Publications

M Tatarczuch, KL Lewis, A Gunjur, B Shaw, LM Poon, E Paul, M Ku, M Wong, S Ai, A Beekman, PR Di Ciaccio, M Krigstein, J Wight, C Coombes, M Gilbertson, A Tey, J Shortt, C Nagarajan, D Talaulikar, N Hamad, S Ratnasingam, SJ Ho, T Cochrane, EA Hawkes, CY Cheah, S Opat, GP Gregory. Sequential high-dose methotrexate and cytarabine administration improves outcomes in real-world patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma: A report from the Australasian Lymphoma Alliance. eJHaem 2024; 1–12.

A Minson, N Hamad, PR Di Ciaccio, D Talaulikar, M Ku, S Ratnasingham, CY Cheah, C Yannakou, M Bishton, ZY Ng, S Agarwal, A McQuillan, A Johnston, E Choong, K Wong, J McQuillan, E Hawkes, M Dickinson. Death from mantle cell lymphoma limits sequential therapy, particularly after first relapse: patterns of care and outcomes in a series from Australia and the United Kingdom. Br J Haematol 2024; 204(2): 548-554.

PR Di Ciaccio, M Polizzotto, K Cwynarski, A Gerrie, C Burton, M Bower, J Kuruvilla, S Montoto, P McKay, C Fox, S Milliken, A Jiamsakul, A Osborne, G Collins, K Manos, K Linton, S Iyengar, S Kassam, M Poon Limei, D Kliman, N Wong Doo, AM Watson, P Fedele, C Yannakou, S Hunt, M Ku, L Sehn, A Smith, H Renshaw, A Maxwell, Q Liu, R Dhairyawan, G Ferguson, K Pickard, D Painter, N Thakrar, K Song, N Hamad. The influence of immunodeficiency, disease features and patient characteristics on survival in plasmablastic lymphoma. Blood 2024; 143(2):152-165 (link)

G Mills, V Chadwick, C Tang, J Perram, MA Anderson, A Anazodo, G Kidson-Gerber, A Shand, O Lavee, B Withers, S Milliken, P Di Ciaccio, N Hamad. Immunochemotherapy for life-threatening haematological malignancies in pregnancy: a systematic review of the literature and cross-sectional analysis of clinical trial eligibility. Lancet Haematol 2023; 10(6): e458

P Di Ciaccio, G Mills, M Shipton, B Campbell, G Gregory, J Langfield, M Greenwood, S McKeague, M Shanavas, R Eslick, G Kidson-Gerber, P Smallbone, C Tang, K Morris, I Bilmon, C Yannakou, X Badoux, L Berkahn, S Farina, K Mason, P Mason, K Goss, N Hamad. The clinical features, management and outcomes of lymphoma in pregnancy: a multicentre study by the Australasian Lymphoma Alliance. Br J Haematol 2023; 210(5):887 (link)

Z Goh, M Latimer, K Lewis, CY Cheah, P Di Ciaccio, T Cushion, E Hawkes, S Harrop, M Ku, A Campbell, N Hamad, E Wood, E Chung, PY Chen, T Cochrane. Characteristics and outcomes of older patients with classical Hodgkin lymphoma: an Australasian Lymphoma Alliance and Lymphoma and Related Diseases Registry Study. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk 2023; 23(5):370

K Lim, P Di Ciaccio, M Polizzotto, S Milliken, T Cochrane, Z Goh, B Shaw, E Perry, M Gilbertson, W Kermode, CY Cheah, M Latimer, N Hamad, M Ku. Outcomes of HIV-associated Burkitt lymphoma and diffuse large B cell lymphoma treated in Australia: a report from the Australasian Lymphoma Alliance. Br J Haematol 2023; 201(5);865

P Di Ciaccio, M Van Leeuwen, J Amin, C Vajdic, S McGregor, IM Poynten, D Templeton, M Law, A Grulich, M Polizzotto, F Jin. Second primary cancers in people with HIV/AIDS: a national data linkage study of incidence and risk factors. J Acquir Immune Defic Sydnr 2023; 91(1):25

