I am a Vice chair of renal tumors committee of COG. I am also the Radiotherapy Chair of renal tumors committee. Currently I am a Professor of Radiation Oncology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. I have been an active member of the Pediatric Oncology Group and Children's Oncology Group since 1997. I have been treating children since 1997 at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago and Northwestern University.
The following are some of my recent publications:
Breslow NE, Kalapurakal JA et al. Radiation Therapy for Favorable Histology Wilms Tumor: Prevention of flank recurrence did not improve survival on National Wilms Tumor Studies 3 and 4. Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys 2006; 65: 203-209.
Jeffrey S. Dome John A. Kalapurakal et al. Treatment of Anaplastic Histology Wilms Tumor: Results from the Fifth National Wilms Tumor Study J Clin Oncol 2006; 24: 2352-23258.
Breslow NE, Kalapurakal JA et al.Radiation Therapy for Favorable Histology Wilms Tumor: Prevention of flank recurrence did not improve survival on National Wilms Tumor Studies 3 and 4. Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys 2006; 65: 203-209.
Jeffrey S. Dome, M.D.John A. Kalapurakal, M.D. et al. Treatment of Anaplastic Histology Wilms Tumor: Results from the Fifth National Wilms Tumor Study J Clin Oncol 2006; 24: 2352-23258.
Kalapurakal JA et al. Intraoperative spillage of favorable histology Wilms tumor cells: Influence of irradiation and chemotherapy regimens on abdominal recurrence. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. (in press 2009).
Kalapurakal JA et al. Outcomes of children with favorable histology Wilms tumor and peritoneal implants treated on National Wilms tumor Studies-4 and -5. Int J Rad Oncol Biol Phys (in press 2009)
Warwick A, Kalapurakal JA et al. Portal Hypertension in children with Wilms Tumor: A report from the National Wilms Tumor Study Group. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys (In press 2009)
Ehrlich P, Kalapurakal JA et al. Hepatic metastasis at diagnosis in patients with Wilms tumor is not an independent adverse prognostic factor. A report from the National Wilms Tumor Study Group. Prognosis of favorable histology Wilms tumor and liver Metastases. Am J Surgery (In press 2009.