Mark William Onaitis | Scholars@Duke

Mark William Onaitis
Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery

Mouse Models of Foregut Malignancies
Normal Tissue and Cancer Stem Cells
Risk Prediction in Thoracic Malignancies

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery, Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Surgery 2016
Affiliate of the Regeneration Next Initiative, Regeneration Next Initiative, Institutes and Centers 2016

Contact Information

Box 3305 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
Dept Of Surgery, Durham, NC 27710
mark.onaitis@duke.edu (919) 684-6974

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- M.H.S., Duke University School of Medicine 2010
- M.D., Duke University 1997
Duke Appointment History
- Member of the Duke Cancer Institute, Duke Cancer Institute, Institutes and Centers 1997 - 2017
- Associate Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Surgery 2016
- Associate Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Surgery 2011 - 2016
- Assistant Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Surgery 2007 - 2011
Research
Selected Grants
- Translational Research in Surgical Oncology awarded by National Institutes of Health 2002 - 2021
- National Longitudinal Outcomes Following Surgical Therapy for Lung Cancer awarded by Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2014 - 2018
- Targeting Integrator Kinases in Lung Cancer Metastasis awarded by Free to Breathe 2015 - 2018
- Anti-CTGF Therapy for Squamous Cell Lung Cancer awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2017
- K-RAS mutant lung adenocarcinoma treatment awarded by AATS Graham Foundation 2014 - 2016
- Novel druggable pathway required for lung cancer progression and metastasis awarded by Uniting Against Lung Cancer 2014 - 2016
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Book Sections
  - Onaitis, MW, and D'amico, TA. "Molecular biology of lung cancer." In Cardiothoracic Surgery Review, 984-986. January 5, 2012.
- Conference Papers
  - Iglesias-Bartolome, R, Uchiyama, A, Graf, R, Molinolo, AA, Abusleme, L, Brooks, SR, Callejas-Valera, J, Edwards, D, Doci, C, Asselin-Labat, M, Onaitis, MW, Moutsopoulos, N, Gutkind, J, and Morasso, MI. "Unique transcriptional signature primes oral mucosa for rapid wound healing in humans." International Investigative Dermatology (IID) Meeting. Orlando, FL. May 16, 2018 - May 19, 2018.: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, May 1, 2018. Link to Item
  - Yang, C-FJ, Chan, DY, Yerokun, B, Wang, XF, Tong, BC, D'Amico, TA, Onaitis, MW, Hartwig, MG, Berry, MF, and Harpole, D. "Surgery versus optimal medical management of early-stage small cell lung cancer." May 20, 2016. Full Text Link to Item
  - Xu, X, Rampersad, R, Hogan, BLM, and Onaitis, MW. "Mechanism of Notch and Sox2 in Kras driven lung adenocarcinoma in type II cells." February 2016. Link to Item
  - Mallipeddi, MK, Eltaraboulsi, WR, Shoffner, AR, Naqvi, IA, D'Amico, TA, Onaitis, MW, and Berry, MF. "When should surgeons begin surveillance with CT scans after lobectomy for stage 1A non-small cell lung cancer?." May 20, 2014. Link to Item
  - Speicher, PJ, Englum, BR, Ganapathi, AM, Onaitis, MW, D'Amico, TA, and Berry, MF. "Association of adjuvant chemotherapy with improved survival after esophagectomy without induction therapy for node-positive adenocarinoma." May 20, 2014. Link to Item
  - Erhunmwunsee, L, Englum, BR, D'Amico, TA, Onaitis, MW, and Berry, MF. "Impact of Pre-treatment Imaging on Survival of Esophagectomy after Induction Therapy for Esophageal Cancer: Who Should be Given the Benefit of Doubt?." February 2014. Link to Item
  - Mallipeddi, MK, Eltaraboulsi, WR, Shoffner, AR, Naqvi, IA, D'Amico, TA, Onaitis, MW, and Berry, MF. "The Impact of Surveillance after Lobectomy for Stage IA Non-small Cell Lung Cancer." February 2014. Link to Item
  - Higgins, KA, Ready, NE, D'amico, TA, Onaitis, MW, Crawford, J, Clough, R, Berry, MF, Yoo, D, Harpole, DH, Dunphy, F, and Kelsey, CR. "PERSISTENT N2 DISEASE AFTER NEOADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY-NOW WHAT?." June 2011. Link to Item
  - Onaitis, MW. "CASE PRESENTATION: SMALL T1 SUBPLEURAL LUNG LESION IN THE RIGHT UPPER LOBE, INCIDENTALLY FOUND." June 2011. Link to Item
  - Pepek, JM, Chino, JP, Onaitis, MW, Marks, LB, Ready, N, Crawford, J, D'Amico, TA, Hubbs, JL, and Kelsey, CR. "Does the revised TNM staging system for lung cancer better estimate actuarial rates of local/regional recurrence after surgery?." May 20, 2010. Full Text
  - Rock, JR, Rawlins, EL, Onaitis, MW, and Hogan, BL. "Basal cells as stem cells of the mouse trachea and human conducting airways." July 15, 2009. Full Text Link to Item
  - Erhunmwunsee, L, Lu, Y, Luo, X, Jr, HDH, Hogan, BLM, and Onaitis, MW. "Basal cells in lung cancer." September 2008. Full Text Link to Item
  - Onaitis, MW, Haney, J, Petersen, R, Saltz, LB, Flores, RM, Rizk, N, Bains, MS, D'Amico, T, Kemeny, NE, Rusch, VW, and Downey, RJ. "Factors influencing outcome after pulmonary resection for colorectal cancer (CRC) metastases in the current era." May 20, 2008. Full Text Link to Item
  - Kalady, MF, Onaitis, MW, Mantyh, CR, Tyler, DS, and Ludwig, KA. "Coloanal anastomotic integrity after total mesorectal excision is not compromised by preoperative chemoradiation for rectal cancer." March 2005. Link to Item
  - Kalady, MF, Onaitis, MW, Abdul-Wahab, Z, Emani, S, Pruitt, SK, and Tyler, DS. "Dendritic cells pulsed with pancreatic cancer total tumor RNA generate specific anti-pancreatic cancer T cells." April 2003. Full Text Link to Item
  - Onaitis, MW, Tyler, DS, Coleman, E, Cotton, P, and Clary, BM. "Improved survival in patients with colorectal metastases to the liver undergoing preoperative FDG-PET." April 2003. Full Text Link to Item
