Dara Aisner, MD, PhD

Professor, Pathology


FacultyPhoto
Medical School
  • MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Southwestern Medical School (2004)
Graduate School
  • PhD, University of Texas At Dallas (2004)
Undergraduate School
  • BS, Vanderbilt University (TN) (1996)
Internship
  • National Capital Consortium (Bethesda) Program (2005)
Residencies
  • National Capital Consortium (Bethesda) Program, Anatomic (2007)
  • National Capital Consortium (Bethesda) Program, Chief Resident, Anatomic (2008)
Languages
English
Department
Pathology

Publications

  • G Dancik, D Aisner, D Theodorescu: A 20 gene model for predicting nodal involvement in bladder cancer patients with muscle invasive tumors. PLoS Curr 2011, 3:RRN1248
  • BK Kleinschmidt-DeMasters, DK Birks, DL Aisner, TC Hankinson, MK Rosenblum: Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor arising in a ganglioglioma: genetic characterization. Am J Surg Path 2011, 35: 1894-901
  • DL Aisner, C Deshpande, Z Baloch, CD Watt, LA Litzky, B Malhotra, AR Sepulveda, C Langer, T Evans, VM Van Deerlin: Evaluation of EGFR mutation status in cytology specimens: An institutional experience. Diag Cytopathol 2011, DOI 10.1002/dc.21851
  • RC Doebele, AB Pilling, DL Aisner, TG Kutateladze, AT Le, AJ Weickhardt, KL Kondo, DJ Linderman, LE Heasley, WA Franklin, M Varella-Garcia, DR Camidge: Mechanisms of resistance to crizotinib in patients with ALK gene rearranged non-small cell lung cancer. Clin Cancer Res 2012, DOI 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-11-2906
  • Davies KD, Mahale S, Astling DP, Aisner DL, Le AT, Hinz TK, Vaishnavi A, Bunn PA Jr, Heasley LE, Tan AC, Camidge DR, Varella-Garcia M, Doebele RC. Resistance to ROS1 Inhibition Mediated by EGFR Pathway Activation in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. PLoS One. 2013;8(12):e82236. PubMed PMID: 24349229
  • Donson AM, Kleinschmidt-Demasters BK, Aisner DL, Bemis LT, Birks DK, Levy JM, Smith AA, Handler MH, Foreman NK, Rush SZ. Pediatric Brainstem Gangliogliomas Show BRAF(V600E) Mutation in a High Percentage of Cases. Brain Pathol. 2013 Nov 18. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24238153
  • RC Doebele, X Lu, C Sumey, DA Maxson, AJ Weickhardt, AB Oton, PA Bunn Jr., AE Baron, WA Franklin, DL Aisner, M Varella-Garcia, DR Camidge: Oncogene status predicts pattern of metastatic spread in treatment-naive nonsmall cell lung cancer. Cancer 2012, DOI 10.1002/cncr.27409
  • Vaishnavi A, Capelletti M, Le AT, Kako S, Butaney M, Ercan D, Mahale S, Davies KD, Aisner DL, Pilling AB, Berge EM, Kim J, Sasaki H, Park SI, Kryukov G, Garraway LA, Hammerman PS, Haas J, Andrews SW, Lipson D, Stephens PJ, Miller VA, Varella-Garcia M, Jänne PA, Doebele RC. Oncogenic and drug-sensitive NTRK1 rearrangements in lung cancer. Nat Med. 2013 Nov;19(11):1469-72. PubMed PMID: 24162815
  • LE Schwartz, DL Aisner, ZW Baloch, D Sterman, A Vachani, C Gillespie, A Haas, LA Litzky: he diagnostic efficacy of combining bronchoscopic tissue biopsy and endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration for the diagnosis of malignant lesions in the lung. Diag Cytopathology 2012 DOI: 10.1002/dc.22847
  • WA Franklin, DL Aisner, M Varella-Garcia: Prognostic Patterns in the Histopathology of Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma. J Clin Oncol 2012
  • Camidge DR, Skokan M, Kiatsimkul P, Helfrich B, Lu X, Barón AE, Schulte N, Maxson D, Aisner DL, Franklin WA, Doebele RC, Varella-Garcia M. Native and rearranged ALK copy number and rearranged cell count in non-small cell lung cancer: Implications for ALK inhibitor therapy. Cancer. 2013 Sep 10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24022839
  • Berge EM, Aisner DL, Doebele RC. Erlotinib response in an NSCLC patient with a novel compound G719D L861R mutation in EGFR. J Thorac Oncol. 2013 Sep;8(9):e83-4. PubMed PMID: 23945392
  • DL Aisner, D Theodorescu: Genetic testing for metastasis: potential for improved cancer treatment. Future Oncol 2011, 7:697-701
  • Anderson RT, Keysar SB, Bowles DW, Glogowska MJ, Astling DP, Morton JJ, Le P, Umpierrez A, Eagles-Soukup J, Gan GN, Vogler BW, Sehrt D, Takimoto SM, Aisner DL, Wilhelm F, Frederick BA, Varella-Garcia M, Tan AC, Jimeno A. The dual pathway inhibitor rigosertib is effective in direct patient tumor xenografts of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas. Mol Cancer Ther. 2013 Oct;12(10):1994-2005. PubMed PMID: 23873848
  • W Franklin, J Haney, C Korch, DL Aisner, P Bunn, Concurrent TP53 and tyrosine kinase signaling pathway mutations in adenocarcinoma of lung, poster presentation at the International Association for the study of Lung Cancer World Conference on Lung Cancer, July, 2011, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK, Aisner DL, Birks DK, Foreman NK. Epithelioid GBMs show a high percentage of BRAF V600E mutation. Am J Surg Pathol. 2013 May;37(5):685-98. PubMed PMID: 23552385
  • RC Doebele, CJ Sumey, DA Maxson, X Lu, AE Baron, AB Oton, PA Bunn, M Varella-Garcia, DL Aisner, WA Franklin, DR Camidge: Oncogene status predicts patterns of metastatic spread in treatment-naive lung cancer, at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer World Conference on Lung Cancer, July, 2011, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Weickhardt AJ, Aisner DL, Franklin WA, Varella-Garcia M, Doebele RC, Camidge DR. Diagnostic assays for identification of anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive non-small cell lung cancer. Cancer. 2013 Apr 15;119(8):1467-77. PubMed PMID: 23280244
  • M Varella-Garcia, JA Iafrate, W Pao, L Berry, S Jhanwar, E Koehler, DL Aisner, MG Kris, W Franklin, Y Shyr, D Kwiatkowski, P Bunn, M Ladanyi: ALK fusion and MET amplification as molecular biomarkers and therpeutic targets in advanced lung adenocarcinomas in the Lung Cancer Mutation Consortium, oral presentation at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer World Conference on Lung Cancer, July, 2011, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Schmidt Y, Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK, Aisner DL, Lillehei KO, Damek D. Anaplastic PXA in adults: case series with clinicopathologic and molecular features. J Neurooncol. 2013 Jan;111(1):59-69. PubMed PMID: 23096133
  • Schwartz LE, Aisner DL, Baloch ZW, Sterman D, Vachani A, Gillespie C, Haas A, Litzky LA. The diagnostic efficacy of combining bronchoscopic tissue biopsy and endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration for the diagnosis of malignant lesions in the lung. Diagn Cytopathol. 2013 Nov;41(11):929-35. PubMed PMID: 22362678
  • Aisner DL, Deshpande C, Baloch Z, Watt CD, Litzky LA, Malhotra B, Sepulveda AR, Langer C, Evans T, Van Deerlin VM. Evaluation of EGFR mutation status in cytology specimens: an institutional experience. Diagn Cytopathol. 2013 Apr;41(4):316-23. PubMed PMID: 22102479
  • KL Tyler, K Torkko, DR Camidge, RC Doebele, W Franklin, DL Aisner: Mutations are detected at comparable frequencies in a variety of specimen types in non-small cell lung carcinoma, oral presentation at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer World Conference on Lung Cancer, July, 2011, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • JJ Bohn, J Haney, PC Chesnut, KC Councilman, N Thomas, S Said, JP Klopper, BR Haugen, WA Franklin, DL Aisner: Microdissection of Cytology Diff-Quik Smears as a Source of Cellular Material for BRAF Mutational Analysis in Thyroid Fine Needle Aspirates, poster presentation at the Association of Molecular Pathology annual meeting, Grapevine, TX, November, 2011
  • J Pillai, T Boyle, PC Chesnut, N Thomas, JJ Bohn, MJ Leonard, R Aikens, WA Franklin, DL Aisner: Paraffin Block Core Punching is an Effective Method for Tumor Enrichment for Solid Tumor Mutational Studies, poster presentation at the Association of Molecular Pathology annual meeting, Grapevine, TX, November, 2011
  • Lummus SC, Aisner DL, Sams SB, Foreman NK, Lillehei KO, Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK. Massive dissemination from spinal cord gangliogliomas negative for BRAF V600E: report of two rare adult cases. Am J Clin Pathol. 2014 Aug;142(2):254-60. PubMed PMID: 25015869
  • Poonia S, Berge EM, Aisner DL, Damek D, Doebele RC. EGFR exon 19 deletion mutations and systemic/central nervous system miliary metastasis: clinical correlations and response to therapy. Clin Lung Cancer. 2014 Sep;15(5):387-9. PubMed PMID: 24894944
  • Bunn PA Jr, Hirsch FR, Aisner DL. Is there clinical value to prognostic signatures in early-stage NSCLC?. Clin Cancer Res. 2014 Apr 1;20(7):1727-9. PubMed PMID: 24583801
  • Am J Clin Pathol. 2012 Sep;138(3):332-46. doi: 10.1309/AJCPFR12WJKCEEZZ. Molecular pathology of non-small cell lung cancer: a practical guide. Aisner DL, Marshall CB.
