By Associate Professor Mandy Ballinger

Conference Abstracts

Lin FP-Y; Grady JP; Napier CE; Callow M; Thavaneswaran S; Huang ML; Zaheed M; Kansara M; Sebastian L; Ballinger ML; Simes J; Thomas DM, 2024, 'Impact of artificial intelligence (AI) decision support on clinical trial participation: A before-after implementation study on a nationwide molecular tumor board', in Journal of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Vol. 42, presented at 2024 ASCO Annual Meeting I, 29 May 2024 - 29 May 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2024.42.16_suppl.1557

Napier CE; Lin F; Thavaneswaran S; Sebastian L; Grady J; Kansara M; Zaheed M; Simes J; Ballinger ML; Thomas DM, 2024, 'Pattern of access to genomically-linked therapies associated with pan-cancer biomarkers in advanced cancer patients: Insights from the Australian Molecular Screening and Therapeutics (MoST) program', in ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, WILEY, Vol. 20, pp. 136 - 136

Ke H; Zaheed M; Lin F; Tucker K; Goldstein D; Douglas B; McKay S; Liang S; Ballinger M; Thomas D; Taylor N, 2024, 'Using Health Implementation to Integrate Precision Care - A Preliminary Analysis of a Combined Hereditary-Cancer and Medical-Oncology Clinic', in ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, WILEY, Vol. 20, pp. 22 - 23

Kansara M; Lin FP-Y; Thavaneswaran S; Napier CE; Grady JP; Ballinger ML; Simes J; Thomas DM, 2023, 'Genomic alterations associated with response to immune checkpoint inhibitors in rare cancers: A biomarker exploration study from the Australian Molecular Screening and Therapeutics (MoST) Program', in JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, IL, Chicago, Vol. 41, presented at Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Clinical-Oncology (ASCO), IL, Chicago, 02 June 2023 - 06 June 2023

Thavaneswaran S; Lin FP-Y; Napier CE; Grady JP; Ballinger ML; Kansara M; Grimison PS; Pavlakis N; Wong MK; Sjoquist KM; Goldstein D; Chantrill LA; Simes J; Thomas DM, 2023, 'Genomic targetability and survival outcomes of biliary tract cancers (BTC): A retrospective cohort study of the Australian Molecular Screening and Therapeutics (MoST) program', in JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, IL, Chicago, Vol. 41, presented at Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Clinical-Oncology (ASCO), IL, Chicago, 02 June 2023 - 06 June 2023

Lin FP-Y; Thavaneswaran S; Napier CE; Grady JP; Kansara M; Sebastian L; Kee D; Zaheed M; Millward M; Brown MP; Charakidis M; Craft PS; Grimison PS; Harrup RA; O'Byrne KJ; Desai J; Lee CK; Ballinger ML; Simes J; Thomas DM, 2023, 'Genomic therapy matching in rare and refractory cancers: Updated results from a retrospective cohort study in the Molecular Screening and Therapeutic (MoST) program', in JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, IL, Chicago, Vol. 41, presented at Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Clinical-Oncology (ASCO), IL, Chicago, 02 June 2023 - 06 June 2023

Kee D; Lin FP-Y; Thavaneswaran S; Napier CE; Harrison ML; Beale PJ; Lynch J; Davis AJ; Ananda S; Lombard JM; Friedlander M; Kansara M; Sebastian L; Lee CK; Ballinger ML; Simes J; Thomas DM, 2023, 'Molecular tumor profiling and therapy selection in advanced gynecological cancers: A retrospective cohort analysis from the Australian Molecular Screening and Therapeutics (MoST) Program', in JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, IL, Chicago, Vol. 41, presented at Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Clinical-Oncology (ASCO), IL, Chicago, 02 June 2023 - 06 June 2023

Lin FP-Y; Thavaneswaran S; Grady JP; Napier CE; Kansara M; Sebastian L; Kee D; Oakes SR; Blackburn J; Scott HS; Glover A; Fox SB; Goldstein D; Leo P; Amanuel B; Desai J; Lee CK; Ballinger ML; Simes J; Thomas DM, 2022, 'Molecular therapy selection in treatment-refractory advanced cancers: A retrospective cohort study determining the utility of TOPOGRAPH knowledge base.', in JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, ELECTR NETWORK, Vol. 40, presented at Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Clinical-Oncology (ASCO), ELECTR NETWORK, 03 June 2022 - 07 June 2022

Serie D; Pickering C; Rice R; Wong M; Huang H; Kansara M; Thavaneswaran S; Ballinger ML; Sebastian L; Thomas DM; Lindpaintner K, 2022, 'Serum glycoproteomic signatures and association with survival in patients with bone and soft tissue sarcoma treated with immune-checkpoint inhibitor therapy.', in JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, ELECTR NETWORK, Vol. 40, presented at Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Clinical-Oncology (ASCO), ELECTR NETWORK, 03 June 2022 - 07 June 2022

