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Miriam Lango – Houston TX

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Miriam Lango

MD Anderson Cancer Center

  • Endocrine Surgery
  • Head and Neck Surgeon

1515 Holcombe Blvd
Houston, TX 77030
United States
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I joined MD Anderson Cancer Center in 2019 as Professor in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery. As a faculty member at a comprehensive cancer center, I believe that multidisciplinary head and neck and endocrine cancer care will yield the best outcomes for patients. My clinical and research endeavors have included quality-related and functional outcomes, and quality of life in head and neck cancer, and health care delivery issues. In the AHNS, I lead the Publications and Awards Service and became the Chair of the Mucosal Section of the AHNS in 2024.

 

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS - ORIGINAL RESEARCH
1. Working Group MOCEEA, Sahin O, Kamel S, Wahid KA, Dede C, Taku N, He R, Naser MA, Sharafi S, Mäkitie A, Kann BH, Kaski K, Sahlsten J, Jaskari J, Amit M, Chronowski GM, Diaz EM, Garden AS, Goepfert RP, Guenette JP, Gunn GB, Hirvonen J, Hoebers F, Hutcheson KA, Guha-Thakurta N, Johnson J, Kaya D, Khanpara SD, Nyman K, Lai SY, Lango M, Learned KO, Lee A, Lewis CM, Maniakas A, Moreno AC, Myers JN, Phan J, Pytynia KB, Rosenthal DI, Sandulache VC, Schellingerhout D, Shah SJ, Sikora AG, Mohamed ASR, Chen MM, Fuller CD. International Multi-Specialty Expert Physician Preoperative Identification of Extranodal Extension n Oropharyngeal Cancer Patients using Computed Tomography: Prospective Blinded Human Inter-Observer Performance Evaluation. medRxiv. 2024 Jun; PMID: 36865096.

 
2. Anderson BJ, Moreno AC, Qing Y, Lee JJ, Johnson FM, Lango MN, Barbon CEA, Tripuraneni L, Sahli A, Piper V, Gross N, Fuller CD, Lai SY, Myers JN, Hutcheson KA. Revisiting Feeding Tube Utilization in Oropharynx Cancer: 6-Year Prospective Registry Analysis. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024 May; 170(5):1319-1330. PMID: 38353360.

 
3. Lango MN. Circulating Human Papillomavirus Tumor DNA-Ready for Prime Time? JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2023 Nov 01; 149(11):978-979. PMID: 37422914.

 
4. Contrera KJ, Tam S, Pytynia K, Diaz EM, Hessel AC, Goepfert RP, Lango M, Su SY, Myers JN, Weber RS, Eguia A, Pisters PWT, Adair DK, Nair AS, Rosenthal DI, Mayo L, Chronowski GM, Zafereo ME, Shah SJ. Impact of Cancer Care Regionalization on Patient Volume. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Apr; 30(4):2331-2338. PMID: 36581726.

 
5. Contrera KJ, Tam S, Pytynia K, Diaz EM, Hessel AC, Goepfert RP, Lango M, Su SY, Myers JN, Weber RS, Eguia A, Pisters PWT, Adair DK, Nair AS, Rosenthal DI, Mayo L, Chronowski GM, Zafereo ME, Shah SJ. ASO Visual Abstract: Impact of Cancer Care Regionalization on Patient Volume. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Apr; 30(4):2341-2342. PMID: 36720835.

 
6. Karcioglu AS, Dhillon VK, Davies L, Stack BC, Bloom G, Randolph G, Lango MN. Analysis of Unmet Information Needs Among Patients With Thyroid Cancer. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2023 Feb; 149(2):110-119. PMID: 36580287.

 
7. Ferris RL, Flamand Y, Weinstein GS, Li S, Quon H, Mehra R, Garcia JJ, Chung CH, Gillison ML, Duvvuri U, O'Malley BW, Ozer E, Thomas GR, Koch WM, Gross ND, Bell RB, Saba NF, Lango MN, Méndez E, Burtness B. Phase II Randomized Trial of Transoral Surgery and Low-Dose Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy in Resectable p16+ Locally Advanced Oropharynx Cancer: An ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group Trial (E3311). J Clin Oncol. 2022 Jan; 40(2):JCO2101752. PMID: 34699271.