G Mills, P Di Ciaccio, C Tang, V Chadwick, K Mason, B Campbell, M Shipton, M Shanavas, K Morris, M Greenwood, J Langfield, G Kidson-Gerber, R Eslick, X Badoux, C Yannakou, S Gangatharan, I Bilmon, N Hamad. Capturing the lived experiences of women with lymphoma in pregnancy: a qualitative study. Leuk Lymphoma 2023; 64(2):319

S Harrop, P Di Ciaccio, N Wong Doo, T Cochrane, B Camphell, N Hamad, M Dickinson, C Van Der Weyden, HM Prince. The gamma delta lymphomas: an Australian multi-centre case series. Ann Lymphoma 2022; 6:3

P Di Ciaccio, C Tang, G Mills, N Hamad. Managing haematological malignancies in pregnant women. Lancet Haematol 2021; 8(9):e623

P Di Ciaccio, L Emmett, N Hamad. Positron emission tomography/computerised tomography (PET/CT) in pregnant patients with cancer: a qualitative study of nuclear medicine physicians’ experience and perceptions. Int Med J 2021; 51(10);1722

G McCaughan and P Di Ciaccio (joint first authors), M Ananda-Rajah, N Gilroy, R MacIntyre, B Teh, R Weinkove, J Curnow, J Szer, AK Enjeti, D Ross, S Mulligan, J Trotman, M Dickinson, H Quach, P Choi, MN Polizzotto, CS Tam, PJ Ho, M Ku, G Gregory, S Gangatharan, G Hapgood, T Cochrane, C Cheah, S Gibbs, A Wei, A Johnston, M Greenwood, HM Prince, M Latimer, L Berkhan, J Wight, T Armytage, N Hamad. COVID-19 vaccination in haematology patients: an Australia and New Zealand consensus position statement. Int Med J 2021; 51(5):629

P Di Ciaccio, B Cutts, T Alahakoon, P Dennington, L Soo, J Curnow. Clinical consequences of the extremely rare anti-PP1Pk isoantibodies in pregnancy: a case series and review of the literature. Vox Sanguinis 2020; 116(5):591

P Di Ciaccio, S Avdic, G Sutrave, L Clancy, B Withers, E Blyth, D McLeod, DJ Gottlieb. Successful treatment of CMV, EBV and adenovirus tissue infection following HLA-mismatched allogeneic stem cell transplant using infusion of third-party T cells from multiple donors in addition to antivirals, rituximab and surgery. Transpl Infect Dis 2021; 23(2):e13528

P Di Ciaccio, G McCaughan, J Trotman, PJ Ho, C Cheah, S Gangatharan, J Wight, M Ku, H Quach, R Gasiorowski, M Polizzotto, HM Prince, S Mulligan, C Tam, G Gregory, G Hapgood, A Spencer, M Dickinson, M Latimer, A Johnston, T Armytage, C Lee, T Cochrane, L Berkhahn, R Weinkove, R Doocey, S Harrison, N Webber, HP Lee, S Chapman, B Campbel, S Gibbs, N Hamad. Australian and New Zealand Consensus Statement on the management of lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and myeloma during the COVID-19 pandemic. Int Med J 2020; 50(6);667.

P Di Ciaccio, A Kearney, S Ling. Comparing the area under the curve and peak height methods in the calculation of FLT3-ITD allelic ratio. Int J Lab Hematol 2020; 42(5):e234

EW Li, P Di Ciaccio, D Springell, K Fan, J Taper, P Dennington. Atypical presentation of IgA-related immediate reaction with back pain and relative hypotension – anaphylaxis or not? Pathology 2020; 52: S114

A Kearney, P Di Ciaccio, S Ling. Prognostic impact of calculation methods for FLT3-ITD allelic ratio and NPM1 status in AML patients. Pathology 2019; 51: S125.

