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Jennifer Jihyang Kwak

TitleAssociate Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus
DepartmentSOM-RAD General Operations
Phone720/848-1929

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    1. Palestro CJ, Brandon DC, Dibble EH, Keidar Z, Kwak JJ. FDG PET in Evaluation of Patients With Fever of Unknown Origin: AJR Expert Panel Narrative Review. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2023 08; 221(2):151-162. PMID: 36722759.
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    2. Forghani F, Castillo R, Castillo E, PhD BJ, Rusthoven C, Kwak J, Moiseenko V, Grills I, Miften M, Vinogradskiy Y, Guerrero T. Is individual perfusion dose-response different than ventilation dose-response for lung cancer patients treated with radiotherapy? Br J Radiol. 2023 Mar; 96(1143):20220119. PMID: 36633096.
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    3. Szidonya L, Park EA, Kwak JJ, Mallak N. Molecular and Anatomic Imaging of Neuroendocrine Tumors. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2022 10; 31(4):649-671. PMID: 36243499.
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    4. Sterbis E, Liang R, Trivedi P, Kwak J, Major EC, Karam SD, Morgan RL. Lack of Adherence to Guideline-Based Imaging Before Subsequent Radiation in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Impact on Patient Outcomes. J Nucl Med. 2023 01; 64(1):75-81. PMID: 35680415.
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    5. Vinogradskiy Y, Castillo R, Castillo E, Schubert L, Jones BL, Faught A, Gaspar LE, Kwak J, Bowles DW, Waxweiler T, Dougherty JM, Gao D, Stevens C, Miften M, Kavanagh B, Grills I, Rusthoven CG, Guerrero T. Results of a Multi-Institutional Phase 2 Clinical Trial for 4DCT-Ventilation Functional Avoidance Thoracic Radiation Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2022 03 15; 112(4):986-995. PMID: 34767934.
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    6. Schmidt MQ, Altoos R, Kwak JJ. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/ computed tomography in the diagnosis of a rare mycotic aneurysm of the thoracic aorta in a patient with fever of unknown origin. World J Nucl Med. 2021 Jul-Sep; 20(3):305-308. PMID: 34703400.
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    7. Forghani F, Patton T, Kwak J, Thomas D, Diot Q, Rusthoven C, Castillo R, Castillo E, Grills I, Guerrero T, Miften M, Vinogradskiy Y. Characterizing spatial differences between SPECT-ventilation and SPECT-perfusion in patients with lung cancer undergoing radiotherapy. Radiother Oncol. 2021 07; 160:120-124. PMID: 33964328.
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    8. Feuerstein JS, Taylor M, Kwak JJ, Berman BD. Parkinsonism and Positive Dopamine Transporter Imaging in a Patient with a Novel KMT2B Variant. Mov Disord Clin Pract. 2021 Feb; 8(2):279-281. PMID: 33816656.
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    9. Kwak JJ, Altoos R, Jensen A, Altoos B, McDermott MT. Increased Risk of Radioiodine Treatment Failure Associated with Graves Disease Refractory to Methimazole. Endocr Pract. 2020 Nov; 26(11):1312-1319. PMID: 33471662.
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    10. Kwak JJ. Death attitudes among older Asian and Pacific Islander Americans: The role of religiosity, spirituality, and psychosocial health factors. Death Stud. 2022; 46(3):648-657. PMID: 32324111.
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    11. Vinogradskiy Y, Diot Q, Jones B, Castillo R, Castillo E, Kwak J, Bowles D, Grills I, Myziuk N, Guerrero T, Stevens C, Schefter T, Gaspar LE, Kavanagh B, Miften M, Rusthoven C. Evaluating Positron Emission Tomography-Based Functional Imaging Changes in the Heart After Chemo-Radiation for Patients With Lung Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2020 04 01; 106(5):1063-1070. PMID: 31983558.
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    12. Kwak JJ, Kesner AL, Gleisner A, Jensen A, Friedman C, McCarter MD, Koo PJ, Morgan RL, Kounalakis N. Utility of Quantitative SPECT/CT Lymphoscintigraphy in Guiding Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Head and Neck Melanoma. Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 May; 27(5):1432-1438. PMID: 31773513.