  • Clin Cancer Res. 2012 Sep 1;18(17):4570-9. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-12-0550. Epub 2012 Aug 23. Identifying and targeting ROS1 gene fusions in non-small cell lung cancer. Davies KD, Le AT, Theodoro MF, Skokan MC, Aisner DL, Berge EM, Terracciano LM, Cappuzzo F, Incarbone M, Roncalli M, Alloisio M, Santoro A, Camidge DR, Varella-Garcia M, Doebele RC.
  • Ren S, Hirsch FR, Varella-Garcia M, Aisner DL, Boyle T, Zhou C, Camidge DR. Atypical negative ALK break-apart FISH harboring a crizotinib-responsive ALK rearrangement in non-small-cell lung cancer. J Thorac Oncol. 2014 Mar;9(3):e21-3. PubMed PMID: 24518095
  • J Neurooncol. 2013 Jan;111(1):59-69. doi: 10.1007/s11060-012-0991-4. Epub 2012 Oct 25. Anaplastic PXA in adults: case series with clinicopathologic and molecular features. Schmidt Y, Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK, Aisner DL, Lillehei KO, Damek D.
  • J Thorac Oncol. 2012 Dec;7(12):1807-14. doi: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3182745948. Local ablative therapy of oligoprogressive disease prolongs disease control by tyrosine kinase inhibitors in oncogene-addicted non-small-cell lung cancer. Weickhardt AJ, Scheier B, Burke JM, Gan G, Lu X, Bunn PA Jr, Aisner DL, Gaspar LE, Kavanagh BD, Doebele RC, Camidge DR.
  • Cancer. 2012 Dec 20. doi: 10.1002/cncr.27913. [Epub ahead of print] Diagnostic assays for identification of anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive non-small cell lung cancer. Weickhardt AJ, Aisner DL, Franklin WA, Varella-Garcia M, Doebele RC, Camidge DR.
  • RC Doebele, DL Aisner, AT Le, EM Berge, AB Pilling, TG Kutateladze, AJ Weickhardt, WA Franklin, M Varella-Garcia: Analysis of resistance mechanisms to ALK kinase inhibitors in ALK+ NSCLC; platform presentation at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting, Chicago, IL, 2012
  • Bowles DW, Diamond JR, Lam ET, Weekes CD, Astling DP, Anderson RT, Leong S, Gore L, Varella-Garcia M, Vogler BW, Keysar SB, Freas E, Aisner DL, Ren C, Tan AC, Wilhelm F, Maniar M, Eckhardt SG, Messersmith WA, Jimeno A. Phase I study of oral rigosertib (ON 01910.Na), a dual inhibitor of the PI3K and Plk1 pathways, in adult patients with advanced solid malignancies. Clin Cancer Res. 2014 Mar 15;20(6):1656-65. PubMed PMID: 24493827
  • Aisner DL, Newell KL, Pollack AG, Kleinschmidt-Demasters BK, Steinberg GK, Smyth LT, Vogel H. Composite pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma-epithelioid glioneuronal tumor with BRAF V600E mutation - report of three cases. Clin Neuropathol. 2014 Mar-Apr;33(2):112-21. PubMed PMID: 24321241
  • Aisner DL, Nguyen TT, Paskulin DD, Le AT, Haney J, Schulte N, Chionh F, Hardingham J, Mariadason J, Tebbutt N, Doebele RC, Weickhardt AJ, Varella-Garcia M. ROS1 and ALK fusions in colorectal cancer, with evidence of intratumoral heterogeneity for molecular drivers. Mol Cancer Res. 2014 Jan;12(1):111-8. PubMed PMID: 24296758
  • Donson AM, Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK, Aisner DL, Bemis LT, Birks DK, Levy JM, Smith AA, Handler MH, Foreman NK, Rush SZ. Pediatric brainstem gangliogliomas show BRAF(V600E) mutation in a high percentage of cases. Brain Pathol. 2014 Mar;24(2):173-83. PubMed PMID: 24238153
  • DR Camidge, M Skokan, P Kiatsimkul, B Helfrich, N Schulte, D Maxson, DL Aisner, WA Franklin, RC Doebele, M Varella-Garcia: Native and rearranged ALK copy number and rearranged ALK cell count in NSCLC: Implications for ALK inhibitor therapy, platform presentation at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting, Chicago, IL, 2012
  • O'Neil BH, Scott AJ, Ma WW, Cohen SJ, Leichman L, Aisner DL, Menter AR, Tejani MA, Cho JK, Granfortuna J, Coveler L, Olowokure OO, Baranda JC, Cusnir M, Phillip P, Boles J, Nazemzadeh R, Rarick M, Cohen DJ, Radford J, Fehrenbacher L, Bajaj R, Bathini V, Fanta P, Berlin J, McRee AJ, Maguire R, Wilhelm F, Maniar M, Jimeno A, Gomes CL, Messersmith WA. A phase II/III randomized study to compare the efficacy and safety of rigosertib plus gemcitabine versus gemcitabine alone in patients with previously untreated metastatic pancreatic cancer. Ann Oncol. 2015 Dec;26(12):2505. PubMed PMID: 26489442
  • Tai D, Wells K, Arcaroli J, Vanderbilt C, Aisner DL, Messersmith WA, Lieu CH. Targeting the WNT Signaling Pathway in Cancer Therapeutics. Oncologist. 2015 Oct;20(10):1189-98. PubMed PMID: 26306903
  • DL Aisner, MD Rumery, RC Doebele, K Kondo, D Linderman, N Thomas, M Varella-Garcia, WA Franklin, DR Camidge: Specialized Specimen Handling for Molecular Testing: The 'Molecular Only' Approach Results in a High Success Rate for Molecular Testing in NSCLC, presented at ASTRO/ASCO/IASLC Multidisciplinary Symposium on Thoracic Oncology, Chicago, IL, September, 2012
  • Hrustanovic G, Olivas V, Pazarentzos E, Tulpule A, Asthana S, Blakely CM, Okimoto RA, Lin L, Neel DS, Sabnis A, Flanagan J, Chan E, Varella-Garcia M, Aisner DL, Vaishnavi A, Ou SH, Collisson EA, Ichihara E, Mack PC, Lovly CM, Karachaliou N, Rosell R, Riess JW, Doebele RC, Bivona TG. RAS-MAPK dependence underlies a rational polytherapy strategy in EML4-ALK-positive lung cancer. Nat Med. 2015 Sep;21(9):1038-47. PubMed PMID: 26301689
  • MD Rumery, DR Camidge, K Kondo, D Linderman, RC Doebele, NJ Thomas, M Varella-Garcia, Q Ren, WA Franklin, DL Aisner: Specialized Specimen Handling for Molecular Testing of Solid Tumors: The 'Molecular Only' Approach Results in a High Success Rate for Molecular Testing, presented at the Association for Molecular Pathology annual meeting, Long Beach, CA, October, 2012
  • Doebele RC, Davis LE, Vaishnavi A, Le AT, Estrada-Bernal A, Keysar S, Jimeno A, Varella-Garcia M, Aisner DL, Li Y, Stephens PJ, Morosini D, Tuch BB, Fernandes M, Nanda N, Low JA. An Oncogenic NTRK Fusion in a Patient with Soft-Tissue Sarcoma with Response to the Tropomyosin-Related Kinase Inhibitor LOXO-101. Cancer Discov. 2015 Oct;5(10):1049-57. PubMed PMID: 26216294
  • Davies KD, Doebele RC, Aisner DL. Rearranging Detection of Gene Rearrangements. J Thorac Oncol. 2015 Aug;10(8):1129-30. PubMed PMID: 26200265
  • O'Neil BH, Scott AJ, Ma WW, Cohen SJ, Aisner DL, Menter AR, Tejani MA, Cho JK, Granfortuna J, Coveler L, Olowokure OO, Baranda JC, Cusnir M, Phillip P, Boles J, Nazemzadeh R, Rarick M, Cohen DJ, Radford J, Fehrenbacher L, Bajaj R, Bathini V, Fanta P, Berlin J, McRee AJ, Maguire R, Wilhelm F, Maniar M, Jimeno A, Gomes CL, Messersmith WA. A phase II/III randomized study to compare the efficacy and safety of rigosertib plus gemcitabine versus gemcitabine alone in patients with previously untreated metastatic pancreatic cancer. Ann Oncol. 2015 Sep;26(9):1923-9. PubMed PMID: 26091808
