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Department: Radiology
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Department of Radiology
32 Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia, PA 19104
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2f University of Virginia, 2008.
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3e Drexel University College of Medicine, 2013.
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3f University of Texas Health San Antonio, 2019.
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159 Chen AW*, Zeballos Torrez CR*, Peterson LM, Muzi M, Specht JM, Cohen EA, Linden HM, Kontos D, Mankoff DA: Novel 4D radiomics applied to dynamic FES PET images to improve prediction of breast cancer response to ER-targeted therapy. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging November 2025.
176 Mahmoud M, Fayanju O, McCarthy AM, Zeballos Torrez C, Edmonds C: Exploring Imaging Biomarkers to Improve Equity in Supplemental and High-Risk Breast Cancer Screening Between Black and White Women: A Perspective on Background Parenchymal Enhancement and Breast Density. Clinical Breast Cancer Jul 2025.
118 Edmonds C, McCarthy AM, Elmore L, Mahmoud M, Zeballos Torrez C, Ginzberg S, Fayanju O: Disparities in Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis Among Black Women: A Path Toward Equity. J Breast Imaging Jul 2025.
147 Mahmoud M, Edmonds CE, Barufaldi B, Nguyen A, Fayanju OM, Sore R, Ehsan S, Zeballos Torrez C, Chen J, Kontos D, McCarthy AM: Racial differences in quantitative background parenchymal enhancement on breast magnetic resonance imaging. Cancer November 2025.
b7 Zeballos Torrez C, Edmonds C : Mobile Mammography: Logistics and Addressing Gaps. Academic Radiology May 2025.
13a Zeballos Torrez CR, Gasior JA, Ginzberg SP, Nunes LW, Fayanju OM, Englander BS, Elmore LC, Edmonds CE: Identifying and Addressing Barriers to Screening Mammography in a Medically Underserved Community. Acad Radiol 31(7): 2643-2650, Jul 2023.
138 Zeballos Torrez C, Gasior J, Nunes L, Fayanju O, Englander B, Elmore L, Edmonds C: Identifying and addressing barriers to screening mammography in a medically underserved community. Journal of Clinical Oncology 41: e18685-e18685, May 2023.
1e2 Ginzberg SP, Edmonds CE, Dako F, Donnell T, Washington AL, Elmore LC, Lee DJ, Vachani A, Mincarelli D, Zeballos Torrez C, McCormick TM, Rodriguez V, Nguyen V, Oliva C, Atherholt B, Gaiser R, Congiu L, Grant B, Gungor M, Englander BS, Guerra CE, Nunes LW: Together We Go Farther: Improving Access to Cancer Screening Through a Multidisciplinary, One-Stop-Shop Approach. Acad Radiol 30(12): 3153-3161, Dec 2023.
1c4 Das D, Wang X, Chiu YC, Bouamar H, Sharkey FE, Lopera JE, Lai Z, Weintraub ST, Han X, Zou Y, Chen HH, Zeballos Torrez CR, Gu X, Cserhati M, Michalek JE, Halff GA, Chen Y, Zheng S, Cigarroa FG, Sun LZ: Integrative multi-omics characterization of hepatocellular carcinoma in hispanic patients. J Natl Cancer Inst December 2024 Notes: Epub ahead of print. DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djae207.
152 Zeballos Torrez C, Easley A, Bouamar H, Zheng G, Gu X, Yang J, Chiu YC, Chen Y, Halff GA, Cigarroa FG, Sun LZ: STEAP2 promotes hepatocellular carcinoma progression via increased copper levels and stress-activated MAP kinase activity. Sci Rep 14(1): 12753, Jun 2024.
172 Zheng G, Bouamar H, Cserhati M, Zeballos CR, Mehta I, Zare H, Broome L, Hu R, Lai Z, Chen Y, Sharkey FE, Rani M, Halff GA, Cigarroa FG, Sun LZ: Integrin alpha 6 is upregulated and drives hepatocellular carcinoma progression through integrin α6β4 complex. Int J Cancer 151(6): 930-943, Sep 2022.
161 Chahine C, Dai M, Zeballos Torrez C, Whorms D, Oliva C, Smith T, Suresh K, Shuda J, Nunes LW: Bridging the gap – early community outreach as an initiative to increase representation in radiology. Acad Radiol Oct 2024 Notes: Epub ahead of print. DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2024.09.055.
