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Abdulazeez Salawu

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Assistant ProfessorDepartment of MedicineUniversity of Toronto

Abdulazeez Salawu

Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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13 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.

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Latest papers

Perivascular epithelioid cell (PEComa) tumors of the musculoskeletal system: a case series with MR imaging and histopathologic review.
Skeletal radiology · 2026
A Consensus Approach to the Incorporation of Total Neoadjuvant Therapy in a Treatment Algorithm for Stage I-III Resectable Rectal Cancer.
Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2026
Impact of Frontline Systemic Treatment Choice on Clinical Outcome in Advanced Leiomyosarcoma: A CanSaRCC Study.
Cancer medicine · 2026 · senior author

All 13 publications

Latest funding

Hypofractionated Alternative Radiation with MOdulation of Neoadjuvant/perioperative immunotherapY in Sarcoma (HARMONY)
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,407,600

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13 publications.

Perivascular epithelioid cell (PEComa) tumors of the musculoskeletal system: a case series with MR imaging and histopathologic review.

Buckley BW, White LM, Demicco EG, Dickson BC, Naraghi A, Atinga A, Griffin AM, Salawu A, Gazendam AM, Tsoi KM

Skeletal radiology2026

DOI: 10.1007/s00256-026-05368-z PMID: 42747556

A Consensus Approach to the Incorporation of Total Neoadjuvant Therapy in a Treatment Algorithm for Stage I-III Resectable Rectal Cancer.

Chadi SA, Kazazian K, Savage P, Brezden-Masley C, Burkes R, Chen E, Govindarajan A, Hosni A, Jang R, Kennedy E, Kim J, Lukovic J, Mesci A, O'Brien C, Quereshy F, Salawu A, Stotland PK, Swallow CJ

Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2026Open Access

DOI: 10.3390/curroncol33050274 PMID: 42187591

Impact of Frontline Systemic Treatment Choice on Clinical Outcome in Advanced Leiomyosarcoma: A CanSaRCC Study.

Hein ECK, Gupta A, Soroka HP, Holloway C, Biffart B, Nessim C, Wild T, Lajkosz K, Watson GA, Razak AA, Salawu A

Cancer medicine2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/cam4.72080 PMID: 42449556

Clinical benefit and fragility evaluation of systemic therapy trials for advanced soft tissue sarcoma.

Braik D, Lemieux C, Wilson BE, Salawu A, Abdul Razak AR

Cancer2025

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.35564 PMID: 39292680

A Phase II, Open-Label, Randomized Trial of Durvalumab With Olaparib or Cediranib in Patients With Mismatch Repair-Proficient Colorectal or Pancreatic Cancer.

Hernando-Calvo A, Han M, Ayodele O, Wang BX, Bruce JP, Abbas-Aghababazadeh F, Vila-Casadesús M, Sanz-Garcia E, Yang SYC, Berman HK, Vivancos A, Lam B, Lungu I, Salawu A, Stayner LA, Haibe-Kains B, Bedard PL, Avery L, Razak ARA, Pugh TJ, Spreafico A, Siu LL, Hansen AR

Clinical colorectal cancer20246 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.clcc.2024.05.002 PMID: 38960798

Pan-Canadian consensus recommendations for GIST management in high- and low-throughput centres across Canada.

Beecroft JR, Brar S, Feng X, Hamilton T, Han-Lee C, Henning JW, Josephy PD, Khalili K, Ko YJ, Lemieux C, Liu DM, MacDonald DB, Noujaim J, Pollett A, Salawu A, Saleh R, Smrke A, Warren BE, Zbuk K, Razak AA

Therapeutic advances in medical oncology20243 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1177/17588359241266179 PMID: 39386314

Safety and Preliminary Efficacy of Once-Weekly Split-Dose Selinexor in Soft Tissue Sarcoma: Results of the Phase Ib METSSAR Clinical Trial.

Salawu A, Malone ER, Al-Ezzi E, Genta S, Vornicova O, Wang L, Arones L, Phillips M, Lee J, Watson GA, Gupta AA, Abdul Razak AR

Targeted oncology20241 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1007/s11523-024-01076-7 PMID: 38890222

Safety, Immunologic, and Clinical Activity of Durvalumab in Combination with Olaparib or Cediranib in Advanced Leiomyosarcoma: Results of the DAPPER Clinical Trial.