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    13. Carmichael H, King BBT, Friedman C, Torphy RJ, Medina T, Gleisner A, McCarter MD, Kwak JJ, Kounalakis N. Frequency and implications of occipital and posterior auricular sentinel lymph nodes in scalp melanoma. J Surg Oncol. 2019 Dec; 120(8):1470-1475. PMID: 31614003.
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    14. Giovanella L, Avram AM, Iakovou I, Kwak J, Lawson SA, Lulaj E, Luster M, Piccardo A, Schmidt M, Tulchinsky M, Verburg FA, Wolin E. EANM practice guideline/SNMMI procedure standard for RAIU and thyroid scintigraphy. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2019 Nov; 46(12):2514-2525. PMID: 31392371.
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    15. King BBT, Chapman BC, Gleisner A, Stewart C, Friedman C, Kwak JJ, McCarter MD, Kounalakis N. Postbiopsy Pigmentation is Prognostic in Head and Neck Melanoma. Ann Surg Oncol. 2019 Apr; 26(4):1046-1054. PMID: 30706226.
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    16. Pinder-Arabpour A, Jones B, Castillo R, Castillo E, Guerrero T, Goodman K, Schefter T, Kwak J, Miften M, Vinogradskiy Y. Characterizing Spatial Lung Function for Esophageal Cancer Patients Undergoing Radiation Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2019 03 01; 103(3):738-746. PMID: 30612962.
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    17. Vinogradskiy Y, Rusthoven CG, Schubert L, Jones B, Faught A, Castillo R, Castillo E, Gaspar LE, Kwak J, Waxweiler T, Dougherty M, Gao D, Stevens C, Miften M, Kavanagh B, Guerrero T, Grills I. Interim Analysis of a Two-Institution, Prospective Clinical Trial of 4DCT-Ventilation-based Functional Avoidance Radiation Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2018 11 15; 102(4):1357-1365. PMID: 30353873.
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    18. Kindred JH, Honce JM, Kwak JJ, Rudroff T. Multiple Sclerosis, Cannabis Use, and Clinical Disability: A Preliminary [18F]-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Study. Cannabis Cannabinoid Res. 2018; 3(1):213-218. PMID: 30324138.
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    19. Morgan R, Perry M, Kwak J, Jensen A, Kamdar M. Positron Emission Tomography-based Analysis Can Accurately Predict Bone Marrow Involvement With Mantle Cell Lymphoma. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2018 11; 18(11):731-736. PMID: 30075973.
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    20. Pak K, Shin S, Kim SJ, Kim IJ, Chang S, Koo P, Kwak J, Kim JH. Response of Retinoic Acid in Patients with Radioactive Iodine-Refractory Thyroid Cancer: A Meta-Analysis. Oncol Res Treat. 2018; 41(3):100-104. PMID: 29485411.
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    21. Trinh BB, Chapman BC, Gleisner A, Kwak JJ, Morgan R, McCarter MD, Gajdos C, Kounalakis N. SPECT/CT Adds Distinct Lymph Node Basins and Influences Radiologic Findings and Surgical Approach for Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Head and Neck Melanoma. Ann Surg Oncol. 2018 Jun; 25(6):1716-1722. PMID: 29330718.
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    22. Melani C, Major A, Schowinsky J, Roschewski M, Pittaluga S, Jaffe ES, Pack SD, Abdullaev Z, Ahlman MA, Kwak JJ, Morgan R, Rabinovitch R, Pan Z, Haverkos BM, Gutman JA, Pollyea DA, Smith CA, Wilson WH, Kamdar M. PD-1 Blockade in Mediastinal Gray-Zone Lymphoma. N Engl J Med. 2017 07 06; 377(1):89-91. PMID: 28679093.
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    23. Stewart CL, Gleisner A, Kwak J, Chapman B, Pearlman N, Gajdos C, McCarter M, Kounalakis N. Implications of Sentinel Lymph Node Drainage to Multiple Basins in Head and Neck Melanoma. Ann Surg Oncol. 2017 May; 24(5):1386-1391. PMID: 28058553.