  - Safford, SD, Coleman, RE, Gockerman, JP, Moore, J, Feldman, J, Onaitis, MW, Tyler, DS, and Olson, JA. "I-131-meta-iodobenzylguanidine treatment for metastatic carcinoid tumors in 98 patients." January 2003. Link to Item
  - Kalady, MF, Fields, RC, Wilkins, KB, Onaitis, MW, Tyler, DS, Mantyh, CR, and Ludwig, K. "Routine contrast imaging of low pelvic anastomosis before temporary stoma closure: Lack of clinical impact on patient management." July 2002. Link to Item
  - Kalady, MF, Onaitis, MW, Howden, JK, Baillie, J, Jowell, PS, Branch, MS, Pappas, TN, and Tyler, DS. "Pancreatic duct strictures without an associated common bile duct stricture: Identifying risk of malignancy." January 2002. Link to Item
  - Daniels, LJ, O'Halloran, EK, Onaitis, MW, and Eubanks, S. "Laparoscopic Heller myotomy as an effective and durable treatment for achalasia: The Duke University experience." April 2001. Link to Item
  - Kalady, MF, White, DC, Onaitis, MW, Coleman, E, Seigler, HF, and Tyler, D. "Validation of delayed sentinel lymph node mapping for melanoma." 2001. Link to Item
- Journal Articles
  - Boffa, DJ, Kosinski, AS, Furnary, AP, Kim, S, Onaitis, MW, Tong, BC, Cowper, PA, Hoag, JR, Jacobs, JP, Wright, CD, Putnam, JB, and Fernandez, FG. "Minimally Invasive Lung Cancer Surgery Performed by Thoracic Surgeons as Effective as Thoracotomy." Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 36, no. 23 (August 2018): 2378-2385. Full Text
  - Iglesias-Bartolome, R, Uchiyama, A, Molinolo, AA, Abusleme, L, Brooks, SR, Callejas-Valera, JL, Edwards, D, Doci, C, Asselin-Labat, M-L, Onaitis, MW, Moutsopoulos, NM, Gutkind, JS, and Morasso, MI. "Transcriptional signature primes human oral mucosa for rapid wound healing." Science Translational Medicine 10, no. 451 (July 2018). Full Text
  - Upham, TC, and Onaitis, MW. "Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery versus robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery versus thoracotomy for early-stage lung cancer." The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 156, no. 1 (July 2018): 365-368. Full Text
  - Fernandez, FG, Kosinski, AS, Furnary, AP, Onaitis, M, Kim, S, Habib, RH, Tong, BC, Cowper, P, Boffa, D, Jacobs, JP, Wright, CD, and Putnam, JB. "Differential effects of operative complications on survival after surgery for primary lung cancer." The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 155, no. 3 (March 2018): 1254-1264.e1. Full Text
  - Cheng, X, Onaitis, MW, D'amico, TA, and Chen, H. "Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery 3.0: Lessons Learned From the History of Lung Cancer Surgery." Annals of Surgery 267, no. 1 (January 2018): 37-38. (Review) Full Text
  - Onaitis, MW, Furnary, AP, Kosinski, AS, Kim, S, Boffa, D, Tong, BC, Cowper, P, Jacobs, JP, Wright, CD, Putnam, JB, and Fernandez, FG. "Prediction of Long-Term Survival After Lung Cancer Surgery for Elderly Patients in The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 105, no. 1 (January 2018): 309-316. Full Text
  - Tirrell, T, and Onaitis, M. "Lymph node assessment and survival: we still have work to do." Journal of Thoracic Disease 10, no. 1 (January 2018): 15-16. Full Text
  - Boyer, MJ, Williams, CD, Harpole, DH, Onaitis, MW, Kelley, MJ, and Salama, JK. "Improved Survival of Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A VA Central Cancer Registry Analysis." Journal of Thoracic Oncology : Official Publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer 12, no. 12 (December 2017): 1814-1823. Full Text
  - Asselin-Labat, M-L, Rampersad, R, Xu, X, Ritchie, ME, Michalski, J, Huang, L, and Onaitis, MW. "High-LET Radiation Increases Tumor Progression in a K-Ras-Driven Model of Lung Adenocarcinoma." Radiation Research 188, no. 5 (November 2017): 562-570. Full Text
  - Gaissert, HA, Fernandez, FG, Crabtree, T, Burfeind, WR, Allen, MS, Block, MI, Schipper, PH, Jacobs, JP, Habib, RH, Shahian, DM, and Additional Authors, . "The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database: 2017 Update on Research." The Annals of thoracic surgery 104, no. 5 (November 2017): 1450-1455. (Review) Full Text
  - Karhausen, JA, Smeltz, AM, Akushevich, I, Cooter, M, Podgoreanu, MV, Stafford-Smith, M, Martinelli, SM, Fontes, ML, and Kertai, MD. "Platelet Counts and Postoperative Stroke After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery." Anesthesia and analgesia 125, no. 4 (October 2017): 1129-1139. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Cerfolio, R, Louie, BE, Farivar, AS, Onaitis, M, and Park, BJ. "Consensus statement on definitions and nomenclature for robotic thoracic surgery." The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 154, no. 3 (September 2017): 1065-1069. Full Text
  - Roberts, SL, Dun, X-P, Doddrell, RDS, Mindos, T, Drake, LK, Onaitis, MW, Florio, F, Quattrini, A, Lloyd, AC, D'Antonio, M, and Parkinson, DB. "Sox2 expression in Schwann cells inhibits myelination in vivo and induces influx of macrophages to the nerve." Development (Cambridge, England) 144, no. 17 (September 2017): 3114-3125. Full Text
  - Boffa, D, Fernandez, FG, Kim, S, Kosinski, A, Onaitis, MW, Cowper, P, Jacobs, JP, Wright, CD, Putnam, JB, and Furnary, AP. "Surgically Managed Clinical Stage IIIA-Clinical N2 Lung Cancer in The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 104, no. 2 (August 2017): 395-403. Full Text
  - Gu, JJ, Rouse, C, Xu, X, Wang, J, Onaitis, MW, and Pendergast, AM. "Inactivation of ABL kinases suppresses non-small cell lung cancer metastasis." Jci Insight 1, no. 21 (December 22, 2016): e89647-null. Full Text
