Gayle Smink, MD, MPH - Penn State Cancer Institute
Researcher Profile
Gayle Smink, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Disease Teams:
Cancer Institute, Pediatric Cancer Team
Clinical Trials
A Phase 3 Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Open vs Thoracoscopic Management of Pulmonary Metastases in Patients With Osteosarcoma
Phase II Trial of Tipifarnib and Naxitamab for Relapsed/Refractory Neuroblastoma BCC022
A Dose Escalation Study Using Difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) and AMXT-1501 followed by a Randomized Controlled Trial of DFMO with or without AMXT-1501 for Neuroblastoma, CNS Tumors, and Sarcomas
BCC021 Phase I/II study of Silmitasertib (CX-4945) in combination with chemotherapy in children and young adults with relapsed refractory solid tumors
Pediatric Acute Leukemia (PedAL) Screening Trial Developing New Therapies for Relapsed Leukemias
A Prospective Phase 3 Study of Patients with Newly Diagnosed Very Low-risk and Low-risk Fusion Negative Rhabdomyosarcoma
AHOD2131 A Randomized Phase 3 Interim Response Adapted Trial Comparing Standard Therapy with Immuno-oncology Therapy for Children and Adults with Newly Diagnosed Stage I and II Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma
Recent Publications
2024
Gay, K, Smink, G, Mulieri, K & Dandekar, S 2024, 'Delayed serum sickness reaction after initial hypersensitivity reaction to calaspargase during treatment for B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia', Pediatric Blood and Cancer, vol. 71, no. 5, e30922. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.30922
Kuntz, H, Santucci, J, Butts, S, Dandekar, S, Smink, G, Van Scoy, LJ & Rao, P 2024, 'Determinants of Decision Regret Regarding Fertility Preservation in Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review', Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 726-737. https://doi.org/10.1089/jayao.2023.0191
Caru, M, Dandekar, S, Gordon, B, Conroy, DE, Barb, ED, Doerksen, SE, Smink, GM, McKeone, DJ, Shah, NB, Greiner, RJ, Schramm, JW, Rao, P, McGregor, L & Schmitz, KH 2024, 'Implementing a behavioral physical activity program in children and adolescent survivors of childhood cancer: a pilot randomized controlled trial', Journal of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 47, no. 5, pp. 792-803. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-024-00497-z
2021
McGrath, M & Smink, G 2021, 'Double and single mixed-lineage leukemia-rearranged subclones in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia: a case report', Journal of Medical Case Reports, vol. 15, no. 1, 228. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-021-02841-2