P Di Ciaccio, S Ling. Lenalidomide in patients with dialysis-dependent end stage renal failure and multiple myeloma. Haematologica 2017; 102(s2): 801.

P Di Ciaccio. A Torturer’s Manifesto? Impunity through Immunity in Jones v Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Sydney Law Review 2008; 30(3): 551

Scientific Meeting Presentations

Oral Presentations

P Di Ciaccio, B Campbell, K Mason, M Shanavas, M Greenwood, G Gregory, R Eslick, G Kidson-Gerber, C Tang, K Morris, P Smallbone, X Badoux, M Shipton, S McKeague, J Langfield, KGoss, N Hamad.

Lymphoma during pregnancy: A multicentre study by the Australasian Lymphoma Alliance.

American Society of Haematology Annual Meeting, 2021.

P Di Ciaccio, MN Polizzotto, K Cwynarski, C Burton, A Jiamsakul, J Kuruvilla, S Montoto, P McKay, W Osborne, S Milliken, K Linton, K Manos, S Kassam, N Wong Doo, AM Watson, PL Fedele, CK Yannakou, S Hunt, H Renshaw, N Thakrar, A Smith, D Painter, A Maxwell, R Dhairyawan, G Ferguson, K Pickard, N Hamad.

Survival outcomes for plasmablastic lymphoma: an international, multicentre study by the Australasian Lymphoma Alliance.

American Society of Haematology Annual Meeting, 2020.

Awarded ASH Abstract Achievement Award

P Di Ciaccio, M Greenwood, GA Kennedy, S Milliken, D Gottlieb, D Ritchie, D Purtill, SR Larsen, A Spencer, T Perera, DT Yeung, S Durrant, A Butler, AM Watson, HC Lai, R Doocey, HJ Goodman, IH Kerridge, C Arthur, C Curley, C Stewart, K Micklethwaite, J Collins, J Cooney, H Hamad.

Allogeneic stem cell transplantation for diffuse large B cell lymphoma can achieve durable remissions: an Australasian Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient Registry study.

Australasian Leukaemia and Lymphoma Group Scientific Meeting, 2020.

P Di Ciaccio, D Ritchie, GA Kennedy, S Milliken, D Purtill, D Gottlieb, T Perera, DT Yeung, SR Larsen, R Doocey, M Greenwood, S Durrant, AM Watson, A Butler, A Khot, C Curley, N Hamad.

Allogeneic stem cell transplantation for mantle cell lymphoma can achieve durable remission and myeloablative conditioning is associated with inferior survival: an Australasian Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient Registry study.

Australasian Leukaemia and Lymphoma Group Scientific Meeting, 2020.

P Di Ciaccio, S Ling.

Quantification of autophagy in bortezomib-resistant multiple myeloma by field emission scanning electron microscopy.

Haematology Association of Australasia. Sydney, Australia, 2017

Poster Presentations

Z Goh, M Latimer, K Lewis, CY Cheah, P Di Ciaccio, T Cushion, E Hawkes, S Harrop, M Ku, A Campbell, N Hamad, M Gilbertson, E Wood, E Chung, T Cochrane. Characteristics and Outcomes of Elderly Patients with Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma: an Australasian Lymphoma Alliance (ALA) and Lymphoma and Related Disease Registry (LaRDR) study.

American Society of Haematology Annual Meeting, 2022.

G Mills, P Di Ciaccio, C Tang, V Chadwick, K Mason, B Campbell, M Shanavas, K Morris, M Greenwood, G Kidson-Gerber, R Eslick, X Badoux, C Yannakou, S Gangatharan, N Hamad.

Capturing the Lived Experiences of Women with Lymphoma in Pregnancy: An Australasian Lymphoma Alliance Study

American Society of Haematology Annual Meeting, 2021.

K Lim, P Di Ciaccio, N Hamad, M Polizzotto, S Milliken, T Cochrane, Z Goh, B Shaw, E Perry, M Gilbertson, W Kermode, CY Cheah, M Latimer, M Ku.