  - Gulack, BC, Yang, C-FJ, Speicher, PJ, Yerokun, BA, Tong, BC, Onaitis, MW, D'Amico, TA, Harpole, DH, Hartwig, MG, and Berry, MF. "A Risk Score to Assist Selecting Lobectomy Versus Sublobar Resection for Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer." The Annals of thoracic surgery 102, no. 6 (December 2016): 1814-1820. Full Text
  - Gaissert, HA, Fernandez, FG, Allen, MS, Burfeind, WR, Block, MI, Donahue, JM, Mitchell, JD, Schipper, PH, Onaitis, MW, Kosinski, AS, Jacobs, JP, Shahian, DM, Kozower, BD, Edwards, FH, Conrad, EA, and Patterson, GA. "The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database: 2016 Update on Research." The Annals of thoracic surgery 102, no. 5 (November 2016): 1444-1451. (Review) Full Text
  - Onaitis, M, and Park, B. "Teaching robotic surgery: Making progress." The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 152, no. 4 (October 2016): 950-951. Full Text
  - Boyer, MJ, Gu, L, Wang, X, Kelsey, CR, Yoo, DS, Onaitis, MW, Dunphy, FR, Crawford, J, Ready, NE, and Salama, JK. "Toxicity of definitive and post-operative radiation following ipilimumab in non-small cell lung cancer." Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 98 (August 2016): 76-78. Full Text
  - Yerokun, BA, Sun, Z, Yang, C-FJ, Gulack, BC, Speicher, PJ, Adam, MA, D'Amico, TA, Onaitis, MW, Harpole, DH, Berry, MF, and Hartwig, MG. "Minimally Invasive Versus Open Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer: A Population-Based Analysis." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 102, no. 2 (August 2016): 416-423. Full Text
  - Onaitis, MW, and Salama, J. "Surgery versus stereotactic body radiation therapy for operable stage I non-small cell lung cancer: Can we achieve equipoise?." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 152, no. 1 (July 2016): 1-2. Full Text
  - Fernandez, FG, Furnary, AP, Kosinski, AS, Onaitis, MW, Kim, S, Boffa, D, Cowper, P, Jacobs, JP, Wright, CD, and Putnam, JB. "Longitudinal Follow-up of Lung Cancer Resection From the Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database in Patients 65 Years and Older." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 101, no. 6 (June 2016): 2067-2076. Full Text
  - Yang, C-FJ, Adil, SM, Anderson, KL, Meyerhoff, RR, Turley, RS, Hartwig, MG, Harpole, DH, Tong, BC, Onaitis, MW, D'Amico, TA, and Berry, MF. "Impact of patient selection and treatment strategies on outcomes after lobectomy for biopsy-proven stage IIIA pN2 non-small cell lung cancer." European Journal of Cardio Thoracic Surgery : Official Journal of the European Association for Cardio Thoracic Surgery 49, no. 6 (June 2016): 1607-1613. Full Text
  - Yang, C-FJ, Meyerhoff, RR, Mayne, NR, Singhapricha, T, Toomey, CB, Speicher, PJ, Hartwig, MG, Tong, BC, Onaitis, MW, Harpole, DH, D'Amico, TA, and Berry, MF. "Long-term survival following open versus thoracoscopic lobectomy after preoperative chemotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer." European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery 49, no. 6 (June 2016): 1615-1623. Full Text
  - Yang, C-FJ, Chan, DY, Speicher, PJ, Gulack, BC, Wang, X, Hartwig, MG, Onaitis, MW, Tong, BC, D'Amico, TA, Berry, MF, and Harpole, DH. "Role of Adjuvant Therapy in a Population-Based Cohort of Patients With Early-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer." Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 34, no. 10 (April 2016): 1057-1064. Full Text
  - Kang, X, Liu, H, Onaitis, MW, Liu, Z, Owzar, K, Han, Y, Su, L, Wei, Y, Hung, RJ, Brhane, Y, McLaughlin, J, Brennan, P, Bickeböller, H, Rosenberger, A, Houlston, RS, Caporaso, N, Landi, MT, Heinrich, J, Risch, A, Wu, X, Ye, Y, Christiani, DC, Amos, CI, Wei, Q, and Transdisciplinary Research in Cancer of the Lung (TRICL) Research Team, . "Polymorphisms of the centrosomal gene (FGFR1OP) and lung cancer risk: a meta-analysis of 14,463 cases and 44,188 controls." Carcinogenesis 37, no. 3 (March 2016): 280-289. Full Text
  - Yang, C-FJ, Sun, Z, Speicher, PJ, Saud, SM, Gulack, BC, Hartwig, MG, Harpole, DH, Onaitis, MW, Tong, BC, D'Amico, TA, and Berry, MF. "Use and Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Lobectomy for Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in the National Cancer Data Base." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 101, no. 3 (March 2016): 1037-1042. Full Text
  - Oprea, AD, Fontes, ML, Onaitis, MW, and Kertai, MD. "Comparison Between the 2007 and 2014 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guidelines on Perioperative Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery." Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia 29, no. 6 (December 2015): 1639-1650. (Review) Full Text
  - Yang, C-FJ, Gulack, BC, Gu, L, Speicher, PJ, Wang, X, Harpole, DH, Onaitis, MW, D'Amico, TA, Berry, MF, and Hartwig, MG. "Adding radiation to induction chemotherapy does not improve survival of patients with operable clinical N2 non-small cell lung cancer." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 150, no. 6 (December 2015): 1484-1492. Full Text
  - Kara, HV, Mallipeddi, MK, Javidfar, J, and Onaitis, MW. "Benign emptying of the postpneumonectomy space." Lung India : official organ of Indian Chest Society 32, no. 6 (November 2015): 614-615. Full Text
  - Yang, C-FJ, Adil, SM, Meyerhoff, RR, Anderson, KL, Hirji, SA, Harpole, D, Tong, BC, Onaitis, MW, Hartwig, MG, D'Amico, TA, and Berry, MF. "Impact of Radiation on Recurrence Patterns and Survival for Patients Undergoing Lobectomy for Stage IIIA-pN2 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer." JOURNAL OF THORACIC ONCOLOGY 10, no. 9 (September 2015): S573-S573. Link to Item