1d1 Carla Zeballos Torrez, Christine Edmonds, Linda White Nunes, Amissa Brewer-Hofmann, Stephany Perez-Rojas, Jiarui Yan, Oluwadamilola Motunrayo Fayanju, Michael A Corbin, Brian S Englander, Leisha C Elmore: Insurance-based differences in diagnostic resolution among women screened at a mobile mammography unit compared to a hospital-based site. JCO Oncology Practice 21(10_suppl), October 2025.
19d Gabriel AB do Nascimento, Vincent Dong, Guilherme J Cavalcante, Alex Nguyen, Thaís G do Rêgo, Yuri Malheiros, Carla R Zeballos Torrez, James C Gee, Anne Marie McCarthy, Andrew DA Maidment, Bruno Barufaldi: Toward a robust lesion detection model in breast DCE-MRI: adapting foundation models to high-risk women. ArXiv abs/2509.02710, 2025.
1c8 Onyeagucha B, Subbarayalu P, Abdelfattah N, Rajamanickam S, Timilsina S, Guzman R, Zeballos C, Eedunuri V, Bansal S, Mohammad T, Chen Y, Vadlamudi RK, Rao MK: Novel post-transcriptional and post-translational regulation of pro-apoptotic protein BOK and anti-apoptotic protein Mcl-1 determine the fate of breast cancer cells to survive or die. Oncotarget 8(49): 85984-85996, Sep 2017.
1ad Zheng G, Wu L, Bouamar H, Cserhati M, Chiu YC, Hinck CS, Wieteska Ł, Zeballos Torrez CR, Hu R, Easley A, Chen Y, Hinck AP, Cigarroa FG, Sun LZ: Ficolin-3 induces apoptosis and suppresses malignant property of hepatocellular carcinoma cells via the complement pathway. Life Sci 357: 123103, Nov 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.lfs.2024.123103. Epub 2024 Sep 30.
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Selected Publications
145 Zeballos Torrez C, Edmonds C, Englander B, Nunes L, Brewer-Hoffman A, Perez-Rojas S, Yan J, Fayanju O, Elmore L: Comparison of mobile mammography versus urban hospital-based breast cancer screening. Journal of Clinical Oncology 43(16 suppl), June 2025.159 Chen AW*, Zeballos Torrez CR*, Peterson LM, Muzi M, Specht JM, Cohen EA, Linden HM, Kontos D, Mankoff DA: Novel 4D radiomics applied to dynamic FES PET images to improve prediction of breast cancer response to ER-targeted therapy. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging November 2025.
176 Mahmoud M, Fayanju O, McCarthy AM, Zeballos Torrez C, Edmonds C: Exploring Imaging Biomarkers to Improve Equity in Supplemental and High-Risk Breast Cancer Screening Between Black and White Women: A Perspective on Background Parenchymal Enhancement and Breast Density. Clinical Breast Cancer Jul 2025.
118 Edmonds C, McCarthy AM, Elmore L, Mahmoud M, Zeballos Torrez C, Ginzberg S, Fayanju O: Disparities in Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis Among Black Women: A Path Toward Equity. J Breast Imaging Jul 2025.
147 Mahmoud M, Edmonds CE, Barufaldi B, Nguyen A, Fayanju OM, Sore R, Ehsan S, Zeballos Torrez C, Chen J, Kontos D, McCarthy AM: Racial differences in quantitative background parenchymal enhancement on breast magnetic resonance imaging. Cancer November 2025.
b7 Zeballos Torrez C, Edmonds C : Mobile Mammography: Logistics and Addressing Gaps. Academic Radiology May 2025.
13a Zeballos Torrez CR, Gasior JA, Ginzberg SP, Nunes LW, Fayanju OM, Englander BS, Elmore LC, Edmonds CE: Identifying and Addressing Barriers to Screening Mammography in a Medically Underserved Community. Acad Radiol 31(7): 2643-2650, Jul 2023.
138 Zeballos Torrez C, Gasior J, Nunes L, Fayanju O, Englander B, Elmore L, Edmonds C: Identifying and addressing barriers to screening mammography in a medically underserved community. Journal of Clinical Oncology 41: e18685-e18685, May 2023.