  • Becker AP, Scapulatempo-Neto C, Carloni AC, Paulino A, Sheren J, Aisner DL, Musselwhite E, Clara C, Machado HR, Oliveira RS, Neder L, Varella-Garcia M, Reis RM. KIAA1549: BRAF Gene Fusion and FGFR1 Hotspot Mutations Are Prognostic Factors in Pilocytic Astrocytomas. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2015 Jul;74(7):743-54. PubMed PMID: 26083571
  • Sequist LV, Soria JC, Goldman JW, Wakelee HA, Gadgeel SM, Varga A, Papadimitrakopoulou V, Solomon BJ, Oxnard GR, Dziadziuszko R, Aisner DL, Doebele RC, Galasso C, Garon EB, Heist RS, Logan J, Neal JW, Mendenhall MA, Nichols S, Piotrowska Z, Wozniak AJ, Raponi M, Karlovich CA, Jaw-Tsai S, Isaacson J, Despain D, Matheny SL, Rolfe L, Allen AR, Camidge DR. Rociletinib in EGFR-mutated non-small-cell lung cancer. N Engl J Med. 2015 Apr 30;372(18):1700-9. PubMed PMID: 25923550
  • Sholl LM, Aisner DL, Varella-Garcia M, Berry LD, Dias-Santagata D, Wistuba II, Chen H, Fujimoto J, Kugler K, Franklin WA, Iafrate AJ, Ladanyi M, Kris MG, Johnson BE, Bunn PA, Minna JD, Kwiatkowski DJ. Multi-institutional Oncogenic Driver Mutation Analysis in Lung Adenocarcinoma: The Lung Cancer Mutation Consortium Experience. J Thorac Oncol. 2015 May;10(5):768-77. PubMed PMID: 25738220
  • Cargnelutti M, Corso S, Pergolizzi M, Mévellec L, Aisner DL, Dziadziuszko R, Varella-Garcia M, Comoglio PM, Doebele RC, Vialard J, Giordano S. Activation of RAS family members confers resistance to ROS1 targeting drugs. Oncotarget. 2015 Mar 10;6(7):5182-94. PubMed PMID: 25691052
  • Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK, Aisner DL, Foreman NK. BRAF VE1 immunoreactivity patterns in epithelioid glioblastomas positive for BRAF V600E mutation. Am J Surg Pathol. 2015 Apr;39(4):528-40. PubMed PMID: 25581727
  • Lio E, Aisner DL, Askin FB, Kwak JJ. Giant pulmonary chondroid hamartoma: imaging and pathology correlation of a rare tumor demonstrated with bone scintigraphy and 18F-FDG PET/CT. Clin Nucl Med. 2015 Jan;40(1):79-81. PubMed PMID: 25275419
  • Pratt VM, Aisner DL, Day SP, Joseph L, Melton SD, Rothberg PG, Sabath DE, Williams MS: A Molecular Diagnostic Perfect Storm: The Convergence of Regulatory & Reimbursement Forces that Threaten Patient Access to Innovations in Genomic Medicine
  • Aisner DL, Sholl LM, Berry L, Rossi M, Chen H, Fujimoto J, Moreira AL, Ramalingam S, Villaruz LC, Otterson GA, Haura EB, Politi K, Glisson BS, Cetnar J, Garon E, Schiller J, Waqar S, Sequist LV, Brahmer JR, Shyr Y, Kugler K, Wistuba II, Johnson BE, Minna JD, Kris MG, Bunn PA, Kwiatkowski DJ. The Impact of Smoking and TP53 mutations in lung adenocarcinoma patients with targetable mutations - the Lung Cancer Mutation Consortium (LCMC2). Clin Cancer Res. 2017 Dec 7. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29217530
  • Reeser JW, Martin D, Miya J, Kautto EA, Lyon E, Zhu E, Wing MR, Smith A, Reeder M, Samorodnitsky E, Parks H, Naik KR, Gozgit J, Nowacki N, Davies KD, Varella-Garcia M, Yu L, Freud AG, Coleman J, Aisner DL, Roychowdhury S. Validation of a Targeted RNA Sequencing Assay for Kinase Fusion Detection in Solid Tumors. J Mol Diagn. 2017 Sep;19(5):682-696. PubMed PMID: 28802831
  • Gao B, Huang C, Kernstine K, Pelekanou V, Kluger Y, Jiang T, Peters-Hall JR, Coquelin M, Girard L, Zhang W, Huffman K, Oliver D, Kinose F, Haura E, Teer JK, Rix U, Le AT, Aisner DL, Varella-Garcia M, Doebele RC, Covington KR, Hampton OA, Doddapaneni HV, Jayaseelan JC, Hu J, Wheeler DA, Shay JW, Rimm DL, Gazdar A, Minna JD. Non-malignant respiratory epithelial cells preferentially proliferate from resected non-small cell lung cancer specimens cultured under conditionally reprogrammed conditions. Oncotarget. 2016 Dec 29. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28052041
  • Thunnissen E, Allen TC, Adam J, Aisner DL, Beasley MB, Borczuk AC, Cagle PT, Capelozzi VL, Cooper W, Hariri LP, Kern I, Lantuejoul S, Miller R, Mino-Kenudson M, Radonic T, Raparia K, Rekhtman N, Roy-Chowdhuri S, Russell P, Schneider F, Sholl LM, Tsao MS, Vivero M, Yatabe Y. Immunohistochemistry of Pulmonary Biomarkers: A Perspective From Members of the Pulmonary Pathology Society. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2017 Jul 7. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28686497
  • Jain D, Allen TC, Aisner DL, Beasley MB, Cagle PT, Capelozzi VL, Hariri LP, Lantuejoul S, Miller R, Mino-Kenudson M, Monaco SE, Moreira A, Raparia K, Rekhtman N, Roden AC, Roy-Chowdhuri S, da Cunha Santos G, Thunnissen E, Troncone G, Vivero M. Rapid On-Site Evaluation of Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspirations for the Diagnosis of Lung Cancer: A Perspective From Members of the Pulmonary Pathology Society. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2017 Jun 22. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28639854
  • Vaishnavi A, Schubert L, Rix U, Marek LA, Le AT, Keysar SB, Glogowska MJ, Smith MA, Kako S, Sumi NJ, Davies KD, Ware KE, Varella-Garcia M, Haura EB, Jimeno A, Heasley LE, Aisner DL, Doebele RC. EGFR Mediates Responses to Small-Molecule Drugs Targeting Oncogenic Fusion Kinases. Cancer Res. 2017 Jul 1;77(13):3551-3563. PubMed PMID: 28428274
  • Ettinger DS, Wood DE, Aisner DL, Akerley W, Bauman J, Chirieac LR, D'Amico TA, DeCamp MM, Dilling TJ, Dobelbower M, Doebele RC, Govindan R, Gubens MA, Hennon M, Horn L, Komaki R, Lackner RP, Lanuti M, Leal TA, Leisch LJ, Lilenbaum R, Lin J, Loo BW Jr, Martins R, Otterson GA, Reckamp K, Riely GJ, Schild SE, Shapiro TA, Stevenson J, Swanson SJ, Tauer K, Yang SC, Gregory K, Hughes M. Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Version 5.2017, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2017 Apr;15(4):504-535. PubMed PMID: 28404761
  • York ER, Varella-Garcia M, Bang TJ, Aisner DL, Camidge DR. Tolerable and Effective Combination of Full-Dose Crizotinib and Osimertinib Targeting MET Amplification Sequentially Emerging after T790M Positivity in EGFR-Mutant Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. J Thorac Oncol. 2017 Jul;12(7):e85-e88. PubMed PMID: 28274743
  • Mulcahy Levy JM, Zahedi S, Griesinger AM, Morin A, Davies KD, Aisner DL, Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK, Fitzwalter BE, Goodall ML, Thorburn J, Amani V, Donson AM, Birks DK, Mirsky DM, Hankinson TC, Handler MH, Green AL, Vibhakar R, Foreman NK, Thorburn A. Autophagy inhibition overcomes multiple mechanisms of resistance to BRAF inhibition in brain tumors. Elife. 2017 Jan 17;6. PubMed PMID: 28094001
  • Gao B, Huang C, Kernstine K, Pelekanou V, Kluger Y, Jiang T, Peters-Hall JR, Coquelin M, Girard L, Zhang W, Huffman K, Oliver D, Kinose F, Haura E, Teer JK, Rix U, Le AT, Aisner DL, Varella-Garcia M, Doebele RC, Covington KR, Hampton OA, Doddapaneni HV, Jayaseelan JC, Hu J, Wheeler DA, Shay JW, Rimm DL, Gazdar A, Minna JD. Non-malignant respiratory epithelial cells preferentially proliferate from resected non-small cell lung cancer specimens cultured under conditionally reprogrammed conditions. Oncotarget. 2017 Feb 14;8(7):11114-11126. PubMed PMID: 28052041
