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Primo N. Lara is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on subfields including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology, Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, and Surgery.

The scientist's scholarly output shows a strong emphasis on cancer-related topics, particularly in Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research, Renal Cell Carcinoma Treatment, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Renal and Related Cancers, and Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations.

Primo N. Lara has contributed to numerous research papers published across prominent venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Kidney Cancer
  • Annals of Oncology
  • Cancer Research
  • Clinical Lung Cancer

Recent notable papers authored or coauthored by Primo N. Lara comprise:

  • Kidney Cancer, Version 3.2022, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology, 2022, Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
  • The DNA methylation landscape of advanced prostate cancer, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • A comparison of sunitinib with cabozantinib, crizotinib, and savolitinib for treatment of advanced papillary renal cell carcinoma: a randomised, open-label, phase 2 trial, 2021, The Lancet
  • Pan-Cancer Analysis of BRCA1 and BRCA2 Genomic Alterations and Their Association With Genomic Instability as Measured by Genome-Wide Loss of Heterozygosity, 2020, JCO Precision Oncology
  • Phase I Study of Cabozantinib and Nivolumab Alone or With Ipilimumab for Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma and Other Genitourinary Tumors, 2020, Journal of Clinical Oncology

Collaborations are an integral part of this scientist's work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Ian M. Thompson
  • Catherine M. Tangen
  • Mamta Parikh
  • David I. Quinn
  • Sumanta K. Pal

The substantial volume of publications in both clinical and molecular cancer research highlights the scientist's cross-disciplinary approach. The integration of studies related to immunotherapy, genomics, and targeted therapies reflects a comprehensive engagement with evolving cancer treatment paradigms.

Best Publications

  • Docetaxel and estramustine compared with mitoxantrone and prednisone for advanced refractory prostate cancer

    Daniel P. Petrylak;Catherine M. Tangen;Maha H.A. Hussain;Primo N. Lara

  • Genomic Hallmarks and Structural Variation in Metastatic Prostate Cancer.

    David A. Quigley;Ha X. Dang;Shuang G. Zhao;Paul Lloyd

  • Clinical and Genomic Characterization of Treatment-Emergent Small-Cell Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer: A Multi-institutional Prospective Study

    Rahul Aggarwal;Jiaoti Huang;Joshi J. Alumkal;Li Zhang

  • Prospective Evaluation of Cancer Clinical Trial Accrual Patterns: Identifying Potential Barriers to Enrollment

    Primo N. Lara;Roger Higdon;Nelson Lim;Karen Kwan

  • Phase III trial of irinotecan/cisplatin compared with etoposide/cisplatin in extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer: clinical and pharmacogenomic results from SWOG S0124

    Primo N. Lara;Ronald Natale;John Crowley;Heinz Josef Lenz

  • Cabozantinib in Patients With Advanced Prostate Cancer: Results of a Phase II Randomized Discontinuation Trial

    David C. Smith;Matthew R. Smith;Christopher Sweeney;Aymen A. Elfiky

  • Consolidation Docetaxel After Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy in Stage IIIB Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Phase II Southwest Oncology Group Study S9504

    David R. Gandara;Kari Chansky;Kathy S. Albain;Bryan R. Leigh

  • Trastuzumab, Paclitaxel, Carboplatin, and Gemcitabine in Advanced Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-2/neu–Positive Urothelial Carcinoma: Results of a Multicenter Phase II National Cancer Institute Trial

    Maha H.A. Hussain;Gary R. MacVicar;Daniel P. Petrylak;Rodney L. Dunn

  • Aurora Kinases as Anticancer Drug Targets

    Oliver Gautschi;Jim Heighway;Philip C. Mack;Phillip R. Purnell

  • Twenty years post-NIH Revitalization Act: enhancing minority participation in clinical trials (EMPaCT): laying the groundwork for improving minority clinical trial accrual: renewing the case for enhancing minority participation in cancer clinical trials.

    Moon S. Chen;Primo N. Lara;Julie H. T. Dang;Debora A. Paterniti

  • Metabolic reprogramming in clear cell renal cell carcinoma

    Hiromi I. Wettersten;Omran Abu Aboud;Primo N. Lara;Robert H. Weiss

  • Phase III randomized trial of conventional-dose chemotherapy with or without high-dose chemotherapy and autologous hematopoietic stem-cell rescue as first-line treatment for patients with poor-prognosis metastatic germ cell tumors.

    Robert J. Motzer;Craig J. Nichols;Kim A. Margolin;Jennifer Bacik

  • A phase II trial of AS1411 (a novel nucleolin-targeted DNA aptamer) in metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

    Jonathan E. Rosenberg;Jonathan E. Rosenberg;Richard M. Bambury;Eliezer M. Van Allen;Eliezer M. Van Allen;Harry A. Drabkin

  • Circulating Tumor Cell Counts Are Prognostic of Overall Survival in SWOG S0421: A Phase III Trial of Docetaxel With or Without Atrasentan for Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

    Amir Goldkorn;Benjamin Ely;David I. Quinn;Catherine M. Tangen

  • Randomized Phase III Placebo-Controlled Trial of Carboplatin and Paclitaxel With or Without the Vascular Disrupting Agent Vadimezan (ASA404) in Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

    Primo N Lara;Jean Yves Douillard;Kazuhiko Nakagawa;Joachim Von Pawel

  • Evaluation of Prostate-Specific Antigen Declines for Surrogacy in Patients Treated on SWOG 99-16

    Daniel P. Petrylak;Donna Pauler Ankerst;Caroline S. Jiang;Catherine M. Tangen

  • Clinical and Correlative Results of SWOG S0354: A Phase II Trial of CNTO328 (Siltuximab), a Monoclonal Antibody against Interleukin-6, in Chemotherapy-Pretreated Patients with Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

    Tanya B. Dorff;Bryan Goldman;Jacek K. Pinski;Philip C. Mack

  • The DNA methylation landscape of advanced prostate cancer

    Shuang G. Zhao;Shuang G. Zhao;William S. Chen;William S. Chen;Haolong Li;Adam Foye

  • Japanese-US Common-Arm Analysis of Paclitaxel Plus Carboplatin in Advanced Non―Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Model for Assessing Population-Related Pharmacogenomics

    David R. Gandara;Tomoya Kawaguchi;John Crowley;James Moon

  • Ixabepilone (epothilone B analogue BMS-247550) is active in chemotherapy-naive patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer: A Southwest Oncology Group Trial S0111

    Maha Hussain;Catherine M. Tangen;Primo N. Lara;Ulka N. Vaishampayan

Frequent Co-Authors

David R. Gandara
David R. Gandara University of California, Davis
David I. Quinn
David I. Quinn University of Southern California
Laurel A. Beckett
Laurel A. Beckett University of California, Davis
Catherine M. Tangen
Catherine M. Tangen Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Tomasz M. Beer
Tomasz M. Beer Oregon Health & Science University
Eric J. Small
Eric J. Small University of California, San Francisco
Maha Hussain
Maha Hussain Northwestern University
Martin E. Gleave
Martin E. Gleave University of British Columbia
Ian M. Thompson
Ian M. Thompson The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

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