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George R. Blumenschein is affiliated with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine with a strong focus on Oncology, specifically contributing to subfields such as Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

Blumenschein has published extensively on topics including Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies, Lung Cancer Research Studies, CAR-T cell therapy research, and Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.

The scientist's recent papers cover various significant studies in oncology and lung cancer treatments:

  • Continuous Versus 1-Year Fixed-Duration Nivolumab in Previously Treated Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: CheckMate 153, 2020, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy with or without immunotherapy for early-stage or isolated lung parenchymal recurrent node-negative non-small-cell lung cancer: an open-label, randomised, phase 2 trial, 2023, The Lancet
  • Programmed Death-Ligand 1 Heterogeneity and Its Impact on Benefit From Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in NSCLC, 2020, Journal of Thoracic Oncology
  • First-in-Human, Multicenter, Phase I Dose-Escalation and Expansion Study of Anti-Mesothelin Antibody-Drug Conjugate Anetumab Ravtansine in Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors, 2020, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Autologous T cell therapy for MAGE-A4+ solid cancers in HLA-A*02+ patients: a phase 1 trial, 2023, Nature Medicine

Frequent collaborators of Blumenschein include John V. Heymach, Mehmet Altan, Anne S. Tsao, Yasir Y. Elamin, and Xiuning Le.

Their work is published predominantly in journals such as the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Journal of Thoracic Oncology, Regular and Young Investigator Award Abstracts, Cancer Research, and Annals of Oncology.

Best Publications

  • Nivolumab versus Docetaxel in Advanced Nonsquamous Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

    H. Borghaei;L. Paz-Ares;L. Horn;D. R. Spigel

  • Nivolumab for Recurrent Squamous-Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck

    Robert L. Ferris;George Blumenschein;Jerome Fayette;Joel Guigay

  • First-Line Nivolumab in Stage IV or Recurrent Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

    David P. Carbone;Martin Reck;Luis Paz-Ares;Benjamin Creelan

  • Standard-dose versus high-dose conformal radiotherapy with concurrent and consolidation carboplatin plus paclitaxel with or without cetuximab for patients with stage IIIA or IIIB non-small-cell lung cancer (RTOG 0617): a randomised, two-by-two factorial phase 3 study

    Jeffrey D. Bradley;Rebecca Paulus;Ritsuko Komaki;Gregory Masters

  • An Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition Gene Signature Predicts Resistance to EGFR and PI3K Inhibitors and Identifies Axl as a Therapeutic Target for Overcoming EGFR Inhibitor Resistance

    Lauren Averett Byers;Lixia Diao;Jing Wang;Pierre Saintigny

  • Local Consolidative Therapy Vs. Maintenance Therapy or Observation for Patients With Oligometastatic Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Long-Term Results of a Multi-Institutional, Phase II, Randomized Study.

    Daniel R. Gomez;Chad Tang;Jianjun Zhang;George R. Blumenschein

  • Local consolidative therapy versus maintenance therapy or observation for patients with oligometastatic non-small-cell lung cancer without progression after first-line systemic therapy: a multicentre, randomised, controlled, phase 2 study

    Daniel R Gomez;George R Blumenschein;J Jack Lee;Mike Hernandez

  • Reduction of doxorubicin cardiotoxicity by prolonged continuous intravenous infusion.

    Sewa S. Legha;Robert S. Benjamin;Bruce Mackay;Michael Ewer

  • The BATTLE Trial: Personalizing Therapy for Lung Cancer

    Edward S. Kim;Roy S. Herbst;Ignacio Ivan Wistuba;Jiun-Kae Jack Lee

  • Nivolumab vs investigator's choice in recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: 2-year long-term survival update of CheckMate 141 with analyses by tumor PD-L1 expression.

    Robert L. Ferris;George Blumenschein;Jerome Fayette;Joel Guigay

  • Phase I/II Trial Evaluating the Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Monoclonal Antibody Bevacizumab in Combination With the HER-1/Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Erlotinib for Patients With Recurrent Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

    Roy S. Herbst;David H. Johnson;Eric Mininberg;David P. Carbone

  • Leukocyte Interferon-Induced Tumor Regression in Human Metastatic Breast Cancer, Multiple Myeloma, and Malignant Lymphoma

    Jordan U. Gutterman;George R. Blumenschein;Raymond Alexanian;Hwee-Yong Yap

  • Neoadjuvant nivolumab or nivolumab plus ipilimumab in operable non-small cell lung cancer: the phase 2 randomized NEOSTAR trial.

    Tina Cascone;William N. William;Annikka Weissferdt;Cheuk H. Leung

  • Effect of KRAS Oncogene Substitutions on Protein Behavior: Implications for Signaling and Clinical Outcome

    Nathan T. Ihle;Lauren Averett Byers;Edward S. Kim;Pierre Saintigny

  • Randomized Phase II Trial of Onartuzumab in Combination With Erlotinib in Patients With Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

    David R. Spigel;Thomas J. Ervin;Rodryg A. Ramlau;Davey B. Daniel

  • Pathological Assessment of Response to Induction Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer

    Lorne D. Feldman;Gabriel N. Hortobagyi;Aman U. Buzdar;Frederick C. Ames

  • Nivolumab versus docetaxel in previously treated advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (CheckMate 017 and CheckMate 057): 3-year update and outcomes in patients with liver metastases

    Everett E. Vokes;N. Ready;E. Felip;L. Horn

  • Long-Term Results of NRG Oncology RTOG 0617: Standard- Versus High-Dose Chemoradiotherapy With or Without Cetuximab for Unresectable Stage III Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.

    Jeffrey D. Bradley;Chen Hu;Ritsuko R. Komaki;Gregory A. Masters

  • Nivolumab versus standard, single-agent therapy of investigator's choice in recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (CheckMate 141): health-related quality-of-life results from a randomised, phase 3 trial

    Kevin J Harrington;Robert L Ferris;George Blumenschein;A Dimitrios Colevas

  • Early and delayed clinical cardiotoxicity of doxorubicin.

    Aman U. Buzdar;Connie Marcus;George R. Blumenschein;Terry L. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Gabriel N. Hortobagyi
Gabriel N. Hortobagyi The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
John V. Heymach
John V. Heymach The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Vassiliki A. Papadimitrakopoulou
Vassiliki A. Papadimitrakopoulou The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Aman U. Buzdar
Aman U. Buzdar The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
J. Jack Lee
J. Jack Lee The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Merrill S. Kies
Merrill S. Kies The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Bonnie S. Glisson
Bonnie S. Glisson The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Waun Ki Hong
Waun Ki Hong The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Roy S. Herbst
Roy S. Herbst Yale University
Charles Lu
Charles Lu The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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