  - Yang, C-FJ, Chan, DY, Gulack, BC, Ranney, DN, Tong, BC, Onaitis, MW, Harpole, D, D'Amico, TA, Hartwig, MG, and Berry, MF. "Right-Sided vs. Left-Sided Pneumonectomy after Induction Therapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer." JOURNAL OF THORACIC ONCOLOGY 10, no. 9 (September 2015): S335-S336. Link to Item
  - Yang, C-FJ, Chan, DY, Gulack, BC, Speicher, PJ, Hartwig, MG, Berry, MF, Tong, BC, Onaitis, MW, D'Amico, TA, and Harpole, D. "Survival after Surgery for pN1 and pN2 Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Comparison with Surgical Treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer." JOURNAL OF THORACIC ONCOLOGY 10, no. 9 (September 2015): S399-S400. Link to Item
  - Yang, C-FJ, Chan, DY, Gulack, BC, Speicher, PJ, Onaitis, MW, Tong, BC, D'Amico, TA, Harpole, D, Berry, MF, and Hartwig, MG. "Wedge Resection vs Segmentectomy for Patients with T1A N0 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer." JOURNAL OF THORACIC ONCOLOGY 10, no. 9 (September 2015): S242-S242. Link to Item
  - Yang, C-FJ, Chan, DY, Speicher, PJ, Gulack, BC, Onaitis, MW, Hartwig, MG, Tong, BC, Berry, MF, D'Amico, TA, and Harpole, D. "Long-Term Survival after Surgery for Pathologic N1 and N2 Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Comparison with Nonoperative Management." JOURNAL OF THORACIC ONCOLOGY 10, no. 9 (September 2015): S193-S194. Link to Item
  - Tang, P, Onaitis, M, Gaca, JG, Milano, CA, Stafford-Smith, M, and Glower, D. "Right Minithoracotomy Versus Median Sternotomy for Mitral Valve Surgery: A Propensity Matched Study." The Annals of thoracic surgery 100, no. 2 (August 2015): 575-581. Full Text
  - Berry, MF, Yang, C-FJ, Hartwig, MG, Tong, BC, Harpole, DH, D'Amico, TA, and Onaitis, MW. "Impact of Pulmonary Function Measurements on Long-Term Survival After Lobectomy for Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer." The Annals of thoracic surgery 100, no. 1 (July 2015): 271-276. Full Text
  - Speicher, PJ, Englum, BR, Ganapathi, AM, Onaitis, MW, D'Amico, TA, and Berry, MF. "Outcomes after treatment of 17,378 patients with locally advanced (T3N0-2) non-small-cell lung cancer." European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery 47, no. 4 (April 2015): 636-641. Full Text
  - Xiao, L, Kim, DJ, Davis, CL, McCann, JV, Dunleavey, JM, Vanderlinden, AK, Xu, N, Pattenden, SG, Frye, SV, Xu, X, Onaitis, M, Monaghan-Benson, E, Burridge, K, and Dudley, AC. "Tumor Endothelial Cells with Distinct Patterns of TGFβ-Driven Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition." Cancer research 75, no. 7 (April 2015): 1244-1254. Full Text
  - Coleman, BK, Curtis, LH, Onaitis, MW, D'Amico, TA, and Berry, MF. "Adjuvant chemotherapy after resection of N1 non-small cell lung cancer: differential impact of new evidence on physician and patient decisions." Journal of thoracic disease 7, no. 3 (March 2015): 243-251. Full Text
  - Erhunmwunsee, L, Englum, BR, Onaitis, MW, D'Amico, TA, and Berry, MF. "Impact of pretreatment imaging on survival of esophagectomy after induction therapy for esophageal cancer: who should be given the benefit of the doubt?: esophagectomy outcomes of patients with suspicious metastatic lesions." Annals of Surgical Oncology 22, no. 3 (March 2015): 1020-1025. Full Text
  - Nussbaum, DP, Speicher, PJ, Gulack, BC, Hartwig, MG, Onaitis, MW, D'Amico, TA, and Berry, MF. "Defining the role of adjuvant chemotherapy after lobectomy for typical bronchopulmonary carcinoid tumors." The Annals of thoracic surgery 99, no. 2 (February 2015): 428-434. Full Text
  - Hanna, JM, Erhunmwunsee, L, Berry, M, D'Amico, T, and Onaitis, M. "The prognostic importance of the number of dissected lymph nodes after induction chemoradiotherapy for esophageal cancer." The Annals of thoracic surgery 99, no. 1 (January 2015): 265-269. Full Text
  - Speicher, PJ, Englum, BR, Ganapathi, AM, Mulvihill, MS, Hartwig, MG, Onaitis, MW, D'Amico, TA, and Berry, MF. "Adjuvant chemotherapy is associated with improved survival after esophagectomy without induction therapy for node-positive adenocarcinoma." Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer 10, no. 1 (January 2015): 181-188. Full Text
  - Linden, PA, D'Amico, TA, Perry, Y, Saha-Chaudhuri, P, Sheng, S, Kim, S, and Onaitis, M. "Quantifying the safety benefits of wedge resection: a society of thoracic surgery database propensity-matched analysis." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 98, no. 5 (November 2014): 1705-1711. Full Text
  - Berry, MF, D'Amico, TA, and Onaitis, MW. "Use of amiodarone after major lung resection." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 98, no. 4 (October 2014): 1199-1206. Full Text
  - Shah, AA, Worni, M, Onaitis, MW, Balderson, SS, Harpole, DH, D'Amico, TA, and Berry, MF. "Thoracoscopic left upper lobectomy in patients with internal mammary artery coronary bypass grafts." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 98, no. 4 (October 2014): 1207-1212. Full Text
  - Klapper, J, Hirji, S, Hartwig, MG, D'Amico, TA, Harpole, DH, Onaitis, MW, and Berry, MF. "Outcomes after pneumonectomy for benign disease: the impact of urgent resection." Journal of the American College of Surgeons 219, no. 3 (September 2014): 518-524. Full Text
  - Xu, X, Huang, L, Futtner, C, Schwab, B, Rampersad, RR, Lu, Y, Sporn, TA, Hogan, BLM, and Onaitis, MW. "The cell of origin and subtype of K-Ras-induced lung tumors are modified by Notch and Sox2." Genes & Development 28, no. 17 (September 2014): 1929-1939. Full Text
  - Boffa, DJ, Dhamija, A, Kosinski, AS, Kim, AW, Detterbeck, FC, Mitchell, JD, Onaitis, MW, and Paul, S. "Fewer complications result from a video-assisted approach to anatomic resection of clinical stage I lung cancer." The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 148, no. 2 (August 2014): 637-643. Full Text