  • Roden AC, Aisner DL, Allen TC, Aubry MC, Barrios RJ, Beasley MB, Cagle PT, Capelozzi VL, Dacic S, Ge Y, Hariri LP, Lantuejoul S, Miller RA, Mino-Kenudson M, Moreira AL, Raparia K, Rekhtman N, Sholl L, Smith ML, Tsao MS, Vivero M, Yatabe Y, Yi ES. Diagnosis of Acute Cellular Rejection and Antibody-Mediated Rejection on Lung Transplant Biopsies: A Perspective From Members of the Pulmonary Pathology Society. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2017 Mar;141(3):437-444. PubMed PMID: 27819763
  • Aisner DL, Rumery MD, Merrick DT, Kondo KL, Nijmeh H, Linderman DJ, Doebele RC, Thomas N, Chesnut PC, Varella-Garcia M, Franklin WA, Camidge DR. Do More With Less: Tips and Techniques for Maximizing Small Biopsy and Cytology Specimens for Molecular and Ancillary Testing: The University of Colorado Experience. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2016 Sep 9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27610643
  • Roden AC, Aisner DL, Allen TC, Aubry MC, Barrios RJ, Beasley MB, Cagle PT, Capelozzi VL, Dacic S, Ge Y, Hariri LP, Lantuejoul S, Miller RA, Mino-Kenudson M, Moreira AL, Raparia K, Rekhtman N, Sholl L, Smith ML, Tsao MS, Vivero M, Yatabe Y, Yi ES. Diagnosis of Acute Cellular Rejection and Antibody-Mediated Rejection on Lung Transplant Biopsies: A Perspective From Members of the Pulmonary Pathology Society. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2016 Nov 7. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27819763
  • Raparia K, Aisner DL, Allen TC, Beasley MB, Borczuk A, Cagle PT, Capelozzi V, Dacic S, Hariri LP, Kerr KM, Lantuejoul S, Mino-Kenudson M, Rekhtman N, Roden AC, Roy-Chowdhuri S, Sholl L, Smith ML, Thunnissen E, Tsao MS, Yatabe Y. Transbronchial Lung Cryobiopsy for Interstitial Lung Disease Diagnosis: A Perspective From Members of the Pulmonary Pathology Society. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2016 Jul 21. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27441784
  • Noonan SA, Berry L, Lu X, Gao D, Barón AE, Chesnut P, Sheren J, Aisner DL, Merrick D, Doebele RC, Varella-Garcia M, Camidge DR. Identifying the Appropriate FISH Criteria for Defining MET Copy Number-Driven Lung Adenocarcinoma through Oncogene Overlap Analysis. J Thorac Oncol. 2016 Aug;11(8):1293-304. PubMed PMID: 27262212
  • Davies KD, Ng TL, Estrada-Bernal A, Le AT, Ennever PR, Camidge DR, Doebele RC, Aisner DL. Dramatic Response to Crizotinib in a Patient with Lung Cancer Positive for an HLADRB1-MET Gene Fusion, J Clin Oncol Precision Oncology. 2017 Aug 29
  • Sholl LM, Aisner DL, Allen TC, Beasley MB, Cagle PT, Capelozzi VL, Dacic S, Hariri LP, Kerr KM, Lantuejoul S, Mino-Kenudson M, Raparia K, Rekhtman N, Roy-Chowdhuri S, Thunnissen E, Tsao M, Vivero M, Yatabe Y. Liquid Biopsy in Lung Cancer: A Perspective From Members of the Pulmonary Pathology Society. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2016 Aug;140(8):825-9. PubMed PMID: 27195432
  • Davies KD, Farooqi MS, Gruidl M, Hill CE, Woolworth-Hirschhorn J, Jones H, Jones KL, Magliocco A, Mitui M, O'Neill PH, O'Rourke R, Patel NM, Qin D, Ramos E, Rossi MR, Schneider TM, Smith GH, Zhang L, Park JY, Aisner DL. Multi-Institutional FASTQ File Exchange as a Means of Proficiency Testing for Next-Generation Sequencing Bioinformatics and Variant Interpretation. J Mol Diagn. 2016 Jul;18(4):572-9. PubMed PMID: 27155050
  • Patil T, Aisner DL, Noonan SA, Bunn PA, Purcell WT, Carr LL, Camidge DR, Doebele RC. Malignant pleural disease is highly associated with subsequent peritoneal metastasis in patients with stage IV non-small cell lung cancer independent of oncogene status. Lung Cancer. 2016 Jun;96:27-32. PubMed PMID: 27133746
  • Roy-Chowdhuri S, Aisner DL, Allen TC, Beasley MB, Borczuk A, Cagle PT, Capelozzi V, Dacic S, da Cunha Santos G, Hariri LP, Kerr KM, Lantuejoul S, Mino-Kenudson M, Moreira A, Raparia K, Rekhtman N, Sholl L, Thunnissen E, Tsao MS, Vivero M, Yatabe Y. Biomarker Testing in Lung Carcinoma Cytology Specimens: A Perspective From Members of the Pulmonary Pathology Society. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2016 Apr 15. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27081878
  • Aisner D, Averbuch S, Duncan H, Ferris A, Flaherty K, Iafrate AJ, Kalamegham R, Kowac E, Lasiter L, Merker J, Schneider E, Stewart M, Tanzella K, Thomae M. Charting the Course for Precision Medicine: Adopting Consensus Analytical Standards and Streamlining Approval Pathways for Post-Market Modifications for NGS Tests in Oncology. Friends of Cancer Research, 2017 https://www.focr.org/sites/default/files/pdf/Friends_Alexandria%20White%20Paper_Final.pdf?download=1
  • Dziadziuszko R, Le AT, Wrona A, Jassem J, Camidge DR, Varella-Garcia M, Aisner DL, Doebele RC. An Activating KIT Mutation Induces Crizotinib Resistance in ROS1-Positive Lung Cancer. J Thorac Oncol. 2016 Aug;11(8):1273-81. PubMed PMID: 27068398
  • Siegele BJ, Shilo K, Chao BH, Carbone DP, Zhao W, Ioffe O, Franklin WA, Edelman MJ, Aisner DL. Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations in small cell lung cancers: Two cases and a review of the literature. Lung Cancer. 2016 May;95:65-72. PubMed PMID: 27040854
  • O'Neil BH, Scott AJ, Ma WW, Cohen SJ, Aisner DL, Menter AR, Tejani MA, Cho JK, Granfortuna J, Coveler AL, Olowokure OO, Baranda JC, Cusnir M, Phillip P, Boles J, Nazemzadeh R, Rarick M, Cohen DJ, Radford J, Fehrenbacher L, Bajaj R, Bathini V, Fanta P, Berlin J, McRee AJ, Maguire R, Wilhelm F, Maniar M, Jimeno A, Gomes CL, Messersmith WA. A phase II/III randomized study to compare the efficacy and safety of rigosertib plus gemcitabine versus gemcitabine alone in patients with previously untreated metastatic pancreatic cancer. Ann Oncol. 2016 Jun;27(6):1180. PubMed PMID: 26945010
  • Aisner DL, Berry A, Dawson DB, Hayden RT, Joseph L, Hill CE. A Suggested Molecular Pathology Curriculum for Residents: A Report of the Association for Molecular Pathology. J Mol Diagn. 2016 Mar;18(2):153-62. PubMed PMID: 26857063
  • Pacheco JM, Gao D, Smith D, Purcell WT, Hancock M, Bunn PA, Robin TP, Liu AK, Karam S, Gaspar LE, Kavanagh BD, Rusthoven CG, Aisner DL, Doebele RC, Camidge DR. Natural history and factors associated with overall survival in stage IV ALK rearranged non-small-cell lung cancer. J Thorac Oncol. 2018 Dec 29. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30599201
