Christopher Lieu, MD

Professional Titles

• Associate Director for Clinical Research
• co-Director, Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology

Recognitions

• Cancer Clinical Investigator Team Leadership Award (CCITLA), National Cancer Institute (NCI) (2017)
• Leadership Development Program, American Society of Clinical Oncology (2017)
• P30, National Cancer Institute (2017)
• Clinical Excellence Society, University of Colorado Department of Medicine (2024)
• Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Clinical Oncology (2023)

Research Interests

Publications

• Lieu CH, Heymach JV, Overman MJ, Tran H, Kopetz S. Beyond VEGF: Inhibition of the Fibroblast Growth Factor Pathway and Antiangiogenesis. Clin Cancer Res 2011. doi: 10:1158/1078-0432. CCR-11-0659.
• Lieu CH, Eckhardt SG, Messersmith WA. Future Directions in the Treatment of Colorectal Cancers. In: Benson AB, Chakravarthy AB, Hamilton SR, Sigurdson ER, eds. Cancers of the Colon and Rectum – A Multidisciplinary Approach to Diagnosis and Management: Demos Medical Publishing; 2012.
• Shah NN, Lieu CH, Ivan C, Overman MJ, Shimizu M, Morris J, Tran HT, Heymach J, Calin G, Kopetz S. Prognostic effects of circulating markers of epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) in metastatic colorectal cancer patients. J Clin Oncol 30: 2012 (suppl 4; abstr 456).
• Chen ZY, Lieu CH, Jiang ZQ, Eng C, Vauthey JN, Chang GJ, Qiao W, Morris J, Hong DS, Hoff P, Tran HT, Heymach J, Overman MJ, Kopetz S. Correlation of specific cytokine profiles with high blood neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and outcome in metastatic colorectal cancer. J Clin Oncol 30: 2012 (suppl; abstr 3598).
• Lieu CH, Tan AC, Leong S, Diamond JR, Eckhardt SG. From bench to bedside: lessons learned in translating preclinical studies in cancer drug development. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2013 Oct 2;105(19):1441-56. PubMed PMID: 24052618
• Lieu CH, Tran H, Jiang ZQ, Mao M, Overman MJ, Lin E, Eng C, Morris J, Ellis L, Heymach JV, Kopetz S. The association of alternate VEGF ligands with resistance to anti-VEGF therapy in metastatic colorectal cancer. PLoS One. 2013;8(10):e77117. PubMed PMID: 24143206
• Scott AJ, Leong S, Messersmith WA, Lieu CH. A Moving Target: challenges in treating BRAF-mutant colorectal cancer. Colorectal Cancer 2013; 2(3): 197-204.
• Lieu CH, Varella-Garcia M, Xu LG, Zhi-Qin J, Eckhardt SG, Messersmith WA, Maru DM, Kopetz S. Increased gene copy number and amplification of FGF2 and FGFR1 in metastatic colorectal cancer. J Clin Oncol 30:2013 (suppl 34; abstr 402).
• Lieu CH, Tentler JJ, Tan AC, Pitts TM, Spreafico A, Selby HM, McPhillips KL, Bagby SM, Eckhardt SG. TAK-733, and investigational novel MEK inhibitor, suppresses colorectal cancer (CRC) tumor growth in biomarker positive patient-derived human tumor explants. EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics; 2012 Nov 6-9; Dublin, Ireland: Abstract 393.
• Lieu CH, Varella-Garcia M, Xu LG, Zhi-Qin J, Eckhardt SG, Messersmith WA, Maru DM, Kopetz S. Increased gene copy number and amplification of FGF2 and FGFR1 in metastatic colorectal cancer. J Clin Oncol 30:2013 (suppl 34;abstr 402).
• Lieu CH, Renfro LA, de Gramont A, Meyers JP, Maughan TS, Seymour MT, Saltz L, Goldberg RM, Sargent DJ, Eckhardt SG, Eng C, Aide et Recherche en Cancérologie Digestive Foundation. Association of age with survival in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer: analysis from the ARCAD Clinical Trials Program. J Clin Oncol. 2014 Sep 20;32(27):2975-84. PubMed PMID: 25002720
• Brittain P, Eckhardt SG, Lieu CH. Potential Role of MEK Inhibition in Treating Patients with Colorectal Cancer. Current Cancer Therapy Reviews 2014; 10(1):34-38.
