Kortmansky J, Stein S, Lattanzi S, Park H, Boffa D, Johung K, Jethwa K. Pre-operative chemoradiotherapy with or without induction chemotherapy for operable locally-advanced esophageal cancer. Journal Of Gastrointestinal Oncology 2023, 14: 1181-1192. PMID: 37435226, PMCID: PMC10331751, DOI: 10.21037/jgo-22-1005.
- Stockton S, Dan A, Cecchini M, Ajumaily R, Whisenant J, Gore S, Ivy P, LoRusso P, Berlin J, Das S. Phase Ia/Ib Study of BAY1895344 Plus Topoisomerase I Inhibitors with a Focus on Poorly Differentiated Neuroendocrine Carcinomas and Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. Endocrine Abstracts 2023 DOI: 10.1530/endoabs.89.t1.
- Schwartzberg L, Broder M, Ailawadhi S, Beltran H, Blakely L, Budd G, Carr L, Cecchini M, Cobb P, Kansal A, Kim A, Monk B, Wong D, Campos C, Yermilov I. Impact of early detection on cancer curability: A modified Delphi panel study. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0279227. PMID: 36542647, PMCID: PMC9770338, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0279227.
- Mokhtech M, Miccio JA, Johung K, Cecchini M, Stein S, Narang AK, Herman JM, Kunstman J, Haddock MG, Anker CJ, Jabbour S, Hallemeier CL, Jethwa KR. Multiagent Chemotherapy Followed by Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Versus Conventional Radiotherapy for Resected Pancreas Cancer. American Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2022, 45: 450-457. PMID: 36318696, DOI: 10.1097/coc.0000000000000947.
- Li C, Ferro A, Mhatre SK, Lu D, Lawrance M, Li X, Li S, Allen S, Desai J, Fakih M, Cecchini M, Pedersen KS, Kim TY, Reyes-Rivera I, Segal NH, Lenain C. Hybrid-control arm construction using historical trial data for an early-phase, randomized controlled trial in metastatic colorectal cancer. Communications Medicine 2022, 2: 90. PMID: 35856081, PMCID: PMC9287310, DOI: 10.1038/s43856-022-00155-y.
- Jill Lacy and Michael Cecchini. PD-1 Inhibition in First-Line Treatment of Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: More to Come on New Paradigm. The ASCO Post. May 25 2022.
- Kalra M, Henry E, McCann K, Karuturi MS, Bustamante Alvarez JG, Parkes A, Wesolowski R, Wei M, Mougalian SS, Durm G, Qin A, Schonewolf C, Trivedi M, Armaghani AJ, Wilson FH, Iams WT, Turk AA, Vikas P, Cecchini M, Lubner S, Pathak P, Spencer K, Koshkin VS, Labriola MK, Marshall CH, Beckermann KE, , Sharifi MN, Bejjani AC, Hotchandani V, Housri S, Housri N. Making National Cancer Institute–Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center Knowledge Accessible to Community Oncologists via an Online Tumor Board: Longitudinal Observational Study. JMIR Cancer 2022, 8: e33859. PMID: 35588361, PMCID: PMC9164098, DOI: 10.2196/33859.
- Matsumoto N, Barbieri A, Gershkovich P, Cecchini M, Gibson J. QIM22-192: Mismatch Repair Protein Immunohistochemistry: Quality of Mismatch Repair Deficiency Detection. Journal Of The National Comprehensive Cancer Network 2022, 20: qim22-192. DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2021.7192.
- Giner-Calabuig M, De Leon S, Wang J, Fehlmann TD, Ukaegbu C, Gibson J, Alustiza-Fernandez M, Pico MD, Alenda C, Herraiz M, Carrillo-Palau M, Salces I, Reyes J, Ortega SP, Obrador-Hevia A, Cecchini M, Syngal S, Stoffel E, Ellis NA, Sweasy J, Jover R, Llor X, Xicola RM. Mutational signature profiling classifies subtypes of clinically different mismatch-repair-deficient tumours with a differential immunogenic response potential. British Journal Of Cancer 2022, 126: 1595-1603. PMID: 35197584, PMCID: PMC9130322, DOI: 10.1038/s41416-022-01754-1.
- Patel T, Miccio J, Cecchini M, Srikumar T, Stein S, Kortmanksy J, Johung K, Lacy J. Clinical outcomes of first line FOLFIRINOX vs . gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel in metastatic pancreatic cancer at the Yale Smilow Hospital System. Journal Of Gastrointestinal Oncology 2021, 0: 0-0. PMID: 35070386, PMCID: PMC8748034, DOI: 10.21037/jgo-21-202.
- Guo Y, Czeyda-Pommersheim F, Miccio JA, Mahalingam S, Cecchini M, Pahade J. Can a simplified CT response criteria for vascular involvement in pancreatic adenocarcinoma after neoadjuvant therapy predict survival in patients who achieved subsequent R0 resection? Abdominal Radiology 2021, 46: 5609-5617. PMID: 34557934, DOI: 10.1007/s00261-021-03284-5.
