John Matthew Falletta | Scholars@Duke

John Matthew Falletta
Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics

The goal of our ongoing research is to determine optimum care for children with all types of cancer. The research mechanism involves participation in the Pediatric Oncology Group. These activities involve studies of the epidemiology and tumor biology of selected neoplasms and the natural history and optimum multimodal therapy of all childhood malignancies.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Hematology-Oncology, Pediatrics 2015

Contact Information

2424 Erwin Rd-Suite 405, Box 2712, Durham, NC 27710
2424 Erwin Rd-Suite 405, Box 2712, Durham, NC 27710
falle001@mc.duke.edu (919) 668-5111

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- M.D., University of Kansas 1966
- B.A., University of Kansas 1962
Duke Appointment History
- Professor in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2004 - 2014
- Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Hematology-Oncology, Pediatrics 1984 - 2014
- Chief, Division of Hematology, Pediatrics, Hematology-Oncology, Pediatrics 1976 - 1994
- Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Clinical Science Departments 1982 - 1984
- Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Clinical Science Departments 1976 - 1982
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Clinical Science Departments 1976
Expertise
Global Scholarship
- Research
  - China (Country)
Research
Selected Grants
- Enhancing Capacity in Human Subject Protections for Chinese Research Studies awarded by National Institutes of Health 2010 - 2012
- Integrated Human Research Subjects Protection Project awarded by National Institutes of Health 2003 - 2005
- Creation of a Secured IRB Protocol Management System awarded by National Institutes of Health 2002 - 2003
- Pediatric Oncology Group Studies awarded by National Institutes of Health 1995
- Pediatric Oncology Group Studies awarded by National Institutes of Health 1994 - 1995
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Dokholyan, RS, Muhlbaier, LH, Falletta, JM, Jacobs, JP, Shahian, D, Haan, CK, and Peterson, ED. "Regulatory and ethical considerations for linking clinical and administrative databases." American Heart Journal 157, no. 6 (June 2009): 971-982. Full Text
  - Harrelson, JM, and Falletta, JM. "The privacy rule (HIPAA) as it relates to clinical research." Cancer Treat Res 132 (2007): 199-207. (Review) Link to Item
  - Vaslef, SN, Cairns, CB, and Falletta, JM. "Ethical and regulatory challenges associated with the exception from informed consent requirements for emergency research: from experimental design to institutional review board approval." Arch Surg 141, no. 10 (October 2006): 1019-1023. Full Text Link to Item
  - Kung, FH, Schwartz, CL, Ferree, CR, London, WB, Ternberg, JL, Behm, FG, Wharam, MD, Falletta, JM, de Alarcon, P, Chauvenet, AR, and Children's Oncology Group, . "POG 8625: a randomized trial comparing chemotherapy with chemoradiotherapy for children and adolescents with Stages I, IIA, IIIA1 Hodgkin Disease: a report from the Children's Oncology Group." Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology 28, no. 6 (June 2006): 362-368. Full Text
  - Woods, GM, Jorgensen, JH, Waclawiw, MA, Reid, C, Wang, W, Pegelow, CH, Rogers, ZR, Iyer, RV, Holbrook, CT, Kinney, TR, Vichinsky, E, DeBaun, MR, Grossman, NJ, Thomas, MD, and Falletta, JM. "Influence of penicillin prophylaxis on antimicrobial resistance in nasopharyngeal S. pneumoniae among children with sickle cell anemia. The Ancillary Nasopharyngeal Culture Study of Prophylactic Penicillin Study II." Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology 19, no. 4 (July 1997): 327-333. Full Text
  - Rao, SP, Rajkumar, K, Schiffman, G, Unger, C, Bjornson, AB, and Falletta, JM. "Reimmunization to pneumococcus in patients with sickle cell disease: Do they or don't they respond? [1] (multiple letters)." Journal of Pediatrics 131, no. 3 (1997): 498-499.