• Lieu CH, Bendell J, Powderly J, Pishvaian M, Hochster H, Eckhardt SG, Funke R, Rossi C, Waterkamp D, Hurwitz JH. Safety and efficacy of MPDL3280A (anti-PDL1) in combination with bevacizumab (bev) and/or chemotherapy (chemo) in patients (pts) with locally advanced or solid tumors. European Society of Medical Oncology Annual Meeting 2014. Madrid, Spain.
• Lieu CH, Harb WA, Beeram M, Power L, Kearns JD, Nering R, Moyo VM, Wolf BB, Adjei AA. Phase I trial of MM-151, a novel oligoclonal anti-EGFR antibody combination in patients with refractory solid tumors. J Clin Oncol 32:5s: 2014 (suppl; abstr 2518).
• Lee MS, Lieu CH, Overman MJ, Eng C, Morris J, Jiang ZQ, Morelli M, Heymach J, Tran HT, Kopetz S. Association of prior treatment with anti-EGFR monoclonal antibodies with downregulation of circulating TRAIL and upregulation of EGFR and VEGF family ligands in metastatic colorectal cancer. J Clin Oncol 32:2014 (suppl 3; abstr 452).
• Sepulveda AR, Hamilton SR, Allegra CJ, Grody W, Cushman-Vokoun AM, Funkhouser WK, Kopetz SE, Lieu C, Lindor NM, Minsky BD, Monzon FA, Sargent DJ, Singh VM, Willis J, Clark J, Colasacco C, Rumble RB, Temple-Smolkin R, Ventura CB, Nowak JA. Molecular Biomarkers for the Evaluation of Colorectal Cancer: Guideline From the American Society for Clinical Pathology, College of American Pathologists, Association for Molecular Pathology, and the American Society of Clinical Oncology. J Clin Oncol. 2017 Feb 6;:JCO2016719807. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28165299
• Meguid C, Schulick RD, Schefter TE, Lieu CH, Boniface M, Williams N, Vogel JD, Gajdos C, McCarter M, Edil BH. The Multidisciplinary Approach to GI Cancer Results in Change of Diagnosis and Management of Patients. Multidisciplinary Care Impacts Diagnosis and Management of Patients. Ann Surg Oncol. 2016 Nov;23(12):3986-3990. PubMed PMID: 27342825
• Lieu CH, Eckhardt SG, Messersmith WA. Future Directions in the Treatment of Colorectal Cancers. In: Benson AB, Chakravarthy AB, Hamilton SR, Sigurdson ER, eds. Cancers of the Colon and Rectum – A Multidisciplinary Approach to Diagnosis and Management: Demos Medical Publishing; 2013. (in press)
• Lieu CH, Tan AC, Leong S, Diamond JR, Eckhardt SG. From Bench to Bedside: Assessing the Impact of Preclinical Studies on Targeted Agent Development in Oncology. JNCI 2013. (in press)
• Weekes CD, Lamberts LE, Borad MJ, Voortman J, McWilliams RR, Diamond JR, de Vries EG, Verheul HM, Lieu CH, Kim GP, Wang Y, Scales SJ, Samineni D, Brunstein F, Choi Y, Maslyar DJ, Colon-Otero G. Phase I Study of DMOT4039A, an Antibody-Drug Conjugate Targeting Mesothelin, in Patients with Unresectable Pancreatic or Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer. Mol Cancer Ther. 2016 Mar;15(3):439-47. PubMed PMID: 26823490
• Scott AJ, Leong S, Messersmith WA, Lieu CH. A Moving Target: challenges in treating BRAF-mutant colorectal cancer. Colorectal Cancer 2013. (in press)
• Scott AJ, Lieu CH, Messersmith WA. Therapeutic Approaches to RAS Mutation. Cancer J. 2016 May-Jun;22(3):165-74. PubMed PMID: 27341593
• Friedrich T, Leong S, Lieu CH. Beyond RAS and BRAF: a target rich disease that is ripe for picking. J Gastrointest Oncol. 2016 Oct;7(5):705-712. PubMed PMID: 27747084
• Lieu CH, Tran H, Jiang Z, Mao M, Overman MJ, Lin E, Eng C, Morris J, Ellis L, Heymach JV, Kopetz S. The Association of Alternate VEGF Ligands With Resistance to Anti-VEGF Therapy in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer (mCRC). Angiogenesis 2013. (in press)
• Lieu CH, Eckhardt SG. BRAF inhibition in colorectal cancer: From theoretical promise to challenging reality. 2013 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium Proceedings. 58-59.
