Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Fellow in Hematology-Oncology, Medicine, Duke University 2000 - 2003
  • Medical Resident, Medicine, Duke University 1997 - 2000
  • M.D., University of Zagreb (Croatia) 1985
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Member of the Duke Cancer Institute, Duke Cancer Institute, Institutes and Centers 1997 - 2017
  • Assistant Professor in Surgery, Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery 2012 - 2017
  • Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Medical Oncology, Medicine 2013 - 2017
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Medical Oncology, Medicine 2012 - 2013
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Medical Oncology, Medicine 2007 - 2012
  • Medical Instructor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Medical Oncology, Medicine 2003 - 2007
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Brain tumors with regulatory T-cells treated with EGFRvIII-specific T-cells awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2018
  • Mentored Clinical Research Scholar Program awarded by National Institutes of Health 2002 - 2006
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Fujiwara, Yutaka, Haruo Iguchi, Noboru Yamamoto, Manabu Hayama, Masahiro Nii, Shinya Ueda, Keiko Komuro, Mariko Sugimoto, Gordana Vlahovic, and Toshiyuki Kozuki. “Tolerability and efficacy of durvalumab in Japanese patients with advanced solid tumors..” Cancer Sci 110, no. 5 (May 2019): 1715–23. https://doi.org/10.1111/cas.14003.
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    • Affronti, Mary Lou, Jennifer Gamboa Jackman, Frances McSherry, James E. Herndon, Elwood C. Massey, Eric Lipp, Annick Desjardins, et al. “Phase II Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Rilotumumab and Bevacizumab in Subjects with Recurrent Malignant Glioma..” Oncologist 23, no. 8 (August 2018): 889-e98. https://doi.org/10.1634/theoncologist.2018-0149.
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    • Desjardins, Annick, Matthias Gromeier, James E. Herndon, Nike Beaubier, Dani P. Bolognesi, Allan H. Friedman, Henry S. Friedman, et al. “Recurrent Glioblastoma Treated with Recombinant Poliovirus..” N Engl J Med 379, no. 2 (July 12, 2018): 150–61. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1716435.
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    • Vlahovic, Gordana, Kellen L. Meadows, Ace J. Hatch, Jingquan Jia, Andrew B. Nixon, Hope E. Uronis, Michael A. Morse, et al. “A Phase I Trial of the IGF-1R Antibody Ganitumab (AMG 479) in Combination with Everolimus (RAD001) and Panitumumab in Patients with Advanced Cancer..” Oncologist 23, no. 7 (July 2018): 782–90. https://doi.org/10.1634/theoncologist.2016-0377.
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    • Omuro, Antonio, Gordana Vlahovic, Michael Lim, Solmaz Sahebjam, Joachim Baehring, Timothy Cloughesy, Alfredo Voloschin, et al. “Nivolumab with or without ipilimumab in patients with recurrent glioblastoma: results from exploratory phase I cohorts of CheckMate 143..” Neuro Oncol 20, no. 5 (April 9, 2018): 674–86. https://doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/nox208.
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    • Reap, Elizabeth A., Carter M. Suryadevara, Kristen A. Batich, Luis Sanchez-Perez, Gary E. Archer, Robert J. Schmittling, Pamela K. Norberg, et al. “Dendritic Cells Enhance Polyfunctionality of Adoptively Transferred T Cells That Target Cytomegalovirus in Glioblastoma..” Cancer Res 78, no. 1 (January 1, 2018): 256–64. https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-17-0469.
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    • Randazzo, Dina M., Frances McSherry, James E. Herndon, Mary Lou Affronti, Eric S. Lipp, Charlene Flahiff, Elizabeth Miller, et al. “A cross sectional analysis from a single institution's experience of psychosocial distress and health-related quality of life in the primary brain tumor population..” J Neurooncol 134, no. 2 (September 2017): 363–69. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-017-2535-4.
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    • Batich, Kristen A., Elizabeth A. Reap, Gary E. Archer, Luis Sanchez-Perez, Smita K. Nair, Robert J. Schmittling, Pam Norberg, et al. “Long-term Survival in Glioblastoma with Cytomegalovirus pp65-Targeted Vaccination..” Clin Cancer Res 23, no. 8 (April 15, 2017): 1898–1909. https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-16-2057.