- Kang X, Qin J, Zhang R, Wang Z, Zheng Q, Li Y, Xu J, Huang J, Wang X, Hui Z, Xue L, Mao Y, Li Y, He J, Chen C, Chen H, Chen K, Chen L, Fu M, Fu J, Geng Q, Gong T, Guo S, Han Y, He Y, Hu J, Jiang H, Jiang J, Jiang Y, Kang M, Ma J, Ma S, Liao Y, Li H, Li S, Li Z, Liu S, Liu Y, Qiao G, Tan L, Tian H, Zhao G, Zhao J, Zheng S, Zhou Y, Nilsson M, Schlottmann F, Rosati R, Stefano C, Chiu P, Newman N, Hirahara N, Kim D, Mehta R, Johung K, Cecchini M, Lloyd S, Meredith K. 2021 NCC/CATS/CSTCVS/STM expert consensus on perioperative immunotherapy for esophageal cancer. Annals Of Esophagus 2021, 4: 33-33. DOI: 10.21037/aoe-21-64.
- Janjigian Y, Cecchini M, Shitara K, Enzinger P, Wainberg Z, Catenacci D, Chau I, Satoh T, Lee J, Loboda A, Kobie J, Li Y, Shih C, Cristescu R, Cao Z. 1416P Genomic landscape of late-stage gastric cancer. Annals Of Oncology 2021, 32: s1062-s1063. DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.08.1525.
- Peters GW, Tao W, Wei W, Miccio JA, Jethwa KR, Cecchini M, Johung KL. Publication Bias in Gastrointestinal Oncology Trials Performed over the Past Decade. The Oncologist 2021, 26: 660-667. PMID: 33728733, PMCID: PMC8342580, DOI: 10.1002/onco.13759.
- Gibson JA, Finberg KE, Nalbantoglu I, Cecchini M, Ganzak A, Walther Z, Sklar JL, Eder JP, Goldberg SB. Yale Cancer Center Precision Medicine Tumor Board: molecular findings alter a diagnosis and treatment plan. The Lancet Oncology 2021, 22: 306-307. PMID: 33662283, DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(20)30683-5.
- Cecchini M, Krishnan K, Giafis N, Scott J, Quah C, Bendell J. ARC-9: Phase Ib/II study to evaluate etrumadenant (AB928)-based treatment combinations in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2021, 39: tps150-tps150. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2021.39.3_suppl.tps150.
- Cecchini M, Kortmansky JS, Cui C, Wei W, Thumar JR, Uboha NV, Hafez N, Lacy J, Fischbach NA, Sabbath KD, Gomez CM, Sporn JR, Stein S, Hochster HS. A phase 1b expansion study of TAS‐102 with oxaliplatin for refractory metastatic colorectal cancer. Cancer 2020, 127: 1417-1424. PMID: 33351187, PMCID: PMC8085021, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.33379.
- Udyavar A, Cecchini M, DiRenzo D, Cho S, Seitz L, Zhang K, Young S, Anderson A, Gerrick K, Walters M, Gilbert H, Gardner O, Quah C, Jaen J, Grossman W. 338 Emerging insights on the association of tumor molecular phenotype with clinical benefit in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) subjects treated with AB928 + modified FOLFOX-6 (mFOLFOX-6). Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2020, 8: a206-a207. DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2020-sitc2020.0338.
- Miccio J, Mokhtech M, Jabbour S, Anker C, Patel T, Park H, Cecchini M, Salem R, Kuntsman J, Stein S, Kortmansky J, Lacy J, Narang A, Herman J, Haddock M, Hallemeier C, Johung K, Jethwa K. Association of Neoadjuvant Treatment Modality with Negative Margin and Pathologic Downstaging in Patients Undergoing Pancreatic Cancer Resection: A National Cancer Database Analysis. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2020, 108: e662. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.1980.
- Miccio J, Talcott W, Patel T, Park H, Cecchini M, Salem R, Stein S, Kortmansky J, Lacy J, Johung K, Jethwa K. The Utility of Neoadjuvant Radiotherapy after Neoadjuvant Multiagent Chemotherapy in Patients with Localized Pancreatic Cancer. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2020, 108: e31-e32. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.02.538.
- Ludwig J, Cecchini M, Kim H. Immune Modulation in Interventional Oncology. 2020, 371-387. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-48767-6_21.
- Patel TH, Cecchini M. Targeted Therapies in Advanced Gastric Cancer. Current Treatment Options In Oncology 2020, 21: 70. PMID: 32725377, DOI: 10.1007/s11864-020-00774-4.
- Cecchini M, Miccio JA, Pahade J, Lacy J, Salem RR, Johnson SB, Blakaj A, Stein S, Kortmansky JS, Johung KL. A Single-Institution Experience of Induction 5-Fluorouracil, Leucovorin, Irinotecan, and Oxaliplatin Followed by Surgery Versus Consolidative Radiation for Borderline and Locally Advanced Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer. Pancreas 2020, 49: 904-911. PMID: 32658074, DOI: 10.1097/mpa.0000000000001592.
