Selected Publications

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.

Zeballos Torrez C, Chen A, Peterson L, Muzi M, Specht J, Cohen E, Linden H, Kontos D, Mankoff D: Abstract PS11-05: Novel 4D radiomics applied to dynamic FES PET images to improve prediction of ER-positive breast cancer outcomes for ER-targeted therapy. Clinical Cancer Research June 2025.

Zeballos Torrez C, Edmonds C : Mobile Mammography: Logistics and Addressing Gaps. Academic Radiology May 2025.

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.

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.

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.

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 2024 Notes: Epub ahead of print. DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djae207.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Xia L, Bouamar H, Gu X, Zeballos C, Qin T, Wang B, Zhou Y, Wang Y, Yang J, Zhu H, Zhang W, Houghton PJ, Sun LZ: Gli2 mediates the development of castration‑resistant prostate cancer. Int J Oncol 57(1): 100-112, Jul 2020.

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.

Zeballos Torrez C, Bouamar H, Zheng G, Gu X, Chen Y, Cigarroa F, Sun L: Hepatocellular carcinoma in the South Texas Latino Population: Implications of STEAP2. Cancer Res 78(13 Supplement), 2018.