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    • Dunn-Pirio, Anastasie M., and Gordana Vlahovic. “Immunotherapy approaches in the treatment of malignant brain tumors..” Cancer 123, no. 5 (March 1, 2017): 734–50. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.30371.
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    • Dowlati, Afshin, Gordana Vlahovic, Ronald B. Natale, Erik Rasmussen, Indrajeet Singh, Yuying C. Hwang, John Rossi, Michael B. Bass, Gregory Friberg, and Cheryl A. Pickett. “A Phase I, First-in-Human Study of AMG 780, an Angiopoietin-1 and -2 Inhibitor, in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors..” Clin Cancer Res 22, no. 18 (September 15, 2016): 4574–84. https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-15-2145.
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    • Farber, S Harrison, Vadim Tsvankin, Jessica L. Narloch, Grace J. Kim, April K. S. Salama, Gordana Vlahovic, Kimberly L. Blackwell, John P. Kirkpatrick, and Peter E. Fecci. “Embracing rejection: Immunologic trends in brain metastasis..” Oncoimmunology 5, no. 7 (July 2016). https://doi.org/10.1080/2162402X.2016.1172153.
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    • Desjardins, Annick, Gordana Vlahovic, and Henry S. Friedman. “Vaccine Therapy, Oncolytic Viruses, and Gliomas..” Oncology (Williston Park) 30, no. 3 (March 2016): 211–18.
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    • Gurzadyan, V. G., H. Yan, G. Vlahovic, A. Kashin, P. Killela, Z. Reitman, S. Sargsyan, G. Yegorian, G. Milledge, and B. Vlahovic. “Detecting somatic mutations in genomic sequences by means of Kolmogorov-Arnold analysis..” R Soc Open Sci 2, no. 8 (August 2015). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150143.
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    • Vlahovic, Gordana, Peter E. Fecci, David Reardon, and John H. Sampson. “Programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) as an immunotherapy target in patients with glioblastoma..” Neuro Oncol 17, no. 8 (August 2015): 1043–45. https://doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/nov071.
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    • Smith, David C., Thea Kalebic, Jeffrey R. Infante, Lillian L. Siu, Daniel Sullivan, Gordana Vlahovic, John S. Kauh, et al. “Phase 1 study of ixazomib, an investigational proteasome inhibitor, in advanced non-hematologic malignancies..” Invest New Drugs 33, no. 3 (June 2015): 652–63. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10637-015-0230-x.
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    • Desjardins, A., J. Herndon, F. McSherry, A. Ravelo, E. Lipp, P. Healy, K. Peters, et al. “AT-20 * SINGLE INSTITUTION RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF PERFORMANCE STATUS AND CORTICOSTEROID USE IN NEWLY DIAGNOSED GLIOBLASTOMA (GBM) PATIENTS (PTS) TREATED ON BEVACIZUMAB (BEV).” Neuro Oncology 16, no. suppl 5 (November 1, 2014): v12–13. https://doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/nou237.20.
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    • Desjardins, A., J. Herndon, F. McSherry, A. Ravelo, E. Lipp, P. Healy, S. Boulton, et al. “AT-19 * SINGLE INSTITUTION RETROSPECTIVE COMPARISON OF GLIOBLASTOMA (GBM) PATIENTS (PTS) INITIATED ON BEVACIZUMAB (BEV) BEFORE VERSUS AFTER RECURRENCE IN CLINICAL PRACTICE.” Neuro Oncology 16, no. suppl 5 (November 1, 2014): v12–v12. https://doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/nou237.19.
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    • Desjardins, A., J. Sampson, K. Peters, G. Vlahovic, S. Threatt, J. Herndon, S. Boulton, et al. “AT-21 * FINAL RESULTS OF A PHASE 1 TRIAL OF AN ONCOLYTIC POLIO/RHINOVIRUS RECOMBINANT (PVSRIPO) AGAINST RECURRENT GLIOBLASTOMA (GBM).” Neuro Oncology 16, no. suppl 5 (November 1, 2014): v13–v13. https://doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/nou237.21.