  - Bjornson, AB, Falletta, JM, Verter, JI, Buchanan, GR, Miller, ST, Pegelow, CH, Iyer, RV, Johnstone, HS, DeBaun, MR, Wethers, DL, Wang, WC, Woods, GM, Holbrook, CT, Becton, DL, Kinney, TR, Reaman, GH, Kalinyak, K, Grossman, NJ, Vichinsky, E, and Reid, CD. "Serotype-specific immunoglobulin G antibody responses to pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in children with sickle cell anemia: effects of continued penicillin prophylaxis." J Pediatr 129, no. 6 (December 1996): 828-835. Link to Item
  - Falletta, JM, Woods, GM, Verter, JI, Buchanan, GR, Pegelow, CH, Iyer, RV, Miller, ST, Holbrook, C, Kinney, TR, Vichinsky, E, Becton, DL, Wang, W, Johnstone, HS, Wethers, DL, Reaman, GH, DeBaun, MR, Grossman, NJ, Kalinyak, K, Jorgensen, JH, Bjornson, A, Thomas, MD, and Reid, C. "Discontinuing penicillin prophylaxis in children with sickle cell anemia." The Journal of Pediatrics 127, no. 5 (November 1995): 685-690. Full Text
  - Katz, JA, Hvizdala, E, Shuster, J, Falletta, JM, Schwenn, M, and Murphy, SB. "Ten years' experience with LSA2-L2 therapy for childhood advanced lymphoblastic lymphoma." J Clin Oncol 11, no. 10 (October 1993): 2054-2055. (Letter) Full Text Link to Item
  - Olshan, AF, Breslow, NE, Falletta, JM, Grufferman, S, Pendergrass, T, Robison, LL, Waskerwitz, M, Woods, WG, Vietti, TJ, and Hammond, GD. "Risk factors for Wilms tumor. Report from the National Wilms Tumor Study." Cancer 72, no. 3 (August 1993): 938-944. Full Text
  - Moncino, MD, and Falletta, JM. "Multiple relapses of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea in a cancer patient. Successful control with long-term cholestyramine therapy." Am J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 14, no. 4 (November 1992): 361-364. Link to Item
  - West, MS, Wethers, D, Smith, J, and Steinberg, M. "Laboratory profile of sickle cell disease: a cross-sectional analysis. The Cooperative Study of Sickle Cell Disease." Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 45, no. 8 (August 1992): 893-909. Full Text
  - Falletta, JM, Shuster, JJ, Crist, WM, Pullen, DJ, Borowitz, MJ, Wharam, M, Patterson, R, Foreman, E, and Vietti, TJ. "Different patterns of relapse associated with three intensive treatment regimens for pediatric E-rosette positive T-cell leukemia: a Pediatric Oncology Group study." Leukemia 6, no. 6 (June 1992): 541-546.
  - Friedman, HS, Krischer, JP, Burger, P, Oakes, WJ, Hockenberger, B, Weiner, MD, Falletta, JM, Norris, D, Ragab, AH, and Mahoney, DH. "Treatment of children with progressive or recurrent brain tumors with carboplatin or iproplatin: a Pediatric Oncology Group randomized phase II study." J Clin Oncol 10, no. 2 (February 1992): 249-256. Full Text Link to Item
  - C-Ribeiro, R, Pui, C-H, Murphy, SB, Shuster, JJ, Hvizdala, EV, Falletta, J, Link, MP, Sullivan, MP, Pick, TE, Sandlund, JT, Fairclough, D, Crist, WM, and Berard, CW. "Childhood malignant non-Hodgkin lymphomas of uncommon histology." Leukemia 6, no. 8 (1992): 761-765.
  - Vietti, TJ, Land, V, Shuster, JJ, Amylon, M, Link, M, Berard, C, Crist, W, Borowitz, M, Falletta, J, Bowman, WP, Brecher, M, Castleberry, R, Frankel, L, Goorin, A, Hayes, FA, Hvizdala, E, Krischer, JP, Pollock, BH, and McWilliams, N. "Progress against childhood cancer: The Pediatric Oncology Group experience." Pediatrics 89, no. 4 (1992): 597-600.
  - Fishbein, JD, and Falletta, JM. "Pelger-Huet anomaly in an infant with multiple congenital anomalies." Am J Hematol 38, no. 3 (November 1991): 240-242. Link to Item
  - Cerezo, L, Shuster, JJ, Pullen, DJ, Brock, B, Borowitz, MJ, Falletta, JM, Crist, WM, and Head, DR. "Laboratory correlates and prognostic significance of granular acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children. A Pediatric Oncology Group study." American Journal of Clinical Pathology 95, no. 4 (April 1991): 526-531. Full Text
  - Hvizdala, EV, Berard, C, Callihan, T, Falletta, J, Sabio, H, Shuster, JJ, Sullivan, M, and Wharam, MD. "Nonlymphoblastic lymphoma in children - Histology and stage-related response to therapy: A pediatric oncology group study." Journal of Clinical Oncology 9, no. 7 (1991): 1189-1195.
  - Fishbein, JD, Friedman, HS, Bennett, BB, and Falletta, JM. "Catheter-related sepsis refractory to antibiotics treated successfully with adjunctive urokinase infusion." Pediatr Infect Dis J 9, no. 9 (September 1990): 676-678. Link to Item
  - Olshan, AF, Breslow, NE, Daling, JR, Falletta, JM, Grufferman, S, Robison, LL, Waskerwitz, M, and Hammond, GD. "Wilms' tumor and paternal occupation." Cancer Research 50, no. 11 (June 1990): 3212-3217.
  - Falletta, JM, Cushing, B, Lauer, S, Bell, B, Mahoney, DH, Castleberry, R, and Krance, RA. "Phase I evaluation of diaziquone in childhood cancer. A Pediatric Oncology Group study." Investigational New Drugs 8, no. 2 (May 1990): 167-170. Full Text
  - Dubansky, AS, Boyett, JM, Falletta, J, Mahoney, DH, Land, VJ, Pullen, J, and Buchanan, G. "Is a bone marrow puncture in children with isolated thrombocytopenia indicated to exclude acute lymphatic leukemia?." Monatsschrift fur Kinderheilkunde 138, no. 5 (1990): 254--.
