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Francis Hornicek

Professor, University of Miami, Miami, FL
Verified email at med.miami.edu
Cited by 27392

Causes, consequences, and remedies for growth-induced solid stress in murine and human tumors

…, BL Smith, CR Ferrone, FJ Hornicek… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
The presence of growth-induced solid stresses in tumors has been suspected for some time,
but these stresses were largely estimated using mathematical models. Solid stresses can …

Percutaneous radiofrequency coagulation of osteoid osteoma compared with operative treatment

DI Rosenthal, FJ Hornicek, MW Wolfe, LC Jennings… - JBJS, 1998 - journals.lww.com
Osteoid osteoma, a benign bone tumor, has traditionally been treated with operative excision.
A recently developed method for percutaneous ablation of the tumor has been proposed …

Failure mode classification for tumor endoprostheses: retrospective review of five institutions and a literature review

…, RI Kotz, M Mercuri, PT Funovics, FJ Hornicek… - JBJS, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Background: Massive endoprostheses provide orthopaedic oncologists with many reconstructive
options after tumor resection, although failure rates are high. Because the number of …

Osteoid osteoma: percutaneous treatment with radiofrequency energy

DI Rosenthal, FJ Hornicek, M Torriani, MC Gebhardt… - Radiology, 2003 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To report our experience with technical success, complications, and long-term
clinical success of radiofrequency (RF) ablation of osteoid osteoma. MATERIALS AND …

[PDF][PDF] Aneurysmal bone cyst: a review of 150 patients

…, FJ Hornicek, E Ortiz-Cruz, J Villafuerte… - Journal of Clinical …, 2005 - researchgate.net
J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 122:767-769, 1996 29. Bollini G, Jouve JL, Cottalorda … J
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[PDF][PDF] EWS-FLI1 utilizes divergent chromatin remodeling mechanisms to directly activate or repress enhancer elements in Ewing sarcoma

…, V Thapar, V Deshpande, DT Ting, FJ Hornicek… - Cancer cell, 2014 - cell.com
The aberrant transcription factor EWS-FLI1 drives Ewing sarcoma, but its molecular function
is not completely understood. We find that EWS-FLI1 reprograms gene regulatory circuits in …

Factors affecting nonunion of the allograft-host junction

FJ Hornicek, MC Gebhardt, WW Tomford… - Clinical Orthopaedics …, 2001 - journals.lww.com
Nonunion of allograft-host junction after bone transplantation is not uncommon, and its
treatment frequently is problematic. To improve the understanding of these nonunions, a …

Solid stress and elastic energy as measures of tumour mechanopathology

…, D Fukumura, Y Boucher, FJ Hornicek… - Nature biomedical …, 2016 - nature.com
Solid stress and tissue stiffness affect tumour growth, invasion, metastasis and treatment.
Unlike stiffness, which can be precisely mapped in tumours, the measurement of solid stresses …

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy for large extremity soft-tissue sarcomas

…, IJ Spiro, HD Suit, MC Gebhardt, FJ Hornicek… - International Journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Treatment of extremity soft-tissue sarcomas yields excellent local control, but
distant failure is common with large, high-grade tumors. A regimen of preoperative …

A spatially and temporally restricted mouse model of soft tissue sarcoma

…, D Crowley, SJ Korsmeyer, SS Yoon, FJ Hornicek… - Nature medicine, 2007 - nature.com
Soft tissue sarcomas are mesenchymal tumors that are fatal in approximately one-third of
patients. To explore mechanisms of sarcoma pathogenesis, we have generated a mouse …