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  2023 Summer Experience Program Abstracts

  The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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  Aerobic Exercise Impacts the Tumor Microenvironment by Altering CAF Abundance and CAF-Activating Cytokines in Pancreatic Cancer

  Guanshu Liu, Riccardo Ballarò, and Keri Schadler

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  Allostatic Load Markers as Predictors of Melanoma Outcomes

  Chid M. Okoro, Madison M. Taylor, Roland L. Bassett Jr., Kelly C. Nelson, and Jennifer L. McQuade

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  Analysis and Prediction of Patient Survival After Radiotherapy For Liver Cancer Based On Volumetric Segmental Response and Clinically Relevant Factors

  Aditya S. Prasad, Aashish C. Gupta, Mais M. Al Taie, Iwan Paolucci, Austin H. Castelo, Tien T. Tang, Eugene J. Koay, and Kristy K. Brock

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  An Integrated Liquid Biopsy Analysis for Comprehensive Investigation of Uveal Melanoma

  Abdulkader Almosa, Vanessa Sarli, Salyna Meas, Negar Koupaei, Radiya Almosa, Sridevi Addanki, Joshua Upshaw, Dan Gombos, Anthony Lucci, and Sapna Patel

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  Antibody Validation and Dual IHC Staining of Glioblastoma Multiforme to Isolate Microglia Cells in Glial Cell Population for Biomarker Identification

  Jai Patel, Sharia D. Hernandez, Khaja B. Khan, Wei Lu, and Luisa Maren Solis Soto

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  Anti-inflammatory dietary patterns effect on cancer risk and mortality: A review in cancer

  Mathew Kramm IV and Carrie Daniel-MacDougall

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  Appendiceal Adenocarcinoma PDX Models Have Improved Tumor Growth in an Orthotopic Tumor Environment

  Emma R. Salle, Vinay K. Pattalachinti, Ichiaki Ito, Saikat Chowdhury, Abdelrahman Yousef, Yue Gu, Keith F. Fournier, John Paul Shen, and Natalie W. Fowlkes

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  A Review of the Genomic Landscape of early cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma

  Hayden Schandua; Madison Taylor; Emelie Nelson; Priscilla Haff; Natasha Quailes; Hung Q. Doan MD, PhD; and Kelly C. Nelson MD

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  Association Between Changes in Circulating Tumor DNA and Post-Ablation Metastases in Colorectal Cancer & Liver Tumors

  Sanaa Taylor McNeil, Iwan Paolucci, and Bruno Odisio

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  Associations Between Religiosity and Mammography Adherence Among Older African American Women

  Shir Carasso, Nga Nguyen, Alba Calzada, and Lorna McNeill

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  Associations between Sociodemographics and Pediatric Osteosarcoma Characteristics

  Connor D. Fritz, Anthony V. Basta, and Mary T. Austin

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  A Systematic Review Evaluating the New Media Landscape and its Effects on Skin Cancer Diagnostics, Prognostics, and Prevention

  Priscilla L. Haff; Alli Jacobson; Hayden Schandua; Madison Taylor; Hung Doan MD, PHD; and Kelly Nelson MD

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  A Systematic Review of Clinical Practice Guidelines for Cancer Screening in Patients with Autoimmune Diseases

  Vikas Burugu; Juan I. Ruiz MD, MPH; Maria A. Lopez-Olivo MD, PhD; and Maria E. Suarez-Almazor MD, PhD

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  Beta-Catenin Transcription is essential for Müllerian Duct Regression

  Evelyn A. Carrion, Richard R. Behringer, Rachel D. Mullen, and Jace A. Aloway

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  CAF-derived MFAP5 is a novel transcription regulator for immune checkpoint CD47 in ovarian cancer

  Emily G. York, Chi Lam A. Yeung, Marina A. Talor, Yadira J. Pacheco, Tsz-Lun Yeung, Cecilia S. Leung, Samuel C. Mok, and Sammy Ferri-Borgogno

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  Cancer immunotherapy based on MUSIC platform and STING activation in brain cancer cells

  Christina Thi Do, Thomas Gallup, Kristin Huntoon, Betty Kim, and Wen Jiang

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  Characterization of Mouse Ms4a4a and Ms4a6d Antibodies

  Isabella Rodriguez, Ronnie T. Trinh, Yaima Luzardo Lightfoot PhD, and William J. Ray PhD

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  Characterizing the Importance of Microglial Qki in the Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease

  Adithya Nair, Takese McKenzie, and Jian Hu

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  Chimeras- Greek Mythology or Scientific Reality? Identification of Actionable Chimeric RNAs for Personalized Prevention of Breast Cancer

  Prisha Verma, Anjana Bhardwaj, Preethi H. Gunaratne, and Isabelle Bedrosian

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  Chromatin Organization Analysis of EGFR in Various Human Cancer Samples

  Andrea Nicole Conley and Kadir Caner Akdemir

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  Cisplatin and the Mu Opioid Receptor Antagonist Methylnaltrexone Inhibit Neurite Growth in Cultured Trigeminal Neurons

  Esha Sultana, Megan L. Uhelski, Juan P. Cata, and Patrick M. Dougherty

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  Cognitive Function in Older Breast Cancer Survivors after Chemotherapy​

  Rachel Kim, Kaiping Liao, Susan Peterson, Daria Zorzi, Liang Li, Mariana Chavez-MacGregor, and Sharon Giordano

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  Comparative Effects of Combustible Cigarette versus Electronic Cigarette Exposures on K-ras Mutant Lung Cancer Promotion

  Kyler S. Mitra, Maria T. Grimaldo, Walter Velasco Torrez, Michael J. Clowers, Bo Yuan, Segundo del Aguila Soto, Iman Bouchelkia, Javier Eduardo Moreno Barragan, Farbod Khalaj, Umesh C. Karandikar, Joseph F. Petrosino, Florencia McAllister, Humam Kadara, Kristi Louise Hoffman, and Seyed Javad Moghaddam

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  Comparison of 18 and 20-Gauge Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration in Detecting Persistent Nodal Disease after Chemoradiation

  Jolee Nguyen; Dharti Patel; Kinsey Lano; Maura Gillison MD, PhD; Stephen Lai MD, PhD; Clifton David Fuller MD, PhD; Amy Moreno MD; Maria Gule-Monroe MD; and Jason Michael Johnson MD

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  CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Genome Editing of Y705 Residue of STAT3 for Genetic Validation of Small Molecule Inhibitors In Breast Cancer Cells​

  Brittany Nicole 'Jesse' Ramirez and Moses Makokha Kasembeli Ph.D.

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  Deep Learning for Automatic Detection and Segmentation from CT Angiography of Deep Inferior Epigastric Vascular Structures for Preoperative Planning of TRAM Flap Surgeries

  Josephine Chen, Jong Bum Son, Jingfei Ma PhD, Jia Sun, Greg Reece, Miral Patel, and Huong Le-Petross MD

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  Developing an immunocompetent mouse model of renal cell carcinoma bone metastasis

  Joshua M. Varghese, Tianhong Pan, and Robert L. Satcher Jr

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  Developing Mentorship and Training Curriculum to Reduce Burden of Cervical Cancer in Medically Underserved Areas of Texas

  Kidist Daniel, Kathleen M. Schmeler, Miila p. Salcedo, Melissa V. Lopez, Ellen Baker, Alaina Le, Reina Guerrero, Jessica Milan, and Monica Pippin

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  Distinction Between Pancreatitis and Early-Stage Pancreatic Cancer with HP-MRI

  Ashley Garcia, Jose Enriquez, Shivanand Pudakalakatti, Prasanta Dutta, Florencia McAllister, Muxin Wang, Ryan Armijo, and Pratip K. Bhattacharya PhD

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  Effected Cancer Region and Psychiatric Disorders in Smoking Cessation

  Eva L. Winter, Maher Karam-Hage, George Kypriotakis, Jason D. Robinson, Diane Beneventi, Jennifer A. Minnix, Janice Blalock, and Paul Cinciripini

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  Effect of Expansion and Tumor Challenge on Chemokine Receptor Expression in Cord Blood-Derived CAR-NK Cells

  Sam Rosemore, Pinghua Liu, Pinaki Banerjee, Rafet Basar, Sunil Acharya, Hind Rafei, and Katy Rezvani

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  Effects of AS-1763 in Combination with other Targeted Agents for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

  Lizbeth Loza, Natalia Timofeeva, Shady Tantawy, and Varsha Gandhi

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  Effects of Supplemental Calcium and Vitamin D on Circulating Biomarkers of Gut Barrier Function in Colorectal Adenoma Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

  Sangji Lee and Veronika Fedirko

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  Electrospun Bioresorbable Polymer Blends as Vascular Grafts