  - Shuster, JJ, Falletta, JM, Pullen, DJ, Crist, WM, Humphrey, GB, Dowell, BL, Wharam, MD, and Borowitz, M. "Prognostic factors in childhood T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a Pediatric Oncology Group study." Blood 75, no. 1 (January 1990): 166-173.
  - Ware, R, Friedman, HS, Kinney, TR, Kurtzberg, J, Chaffee, S, and Falletta, JM. "Familial erythrophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: late relapse despite continuous high-dose VP-16 chemotherapy." Med Pediatr Oncol 18, no. 1 (1990): 27-29. Link to Item
  - Friedman, HS, Schold, SC, Mahaley, MS, Colvin, OM, Oakes, WJ, Vick, NA, Burger, PC, Bigner, SH, Borowitz, M, and Halperin, EC. "Phase II treatment of medulloblastoma and pineoblastoma with melphalan: clinical therapy based on experimental models of human medulloblastoma." Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 7, no. 7 (July 1989): 904-911. Full Text
  - Stine, KC, Friedman, HS, Kurtzberg, J, Filston, HC, Baker, ME, Lowe, J, and Falletta, JM. "Pulmonary septic emboli mimicking metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma." J Pediatr Surg 24, no. 5 (May 1989): 491-493. Link to Item
  - Stine, KC, Hockenberry, MJ, Harrelson, J, Miner, D, and Falletta, JM. "Systemic doxorubicin and intraarterial cisplatin preoperative chemotherapy plus postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with osteosarcoma." Cancer 63, no. 5 (March 1989): 848-853. Full Text
  - Dubansky, AS, Boyett, JM, Falletta, J, Mahoney, DH, Land, VJ, Pullen, J, and Buchanan, G. "Isolated thrombocytopenia in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A rare event in a Pediatric Oncology Group Study." Pediatrics 84, no. 6 (1989): 1068-1071.
  - Friedman, HS, Schold, SC, Djang, WT, Kurtzberg, J, Longee, DC, Halperin, EC, Falletta, JM, Coleman, RE, and Oakes, WJ. "Criteria for termination of phase II chemotherapy for patients with progressive or recurrent brain tumor." Neurology 39, no. 1 (January 1989): 62-66. Link to Item
  - Hockenberry, MJ, Schultz, WH, Bennett, B, Bryant, R, and Falletta, JM. "Experience with minimal complications in implanted catheters in children." Am J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 11, no. 3 (1989): 295-299. Link to Item
  - Ware, R, Kurtzberg, J, Friedman, HS, Falletta, JM, and Kinney, TR. "Chronic immune-mediated thrombocytopenia after varicella infection." J Pediatr 112, no. 5 (May 1988): 742-744. Link to Item
  - Borowitz, MJ, and Falletta, JM. "Leukemias and lymphomas of thymic differentiation." Clinics in Laboratory Medicine 8, no. 1 (March 1988): 119-134. (Review) Full Text
  - Ware, R, Kurtzberg, J, Brazy, J, and Falletta, JM. "Congenital Pelger-Huet anomaly in triplets." Am J Hematol 27, no. 3 (March 1988): 226-227. Link to Item
  - Crist, W, Pullen, J, Boyett, J, Falletta, J, van Eys, J, Borowitz, M, Jackson, J, Dowell, B, Russell, C, and Quddus, F. "Acute lymphoid leukemia in adolescents: clinical and biologic features predict a poor prognosis--a Pediatric Oncology Group Study." Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 6, no. 1 (January 1988): 34-43. Full Text
  - Crist, WM, Shuster, JJ, Falletta, J, Pullen, DJ, Berard, CW, Vietti, TJ, Alvarado, CS, Roper, MA, Prasthofer, E, and Grossi, CE. "Clinical features and outcome in childhood T-cell leukemia-lymphoma according to stage of thymocyte differentiation: A pediatric oncology group study." Blood 72, no. 6 (1988): 1891-1897.
  - Hvizdala, EV, Berard, C, Callihan, T, Falletta, J, Sabio, H, Shuster, JJ, Sullivan, M, and Wharam, MD. "Lymphoblastic lymphoma in children - A randomized trial comparing LSA₂-L₂ with the A-COP+ therapeutic regimen: A Pediatric Oncology Group study." Journal of Clinical Oncology 6, no. 1 (1988): 26-33.
