Selected Publications

Wolfson JA, Davis ES, Saha A, Martinez I, McCall D, Kothari P, Brackett J, Dickens DS, Kahn AR, Schwalm C, Sharma A, Richman J, Cuglievan B (on behalf of POCC Consortium), Bhatia S, Levin J, Johnston E: Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA) with Cancer: the Clinical Course of COVID-19 Infections. J Natl Cancer Inst 116(8): 1366-1373, Aug 2024.

Abramson DH, Mandelker DL, Brannon AR, Dunkel IJ, Benayed R, Berger MF, Arcila ME, Ladanyi M, Friedman DN, Jayakumaran G, Diosdado MS, Robbins MA, Haggag-Lindgren D, Shukla N, Walsh MF, Kothari P, Tsui DWY, Francis JH: Mutant-RB1 Circulating Tumor DNA in the Blood of Unilateral Retinoblastoma Patients: What happens during enucleation surgery: A pilot study. PLoS One 18(2): e0271505, Feb 2023.

Iglesias Cardenas F, Kothari P, Tsui DY, Basu EM, Roberts S, Cheung NV, Kushner BH, Modak : Plasma cell-free DNA analysis uncovered tumor heterogenei - Poster. Annual Congress of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology, Barcelona, Spain Sept 2022 Notes: Poster.

Johnston EE, Martinez I, Davis ES, Caudill C, Richman J, Brackett J, Dickens DS, Kahn A, Schwalm C, Sharma A, Patel P, Bhatia S, Levine JM, Wolfson, JA, on behalf of POCC Consortium: SARS-CoV-2 in Childhood Cancer in 2020: A Disease of Disparities. Journal of Clinical Oncology 39(34): 3778-3788, Oct 2021 Notes: Member of POCC Consortium.

Kothari P, Sauerhaft T, Bouvier N, Rodriguez-Sanchez MI, Shia J, Price A, Morjaria S, Gerstle JT, Shukla N, Ortiz MV: Identification of a TP53 Deletion in an Undifferentiated Embryonal Sarcoma of the Liver Provides Clinically Relevant Longitudinal Detection of Circulating Tumor DNA. JCO Precision Oncology 5(1): 1421-1425, Sept 2021.

Madhusoodhan PP, Pierro J, Musante J, Kothari P, Gampel B, Appel B, Levy A, Tal A, Hogan L, Sharma A, Feinberg S, Kahn A, Pinchinat A, Bhatla T, Glasser C, Satwani P, Raetz EA, Onel K, Carroll WL: Characterization of COVID-19 Disease in Pediatric Oncology Patients: The New York-New Jersey Regional Experience. Pediatr Blood Cancer 68(3): e28843, Mar 2021.

Abramson DH*, Mandelker D, Francis JH, Dunkel IJ, Brannon AR, Benayed R, Berger MF, Arcila ME, Ladanyi M, Novetsky Friedman D, Jayakumaran G, Diosdado MS, Robbins MA, Haggag-Lindgren D, Shukla N, Walsh M, Kothari P*, Tsui DW: Retrospective Evaluation of Somatic Alterations in Cell-Free DNA from Blood in Retinoblastoma. Ophthalmology Science 1(1): 100015, Mar 2021.

Kothari P, Marass F, Yang J, Stewart CM, Stephens D, Patel J, Hasan M, Jing X, Meng F, Enriquez E, Huberman K, Viale A, Francis JH, Berger M, Shukla N, Abramson DH, Dunkel IJ, Tsui DW.: Cell-free DNA profiling in retinoblastoma patients with advanced intraocular disease: An MSKCC experience. Cancer Med. 9(17): 6093-6101, Sep 2020.

Kothari P, Yang J, Stewart C, Gedvilaite E, Stephens D, Berger MF, Ortiz MV, Shukla N, Slotkin E, Modak S, Tsui D: Cell-free DNA for noninvasive molecular profiling and response monitoring in pediatric cancers. Clin Cancer Res 26(11_Suppl), 2020 Notes: Poster presented at American Association of Cancer Research Advances in Liquid Biopsies. Miami, FL, USA.

Kothari P, Ortiz M, Yang J, Gedvilaite E, Enriquez J, Shukla N, Tsui D: Plasma cell-free DNA for noninvasive molecular diagnostics in Wilms tumor patients. ASPHO ABSTRACTS. Pediatr Blood Cancer 66(S2): e27713, 2019 Notes: Poster tour presentation at the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA, USA.