Publications & Conferences

Association of Body Mass Index With the Safety Profile of Nivolumab With or Without Ipilimumab. 
McQuade JL, Hammers H, Furberg H, Engert A, André T, Blumenschein G Jr, Tannir N, Baron A, Larkin J, El-Khoueiry A, Carbone DP, Thomas JM, Hennicken D, Coffey M, Motzer RJ. JAMA Oncol. 2022 Dec 8. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2022.5409. 

Body-mass index and survival after cancer diagnosis: A pan-cancer cohort study of 114,430 cancer patients.
Tu H, McQuade JL, Davies M,. Innov. 2022 Oct 18;3(6):100344. doi: 10.1016/j.xinn.2022.100344.

Obesity is associated with altered tumor metabolism in metastatic melanoma.
Hahn AW, Menk AV, Rivadeneira DB, Augustin RC, Xu M, Li J, Wu X, Mishra AK, Gide TN, Quek C, Zang Y, Spencer CN, Menzies AM, Daniel CR, Hudgens CW, Nowicki T, Haydu LE, Khan MAW, Gopalakrishnan V, Burton EM, Malke J, Simon JM, Bernatchez C, Putluri N, Woodman SE, Gopal Y N V, Guerrieri R, Fischer GM, Wang J, Wani KM, Thompson JF, Lee JE, Hwu P, Ajami N, Gershenwald JE, Long GV, Scolyer RA, Tetzlaff MT, Lazar AJ, Schadendorf D, Wargo JA, Kirkwood JM, DeBerardinis RJ, Liang H, Futreal A, Zhang J, Wilmott JS, Peng W, Davies MA, Delgoffe GM, Najjar YG, McQuade JL. Clin Cancer Res. 2022 Sep 27:CCR-22-2661. 

Dietary fiber and probiotics influence the gut microbiome and melanoma immunotherapy response.
Spencer CN*, McQuade JL*, Gopalakrishnan V*, McCulloch JA*, Vetizou M*, Cogdill AP*, Khan AW*, Zhang X, White MG, Peterson CB, Wong MC, Morad G, Rodgers T, Badger JH, Helmink BA, Andrews MC, Rodrigues RR, Morgun A, Kim YS, Roszik J, Hoffman KL, Zheng J, Zhou Y, Medik YB, Kahn LM, Johnson S, Hudgens CW, Wani K, Gaudreau PO, Harris AL, Jamal MA, Baruch EN, Perez-Guijarro E, Day CP, Merlino G, Pazdrak B, Lochmann BS, Szczepaniak-Sloan RS, Arora R, Anderson J, Zobniw CM, Posada E, Sirmans E, Simon J, Haydu LE, Burton EM, Wang L, Dang M, Clise-Dwyer K, Schneider S, Chapman T, Anang NAAS, Duncan S, Toker J, Malke JC, Glitza IC, Amaria RN, Tawbi HA, Diab A, Wong MK, Patel SP, Woodman SE, Davies MA, Ross MI, Gershenwald JE, Lee JE, Hwu P, Jensen V, Samuels Y, Straussman R, Ajami NJ, Nelson KC, Nezi L, Petrosino JF, Futreal PA, Lazar AJ, Hu J, Jenq RR, Tetzlaff MT, Yan Y, Garrett WS, Huttenhower C, Sharma P, Watowich SS, Allison JP, Cohen L, Trinchieri G**, Daniel CR**, Wargo JA**. (* co-first author; ** co-last author). Science. 2021 Dec 24;374(6575):1632-1640. doi: 10.1126/science.aaz7015. 

Obesity-induced impairment of antitumor immunity is associated with an immunosuppressive tumor immune landscape.
Pazdrak, B., Mak, D., Damsky, W., Bosenberg, M., Lochmann, B., Gubin, M. and McQuade, J. Cancer Res. 2021 Jul 1;81(13_Supplement), pp.70-70.