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    • Ghiaseddin, A., A. Dunn-Pirio, K. Peters, G. Vlahovic, J. Herndon, S. Threatt, J. Sampson, A. Friedman, H. Friedman, and A. Desjardins. “AT-22 * PHASE II TRIAL OF BEVACIZUMAB, RADIATION THERAPY (RT) AND TEMOZOLOMIDE FOLLOWED BY BEVACIZUMAB AND TEMOZOLOMIDE WITH CONTINUATION OF BEVACIZUMAB BEYOND PROGRESSION.” Neuro Oncology 16, no. suppl 5 (November 1, 2014): v13–v13. https://doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/nou237.22.
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    • Kang, J., A. Desjardins, P. Healy, J. Herndon, E. Lipp, K. Peters, G. Vlahovic, et al. “SM-02 * LEVETIRACETAM USAGE IN POST-OPERATIVE SEIZURE MANAGEMENT IN MALIGNANT GLIOMA.” Neuro Oncology 16, no. suppl 5 (November 1, 2014): v206–v206. https://doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/nou277.2.
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    • Mowery, Y., A. Wright, A. Desjardins, K. Peters, T. Ranjan, G. Vlahovic, H. Friedman, et al. “MS-19 * LONG-TERM OUTCOMES FOR PATIENTS WITH INTRACRANIAL MENINGIOMAS: A SINGLE-INSTITUTION RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS.” Neuro Oncology 16, no. suppl 5 (November 1, 2014): v130–31. https://doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/nou260.18.
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    • Peters, K., D. Randazzo, M. Affronti, E. Lipp, F. McSherry, J. Herndon, C. Flahiff, et al. “QL-20 * PROGNOSTIC IMPORTANCE OF HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE AND FATIGUE IN NEWLY DIAGNOSED GLIOBLASTOMA.” Neuro Oncology 16, no. suppl 5 (November 1, 2014): v182–v182. https://doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/nou269.19.
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    • Peters, K., D. Reardon, D. Randazzo, S. Dutton, A. Edwards, E. Lipp, J. Herndon, et al. “AT-46 * VORINOSTAT AND BEVACIZUMAB FOR RECURRENT HIGH-GRADE GLIOMA: INTERIM ANALYSIS OF A PHASE II CLINICAL TRIAL.” Neuro Oncology 16, no. suppl 5 (November 1, 2014): v18–v18. https://doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/nou237.45.
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    • Randazzo, D., M. Affronti, E. Lipp, F. McSherry, J. Herndon, C. Flahiff, E. Miller, et al. “QL-21 * SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN PRIMARY BRAIN TUMOR PATIENTS.” Neuro Oncology 16, no. suppl 5 (November 1, 2014): v182–83. https://doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/nou269.20.
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    • Ranjan, T., K. B. Peters, G. Vlahovic, J. Watts, S. Dutton, S. Boulton, E. Lipp, et al. “AT-48 * A PHASE 1 TRIAL OF CARBOXYAMIDOTRIAZOLE OROTATE (CTO) IN COMBINATION WITH BEVACIZUMAB FOR ADULT PATIENTS WITH RECURRENT MALIGNANT GLIOMA POST-BEVACIZUMAB FAILURE.” Neuro Oncology 16, no. suppl 5 (November 1, 2014): v19–v19. https://doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/nou237.47.
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    • Razis, E., G. Vlahovic, L. Recht, H. Wheeler, D. Reardon, P. G. Fisher, S. Owen, et al. “IT-28 * VACCINATION AGAINST EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR VARIANT III IN GLIOBLASTOMA: THE RINDOPEPIMUT COMPASSIONATE USE EXPERIENCE.” Neuro Oncology 16, no. suppl 5 (November 1, 2014): v115–16. https://doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/nou258.26.
