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Kari Kendra

Medicine · The Ohio State University

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Established · publishing since 1984Rising activity
Cancer Immunotherapy and BiomarkersMelanoma and MAPK PathwaysImmune cells in cancerCutaneous Melanoma Detection and ManagementCAR-T cell therapy research

Publications

269

Citations

8,648

Est. group size

~27

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

43

Publishing since 1984

Research summary
AI-generated

Kari Kendra's research focuses on clinical trials for melanoma, particularly testing immune-based treatments (such as anti-PD-1 and anti-CTLA-4 checkpoint inhibitors) and targeted drug combinations (like BRAF and MEK inhibitors) in patients with advanced or high-risk skin cancer. This work involves large multi-site cooperative group trials (e.g., SWOG studies) examining how, when, and in what sequence these therapies should be given, as well as analyzing tumor biopsies to understand why some patients respond better than others.

Melanoma clinical trialsCancer immunotherapy (PD-1/CTLA-4 checkpoint inhibitors)Targeted therapy (BRAF/MEK/AKT inhibitors)Tumor immune microenvironment analysisNeoadjuvant and adjuvant treatment strategies

Publication output grew steadily from 2017 through a peak in 2023, with a recent decline in 2024-2026 that likely reflects incomplete indexing of the newest publication years rather than an actual slowdown.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 25.6/year recently
2017: 10 publications172018: 11 publications182019: 13 publications192020: 15 publications202021: 21 publications212022: 17 publications222023: 50 publications50232024: 38 publications242025: 14 publications252026: 9 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology×39
  • Cancer Research×10
  • Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy×8
  • Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network×7
  • Annals of Oncology×7
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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