 
8. Awan MJ, Gittleman H, Barnholtz-Sloan J, Machtay M, Nguyen-Tan PF, Rosenthal DI, Schultz C, Huth BJ, Thorstad WL, Frank SJ, Kim H, Foote RL, Lango MN, Shenouda G, Suntharalingam M, Harris J, Zhang Q, Le QT, Yao M, Group NRG. Risk groups of laryngeal cancer treated with chemoradiation according to nomogram scores - A pooled analysis of RTOG 0129 and 0522. Oral Oncol. 2021 May; 116:105241. PMID: 33640577.

 
9. Harounian JA, Molin N, Galloway TJ, Ridge D, Bauman J, Farma J, Reddy S, Lango MN. Effect of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy and LVI on Merkel Cell Carcinoma Prognosis and Treatment. Laryngoscope. 2021 Mar; 131(3):E828-E835. PMID: 32663337.

 
10. Lee DY, Abraham J, Ross E, Ridge JA, Lango MN, Liu JC, Bauman JR, Avkshtol V, Galloway TJ. Rapid recurrence in head and neck cancer: Underappreciated problem with poor outcome. Head Neck. 2021 Jan; 43(1):212-222. PMID: 32989878.

 
11. Khan SA, Burke M, Zhu F, Yang DH, Dubyk C, Mehra R, Lango MN, Ridge JA, Sher DJ, Burtness B. Survivin expression and impact on head and neck cancer outcomes. Oral Oncol. 2021 Jan; 112:105049. PMID: 33221541.

 
12. Dhillon VK, Silver Karcioglu A, Bloom G, Randolph G, Lango MN. What the thyroid cancer patient wants to know: ThyCa survey by the American Head and Neck Society Endocrine Surgery Section. Head Neck. 2020 Sep; 42(9):2496-2504. PMID: 32530116.

 
13. Ebersole B, Moran K, Gou J, Ridge J, Schiech L, Liu JC, Lango MN. Heat and moisture exchanger cassettes: Results of a quality/safety initiative to reduce postoperative mucus plugging after total laryngectomy. Head Neck. 2020 Sep; 42(9):2453-2459. PMID: 32445222.

 
14. Lango MN. How did we get here? Short history of COVID-19 and other coronavirus-related epidemics. Head Neck. 2020 Jul; 42(7):1535-1538. PMID: 32445249.

 
15. Ebersole B, Lango MN, Ridge J. Dysphagia Screening for Pneumonia Prevention in a Cancer Hospital: Results of a Quality/Safety Initiative. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surgery. ePub 2019 Dec.

 
16. Roldan CS, Chen JJ, Fareed MM, Hameed MY, Churilla TM, Lango MN, Galloway TJ. Impact of primary tumor-specific growth rate on treatment failure for nonoropharyngeal head and neck cancers. Laryngoscope. ePub 2019 Nov; PMID: 31714626.

 
17. Lee CT, Lehrer EJ, Aphale A, Lango M, Galloway TJ, Zaorsky NG. Surgical excision, Mohs micrographic surgery, external-beam radiotherapy, or brachytherapy for indolent skin cancer: An international meta-analysis of 58 studies with 21,000 patients. Cancer. 2019 Oct; 125(20):3582-3594. PMID: 31355928.

 
18. Dong Y, Ridge JA, Ebersole B, Li T, Lango MN, Churilla TM, Donocoff K, Bauman JR, Galloway TJ. Incidence and outcomes of radiation-induced late cranial neuropathy in 10-year survivors of head and neck cancer. Oral Oncol. 2019 Aug; 95:59-64. PMID: 31345395.

 
19. Tang J, Lango MN. Diverging incidence trends for larynx and tonsil cancer in low socioeconomic regions of the US. Oral Oncol. 2019 Apr; 91:65-68. PMID: 30926064.