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    • Vlahovic, G., G. Archer, D. Lally-Goss, E. Reap, K. Batich, A. Desjardins, K. Peters, et al. “IT-34 * PILOT STUDY OF COMBINATION OF ANTITUMOR IMMUNOTHERAPY TARGETED AGAINST CYTOMEGALOVIRUS (CMV) PLUS REGULATORY T-CELL INHIBITION IN PATIENTS WITH NEWLY-DIAGNOSED GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME (GBM).” Neuro Oncology 16, no. suppl 5 (November 1, 2014): v117–v117. https://doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/nou258.32.
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    • Vlahovic, Gordana, Vassiliki Karantza, Ding Wang, David Cosgrove, Nikita Rudersdorf, Jianning Yang, Hao Xiong, Todd Busman, and Mack Mabry. “A phase I safety and pharmacokinetic study of ABT-263 in combination with carboplatin/paclitaxel in the treatment of patients with solid tumors..” Invest New Drugs 32, no. 5 (October 2014): 976–84. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10637-014-0116-3.
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    • Sampson, John H., and Gordana Vlahovic. “Editorial on "heat shock protein peptide complex-96 (HSPPC-96) vaccination for recurrent glioblastoma: a phase II, single arm trial"..” Neuro Oncol 16, no. 2 (January 2014): 169–70. https://doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/not311.
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    • Zhang, Tian, Shiva K. Das, Diane R. Fels, Katherine S. Hansen, Terence Z. Wong, Mark W. Dewhirst, and Gordana Vlahovic. “PET with 62Cu-ATSM and 62Cu-PTSM is a useful imaging tool for hypoxia and perfusion in pulmonary lesions..” Ajr Am J Roentgenol 201, no. 5 (November 2013): W698–706. https://doi.org/10.2214/AJR.12.9698.
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    • Vlahovic, Gordana, Kellen L. Meadows, Hope E. Uronis, Michael A. Morse, Gerard C. Blobe, Richard F. Riedel, S Yousuf Zafar, et al. “A phase I study of bevacizumab, everolimus and panitumumab in advanced solid tumors..” Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 70, no. 1 (July 2012): 95–102. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00280-012-1889-8.
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    • Rodgers, George M., Pamela Sue Becker, Morey Blinder, David Cella, Asher Chanan-Khan, Charles Cleeland, Peter F. Coccia, et al. “Cancer- and chemotherapy-induced anemia..” J Natl Compr Canc Netw 10, no. 5 (May 2012): 628–53.
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    • Miskovic, Marijana, Tanja Lalic, Danijela Radivojevic, Sanja Cirkovic, Gordana Vlahovic, Dragan Zamurovic, and Marija Guc-Scekic. “Lower incidence of deletions in the survival of motor neuron gene and the neuronal apoptosis inhibitory protein gene in children with spinal muscular atrophy from Serbia..” Tohoku J Exp Med 225, no. 3 (November 2011): 153–59.
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    • Herbst, Roy S., Rafat Ansari, Frederique Bustin, Patrick Flynn, Lowell Hart, Gregory A. Otterson, Gordana Vlahovic, Chang-Heok Soh, Paula O’Connor, and John Hainsworth. “Efficacy of bevacizumab plus erlotinib versus erlotinib alone in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer after failure of standard first-line chemotherapy (BeTa): a double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial..” Lancet 377, no. 9780 (May 28, 2011): 1846–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60545-X.
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    • Shetty, Vivekananda, Gomathinayagam Sinnathamby, Zacharie Nickens, Punit Shah, Julie Hafner, Lisa Mariello, Shivali Kamal, et al. “MHC class I-presented lung cancer-associated tumor antigens identified by immunoproteomics analysis are targets for cancer-specific T cell response..” J Proteomics 74, no. 5 (May 1, 2011): 728–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jprot.2011.02.020.
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    • Michael, M., G. Vlahovic, K. Khamly, K. J. Pierce, F. Guo, and A. J. Olszanski. “Phase Ib study of CP-868,596, a PDGFR inhibitor, combined with docetaxel with or without axitinib, a VEGFR inhibitor..” Br J Cancer 103, no. 10 (November 9, 2010): 1554–61. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6605941.
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    • Stevenson, Marvaretta, William Mostertz, Chaitanya Acharya, William Kim, Kelli Walters, William Barry, Kristin Higgins, et al. “Characterizing the clinical relevance of an embryonic stem cell phenotype in lung adenocarcinoma..” Clin Cancer Res 15, no. 24 (December 15, 2009): 7553–61. https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-09-1939.