Lin FP-Y; Thavaneswaran S; Grady JP; Napier CE; Kansara M; Sebastian L; Kee D; Oakes SR; Blackburn J; Scott HS; Glover A; Fox SB; Goldstein D; Leo P; Amanuel B; Desai J; Lee CK; Ballinger ML; Simes J; Thomas DM, 2022, 'Molecular therapy selection in treatment-refractory advanced cancers: A retrospective cohort study determining the utility of TOPOGRAPH knowledge base.', in Journal of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Vol. 40, pp. 3073 - 3073, http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2022.40.16_suppl.3073

Serie D; Pickering C; Rice R; Wong M; Huang H; Kansara M; Thavaneswaran S; Ballinger ML; Sebastian L; Thomas DM; Lindpaintner K, 2022, 'Serum glycoproteomic signatures and association with survival in patients with bone and soft tissue sarcoma treated with immune-checkpoint inhibitor therapy.', in Journal of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Vol. 40, pp. 11546 - 11546, http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2022.40.16_suppl.11546

Thomas DM, 2022, 'Heritable defects in telomere and mitotic function selectively predispose to sarcomas', in CANCER SCIENCE, WILEY, Vol. 113, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000778583800159&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Pavlakis N; Thomas D; Lee CK; Mersiades AJ; Ballinger M; Collignon E; Cummins MM; Sebastian L; Yip S; Morton R; Brown C; Simes RJ; Solomon BJ, 2022, 'ASPiRATION: An Australian observational cohort study to assess the clinical impact of comprehensive genomic profiling in metastatic lung cancer patients. Protocol number TOGA 19/003', in ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, WILEY, Vol. 18, pp. 234 - 234

Thavaneswaran S; Sebastian L; Finlayson S; Desai J; O'Byrne K; Harrup R; Ballinger ML; Lin F; Grady JP; Kansara M; Simes J; Leland SM; Jansen VM; Cavers AC; Thomas DM, 2021, 'CRESTONE: Clinical Study of REsponse to Seribantumab in Tumours with NEuregulin-1 (NRG1) Fusions: A phase 2 study of the anti-HER3 monoclonal antibody for advanced or metastatic solid tumours (MoST CRESTONE in Australia)', in ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, WILEY, Vol. 17, pp. 206 - 206, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000717281500346&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Willis A; Terrill B; Pearce A; McEwen A; Ballinger M; Milne R; Bruinsma F; Tiller J; Lacaze P; Young M-A, 2021, 'My Research Results supporting researchers to return clinically actionable genetic research findings', in ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, WILEY, Vol. 17, pp. 36 - 37, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000693805000064&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Best M; Butow P; Jacobs C; Juraskova I; Savard J; Meiser B; Goldstein D; Ballinger M; Bartley N; Napier C; Davies G; Thomas D; Tucker K; Schlub T; Newson AJ, 2020, 'Advanced cancer patient preferences for receiving molecular profiling results', in Psycho Oncology, Vol. 29, pp. 1533 - 1539, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pon.5446

Joshua AM; Prawira A; Thavaneswaran S; Cosman R; Lee CK; Sjoquist KM; Simes J; Thomas DM; Espinoza D; Sebastian L; Ballinger ML; Hague W; Chinchen S; Collignon E; Kansara M; Palacios T; Grady J; Barker H; Thornton K, 2020, 'A signal-seeking trial of olaparib and durvalumab in homologous repair-deficient tumors: A sub-study of the cancer molecular screening and therapeutics (MoST) program.', in JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, ELECTR NETWORK, Vol. 38, presented at Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Clinical-Oncology (ASCO), ELECTR NETWORK, 29 May 2020 - 31 May 2020, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000560368301329&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Zaheed M; Tucker K; Ballinger ML; Thomas DM, 2020, 'Genotype and phenotype correlation of common cancer predisposition syndromes in sarcoma cases.', in JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, ELECTR NETWORK, Vol. 38, presented at Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Clinical-Oncology (ASCO), ELECTR NETWORK, 29 May 2020 - 31 May 2020, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000560368301047&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Butow P; Davies G; Napier C; Thomas DM; Bartley N; Goldstein D; Ballinger ML; Juraskova I; Schlub TE; Tucker K; Meiser B; Young M-A, 2020, 'Return of results after somatic tumor mutation profiling in advanced cancer: Psychological impacts.', in JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, ELECTR NETWORK, Vol. 38, presented at Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Clinical-Oncology (ASCO), ELECTR NETWORK, 29 May 2020 - 31 May 2020, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000560368301063&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Best MC; Davies G; Napier CE; Bartley N; Juraskova I; Meiser B; Ballinger ML; Thomas DM; Schlub TE; Butow P, 2019, 'Exploring knowledge and attitudes in cancer tumour genomic profiling', in ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, WILEY, Vol. 15, pp. 194 - 195, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000493438400321&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Thavaneswaran S; Napier C; Goldstein D; Meiser B; Butow P; Thomas DM; Ballinger ML; Best M, 2019, 'Medical oncologists' experience with returning molecular tumor profiling to patients.', in JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, AMER SOC CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, IL, Chicago, Vol. 37, presented at Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Clinical-Oncology (ASCO), IL, Chicago, 31 May 2019 - 04 June 2019, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000487345804031&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Thavaneswaran S; Ballinger ML; Grady J; Cowley M; Joshua A; Sebastian L; Collignon E; Silvestri A; Kansara M; Pinese M; Sjoquist KM; Hague W; Lee CK; Simes J; Thomas DM, 2019, 'The Cancer Molecular Screening and Therapeutics Program (MoST): Actionable mutation frequencies in a population with rare and less common cancers.', in JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, AMER SOC CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, IL, Chicago, Vol. 37, presented at Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Clinical-Oncology (ASCO), IL, Chicago, 31 May 2019 - 04 June 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2019.37.15_suppl.3136

