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Juneko Elaine Grilley-Olson

Associate Professor in Medicine
Medicine, Medical Oncology
DUMC 3476, Durham, NC 27710
25178 Morris Bldg DUMC 3198, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Publications


Health Insurance Payer Type and Ethnicity Are Associated with Cancer Clinical Trial Enrollment Among Adolescents and Young Adults.

Journal Article J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol · February 2022 Purpose: Adolescents and young adults (AYAs) have experienced inferior improvements in cancer survival outcomes. One potential explanation is the low rate of enrollment in cancer clinical trials. While the reasons behind this are multifactual, sociodemogra ... Full text Link to item Cite

Phase 1 trial of adavosertib (AZD1775) in combination with concurrent radiation and cisplatin for intermediate-risk and high-risk head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Journal Article Cancer · December 1, 2021 BACKGROUND: Adavosertib (AZD1775) is an inhibitor of the Wee1 kinase. The authors conducted a phase 1b trial to evaluate the safety of adavosertib in combination with definitive chemoradiotherapy for patients with newly diagnosed, intermediate-risk/high-ri ... Full text Link to item Cite

The addition of chemotherapy to adjuvant radiation is associated with inferior survival outcomes in intermediate-risk HPV-negative HNSCC.

Journal Article Cancer Med · May 2021 BACKGROUND: Only high-risk tumors with extranodal extension (ENE) and/or positive surgical margins (PSM) benefit from adjuvant therapy (AT) with concurrent chemoradiation (CRT) compared to radiation therapy (RT) in locally advanced head and neck squamous c ... Full text Link to item Cite

A multicenter, single-arm, basket design, phase II study of NC-6004 plus gemcitabine in patients with advanced unresectable lung, biliary tract, or bladder cancer.

Journal Article Oncotarget · August 18, 2020 NC-6004 is a nanoparticle developed using micellar technology that can improve release of cisplatin, a standard treatment for many cancer types, and achieve selective distribution to tumors. Here, in the Phase II portion of this study, the activity, safety ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Phase 1b Dose Escalation Trial of NC-6300 (Nanoparticle Epirubicin) in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors or Advanced, Metastatic, or Unresectable Soft-tissue Sarcoma.

Journal Article Clin Cancer Res · August 15, 2020 PURPOSE: NC-6300 is a novel nanoparticle formulation of epirubicin that has a pH-sensitive linker conjugated to epirubicin. It exhibits selective tumor accumulation owing to enhanced permeability and retention effect. We conducted a phase 1b trial to deter ... Full text Link to item Cite

Concurrent Definitive Immunoradiotherapy for Patients with Stage III-IV Head and Neck Cancer and Cisplatin Contraindication.

Journal Article Clin Cancer Res · August 15, 2020 PURPOSE: Although cisplatin plus radiotherapy is a standard treatment of locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (LA-HNSCC), cisplatin contraindication is common. Radiation elicits and promotes tumor-directed immune stimulation, which may po ... Full text Link to item Cite

Interpathologist Diagnostic Agreement for Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinomas Using Current and Recent Classifications.

Journal Article Arch Pathol Lab Med · December 2018 CONTEXT.—: Measurement of interpathologist diagnostic agreement (IPDA) should allow pathologists to improve current diagnostic criteria and disease classifications. OBJECTIVES.—: To determine how IPDA for pathologists' diagnoses of non-small cell lung carc ... Full text Link to item Cite

Induction chemotherapy with carboplatin, nab-paclitaxel and cetuximab for at least N2b nodal status or surgically unresectable squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

Journal Article Oral Oncol · September 2018 BACKGROUND: Although induction studies of TPF in SCCHN have not improved outcomes compared to chemoradiotherapy alone, phase II studies of weekly carboplatin (CbP), paclitaxel and cetuximab (C225) have shown promising results. Nano-albumin-paclitaxel (nab- ... Full text Link to item Cite

Phase Ib Study of Bavituximab With Carboplatin and Pemetrexed in Chemotherapy-Naive Advanced Nonsquamous Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.

Journal Article Clin Lung Cancer · July 2018 INTRODUCTION: Bavituximab is an immunomodulatory chimeric monoclonal antibody that inhibits phosphatidylserine signaling, which promotes innate and adaptive immune responses. In this phase Ib trial we evaluated the safety, tolerability, and preliminary ant ... Full text Link to item Cite

Multidisciplinary Management of Oligometastatic Soft Tissue Sarcoma.

