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Irwin Ronald Walker

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Professor EmeritusMedicineMcMaster University

Research

Research areas, by share of publications

Research areas are derived from OpenAlex topics of their publications.

From the 150 most recent of 274 publications.

01

Real-world experience and outcomes of decitabine/cedazuridine or azacitidine for the treatment of myelodysplastic syndrome/chronic myelomonocytic leukemia

Salter B, Ge S, Garcia-Horton A, Berg T, Leber B, Walker I, Dalmia S, Radford M, Lepic K, Khalaf D

Leukemia and Lymphoma20261 citations
02

A Randomized Pilot Trial comparing Anti-Thymocyte Globulin (ATG) with ATG plus Post Transplant Cyclophosphamide (PTCy) for Prophylaxis against Acute and Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD) in Matched Donor Hematopoietic Cell Transplants (HCT)

Walker I, Deotare U, Elemary M, Elsawy M, Gallagher G, Kliman D, Panzarella T, Hamad N, Schultz K, Storek J

2026First author
03

Impact of Modern Strategies for Graft‐Versus‐Host Disease Prophylaxis on Relapse Risk in Matched‐Sibling or Unrelated Donor Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Randomized Trials

Arcuri LJ, Natal VHG, Américo AD, Perini G, Kerbauy MN, Kerbauy LN, Lima ACM, De León AG, Ribeiro AAF, de Souza Santos FP

European Journal of Haematology2026
04

Correction: Impact of expanding allogeneic stem cell transplantation on survival in acute myeloid leukemia: a population-based study

Salter B, Garcia-Horton A, Walker I, Leber B, Lepic K, Mian H, Gayowsky A, Pond GR, Seow H, Berg T

Blood Cancer Journal2026
05

Chimerism practices across Canadian transplant centres: review of current standards and variations

Gravina M, Lepic K, Leber B, Walker I, Berg T, Lam W, Garcia-Horton A, Dalmia S, Grafodatskaya D, Butcher DT

Frontiers in Transplantation2026
06

A randomized pilot trial comparing anti-thymocyte globulin with anti-thymocyte globulin plus post transplant cyclophosphamide for prophylaxis against acute and chronic graft versus host disease in matched donor hematopoietic cell transplants – a study from the Cell Therapy Transplant Canada/ Australasian Leukemia Lymphoma Group Consortium

Walker I, Deotare U, Elemary M, Elsawy M, Gallagher G, Kliman D, Panzarella T, Hamad N, Schultz KR, Storek J

Bone Marrow Transplantation2026First author
07

Early Mixed Donor Chimerism is a Strong Negative Prognostic Indicator in Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant for AML and MDS

Radford M, Garcia-Horton A, Badami R, Jin E, Usmani N, Grafodatskaya D, McCready E, Khalaf D, Walker I, Leber B

Transplantation and Cellular Therapy202517 citations
08

Impact of expanding allogeneic stem cell transplantation on survival in acute myeloid leukemia: a population-based study

Salter B, Garcia-Horton A, Walker I, Leber B, Lepic K, Mian H, Gayowsky A, Pond GR, Seow H, Berg T

Blood Cancer Journal20254 citations
09

Outcomes of Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant in Patients with Relapsed/Refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma

Ge S, Lepic K, Bhindi R, Berg T, Khalaf D, Leber B, Radford M, Walker I, Davies G, Garcia-Horton A

Current Oncology20253 citations
10

Early Cardiovascular Events in Recipients of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Aghel N, Wang V, Leong D, Lui M, Fu L, Kang J, Khalaf D, Walker I, Hillis C, Leber B

JACC: Advances20252 citations
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