 
20. Ebersole B, Soni RS, Moran K, Lango MN, Devarajan K, Jamal N. The Influence of Occupation on Self-perceived Vocal Problems in Patients With Voice Complaints. J Voice. 2018 Nov; 32(6):673-680. PMID: 28967587.

 
21. Moten AS, Lango MN, Goel N, Goldberg AJ. Regional diagnostic rates, treatments, and outcomes among patients with invasive ductal carcinoma. J Surg Res. 2018 Sep; 229:114-121. PMID: 29936977.

 
22. Zuniga SA, Lango MN. Effect of rural and urban geography on larynx cancer incidence and survival. Laryngoscope. 2018 Aug; 128(8):1874-1880. PMID: 29238975.

 
23. Ebersole B, Soni RS, Moran K, Lango MN, Devarajan K, Jamal N. The Role of Occupational Voice Demand and Patient-Rated Impairment in Predicting Voice Therapy Adherence. J Voice. 2018 May; 32(3):325-331. PMID: 28709763.

 
24. Dong Y, Ridge JA, Li T, Lango MN, Churilla TM, Bauman JR, Galloway TJ. Long-term toxicities in 10-year survivors of radiation treatment for head and neck cancer. Oral Oncol. 2017 Aug; 71:122-128. PMID: 28688679.

 
25. Wang LS, Handorf EA, Ridge JA, Burtness BA, Lango MN, Mehra R, Liu JC, Galloway TJ. Lymph-node-positive cutaneous nonmelanoma skin cancer: A poor-prognosis disease in need of treatment intensification. Ear Nose Throat Journal. 2017 Jul; 96:E12-E18. PMID: 28719713.

 
26. Smith A, Handorf E, Arjmand E, Lango MN. Predictors of regional Medicare expenditures for otolaryngology physician services. Laryngoscope. 2017 Jun; 127(6):1312-1317. PMID: 27859299.

 
27. Liu JC, Sopka DS, Mehra R, Lango MN, Fundakowski C, Ridge JA, Galloway TJ. Early oral tongue cancer initially managed with surgery alone: Treatment of recurrence. World J Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2016 Dec; 2:193-197. PMID: 29204565.

 
28. Koshkareva Y, Liu JC, Lango MN, Galloway T, Gaughan JP, Ridge JA. Cervical metastasis in squamous cell carcinoma of the hard palate and maxillary alveolus. Ear Nose Throat J. 2016 Oct; 95(10-11):E6-E11. PMID: 27792826.

 
29. Beck TN, Georgopoulos R, Shagisultanova EI, Sarcu D, Handorf EA, Dubyk C, Lango MN, Ridge JA, Astsaturov I, Serebriiskii IG, Burtness BA, Mehra R, Golemis EA. EGFR and RB1 as dual biomarkers in HPV-negative head and neck cancer. Mol Cancer Ther. 2016 Oct; 15(10):2486-2497. PMID: 27507850.

 
30. Lango MN, Galloway TJ, Mehra R, Ebersole B, Liu JC, Moran K, Ridge JA. Impact of baseline patient-reported dysphagia on acute gastrostomy placement in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma undergoing definitive radiation. Head Neck. 2016 Apr; 38 Suppl 1:E1318-24. PMID: 26332292.

 
31. Lango MN, Handorf E, Arjmand E. The geographic distribution of the otolaryngology workforce in the United States. Laryngoscope. 2016 Jan; 127(1):95-101. PMID: 27774588.

 
32. Beck TN, Kaczmar J, Handorf E, Nikonova A, Dubyk C, Peri S, Lango MN, Ridge JA, Serebriiskii IG, Burtness B, Golemis EA, Mehra R. Phospho-T356RB1 predicts survival in HPV-negative squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. Oncotarget. 2015 Aug; 6(22):18863-74. PMID: 26265441.

 
33. Cracchiolo J, Ridge JA, Egleston B, Lango MN. Practice arrangement and Medicare physician payment in otolaryngology. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015 Jun; 152(6):979-87. PMID: 26034098.

