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Specialties
Board Certification
American Board of Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Medical Oncology)Patient Rating
4.9 /5( out of 114 reviews )The patient rating score is an average of all responses on our patient experience survey. The rating averages scores for all questions about care from our providers.
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Patient Comments
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Patients are de-identified for confidentiality and patient privacy.October 20, 2024HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERGreat, knowledgeable, and attentive. I'd recommend anyone see Dr. Florou.
October 15, 2024HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERDR Florou Was very confident and serious about my circumstances.. she always got to the point and listened to my concerns, she put up with my dumb sense of humor, even though she didn't quite understand it.. she was very compassionate when i could not recover like i was expected to.. she was good to try to find ways to make my treatments better with out losing the effectiveness
October 11, 2024HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERDr Florou knows her stuff! Always professional and never acts like she is too busy to listen
October 10, 2024HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERShe is always thorough and professional.
October 10, 2024HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERVery knowledgeable and caring.
September 28, 2024HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERDr Florou is very thorough and experienced in explaining and counseling with us regarding our treatment options. We have confidence in her and are grateful to have her as our oncologist.
September 28, 2024HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERLoved Dr Florou!!!! Answered all our questions & concerns
September 21, 2024HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTEROutstanding, every time. I'm lucky to be in her care.
September 19, 2024HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERShe is very thorough and is amazing
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Board Certification and Academic Information
Academic Departments Internal Medicine -Primary Academic Divisions Oncology
Board Certification American Board of Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Medical Oncology)Education history
Graduate Training Biomedical Informatics - ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah M.S. Hematology/Oncology - Jackson Memorial Hospital/ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Miami Clinical Fellow Chief Resident Internal Medicine - Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School/Saint Peter’s ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ Hospital Chief Resident Strategic ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵcare Management Program - Rutgers ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ/Saint Peter’s ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ Hospital Mini-M.B.A. Residency Internal Medicine - Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School/Saint Peter’s ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ Hospital Resident Hematology/Oncology - ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine Research Fellow Professional Medical Medicine - ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Patras, Faculty of Medicine M.D. Selected Publications
Journal Article
- Nevala-Plagemann C, Sama S, Ying J, Shen J, Haaland B, Florou V, Garrido-Laguna I (2022). A Real-World Comparison of Regorafenib and Trifluridine/Tipiracil in Refractory Metastatic Colorectal Cancer in the United States. J Natl Compr Canc Netw, 21(3), 257-264. ()
- Miotke L, Nevala-Plagemann C, Ying J, Florou V, Haaland B, Garrido-Laguna I (2022). Treatment outcomes in recurrent versus de novo metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma: a real world study. BMC Cancer, 22(1), 1054. ()
- Pauley K, Koptiuch C, Greenberg S, Kohlmann W, Jeter J, Colonna S, Werner T, Kinsey C, Gilcrease G, Weis J, Whisenant J, Florou V, Garrido-Laguna I (2022). Discrepancies between tumor genomic profiling and germline genetic testing. ESMO Open, 7(4), 100526. ()
- Kourouni I, Aesif SW, Tamarkin SW, Bolen M, Sivak E, Shaman Z, Tamaskar I, Florou V (2021). A 51-year-old man with chronic cough and left hilar prominence. Breathe (Sheff), 17(2), 210018. ()
- Azeem Khan M, Florou V, Swami U (2021). Immunotherapy and fatigue: what we know and what we don't know. Oncotarget, 12(8), 719-720. ()
- Florou V, Jarboe E, Deftereos G (2020). Intravenous Leiomyomatosis: A Rare Diagnosis With Aggressive Potential. JCO Oncol Pract, 17(4), 206-208. ()
- Naqash AR, Ricciuti B, Owen DH, Florou V et al (2020). Outcomes associated with immune-related adverse events in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer treated with nivolumab: a pooled exploratory analysis from a global cohort. Cancer Immunol Immunother, s00262-020-02536-5(10.1007), 1177-1187.
- Naqash AR, Ricciuti B, Owen DH, Florou V, Toi Y, Cherry C, Hafiz M, De Giglio A, Muzaffar M, Patel SH, Sugawara S, Burkart J, Park W, Chiari R, Sugisaka J, Otterson GA, de Lima Lopes G, Walker PR (2020). Outcomes associated with immune-related adverse events in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer treated with nivolumab: a pooled exploratory analysis from a global cohort. Cancer Immunol Immunother, 69(7), 1177-1187. ()
- Florou V, Rosenberg AE, Wieder E, Komanduri K V, Kolonias D, Uduman M, Castle JC, Buell JS, Trent JC, Wilky BA (2019). Angiosarcoma patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: a case series of seven patients from a single institution. J Immunother Cancer.
- Chae YK, Viveiros P, Lopes G, Sukhadia B, Sheikh MM, Saravia D, Florou V, Sokol ES, Frampton GM, Chalmers ZR, Ali SM, Ross JS, Chang S, Wang S, Chiec L, Rahbari A, Mohindra N, Villaflor V, Shin SH, Oh M, Anker J, Park LC, Wang V, Chuang J, Park W (2019). Clinical and immunological implications of frameshift mutations in lung cancer. J Thorac Oncol, (10.1016).