  Isias Workeneh, Allan John Barcena, Marvin R. Bernardino, Erin Marie D. San Valentin, Archana Mishra, Marites P. Melancon, Tyler C. Owens, Sophie T. Melancon, and Steven Y. Huang

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  Elucidating the Mechanistic Role of IL-1R in Late-Stage K-ras Mutant Lung Cancer: Uncovering Therapeutic Potential

  Arnav Gaitonde, Avantika Krishna, Carlos Rodriguez, Bo Yuan, Michael J. Clowers, Maria Jose Arredondo Sancristobal, Katherine E. Larsen, Melody Zarghooni, and Seyed Javad Moghaddam

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  Enhancers activation by CRISPR/Cas9-based acetyltransferase rescues loss of function in CREBBP point mutant

  Sarah S. Luke, Haopeng Yang, and Michael R. Green

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  Enhancing Policy Effectiveness: Examining the Rollout of a Comprehensive Tobacco-Free Workplace Policy within Homeless-Serving Agencies and the Impact of Education Receipt

  Ammar D. Siddiqi, Maggie Britton, Tzuan A. Chen, Isabel Martinez Leal, Anastasia Rogova, Bryce Kyburz, Kathleen Casey, Teresa Williams, Briana Azad, and Lorraine R. Reitzel

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  Enhancing the Design and Consistency of an α-particle Irradiator for In Vitro Experiments

  Benjamin M. Kohler, Marco Tulio Reis, Poliana Marinello, and Gabriel Sawakuchi

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  Environmental Assessment of American Cancer-focused Institutions’ Awareness, Practices, and Policies Regarding Alcohol as a Significant Preventable Cancer Risk Factor

  Meghan Si, Stephanie Martch, Sanjay Shete, and Ernest Hawk

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  Environmental Scan of Web-based Consumer Information on the Risk of HPV-Related Diseases in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

  Contessa T. Radabaugh; Juan I. Ruiz MD, MPH; and Maria E. Suarez-Almazor MD, PhD

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  Estimating the Burden of T-Cell Lymphoma among Hispanic and Rural Patients

  Maria Cristina Maldonado-Barreno, Veronica Leautaud, and Luis Malpica

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  Evaluating the Effects of a Tobacco-Free Workplace Program on Provider Beliefs about Guest/Client Tobacco Use and Self-Efficacy to Intervene at Texas Homeless-Serving Agencies during COVID-19

  Briana Azad, Tzuan A. Chen, Ammar D. Siddiqi, Maggie Britton, Isabel Martinez Leal, Anastasia Rogova, Bryce Kyburz, Kathleen Casey, Teresa Williams, and Lorraine R. Reitzel

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  Evaluating the Impact of Aurora Kinase Inhibition on Immunogenic cell death(ICD) in HPV+ murine models

  Onyinye F. Ejiaka, Soma Ghosh, Lacin Yapindi, and Faye M. Johnson

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  Evaluating the Response of Chemoradiation Combined with Immunotherapy in Treating Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer

  Kala Pham, Kyoko Yoshida-Court, Olsi Gjyshi, Madison P. O'Hara, Tatiana Cisneros Napravnik, Lauren Colbert, Jagannadha Sastry, and Ann H. Klopp

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  Evaluation of Manganese (Mn) Binding Proteins in Lung Carcinoma Cells

  Jayden Oluwadamini Fagbola, Xiaochao Tan, and Jonathan M. Kurie

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  Evaluation of Structural Flexibility and Cross-Reactivity of the T-Cell Receptor

  Margaret He, Xianli Jiang, Kun Hee Kim, and Ken Chen

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  Examining the Benefits of Distributing HPV Self Collection Kits in Hispanic and African American Communities

  Habibatou Diallo, Alicia M. Palao, and Surendranath Srinivas Shastri

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  Excess TGF-β Induces MMP-9 and SPP-1 Expression in the Skeletal Muscle of Cancer Patients with Bone Metastases: Association with Muscle Dysfunction

  Isabella Ya-Zhi Hendricks, Lei Shi, Sukanya Suresh, Truc Kuo, Xu Cao, and Theresa A. Guise

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  Exploring the Feasibility, Validity, and Reliability of DIGEST after Maxillectomy

  Brook Fieldman, Sheila Buoy MPH, Xiaohui Tang PhD, Lauren Gurd MA, Miriam Lango MD, and Katherine Hutcheson PhD