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Ying Sheng, Ph.D., R.N., M.S.

  • Assistant Professor

Phone

615-343-7729

Email

ying.sheng@Vanderbilt.Edu
416 Godchaux Hall

Ying Sheng, Ph.D., R.N., M.S.

  • Assistant Professor

615-343-7729

ying.sheng@Vanderbilt.Edu

416 Godchaux Hall

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Matthew Tyska, Ph.D.

  • Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology

Matthew Tyska, Ph.D.

  • Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology

615-936-5461

matthew.tyska@Vanderbilt.Edu

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Jibril Hirbo, Ph.D.

  • Research Instructor

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jibril.hirbo@vanderbilt.edu
2525 West End Ave.
Ste 700
Nashville, TN 37203

Jibril Hirbo, Ph.D.

  • Research Instructor

jibril.hirbo@vanderbilt.edu

2525 West End Ave.
Ste 700
Nashville, TN 37203

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Nicholas Markham, M.D., Ph.D.

  • Assistant Professor

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nick.markham@vumc.org
2213 Garland Ave (Langford)
10415-F MRBIV
Nashville, TN 37332

Nicholas Markham, M.D., Ph.D.

  • Assistant Professor

nick.markham@vumc.org

2213 Garland Ave (Langford)
10415-F MRBIV
Nashville, TN 37332

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Samira Shojaee, M.D., M.P.H.

  • Associate Professor of Internal Medicine

Samira Shojaee, M.D., M.P.H.

  • Associate Professor of Internal Medicine

samira.shojaee@vumc.org

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Benjamin Brown, M.D., Ph.D.

  • Assistant Professor of Pharmacology

Phone

615-322-2861

Email

benjamin.p.brown@vanderbilt.edu
Vanderbilt University
465 21st Ave S
Nashville, TN 37212

Benjamin Brown, M.D., Ph.D.

  • Assistant Professor of Pharmacology

615-322-2861

benjamin.p.brown@vanderbilt.edu

Vanderbilt University
465 21st Ave S
Nashville, TN 37212

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Rhabdomyosarcoma is a type of cancer that occurs in the soft tissues in the body. This phase III trial aims to maintain excellent outcomes in patients with very low risk rhabdomyosarcoma (VLR-RMS) while decreasing the burden of therapy using treatment with 24 weeks of vincristine and dactinomycin (VA) and examines the use of centralized molecular risk stratification in the treatment of rhabdomyosarcoma. Another aim of the study it to find out how well patients with low risk rhabdomyosarcoma (LR-RMS) respond to standard chemotherapy when patients with VLR-RMS and patients who have rhabdomyosarcoma with DNA mutations get separate treatment. Finally, this study examines the effect of therapy intensification in patients who have RMS cancer with DNA mutations to see if their outcomes can be improved.
This phase II trial studies the effect of lutetium Lu 177 dotatate compared to the usual treatment (everolimus) in treating patients with somatostatin receptor positive bronchial neuroendocrine tumors that have spread to other places in the body (advanced). Radioactive drugs, such as lutetium Lu 177 dotatate, may carry radiation directly to tumor cells and may reduce harm to normal cells. Lutetium Lu 177 dotatate may be more effective than everolimus in shrinking or stabilizing advanced bronchial neuroendocrine tumors.
This phase III trial compares the combination of four drugs (daratumumab-hyaluronidase, bortezomib, lenalidomide and dexamethasone) to the use of a three-drug combination (daratumumab-hyaluronidase, lenalidomide and dexamethasone) in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. Bortezomib may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Chemotherapy drugs, such as lenalidomide, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Daratumumab-hyaluronidase is a monoclonal antibody that may interfere with the ability of cancer cells to grow and spread. Anti-inflammatory drugs, such as dexamethasone lower the bodys immune response and are used with other drugs in the treatment of some types of cancer. Adding bortezomib to daratumumab-hyaluronidase, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone may be more effective in shrinking the cancer or preventing it from returning, compared to continuing on a combination of daratumumab-hyaluronidase, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.

Thatcher Heumann, M.D., M.P.H.

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine

Thatcher Heumann, M.D., M.P.H.

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine

thatcher.heumann@vumc.org

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