Journal Article Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book · May 23, 2018 Soft tissue sarcomas (STS) encompass a group of rare but heterogeneous diseases. Nevertheless, many patients, particularly those with oligometastatic disease can benefit from thoughtful multimodality evaluation and treatment regardless of the STS subtype. ... Full text Link to item Cite

Comprehensive and Integrated Genomic Characterization of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcomas.

Journal Article Cell · November 2, 2017 Sarcomas are a broad family of mesenchymal malignancies exhibiting remarkable histologic diversity. We describe the multi-platform molecular landscape of 206 adult soft tissue sarcomas representing 6 major types. Along with novel insights into the biology ... Full text Link to item Cite

Comparison of Patient- and Practitioner-Reported Toxic Effects Associated With Chemoradiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer.

Journal Article JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg · June 1, 2016 IMPORTANCE: Agreement between patient- and practitioner-reported toxic effects during chemoradiotherapy for head and neck cancer is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To compare patient-reported symptom severity and practitioner-reported toxic effects among patients rece ... Full text Link to item Cite

Using the galactose-α-1,3-galactose enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to predict anaphylaxis in response to cetuximab.

Journal Article Cancer · June 1, 2016 BACKGROUND: Cetuximab is a monoclonal antibody against epidermal growth factor receptor with activity against head and neck cancer and colorectal cancer. Anaphylaxis in response to cetuximab is a significant clinical problem in the Southeastern United Stat ... Full text Link to item Cite

Use of mobile device technology to continuously collect patient-reported symptoms during radiation therapy for head and neck cancer: A prospective feasibility study

Journal Article Advances in Radiation Oncology · April 1, 2016 Purpose: Accurate assessment of toxicity allows for timely delivery of supportive measures during radiation therapy for head and neck cancer. The current paradigm requires weekly evaluation of patients by a provider. The purpose of this study is to evaluat ... Full text Cite

A randomized phase II study of carboplatin with weekly or every-3-week nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitaxel (abraxane) in patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer.

Journal Article Oncologist · February 2015 BACKGROUND: Platinum plus etoposide is the standard therapy for extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) and is associated with significant myelosuppression. We hypothesized that the combination of carboplatin and nanoparticle albumin-bound paclita ... Full text Link to item Cite

A single-arm phase II trial of pazopanib in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer with non-squamous histology with disease progression on bevacizumab containing therapy.

Journal Article Lung Cancer · November 2014 OBJECTIVES: Platinum-based chemotherapy with bevacizumab is a standard therapy for patients with stage IIIB/IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with non-squamous (NS) histology. Mechanisms of resistance to bevacizumab include increased VEGF signaling or ... Full text Link to item Cite

Alterations of LKB1 and KRAS and risk of brain metastasis: comprehensive characterization by mutation analysis, copy number, and gene expression in non-small-cell lung carcinoma.

Journal Article Lung Cancer · November 2014 BACKGROUND: Brain metastases are one of the most malignant complications of lung cancer and constitute a significant cause of cancer related morbidity and mortality worldwide. Recent years of investigation suggested a role of LKB1 in NSCLC development and ... Full text Link to item Cite

Targeted next generation sequencing identifies clinically actionable mutations in patients with melanoma.

Journal Article Pigment Cell Melanoma Res · July 2014 Somatic sequencing of cancers has produced new insight into tumorigenesis, tumor heterogeneity, and disease progression, but the vast majority of genetic events identified are of indeterminate clinical significance. Here, we describe a NextGen sequencing a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Validation of interobserver agreement in lung cancer assessment: hematoxylin-eosin diagnostic reproducibility for non-small cell lung cancer: the 2004 World Health Organization classification and therapeutically relevant subsets.

Journal Article Arch Pathol Lab Med · January 2013 CONTEXT: Precise subtype diagnosis of non-small cell lung carcinoma is increasingly relevant, based on the availability of subtype-specific therapies, such as bevacizumab and pemetrexed, and based on the subtype-specific prevalence of activating epidermal ... Full text Link to item Cite

If histology matters..

Journal Article J Clin Oncol · April 10, 2010 Full text Link to item Cite