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David R. Gandara

Researcher at University of California, Davis

Publications -  725
Citations -  45633

David R. Gandara is an academic researcher from University of California, Davis. The author has contributed to research in topics: Lung cancer & Cancer. The author has an hindex of 84, co-authored 685 publications receiving 40321 citations. Previous affiliations of David R. Gandara include National Institutes of Health & University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

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Chemotherapy in Patients ≥80 with Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: Combined Results from SWOG 0027 and LUN 6

TL;DR: These chemotherapy regimens were associated with an encouraging disease-control rate (54%) in patients 80 years or older with advanced NSCLC, with good tolerance, and Selected octogenarians with advanced NCI may benefit from single-agent chemotherapy.
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Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma: a model for investigating the biology of epidermal growth factor receptor inhibition.

TL;DR: Clinical data and preliminary results of correlative science studies analyzing human epidermal growth factor receptor pathways from the following two prospective Southwest Oncology Group clinical trials performed in advanced stage BAC provide a biological rationale for investigating BAC as a model of predictive markers of EGFR inhibition.
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Design of a Phase III Clinical Trial with Prospective Biomarker Validation: SWOG S0819

TL;DR: A subgroup-focused, multiple-hypothesis design was selected for S0819 that incorporates coprimary endpoints to assess cetuximab in both the overall study population and among EGFR FISH-positive (FISH+) patients, with the sample size determined based on evaluation in the EG FR FISH+ group.
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Intermittent Erlotinib in Combination with Pemetrexed: Phase I Schedules Designed to Achieve Pharmacodynamic Separation

TL;DR: This is the first clinical trial to test intermittent erlotinib plus pemetrexed and it is reported that this approach is feasible and well tolerated and arm B efficacy is being examined in a randomized phase II trial for second-line NSCLC.