Real-World Outcomes of Aggressive B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in People Living with HIV (PLWH) Treated in Australia: An Australasian Lymphoma Alliance Study

American Society of Haematology Annual Meeting, 2021.

M Tatarczuch, K Lewis, A Gunjry, B Shaw, M Poon, E Paul, M Ku, M Wong, A Beekman, M Krigstein, P Di Ciaccio, J Wight, C Coombes, M Gilbertson, A Tey, J Shortt, C Nagarajan, M Latimer, D Talaulikar, N Hamad, S Ratnasingam, T Cochrane, E Hawkes, CY Cheah, S Opat, G Gregory.

Real-World Outcomes of Patients with Primary CNS Lymphoma (PCNSL): A Report from the Australasian Lymphoma Alliance

American Society of Haematology Annual Meeting, 2021.

S Walker, S Harrop, P Di Ciaccio, K Lewis, R Boles, A Tedjasputra, N Hamad, G Hodges, C Yannakou, C Tam, S Opat, CY Cheah, M Ku.

Real World Data on the Outcomes of Richter’s Transformation of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma in the Australian Population: An Australasian Lymphoma Alliance Study

American Society of Haematology Annual Meeting, 2021.

Allogeneic stem cell transplantation for diffuse large B cell lymphoma can achieve durable remissions: an Australasian Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient Registry study.

American Society of Haematology Annual Meeting, 2020.

P Di Ciaccio, D Ritchie, GA Kennedy, S Milliken, D Purtill, D Gottlieb, T Perera, DT Yeung, SR Larsen, R Doocey, M Greenwood, S Durrant, AM Watson, A Butler, A Khot, C Curley, N Hamad.

American Society of Haematology Annual Meeting, 2020.

P Di Ciaccio, F Jin, M Law, M Van Leeuwen, A Grulich, J Amin, C Vajdic, S McGregor, MN Polizzotto.

The role of lymphomas in subsequent primary cancers in people with HIV/AIDS: an Australian national population-based data linkage study.

American Society of Haematology Annual Meeting, 2020.

K Manos, M Lasic, A Grigg, P Di Ciaccio, J Wong, UC Sekaran, J Wight, Z Goh, H Jina, L Butler, CK Yannakou, N Hamad, GP Gregory, SA Gangatharan, T Cochrane, K Piper, L Churilov, EA Hawkes.

Prolonged lymphopenia and infection risk is mitigated by antimicrobial prophylaxis in patients with indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma treated with bendamustine +/- anti-CD20 antibody: The Australasian Lymphoma Alliance experience.

American Society of Haematology Annual Meeting, 2020.

KM Sharplin, D Ritchie, D Gottlieb, I Bilmon, S Panicker, GA Kennedy, C Curley, D Purtill, J Cooney, R Doocey, L Berkahn, S Milliken, P Di Ciaccio, PG Bardy, A Spencer, DJ Curtis, SS Patil, SR Larsen, T Perera, A Butler, M Greenwood, AM Watson, HC Lai, E Wong, S Tran, N Hamad.

An Australasian Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient Registry study of the trends and outcomes of allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation in Hodgkin lymphoma between 2009-2019 – relapse remains the most common cause of death post transplantation.

American Society of Haematology Annual Meeting, 2020.

P Di Ciaccio, J Curnow, P Dennington, I Alahakoon, S Heath.

Clinical consequences of extremely rare anti-PP1Pk (formerly anti-Tja) isoantibodies in pregnancy.

Blood. Perth, Australia, 2019

P Di Ciaccio, A Kearney, S Ling.

Assessment of calculation of FLT3-ITD allelic ratio by PCR and capillary electrophoresis in AML.

RCPA Pathology Update, Melbourne, Australia, 2019.

P Di Ciaccio, J Gallo, L Dunlop.

Necrobiotic xanthogranuloma with associated MGUS successfully treated with bortezomib.

Haematology Association of Australasia, Melbourne, Australia, 2016.