• Sepulveda AR, Hamilton SR, Allegra CJ, Grody W, Cushman-Vokoun AM, Funkhouser WK, Kopetz SE, Lieu C, Lindor NM, Minsky BD, Monzon FA, Sargent DJ, Singh VM, Willis J, Clark J, Colasacco C, Rumble RB, Temple-Smolkin R, Ventura CB, Nowak JA. Molecular Biomarkers for the Evaluation of Colorectal Cancer: Guideline From the American Society for Clinical Pathology, College of American Pathologists, Association for Molecular Pathology, and the American Society of Clinical Oncology. J Clin Oncol. 2017 May 1;35(13):1453-1486. PubMed PMID: 28165299
• Eckhardt SG, Lieu C. Is Precision Medicine an Oxymoron?. JAMA Oncol. 2018 Nov 8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30419105
• McCanney J, Winckworth-Prejsnar K, Schatz AA, Nardi EA, Dwyer AJ, Lieu C, Biru Y, Carlson RW. Addressing Survivorship in Cancer Care. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2018 Jul;16(7):801-806. PubMed PMID: 30006422
• Goey KKH, Sørbye H, Glimelius B, Adams RA, André T, Arnold D, Berlin JD, Bodoky G, de Gramont A, Díaz-Rubio E, Eng C, Falcone A, Grothey A, Heinemann V, Hochster HS, Kaplan RS, Kopetz S, Labianca R, Lieu CH, Meropol NJ, Price TJ, Schilsky RL, Schmoll HJ, Shacham-Shmueli E, Shi Q, Sobrero AF, Souglakos J, Van Cutsem E, Zalcberg J, van Oijen MGH, Punt CJA, Koopman M. Consensus statement on essential patient characteristics in systemic treatment trials for metastatic colorectal cancer: Supported by the ARCAD Group. Eur J Cancer. 2018 Sep;100:35-45. PubMed PMID: 29936065
• Sepulveda AR, Hamilton SR, Allegra CJ, Grody W, Cushman-Vokoun AM, Funkhouser WK, Kopetz SE, Lieu C, Lindor NM, Minsky BD, Monzon FA, Sargent DJ, Singh VM, Willis J, Clark J, Colasacco C, Rumble RB, Temple-Smolkin R, Ventura CB, Nowak JA. Molecular Biomarkers for the Evaluation of Colorectal Cancer. Am J Clin Pathol. 2017 Feb 3. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28165529
• Krishnamurthy A, Dasari A, Noonan AM, Mehnert JM, Lockhart AC, Leong S, Capasso A, Stein MN, Sanoff HK, Lee JJ, Hansen A, Malhotra U, Rippke S, Gustafson DL, Pitts TM, Ellison K, Davis SL, Messersmith WA, Eckhardt SG, Lieu CH. Phase Ib Results of the Rational Combination of Selumetinib and Cyclosporin A in Advanced Solid Tumors with an Expansion Cohort in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer. Cancer Res. 2018 Sep 15;78(18):5398-5407. PubMed PMID: 30042150
• Sepulveda AR, Hamilton SR, Allegra CJ, Grody W, Cushman-Vokoun AM, Funkhouser WK, Kopetz SE, Lieu C, Lindor NM, Minsky BD, Monzon FA, Sargent DJ, Singh VM, Willis J, Clark J, Colasacco C, Rumble RB, Temple-Smolkin R, Ventura CB, Nowak JA. Molecular Biomarkers for the Evaluation of Colorectal Cancer: Guideline From the American Society for Clinical Pathology, College of American Pathologists, Association for Molecular Pathology, and American Society of Clinical Oncology. J Mol Diagn. 2017 Mar;19(2):187-225. PubMed PMID: 28185757
• Chapman BC, Hosokawa P, Henderson W, Paniccia A, Overbey DM, Messersmith W, Lieu C, Stiegmann GV, Schulick RD, Gajdos C. Impact of neoadjuvant chemoradiation on perioperative outcomes in patients with rectal cancer. J Surg Oncol. 2017 Jun;115(8):1033-1044. PubMed PMID: 28334436