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    • Goudar, Ranjit K., and Gordana Vlahovic. “Hypoxia, angiogenesis, and lung cancer..” Curr Oncol Rep 10, no. 4 (July 2008): 277–82.
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    • Wong, Terence Z., Jeffrey L. Lacy, Neil A. Petry, Thomas C. Hawk, Thomas A. Sporn, Mark W. Dewhirst, and Gordana Vlahovic. “PET of hypoxia and perfusion with 62Cu-ATSM and 62Cu-PTSM using a 62Zn/62Cu generator..” Ajr Am J Roentgenol 190, no. 2 (February 2008): 427–32. https://doi.org/10.2214/AJR.07.2876.
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    • Vlahovic, G., A. M. Ponce, Z. Rabbani, F. K. Salahuddin, L. Zgonjanin, I. Spasojevic, Z. Vujaskovic, and M. W. Dewhirst. “Treatment with imatinib improves drug delivery and efficacy in NSCLC xenografts..” Br J Cancer 97, no. 6 (September 17, 2007): 735–40. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6603941.
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    • Willett, Christopher G., Dan G. Duda, Emmanuelle di Tomaso, Yves Boucher, Brian G. Czito, Zeljko Vujaskovic, Gordana Vlahovic, et al. “Complete pathological response to bevacizumab and chemoradiation in advanced rectal cancer..” Nat Clin Pract Oncol 4, no. 5 (May 2007): 316–21. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncponc0813.
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    • Vlahovic, G., Z. N. Rabbani, J. E. Herndon, M. W. Dewhirst, and Z. Vujaskovic. “Treatment with Imatinib in NSCLC is associated with decrease of phosphorylated PDGFR-beta and VEGF expression, decrease in interstitial fluid pressure and improvement of oxygenation..” Br J Cancer 95, no. 8 (October 23, 2006): 1013–19. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6603366.
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    • Marjanović, Borivoj, Milena Durić, Dragan Zamurović, Ruzica Kravljanac, Gordana Vlahović, and Dijana Komazec. “[Aetiological aspects of West Syndrome]..” Srp Arh Celok Lek 134 Suppl 1 (May 2006): 45–49.
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    • Vlahovic, Gordana, and Jeffrey Crawford. “Activation of tyrosine kinases in cancer..” Oncologist 8, no. 6 (2003): 531–38. https://doi.org/10.1634/theoncologist.8-6-531.
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    • Stajić, N., V. Rajić, D. Zdravković, B. Marjanović, D. Zamurović, Z. Gujanica, G. Vlahović, and R. Bogdanović. “[Schimke immuno-osseous dysplasia]..” Srp Arh Celok Lek 129 Suppl 1 (May 2001): 63–67.
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    • Vlahovic, G., M. L. Russell, R. R. Mercer, and J. D. Crapo. “Cellular and connective tissue changes in alveolar septal walls in emphysema..” Am J Respir Crit Care Med 160, no. 6 (December 1999): 2086–92. https://doi.org/10.1164/ajrccm.160.6.9706031.
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  • Book Sections

    • Khagi, S., and G. Vlahovic. “Immunotherapy Clinical Trials in Neuro-Oncology.” In Translational Immunotherapy of Brain Tumors, 181–210, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-802420-1.00008-9.
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    • Fecci, P. E., K. Riccione, G. P. Dunn, E. Reap, G. Vlahovic, K. Congdon, and J. H. Sampson. “Immunotherapy for gliomas.” In The Duke Glioma Handbook: Pathology, Diagnosis, and Management, 91–120, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107588721.006.
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  • Other Articles

    • Stevenson, Marvaretta, William Mostertz, Chaitanya R. Acharya, William Kim, Kelli Walters, William Barry, Kristin Higgins, et al. “Retraction: characterizing the clinical relevance of an embryonic stem cell phenotype in lung adenocarcinoma..” Clinical Cancer Research : An Official Journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, March 2012. https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-12-0337.
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