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Associate Professor/MDPATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE, Western UniversityWestern University

Matthew Cecchini

Associate Professor/MD

PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE, Western University

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

Western University

London, Ontario, Canada

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25 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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Latest papers

Health Care Impact of Comprehensive Genomic Profiling of Solid Tumors in Patient Management Using POWER (Precision Oncology at Western University).
The Journal of molecular diagnostics : JMD · 2026
Basal Cell Carcinoma With Matrical Differentiation: A Case Report and Literature Review.
International journal of surgical pathology · 2026
NOTCH1 loss promotes chemo and radio-resistance in head and neck cancer.
Oral oncology · 2026

All 27 publications

Latest funding

Proteoforms of PANX1 as novel regulators in melanoma
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$994,500
Defining the tumour immune microenvironment underlying chemoradiation resistance in human papillomavirus related head and neck cancer
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Hybrid human-machine learning for prediction of immunotherapy success in squamous cell carcinoma
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$125,000

All 3 grants and awards

27 publications.

Health Care Impact of Comprehensive Genomic Profiling of Solid Tumors in Patient Management Using POWER (Precision Oncology at Western University).

Bhai P, Turowec JP, Pickard LA, Haghshenas S, Karim K, McConkey H, Santos S, Kerkhof J, Black M, Breadner D, Cecchini M, Howlett C, Schenkel L, Lalonde E, Panuganty V, Raphael J, Lohmann AE, Winquist E, Lenehan J, Stewart P, Tsvetkova E, Vincent M, Fernandes R, Bauman G, Welch S, Sadikovic B

The Journal of molecular diagnostics : JMD2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoldx.2025.12.007 PMID: 41654253

Basal Cell Carcinoma With Matrical Differentiation: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Keow S, Del Papa J, Cecchini M, Sharma A

International journal of surgical pathology2026

DOI: 10.1177/10668969251384328 PMID: 41212666

NOTCH1 loss promotes chemo and radio-resistance in head and neck cancer.

Shaikh MH, Gazala W, Zheng C, Naimi MF, Cecchini M, Karimi A, Khan H, Joris K, Ying S, Pan H, Al Jawhri MW, Palma DA, Mymryk JS, Zeng PY, Barrett JW, Nichols AC

Oral oncology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2025.107815 PMID: 41365142

Ocular Microcystic Adnexal Carcinoma With High-Grade Features: A Case Report With Orbital Exenteration.

Baranova K, Moore C, Mutsaers A, Cecchini M, Zhang Q, Plemel DJ

International journal of surgical pathology2026

DOI: 10.1177/10668969261479349 PMID: 42757976

Case Report: Two cases of pathologic complete response after upfront chemoimmunotherapy for initially unresectable gastric cancer.

Smith-Uffen M, Nathan P, Zhang CJ, Leslie K, McDonald L, Cecchini M, Vincent M

Frontiers in oncology2026

DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2026.1877888 PMID: 42719170

A prospective analysis of lymph node retrieval in colorectal cancer: discrepancies, neoadjuvant impact, and practical implications.

Biswas S, Walsh JR, Ul Haq S, Marilley AM, Pasman EP, Kendall M, Cecchini M, Lebbin G, Wilson D

Frontiers in medicine2025

DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1611170 PMID: 41103709

Pannexin 1 and pannexin 3 differentially regulate the cancer cell properties of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.

O'Donnell BL, Johnston D, Bhatt A, Kardan Z, Stefan D, Bysice A, Sayedyahossein S, Dagnino L, Cecchini M, Loganathan SK, Roth K, Penuela S

The Journal of physiology2025

DOI: 10.1113/jp286172 PMID: 39560179

NOVEL INSIGHTS IN ADVANCED THYROID CARCINOMA: FROM MECHANISMS TO TREATMENTS: Molecular insights into the origin, biology, and treatment of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma.

Karimi AH, Zeng PY, Cecchini M, Barrett JW, Pan H, Ying S, Le N, Mymryk JS, Ailles LE, Nichols AC

European thyroid journal2025

DOI: 10.1530/etj-25-0057 PMID: 40396891

Molecular features of T and N stage progression in laryngeal cancer.

Li N, Zeng PYF, Kim HAJ, Karimi A, Ying S, Shaikh MH, Khan H, Joris K, Al Jawhri M, Cecchini M, Mymryk JS, Barrett JW, Nichols AC

Oral oncology2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2025.107283 PMID: 40239580

Concurrent Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Radiation in Locally Advanced Breast Cancer: Impact on Locoregional Recurrence Rates.

Grindrod N, Cecchini M, Brackstone M

Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2025

DOI: 10.3390/curroncol32020085 PMID: 39996885

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Matthew Cecchini

Research

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Latest funding

Health Care Impact of Comprehensive Genomic Profiling of Solid Tumors in Patient Management Using POWER (Precision Oncology at Western University).

Basal Cell Carcinoma With Matrical Differentiation: A Case Report and Literature Review.

NOTCH1 loss promotes chemo and radio-resistance in head and neck cancer.

Ocular Microcystic Adnexal Carcinoma With High-Grade Features: A Case Report With Orbital Exenteration.

Case Report: Two cases of pathologic complete response after upfront chemoimmunotherapy for initially unresectable gastric cancer.

A prospective analysis of lymph node retrieval in colorectal cancer: discrepancies, neoadjuvant impact, and practical implications.

Pannexin 1 and pannexin 3 differentially regulate the cancer cell properties of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.

NOVEL INSIGHTS IN ADVANCED THYROID CARCINOMA: FROM MECHANISMS TO TREATMENTS: Molecular insights into the origin, biology, and treatment of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma.

Molecular features of T and N stage progression in laryngeal cancer.

Concurrent Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Radiation in Locally Advanced Breast Cancer: Impact on Locoregional Recurrence Rates.

Proteoforms of PANX1 as novel regulators in melanoma

Defining the tumour immune microenvironment underlying chemoradiation resistance in human papillomavirus related head and neck cancer

Hybrid human-machine learning for prediction of immunotherapy success in squamous cell carcinoma

Frequent collaborators

Eric Winquist

Christopher Howlett

Qi Zhang

Stephen Welch

Bekim Sadikovic

Aaron Haig

Emilie Lalonde

Anurag Sharma

Muriel Brackstone

Glenn Bauman

Silvia Penuela

Lina Dagnino

Antoine Eskander

Joseph Dort

Nader Sadeghi

Houda Bahig

Rui Fu

John de Almeida

Marc Gaudet

Ian Witterick

Kathryn Roth

Michael Gupta

Kenneth Leslie

Joseph Torchia

Anthony Nichols