  - Ware, R, Friedman, HS, Filston, HC, Chaffee, S, Kurtzberg, J, Kinney, TR, and Falletta, JM. "Childhood hepatic mesenchymoma: successful treatment with surgery and multiple-agent chemotherapy." Med Pediatr Oncol 16, no. 1 (1988): 62-65. Link to Item
  - Dowell, BL, Borowitz, MJ, Boyett, JM, Pullen, DJ, Crist, WM, Quddus, FF, Russell, EC, Falletta, JM, and Metzgar, RS. "Immunologic and clinicopathologic features of common acute lymphoblastic leukemia antigen-positive childhood T-cell leukemia. A Pediatric Oncology Group Study." Cancer 59, no. 12 (June 1987): 2020-2026. Full Text
  - Becton, DL, Friedman, HS, Armstrong, BE, Kurtzburg, J, Chaffee, S, Falletta, JM, and Kinney, TR. "Bacterial endocarditis in a child with a Broviac catheter." Pediatr Hematol Oncol 4, no. 2 (1987): 131-136. Link to Item
  - Becton, DL, Kurtzberg, J, Kinney, TR, Friedman, HS, Chaffee, S, and Falletta, JM. "Treatment of lymphohistiocytic erythrophagocytosis with VP-16 and aziridinylbenzoquinone." Med Pediatr Oncol 15, no. 2 (1987): 58-61. Link to Item
  - Falletta, JM. "Physicians as science writers." N C Med J 48, no. 1 (January 1987): 41-43. Link to Item
  - Kurtzber, J, Friedman, HS, Kinney, TR, Chaffee, S, and Falletta, JM. "Treatment of platelet alloimmunization with intravenous immunoglobulin. Two case reports and review of the literature." The American Journal of Medicine 83, no. 4 SUPPL. 1 (1987): 30-33.
  - Kurtzberg, J, Friedman, HS, Chaffee, S, Falletta, JM, Kinney, TR, Kurlander, R, Matthews, TJ, and Schwartz, RS. "Efficacy of intravenous gamma globulin in autoimmune-mediated pediatric blood dyscrasias." The American Journal of Medicine 83, no. 4 SUPPL. 1 (1987): 4-9.
  - Kurtzberg, J, Friedman, HS, Kinney, TR, Chaffee, S, Stine, K, Falletta, JM, and Weinhold, KJ. "Management of human immunodeficiency virus-associated thrombocytopenia with intravenous gamma globulin." Am J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 9, no. 4 (1987): 299-301. Link to Item
  - Malik, RK, Friedman, HS, Djang, WT, Falletta, JM, Buckley, E, Kurtzberg, J, Kinney, TR, Stine, K, Chaffee, S, and Hayes, J. "Treatment of trilateral retinoblastoma with vincristine and cyclophosphamide." American Journal of Ophthalmology 102, no. 5 (November 1986): 650-656.
  - Zarkowsky, HS, Gallagher, D, Gill, FM, Wang, WC, Falletta, JM, Lande, WM, Levy, PS, Verter, JI, and Wethers, D. "Bacteremia in sickle hemoglobinopathies." J Pediatr 109, no. 4 (October 1986): 579-585. Link to Item
  - Gaston, MH, Verter, JI, Woods, G, Pegelow, C, Kelleher, J, Presbury, G, Zarkowsky, H, Vichinsky, E, Iyer, R, and Lobel, JS. "Prophylaxis with oral penicillin in children with sickle cell anemia. A randomized trial." The New England Journal of Medicine 314, no. 25 (June 1986): 1593-1599. Full Text
  - Bigner, SH, Friedman, HS, Kinney, TR, Kurtzberg, J, Chaffee, S, Becton, D, and Falletta, JM. "9p- in a girl with acute lymphocytic leukemia and sickle cell disease." Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics 21, no. 3 (April 1986): 267-269. Full Text
  - Friedman, HS, Mahaley, MS, Schold, SC, Vick, NA, Falletta, JM, Bullard, DE, D'Souza, BJ, Khandekar, JD, Lew, S, and Oakes, WJ. "Efficacy of vincristine and cyclophosphamide in the therapy of recurrent medulloblastoma." Neurosurgery 18, no. 3 (March 1986): 335-340. Link to Item
  - van Eys, J, Pullen, J, Head, D, Boyett, J, Crist, W, Falletta, J, Humphrey, GB, Jackson, J, Riccardi, V, and Brock, B. "The French-American-British (FAB) classification of leukemia. The Pediatric Oncology Group experience with lymphocytic leukemia." Cancer 57, no. 5 (March 1986): 1046-1051. Full Text
  - Borowitz, MJ, Dowell, BL, Boyett, JM, Pullen, DJ, Crist, WM, Quddus, FM, Falletta, JM, and Metzgar, RS. "Clinicopathologic aspects of E rosette negative T cell acute lymphocytic leukemia: a Pediatric Oncology Group study." Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 4, no. 2 (February 1986): 170-177. Full Text
  - Becton, DL, Friedman, HS, Kurtzberg, J, Chaffee, S, Falletta, JM, and Kinney, TR. "Severe Mycoplasma pneumonia in three sisters with sickle cell disease." Pediatr Hematol Oncol 3, no. 3 (1986): 259-265. Link to Item
  - Crist, W, Pullen, J, Boyett, J, Falletta, J, van Eys, J, Borowitz, M, Jackson, J, Dowell, B, Frankel, L, and Quddus, F. "Clinical and biologic features predict a poor prognosis in acute lymphoid leukemias in infants: a Pediatric Oncology Group Study." Blood 67, no. 1 (January 1986): 135-140.