 
34. Keller LM, Galloway TJ, Holdbrook T, Ruth K, Yang D, Dubyk C, Flieder D, Lango MN, Mehra R, Burtness B, Ridge JA. p16 status, pathologic and clinical characteristics, biomolecular signature, and long-term outcomes in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas of unknown primary. Head Neck. 2014 Dec; 36(12):1677-84. PMID: 24115269.

 
35. Fang CY, Egleston BL, Ridge JA, Lango MN, Bovbjerg DH, Studts JL, Burtness BA, Einarson MB, Klein-Szanto AJ. Psychosocial functioning and vascular endothelial growth factor in patients with head and neck cancer. Head Neck. 2014 Aug; 36(8):1113-9. PMID: 23804308.

 
36. Lango MN, Egleston B, Fang C, Burtness B, Galloway T, Liu J, Mehra R, Ebersole B, Moran K, Ridge JA. Baseline health perceptions, dysphagia, and survival in patients with head and neck cancer. Cancer. 2014 Mar; 120(6):840-7. PMID: 24352973.

 
37. Doss M, Kolb HC, Walsh JC, Mocharla V, Fan H, Chaudhary A, Zhu Z, Alpaugh RK, Lango MN, Yu JQ. Biodistribution and radiation dosimetry of 18F-CP-18, a potential apoptosis imaging agent, as determined from PET/CT scans in healthy volunteers. J Nucl Med. 2013 Dec; 54(12):2087-92. PMID: 24136934.

 
38. Mehra R, Zhu F, Yang DH, Cai KQ, Weaver J, Singh MK, Nikonova AS, Golemis EA, Flieder DB, Cooper HS, Lango MN, Ridge JA, Burtness B. Quantification of excision repair cross-complementing group 1 and survival in p16-negative squamous cell head and neck cancers. Clin Cancer Res. 2013 Dec; 19(23):6633-43.

 
39. Sopka DM, Li T, Lango MN, Mehra R, Liu JC, Burtness B, Flieder DB, Ridge JA, Galloway TJ. Dysplasia at the margin? Investigating the case for subsequent therapy in 'low-risk' squamous cell carcinoma of the oral tongue. Oral Oncol. 2013 Nov; 49(11):1083-7. PMID: 24054332.

 
40. Lango MN, Flieder D, Arrangoiz R, Veloski C, Yu JQ, Li T, Burtness B, Mehra R, Galloway T, Ridge JA. Extranodal extension of metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma: correlation with biochemical endpoints, nodal persistence, and systemic disease progression. Thyroid. 2013 Sep; 23(9):1099-105. PMID: 23421588.

 
41. Tejani MA, Galloway TJ, Lango MN, Ridge JA, von Mehren M. Head and neck sarcomas: a comprehensive cancer center experience. Cancers (Basel). 2013 Jul; 5(3):890-900. PMID: 24202325.

 
42. Galloway TJ, Lango MN, Burtness B, Mehra R, Ruth K, Ridge JA. Unilateral neck therapy in the human papillomavirus ERA: accepted regional spread patterns. Head Neck. 2013 Feb; 35(2):160-4. PMID: 22302641.

 
43. Fang CY, Longacre ML, Manne SL, Ridge JA, Lango MN, Burtness BA. Informational needs of head and neck cancer patients. Health Technol (Berl). 2012 Apr; 2(1):57-62. PMID: 22518350.

 
44. Andrews G, Lango MN, Cohen R, Feigenberg S, Burtness B, Mehra R, Ahmed S, Nicolaou N, Gaughan J, Ridge JA. Nonsurgical management of oropharyngeal, laryngeal, and hypopharyngeal cancer: the Fox Chase Cancer Center experience. Head Neck. 2011 Oct; 33(10):1433-40. PMID: 21928415.

 
45. Turaka A, Li T, Nicolaou N, Lango MN, Burtness B, Horwitz EM, Ridge JA, Feigenberg SJ. Use of a conventional low neck field (LNF) and intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT): no clinical detriment of IMRT to an anterior LNF during the treatment of head-and neck-cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011 Jan; 79(1):65-70. PMID: 20385457.

