Research Department

Medical Oncology/Hematologic Malignancies

Interest

Myelodysplastic syndromes

Recent Awards

• Hematology/Oncology Teacher of The Year Finalist, Mayo Clinic, 2007, 2008
• Fellowship, American College of Physicians, 2006

Select Publications

• Steensma DP, Baer MR, Slack JL, Buckstein R, Godley LA, Garcia-Manero G, Albitar M, Larsen JS, Arora S, Cullen MT, Kantarjian H. Multicenter study of decitabine administered daily for 5 days every 4 weeks to adults with myelodysplastic syndromes: The alternative dosing for outpatient treatment (ADOPT) trial. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2009;27(23): 3842-8.
• Bohlius J, Schmidlin K, Brillant C, Schwarzer G, Trelle S, Seidenfeld J, Zwahlen M, Clarke M, Weingart O, Kluge S, Piper M, Rades D, Steensma DP, Djulbegovic B, Fey MF, Ray-Coquard I, Machtay M, Moebus V, Thomas G, Untch M, Schumacher M, Egger M, Engert A. Recombinant human erythropoiesis-stimulating agents and mortality in patients with cancer: A meta-analysis of randomised trials. Lancet. 2009;373(9674):1532-42.
• Steensma DP, Neiger JD, Porcher JC, Keats JJ, Bergsagel PL, Knudson RA, Jenkins RD, Santana-Davila R, Kumar R, Ketterling R. Rearrangements and amplification of IER3 (IEX-1) represent a novel and recurrent molecular abnormality in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). Cancer Res. 2009;69(19):7518-23.
• Sekeres MA, Steensma DP. Defining prior therapy in myelodysplastic syndromes and criteria for relapsed and refractory disease: implications for clinical trial design and enrollment. Blood. 2009;114(13):2575-80.
• Steensma DP. The Blood of the Lamb. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2009;27(16):2729-31.
• Wardrop D, Steensma DP. Is refractory anemia with ring sideroblasts and thrombocytosis (RARS-T) a necessary or useful diagnostic category? British Journal of Haematology. 2009; 144(6):809-17.
• Hanson CA, Steensma DP, Hodnefield JM, Nguyen PL, Hoyer JD, Viswanatha DS, Zou Y, Knudson RA, Van Dyke DL, Ketterling RP. Isolated trisomy 15: A clonal chromosome abnormality in bone marrow with doubtful hematologic significance. Am J Clin Pathol. 2008;129(3):478-85.
• Caudill JS, Imran H, Porcher JC, Steensma DP. Congenital sideroblastic anemia associated with germline polymorphisms reducing expression of FECH. Haematologica. 2008; 93(10):1582-4.
• Palmer SR, Tefferi A, Hanson CA, Steensma DP. Platelet count is an IPSS-independent risk factor predicting survival in refractory anaemia with ringed sideroblasts. British Journal of Haematology. 2008;140(6):722-5.
• Steensma DP, Porcher JC, Hanson CA, Lathrop CL, Hoyer JD, Tefferi A, Lasho TL, Higgs DR. Prevalence of erythrocyte haemoglobin H inclusions in unselected patients with clonal myeloid disorders. British Journal of Haematology. 2007;139(3):439-442.