Cristina R. Ferrone, M.D.
Division of General Surgery
15 Parkman Street, WANG 460
Boston, MA 02114
cferrone@partners.org
phone: (617) 643-6189
fax: (617) 643-6116

Clinical Background:

MD Degree:
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Residency:
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Surgery

Fellowship:
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Research Fellow
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Surgical Oncology

Clinical Interests:
Primary hepatic and pancreatic cancers, gastrointestinal malignancies and metastatic disease to the liver.  Immunologic treatment of solid tumors, GI malignancies.

Research Interests:
Vaccine development and immunotherapy for gastrointestinal cancer.

Recent Publications:

Ferrone CR, Ben Porat L, Panageas KS, Berwick M, Halpern AC, Patel A, Coit DG.  Multiple primary melanomas: clinicopathologic features and risk factors in 385 patients.  JAMA. 2005 October 5; 294 (13):1647-54

Ferrone CR, Kattan MW, Tomlinson JS, Thayer SP, Brennan MF, Warshaw AL.  Validation of a post resection pancreatic adenocarcinoma nomogram for disease specific survivial.  Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2005 October 20; 23(30): 7529-35

Roggin KK, Yeh JJ, Ferrone CR, Riedel E, Gerdes, H, Klimstra DS, Jaques DP, Brennan, MF. Limitations of ampullectomy in the treatment of non-familial ampullary neoplasms.  Ann Surg Oncol. 2005 Dec 12; 12:971-980

Ferrone CR, Finkelstein DM, Thayer SP, Muzikansky A, Fernandez-del Castillo C, Warshaw AL.  Peri-operative CA19-9 levels can predict stage and survival in patients with resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma.  Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2006 June  20;24(18):2897-902

Ferrone CR, Perales M-A, ramirez-Montagut T, Turk MJ, Gregor P, Houghton AN, Wolchock JD.  Cytokine fusion genesas adjuvants for xenogeneic DNA vaccines.  Clinical Cancer research 2006 Sept 15; 12(18):5511-9

Chapters

Ferrone CR and Brennan MF.  The Kausch-Whipple Pancreatectomy.  In:  Cameron J, Beger H, Matsuno D, eds. Diseases of the Pancreas:  Current Surgical Therapy   (chapter in press.)

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