Primo Nery Lara, Jr., M.D.
Specialties
Department
Title
- Director, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Executive Associate Dean for Cancer Programs
- Professor of Medicine
Reviews
UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
2279 45th Street
Sacramento, CA 95817
Driving Directions
Primary Phone:
800-362-5566
916-734-5959
Additional Phone Numbers
Clinic Phone: 916-734-5959
Physician Referrals: 800-4-UCDAVIS (800-482-3284)
Social Networking
Twitter:
@PrimoLaraMD
Philosophy of Care
I practice compassionate, evidence-based, and innovative care for people with cancer with the goal of improving their outcomes and quality of life.
Clinical Interests
Dr. Lara is a medical oncologist and clinician scientist who has expertise in genitourinary and thoracic malignancies. He is also an expert in cancer clinical trial design and conduct, having successfully led investigational trials from phase I to phase III.
Research/Academic Interests
Dr. Lara's research is focused on investigational new approaches to treat, control, or cure cancer of the genitourinary tract and lung.
Division
Hematology and Oncology
Center/Program Affiliation
Education
M.D., University of the Philippines College of Medicine, Manila, Philippines, 1992
B.S., Biology, University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines, 1987
Internship: Internal Medicine, Rush University, Chicago IL 1993-1994
Residency
Internal Medicine, Rush University, Chicago IL 1994-1996
Fellowships
Hematology-Oncology, UC Davis, Sacramento CA 1996-1999
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology,
Professional Memberships
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) - #155328
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
Association of Northern California Oncologists (ANCO)
California Cancer Consortium
California Medical Association
European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO)
International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC)
Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society
Southwest Oncology Group
Honors and Awards
Best Doctors, SacTown Magazine, 2021
Best Doctors, Sacramento Magazine, 2020
Named one of the nation's Best Doctors in Oncology, 2011-present (Best Doctors Inc./Sacramento Magazine), 2021
Sacramento Magazine�s Top 300 Most Powerful Business Leaders, 2019
Principal Investigator (current and past) on many funded research and training grants,
Select Recent Publications
Abrahão R, Cooley JJP, Maguire FB, Parikh-Patel A, Morris CR, Schwarz EB, Wun T, Keegan THM. Stage at diagnosis and survival among adolescents and young adults with lymphomas following the Affordable Care Act implementation in California. Int J Cancer. 2022 Apr 1;150(7):1113-1122. doi:10.1002/ijc.33880. Epub 2021 Dec 8. PMID:34800045.
Tsamouri MM, Durbin-Johnson BP, Culp WTN, Palm CA, Parikh M, Kent MS, Ghosh PM. Untargeted Metabolomics Identify a Panel of Urinary Biomarkers for the Diagnosis of Urothelial Carcinoma of the Bladder, as Compared to Urolithiasis with or without Urinary Tract Infection in Dogs. Metabolites. 2022 Feb 24;12(3). doi:10.3390/metabo12030200. PMID:35323643.
Voon PJ, Chen EX, Chen HX, Lockhart AC, Sahebjam S, Kelly K, Vaishampayan UN, Subbiah V, Razak AR, Renouf DJ, Hotte SJ, Singh A, Bedard PL, Hansen AR, Ivy SP, Wang L, Stayner LA, Siu LL, Spreafico A. Phase I pharmacokinetic study of single agent trametinib in patients with advanced cancer and hepatic dysfunction. J Exp Clin Cancer Res. 2022 Feb 7;41(1):51. doi:10.1186/s13046-021-02236-7. PMID:35130943.
Chu JN, Stewart SL, Gildengorin G, Wong C, Lam H, McPhee SJ, Chen MS, Bastani R, Maxwell AE, Taylor VM, Nguyen TT. Effect of a media intervention on hepatitis B screening among Vietnamese Americans. Ethn Health. 2022 Feb;27(2):361-374. doi:10.1080/13557858.2019.1672862. Epub 2019 Oct 14. PMID:31608675.
Evans AC, Setzkorn T, Edmondson DA, Segelke H, Wilson PF, Matthay KK, Granger MM, Marachelian A, Haas-Kogan DA, DuBois SG, Coleman MA. Peripheral Blood Transcript Signatures after Internal 131I-mIBG Therapy in Relapsed and Refractory Neuroblastoma Patients Identifies Early and Late Biomarkers of Internal 131I Exposures. Radiat Res. 2022 Feb 1;197(2):101-112. doi:10.1667/RADE-20-00173.1. PMID:34673986.
Roussos Torres ET, Rafie C, Wang C, Lim D, Brufsky A, LoRusso P, Eder JP, Chung V, Downs M, Geare M, Piekarz R, Streicher H, Anforth L, Rudek MA, Zhu Q, Besharati S, Cimino-Mathews A, Anders RA, Stearns V, Jaffee EM, Connolly RM. Phase I Study of Entinostat and Nivolumab with or without Ipilimumab in Advanced Solid Tumors (ETCTN-9844). Clin Cancer Res. 2021 Nov 1;27(21):5828-5837. doi:10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-20-5017. Epub 2021 Jun 16. PMID:34135021.
Riess JW, Reckamp KL, Frankel P, Longmate J, Kelly KA, Gandara DR, Weipert CM, Raymond VM, Keer HN, Mack PC, Newman EM, Lara PN Jr. Erlotinib and Onalespib Lactate Focused on EGFR Exon 20 Insertion Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC): A California Cancer Consortium Phase I/II Trial (NCI 9878). Clin Lung Cancer. 2021 Nov;22(6):541-548. doi:10.1016/j.cllc.2021.05.001. Epub 2021 May 15. PMID:34140248.
Tsamouri MM, Steele TM, Mudryj M, Kent MS, Ghosh PM. Comparative Cancer Cell Signaling in Muscle-Invasive Urothelial Carcinoma of the Bladder in Dogs and Humans. Biomedicines. 2021 Oct 14;9(10). doi:10.3390/biomedicines9101472. PMID:34680588.
Llorens-Agost M, Ensminger M, Le HP, Gawai A, Liu J, Cruz-García A, Bhetawal S, Wood RD, Heyer WD, Löbrich M. POLθ-mediated end joining is restricted by RAD52 and BRCA2 until the onset of mitosis. Nat Cell Biol. 2021 Oct;23(10):1095-1104. doi:10.1038/s41556-021-00764-0. Epub 2021 Oct 6. PMID:34616022.
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