 
46. Turaka A, Li T, Sharma NK, Li L, Nicolaou N, Mehra R, Burtness B, Cohen RB, Lango MN, Horwitz EM, Ridge JA, Feigenberg SJ. Increased recurrences using intensity-modulated radiation therapy in the postoperative setting. Am J Clin Oncol. 2010 Dec; 33(6):599-603. PMID: 21063195.

 
47. Rusthoven KE, Feigenberg SJ, Raben D, Kane M, Song JI, Nicolaou N, Mehra R, Burtness B, Ridge J, Swing R, Lango MN, Cohen R, Jimeno A, Chen C. Initial results of a Phase I dose-escalation trial of concurrent and maintenance erlotinib and reirradiation for recurrent and new primary head-and-neck cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2010 Nov; 78(4):1020-5. PMID: 20231078.

 
48. Lango MN, Egleston B, Ende K, Feigenberg S, D'Ambrosio DJ, Cohen RB, Ahmad S, Nicolaou N, Ridge JA. Impact of neck dissection on long-term feeding tube dependence in patients with head and neck cancer treated with primary radiation or chemoradiation. Head Neck. 2010 Mar; 32(3):341-7. PMID: 19693946.

 
49. Lango MN, Andrews GA, Ahmad S, Feigenberg S, Tuluc M, Gaughan J, Ridge JA. Postradiotherapy neck dissection for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: pattern of pathologic residual carcinoma and prognosis. Head Neck. 2009 Mar; 31(3):328-37. PMID: 18853450.

 
50. Feigenberg SJ, Lango MN, Nicolaou N, Ridge JA. Intensity-modulated radiotherapy for early larynx cancer: is there a role? Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2007 May; 68(1):2-3. PMID: 17448864.

 
51. Sok JC, Coppelli FM, Thomas SM, Lango MN, Xi S, Hunt JL, Freilino ML, Graner MW, Wikstrand CJ, Bigner DD, Gooding WE, Furnari FB, Grandis JR. Mutant epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFRvIII) contributes to head and neck cancer growth and resistance to EGFR targeting. Clin Cancer Res. 2006 Sep; 12(17):5064-73. PMID: 16951222.

 
52. Lango MN, Wentzel AL, Song JI, Xi S, Johnson DE, Lamph WW, Miller L, Grandis JR. Responsiveness to the retinoic acid receptor-selective retinoid LGD1550 correlates with abrogation of transforming growth factor alpha/epidermal growth factor receptor autocrine signaling in head and neck squamous carcinoma cells. Clin Cancer Res. 2003 Sep; 9(11):4205-13. PMID: 14519647.

 
53. Lango MN, Dyer KF, Lui VW, Gooding WE, Gubish C, Siegfried JM, Grandis JR. Gastrin-releasing peptide receptor-mediated autocrine growth in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2002 Mar; 94(5):375-83. PMID: 11880476.

 
54. Song JI, Lango MN, Hwang JD, Drenning SD, Zeng Q, Lamph WW, Grandis JR. Abrogation of transforming growth factor-alpha/epidermal growth factor receptor autocrine signaling by an RXR-selective retinoid (LGD1069, Targretin) in head and neck cancer cell lines. Cancer Res. 2001 Aug 01; 61(15):5919-25. PMID: 11479234.

 
55. Endo S, Zeng Q, Burke NA, He Y, Melhem MF, Watkins SF, Lango MN, Drenning SD, Huang L, Rubin Grandis J. TGF-alpha antisense gene therapy inhibits head and neck squamous cell carcinoma growth in vivo. Gene Ther. 2000 Nov; 7(22):1906-14. PMID: 11127578.

 
56. Shah SI, Yip L, Greenberg B, Califano JA, Chow J, Eisenberger CF, Lee DJ, Sewell DA, Reed AL, Lango MN, Jen J, Koch WM, Sidransky D. Two distinct regions of loss on chromosome arm 4q in primary head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2000 Sep; 126(9):1073-6.