  • Hernandez AL, Wang Y, Somerset HL, Keysar SB, Aisner DL, Marshall C, Bowles DW, Karam SD, Raben D, Jimeno A, Varella-Garcia M, Wang XJ. Inter- and intra-tumor heterogeneity of SMAD4 loss in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas. Mol Carcinog. 2018 Dec 21. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30575147
  • Ng TL, Liu Y, Dimou A, Patil T, Aisner DL, Dong Z, Jiang T, Su C, Wu C, Ren S, Zhou C, Camidge DR. Predictive value of oncogenic driver subtype, programmed death-1 ligand (PD-L1) score, and smoking status on the efficacy of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors in patients with oncogene-driven non-small cell lung cancer. Cancer. 2018 Dec 11. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30548240
  • Ng TL, Smith DE, Mushtaq R, Patil T, Dimou A, Yang S, Liu Q, Li X, Zhou C, Jones RT, Tu MM, Yan F, Bowman IA, Liu SV, Newkirk S, Bauml J, Doebele RC, Aisner DL, Gao D, Ren S, Camidge DR. ROS1 Gene Rearrangements Are Associated With an Elevated Risk of Peridiagnosis Thromboembolic Events. J Thorac Oncol. 2018 Dec 10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30543838
  • Blumenthal GM, Bunn PA Jr, Chaft JE, McCoach CE, Perez EA, Scagliotti GV, Carbone DP, Aerts HJWL, Aisner DL, Bergh J, Berry DA, Jarkowski A, Botwood N, Cross DAE, Diehn M, Drezner NL, Doebele RC, Blakely CM, Eberhardt WEE, Felip E, Gianni L, Keller SP, Leavey PJ, Malik S, Pignatti F, Prowell TM, Redman MW, Rizvi NA, Rosell R, Rusch V, de Ruysscher D, Schwartz LH, Sridhara R, Stahel RA, Swisher S, Taube JM, Travis WD, Keegan P, Wiens JR, Wistuba II, Wynes MW, Hirsch FR, Kris MG. Current Status and Future Perspectives on Neoadjuvant Therapy in Lung Cancer. J Thorac Oncol. 2018 Dec;13(12):1818-1831. PubMed PMID: 30268698
  • Sholl LM, Aisner DL, Allen TC, Beasley MB, Borczuk AC, Cagle PT, Capelozzi V, Dacic S, Hariri L, Kerr KM, Lantuejoul S, Mino-Kenudson M, Raparia K, Rekhtman N, Roy-Chowdhuri S, Thunnissen E, Tsao MS, Yatabe Y. Programmed Death Ligand-1 Immunohistochemistry--A New Challenge for Pathologists: A Perspective From Members of the Pulmonary Pathology Society. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2016 Apr;140(4):341-4. PubMed PMID: 26780537
  • Li BT, Ross DS, Aisner DL, Chaft JE, Hsu M, Kako SL, Kris MG, Varella-Garcia M, Arcila ME. HER2 Amplification and HER2 Mutation Are Distinct Molecular Targets in Lung Cancers. J Thorac Oncol. 2016 Mar;11(3):414-9. PubMed PMID: 26723242
  • Brown NA, Aisner DL, Oxnard GR. Precision Medicine in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Current Standards in Pathology and Biomarker Interpretation. Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book. 2018 May 23;(38):708-715. PubMed PMID: 30231309
  • Farago AF, Taylor MS, Doebele RC, Zhu VW, Kummar S, Spira AI, Boyle TA, Haura EB, Arcila ME, Benayed R, Aisner DL, Horick NK, Lennerz JK, Le LP, Iafrate AJ, Ou SI, Shaw AT, Mino-Kenudson M, Drilon A. Clinicopathologic Features of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Harboring an NTRK Gene Fusion. JCO Precis Oncol. 2018;2018. PubMed PMID: 30215037
  • Bunn PA Jr, Aisner DL. Broad-Based Molecular Testing for Lung Cancer: Precisely the Time for Precision. JAMA. 2018 Aug 7;320(5):445-446. PubMed PMID: 30087992
  • Karam SD, Reddy K, Blatchford PJ, Waxweiler T, DeLouize AM, Oweida A, Somerset H, Marshall C, Young C, Davies KD, Kane M, Tan AC, Wang XJ, Jimeno A, Aisner DL, Bowles DW, Raben D. Final Report of a Phase I Trial of Olaparib with Cetuximab and Radiation for Heavy Smoker Patients with Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2018 Oct 15;24(20):4949-4959. PubMed PMID: 30084837
  • Diamond JR, Eckhardt SG, Pitts TM, van Bokhoven A, Aisner D, Gustafson DL, Capasso A, Sams S, Kabos P, Zolman K, Colvin T, Elias AD, Storniolo AM, Schneider BP, Gao D, Tentler JJ, Borges VF, Miller KD. A phase II clinical trial of the Aurora and angiogenic kinase inhibitor ENMD-2076 for previously treated, advanced, or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res. 2018 Aug 2;20(1):82. PubMed PMID: 30071865
  • Ettinger DS, Aisner DL, Wood DE, Akerley W, Bauman J, Chang JY, Chirieac LR, D'Amico TA, Dilling TJ, Dobelbower M, Govindan R, Gubens MA, Hennon M, Horn L, Lackner RP, Lanuti M, Leal TA, Lilenbaum R, Lin J, Loo BW Jr, Martins R, Otterson GA, Patel SP, Reckamp K, Riely GJ, Schild SE, Shapiro TA, Stevenson J, Swanson SJ, Tauer K, Yang SC, Gregory K, Hughes M. NCCN Guidelines Insights: Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Version 5.2018. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2018 Jul;16(7):807-821. PubMed PMID: 30006423
  • Patil T, Smith DE, Bunn PA, Aisner DL, Le AT, Hancock M, Purcell WT, Bowles DW, Camidge DR, Doebele RC. The Incidence of Brain Metastases in Stage IV ROS1-Rearranged Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Rate of Central Nervous System Progression on Crizotinib. J Thorac Oncol. 2018 Nov;13(11):1717-1726. PubMed PMID: 29981925
  • Davies KD, Le AT, Sheren J, Nijmeh H, Gowan K, Jones KL, Varella-Garcia M, Aisner DL, Doebele RC. Comparison of Molecular Testing Modalities for Detection of ROS1 Rearrangements in a Cohort of Positive Patient Samples. J Thorac Oncol. 2018 Oct;13(10):1474-1482. PubMed PMID: 29935306
  • Kang W, Kadri S, Puranik R, Wurst MN, Patil SA, Mujacic I, Benhamed S, Niu N, Zhen CJ, Ameti B, Long BC, Galbo F, Montes D, Iracheta C, Gamboa VL, Lopez D, Yourshaw M, Lawrence CA, Aisner DL, Fitzpatrick C, McNerney ME, Wang YL, Andrade J, Volchenboum SL, Furtado LV, Ritterhouse LL, Segal JP. System for Informatics in the Molecular Pathology Laboratory: An Open-Source End-to-End Solution for Next-Generation Sequencing Clinical Data Management. J Mol Diagn. 2018 Jul;20(4):522-532. PubMed PMID: 29698836
  • McCoach CE, Le AT, Gowan K, Jones K, Schubert L, Doak A, Estrada-Bernal A, Davies KD, Merrick DT, Bunn PA Jr, Purcell WT, Dziadziuszko R, Varella-Garcia M, Aisner DL, Camidge DR, Doebele RC. Resistance Mechanisms to Targeted Therapies in ROS1 ( ) and ALK ( ) Non-small Cell Lung Cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2018 Jul 15;24(14):3334-3347. PubMed PMID: 29636358
  • McCoach CE, Blakely CM, Banks KC, Levy B, Chue BM, Raymond VM, Le AT, Lee CE, Diaz J, Waqar SN, Purcell WT, Aisner DL, Davies KD, Lanman RB, Shaw AT, Doebele RC. Clinical Utility of Cell-Free DNA for the Detection of ALK Fusions and Genomic Mechanisms of ALK Inhibitor Resistance in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2018 Jun 15;24(12):2758-2770. PubMed PMID: 29599410
  • Aisner DL. The Revised College of American Pathologists/International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer/Association for Molecular Pathology Guideline: A Step Forward for Molecular Cytopathology. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2018 Jun;142(6):684-685. PubMed PMID: 29595315
