Olivier Ballivy, Université de Montréal

Research

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Latest papers

Head and Neck Lymph Node Metastases From Cancer of Unknown Primary: Outcomes From p16-Guided Mucosal Radiotherapy.
Head & neck · 2026
Upfront DPYD Genotyping and Toxicity Associated with Fluoropyrimidine-Based Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy for Oropharyngeal Carcinomas: A Work in Progress.
Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2022
Vocal-cord Only vs. Complete Laryngeal radiation (VOCAL): a randomized multicentric Bayesian phase II trial.
BMC cancer · 2021

6 publications.

01

Head and Neck Lymph Node Metastases From Cancer of Unknown Primary: Outcomes From p16-Guided Mucosal Radiotherapy.

Harris P, Mabrouki DE, Nguyen-Tan FP, Filion E, Ballivy O, O'Sullivan B, Christopoulos A, Ayad T, Guertin L, Bissada E, Tabet P, Soulières D, Desilets A, Cheng AP, Doucet R, Létourneau-Guillon L, Bahig H

Head & neck2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1002/hed.70431 PMID: 42666021

02

Upfront DPYD Genotyping and Toxicity Associated with Fluoropyrimidine-Based Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy for Oropharyngeal Carcinomas: A Work in Progress.

Desilets A, McCarvill W, Aubin F, Bahig H, Ballivy O, Charpentier D, Filion É, Jamal R, Lambert L, Nguyen-Tan PF, Vadnais C, Weng X, Soulières D

Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.)20229 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3390/curroncol29020045 PMID: 35200545

03

Vocal-cord Only vs. Complete Laryngeal radiation (VOCAL): a randomized multicentric Bayesian phase II trial.

Bahig H, Rosenthal DI, Nguyen-Tan FP, Fuller DC, Yuan Y, Hutcheson KA, Christopoulos A, Nichols AC, Fung K, Ballivy O, Filion E, Ng SP, Lambert L, Dorth J, Hu KS, Palma D

BMC cancer202114 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12885-021-08195-8 PMID: 33888069

04

Dual Inhibition of Autophagy and PI3K/AKT/MTOR Pathway as a Therapeutic Strategy in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Bernard M, Cardin GB, Cahuzac M, Ayad T, Bissada E, Guertin L, Bahig H, Nguyen-Tan PF, Filion E, Ballivy O, Soulieres D, Rodier F, Christopoulos A

Cancers202032 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3390/cancers12092371 PMID: 32825725

05

Phase I/II trial of Durvalumab plus Tremelimumab and stereotactic body radiotherapy for metastatic head and neck carcinoma.

Bahig H, Aubin F, Stagg J, Gologan O, Ballivy O, Bissada E, Nguyen-Tan FP, Soulières D, Guertin L, Filion E, Christopoulos A, Lambert L, Tehfe M, Ayad T, Charpentier D, Jamal R, Wong P

BMC cancer201961 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12885-019-5266-4 PMID: 30642290

06

Accelerated radiotherapy with simultaneous integrated boost fractionation and intensity-modulated radiotherapy for advanced head and neck cancer.