• Stumpf PK, Amini A, Jones BL, Koshy M, Sher DJ, Lieu CH, Schefter TE, Goodman KA, Rusthoven CG. Adjuvant radiotherapy improves overall survival in patients with resected gastric adenocarcinoma: A National Cancer Data Base analysis. Cancer. 2017 Sep 1;123(17):3402-3409. PubMed PMID: 28513823
• Davis SL, Eckhardt SG, Diamond JR, Messersmith WA, Dasari A, Weekes CD, Lieu CH, Kane M, Choon Tan A, Pitts TM, Leong S. A Phase I Dose-Escalation Study of Linsitinib (OSI-906), a Small-Molecule Dual Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 Receptor/Insulin Receptor Kinase Inhibitor, in Combination with Irinotecan in Patients with Advanced Cancer. Oncologist. 2018 Dec;23(12):1409-e140. PubMed PMID: 30139840
• Emens LA, Davis SL, Oliver SCN, Lieu CH, Reddy A, Solomon S, He L, Morley R, Fassò M, Pirzkall A, Patel H, O'Hear C, Ferrara D. Association of Cancer Immunotherapy With Acute Macular Neuroretinopathy and Diffuse Retinal Venulitis. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2018 Nov 1. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30383154
• Lieu CH, Hidalgo M, Berlin JD, Ko AH, Cervantes A, LoRusso P, Gerber DE, Eder JP, Eckhardt SG, Kapp AV, Tsuhako A, McCall B, Pirzkall A, Uyei A, Tabernero J. A Phase Ib Dose-Escalation Study of the Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of Cobimetinib and Duligotuzumab in Patients with Previously Treated Locally Advanced or Metastatic Cancers with Mutant KRAS. Oncologist. 2017 Sep;22(9):1024-e89. PubMed PMID: 28592615
• Amini A, Jones BL, Stumpf P, Leong S, Lieu CH, Weekes C, Davis SL, Messersmith WA, Purcell WT, Ghosh D, Schefter T, Goodman KA. Patterns of Care for Locally Advanced Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Using the National Cancer Database. Pancreas. 2017 Aug;46(7):904-912. PubMed PMID: 28697131
• Dotan E, Cohen SJ, Starodub AN, Lieu CH, Messersmith WA, Simpson PS, Guarino MJ, Marshall JL, Goldberg RM, Hecht JR, Wegener WA, Sharkey RM, Govindan SV, Goldenberg DM, Berlin JD. Phase I/II Trial of Labetuzumab Govitecan (Anti-CEACAM5/SN-38 Antibody-Drug Conjugate) in Patients With Refractory or Relapsing Metastatic Colorectal Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2017 Oct 10;35(29):3338-3346. PubMed PMID: 28817371
• Le DT, Hubbard-Lucey VM, Morse MA, Heery CR, Dwyer A, Marsilje TH, Brodsky AN, Chan E, Deming DA, Diaz LA Jr, Fridman WH, Goldberg RM, Hamilton SR, Housseau F, Jaffee EM, Kang SP, Krishnamurthi SS, Lieu CH, Messersmith W, Sears CL, Segal NH, Yang A, Moss RA, Cha E, O'Donnell-Tormey J, Roach N, Davis AQ, McAbee K, Worrall S, Benson AB. A Blueprint to Advance Colorectal Cancer Immunotherapies. Cancer Immunol Res. 2017 Nov;5(11):942-949. PubMed PMID: 29038296
• D Sheneman, Finch JL, Davis SL, Leong S, Weekes CD, Purcell WT, Goodman KA, Messersmith WA, Eckhardt SG, Lieu CH. Incidence of colorectal cancer among young adults in the state of Colorado. Colorectal Cancer 2017. 10.2217/crc-2017-0008.