  - Head, DR, Borowitz, M, Cerezo, L, Craven, CM, Brock, BL, Boyett, JM, Pullen, DJ, Crist, WM, Falletta, J, and Humphrey, GB. "Acid phosphatase positivity in childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia." American Journal of Clinical Pathology 86, no. 5 (1986): 650-653.
  - Ragab, AH, Boyett, JM, Frankel, L, and Falletta, J. "Rubidazone in the treatment of recurrent acute leukemia in children. A Pediatric Oncology Group study." Cancer 57, no. 8 (1986): 1461-1463.
  - Van Eys, J, Pullen, J, Head, D, Boyett, J, Crist, W, Falletta, J, Humphrey, GB, Jackson, J, Riccardi, V, and Brock, B. "The French—American—British (FAB) classification of leukemia. The pediatric oncology group experience with lymphocytic leukemia." Cancer 57, no. 5 (January 1, 1986): 1046-1051. Full Text
  - Ware, R, Kinney, TR, Friedman, HS, Falletta, JM, and Rosse, WF. "Prognostic implications for direct platelet-associated IgG in childhood idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura." Am J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 8, no. 1 (1986): 32-37. Link to Item
  - Bjornsson, TD, Schold, SC, Friedman, HS, Schneider, D, and Falletta, JM. "Pharmacokinetics of diaziquone after three different dosage regimens." Cancer Treatment Reports 69, no. 12 (December 1985): 1383-1385.
  - Humphrey, GB, Blackstock, R, Falletta, JM, Metzgar, RS, Richie, ER, Pullen, DJ, Boyett, JM, Shuster, JJ, Roper, MA, and Russell, EC. "An analysis of the presence of Fc receptors on bone marrow lymphoblasts in acute lymphoblastic leukemia. A Pediatric Oncology Group study." Cancer 56, no. 8 (October 1985): 1995-2000. Full Text
  - Ambruso, DR, McCabe, ER, Anderson, D, Beaudet, A, Ballas, LM, Brandt, IK, Brown, B, Coleman, R, Dunger, DB, and Falletta, JM. "Infectious and bleeding complications in patients with glycogenosis Ib." American Journal of Diseases of Children (1960) 139, no. 7 (July 1985): 691-697.
  - Borowitz, MJ, Dowell, BL, Boyett, JM, Falletta, JM, Pullen, DJ, Crist, WM, Humphrey, GB, and Metzgar, RS. "Monoclonal antibody definition of T cell acute leukemia: a Pediatric Oncology Group study." Blood 65, no. 4 (April 1985): 785-788.
  - Falletta, JM, and Shuster, JJ. "Predicting relapse of patients with T antigen positive acute lymphocytic leukemia (T cell ALL)." Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research VOL. 26 (1985): No.-737.
  - Falletta, JM. "The clinical value of qualitative peripheral blood leukocyte changes." Blood Cells 11, no. 2 (1985): 295-299. Link to Item
  - Weiner, M, Leventhal, B, and Falleta, J. "Treatment for advanced Hodgkins disease (HD) in children." Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research VOL. 26 (January 1, 1985).
  - Becton, DL, Kinney, TR, Chaffee, S, Kurtzberg, J, Friedman, HS, and Falleta, JM. "High-dose intravenous immunoglobulin for severe platelet alloimmunization." Pediatrics 74, no. 6 (December 1984): 1120-1123. Link to Item
  - Becton, DL, Chaffee, S, Friedman, HS, Kurtzberg, J, Kinney, TR, and Falletta, JM. "Frequency of bone marrow aspirates in leukemia." J Pediatr 105, no. 3 (September 1984): 509-510. (Letter) Link to Item
  - Becton, DL, Lowe, JE, and Falletta, JM. "Lipoid pneumonia in an adolescent girl secondary to use of lip gloss." J Pediatr 105, no. 3 (September 1984): 421-423. Link to Item
  - Schold, SC, Friedman, HS, Bjornsson, TD, and Falletta, JM. "Treatment of patients with recurrent primary brain tumors with AZQ." Neurology 34, no. 5 (May 1984): 615-619. Link to Item
  - Hicks, N, Zack, M, Caldwell, GG, Fernbach, DJ, and Falletta, JM. "Childhood cancer and occupational radiation exposure in parents." Cancer 53, no. 8 (April 1984): 1637-1643. Full Text
  - Friedman, HS, Kurtzberg, J, Croker, B, Falletta, JM, and Kinney, TR. "Retinoblastoma metastatic to bone marrow. A case with florid spread." Clinical Pediatrics 23, no. 3 (March 1984): 184-187. Full Text
  - Linder, J, Woodard, BH, Kinney, TR, Cassano, W, Filston, H, and Falletta, JM. "Recurrent Burkitt's lymphoma mimicking toxic veno-occlusive disease of the liver." Am J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 6, no. 1 (1984): 93-96. Link to Item
  - Pullen, DJ, Boyett, JM, Crist, WM, Falletta, JM, Roper, M, Dowell, B, Van Eys, J, Jackson, JF, Humphrey, GB, and Metzgar, RS. "Pediatric oncology group utilization of immunologic markers in the designation of acute lymphocytic leukemia subgroups: influence on treatment response." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 428 (January 1984): 26-48. Full Text
  - Frank, JA, Friedman, HS, Davidson, DM, Falletta, JM, and Kinney, TR. "Propionibacterium shunt nephritis in two adolescents with medulloblastoma." Cancer 52, no. 2 (July 1983): 330-333. Full Text
  - Hershfield, MS, Kredich, NM, Koller, CA, Mitchell, BS, Kurtzberg, J, Kinney, TR, and Falletta, JM. "S-adenosylhomocysteine catabolism and basis for acquired resistance during treatment of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia with 2'-deoxycoformycin alone and in combination with 9-beta-D-arabinofuranosyladenine." Cancer Research 43, no. 7 (July 1983): 3451-3458.