- Wilky BA, Trucco MM, Subhawong TK, Florou V, Park W, Kwon D, Wieder ED, Kolonias D, Rosenberg AE, Kerr DA, Sfakianaki E, Foley M, Merchan JR, Komanduri KV, Trent JC (2019). Axitinib plus pembrolizumab in patients with advanced sarcomas including alveolar soft-part sarcoma: a single-centre, single-arm, phase 2 trial. Lancet Oncol, (10.1016), 30153-6.
- Florou V, Ramdial JL, Trent JC (2018). Use of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in Patients With GI Stromal Tumor Who Are Pregnant or Considering Pregnancy: Driver Mutations and Circulating Tumor DNA. J Clin Oncol, 36(25), 2659-60. ()
- Florou V, Ramdial J, Trent JC (2017). GIST in Pregnancy: The Role of Circulating Tumor DNA to Define the Assessment of Risk of Rapid Progression and Response to Imatinib. Am J Hematol Oncol, 13(11), 37-40.
Review
- Florou V, Garrido-Laguna I (2022). Clinical Development of Anti-TIGIT Antibodies for Immunotherapy of Cancer. [Review]. Curr Oncol Rep, 24(9), 1107-1112. ()
- Florou V, Wilky BA (2022). Emerging mechanisms of immunotherapy resistance in sarcomas. [Review]. Cancer Drug Resist, 5(1), 199-213. ()
- Mittra A, Takebe N, Florou V, Chen AP, Naqash AR (2020). The emerging landscape of immune checkpoint inhibitor based clinical trials in adults with advanced rare tumors. [Review]. Hum Vaccin Immunother, 17(7), 1935-1939. ()
- Florou V, Wilky BA (2021). Current Management of Angiosarcoma: Recent Advances and Lessons From the Past. [Review]. Curr Treat Options Oncol, 22(7), 61. ()
- Florou V, Puri S, Garrido-Laguna I, Wilky BA (2020). Considerations for immunotherapy in patients with cancer and comorbid immune dysfunction. [Review]. Ann Transl Med, 9(12), 1035. ()
- Bindal P, Gray JE, Boyle TA, Florou V, Puri S (2020). Biomarkers of therapeutic response with immune checkpoint inhibitors. [Review]. Ann Transl Med, 9(12), 1040. ()
- Marron TU, Ryan AE, Reddy SM, Kaczanowska S, Younis RH, Thakkar D, Zhang J, Bartkowiak T, Howard R, Anderson KG, Olson D, Naqash AR, Patel RB, Sachdev E, Rodriguez-Ruiz ME, Sheffer M, Church S, Fuhrman C, Overacre-Delgoffe A, Nguyen R, Florou V, Thaxton JE, Aggen DH, Guerriero JL (2021). Considerations for treatment duration in responders to immune checkpoint inhibitors. [Review]. J Immunother Cancer, 9(3). ()
- Florou V, Trent JC, Wilky BA (2020). Precision medicine in gastrointestinal stromal tumors. [Review]. Discov Med, 28(155), 267-276. ()
- Florou V, Wilky BA (2018 Mar 8). Current and Future Directions for Angiosarcoma Therapy. [Review]. Curr Treat Options Oncol, 19(3), 14. ()
- Alavi SN, Florou V, Tinoco G, Trent JC, Wilky BA (2018). A precision medicine approach in sarcoma: identification of patients who may benefit from early use of pazopanib. [Review]. Discov Med, 25(137), 131-44. ()
- Florou V, Wilky BA, Trent JC (2017). Latest advances in adult gastrointestinal stromal tumors. [Review]. Future Oncol, 13(24), 2183-93. ()
- Warner K, Crispatzu G, Al-Ghaili N, Weit N, Florou V, You MJ, Newrzela S, Herling M (2013). Models for mature T-cell lymphomas--a critical appraisal of experimental systems and their contribution to current T-cell tumorigenic concepts. [Review]. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol, 88(3), 680-95. ()
Book Chapter
- Florou V, Nascimento AG, Gulia A, de Lima Lopes Jr G (2018). Global ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ Perspective in Sarcomas and Other Rare Cancers. In American Society of Clinical Oncology, Educational Book (38, pp. 916-24).
Case Report
- Florou V, Nevala-Plagemann C, Whisenant J, Maeda P, Gilcrease GW, Garrido-Laguna I (2021). Clinical Activity of Selitrectinib in a Patient With Mammary Analogue Secretory Carcinoma of the Parotid Gland With Secondary Resistance to Entrectinib. J Natl Compr Canc Netw, 19(5), 478-482. ()
- Florou V, Nevala-Plagemann C, Barber KE, Mastroianni JN, Cavalieri CC, Garrido-Laguna I (2020). Treatment Rechallenge With Checkpoint Inhibition in Patients With Mismatch Repair-Deficient Pancreatic Cancer After Planned Treatment Interruption. JCO Precis Oncol, 4. ()
- Cioffi JH, Estes DJ, Florou V, Ardalan B (2017). Treatment of advanced colorectal cancer in a patient with cardiotoxic reactions to 5-fluorouracil and capecitabine using suboptimal doses.LID - bcr-2017-220952 [pii]LID - 10.1136/bcr-2017-220952 [doi]. BMJ Case Rep, 2017. ()
Editorial
- Florou V, Garrido-Laguna I (2019). Cancer immunotherapy in the immunosuppressed patients and its relevance to clinical practice. J Immunother Precis Oncol 2:127. J Immunother Precis Oncol.