 
57. Koch WM, Lango M, Sewell D, Zahurak M, Sidransky D. Head and neck cancer in nonsmokers: a distinct clinical and molecular entity. Laryngoscope. 1999 Oct; 109(10):1544-51.

 
58. Linn JF, Lango M, Halachmi S, Schoenberg MP, Sidransky D. Microsatellite analysis and telomerase activity in archived tissue and urine samples of bladder cancer patients. Int J Cancer. 1997 Dec 19; 19(74):625-9. PMID: 9421360.

 
59. Donohue TJ, Dworkin LD, Ma J, Lango MN, Catanese VM. Antihypertensive agents that limit ventricular hypertrophy inhibit cardiac expression of insulin-like growth factor-I. J Investig Med. 1997 Dec; 45(9):625-9. PMID: 9444886.

 
60. Lee DJ, Koch WM, Yoo G, Lango M, Reed A, Califano J, Brennan JA, Westra WH, Zahurak M, Sidransky D. Impact of chromosome 14q loss on survival in primary head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Clinical Cancer Res. 1997 Apr; 3(4):501-5.

 
61. Califano JA, Johns MM 3rd, Westra WH, Lango MN, Eisele D, Saji M, Zeiger MA, Udelsman R, Koch WM, Sidransky D. An allelotype of papillary thyroid cancer. Int J Cancer. 1996 Dec 20; 69(6):442-4. PMID: 8980243.

 
62. Califano JA, MMrd J, Westra WH, Lango MN, Eisele D, Saji M, Zeiger MA, Udelsman R, Koch WM, Sidransky D. An allelotype of papillary thyroid cancer. Int J Cancer. 1996 Dec; 20(69):442-4.

 
63. Donohue TJ, Dworkin LD, Lango MN, Fliegner K, Lango RP, Benstein JA, Slater WR, Catanese VM. Induction of myocardial insulin-like growth factor-I gene expression in left ventricular hypertrophy. Circulation. 1994 Feb; 89(2):799-809.

 
64. Catanese VM, Sciavolino PJ, Lango MN. Discordant, organ-specific regulation of insulin-like growth factor-I messenger ribonucleic acid in insulin-deficient diabetes in rats. Endocrinology. 1993 Feb; 132(2):496-503.

 
65. Catanese VM, Sciavolino PJ, Lango MN. Discordant, organ-specific regulation of insulin-like growth factor-I messenger ribonucleic acid in insulin-deficient diabetes in rats. Endocrinology. 1993 Feb; 132(2):496-503. PMID: 8425471.

 
 

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS - EDITORIALS
1. Westerberg BD, Lango MN. Otolaryngology-Related Disorders in Underserved Populations, Otolaryngology Training and Workforce Considerations in North America. Otolaryngol Clin North American. 2018 Jun; 51(2):685-695.

 
2. Tamaki A, Miles BA, Lango MN, Kowalski L, Zender CA. AHNS Series: Do you know your guidelines? Review of current knowledge on laryngeal cancer. Head Neck. 2018 Jan; 40(1):170-18.

 
3. Azadarmaki R, Lango MN. Malignant transformation of respiratory papillomatosis in a solid-organ transplant patient: case report and literature review. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2013 Jul; 122(7):457-60.

 
4. Tejani MA, Galloway TJ, Lango MN, Ridge JA, von Mehren M. Head and Neck Sarcomas: a Comprehensive Cancer Center Experience. Cancers (Basel). 2013 Jul; 5(3):890-900.

 
5. Lango MN, Topham NS, Perlis CS, Flieder DB, Weaver MW, Turaka A, Patel SA, Ridge JA. Surgery in the multimodality treatment of sinonasal malignancies. Curr Probl Cancer. 2010 Sep; 34(5):304-21.

 
6. Lango MN. Multimodal treatment for head and neck cancer. Surg Clin North Am. 2009 Feb; 89(1):43-52.