  - Hidalgo, H, Korobkin, M, Kinney, TR, Falletta, J, Heaston, DH, and Kirks, DR. "The problem of benign pulmonary nodules in children receiving cytotoxic chemotherapy." American Journal of Roentgenology 140, no. 1 (1983): 21-24.
  - Sabio, H, Frankel, L, Sexauer, C, Falletta, J, and Kim, TH. "Maytansine in refractory childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia: A Pediatric Oncology Group study." Cancer Treatment Reports 67, no. 11 (1983): 1045--.
  - Pullen, DJ, Sullivan, MP, Falletta, JM, Boyett, JM, Humphrey, GB, Starling, KA, Land, VJ, Dyment, PG, Vats, T, and Duncan, MH. "Modified LSA2-L2 treatment in 53 children with E-rosette-positive T-cell leukemia: results and prognostic factors (a Pediatric Oncology Group Study)." Blood 60, no. 5 (November 1982): 1159-1168. Link to Item
  - Komp, DM, Fernandez, CH, Falletta, JM, Ragab, AH, Humphrey, GB, Pullen, J, Moon, T, and Shuster, J. "CNS prophylaxis in acute lymphoblastic leukemia: comparison of two methods a Southwest Oncology Group study." Cancer 50, no. 6 (September 1982): 1031-1036. Full Text
  - Coleman, RA, Sommerville, HM, Friedman, HS, Falletta, JM, and Kinney, TR. "Insulin therapy for ketolactic acidosis complicating malignancy." The Journal of Pediatrics 100, no. 4 (April 1982): 584-587. Full Text
  - Grufferman, S, Wang, HH, DeLong, ER, Kimm, SY, Delzell, ES, and Falletta, JM. "Environmental factors in the etiology of rhabdomyosarcoma in childhood." Jnci Journal of the National Cancer Institute 68, no. 1 (January 1982): 107-113.
  - Sullivan, MP, Ramirez, I, Pullen, J, Moore, T, Doering, EJ, Falletta, JM, Trueworthy, R, and Chen, T. "Use of cytosar in pediatric non-Hodgkin lymphoma." Med Pediatr Oncol 10 Suppl 1 (1982): 251-257. Link to Item
  - Friedman, HS, Pincus, JK, and Falletta, JM. "Central nervous system leukaemia." Lancet 2, no. 8247 (September 19, 1981): 633-. (Letter) Link to Item
  - Cheung, KS, Li, JK, Falletta, JM, Wagner, JL, and Lang, DJ. "Murine cytomegalovirus infection: hematological, morphological, and functional study of lymphoid cells." Infect Immun 33, no. 1 (July 1981): 239-249. Link to Item
  - Vogler, LB, Crist, WM, Sarrif, AM, Pullen, DJ, Bartolucci, AA, Falletta, JM, Dowell, B, Humphrey, GB, Blackstock, R, van Eys, J, Metzgar, RS, and Cooper, MD. "An analysis of clinical and laboratory features of acute lymphocytic leukemias with emphasis on 35 children with pre-B leukemia." Blood 58, no. 1 (July 1981): 135-140.
  - Falletta, JM, Pincus, PK, and Metzgar, RS. "Reduced efficacy of vincristine-prednisone in some patients with cell leukemia." Clinical Research 29, no. 5 (1981): 893A-.
  - Friedman, H, Pincus, J, and Falletta, J. "CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LEUKAEMIA." The Lancet 318, no. 8247 (1981): 633--. Full Text
  - Hershfield, M, Kredich, N, and Falletta, J. "Effects of deoxyadenosine (dAdo) and adenine arabinoside (AraA) during deoxycoformycin (dCF) therapy." Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Vol. 22 (1981): 621--.
  - Pullen, DJ, Falletta, JM, Crist, WM, Vogler, LB, Dowell, B, Humphrey, GB, Blackstock, R, Eys, JV, Cooper, MD, Metzgar, RS, and Meydrech, EF. "Southwest Oncology Group experience with immunological phenotyping in acute lymphocytic leukemia of childhood." Cancer Research 41, no. 11 II (1981): 4802-4809.