  - Speicher, PJ, Ganapathi, AM, Englum, BR, Hartwig, MG, Onaitis, MW, D'Amico, TA, and Berry, MF. "Induction therapy does not improve survival for clinical stage T2N0 esophageal cancer." Journal of Thoracic Oncology : Official Publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer 9, no. 8 (August 2014): 1195-1201. Full Text
  - Berry, MF, D'Amico, TA, Onaitis, MW, and Kelsey, CR. "Thoracoscopic approach to lobectomy for lung cancer does not compromise oncologic efficacy." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 98, no. 1 (July 2014): 197-202. Full Text
  - Burt, BM, Kosinski, AS, Shrager, JB, Onaitis, MW, and Weigel, T. "Thoracoscopic lobectomy is associated with acceptable morbidity and mortality in patients with predicted postoperative forced expiratory volume in 1 second or diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide less than 40% of normal." The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 148, no. 1 (July 2014): 19-28. Full Text
  - Tong, BC, Kosinski, AS, Burfeind, WR, Onaitis, MW, Berry, MF, Harpole, DH, and D'Amico, TA. "Sex differences in early outcomes after lung cancer resection: analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Database." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 148, no. 1 (July 2014): 13-18. Full Text
  - Hanna, JM, and Onaitis, MW. "Robotic benign esophageal procedures." Thoracic surgery clinics 24, no. 2 (May 2014): 223-vii. (Review) Full Text
  - Huang, L, and Onaitis, M. "Minimally invasive and robotic Ivor Lewis esophagectomy." Journal of Thoracic Disease 6 Suppl 3 (May 2014): S314-S321. (Review) Full Text
  - Haney, JC, Hanna, JM, Berry, MF, Harpole, DH, D'Amico, TA, Tong, BC, and Onaitis, MW. "Differential prognostic significance of extralobar and intralobar nodal metastases in patients with surgically resected stage II non-small cell lung cancer." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 147, no. 4 (April 2014): 1164-1168. Full Text
  - Huang, L, Walter, V, Hayes, DN, and Onaitis, M. "Hedgehog-GLI signaling inhibition suppresses tumor growth in squamous lung cancer." Clinical Cancer Research : an Official Journal of the American Association for Cancer Research 20, no. 6 (March 2014): 1566-1575. Full Text
  - Mallipeddi, MK, and Onaitis, MW. "The contemporary role of minimally invasive esophagectomy in esophageal cancer." Current oncology reports 16, no. 3 (March 2014): 374-. (Review) Full Text
  - Speicher, PJ, Ganapathi, AM, Englum, BR, Onaitis, MW, D'Amico, TA, and Berry, MF. "Survival in the elderly after pneumonectomy for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer: a comparison with nonoperative management." Journal of the American College of Surgeons 218, no. 3 (March 2014): 439-449. Full Text
  - Berry, MF, Worni, M, Wang, X, Harpole, DH, D'Amico, TA, and Onaitis, MW. "Sleeve lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer with N1 nodal disease does not compromise survival." Ann Thorac Surg 97, no. 1 (January 2014): 230-235. Full Text Link to Item
  - Huang, L, and Onaitis, M. "Minimally invasive and robotic Ivor Lewis esophagectomy." Journal of Thoracic Disease 6, no. SUPPL.3 (January 1, 2014). (Review) Full Text
  - Linden, PA, D'Amico, TA, Perry, Y, Saha-Chaudhuri, P, Sheng, S, Kim, S, and Onaitis, M. "Quantifying the safety benefits of wedge resection: A society of thoracic surgery database propensity-matched analysis." Annals of Thoracic Surgery 98, no. 5 (January 1, 2014): 1705-1711. Full Text
  - Morse, MA, Niedzwiecki, D, Marshall, JL, Garrett, C, Chang, DZ, Aklilu, M, Crocenzi, TS, Cole, DJ, Dessureault, S, Hobeika, AC, Osada, T, Onaitis, M, Clary, BM, Hsu, D, Devi, GR, Bulusu, A, Annechiarico, RP, Chadaram, V, Clay, TM, and Lyerly, HK. "A randomized phase II study of immunization with dendritic cells modified with poxvectors encoding CEA and MUC1 compared with the same poxvectors plus GM-CSF for resected metastatic colorectal cancer." Annals of Surgery 258, no. 6 (December 2013): 879-886. Full Text
  - Tang, P, Onaitis, M, Desai, B, Gaca, JG, Milano, CA, Stafford-Smith, M, and Glower, DD. "Minithoracotomy versus sternotomy for mitral surgery in patients with chronic renal impairment: a propensity-matched study." Innovations (Philadelphia, Pa.) 8, no. 5 (September 2013): 325-331. Full Text
  - Shah, AA, Worni, M, Kelsey, CR, Onaitis, MW, D'Amico, TA, and Berry, MF. "Does pneumonectomy have a role in the treatment of stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer?." Ann Thorac Surg 95, no. 5 (May 2013): 1700-1707. Full Text Link to Item
  - Liu, K, Jiang, M, Lu, Y, Chen, H, Sun, J, Wu, S, Ku, W-Y, Nakagawa, H, Kita, Y, Natsugoe, S, Peters, JH, Rustgi, A, Onaitis, MW, Kiernan, A, Chen, X, and Que, J. "Sox2 cooperates with inflammation-mediated Stat3 activation in the malignant transformation of foregut basal progenitor cells." Cell Stem Cell 12, no. 3 (March 2013): 304-315. Full Text
  - Villamizar, NR, Darrabie, M, Hanna, J, Onaitis, MW, Tong, BC, D'Amico, TA, and Berry, MF. "Impact of T status and N status on perioperative outcomes after thoracoscopic lobectomy for lung cancer." The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 145, no. 2 (February 2013): 514-520. Full Text
  - Hanna, JM, and Onaitis, MW. "Cell of origin of lung cancer." Journal of Carcinogenesis 12 (January 2013): 6-null. Full Text
  - Villamizar, NR, Darrabie, M, Hanna, J, Onaitis, MW, Tong, BC, D'Amico, TA, and Berry, MF. "Impact of T status and N status on perioperative outcomes after thoracoscopic lobectomy for lung cancer." Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 145, no. 2 (2013): 514-521. Full Text
