Colette R. Pameijer, MD - Penn State Cancer Institute
Researcher Profile
Colette R. Pameijer, MD
Professor, Department of Surgery
Chief, Division of General Surgery Specialties and Surgical Oncology
Chief, Division of General Surgery Specialties and Surgical Oncology
Scientific Program:Next-Generation Therapies
Disease Teams:
Cancer Institute, Melanoma and Skin Cancer Team
Cancer Institute, Sarcoma Cancer Team
Cancer Institute, Sarcoma Cancer Team
Clinical Trials
The Collection of Blood, Tissue and Phenotypic Data in Patients Diagnosed with Skin Cancers and Subsequent Metastases for Inclusion in a Repository and Use in Outcome Studies
APG-115 - A Phase Ib/II Study of APG-115 in Combination with Pembrolizumab in Patients with Unresectable or Metastatic Melanomas or Advanced Solid Tumors
An Open-Label, Randomized, Controlled Multi-Center Study of The Efficacy of Daromun (L19IL2 + L19TNF) Neoadjuvant Intratumoral Treatment Followed by Surgery and Adjuvant Therapy Versus Surgery and Adjuvant Therapy in Clinical Stage IIIB/C Melanoma Patients (PSCI 21-190) (PH-L19IL2TNF-01/18)
Recent Publications
2025
RVU Writing Group & PSM Consortium Group 2025, 'When Benchmarks Fail Us: A Case Study in Cytoreductive Surgery', Annals of Surgical Oncology, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 19-23. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-024-16191-y
2024
Greene, AC, Ziegler, O, Quattrone, M, Stack, MJ, Becker, B, Pameijer, CR & Shen, C 2024, 'Association between Medicaid Expansion and Cutaneous Melanoma Diagnosis and Outcomes: Does Where You Live Make a Difference?', Annals of Surgical Oncology, vol. 31, no. 7, pp. 4584-4593. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-024-15214-y
Greene, AC, Matzelle-Zywicki, M, Ziegler, O, El-Mallah, JC, Stack, MJ, Pameijer, CR & Shen, C 2024, 'Characteristics and variations in young adults with cutaneous melanoma: A national cancer database analysis', Journal of Surgical Oncology, vol. 129, no. 8, pp. 1554-1565. https://doi.org/10.1002/jso.27685
Hoskins, MA, Finkelstein, A, Rashid, A, Ziegler, O, Mankarious, MM, Benavides, JV & Pameijer, CR 2024, 'Data-Driven Surveillance Protocol for Patients at Risk for Peritoneal Recurrence of Primary Colon Cancer: Surveillance for Peritoneal Carcinomatosis †', Journal of Clinical Medicine, vol. 13, no. 8, 2358. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13082358
Mitra, M, Haworth, A, Gaddale, P, Badran, F, Lagno, N, Pameijer, C, Aziz, F & Kothapalli, SR 2024, 'Multiwavelength laser diode based portable photoacoustic and ultrasound imaging system for point of care applications', Journal of Biophotonics, vol. 17, no. 7, e202400058. https://doi.org/10.1002/jbio.202400058
Shen, C, Thornton, JD, Li, N, Schaefer, E, Zhou, S, Kawasaki, S, Pameijer, C & Leslie, D 2024, 'Opioid and Non-Opioid Pharmacotherapy Use for Pain Management Among Privately Insured Pediatric Patients With Cancer in the United States', Oncologist, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 176-184. https://doi.org/10.1093/oncolo/oyad292
2023
Greene, AC, Wong, WG, Pameijer, CR & Shen, C 2023, 'ASO Author Reflections: Lower Guideline Concordance and Decreased Overall Survival for Melanoma Patients at Minority-Serving Hospitals: How Can We Do Better?', Annals of Surgical Oncology, vol. 30, no. 6, pp. 3646-3647. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-023-13377-8
Chhabra, G, Li, WQ & Pameijer, C 2023, 'Editorial: Prognostic gene signatures in skin cancer', Frontiers in Oncology, vol. 13, 1163642. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2023.1163642
Ikram, M, Shen, C & Pameijer, CR 2024, 'Racial and Socioeconomic Differences and Surgical Outcomes in Pancreaticoduodenectomy Patients: A Systematic Review of High- Versus Low-Volume Hospitals in the United States', American Surgeon, vol. 90, no. 2, pp. 292-302. https://doi.org/10.1177/00031348231211040
Greene, AC, Wong, WG, Perez Holguin, RA, Patel, A, Pameijer, CR & Shen, C 2023, 'The Association of Guideline-Concordant Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Melanoma at Minority-Serving Hospitals', Annals of Surgical Oncology, vol. 30, no. 6, pp. 3634-3645. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-023-13341-6
2022
Arhin, N, Ssentongo, P, Taylor, M, Olecki, EJ, Pameijer, C, Shen, C, Oh, J & Eng, C 2022, 'Age-standardised incidence rate and epidemiology of colorectal cancer in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis', BMJ open, vol. 12, no. 1, e052376. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052376
Olecki, EJ, Ssentongo, P, Dao, J, Wong, WG, Stahl, KA, Ofosu-Akromah, R, Amponsah-Manu, F & Pameijer, C 2022, 'Burden of cancer in the general surgical population in the eastern region of Ghana', BMJ open, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. e051741. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051741
Wong, WG, Perez Holguin, RA, Stahl, KA, Olecki, EJ, Pameijer, C & Shen, C 2022, 'Utilization and survival benefit of adjuvant immunotherapy in resected high-risk stage II melanoma', Surgery in Practice and Science, vol. 8, 100056. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sipas.2022.100056
2021
Pameijer, CR 2022, 'HIPEC Trials and the US: A Review and Call to Action', Annals of Surgical Oncology, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 866-872. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-021-10769-6
Agrawal, S, Singh, MKA, Johnstonbaugh, K, Han, DC, Pameijer, CR & Kothapalli, SR 2021, 'Photoacoustic imaging of human vasculature using LED versus laser illumination: A comparison study on tissue phantoms and in vivo humans', Sensors (Switzerland), vol. 21, no. 2, 424, pp. 1-18. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21020424
Mrowczynski, OD, Vasekar, M, Fox, E, Harbaugh, K, Aregawi, D, Pameijer, CR, Zaorsky, N, Payne, R & Rizk, E 2021, 'Spontaneous Hip Dislocation Complicating the Management of Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor Arising Within a Plexiform Neurofibroma', Cureus, vol. 13, no. 7, e16320. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16320
Wong, WG, Stahl, K, Olecki, EJ, Holguin, RP, Pameijer, C & Shen, C 2021, 'Survival Benefit of Guideline-Concordant Postoperative Radiation for Local Merkel Cell Carcinoma', Journal of Surgical Research, vol. 266, pp. 168-179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2021.03.062
Juris, A, Taylor-Gehman, A, Spencer, B, Schaefer, E & Pameijer, C 2021, 'The Impact of Sarcopenia in Patients with Peritoneal Surface Disease', Pathology and Oncology Research, vol. 27, 638857. https://doi.org/10.3389/pore.2021.638857