  - Singh, AN, Paul, L, and Falletta, J. "Comparative clinical trial of metoprolol as a single-dose versus twice-dailty dose regimen in uncomplicated hypertensive patients." Current Therapeutic Research - Clinical and Experimental 29, no. 1 I (1981): 89-101.
  - Dowell, BL, Falletta, JM, Moore, JO, and Metzgar, RS. "Detection and partial characterization of human thymus-leukemia antigens." Jnci Journal of the National Cancer Institute 65, no. 4 (October 1980): 691-701. Full Text
  - Zack, M, Cannon, S, Loyd, D, Heath, CW, Falletta, JM, Jones, B, Housworth, J, and Crowley, S. "Cancer in children of parents exposed to hydrocarbon-related industries and occupations." Am J Epidemiol 111, no. 3 (March 1980): 329-336. Link to Item
  - Fagundo, RH, Findley, HW, Kennedy, MS, Ragab, AH, Lui, VKS, Falletta, J, Nitschke, R, and Kim, TH. "Factors effecting granulopoiesis in childhood aplastic anemia." American Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology 2, no. 1 (January 1, 1980): 15-19.
  - Herson, J, Sutow, WW, Elder, K, Vietti, TJ, Falletta, JM, Crist, WM, Vats, TS, and Miale, T. "Adjuvant chemotherapy in nonmetastatic osteosarcoma: a Southwest Oncology Group Study." Med Pediatr Oncol 8, no. 4 (1980): 343-352. Link to Item
  - Anderson, EE, Kramer, SA, and Falletta, JM. "Diagnosis and management of Wilms' tumor." Compr Ther 5, no. 6 (June 1979): 69-73. Link to Item
  - Nitschke, R, Fagundo, R, Berry, DH, and Falletta, JM. "Weekly administration of cis-dichlorodiammineplatinum(II) in childhood solid tumors: a Southwest Oncology Group study." Cancer Treat Rep 63, no. 3 (March 1979): 497-499. Link to Item
  - Anderson, JK, Moore, JO, Falletta, JM, Terry, WF, and Metzgar, RS. "Acute lymphoblastic leukemia: classification and characterization with antisera to human T-cell and Ia antigens." J Natl Cancer Inst 62, no. 2 (February 1979): 293-298. Link to Item
  - Ettinger, R, Woods, GW, Terry, WF, and Falletta, JM. "A new chemotherapeutic approach to T-cell acute lymphocyte leukemia." Clinical Research 27, no. 5 (1979): 815A-.
  - Humphrey, GB, Crist, W, Falletta, J, and Richie, E. "The implication of thermostable and thermolabile T-cell leukemia in randomized trials (Potential prognostic significance)." Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Vol. 20 (1979): No.-1176.
  - Bryan, JH, Falletta, JM, and Patterson, RB. "Current concepts. Cancer in children." N C Med J 39, no. 11 (November 1978): 649-653. Link to Item
  - Heideman, RL, Falletta, JM, Mukhopadhyay, N, and Fernbach, DJ. "Lymphocytic leukemia in children: prognostic significance of clinical and laboratory findings at time of diagnosis." J Pediatr 92, no. 4 (April 1978): 540-545. Link to Item
  - Cangir, A, Falleta, JM, Ragab, AH, and McMillan, C. "Combination chemotherapy with adriamycin, cyclophosphamide, vincristine and 5-fluorouracil (AD-CON-FU) in children with metastatic solid tumors and untreated rare tumors." Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Vol. 19 (January 1, 1978).
  - Haggard, ME, Cangir, A, Ragab, AH, Komp, D, Falletta, J, and Humphrey, GB. "5 Fluorouracil in childhood solid tumors." Cancer Treatment Reports 61, no. 1 (1977): 69-71.
  - Stewart, SJ, Shepherd, DA, Steuber, CP, Starling, KA, and Falletta, JM. "Dissimilar courses of twins with leukemia." Med Pediatr Oncol 3, no. 3 (1977): 231-235. Link to Item
  - Yeoman, LC, Seeber, S, Taylor, CW, Fernbach, DJ, Falletta, JM, Jordan, JJ, and Busch, H. "Differences in chromatin proteins of resting and growing human lymphocytes." Exp Cell Res 100, no. 1 (June 1976): 47-55. Link to Item
  - Komp, DM, George, SL, Falletta, J, Land, VJ, Starling, KA, Humphrey, GB, and Lowman, J. "Cyclophosphamide-asparaginase- vincristine-prednisone induction therapy in childhood acute lymphocytic and nonlymphocytic leukemia." Cancer 37, no. 3 (March 1976): 1243-1247. Link to Item
  - Falletta, JM, and Arhelger, SC. "Amplification of concanavalin A response by human lymphocytes separable by density." Federation Proceedings 35, no. 3 (1976): no.-3409.
