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Alissa Visram

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Assistant ProfessorOncologyMcMaster University

Research

Research areas, by share of publications

Research areas are derived from OpenAlex topics of their publications.

From the 150 most recent of 154 publications.

01

Anti-BCMA-CAR-IL15 natural killer cells prevent multiple myeloma growth in the bone marrow but allow subsequent emergence of extramedullary disease

Kaczmarek S, Jo D, Ghaziasgar S, Marr B, Berton S, Wang L, Arbabi Ghahroudi M, Jang M, Visram A, McComb S

Cancer Letters20263 citations
02

Early mortality with bispecific antibody therapy in RRMM: an IMWG immunotherapy database real-world analysis

Tan CR, Usmani S, Derkach A, de Meneze Silva Corraes A, Parrondo R, Ailawadhi S, Asoori S, Dave M, Popat R, Morjaria O

Blood advances20262 citations
03

Real-world comparison of progression-free survival and time to next therapy in 761 patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma

Mian H, Arribas M, Fonseca R, Mutterback E, Shahid O, Gouda R, Pond GR, Visram A

Blood advances20262 citationsSenior author
04

Changes in Frailty Categorization Over One Year among Real-World Patients With Multiple Myeloma: A Prospective Cohort Study (MFRAIL)

Haider I, Leong DP, Shahid O, Louzada M, McCurdy A, Pond GR, Cameron R, Balitsky AK, Britto J, Aljama M

Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma and Leukemia20261 citations
05

Second primary malignancy in multiple myeloma: does a prior malignancy matter?

Visram A, Seow H, Chakraborty R, Pond G, Gayowsky A, Mohyuddin GR, Al Hadidi S, Hansen DK, Sidana S, Gouda R

Haematologica2026First author
06

High prevalence of iron deficiency among daratumumab‐treated newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients

Hwa YL, Jevremovic D, Pak K, Kapoor P, Visram A, Gertz MA, Dingli DD, Buadi FK, Go RS, Warsame R

British Journal of Haematology2026
07

Impact of clinical surveillance on myeloma-related complications in patients with precursor plasma cell disorders

Koo E, Albert S, Patrick B, Henia M, Rhiwi Y, McCudden C, Jimenez Zepeda V, Sandhu I, Chu M, Mian H

Blood Cancer Journal2026
08

Optimizing oncology drug development: systematic review of 22 years of myeloma randomized controlled trials

Mainou M, Alsadhan M, Tsapa K, Visram A, Mian H, Popat R, K E, Chakraborty R, Al Hadidi S, Mohan M

Journal of the National Cancer Institute2026
09

BCMA-CAR Natural Killer Cells Suppress Myeloma in Bone Marrow but Allow Emergence of Extramedullary Disease 2266680

Lee S-H, Kaczmarek S, Ghaziasgar S, Berton S, Ghahroudi MA, Jang M, McComb S, Visram A

Journal of Immunology2026Senior author
10

Relapsing, steroid-refractory ICANS after CAR T-cell therapy: diagnostic work-up and response to delayed repeated intrathecal chemotherapy

van Nijendaal RM, Vermaat JSP, Geraedts VJ, Dekker TJA, van der Meulen M

Haematologica2026

Research institutes and memberships

  • Escarpment Cancer Research Institute (ECRI) (Joint Institute)
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