Stephen P. Hunger, MD

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Professor of Pediatrics (Oncology)
Attending Physician, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Oncology
Chief, Division of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Pediatrics
Director, Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Director for Pediatric Research, Abramson Cancer Center
Member, Executive Committee, Abramson Cancer Center
Department: Pediatrics

Contact information
Division of Oncology
Colket Translational Research
Room 3060
3501 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 267-425-0197
Education:
BS (Applied Biology)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981.
MD
University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 1985.
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Selected Publications

Guest EM, Kairalla JA, Devidas M, Hibbitts E, Carroll AJ, Heerema NA, Kubaney HR, August A, Ramesh S, Yoo B, Farooqi MS, Pauly MG, Wechsler DS, Miles RR, Reid JM, Kihei CD, Gore L, Raetz EA, Hunger SP, Loh ML, Brown PA. : Azacitidine as Epigenetic Priming for Chemotherapy is Safe and Well Tolerated in Infants with Newly Diagnosed KMT2A-Rearranged Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Children’s Oncology Group Trial AALL15P1. Haematologica June 13 2024 Notes: [Online ahead of print]

Alexander S, Kairalla JA, Gupta S, Hibbitts E, Weisman H, Anghelescu D, Winick NJ, Krull KR, Salzer WL, Burke MJ, Gore L, Devidas M, Embry L, Hunger SP, Loh ML, Hardy KK. : The impact of propofol exposure on neurocognitive outcomes in children with high-risk B acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A Children’s Oncology Group study. Journal of Clinical Oncology Apr 11 2024 Notes: [Online ahead of print]

Escherich CS, Chen W, Li Y, Yang W, Nishii R, Li Z, Raetz EA, Devidas M, Wu G, Nichols KE, Inaba H, Pui C-H, Jeha S, Camitta BM, Larsen EC, Hunger SP, Loh ML, Yang JJ. : Germline Genetic NBN Variation and Predisposition to B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Children. Blood 143: 2270-2283, Mar 2024 Notes: [Epub 2024 Mar 6]

Bosse KR, Hunger SP. : Molecular and Cellular Biology of Cancer. In Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics Kleigman RM, St. Geme JW III, Blum NJ, Horn IB, Tasker RC, and Wilson KM, eds. (eds.). Elsevier (Philadelphia, PA). 22 Edition(22 Edition), March 2024.

Newman H, Clark ME, Wong D, Wu J, Brodeur GM, Hunger SP, Tasian SK, Olson T, Warren JT, Teachey DT, Bona K, Schubert J, Golenberg N, Patel M, Denenberg EH, Fanning EA, Chen J, Luke T, Charles S, Gallo D, Cao K, Fu W, Fan X, Surrey LF, Wertheim G, Luo M, MacFarland SP, Li MM, Zhong Y.: Genomic Profiling of Pediatric Hematologic Malignancies and Diagnosis of Cancer Predisposition Syndromes: Tumor-only versus Paired Tumor-normal Molecular Sequencing. Hematologica Feb 22 2024 Notes: [Online ahead of print]

Summers RJ, Teachey DT, Hunger SP.: How I Treat Early T Precursor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ETP-ALL) in Children. Blood Feb 16 2024 Notes: [Online ahead of print]

Newman H, Hunger SP. : The Future of Treatment for Adolescents and Young Adults with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Vision for Collaboration and Equity. Journal of Clinical Oncology 42: 665 - 674, 2024.

Hayashi RJ, Hermiston M, Wood BL, Teachey DT, Devidas M, Chen Z, Annett RD, Asselin BL, August K, Cho S, Dunsmore K, Freedman JL, Galardy PJ, Harker-Murray P, Horton TM, Jaju AI, Lam A, Messinger YH, Miles RR, Okada N, Patel SI, Schafer ES, Schechter T, Shimano KA, Singh N, Steele AC, Sulis ML, Vargas SL, Winter SS, Wood C, Zweidler-McKay PA, Loh ML, Hunger SP, Raetz EA, Bollard CM, Allen CE. : MRD at the End of Induction and EFS in T-cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma: Children’s Oncology Group Trial AALL1231. Blood 143: 2053 - 2058, 2024 Notes: [Epub 2024 Mar 8]

Duffy C, Hunger SP, Bhakta N, Denburg AE, Antillon F, Barr RD. . : Curing Pediatric Cancer: A Global View. Examples from Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Cancer 130: 2247 - 2252, 2024 Notes: [Epub 2024 Mar 29]

Newman H, MacFarland SP, Brodeur GM, Olson T, Bhojwani D, Stokke J, Kovach AE, Clark ME, Luo M, Li M, Shah A, Hunger SP.: B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Juvenile Xanthogranuloma in a Patient with ETV6 Thrombocytopenia and Leukemia Predisposition Syndrome: Novel Clinical Presentation and Perspective. Haematologica 109: 1624 - 1627, 2024 Notes: [Epub 2023 Nov 30]

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