Noushin Niknafs

Also affiliated with Johns Hopkins Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Baltimore

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyMedicineImmunology and Microbiology

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Driven by 25 papers. Top paper: “Durvalumab with platinum-pemetrexed for unresectable pleural mesothelioma: survival, genomic and immunologic analyses from the phase 2 PrE0505 trial”.

Durvalumab with platinum-pemetrexed for unresectable pleural mesothelioma: survival, genomic and immunologic analyses from the phase 2 PrE0505 trial

Nature Medicine(2021)10.1038/s41591-021-01541-0

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3.9DataRank · unranked

137 citations

Valsamo Anagnostou, Zhuoxin Sun, Suzanne E. Dahlberg, Hedy L. Kindler, Noushin Niknafs +22 more

ctDNA response after pembrolizumab in non-small cell lung cancer: phase 2 adaptive trial results

Nature Medicine(2023)10.1038/s41591-023-02598-9

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3.7DataRank · unranked

151 citations

Cheryl Ho, Garth Nicholas, Rosalyn A. Juergens, Adrian G. Sacher, Andrea S. Fung +15 more

Integrative Tumor and Immune Cell Multi-omic Analyses Predict Response to Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Melanoma

Cell Reports Medicine(2020)10.1016/j.xcrm.2020.100139

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2.3DataRank · unranked

79 citations

Daniel C. Bruhm, Noushin Niknafs, James R. White, Xiaoshan M. Shao, John-William Sidhom +19 more

Perioperative nivolumab or nivolumab plus ipilimumab in resectable diffuse pleural mesothelioma: a phase 2 trial and ctDNA analyses

Nature Medicine(2025)10.1038/s41591-025-03958-3

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0.441DataRank · unranked

15 citations

Paul K. Lee, Reza J. Mehran, Chen Hu, Suqi Ke, Amna Jamali +24 more

Peripheral blood immune cell dynamics reflect antitumor immune responses and predict clinical response to immunotherapy

Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer(2022)10.1136/jitc-2022-004688

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139 citations

Jenna VanLiere Canzoniero, Samuel Rosner, Guangfan Zhang, James R. White, Zineb Belcaid +22 more

HLA class II immunogenic mutation burden predicts response to immune checkpoint blockade

Annals of Oncology(2022)10.1016/j.annonc.2022.03.013

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19 citations

Justin Huang, Noushin Niknafs, Archana Balan, Christopher Cherry, James R. White +4 more

Sex-specific differences in immunogenomic features of response to immune checkpoint blockade

Frontiers in Oncology(2022)10.3389/fonc.2022.945798

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13 citations

Xiaoshan M. Shao, Noushin Niknafs, Archana Balan, Gavin Pereira, Kristen A. Marrone +12 more

Persistent mutation burden drives sustained anti-tumor immune responses

Nature Medicine(2023)10.1038/s41591-022-02163-w

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143 citations

Archana Balan, Christopher Cherry, Karlijn Hummelink, Kim Monkhorst, Xiaoshan M. Shao +16 more

Dynamics of Sequence and Structural Cell-Free DNA Landscapes in Small-Cell Lung Cancer

Clinical Cancer Research(2023)10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-22-2242

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49 citations

Wade T. Iams, Zineb Belcaid, Susan Scott, Noushin Niknafs, Archana Balan +10 more

Elucidating the Heterogeneity of Immunotherapy Response and Immune-Related Toxicities by Longitudinal ctDNA and Immune Cell Compartment Tracking in Lung Cancer

Clinical Cancer Research(2023)10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-23-1469

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34 citations

Lavanya Sivapalan, Karlijn Hummelink, Archana Balan, James R. White, Noushin Niknafs +28 more

Three-dimensional genomic mapping of human pancreatic tissue reveals striking multifocality and genetic heterogeneity in precancerous lesions

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.01.27.525553

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8 citations

Ashley Kiemen, Mia P. Grahn, André Forjaz, Jaanvi Mahesh Babu, Lily Zheng +36 more

Elucidating the heterogeneity of immunotherapy response and immune-related toxicities by longitudinal ctDNA and immune cell compartment tracking in lung cancer