  • Lindeman NI, Cagle PT, Aisner DL, Arcila ME, Beasley MB, Bernicker EH, Colasacco C, Dacic S, Hirsch FR, Kerr K, Kwiatkowski DJ, Ladanyi M, Nowak JA, Sholl L, Temple-Smolkin R, Solomon B, Souter LH, Thunnissen E, Tsao MS, Ventura CB, Wynes MW, Yatabe Y. Updated Molecular Testing Guideline for the Selection of Lung Cancer Patients for Treatment With Targeted Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors: Guideline From the College of American Pathologists, the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, and the Association for Molecular Pathology. J Mol Diagn. 2018 Mar;20(2):129-159. PubMed PMID: 29398453
  • Lindeman NI, Cagle PT, Aisner DL, Arcila ME, Beasley MB, Bernicker EH, Colasacco C, Dacic S, Hirsch FR, Kerr K, Kwiatkowski DJ, Ladanyi M, Nowak JA, Sholl L, Temple-Smolkin R, Solomon B, Souter LH, Thunnissen E, Tsao MS, Ventura CB, Wynes MW, Yatabe Y. Updated Molecular Testing Guideline for the Selection of Lung Cancer Patients for Treatment With Targeted Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors: Guideline From the College of American Pathologists, the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, and the Association for Molecular Pathology. J Thorac Oncol. 2018 Mar;13(3):323-358. PubMed PMID: 29396253
  • Lindeman NI, Cagle PT, Aisner DL, Arcila ME, Beasley MB, Bernicker EH, Colasacco C, Dacic S, Hirsch FR, Kerr K, Kwiatkowski DJ, Ladanyi M, Nowak JA, Sholl L, Temple-Smolkin R, Solomon B, Souter LH, Thunnissen E, Tsao MS, Ventura CB, Wynes MW, Yatabe Y. Updated Molecular Testing Guideline for the Selection of Lung Cancer Patients for Treatment With Targeted Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors: Guideline From the College of American Pathologists, the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, and the Association for Molecular Pathology. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2018 Mar;142(3):321-346. PubMed PMID: 29355391
  • Balla A, Khan F, Hampel KJ, Aisner DL, Sidiropoulos N. Small-cell transformation of ALK -rearranged non-small-cell adenocarcinoma of the lung. Cold Spring Harb Mol Case Stud. 2018 Apr;4(2). PubMed PMID: 29317428
  • Aisner DL, Sholl LM, Berry LD, Rossi MR, Chen H, Fujimoto J, Moreira AL, Ramalingam SS, Villaruz LC, Otterson GA, Haura E, Politi K, Glisson B, Cetnar J, Garon EB, Schiller J, Waqar SN, Sequist LV, Brahmer J, Shyr Y, Kugler K, Wistuba II, Johnson BE, Minna JD, Kris MG, Bunn PA, Kwiatkowski DJ. The Impact of Smoking and TP53 Mutations in Lung Adenocarcinoma Patients with Targetable Mutations-The Lung Cancer Mutation Consortium (LCMC2). Clin Cancer Res. 2018 Mar 1;24(5):1038-1047. PubMed PMID: 29217530
  • Thunnissen E, Allen TC, Adam J, Aisner DL, Beasley MB, Borczuk AC, Cagle PT, Capelozzi VL, Cooper W, Hariri LP, Kern I, Lantuejoul S, Miller R, Mino-Kenudson M, Radonic T, Raparia K, Rekhtman N, Roy-Chowdhuri S, Russell P, Schneider F, Sholl LM, Tsao MS, Vivero M, Yatabe Y. Immunohistochemistry of Pulmonary Biomarkers: A Perspective From Members of the Pulmonary Pathology Society. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2018 Mar;142(3):408-419. PubMed PMID: 28686497
  • Jain D, Allen TC, Aisner DL, Beasley MB, Cagle PT, Capelozzi VL, Hariri LP, Lantuejoul S, Miller R, Mino-Kenudson M, Monaco SE, Moreira A, Raparia K, Rekhtman N, Roden AC, Roy-Chowdhuri S, da Cunha Santos G, Thunnissen E, Troncone G, Vivero M. Rapid On-Site Evaluation of Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspirations for the Diagnosis of Lung Cancer: A Perspective From Members of the Pulmonary Pathology Society. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2018 Feb;142(2):253-262. PubMed PMID: 28639854
  • Hsiao SJ, Aisner DL, Ewalt MD: Clinical NGS assays for solid tumors: current practices, technological advances and challenges in clinical practice. In Advances in Molecular Pathology Volume 1, 1st Edition, Tsongalis GJ (editor-in-chief), Elsevier, Inc. Philadelphia, PA. Chapter 15, 2018.
  • Holman BN, Van Gulick RJ, Amato CM, MacBeth ML, Davies KD, Aisner DL, Robinson WA, Couts KL. Clinical and molecular features of subungual melanomas are site-specific and distinct from acral melanomas. Melanoma Res. 2020 Dec;30(6):562-573. PubMed PMID: 33156595
  • Grob ST, Nobre L, Campbell KR, Davies KD, Ryall S, Aisner DL, Hoffman L, Zahedi S, Morin A, Crespo M, Nellan A, Green AL, Foreman N, Vibhakar R, Hankinson TC, Handler MH, Hawkins C, Tabori U, Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK, Mulcahy Levy JM. Clinical and molecular characterization of a multi-institutional cohort of pediatric spinal cord low-grade gliomas. Neurooncol Adv. 2020 Jan-Dec;2(1):vdaa103. PubMed PMID: 33063010
  • Patil T, Mushtaq R, Marsh S, Azelby C, Pujara M, Davies KD, Aisner DL, Purcell WT, Schenk EL, Pacheco JM, Bunn PA, Camidge DR, Doebele RC. Clinicopathologic Characteristics, Treatment Outcomes, and Acquired Resistance Patterns of Atypical EGFR Mutations and HER2 Alterations in Stage IV Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer. Clin Lung Cancer. 2019 Nov 21. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31859066
  • Tsongalis GJ, Al Turkmani MR, Suriawinata M, Babcock MJ, Mitchell K, Ding Y, Scicchitano L, Tira A, Buckingham L, Atkinson S, Lax A, Aisner DL, Davies KD, Wood HN, O'Neill SS, Levine EA, Sequeira J, Harada S, DeFrank G, Paluri R, Tan BA, Colabella H, Snead C, Cruz-Correa M, Ramirez V, Rojas A, Huang H, Mackinnon AC, Garcia FU, Cavone SM, Elfahal M, Abel G, Vasef MA, Judd A, Linder MW, Alkhateeb K, Skinner WL, Boccia R, Patel K. Comparison of Tissue Molecular Biomarker Testing Turnaround Times and Concordance Between Standard of Care and the Biocartis Idylla Platform in Patients With Colorectal Cancer. Am J Clin Pathol. 2020 Jul 7;154(2):266-276. PubMed PMID: 32525522
  • Sireci AN, Patel JL, Joseph L, Hiemenz MC, Rosca OC, Caughron SK, Thibault-Sennett SA, Burke TL, Aisner DL. Molecular Pathology Economics 101: An Overview of Molecular Diagnostics Coding, Coverage, and Reimbursement: A Report of the Association for Molecular Pathology. J Mol Diagn. 2020 Aug;22(8):975-993. PubMed PMID: 32504675
  • Sirohi D, Schmidt RL, Aisner DL, Behdad A, Betz BL, Brown N, Coleman JF, Corless CL, Deftereos G, Ewalt MD, Fernandes H, Hsiao SJ, Mansukhani MM, Murray SS, Niu N, Ritterhouse LL, Suarez CJ, Tafe LJ, Thorson JA, Segal JP, Furtado LV. Multi-Institutional Evaluation of Interrater Agreement of Variant Classification Based on the 2017 Association for Molecular Pathology, American Society of Clinical Oncology, and College of American Pathologists Standards and Guidelines for the Interpretation and Reporting of Sequence Variants in Cancer. J Mol Diagn. 2019 Dec 16. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31837433