  - Ceppa, DP, Kosinski, AS, Berry, MF, Tong, BC, Harpole, DH, Mitchell, JD, D'Amico, TA, and Onaitis, MW. "Thoracoscopic lobectomy has increasing benefit in patients with poor pulmonary function: a Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database analysis." Annals of Surgery 256, no. 3 (September 2012): 487-493. Full Text
  - Boffa, DJ, Kosinski, AS, Paul, S, Mitchell, JD, and Onaitis, M. "Lymph node evaluation by open or video-assisted approaches in 11,500 anatomic lung cancer resections." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 94, no. 2 (August 2012): 347-353. Full Text
  - Berry, MF, Onaitis, MW, Tong, BC, Balderson, SS, Harpole, DH, and D'Amico, TA. "Feasibility of hybrid thoracoscopic lobectomy and en-bloc chest wall resection." European Journal of Cardio Thoracic Surgery : Official Journal of the European Association for Cardio Thoracic Surgery 41, no. 4 (April 2012): 888-892. Full Text
  - Shah, AA, Barfield, ME, Kelsey, CR, Onaitis, MW, Tong, B, Harpole, D, D'Amico, TA, and Berry, MF. "Outcomes after surgical management of synchronous bilateral primary lung cancers." Ann Thorac Surg 93, no. 4 (April 2012): 1055-1060. Full Text Link to Item
  - Xu, X, Rock, JR, Lu, Y, Futtner, C, Schwab, B, Guinney, J, Hogan, BLM, and Onaitis, MW. "Evidence for type II cells as cells of origin of K-Ras-induced distal lung adenocarcinoma." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109, no. 13 (March 12, 2012): 4910-4915. Full Text
  - Boffa, DJ, Gangadharan, S, Kent, M, Kerendi, F, Onaitis, M, Verrier, E, and Roselli, E. "Self-perceived video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy proficiency by recent graduates of North American thoracic residencies." Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 14, no. 6 (2012): 797-800. Full Text
  - Hanna, JM, and Onaitis, MW. "Technique of Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Chest Wall Resection." Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 17, no. 4 (2012): 280-291. Full Text
  - Ceppa, DP, Welsby, IJ, Wang, TY, Onaitis, MW, Tong, BC, Harpole, DH, D'Amico, TA, and Berry, MF. "Perioperative management of patients on clopidogrel (Plavix) undergoing major lung resection." Ann Thorac Surg 92, no. 6 (December 2011): 1971-1976. Full Text Link to Item
  - Atkins, BZ, Onaitis, MW, Hutcheson, KA, Kaye, K, Petersen, RP, and Wolfe, WG. "Does method of sternal repair influence long-term outcome of postoperative mediastinitis?." American Journal of Surgery 202, no. 5 (November 2011): 565-567. Full Text
  - Higgins, KA, Chino, JP, Ready, N, Onaitis, MW, Berry, MF, D'Amico, TA, and Kelsey, CR. "Persistent N2 disease after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for non-small-cell lung cancer." J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 142, no. 5 (November 2011): 1175-1179. Full Text Link to Item
  - Meltzer, EB, Barry, WT, D'Amico, TA, Davis, RD, Lin, SS, Onaitis, MW, Morrison, LD, Sporn, TA, Steele, MP, and Noble, PW. "Bayesian probit regression model for the diagnosis of pulmonary fibrosis: proof-of-principle." Bmc Medical Genomics 4 (October 5, 2011): 70-null. Full Text
  - D'Amico, TA, Tong, BC, Berry, MF, Burfeind, WR, and Onaitis, MW. "Incorporating research into thoracic surgery practice." Thorac Surg Clin 21, no. 3 (August 2011): 369-377. Full Text Link to Item
  - Hartwig, MG, Anderson, DJ, Onaitis, MW, Reddy, S, Snyder, LD, Lin, SS, and Davis, RD. "Fundoplication after lung transplantation prevents the allograft dysfunction associated with reflux." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 92, no. 2 (August 2011): 462-469. Full Text
  - D'Amico, TA, Niland, J, Mamet, R, Zornosa, C, Dexter, EU, and Onaitis, MW. "Efficacy of mediastinal lymph node dissection during lobectomy for lung cancer by thoracoscopy and thoracotomy." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 92, no. 1 (July 2011): 226-231. Full Text
  - Berry, MF, Onaitis, MW, Tong, BC, Harpole, DH, and D'Amico, TA. "A model for morbidity after lung resection in octogenarians." European Journal of Cardio Thoracic Surgery : Official Journal of the European Association for Cardio Thoracic Surgery 39, no. 6 (June 2011): 989-994. Full Text
  - Swaminathan, M, Nicoara, A, Phillips-Bute, BG, Aeschlimann, N, Milano, CA, Mackensen, GB, Podgoreanu, MV, Velazquez, EJ, Stafford-Smith, M, Mathew, JP, and Cardiothoracic Anesthesia Research Endeavors (CARE) Group, . "Utility of a simple algorithm to grade diastolic dysfunction and predict outcome after coronary artery bypass graft surgery." Ann Thorac Surg 91, no. 6 (June 2011): 1844-1850. Full Text Link to Item
  - Onaitis, M, D'Amico, TA, Clark, CP, Guinney, J, Harpole, DH, and Rawlins, EL. "A 10-gene progenitor cell signature predicts poor prognosis in lung adenocarcinoma." Ann Thorac Surg 91, no. 4 (April 2011): 1046-1050. Full Text Link to Item
  - Pepek, JM, Chino, JP, Marks, LB, D'amico, TA, Yoo, DS, Onaitis, MW, Ready, NE, Hubbs, JL, Boyd, J, and Kelsey, CR. "How well does the new lung cancer staging system predict for local/regional recurrence after surgery?: A comparison of the TNM 6 and 7 systems." J Thorac Oncol 6, no. 4 (April 2011): 757-761. Full Text Link to Item
  - Walsh, MD, Bruno, AD, Onaitis, MW, Erdmann, D, Wolfe, WG, Toloza, EM, and Levin, LS. "The role of intrathoracic free flaps for chronic empyema." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 91, no. 3 (March 2011): 865-868. Full Text
  - Hanna, JM, and Onaitis, MW. "Human lung stem cells: has the future arrived?." Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 23, no. 4 (2011): 259-260. Full Text Link to Item
