Mike Hernandez, M.S.

Senior Statistical Analyst

Degrees

M.S. in Biometry, The University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX
M.S. in Mathematics, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX
B.A. in Mathematics, Texas A&M-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX

Areas of Interest

Analysis of survey data
Analysis of survival data
Logistic regression analysis

Some Recent Publications

Wagner JL, Fearmonti R, Hunt KK, Hwang RF, Meric-Bernstam F, Kuerer HM, Bedrosian I, Crosby MA, Baumann DP, Ross MI, Feig BW, Krishnamurthy S, Hernandez M, Babiera GV. Prospective evaluation of the nipple-areola complex sparing mastectomy for risk reduction and for early-stage breast cancer. Annals of Surgical Oncology 2011; Oct 7. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 21979111

Bruno JJ, Hernandez M, Ghosh S, Pravinkumar SE. Critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency in cancer patients. Supportive Care in Cancer 2011; May 21 [Epub ahead of print].

Hong DS, Cabanillas ME, Wheler J, Naing A, Tsimberidou AM, Ye L, Waguespack SG, Hernandez M, El Naggar AK, Bidyasar S, Wright J, Sherman SI, Kurzrock R, Busaidy NL. Inhibition of the Ras/Raf/MEK/ERK and RET kinase pathways with the combination of the multikinase inhibitor sorafenib and the farnesyltransferase inhibitor tipifarnib in medullary and differentiated thyroid malignancies. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 2011; 96(4) 997-1005. PMID: 21289252

Paxton RJ, Jones LA, Chang S, Hernandez M, Hajek RA, Flatt SW, Natarajan L, Pierce JP. Was race a factor in the outcomes of the women's health eating and living study? Cancer 2011; 117(16):3805-3813.

Mattiuzzi GN, Cortes J, Alvarado G, Verstovsek S, Koller C, Pierce S, Blamble D, Faderl S, Xiao L, Hernandez M, Kantarjian H. Efficacy and safety of intravenous voriconazole and intravenous itraconazole for antifungal prophylaxis in patients with acute myelogenous leukemia or high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome. Supportive Care in Cancer 2011, 19(1):19-26.

Wiegand LR, Hernandez M, Pisters LL, Spiess PE. Surgical management of lymph-node-positive prostate cancer: improves symptomatic control. BJU International 2010; 107(8):1238-1242.

Barahmani N, Lopez A, Babu D, Hernandez M, Donely SE, Duvic M. Serum T helper 1 cytokine levels are greater in patients with alopecia areata regardless of severity or atopy. Clin Exp Dermatol 2010; 35(4):409-416. PMID: 19874320

Cabanillas ME, Waguespack SG, Bronstein Y, Williams MD, Feng L, Hernandez M, Lopez A, Sherman SI, Busaidy N. Treatment with tyrosine kinase inhibitors for patients with differentiated thyroid cancer: the MD Anderson experience. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 2010; 95(6):2621-2624.

Childs MA, Wood CG, Spiess PE, Debiane LG, Hernandez M, Matin SF, Millikan RE, Siefker-Radtkie A, Scott SM, Pisters LL. Early results of chemotherapy with retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for isolated retroperitoneal recurrence of upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma after nephroureterectomy. Canadian Journal of Urology 2010; 17(3):5184-5189.

Novy D, Hamid B, Driver L, Koyyalagunta L, Ting J, Perez M, Schneider VF, Phan P, Hernandez M, Burton AW. Preliminary evaluation of an educational model for promoting positive team attitudes and functioning among pain medicine fellows. Pain Medicine 2010; 11(6):841-846.

Spiess PE, Katz AE, Chin JL, Bahn D, Cohen JK, Shinohara K, Hernandez M, Bossier J, Kassouf W, Pisters LL. A pretreatment nomogram predicting biochemical failure after salvage cryotherapy for locally recurrent prostate cancer. BJU International 2010; 106(2):194-198.

Schier R, Guerra D, Aguilar J, Pratt GF, Hernandez M, Boddu K, Riedel B. Epidural space identification: a meta-analysis of complications after air versus liquid as the medium for loss of resistance. Anesthesia and Analgesia 2009; 109(6):2012-2021.

Arun B, Vogel KJ, Lopez A, Hernandez M, Atchley D, Broglio KR, Amos CI, Meric-Bernstam F, Kuerer H, Hortobagyi GN, Albarracin CT. High prevalence of preinvasive lesions adjacent to BRCA1/2-associated breast cancers. Cancer Prevention Research (Philadelphia, Pa). 2009, 2(2):122-7.

Spiess PE, Hernandez MS, Pettaway CA. Contemporary inguinal lymph node dissection: minimizing complications. World Journal of Urology. 2009, 27(2):205-12.

Costelloe CM, Dickson K, Cody DD, Hernandez M, DeMouy EH. Computed tomography reformation in evaluation of fracture healing with metallic fixation: correlation with clinical outcome. Journal of Trauma. 2008, 65(6):1421-4.

Hernández-Valero MA, Thomson CA, Hernández M, Tran T, Detry MA, Theriault RL, Hajek RA, Pierce JP, Flatt SW, Caan BJ, Jones LA. Comparison of baseline dietary intake of Hispanic and matched non-Hispanic white breast cancer survivors enrolled in the Women's Healthy Eating and Living study. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 2008, 108(8):1323-9.

De Angulo G, Hernandez M, Morales-Arias J, Herzog CE, Anderson P, Wolff J, Kleinerman ES. Early Lymphocyte Recovery as a Prognostic Indicator for High-risk Ewing Sarcoma. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. 2007, 29(1):48-52.

Spiess PE, Kassouf W, Stienberg JR, Tuziak T, Hernandez M, Tibbs RF, Czerniak B, Kamat AM, Dinney CPN, Grossman HB. Review of the MD Anderson experience in the treatment of bladder sarcoma. Urologic Oncology. 2007, 25(1):38-45.

Spiess PE, Lee AK, Busby JE, Jordan JJ, Hernandez M, Burt K, Troncoso P, Merriman KW, Pisters LL. Surgically managed lymph node-positive postate cancer: does delaying hormonal therapy worsen the outcome? BJU International. 2006

Evans JG, Spiess PE, Kamat AM, Hernandez M, Wood CG, Pettaway CA, Dinney CPN, Pisters LL. Chylous ascites as a complication of post-chemotherapy retroperitoneal lymph node dissection. The Journal of Urology. 2006, 176:1463-7.

^{Updated January 31, 2012}