  • Patil T, Mushtaq R, Marsh S, Azelby C, Pujara M, Davies KD, Aisner DL, Purcell WT, Schenk EL, Pacheco JM, Bunn PA, Camidge DR, Doebele RC. Clinicopathologic Characteristics, Treatment Outcomes, and Acquired Resistance Patterns of Atypical EGFR Mutations and HER2 Alterations in Stage IV Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer. Clin Lung Cancer. 2020 May;21(3):e191-e204. PubMed PMID: 31859066
  • Ettinger DS, Wood DE, Aggarwal C, Aisner DL, Akerley W, Bauman JR, Bharat A, Bruno DS, Chang JY, Chirieac LR, D'Amico TA, Dilling TJ, Dobelbower M, Gettinger S, Govindan R, Gubens MA, Hennon M, Horn L, Lackner RP, Lanuti M, Leal TA, Lin J, Loo BW Jr, Martins RG, Otterson GA, Patel SP, Reckamp KL, Riely GJ, Schild SE, Shapiro TA, Stevenson J, Swanson SJ, Tauer KW, Yang SC, Gregory K, Hughes M. NCCN Guidelines Insights: Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Version 1.2020. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2019 Dec;17(12):1464-1472. PubMed PMID: 31805526
  • Sirohi D, Schmidt RL, Aisner DL, Behdad A, Betz BL, Brown N, Coleman JF, Corless CL, Deftereos G, Ewalt MD, Fernandes H, Hsiao SJ, Mansukhani MM, Murray SS, Niu N, Ritterhouse LL, Suarez CJ, Tafe LJ, Thorson JA, Segal JP, Furtado LV. Multi-Institutional Evaluation of Interrater Agreement of Variant Classification Based on the 2017 Association for Molecular Pathology, American Society of Clinical Oncology, and College of American Pathologists Standards and Guidelines for the Interpretation and Reporting of Sequence Variants in Cancer. J Mol Diagn. 2020 Feb;22(2):284-293. PubMed PMID: 31837433
  • Seager M, Aisner DL, Davies KD. Oncogenic Gene Fusion Detection Using Anchored Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction Followed by Next Generation Sequencing. J Vis Exp. 2019 Jul 5;(149). PubMed PMID: 31329176
  • Guo R, Berry LD, Aisner DL, Sheren J, Boyle T, Bunn PA Jr, Johnson BE, Kwiatkowski DJ, Drilon A, Sholl LM, Kris MG. MET IHC Is a Poor Screen for MET Amplification or MET Exon 14 Mutations in Lung Adenocarcinomas: Data from a Tri-Institutional Cohort of the Lung Cancer Mutation Consortium. J Thorac Oncol. 2019 Sep;14(9):1666-1671. PubMed PMID: 31228623
  • Davies KD, Aisner DL. Wake Up and Smell the Fusions: Single-Modality Molecular Testing Misses Drivers. Clin Cancer Res. 2019 Aug 1;25(15):4586-4588. PubMed PMID: 31160470
  • Ewalt MD, West H, Aisner DL. Next Generation Sequencing-Testing Multiple Genetic Markers at Once. JAMA Oncol. 2019 Jul 1;5(7):1076. PubMed PMID: 31145416
  • Peters TL, Patil T, Le AT, Davies KD, Brzeskiewicz PM, Nijmeh H, Bao L, Camidge DR, Aisner DL, Doebele RC. Evolution of MET and NRAS gene amplification as acquired resistance mechanisms in EGFR mutant NSCLC. NPJ Precis Oncol. 2021 Oct 12;5(1):91. PubMed PMID: 34642436
  • Hsiao SJ, Zehir A, Sireci AN, Aisner DL. Detection of Tumor NTRK Gene Fusions to Identify Patients Who May Benefit from Tyrosine Kinase (TRK) Inhibitor Therapy. J Mol Diagn. 2019 Jul;21(4):553-571. PubMed PMID: 31075511
  • Tsui DCC, Aisner D, Nijmeh H, Bao L, Menter A, Camidge DR. Tumor Shrinkage With Combination of Alectinib and Trastuzumab in a Patient With ALK-Rearranged Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Harboring HER2-Amplification as an Acquired Resistance Mechanism to ALK Inhibitor Therapy. Clin Lung Cancer. 2021 Jul 3. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34330640
  • Davies KD, Villalobos VM, Aisner DL. Ready or Not, Here I Come: Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumors With Kinase Alterations Revealed Through Molecular Hide and Seek. J Thorac Oncol. 2019 May;14(5):758-760. PubMed PMID: 31027738
  • El Osta B, Behera M, Kim S, Berry LD, Sica G, Pillai RN, Owonikoko TK, Kris MG, Johnson BE, Kwiatkowski DJ, Sholl LM, Aisner DL, Bunn PA, Khuri FR, Ramalingam SS. Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients With Metastatic KRAS-Mutant Lung Adenocarcinomas: The Lung Cancer Mutation Consortium Experience. J Thorac Oncol. 2019 May;14(5):876-889. PubMed PMID: 30735816
  • Davies KD, Lomboy A, Lawrence CA, Yourshaw M, Bocsi GT, Camidge DR, Aisner DL. DNA-Based versus RNA-Based Detection of MET Exon 14 Skipping Events in Lung Cancer. J Thorac Oncol. 2019 Apr;14(4):737-741. PubMed PMID: 30639620
  • Ettinger DS, Wood DE, Aisner DL, Akerley W, Bauman JR, Bharat A, Bruno DS, Chang JY, Chirieac LR, D'Amico TA, Dilling TJ, Dowell J, Gettinger S, Gubens MA, Hegde A, Hennon M, Lackner RP, Lanuti M, Leal TA, Lin J, Loo BW Jr, Lovly CM, Martins RG, Massarelli E, Morgensztern D, Ng T, Otterson GA, Patel SP, Riely GJ, Schild SE, Shapiro TA, Singh AP, Stevenson J, Tam A, Yanagawa J, Yang SC, Gregory KM, Hughes M. NCCN Guidelines Insights: Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Version 2.2021. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2021 Mar 2;19(3):254-266. PubMed PMID: 33668021
  • Pacheco JM, Gao D, Smith D, Purcell T, Hancock M, Bunn P, Robin T, Liu A, Karam S, Gaspar L, Kavanagh B, Rusthoven C, Aisner D, Doebele R, Camidge DR. Natural History and Factors Associated with Overall Survival in Stage IV ALK-Rearranged Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. J Thorac Oncol. 2019 Apr;14(4):691-700. PubMed PMID: 30599201
  • Herbst RS, Aisner DL, Sonett JR, Turk AT, Weintraub JL, Lindeman NI. Practical Considerations Relating to Routine Clinical Biomarker Testing for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: Focus on Testing for RET Fusions. Front Med (Lausanne). 2020;7:562480. PubMed PMID: 33553195
  • Hernandez AL, Wang Y, Somerset HL, Keysar SB, Aisner DL, Marshall C, Bowles DW, Karam SD, Raben D, Jimeno A, Varella-Garcia M, Wang XJ. Inter- and intra-tumor heterogeneity of SMAD4 loss in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas. Mol Carcinog. 2019 May;58(5):666-673. PubMed PMID: 30575147
  • Ng TL, Liu Y, Dimou A, Patil T, Aisner DL, Dong Z, Jiang T, Su C, Wu C, Ren S, Zhou C, Camidge DR. Predictive value of oncogenic driver subtype, programmed death-1 ligand (PD-L1) score, and smoking status on the efficacy of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors in patients with oncogene-driven non-small cell lung cancer. Cancer. 2019 Apr 1;125(7):1038-1049. PubMed PMID: 30548240
  • Ng TL, Smith DE, Mushtaq R, Patil T, Dimou A, Yang S, Liu Q, Li X, Zhou C, Jones RT, Tu MM, Yan F, Bowman IA, Liu SV, Newkirk S, Bauml J, Doebele RC, Aisner DL, Gao D, Ren S, Camidge DR. ROS1 Gene Rearrangements Are Associated With an Elevated Risk of Peridiagnosis Thromboembolic Events. J Thorac Oncol. 2019 Apr;14(4):596-605. PubMed PMID: 30543838