  - Berry, MF, Atkins, BZ, Tong, BC, Harpole, DH, D'Amico, TA, and Onaitis, MW. "A comprehensive evaluation for aspiration after esophagectomy reduces the incidence of postoperative pneumonia." The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 140, no. 6 (December 2010): 1266-1271. Full Text
  - Onaitis, M, D'Amico, T, Zhao, Y, O'Brien, S, and Harpole, D. "Risk factors for atrial fibrillation after lung cancer surgery: analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons general thoracic surgery database." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 90, no. 2 (August 2010): 368-374. Full Text
  - Lu, Y, Futtner, C, Rock, JR, Xu, X, Whitworth, W, Hogan, BLM, and Onaitis, MW. "Evidence that SOX2 overexpression is oncogenic in the lung." Plos One 5, no. 6 (June 10, 2010): e11022-null. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Berry, MF, Villamizar-Ortiz, NR, Tong, BC, Burfeind, WR, Harpole, DH, D'Amico, TA, and Onaitis, MW. "Pulmonary function tests do not predict pulmonary complications after thoracoscopic lobectomy." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 89, no. 4 (April 2010): 1044-1051. Full Text
  - Paul, S, Altorki, NK, Sheng, S, Lee, PC, Harpole, DH, Onaitis, MW, Stiles, BM, Port, JL, and D'Amico, TA. "Thoracoscopic lobectomy is associated with lower morbidity than open lobectomy: a propensity-matched analysis from the STS database." The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 139, no. 2 (February 2010): 366-378. Full Text
  - Tong, BC, Hanna, J, Toloza, EM, Onaitis, MW, D'Amico, TA, Harpole, DH, and Burfeind, WR. "Outcomes of video-assisted thoracoscopic decortication." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 89, no. 1 (January 2010): 220-225. Full Text
  - Stevenson, M, Mostertz, W, Acharya, C, Kim, W, Walters, K, Barry, W, Higgins, K, Tuchman, SA, Crawford, J, Vlahovic, G, Ready, N, Onaitis, M, and Potti, A. "Characterizing the clinical relevance of an embryonic stem cell phenotype in lung adenocarcinoma." Clin Cancer Res 15, no. 24 (December 15, 2009): 7553-7561. Full Text Link to Item
  - Berry, MF, Hanna, J, Tong, BC, Burfeind, WR, Harpole, DH, D'Amico, TA, and Onaitis, MW. "Risk factors for morbidity after lobectomy for lung cancer in elderly patients." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 88, no. 4 (October 2009): 1093-1099. Full Text
  - Rock, JR, Onaitis, MW, Rawlins, EL, Lu, Y, Clark, CP, Xue, Y, Randell, SH, and Hogan, BLM. "Basal cells as stem cells of the mouse trachea and human airway epithelium." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106, no. 31 (August 2009): 12771-12775. Full Text
  - Villamizar, NR, Darrabie, MD, Burfeind, WR, Petersen, RP, Onaitis, MW, Toloza, E, Harpole, DH, and D'Amico, TA. "Thoracoscopic lobectomy is associated with lower morbidity compared with thoracotomy." J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 138, no. 2 (August 2009): 419-425. Full Text Link to Item
  - Erhunmwunsee, L, and Onaitis, MW. "Smoking cessation and the success of lung cancer surgery." Curr Oncol Rep 11, no. 4 (July 2009): 269-274. (Review) Link to Item
  - Onaitis, MW, Petersen, RP, Haney, JC, Saltz, L, Park, B, Flores, R, Rizk, N, Bains, MS, Dycoco, J, D'Amico, TA, Harpole, DH, Kemeny, N, Rusch, VW, and Downey, R. "Prognostic factors for recurrence after pulmonary resection of colorectal cancer metastases." Ann Thorac Surg 87, no. 6 (June 2009): 1684-1688. Full Text Link to Item
  - Onaitis, MW, Haney, J, Petersen, R, Saltz, LB, Flores, RM, Rizk, N, Bains, MS, D'Amico, T, Kemeny, NE, Rusch, VW, and Downey, RJ. "Factors influencing outcome after pulmonary resection for colorectal cancer (CRC) metastases in the current era." J Clin Oncol 26, no. 15_suppl (May 20, 2008): 4024-. Link to Item
  - Onaitis, M, Ludwig, K, Perez-Tamayo, A, Gottfried, M, Russell, L, Shadduck, P, Pappas, T, Seigler, HF, and Tyler, DS. "The Kraske procedure: a critical analysis of a surgical approach for mid-rectal lesions." J Surg Oncol 94, no. 3 (September 1, 2006): 194-202. Full Text Link to Item
  - Onaitis, MW, Petersen, RP, Balderson, SS, Toloza, E, Burfeind, WR, Harpole, DH, and D'Amico, TA. "Thoracoscopic lobectomy is a safe and versatile procedure: experience with 500 consecutive patients." Annals of Surgery 244, no. 3 (September 2006): 420-425. Full Text
  - Aloia, TA, Grubbs, E, Onaitis, M, Mosca, PJ, Cheng, T-Y, Seigler, H, and Tyler, DS. "Predictors of outcome after hyperthermic isolated limb perfusion: role of tumor response." Arch Surg 140, no. 11 (November 2005): 1115-1120. Full Text Link to Item
  - Abdel-Wahab, Z, Cisco, R, Dannull, J, Ueno, T, Abdel-Wahab, O, Kalady, MF, Onaitis, MW, Tyler, DS, and Pruitt, SK. "Cotransfection of DC with TLR4 and MART-1 RNA induces MART-1-specific responses." J Surg Res 124, no. 2 (April 2005): 264-273. Full Text Link to Item
  - Safford, SD, Coleman, RE, Gockerman, JP, Moore, J, Feldman, J, Onaitis, MW, Tyler, DS, and Olson, JA. "Iodine-131 metaiodobenzylguanidine treatment for metastatic carcinoid. Results in 98 patients." Cancer 101, no. 9 (November 2004): 1987-1993. Full Text
  - Kalady, MF, Peterson, B, Baillie, J, Onaitis, MW, Abdul-Wahab, OI, Howden, JK, Jowell, PS, Branch, MS, Clary, BM, Pappas, TN, and Tyler, DS. "Pancreatic duct strictures: identifying risk of malignancy." Ann Surg Oncol 11, no. 6 (June 2004): 581-588. Full Text Link to Item
  - Kalady, MF, Onaitis, MW, Emani, S, Abdul-Wahab, Z, Pruitt, SK, and Tyler, DS. "Dendritic cells pulsed with pancreatic cancer total tumor RNA generate specific antipancreatic cancer T cells." J Gastrointest Surg 8, no. 2 (February 2004): 175-181. Full Text Link to Item
