
Daniel Bowers, M.D.
Professor
Department Pediatrics | Neurological Surgery
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Education
- Medical School
- UT Southwestern Medical School (1993)
- Internship
- Children's Health Dallas (1994), Pediatrics
- Residency
- Children's Health Dallas (1996), Pediatrics
- Fellowship
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (1999), Pediatric Hematology/oncology
Research Interest
- Development of novel chemotherapy regimens for children with recurrent cancer
- Evaluation of quality of life and late effects of childhood cancer survivors
- New therapies for childhood brain tumors
Publications
Featured Publications
- Late-occurring stroke among long-term survivors of childhood leukemia and brain tumors: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study.
- Bowers DC, Liu Y, Leisenring W, McNeil E, Stovall M, Gurney JG, Robison LL, Packer RJ, Oeffinger KC J. Clin. Oncol. 2006 Nov 24 33 5277-82
- Stroke as a late treatment effect of Hodgkin's Disease: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study.
- Bowers DC, McNeil DE, Liu Y, Yasui Y, Stovall M, Gurney JG, Hudson MM, Donaldson SS, Packer RJ, Mitby PA, Kasper CE, Robison LL, Oeffinger KC J. Clin. Oncol. 2005 Sep 23 27 6508-15
- Phase I study of oral cyclophosphamide and oral topotecan for children with recurrent or refractory solid tumors.
- Bowers DC, Aquino VM, Leavey PJ, Bash RO, Journeycake JM, Tomlinson G, Mulne AF, Haynes HJ, Winick NJ Pediatr Blood Cancer 2004 Jan 42 1 93-8
- Study of the MIB-1 labeling index as a predictor of tumor progression in pilocytic astrocytomas in children and adolescents.
- Bowers DC, Gargan L, Kapur P, Reisch JS, Mulne AF, Shapiro KN, Elterman RD, Winick NJ, Margraf LR J. Clin. Oncol. 2003 Aug 21 15 2968-73
- Hepatocyte growth factor activates the Akt pathway and inhibits chemotherapy and radiation induced cell death in human glioma cells
- Bowers DC, Fan S, Willimas JA, Rosen EM, Laterra J Cancer Research 2000 60 (15) 4277-4283
- Peripheral neuropathy in children and adolescents treated for cancer.
- Bjornard KL, Gilchrist LS, Inaba H, Diouf B, Hockenberry MJ, Kadan-Lottick NS, Bowers DC, Dolan ME, Ullrich NJ, Evans WE, Ness KK Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2018 Oct 2 10 744-754
- Risk-adapted therapy for young children with medulloblastoma (SJYC07): therapeutic and molecular outcomes from a multicentre, phase 2 trial.
- Robinson GW, Rudneva VA, Buchhalter I, Billups CA, Waszak SM, Smith KS, Bowers DC, Bendel A, Fisher PG, Partap S, Crawford JR, Hassall T, Indelicato DJ, Boop F, Klimo P, Sabin ND, Patay Z, Merchant TE, Stewart CF, Orr BA, Korbel JO, Jones DTW, Sharma T, Lichter P, Kool M, Korshunov A, Pfister SM, Gilbertson RJ, Sanders RP, Onar-Thomas A, Ellison DW, Gajjar A, Northcott PA Lancet Oncol. 2018 May
- Spectrum and prevalence of genetic predisposition in medulloblastoma: a retrospective genetic study and prospective validation in a clinical trial cohort.