- Uhlig J, Cecchini M, Stein S, Lacy J, Kim K. Microsatellite instability and KRAS mutation in stage 4 CRC: Prevalence, geographic discrepancies and outcomes from the National Cancer Database. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2020, 38: e16052-e16052. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2020.38.15_suppl.e16052.
- Michael Cecchini and Mario Sznol. PD-1 Inhibition in Mismatch Repair–Deficient/Microsatellite Instability–High Cancers Other Than Colorectal Cancer. The ASCO Post. April 25 2020.
- Uhlig J, Nie J, Stein S, Cecchini M, Lacy J, Kim H. Neuroendocrine and carcinoid tumors of the gastrointestinal tract: Epidemiology and outcomes from the National Cancer Database. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2020, 38: 609-609. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2020.38.4_suppl.609.
- Cecchini M, Rubin EH, Blumenthal GM, Ayalew K, Burris HA, Russell-Einhorn M, Dillon H, Lyerly HK, Reaman GH, Boerner S, LoRusso PM. Challenges with Novel Clinical Trial Designs: Master Protocols. Clinical Cancer Research 2019, 25: 2049-2057. PMID: 30696689, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-18-3544.
- Cecchini M, Miccio J, Pahade J, Lacy J, Salem R, Johnson S, Stein S, Kortmansky J, Johung K. Outcomes for patients with borderline resectable (BR) and locally advanced (LA) pancreatic cancer (PC) treated with induction FOLFIRINOX (FFX) +/- radiation (RT) followed by surgery compared to induction FFX followed by consolidative RT. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2019, 37: 437-437. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2019.37.4_suppl.437.
- Cecchini M, Kortmansky J, Lacy J, Fischbach N, Thumar J, Sabbath K, Gomez C, Sporn J, Stein S, Hochster H. A phase I study of TAS-102 in combination with oxaliplatin (TAS-OX) for refractory metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2019, 37: 630-630. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2019.37.4_suppl.630.
- Cecchini M, Walther Z, Sklar JL, Bindra RS, Petrylak DP, Eder JP, Goldberg SB. Introduction to the Yale Precision Medicine Tumor Board. The Lancet Oncology 2018, 19: 19-20. PMID: 29304351, DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(17)30919-1.
- Cecchini M, Walther Z, Sklar JL, Bindra RS, Petrylak DP, Eder JP, Goldberg SB. Yale Cancer Center Precision Medicine Tumor Board: two patients, one targeted therapy, different outcomes. The Lancet Oncology 2018, 19: 23-24. PMID: 29304353, DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(17)30916-6.
- Cecchini M, Sklar J, Lacy J. EGFR Exon 19 Deletion in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Responds to Erlotinib, Followed by T790M-Mediated Resistance. Journal Of The National Comprehensive Cancer Network 2017, 15: 1085-1089. PMID: 28874593, DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2017.0151.
- Deshpande HA, Cecchini M, Ni Choileain S, Jones R. Olaratumab for the treatment of soft tissue sarcoma. Drugs Of Today 2017, 53: 247-255. PMID: 28492292, DOI: 10.1358/dot.2017.53.4.2560077.
- Cecchini M, Framski K, Lazette P, Vega T, Strait M, Adelson K. Electronic Intervention to Improve Structured Cancer Stage Data Capture. JCO Oncology Practice 2016, 12: e949-e956. PMID: 27650837, DOI: 10.1200/jop.2016.013540.
- Kasi PM, Kotani D, Cecchini M, Shitara K, Ohtsu A, Ramanathan RK, Hochster HS, Grothey A, Yoshino T. Chemotherapy induced neutropenia at 1-month mark is a predictor of overall survival in patients receiving TAS-102 for refractory metastatic colorectal cancer: a cohort study. BMC Cancer 2016, 16: 467. PMID: 27412464, PMCID: PMC4944251, DOI: 10.1186/s12885-016-2491-y.
- Cecchini M, Rose MG, Wong EY, Neparidze N. The implementation of electronic hematology consults at a VA hospital. Blood 2016, 127: 1610-1611. PMID: 26809506, PMCID: PMC4807425, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2015-09-672113.
- Cecchini M, Sznol M, Seropian S. Immune therapy of metastatic melanoma developing after allogeneic bone marrow transplant. Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2015, 3: 10. PMID: 25806109, PMCID: PMC4372324, DOI: 10.1186/s40425-015-0054-4.
- Neparidze N, Cecchini M, Wong E, Rose M. Electronic Hematology Consultations at Veterans Affairs (VA) Connecticut: Analysis of Effects on Patient Care, and Provider and Patient Satisfaction. Blood 2014, 124: 4857. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v124.21.4857.4857.
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