  - Kalady, MF, Onaitis, MW, Emani, S, Abdel-Wahab, Z, Tyler, DS, and Pruitt, SK. "Sequential delivery of maturation stimuli increases human dendritic cell IL-12 production and enhances tumor antigen-specific immunogenicity." J Surg Res 116, no. 1 (January 2004): 24-31. Link to Item
  - Morse, MA, Lyerly, HK, Clay, TM, Abdel-Wahab, O, Chui, SY, Garst, J, Gollob, J, Grossi, PM, Kalady, M, Mosca, PJ, Onaitis, M, Sampson, JH, Seigler, HF, Toloza, EM, Tyler, D, Vieweg, J, and Yang, Y. "Immunotherapy of surgical malignancies." Curr Probl Surg 41, no. 1 (January 2004): 15-132. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Onaitis, MW, and Mantyh, C. "Ileal pouch-anal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis and familial adenomatous polyposis: historical development and current status." Annals of Surgery 238, no. 6 Suppl (December 2003): S42-S48. (Review) Full Text
  - Abdel-Wahab, Z, Kalady, MF, Emani, S, Onaitis, MW, Abdel-Wahab, OI, Cisco, R, Wheless, L, Cheng, T-Y, Tyler, DS, and Pruitt, SK. "Induction of anti-melanoma CTL response using DC transfected with mutated mRNA encoding full-length Melan-A/MART-1 antigen with an A27L amino acid substitution." Cell Immunol 224, no. 2 (August 2003): 86-97. Link to Item
  - Onaitis, MW, Kalady, MF, Emani, S, Abdel-Wahab, Z, Tyler, DS, and Pruitt, SK. "CD40 ligand is essential for generation of specific cytotoxic T cell responses in RNA-pulsed dendritic cell immunotherapy." Surgery 134, no. 2 (August 2003): 300-305. Full Text Link to Item
  - Onaitis, M, Morse, M, Hurwitz, H, Cotton, P, Tyler, D, Clavien, P, and Clary, B. "Adjuvant hepatic arterial chemotherapy following metastasectomy in patients with isolated liver metastases." Ann Surg 237, no. 6 (June 2003): 782-788. Full Text Link to Item
  - Onaitis, M, White, R, and Tyler, D. "Carcinoid tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. A review and the Duke University institutional overview." Minerva Chir 58, no. 1 (February 2003): 1-8. (Review) Link to Item
  - Daniels, LJ, Balderson, SS, Onaitis, MW, and D'Amico, TA. "Thoracoscopic lobectomy: a safe and effective strategy for patients with stage I lung cancer." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 74, no. 3 (September 2002): 860-864. Full Text
  - Kypson, AP, Onaitis, MW, Feldman, JM, and Tyler, DS. "Carcinoid and chylous ascites: an unusual association." J Gastrointest Surg 6, no. 5 (September 2002): 781-783. Link to Item
  - Onaitis, M, Kalady, MF, Pruitt, S, and Tyler, DS. "Dendritic cell gene therapy." Surg Oncol Clin N Am 11, no. 3 (July 2002): 645-660. (Review) Link to Item
  - Kalady, MF, Onaitis, MW, Padilla, KM, Emani, S, Tyler, DS, and Pruitt, SK. "Enhanced dendritic cell antigen presentation in RNA-based immunotherapy." J Surg Res 105, no. 1 (June 1, 2002): 17-24. Full Text Link to Item
  - Onaitis, MW, Noone, RB, Fields, R, Hurwitz, H, Morse, M, Jowell, P, McGrath, K, Lee, C, Anscher, MS, Clary, B, Mantyh, C, Pappas, TN, Ludwig, K, Seigler, HF, and Tyler, DS. "Complete response to neoadjuvant chemoradiation for rectal cancer does not influence survival." Ann Surg Oncol 8, no. 10 (December 2001): 801-806. Link to Item
  - Onaitis, MW, Noone, RB, Hartwig, M, Hurwitz, H, Morse, M, Jowell, P, McGrath, K, Lee, C, Anscher, MS, Clary, B, Mantyh, C, Pappas, TN, Ludwig, K, Seigler, HF, and Tyler, DS. "Neoadjuvant chemoradiation for rectal cancer: analysis of clinical outcomes from a 13-year institutional experience." Annals of Surgery 233, no. 6 (June 2001): 778-785. Full Text
  - Onaitis, MW, Kirshbom, PM, Hayward, TZ, Quayle, FJ, Feldman, JM, Seigler, HF, and Tyler, DS. "Gastrointestinal carcinoids: characterization by site of origin and hormone production." Annals of Surgery 232, no. 4 (October 2000): 549-556. Full Text
  - Tyler, DS, Onaitis, M, Kherani, A, Hata, A, Nicholson, E, Keogan, M, Fisher, S, Coleman, E, and Seigler, HF. "Positron emission tomography scanning in malignant melanoma." Cancer 89, no. 5 (September 1, 2000): 1019-1025. Link to Item
  - Kirshbom, PM, Kherani, AR, Onaitis, MW, Hata, A, Kehoe, TE, Feldman, C, Feldman, JM, and Tyler, DS. "Foregut carcinoids: a clinical and biochemical analysis." Surgery 126, no. 6 (December 1999): 1105-1110. Link to Item
  - Kirshbom, PM, Kherani, AR, Onaitis, MW, Feldman, JM, and Tyler, DS. "Carcinoids of unknown origin: comparative analysis with foregut, midgut, and hindgut carcinoids." Surgery 124, no. 6 (December 1998): 1063-1070. Link to Item
- Other Articles
  - Onaitis, MW, and D'Amico, TA. "Modern Management of Pulmonary Metastases." Thoracic surgery clinics 26, no. 1 (February 2016): xi-. Full Text
  - Onaitis, M. "Invited Commentary." The Annals of thoracic surgery 100, no. 3 (September 2015): 917-. Full Text
  - Onaitis, M. "Invited commentary." Annals of Thoracic Surgery 96, no. 5 (2013): 1775--. Full Text
  - Stevenson, M, Mostertz, W, Acharya, CR, Kim, W, Walters, K, Barry, W, Higgins, K, Tuchman, SA, Crawford, J, Vlahovic, G, Ready, N, Onaitis, M, and Potti, A. "Retraction: characterizing the clinical relevance of an embryonic stem cell phenotype in lung adenocarcinoma." Clin Cancer Res 18, no. 6 (March 15, 2012): 1818-. Full Text Link to Item
  - Welsby, IJ, Phillips-Bute, B, and Onaitis, MW. "Invited commentary." Ann Thorac Surg 90, no. 1 (July 2010): 115-116. Full Text Link to Item
  - Luketich, JD, Onaitis, MW, Lerut, A, and Kohman, LJ. "Discussions." Annals of Surgery 244, no. 3 (2006): 424-425. Full Text
  - Friesen, SR, Onaitis, MW, Frilling, A, Kelly, KA, Kaplan, EL, Mark, JBD, and Debas, HT. "Gastrointestinal carcinoids: Characterization by site of origin and hormone production - Discussion." ANNALS OF SURGERY 232, no. 4 (October 2000): 555-556. Link to Item

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