- Waszak SM, Northcott PA, Buchhalter I, Robinson GW, Sutter C, Groebner S, Grund KB, Brugières L, Jones DTW, Pajtler KW, Morrissy AS, Kool M, Sturm D, Chavez L, Ernst A, Brabetz S, Hain M, Zichner T, Segura-Wang M, Weischenfeldt J, Rausch T, Mardin BR, Zhou X, Baciu C, Lawerenz C, Chan JA, Varlet P, Guerrini-Rousseau L, Fults DW, Grajkowska W, Hauser P, Jabado N, Ra YS, Zitterbart K, Shringarpure SS, De La Vega FM, Bustamante CD, Ng HK, Perry A, MacDonald TJ, Hernáiz Driever P, Bendel AE, Bowers DC, McCowage G, Chintagumpala MM, Cohn R, Hassall T, Fleischhack G, Eggen T, Wesenberg F, Feychting M, Lannering B, Schüz J, Johansen C, Andersen TV, Röösli M, Kuehni CE, Grotzer M, Kjaerheim K, Monoranu CM, Archer TC, Duke E, Pomeroy SL, Shelagh R, Frank S, Sumerauer D, Scheurlen W, Ryzhova MV, Milde T, Kratz CP, Samuel D, Zhang J, Solomon DA, Marra M, Eils R, Bartram CR, von Hoff K, Rutkowski S, Ramaswamy V, Gilbertson RJ, Korshunov A, Taylor MD, Lichter P, Malkin D, Gajjar A, Korbel JO, Pfister SM Lancet Oncol. 2018 May
- Prospective Feasibility and Safety Assessment of Surgical Biopsy for Patients with Newly Diagnosed Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma.
- Gupta N, Goumnerova LC, Manley P, Chi SN, Neuberg D, Puligandla M, Fangusaro J, Goldman S, Tomita T, Alden T, DiPatri A, Rubin JB, Gauvain K, Limbrick D, Leonard J, Geyer JR, Leary S, Browd S, Wang Z, Sood S, Bendel A, Nagib M, Gardner S, Karajannis MA, Harter D, Ayyanar K, Gump W, Bowers DC, Weprin B, MacDonald TJ, Aguilera D, Brahma B, Robison NJ, Kiehna E, Krieger M, Sandler E, Aldana P, Khatib Z, Ragheb J, Bhatia S, Mueller S, Banerjee A, Bredlau AL, Gururangan S, Fuchs H, Cohen KJ, Jallo G, Dorris K, Handler M, Comito M, Dias M, Nazemi K, Baird L, Murray J, Lindeman N, Hornick JL, Malkin H, Sinai C, Greenspan L, Wright KD, Prados M, Bandopadhayay P, Ligon KL, Kieran MW Neuro-oncology 2018 May
- Comprehensive Analysis of Hypermutation in Human Cancer.
- Campbell BB, Light N, Fabrizio D, Zatzman M, Fuligni F, de Borja R, Davidson S, Edwards M, Elvin JA, Hodel KP, Zahurancik WJ, Suo Z, Lipman T, Wimmer K, Kratz CP, Bowers DC, Laetsch TW, Dunn GP, Johanns TM, Grimmer MR, Smirnov IV, Larouche V, Samuel D, Bronsema A, Osborn M, Stearns D, Raman P, Cole KA, Storm PB, Yalon M, Opocher E, Mason G, Thomas GA, Sabel M, George B, Ziegler DS, Lindhorst S, Issai VM, Constantini S, Toledano H, Elhasid R, Farah R, Dvir R, Dirks P, Huang A, Galati MA, Chung J, Ramaswamy V, Irwin MS, Aronson M, Durno C, Taylor MD, Rechavi G, Maris JM, Bouffet E, Hawkins C, Costello JF, Meyn MS, Pursell ZF, Malkin D, Tabori U, Shlien A Cell 2017 Oct
Books
Featured Books
Strokes Among Childhood Brain Tumor Survivors. In Goldman S, Turner CD, eds. Late Effects of Treatment for Brain Tumors.
Bowers DC. (2009). Springer; 145-153.
Honors & Awards
- Best Pediatric Specialists/Doctors in Dallas
D Magazine (2010-2011) (2013) (2017-2018) - Favorite Oncology Professionals
CureSearch for Childrens Cancer (2013-2013) - Elected to the Society for Pediatric Research
(2006-2006) - Outstanding Graduate in the College of Science
(1989-1989)
Professional Associations/Affiliations
- Society for Pediatric Research (2006)
- American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (2001)
- Society for Neuro-Oncology (2000)
- American Society of Clinical Oncology (1999)
- Children’s Oncology Group