  • Ng TL, Yu H, Smith DE, Boyle TA, York ER, Leedy S, Gao D, Aisner DL, Van Bokhoven A, Heasley LE, Hirsch FR, Camidge DR. Preselection of Lung Cancer Cases Using FGFR1 mRNA and Gene Copy Number for Treatment With Ponatinib. Clin Lung Cancer. 2019 Jan;20(1):e39-e51. PubMed PMID: 30297175
  • Hall KC, Post MD, Alldredge J, Aisner DL, Berning A. Molecular Evidence for Epithelial Origin of Mixed Ovarian Epithelial-Germ Cell Neoplasms: Report of 2 Cases and Review of Literature. Int J Gynecol Pathol. 2022 Oct 28. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36305517
  • Hong ES, Messersmith WA, Hammad H, Cornish TC, Aisner DL. Tissue Displacement Versus Two Primary Colorectal Carcinomas? A Case Report on the Utility of Comparative Sequencing. JCO Precis Oncol. 2022 Oct;6:e2200252. PubMed PMID: 36240469
  • Willard N, Sholl L, Aisner D. Panel Sequencing for Targeted Therapy Selection in Solid Tumors. Clin Lab Med. 2022 Sep;42(3):309-323. PubMed PMID: 36150814
  • Ettinger DS, Wood DE, Aisner DL, Akerley W, Bauman JR, Bharat A, Bruno DS, Chang JY, Chirieac LR, D'Amico TA, DeCamp M, Dilling TJ, Dowell J, Gettinger S, Grotz TE, Gubens MA, Hegde A, Lackner RP, Lanuti M, Lin J, Loo BW, Lovly CM, Maldonado F, Massarelli E, Morgensztern D, Ng T, Otterson GA, Pacheco JM, Patel SP, Riely GJ, Riess J, Schild SE, Shapiro TA, Singh AP, Stevenson J, Tam A, Tanvetyanon T, Yanagawa J, Yang SC, Yau E, Gregory K, Hughes M. Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Version 3.2022, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2022 May;20(5):497-530. PubMed PMID: 35545176
  • Rasti AR, Guimaraes-Young A, Datko F, Borges VF, Aisner DL, Shagisultanova E. PIK3CA Mutations Drive Therapeutic Resistance in Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2-Positive Breast Cancer. JCO Precis Oncol. 2022 Mar;6:e2100370. PubMed PMID: 35357905
  • Davies KD, Smith LP, Guimaraes-Young A, Corr BR, Fisher CM, Guntupalli SR, Berning AA, Post MD, Pino D, Aisner DL, Wolsky RJ. Prospective Clinical Prognostication of Endometrial Carcinomas Based on Next-Generation Sequencing and Immunohistochemistry-Real-World Implementation and Results at a Tertiary Care Center. Int J Gynecol Pathol. 2023 Oct 4. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37922951
  • Ettinger DS, Wood DE, Stevenson J, Aisner DL, Akerley W, Bauman JR, Bharat A, Bruno DS, Chang JY, Chirieac LR, DeCamp M, Dilling TJ, Dowell J, Durm GA, Gettinger S, Grotz TE, Gubens MA, Hegde A, Lackner RP, Lanuti M, Lin J, Loo BW, Lovly CM, Maldonado F, Massarelli E, Morgensztern D, Mullikin TC, Ng T, Otterson GA, Patel SP, Patil T, Polanco PM, Riely GJ, Riess J, Shapiro TA, Singh AP, Tam A, Tanvetyanon T, Yanagawa J, Yang SC, Yau E, Gregory KM, Hughes M. Mesothelioma: Peritoneal, Version 2.2023, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2023 Sep;21(9):961-979. PubMed PMID: 37673108
  • Schreiber AR, Santos J, McMahon B, Buckner TW, Olson C, Alberti MO, Guimarães-Young A, Knoeckel C, Broussard L, Aubrey M, Palmer BE, Weiss E, Connors GR, Brunner S, Wisell JA, Pacheco T, Aisner DL, Gutman JA. A Case of Fetal-Induced Graft-versus-Host Disease. N Engl J Med. 2023 Aug 17;389(7):668-670. PubMed PMID: 37585636
  • Aisner DL, Gocke CD, Jones D, Limson M, Morrissette J, Segal JP. The Genomics Organization for Academic Laboratories (GOAL): A vision for a genomics future for academic pathology. Acad Pathol. 2023 Jul-Sep;10(3):100090. PubMed PMID: 37583476
  • Lee TD, Aisner DL, David MP, Eno CC, Gagan J, Gocke CD, Guseva NV, Haley L, Jajosky AN, Jones D, Mansukhani MM, Mroz P, Murray SS, Newsom KJ, Paulson V, Roy S, Rushton C, Segal JP, Senaratne TN, Siddon AJ, Starostik P, Van Ziffle JAG, Wu D, Xian RR, Yohe S, Kim AS. Current clinical practices and challenges in molecular testing: a GOAL Consortium Hematopathology Working Group report. Blood Adv. 2023 Aug 22;7(16):4599-4607. PubMed PMID: 37236162
  • Ettinger DS, Wood DE, Aisner DL, Akerley W, Bauman JR, Bharat A, Bruno DS, Chang JY, Chirieac LR, DeCamp M, Dilling TJ, Dowell J, Durm GA, Gettinger S, Grotz TE, Gubens MA, Hegde A, Lackner RP, Lanuti M, Lin J, Loo BW, Lovly CM, Maldonado F, Massarelli E, Morgensztern D, Ng T, Otterson GA, Patel SP, Patil T, Polanco PM, Riely GJ, Riess J, Schild SE, Shapiro TA, Singh AP, Stevenson J, Tam A, Tanvetyanon T, Yanagawa J, Yang SC, Yau E, Gregory KM, Hughes M. NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Version 2.2023. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2023 Apr;21(4):340-350. PubMed PMID: 37015337
  • Priest K, Le A, Gebregzabheir A, Nijmeh H, Reis GB, Mandell M, Davies KD, Lawrence C, O'Donnell E, Doebele RC, Bao L, Aisner DL, Schenk EL. Evolution of acquired resistance in a ROS1( ) KRAS G12C( ) NSCLC through the MAPK pathway. NPJ Precis Oncol. 2023 Jan 23;7(1):9. PubMed PMID: 36690705
  • Wang S, Rong R, Yang DM, Fujimoto J, Bishop JA, Yan S, Cai L, Behrens C, Berry LD, Wilhelm C, Aisner D, Sholl L, Johnson BE, Kwiatkowski DJ, Wistuba II, Bunn PA Jr, Minna J, Xiao G, Kris MG, Xie Y. Features of tumor-microenvironment images predict targeted therapy survival benefit in patients with EGFR-mutant lung cancer. J Clin Invest. 2023 Jan 17;133(2). PubMed PMID: 36647832
  • Hall KC, Post MD, Alldredge J, Aisner DL, Berning A. Molecular Evidence for Epithelial Origin of Mixed Ovarian Epithelial-Germ Cell Neoplasms: Report of 2 Cases and Review of Literature. Int J Gynecol Pathol. 2023 Jul 1;42(4):403-413. PubMed PMID: 36305517
  • Furtado LV, Souers RJ, Vasalos P, Halley JG, Aisner DL, Nagarajan R, Voelkerding KV, Merker JD, Konnick EQ. Four-Year Laboratory Performance of the First College of American Pathologists In Silico Next-Generation Sequencing Bioinformatics Proficiency Testing Surveys. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2023 Feb 1;147(2):137-142. PubMed PMID: 35671151
  • Colton MD, Tompkins K, O'Donnell E, Aisner D, Lieu CH, Konnick EQ, Fishbein L. Case of Metastatic Pheochromocytoma and Meningiomas in a Patient With Lynch Syndrome. JCO Precis Oncol. 2022 Jan;6:e2100251. PubMed PMID: 35025617
  • Tsui DCC, Aisner D, Nijmeh H, Bao L, Menter A, Camidge DR. Tumor Shrinkage With Combination of Alectinib and Trastuzumab in a Patient With ALK-Rearranged Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Harboring HER2-Amplification as an Acquired Resistance Mechanism to ALK Inhibitor Therapy. Clin Lung Cancer. 2022 Mar;23(2):e99-e103. PubMed PMID: 34330640

Practice Locations

UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (UCH)
12605 E. 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0000

Hospital Affiliation
  • University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Anatomic, Board Certification (2008)
  • Molecular Genetic