Thavaneswaran S; Sebastian L; Ballinger M; Cowley M; Grady J; Joshua A; Lee C; Sjoquist K; Hague W; Simes J; Thomas D, 2018, 'The cancer molecular screening and therapeutics program (MoST): A molecular screening platform with multiple, parallel, signal-seeking therapeutic substudies', in Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology, Vol. 29, pp. viii147, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/annonc/mdy279.434

Jones RM; Melton PE; Rea A; Ingley E; Ballinger ML; Wood DJ; Thomas DM; Moses EK, 2016, 'Whole Exome Sequencing in Multigenerational Mixed Cancer Families Identifies a Putative Risk Variant in the PDIA2 Gene', in GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY, WILEY-BLACKWELL, CANADA, Toronto, Vol. 40, pp. 644 - 644, presented at Annual Meeting of the International-Genetic-Epidemiology-Society, CANADA, Toronto, 24 October 2016 - 26 October 2016, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000386034800102&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

McBride KA; Young M-A; Schlub TE; Kirk J; Tattersall MHN; Ballinger M; Thomas D; Mitchell G, 2015, 'THE PSYCHOSOCIAL EFFECTS OF A WHOLE BODY MRI SCREENING TRIAL IN SARCOMA PATIENTS WITH A GERMLINE TP53 MUTATION', in Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, WILEY-BLACKWELL, Vol. 11, pp. 178 - 178, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000364320800325&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Peng G; Bojadzieva J; Ballinger ML; Thomas DM; Strong L; Wang W, 2015, 'LFSpro: A risk assessment tool to estimate TP53 mutation status in families with Li-Fraumeni syndrome', in CANCER RESEARCH, AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH, PA, Philadelphia, Vol. 75, presented at 106th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-for-Cancer-Research (AACR), PA, Philadelphia, 18 April 2015 - 22 April 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1538-7445.AM2015-2762

Preprints

Tran M; Chan JC; Huang ML; Kansara M; Grady JP; Napier CE; Thavaneswaran S; Ballinger ML; Thomas DM; Lin FP, 2025, A Robust BERT-Based Deep Learning Model for Automated Cancer Type Extraction from Unstructured Pathology Reports, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2508.15149

Collet L; Telouk P; Albarede F; Girodet M; Maqua C; Rogasik M; Ducimetière F; Tabone-Eglinger S; Brahmi M; Dufresne A; Thomas DM; Ballinger ML; Blay J-Y; Ray-Coquard I, 2023, Connecting the changing metallomic spectrum and survival in sarcoma: a pilot study, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3291225/v1

Best M; Bartley N; Napier C; Fisher A; Ballinger M; Thomas D; Goldstein D; Tucker K; Biesecker B; Butow P, 2022, Return of comprehensive tumour genomic profiling results to advanced cancer patients: a qualitative study, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1190781/v1

Thavaneswaran S; Lin F; Kansara M; Grady J; Espinoza D; Joshua A; Grimison P; Craft P; Cosman R; Lee C; Harwood K; Chinchen S; Corpuz T; Ballinger M; Sebastian L; Simes J; Thomas D, 2022, A signal-seeking Phase II trial of Durvalumab and Tremelimumab Focused on Advanced, Rare and Less Common Cancers, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2022.06.30.22277092

Thavaneswaran S; Sebastian L; Kansara M; Ballinger M; Espinoza D; Lin F; Lee C; Sjoquist K; Grady J; Cowley M; Joshua A; Qiu M; Oakes S; Simes J; Thomas D, 2021, A Signal-seeking Phase Iia Trial of Palbociclib in Advanced Cancers With Cell Cycle Pathway Alterations – A Substudy of the Molecular Screening and Therapeutics (Most) Program, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-254137/v1

Kaur S; Sikta N; Schafferhans A; Bordin N; Cowley M; Thomas D; Ballinger M; O’Donoghue S, 2021, Streamlined use of protein structures in variant analysis, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.09.10.459756

Lin F; Thavaneswaran S; Grady J; Ballinger M; Kansara M; Oakes S; Desai J; Lee CK; Simes J; Thomas D, 2020, Criteria-based curation of a therapy-focused compendium to support treatment recommendations in precision oncology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.12.18.20248521

Shin SJ; Dodd E; Peng G; Bojadzieva J; Chen J; Amos C; Mai PL; Savage SA; Ballinger ML; Thomas DM; Yuan Y; Strong LC; Wang W, 2019, Risk of differential cancer types over age in families with Li-Fraumeni syndrome: a validation study using multi-center cohorts, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/567727

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