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Kavya Ramkumar

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterORCID 0000-0002-5864-2204Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:human· 3 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:cancer & tumor microenvironment· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1

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Cancer BiologybioRxivPreprintSep 7, 2026

DLL3 expression predicts response and long-term outcome in small cell lung cancer patients treated with tarlatamab

Bingnan Zhang, Lingzhi Hong, Kaiwen Wang…·Lauren A. Byers

This study shows DLL3 expression level predicts response and long-term survival in SCLC patients treated with tarlatamab.

DOI 10.64898/2026.09.03.749238

Cancer BiologyJournal of Thoracic OncologyPeer-reviewedApr 20, 2026

YAP1 defines an emergent, plastic population of relapsed small cell lung cancer

Catherine Allison Stewart, Kavya Ramkumar, Runsheng Wang…·Carl Michael Gay

This study identifies YAP1-positive cells in relapsed SCLC that exhibit drug tolerance and transition from SCLC to LCNEC-like features, losing some targets but gaining others.

8 citationstop 1%

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Cancer BiologyMolecular CancerPeer-reviewedMar 20, 2025

DNA damage response signatures are associated with frontline chemotherapy response and routes of tumor evolution in extensive stage small cell lung cancer

Benjamin B. Morris, Simon Heeke, Yuanxin Xi…·Lauren A. Byers

This study identifies three distinct DDR phenotypes in SCLC associated with chemotherapy response and tumor evolution.

9 citations

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