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Melissa L Abel, M.D.

  • Center for Cancer Research
  • National Cancer Institute
Assistant Research Physician
Genitourinary Malignancies Branch

RESEARCH SUMMARY

Melissa Abel is a Medical Oncologist with expertise in prostate and small cell cancers. She has a specific interest in drivers and treatment of small cell neuroendocrine prostate cancer. Her research focuses on developing new therapeutic strategies for prostate cancer across all stages of disease. 

Areas of Expertise

Prostate Cancer
Small Cell Cancer
Genitourinary Malignancies

Publications

Selected Key Publications

Berzosertib Plus Topotecan vs Topotecan Alone in Patients With Relapsed Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Takahashi N, Hao Z, Villaruz LC, Zhang J, Ruiz J, Petty WJ, Mamdani H, Riess JW, Nieva J, Pachecho JM, Fuld AD, Shum E, Chauhan A, Nichols S, Shimellis H, McGlone J, Sciuto L, Pinkiert D, Graham C, Shelat M, Kattappuram R, Abel M, Schroeder B, Upadhyay D, Krishnamurthy M, Sharma AK, Kumar R, Malin J, Schultz CW, Goyal S, Redon CE, Pommier Y, Aladjem MI, Gore SD, Steinberg SM, Vilimas R, Desai P, Thomas A.
JAMA Oncology. 2023 Dec 1;9(12): 1669-1677, 2023.

Targeting Replication Stress and Chemotherapy Resistance with a Combination of Sacituzumab Govitecan and Berzosertib: A Phase I Clinical Trial.

Abel ML, Takahashi N, Peer C, Redon CE, Nichols S, Vilimas R, Lee MJ, Lee S, Shelat M, Kattappuram R, Sciuto L, Pinkiert D, Graham C, Butcher D, Karim B, Sharma AK, Malin J, Kumar R, Schultz CW, Goyal S, Del Rivero J, Krishnamurthy M, Upadhyay D, Schroeder B, Sissung T, Tyagi M, Kim J, Pommier Y, Aladjem M, Raffeld M, Figg WD, Trepel J, Xi L, Desai P, Thomas A.
Clinical Cancer Research. 2023 Sep 15;29(18): 3603-3611, 2023.

Integrative analysis of drug response and clinical outcome in acute myeloid leukemia.

Bottomly D, Long N, Schultz AR, Kurtz SE, Tognon CE, Johnson K, Abel M, Agarwal A, Avaylon S, Benton E, Blucher A, Borate U, Braun TP, Brown J, Bryant J, Burke R, Carlos A, Chang BH, Cho HJ, Christy S, Coblentz C, Cohen AM, d'Almeida A, Cook R, Danilov A, Dao KT, Degnin M, Dibb J, Eide CA, English I, Hagler S, Harrelson H, Henson R, Ho H, Joshi SK, Junio B, Kaempf A, Kosaka Y, Laderas T, Lawhead M, Lee H, Leonard JT, Lin C, Lind EF, Liu SQ, Lo P, Loriaux MM, Luty S, Maxson JE, Macey T, Martinez J, Minnier J, Monteblanco A, Mori M, Morrow Q, Nelson D, Ramsdill J, Rofelty A, Rogers A, Romine KA, Ryabinin P, Saultz JN, Sampson DA, Savage SL, Schuff R, Searles R, Smith RL, Spurgeon SE, Sweeney T, Swords RT, Thapa A, Thiel-Klare K, Traer E, Wagner J, Wilmot B, Wolf J, Wu G, Yates A, Zhang H, Cogle CR, Collins RH, Deininger MW, Hourigan CS, Jordan CT, Lin TL, Martinez ME, Pallapati RR, Pollyea DA, Pomicter AD, Watts JM, Weir SJ, Druker BJ, McWeeney SK, Tyner JW.
Cancer Cell. 2022 Aug 8;40(8): 850-864.e9., 2022.

Microenvironment shapes small-cell lung cancer neuroendocrine states and presents therapeutic opportunities

Desai P, Takahashi N, Kumar R, Nichols S, Malin J, Hunt A, Schultz C, Cao Y, Tillo D, Nousome D, Chauhan L, Sciuto L, Jordan K, Rajapakse V, Tandon M, Lissa D, Zhang Y, Kumar S, Pongor L, Singh A, Schroder B, Sharma AK, Chang T, Vilimas R, Pinkiert D, Graham C, Butcher D, Warner A, Sebastian R, Mahon M, Baker K, Cheng J, Berger A, Lake R, Abel M, Krishnamurthy M, Chrisafis G, Fitzgerald P, Nirula M, Goyal S, Atkinson D, Bateman NW, Abulez T, Nair G, Apolo A, Guha U, Karim B, El Meskini R, Ohler ZW, Jolly MK, Schaffer A, Ruppin E, Kleiner D, Miettinen M, Brown GT, Hewitt S, Conrads T, Thomas A.
Cell Rep Med. 2024 Jun 18;5(6):101610: 2024.

Identification and Characterization of Tyrosine Kinase Nonreceptor 2 Mutations in Leukemia through Integration of Kinase Inhibitor Screening and Genomic Analysis.

Maxson JE, Abel ML, Wang J, Deng X, Reckel S, Luty SB, Sun H, Gorenstein J, Hughes SB, Bottomly D, Wilmot B, McWeeney SK, Radich J, Hantschel O, Middleton RE, Gray NS, Druker BJ, Tyner JW.
Cancer Research. 2016 Jan 1;76(1): 127-38, 2016.