Raul Ribeiro, MD

Raul C. Ribeiro, MD

Member, St. Jude Faculty
Director, Leukemia / Lymphoma Division
Director, International Outreach Program
Associate Director for Outreach Program, Cancer Center

Departments

Oncology

Divisions

Leukemia / Lymphoma

Contact Information

Raul Ribeiro, MD
MS 721, Room S-2012
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
Email: raul.ribeiro@stjude.org
Phone: (901) 595-3694

Research Interests

  • Pediatric leukemia
  • Adrenocortical carcinoma
  • Pediatric hematology/oncology in developing countries

Selected Publications

Rubnitz JE, Crews KR, Pounds S, Yang S, Campana D, Gandhi VV, Raimondi SC, Downing JR, Razzouk BI, Pui CH, Ribeiro RC. Combination of cladribine and cytarabine is effective for childhood acute myeloid leukemia: results of the St Jude AML97 trial. Leukemia Feb 26, 2009. [Epub ahead of print]

Sandlund JT, Pui CH, Zhou Y, Behm FG, Onciu M, Razzouk BI, Hijiya N, Campana D, Hudson MM, Ribeiro RC. Effective treatment of advanced-stage childhood lymphoblastic lymphoma without prophylactic cranial irradiation: results of St Jude NHL13 study. Leukemia Feb 5, 2009. [Epub ahead of print]

Samochatova EV, Chupova NV, Rudneva A, Makarova O, Nasedkina TV, Fedorova OE, Glotov AS, Kozhekbaeva Z, Maiorova OA, Roumyantsev AG, Krynetski EY, Krynetskaia NF, Evans WE, Ribeiro RC. TPMT genetic variations in populations of the Russian Federation. Pediatr Blood Cancer 52(2):203-8, 2009.

Howard SC, Pui CH, Ribeiro RC. Components of cure: treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Indonesia and other low-income countries. Pediatr Blood Cancer 51(6):719-21, 2008.

Ribeiro RC, Steliarova-Foucher E, Magrath I, Lemerle J, Eden T, Forget C, Mortara I, Tabah-Fisch I, Divino JJ, Miklavec T, Howard S, Cavalli F. A descriptive study of the baseline status of pediatric oncology in 10 low- or mid-income countries receiving “My Child Matters” support. Lancet Oncology 9:721-29, 2008.

Howard SC, Metzger ML, Wilimas JA, Quintana Y, Pui CH, Robison LL, Ribeiro RC. Childhood cancer epidemiology in low-income countries. Cancer 112(3):461-72, 2008.

Ribeiro RC, Sandlund JT. Burkitt lymphoma in African children: a priority for the global health agenda? Pediatr Blood Cancer 50(6):1125-6, 2008.

West AN, Neale GA, Pounds S, Figueredo BC, Rodriguez Galindo C, Pianovski MA, Oliveira Filho AG, Malkin D, Lalli E, Ribeiro R, Zambetti GP. Gene expression profiling of childhood adrenocortical tumors. Cancer Res 15;67(2):600-8, 2007.

Workman GM, Ribeiro RC, Rai SN, Pedrosa A, Workman DE, Pedrosa F. Pediatric cancer knowledge: assessment of knowledge of warning signs and symptoms for pediatric cancer among Brazilian community health workers. J Cancer Educ 22(3):181-5, 2007.

Rubnitz JE, Razzouk BI, Lensing S, Pounds S, Pui CH, Ribeiro RC. Prognostic factors and outcome of recurrence in childhood acute myeloid. Cancer 109(1):157-63, 2007.

Rubnitz JE, Lensing S, Razzouk BI, Pounds S, Pui CH, Ribeiro RC. Effect of race on outcome of white and black children with acute myeloid leukemia: the St. Jude experience. Pediatr Blood Cancer 48(1):10-5, 2007.

Ribeiro RC, Rego E. Management of APL in Developing Countries: Epidemiology, Challenges and Opportunities for International Collaboration. Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program 162-8, 2006.

West AN, Ribeiro RC, Jenkins J, Rodriguez-Galindo C, Figueiredo BC, Kriwacki R, Zambetti Identification of a Novel Germ Line Variant Hotspot Mutant p53-R175L in Pediatric Adrenal Cortical Carcinoma. Cancer Res 66: (10):5056-5062, 2006.

Coustan-Smith E, Ribeiro RC, Stow P, Zhou Y, Pui CH, Rivera GK, Pedrosa F, Campana D.  A Simplified flow cytometric assay identifies children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who have a superior clinical outcome. Blood Jul 1;108(1):97-102, 2006.

Howard SC, Ribeiro RC, Pui CH. Strategies to improve outcomes of children with cancer in low-income countries. Eur J Cancer 41:1584-1587, 2005.

Ribeiro RC, Pui C-H. Saving the Children – Improving Childhood Cancer Treatment in Developing Countries. N Engl J Med 352(21):2158-2160, 2005.

Rodriguez-Galindo C, Figueiredo BC, Zambetti GP, Ribeiro RC. Biology, Clinical Characteristics, and Management of Adrenocortical Tumors in Children. Pediatr Blood Cancer 45:265-73, 2005.