Schwartz M, Vuong T, Ballivy O, Parker W, Patrocinio H

Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery2007

DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2006.10.044 PMID: 17418249

Frequent collaborators

Anthony Nichols and David Palma: 127 shared papers
Anthony Nichols and Kevin Fung: 125 shared papers
Kevin Fung and David Palma: 79 shared papers
Houda Bahig and David Palma: 29 shared papers
Houda Bahig and Édith Filion: 21 shared papers
Houda Bahig and Laurent Létourneau-Guillon: 16 shared papers
Houda Bahig and Tareck Ayad: 11 shared papers
Anthony Nichols and Houda Bahig: 10 shared papers
Houda Bahig and Philip Wong: 10 shared papers
Houda Bahig and Louise Lambert: 10 shared papers
Édith Filion and Louise Lambert: 10 shared papers
Édith Filion and Tareck Ayad: 9 shared papers
Houda Bahig and Brian O'Sullivan: 6 shared papers
Philip Wong and Brian O'Sullivan: 6 shared papers
Houda Bahig and Kevin Fung: 5 shared papers
Houda Bahig and Danielle Charpentier: 5 shared papers
Houda Bahig and Denis Soulières: 5 shared papers
Houda Bahig and Olivier Ballivy: 5 shared papers
Louise Lambert and Tareck Ayad: 5 shared papers
Francis Rodier and Houda Bahig: 4 shared papers
Francis Rodier and Philip Wong: 4 shared papers
Francis Rodier and Édith Filion: 4 shared papers
Houda Bahig and Francine Aubin: 4 shared papers
Laurent Létourneau-Guillon and Brian O'Sullivan: 4 shared papers
Laurent Létourneau-Guillon and Édith Filion: 4 shared papers
Danielle Charpentier and Francine Aubin: 4 shared papers
Denis Soulières and Édith Filion: 4 shared papers
Denis Soulières and Tareck Ayad: 4 shared papers
Olivier Ballivy and Édith Filion: 4 shared papers
Danielle Charpentier and Louise Lambert: 3 shared papers
Olivier Ballivy and Tareck Ayad: 3 shared papers
Houda Bahig and Alexandre Cheng: 2 shared papers
Houda Bahig and Mustapha Tehfe: 2 shared papers
Philip Wong and Mustapha Tehfe: 2 shared papers
Alexandre Cheng and Édith Filion: 2 shared papers
Alexandre Cheng and Tareck Ayad: 2 shared papers
Danielle Charpentier and Olivier Ballivy: 2 shared papers
Mustapha Tehfe and Francine Aubin: 2 shared papers
Olivier Ballivy and Louise Lambert: 2 shared papers
Olivier Ballivy and Francine Aubin: 2 shared papers
Anthony Nichols and Olivier Ballivy: 1 shared paper
Francis Rodier and Olivier Ballivy: 1 shared paper
Philip Wong and Olivier Ballivy: 1 shared paper
Laurent Létourneau-Guillon and Olivier Ballivy: 1 shared paper
Kevin Fung and Olivier Ballivy: 1 shared paper
David Palma and Olivier Ballivy: 1 shared paper
Alexandre Cheng and Olivier Ballivy: 1 shared paper
Brian O'Sullivan and Olivier Ballivy: 1 shared paper
Denis Soulières and Olivier Ballivy: 1 shared paper
Mustapha Tehfe and Olivier Ballivy: 1 shared paper

Département de radiologie, radio-oncologie et médecine nucléaire
Département de médecine
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Department of Radiation Oncology
Département de Chirurgie Université de Montréal
Département de génie des systèmes
Department of Oncology

Co-authors at Université de Montréal, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Houda Bahig

Département de radiologie, radio-oncologie et médecine nucléaire

5 shared papers, latest 2026

Édith Filion

Département de radiologie, radio-oncologie et médecine nucléaire

4 shared papers, latest 2026

Tareck Ayad

Département de Chirurgie Université de Montréal

3 shared papers, latest 2026

Louise Lambert

Département de radiologie, radio-oncologie et médecine nucléaire

2 shared papers, latest 2022

Francine Aubin

Département de médecine

2 shared papers, latest 2022

Danielle Charpentier

Département de médecine

2 shared papers, latest 2022

Philip Wong

Department of Radiation Oncology

1 shared papers, latest 2019

Laurent Létourneau-Guillon

Département de radiologie, radio-oncologie et médecine nucléaire

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Kevin Fung

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

1 shared papers, latest 2021

David Palma

Department of Oncology

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Alexandre Cheng

Département de génie des systèmes

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Brian O'Sullivan

Department of Radiation Oncology

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Denis Soulières

Département de médecine

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Anthony Nichols

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Mustapha Tehfe

Département de médecine

1 shared papers, latest 2019

Francis Rodier

Département de radiologie, radio-oncologie et médecine nucléaire

1 shared papers, latest 2020

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