Selected Publications

  • Zhu VL, Rand DR, Arnold KE, Pagedar NA, Bayon R, Buchakjian MR. Association of core biopsy with extranodal extension in surgically treated Human Papillomavirus-associated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2023 Jul; Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37433026.
  • Holcomb AJ, Farrokhian N, Tolan C, Whiteford E, Villwock M, Kakarala K, Shnayder Y, Sykes K, Lominska C, Gan G, Buchakjian MR, Harding B, Dooley L, Shinn J, Burton Wood C, Rohde S, Khaja S, Abt NB, Varvares M, Bur AM. Adjuvant radiotherapy mitigates impact of perineural invasion on oncologic outcomes in early-stage oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma. A multi-institutional analysis of 557 patients. Oral Oncol. 2023 Jul;142:106420. PMID: 37182430.
  • Al-Qurayshi Z, Zhu VL, Bayon R, Buchakjian MR. Presentation and outcomes of patients with clinically T1-2, N0 oropharynx squamous cell carcinoma: The interplay of primary treatment modality and human papillomavirus status. Head & Neck. 2022 Oct. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36205359.
  • Remy MT, Ding Q, Krongbaramee T, Hu J, Mora Mata AV, Haes AJ, Amendt BA, Sun H, Buchakjian MR, Hong L. Plasmid encoding miRNA-200c delivered by CaCO3-based nanoparticles enhances rat alveolar bone formation. Nanomedicine. 2022 Sep 20. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36125080.
  • Farrokhian N, Holcomb AJ, Dimon E, Karadaghy O, Ward C, Whiteford E, Tolan C, Hanly EK, Buchakjian MR, Harding B, Dooley L, Shinn J, Wood CB, Rohde S, Khaja S, Parikh A, Bulbul MG, Penn J, Goodwin S, Bur AM. Assessing Prognostic Value of Quantitative Neck Dissection Quality Measures in Patients with Clinically Node-Negative Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022 Oct 1;148(10:947-955. PMID: 36074415.
  • Wongpattaraworakul W, Gibson-Corley KN, Choi A, Buchakjian MR, Lanzel EA, Rajan KA, Simons AL. Prognostic Role of Combined EGFR and Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes in Oral Squamous Cell carcinoma. Front Oncol. 2022 Jul 25;12:885236. PMID: 35957892.
  • Al-Qurayshi Z, Ngouajio AL, Buchakjian MR. Presentation and outcomes of patients with clinically T1-2, N0 supraglottic squamous cell carcinoma: The role of definitive radiotherapy compared to primary partial laryngectomy. Head Neck. 2022 Mar;44(3):735-744. PMID: 35731030.
  • Spielbauer KK, Sunde J, Buchakjian MR, Casper KA, Malloy KM, Stucken CL, Prince ME, Rosko AJ, Schechtman S, Chinn SB, Kumar SS, Spector ME. Use of rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM) to predict thrombotic complications of microvascular head and neck reconstruction. Oral Oncol. 2022 Jan;124; 104414. PMID: 34481704.
  • Marcus K, Sullivan DB, Al-Qurayshi Z, Buchakjian MR. Can red blood cell distribution width predict laryngectomy complications or survival outcomes? Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2021 Oct;131(10):1102-1108. PMID: 34715735.
  • Bansal AP, Buchakjian MR. Subscapular system free flaps for oromandibular reconstruction. Plastic and Aesthetic Research. 2021;8:59(1-14).
  • Ngouajio A, Buchakjian MR. A rare and unusual cause of tenth cranial nerve palsy leading to dysphagia. Dysphagia. 2021 Jun;37(3):686-688. PMID: 33811519.
  • Buchakjian MR, Ginader T, Tasche KK, Pagedar NA, Smith BJ, Sperry SM. Independent predictors of prognosis based on oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma surgical margins. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2018 Oct;159(4):675-682. PMID: 29737907.
  • Buchakjian MR, Merritt NM, Moose DL, Dupuy AJ, Tanas MR, Henry MD. A Trp53fl/fl Ptenfl/fl mouse model of undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma mediated by adeno-Cre injection and in vivo bioluminescence imaging. PLoS One. 2017 Aug 25;12(8). PMID: 28841687.
  • Buchakjian MR, Davis AB, Sciegienka SJ, Pagedar NA, Sperry SM. Longitudinal perioperative pain assessment in head and neck cancer surgery. Ann Otolo Rhinol Laryngol. 2017 Sept;126(9):646-653. PMID: 28770621.
  • Tasche KK, Buchakjian MR, Pagedar NA, Sperry SM. Definition of “close margin” in oral cancer surgery and association of margin distance with local recurrence rate. JAMA-OHNS. 2017 Dec 1;142(12):1191-98. PMID: 28445581.
  • Buchakjian MR, Tasche KK, Robinson RA, Pagedar NA, Sperry SM. Association of main specimen and tumor bed margin status with local recurrence and survival in oral cancer surgery. JAMA-OHNS. 2016 Dec 1;142(12):1191-1198. PMID: 27423460.
  • Buchakjian MR and S Kornbluth. The engine driving the ship: metabolic steering of cell proliferation and death. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2010 Sept 23. 11(10) 715-728. PMID: 20861880.
  • Nutt LK*, Buchakjian MR*, Kornbluth S. Metabolic control of oocyte apoptosis mediated by14-3-3ζregulated dephosphorylation of caspase-2. Dev Cell. 2009 June 16. 16(6) 856-866. PMID: 19531356. *co-first authorship, Developmental Cell Feature Article
  • Andersen JL, Johnson CE, Freel CD, Parrish AB, Day JL, Buchakjian MR, Nutt LK, Thompson JW, Moseley MA, and S Kornbluth. Restraint of apoptosis during mitosis through interdomain phosphorylation of caspase-2. EMBO. 2009 Sept 3. 28, 3216-3227. PMID: 19730412.
  • Buchakjian MR*, S Kornbluth. Adaptor Proteins and Cancer, Georgescu, M-.M., ed., Research Signpost, Kerala, 2008. *First Author of “14-3-3 and Cancer” chapter.
  • Joseph SM, Buchakjian MR, Dubyak GR. Colocalization of ATP release sites and ecto ATPase activity at the extracellular surface of human astrocytes. J Biol Chem. 2003 Jun 27; 278(26):23331-42. PMID: 12684505.