Hijiya N. Gajjar A. Zhang Z, Sandlund JT, Ribeiro RC, Rubnitz JE, Jeha S. Liu W, Cheng C, Raimondi SC, Behm FG, Rivera GK, Relling MV, Pui CH. Low-dose oral etoposide-based induction regimen for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in first bone marrow relapse. Leukemia 18:1581-6, 2004.

Howard SC, Pedrosa M, Lins M, Pedrosa A, Pui CH, Ribeiro RC, Pedrosa F. Establishment of a pediatric oncology program and outcomes of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in a resource-poor area. JAMA 291(20):2471-2475, 2004.

Ribeiro RC, Figueiredo B. Childhood Adrenocortical Tumors. Eur J Cancer 40:1117-1126, 2004.

Michalkiewicz E, Sandrini R, Figueiredo B, Miranda ECM, Caran E, Oliveira-Filho AG, Pianovski MAD, Lacerda L, Cristofani LM, Rodriguez-Galindo C, Ribeiro RC. Clinical and Outcome Characteristics of Children with Adrenocortical Tumors: A Report from the International Pediatric Adrenocortical Tumor Registry. J Clin Oncol 22 (5): 838-845, 2004.

Pui CH, Ribeiro RC. International Collaboration on Childhood Leukemia. International Journal of Hematology 78:383-389, 2003.

Metzger ML, Howard SC, Fu LC, Pena A, Stefan R, Hancock ML, Zhang Z, Pui CH, Wilimas J, Ribeiro RC. Outcome of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in resource-poor countries. The Lancet 362:706-708, 2003.

Crews KR, Gandhi V, Srivastava DK, Razzouk BI, Tong X, Behm FG, Plunkett W, Raimondi SC, Pui CH, Rubnitz JE, Stewart CF, Ribeiro RC. Interim comparison of a continuous infusion versus a short daily infusion of cytarabine given in combination with cladribine for pediatric acute myeloid leukemia. J Clin Onc 20(20): 4217-4224, 2002.

DiGiammarino EL, Lee AS, Cadwell C, Zhang W, Bothner B, Ribeiro RC, Zambetti G, Kriwacki RW. A novel mechanism of tumorigenesis involving pH-dependent destabilization of a mutant p53 tetramer. Nature Struct Biol 9(1):12-16, 2002.

Wilimas JA, Ribeiro RC. Pediatric hematology-oncology outreach for developing countries. Hem Onc Clinics of North America 15(4):775-787, 2001.

Athale UH, Razzouk BI, Raimondi SC, Tong X, Behm FG, Head DR, Srivastava DK, Rubnitz JE, Bowman L, Pui C-H, Ribeiro RC. Biology and outcome of childhood acute megakaryoblastic leukemia: a single institution's experience. Blood 97(12), 2001.

Krance RA, Hurwitz CA, Head DR, Raimondi SC, Behm FG, Radomiski KM, Srivastava DK, Mahmoud H, Roberts WM, Tong X, Blakley RL, Ribeiro RC. Experience with 2-Chlorodeoxyadenosine in previously untreated children with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic disease. J Clin Onc 19(11):2804-2811, 2001.

Ribeiro RC, Sandrini F, Figueiredo B, Zambetti G, Michaelkiewicz E, Lafferty AR, DeLacerda L, Rabin M, Cadwell RC, Sampaio G, Cat I, Stratakis CA, Sandrini R. An inherited p53 mutation that contributes in a tissue specific manner to pediatric adrenal cortical carcinoma. Proc Nat Acad Sc 98(16):9330-9335, 2001.

Ribeiro RC, Bonilla M. A leukaemia treatment programme in El Salvador. The Lancet 356:s7, Dec 2000.

Gill PS, Harrington W Jr., Kaplan MH, Ribeiro RC, Bennett JM, Liebman HA, Bernstein-Singer M, Epsina BM, Cabra L, Allen S. Treatment of adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma with a combination of interferon alfa and zidovudine. N Engl J Med 332(26):1744-1748, 1995.

Mahmoud HH, Hurwitz CA, Roberts WM, Santana VM, Ribeiro RC, Krance RA. Tretinoin toxicity in children with acute promyelocytic leukaemia. The Lancet 342(8884):1394-1395, 1993.

Mahmoud HH, Rivera GK, Hancock ML, Krance RA, Kun LE, Behm FG, Ribeiro RC, Sandlund JT, Crist WM, Pui C-H. Low leukocyte counts with blast cells in cerebrospinal fluid of children with newly diagnosed acute lymphoblastic leukemia. N Engl J Med 329(5):314-319, 1993.

Pui C-H, Ribeiro RC, Hancock ML, Rivera GK, Evans WE, Raimondi SC, Head DR, Behm FG, Mahmoud MH, Sandlund JT, Crist WM.  Acute myeloid leukemia in children treated with epipodophyllotoxins for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. N Engl J Med 325(24):1682-1687, 1991.

Last update: June 2009

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