  - Heideman, RL, Falletta, JM, Steuber, P, Starling, KA, Rosenberg, HS, and Fernbach, DJ. "Acute leukemia in Burkitt lymphoma." Med Pediatr Oncol 2, no. 2 (1976): 215-222. Link to Item
  - Komp, DM, George, SL, Falletta, J, Land, VJ, Starling, KA, Humphrey, GB, and Lowman, J. "Cyclophosphamide‐asparaginase‐vincristine‐prednisone induction therapy in childhood acute lymphocytic and nonlymphocytic leukemia." Cancer 37, no. 3 (January 1, 1976): 1243-1247. Full Text
  - Land, VJ, Sutow, WW, Dyment, PG, Falletta, JM, Morgan, SK, and Bryan, J. "Remission induction with L-asparaginase, vincristine, and prednisone in children with acute nonlymphoblastic leukemia." Med Pediatr Oncol 2, no. 2 (1976): 191-198. Link to Item
  - Yeoman, LC, Seeber, S, Taylor, CW, Fernbach, DJ, Falletta, JM, Jordan, JJ, and Busch, H. "Differences in chromatin proteins of resting and growing human lymphocytes." Experimental Cell Research 100, no. 1 (January 1, 1976): 47-55. Full Text
  - Starling, KA, Falletta, JM, and Fernbach, DJ. "Immunologic chimerism as evidence of bone marrow graft acceptance in an identical twin with acute lymphocytic leukemia." Exp Hematol 3, no. 4 (August 1975): 244-248. Link to Item
  - Falletta, JM, Steuber, CP, Sexauer, CL, Heideman, RL, and Frates, RC. "Abdominal fibromatosis and thrombocytosis." The Journal of Pediatrics 87, no. 1 (1975): 145-146.
  - Collins, GE, Clay, MM, and Falletta, JM. "A prospective study of the epidemiology of adverse drug reactions in pediatric hematology and oncology patients." Am J Hosp Pharm 31, no. 10 (October 1974): 968-975. Link to Item
  - Steuber, CP, Fernbach, DJ, Starling, KA, and Falletta, JM. "High-dose cyclophosphamide (NSC-26271) therapy in childhood acute leukemia." Cancer Chemother Rep 58, no. 3 (May 1974): 417-419. Link to Item
  - Falletta, JM, Mukhopadhyay, N, Steuber, CP, Starling, KA, and Fernbach, DJ. "Human acute leukemia cells with membrane-bound immunoglobulin." Exp Hematol 2, no. 5 (1974): 259-263. Link to Item
  - Falletta, JM. "Immunotherapy of childhood cancer." Pediatric Annals 3, no. 6 (1974): 73-79.
  - Land, VJ, Falletta, JM, McMillan, CW, and Williams, TE. "Guanazole (NSC 1895) in the treatment of childhood leukemia." CANCER CHEMOTHER.REP. 58, no. 5 (1974): 715-717.
  - Steuber, CP, Fernbach, DJ, Starling, KA, and Falletta, JM. "Cyclophosphamide, vincristine, cytosine arabinoside, and prednisone (COAP) for remission induction in children with advanced acute lymphatic leukemia (ALL)." Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Vol. 15 (1974): No.-808.
  - Falletta, JM, Starling, KA, and Fernbach, DJ. "Leukemia in twins." Pediatrics 52, no. 6 (December 1973): 846-849. Link to Item
  - Falk, H, Heath, CW, Fernbach, DJ, and Falletta, JM. "Letter: Incidence of childhood leukaemia." Lancet 2, no. 7833 (October 13, 1973): 862-. Link to Item
  - Falletta, JM, Fernbach, DJ, Singer, DB, South, MA, Landing, BH, Heath, CW, Shore, NA, and Barrett, FF. "A fatal x-linked recessive reticuloendothelial syndrome with hyperglobulinemia. X-linked recessive reticuloendotheliosis." J Pediatr 83, no. 4 (October 1973): 549-556. Link to Item
  - Falletta, JM, Ramanujam, N, Starling, KA, and Fernbach, DJ. "Ig-positive lymphocytes in Hodgkin's disease." N Engl J Med 288, no. 11 (March 15, 1973): 581-582. Link to Item
  - Falletta, JM, Steuber, CP, Hayes, JW, Starling, KA, and Hill, LL. "Nonketotic hyperglycemia due to prednisone (NSC-10023) following ketotic hyperglycemia due to L-asparaginase (NSC-109229) plus prednisone." Cancer Chemother Rep 56, no. 6 (December 1972): 781-782. Link to Item
  - Hill, LL, Singer, DB, Falletta, J, and Stasney, R. "The nephrotic syndrome in congenital syphilis: an immunopathy." Pediatrics 49, no. 2 (1972): 260-266.
  - Young, SE, Ruiz, RS, and Falletta, J. "Reversal of systemic toxic effects of scopolamine with physostigmine salicylate." American Journal of Ophthalmology 72, no. 6 (December 1971): 1136-1138.

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