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    24. Koo PJ, Kim SJ, Chang S, Kwak JJ. Interim Fluorine-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography to Predict Pathologic Response to Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy and Prognosis in Patients With Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer. Clin Colorectal Cancer. 2016 12; 15(4):e213-e219. PMID: 27316919.
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    25. Kesner AL, Chung JH, Lind KE, Kwak JJ, Lynch D, Burckhardt D, Koo PJ. Validation of Software Gating: A Practical Technology for Respiratory Motion Correction in PET. Radiology. 2016 10; 281(1):239-48. PMID: 27027335.
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    26. Chapman BC, Gleisner A, Kwak JJ, Hosokawa P, Paniccia A, Merkow JS, Koo PJ, Gajdos C, Pearlman NW, McCarter MD, Kounalakis N. SPECT/CT Improves Detection of Metastatic Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Patients with Head and Neck Melanoma. Ann Surg Oncol. 2016 08; 23(8):2652-7. PMID: 26983744.
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    27. Kesner AL, Chung JH, Lind KE, Kwak JJ, Lynch D, Burckhardt D, Koo PJ. Frequency based gating: An alternative, conformal, approach to 4D PET data utilization. Med Phys. 2016 Mar; 43(3):1451-61. PMID: 26936729.
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    28. Schmitt RJ, Kreidler SM, Glueck DH, Amaria RN, Gonzalez R, Lewis K, Bagrosky BM, Kwak JJ, Koo PJ. Correlation between early 18F-FDG PET/CT response to BRAF and MEK inhibition and survival in patients with BRAF-mutant metastatic melanoma. Nucl Med Commun. 2016 Feb; 37(2):122-8. PMID: 26440571.
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    29. Chang S, Koo PJ, Kwak JJ, Kim SJ. Changes in Total Lesion Glycolysis Evaluated by Repeated F-18 FDG PET/CT as Prognostic Factor in Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer Patients Treated with Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy. Oncology. 2016; 90(2):97-102. PMID: 26771676.
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    30. Hong DS, Kurzrock R, Falchook GS, Andresen C, Kwak J, Ren M, Xu L, George GC, Kim KB, Nguyen LM, O'Brien JP, Nemunaitis J. Phase 1b study of lenvatinib (E7080) in combination with temozolomide for treatment of advanced melanoma. Oncotarget. 2015 Dec 15; 6(40):43127-34. PMID: 26503473.
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    31. Koo PJ, Kwak JJ, Pokharel S, Choyke PL. Novel Imaging of Prostate Cancer with MRI, MRI/US, and PET. Curr Oncol Rep. 2015 Dec; 17(12):56. PMID: 26462919.
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    32. Kim SJ, Pak K, Koo PJ, Kwak JJ, Chang S. The efficacy of (177)Lu-labelled peptide receptor radionuclide therapy in patients with neuroendocrine tumours: a meta-analysis. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2015 Dec; 42(13):1964-70. PMID: 26253273.
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    33. Kwak JJ, Tirumani SH, Van den Abbeele AD, Koo PJ, Jacene HA. Cancer immunotherapy: imaging assessment of novel treatment response patterns and immune-related adverse events. Radiographics. 2015 Mar-Apr; 35(2):424-37. PMID: 25763727.
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    34. Lio E, Aisner DL, Askin FB, Kwak JJ. Giant pulmonary chondroid hamartoma: imaging and pathology correlation of a rare tumor demonstrated with bone scintigraphy and 18F-FDG PET/CT. Clin Nucl Med. 2015 Jan; 40(1):79-81. PMID: 25275419.
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    35. Olson AC, Haugen BR, Walter J, Kwak JJ, Bagrosky BM, Koo PJ. SPECT/CT and I131 therapy of brain metastases from follicular variant papillary thyroid carcinoma (FVPTC). J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2014 Oct; 99(10):3511-2. PMID: 25057877.
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    36. Kesner AL, Bagrosky BM, Kwak JJ, Koo PJ. Optimal dose for whole-body (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT imaging. J Am Coll Radiol. 2014 Sep; 11(9):920-2. PMID: 25023508.
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