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.06.23.546338

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3 citations

Lavanya Sivapalan, Karlijn Hummelink, Archana Balan, James R. White, Noushin Niknafs +25 more

Data from Detecting Liver Cancer Using Cell-Free DNA Fragmentomes

(2023)10.1158/2159-8290.c.6549876

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Akshaya V. Annapragada, Kavya Boyapati, Daniel C. Bruhm, Nicholas A. Vulpescu, Jamie E. Medina +16 more

Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer Using Cell-Free DNA Fragmentomes and Protein Biomarkers

Cancer Discovery(2024)10.1158/2159-8290.cd-24-0393

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55 citations

Akshaya V. Annapragada, Pien Lof, Sarah Short, Adrianna L. Bartolomucci, Dimitrios Mathios +30 more

Genome-wide repeat landscapes in cancer and cell-free DNA

Science Translational Medicine(2024)10.1126/scitranslmed.adj9283

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48 citations

Noushin Niknafs, James R. White, Daniel C. Bruhm, Christopher Cherry, Jamie E. Medina +8 more

DNA methylation and gene expression as determinants of genome-wide cell-free DNA fragmentation

Nature Communications(2024)10.1038/s41467-024-50850-8

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32 citations

Dimitrios Mathios, Akshaya V. Annapragada, Shashikant Koul, Zacharia H. Foda, Jamie E. Medina +12 more

Liquid biopsies across the cancer care continuum

Nature Medicine(2025)10.1038/s41591-025-04093-9

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26 citations

Akshaya V. Annapragada, Noushin Niknafs, Victor E. Velculescu, Valsamo Anagnostou, Blair V. Landon

Detection of Brain Cancer Using Genome-wide Cell-free DNA Fragmentomes

Cancer Discovery(2025)10.1158/2159-8290.cd-25-0074

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11 citations

Noushin Niknafs, Akshaya V. Annapragada, Ernest J. Bobeff, Elaine J. Chiao, Kavya Boyapati +25 more

Of Context, Quality, and Complexity: Fine-Combing Tumor Mutational Burden in Immunotherapy-Treated Cancers

Clinical Cancer Research(2025)10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-23-0824

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8 citations

Mimi Najjar, Colum Dennehy, Ioannis Stouras, Valsamo Anagnostou, Noushin Niknafs

Genomic Landscapes of Endometrioid and Mucinous Ovarian Cancers and Morphologically Similar Tumor Types

Cancer Research Communications(2025)10.1158/2767-9764.crc-25-0147

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2 citations

Alice C. Eastman, Shashikant Koul, Daniel C. Bruhm, Eniko Papp, Simon Davenport +29 more

Genomic characterization of malignant progression in neoplastic pancreatic cysts

Nature Communications(2020)10.1038/s41467-020-17917-8

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140 citations

Noushin Niknafs, Catherine G. Fischer, Wenzel M. Hackeng, Violeta Beleva Guthrie, Waki Hosoda +33 more

Longitudinal tumor-informed cfDNA whole genome sequencing to capture residual disease during neoadjuvant immune checkpoint inhibition in resectable gastroesophageal cancer.

Journal of Clinical Oncology(2025)10.1200/jco.2025.43.16_suppl.2550

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1 citations

Nisha Rao, Gavin Pereira, Noushin Niknafs, Mark Sausen, Ellen L. Verner +15 more

Detection and characterization of lung cancer using cell-free DNA fragmentomes

Nature Communications(2021)10.1038/s41467-021-24994-w

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480 citations

Jakob Sidenius Johansen, Stephen Cristiano, Jamie E. Medina, Jillian Phallen, Klaus Richter Larsen +33 more

Early detection of lung cancer using cfDNA fragmentation.

Journal of Clinical Oncology(2021)10.1200/jco.2021.39.15_suppl.8519

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7 citations

Jakob Sidenius Johansen, Stephen Cristiano, Jamie E. Medina, Jillian Phallen, Klaus Richter Larsen +9 more

Detecting Liver Cancer Using Cell-Free DNA Fragmentomes

Cancer Discovery(2022)10.1158/2159-8290.cd-22-0659

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157 citations

Akshaya V. Annapragada, Kavya Boyapati, Daniel C. Bruhm, Nicholas A. Vulpescu, Jamie E. Medina +16 more