Gut Microbiome Modulation Via Fecal Microbiota Transplant to Augment Immunotherapy in Patients with Melanoma or Other Cancers.
McQuade JL, Ologun GO, Arora R, Wargo JA. Curr Oncol Rep. 2020 Jun 24;22(7):74. doi: 10.1007/s11912-020-00913-y.

Gut Microbiome Modulates Response to Cancer Immunotherapy.
Khan MAW, Ologun G, Arora R, McQuade JL, Wargo JA. Dig Dis Sci. 2020 Mar;65(3):885-896. doi: 10.1007/s10620-020-06111-x.

Modulating the microbiome to improve therapeutic response in cancer.
McQuade JL, Daniel CR, Helmink BA, Wargo JA. Lancet Oncol. 2019 Feb;20(2):e77-e91. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(18)30952-5.

McQuade J. Diet, Microbiota, and Cancer Immunotherapies, AACR 2022 Annual meeting, New Orleans, LA, 4/8/2022

McQuade JL. Lifestyle impacts on immunotherapy, 2021 American Institute for Cancer Research - Virtual Research Conference, 11/2/2021

McQuade JL. The Microbiome and Cancer, The Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center's 2021 Cancer Care Symposium - Virtual, 11/6/2021

McQuade JL. The obesity paradox: The interplay between host and tumor metabolism, O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, Birmingham, AL, 10/15/2021

McQuade J. Leveraging other genomes as potential response biomarkers: the microbiome, Immunotherapy Bridge 2020, Virtual, 12/2/2020

McQuade J. Diet and Microbiome, SITC 2020, Milwaukee, WI, 11/11/2020

McQuade J. Fiber and the Microbiome, SITC 2019 34th Annual Meeting & Pre-Conference Programs, National Harbor, MD, 11/10/2019

McQuade J. Microbiome and Cancer: The microbiome and Therapeutic Response in Cancer, Integrative Oncology Advancing the Science & Art of Integrative Oncology 16th International Conference Keynote, New York, NY, 10/20/2019

McQuade J. Diet, the microbiome, and immune checkpoint inhibition, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 10/17/2019

McQuade J. Beyond tumor genomics: Energy balance, melanoma biology, and therapeutic response, Wistar Melanoma Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, 6/1/2019

McQuade J. Obesity and other host factors in melanoma: one-size-doesn't fit all, Oncology Grand Rounds, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 5/17/2018

McQuade J. Energy balance, melanoma biology, and the anti-tumor immune response, Massachusetts General Hospital, Cutaneous Oncology, Boston, MA, 2/5/2019

McQuade J. Nutrition and Metabolism - Possible Implications in Tumor Therapy, Austrian Society of Dermatology and Venereology (ÖGDV), Salzburg, Austria, 11/26/2021

McQuade JL. Modulation of the gut microbiome for therapeutic gain, Focus on Melanoma Virtual Meeting 2021, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 10/15/2021

McQuade JL. Reverse translation in nutrition- from observation to mechanism to intervention, Translating Energy Balance From Bench to Communities: Application of Parallel Animal-Human Studies in Cancer, Virtual, 7/8/2021

McQuade JL. The microbiome, diet, and immune response: From observation to intervention, The MicrobIOta role in the ImmunOncology, Virtual, Italy, 7/14/2021

McQuade JL. The gut microbiome, anti-tumor immunity, and modifiable host factors: From observation to intervention, The 18th International Congress, Society for Melanoma Research - Virtual Meeting, 10/29/2021

McQuade JL. The microbiome, diet, and immune response: From observation to intervention, Western University, 2nd Annual Immuno-Oncology Symposium - Virtual Meeting, London, Ontario, Canada, 2/9/2021

McQuade J. Diet, energy balance and the gut microbiome., Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Victoria, Australia, Virtual, 10/26/2020

McQuade J. Nutrition vs the Microbiota: Nutrition, Immunotherapy Bridge, Naples, Italy, 12/5/2019