1e2 Ginzberg SP, Edmonds CE, Dako F, Donnell T, Washington AL, Elmore LC, Lee DJ, Vachani A, Mincarelli D, Zeballos Torrez C, McCormick TM, Rodriguez V, Nguyen V, Oliva C, Atherholt B, Gaiser R, Congiu L, Grant B, Gungor M, Englander BS, Guerra CE, Nunes LW: Together We Go Farther: Improving Access to Cancer Screening Through a Multidisciplinary, One-Stop-Shop Approach. Acad Radiol 30(12): 3153-3161, Dec 2023.
1c4 Das D, Wang X, Chiu YC, Bouamar H, Sharkey FE, Lopera JE, Lai Z, Weintraub ST, Han X, Zou Y, Chen HH, Zeballos Torrez CR, Gu X, Cserhati M, Michalek JE, Halff GA, Chen Y, Zheng S, Cigarroa FG, Sun LZ: Integrative multi-omics characterization of hepatocellular carcinoma in hispanic patients. J Natl Cancer Inst December 2024 Notes: Epub ahead of print. DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djae207.
152 Zeballos Torrez C, Easley A, Bouamar H, Zheng G, Gu X, Yang J, Chiu YC, Chen Y, Halff GA, Cigarroa FG, Sun LZ: STEAP2 promotes hepatocellular carcinoma progression via increased copper levels and stress-activated MAP kinase activity. Sci Rep 14(1): 12753, Jun 2024.
172 Zheng G, Bouamar H, Cserhati M, Zeballos CR, Mehta I, Zare H, Broome L, Hu R, Lai Z, Chen Y, Sharkey FE, Rani M, Halff GA, Cigarroa FG, Sun LZ: Integrin alpha 6 is upregulated and drives hepatocellular carcinoma progression through integrin α6β4 complex. Int J Cancer 151(6): 930-943, Sep 2022.
161 Chahine C, Dai M, Zeballos Torrez C, Whorms D, Oliva C, Smith T, Suresh K, Shuda J, Nunes LW: Bridging the gap – early community outreach as an initiative to increase representation in radiology. Acad Radiol Oct 2024 Notes: Epub ahead of print. DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2024.09.055.
1d1 Carla Zeballos Torrez, Christine Edmonds, Linda White Nunes, Amissa Brewer-Hofmann, Stephany Perez-Rojas, Jiarui Yan, Oluwadamilola Motunrayo Fayanju, Michael A Corbin, Brian S Englander, Leisha C Elmore: Insurance-based differences in diagnostic resolution among women screened at a mobile mammography unit compared to a hospital-based site. JCO Oncology Practice 21(10_suppl), October 2025.
19d Gabriel AB do Nascimento, Vincent Dong, Guilherme J Cavalcante, Alex Nguyen, Thaís G do Rêgo, Yuri Malheiros, Carla R Zeballos Torrez, James C Gee, Anne Marie McCarthy, Andrew DA Maidment, Bruno Barufaldi: Toward a robust lesion detection model in breast DCE-MRI: adapting foundation models to high-risk women. ArXiv abs/2509.02710, 2025.
1c8 Onyeagucha B, Subbarayalu P, Abdelfattah N, Rajamanickam S, Timilsina S, Guzman R, Zeballos C, Eedunuri V, Bansal S, Mohammad T, Chen Y, Vadlamudi RK, Rao MK: Novel post-transcriptional and post-translational regulation of pro-apoptotic protein BOK and anti-apoptotic protein Mcl-1 determine the fate of breast cancer cells to survive or die. Oncotarget 8(49): 85984-85996, Sep 2017.
1ad Zheng G, Wu L, Bouamar H, Cserhati M, Chiu YC, Hinck CS, Wieteska Ł, Zeballos Torrez CR, Hu R, Easley A, Chen Y, Hinck AP, Cigarroa FG, Sun LZ: Ficolin-3 induces apoptosis and suppresses malignant property of hepatocellular carcinoma cells via the complement pathway. Life Sci 357: 123103, Nov 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.lfs.2024.123103. Epub 2024 Sep 30.
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