Salawu A, Wang BX, Han M, Geady C, Heirali A, Berman HK, Pfister TD, Hernando-Calvo A, Al-Ezzi EM, Stayner LA, Gupta AA, Ayodele O, Lam B, Hansen AR, Spreafico A, Bedard PL, Butler MO, Avery L, Coburn B, Haibe-Kains B, Siu LL, Abdul Razak AR

Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research202311 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-23-1137 PMID: 37566240

Autoimmune PaneLs as PrEdictors of Toxicity in Patients TReated with Immune Checkpoint InhibiTors (ALERT).

Genta S, Lajkosz K, Yee NR, Spiliopoulou P, Heirali A, Hansen AR, Siu LL, Saibil S, Stayner LA, Yanekina M, Sauder MB, Keshavarzi S, Salawu A, Vornicova O, Butler MO, Bedard PL, Razak ARA, Rottapel R, Chruscinski A, Coburn B, Spreafico A

Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR202310 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s13046-023-02851-6 PMID: 37865776

[18F]FDG PET/CT in the Initial Staging and Restaging of Soft-Tissue or Bone Sarcoma in Patients with Negative or Equivocal Findings for Metastases or Limited Recurrence on Conventional Work-up: Results of a Prospective Multicenter Registry.

Metser U, Kulanthaivelu R, Salawu A, Razak A, Mak V, Li X, Langer DL, MacCrostie P, Singnurkar A

Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine2023

DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.122.265278 PMID: 37414444

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Abdulazeez Salawu

Research

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Perivascular epithelioid cell (PEComa) tumors of the musculoskeletal system: a case series with MR imaging and histopathologic review.

A Consensus Approach to the Incorporation of Total Neoadjuvant Therapy in a Treatment Algorithm for Stage I-III Resectable Rectal Cancer.

Impact of Frontline Systemic Treatment Choice on Clinical Outcome in Advanced Leiomyosarcoma: A CanSaRCC Study.

Clinical benefit and fragility evaluation of systemic therapy trials for advanced soft tissue sarcoma.

A Phase II, Open-Label, Randomized Trial of Durvalumab With Olaparib or Cediranib in Patients With Mismatch Repair-Proficient Colorectal or Pancreatic Cancer.

Pan-Canadian consensus recommendations for GIST management in high- and low-throughput centres across Canada.

Safety and Preliminary Efficacy of Once-Weekly Split-Dose Selinexor in Soft Tissue Sarcoma: Results of the Phase Ib METSSAR Clinical Trial.

Safety, Immunologic, and Clinical Activity of Durvalumab in Combination with Olaparib or Cediranib in Advanced Leiomyosarcoma: Results of the DAPPER Clinical Trial.

Autoimmune PaneLs as PrEdictors of Toxicity in Patients TReated with Immune Checkpoint InhibiTors (ALERT).

[18F]FDG PET/CT in the Initial Staging and Restaging of Soft-Tissue or Bone Sarcoma in Patients with Negative or Equivocal Findings for Metastases or Limited Recurrence on Conventional Work-up: Results of a Prospective Multicenter Registry.

Hypofractionated Alternative Radiation with MOdulation of Neoadjuvant/perioperative immunotherapY in Sarcoma (HARMONY)

Frequent collaborators

Lillian Siu

Anna Spreafico

Philippe Bedard

Abha Gupta

Benjamin Haibe-Kains

Sofia Genta

Bryan Coburn

Lisa Wang

Esmail Al-Ezzi

Sam Saibil

Raymond Jang

Albiruni Razak

Yoo-Joung Ko

Ali Hosni

Aruz Mesci

Savtaj Brar

Fayez Quereshy

Rob Rottapel

Angela Atinga

Amit Singnurkar

Korosh Khalili

Ur Metser

Jonathan Noujaim

Robert Rottapel

Jelena Lukovic

Jan-Willem Henning

Karineh Kazazian

Enrique Sanz Garcia

Elizabeth Demicco

Lisa Avery

Sareh Keshavarzi

Danielle Macdonald

Christine Brezden-Masley

Ramy Saleh