• Lieu CH, Golemis EA, Serebriiskii IG, Newberg J, Hemmerich A, Connelly C, Messersmith WA, Eng C, Eckhardt SG, Frampton G, Cooke M, Meyer JE. Comprehensive Genomic Landscapes in Early and Later Onset Colorectal Cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2019 Oct 1;25(19):5852-5858. PubMed PMID: 31243121
• Serebriiskii IG, Connelly C, Frampton G, Newberg J, Cooke M, Miller V, Ali S, Ross JS, Handorf E, Arora S, Lieu C, Golemis EA, Meyer JE. Comprehensive characterization of RAS mutations in colon and rectal cancers in old and young patients. Nat Commun. 2019 Aug 19;10(1):3722. PubMed PMID: 31427573
• Dwyer AJ, Murphy CC, Boland CR, Garcia R, Hampel H, Limburg P, Lowery J, Zauber AG, Waring S, Worrall S, Perea J, Siegel R, Lee J, Molmenti C, Sears CL, Buckhaults P, Hayes R, Hussan H, de Miranda N, Palles C, Diaz L, Song M, Cercek A, Lieu CH, Patel SG, Karlitz JJ, Cao Y, Demb J, Blatchford P, Risendal B, Weltzien E, Wali A, Daschner P, Loomans-Kropp H, Flores R, Levell CL, Wehling K, Martin J, Pesmen C, Kuchar V, Soisson R, Davis A, Ahnen D. A Summary of the Fight Colorectal Cancer Working Meeting: Exploring Risk Factors and Etiology of Sporadic Early-Age Onset Colorectal Cancer. Gastroenterology. 2019 Aug;157(2):280-288. PubMed PMID: 31095950
• Lieu C, Kennedy EB, Bergsland E, Berlin J, George TJ, Gill S, Gold PJ, Hantel A, Jones L, Mahmoud N, Meyerhardt J, Morris AM, Ruíz-García E, You YN, Baxter N. Duration of Oxaliplatin-Containing Adjuvant Therapy for Stage III Colon Cancer: ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline. J Clin Oncol. 2019 Jun 1;37(16):1436-1447. PubMed PMID: 30986117
• Capasso A, Lang J, Pitts TM, Jordan KR, Lieu CH, Davis SL, Diamond JR, Kopetz S, Barbee J, Peterson J, Freed BM, Yacob BW, Bagby SM, Messersmith WA, Slansky JE, Pelanda R, Eckhardt SG. Characterization of immune responses to anti-PD-1 mono and combination immunotherapy in hematopoietic humanized mice implanted with tumor xenografts. J Immunother Cancer. 2019 Feb 8;7(1):37. PubMed PMID: 30736857
• Lieu CH, Corcoran RB, Overman MJ. Integrating Biomarkers and Targeted Therapy Into Colorectal Cancer Management. Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book. 2019 Jan;39:207-215. PubMed PMID: 31099678
• Dasari A, Morris VK, Allegra CJ, Atreya C, Benson AB 3rd, Boland P, Chung K, Copur MS, Corcoran RB, Deming DA, Dwyer A, Diehn M, Eng C, George TJ, Gollub MJ, Goodwin RA, Hamilton SR, Hechtman JF, Hochster H, Hong TS, Innocenti F, Iqbal A, Jacobs SA, Kennecke HF, Lee JJ, Lieu CH, Lenz HJ, Lindwasser OW, Montagut C, Odisio B, Ou FS, Porter L, Raghav K, Schrag D, Scott AJ, Shi Q, Strickler JH, Venook A, Yaeger R, Yothers G, You YN, Zell JA, Kopetz S. ctDNA applications and integration in colorectal cancer: an NCI Colon and Rectal-Anal Task Forces whitepaper. Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2020 Dec;17(12):757-770. PubMed PMID: 32632268
• Moroney JW, Powderly J, Lieu CH, Bendell JC, Eckhardt SG, Chang CW, Molinero L, Spahn J, Williams P, Lin YG, Hodi FS. Safety and Clinical Activity of Atezolizumab Plus Bevacizumab in Patients with Ovarian Cancer: A Phase Ib Study. Clin Cancer Res. 2020 Nov 1;26(21):5631-5637. PubMed PMID: 32723836
• Holowatyj AN, Washington KM, Salaria SN, Lieu CH, Idrees K, Eng C. Early-Onset Appendiceal Cancer Survival by Race or Ethnicity in the United States. Gastroenterology. 2020 Oct;159(4):1605-1608. PubMed PMID: 32540351
• Kopetz S, Guthrie KA, Morris VK, Lenz HJ, Magliocco AM, Maru D, Yan Y, Lanman R, Manyam G, Hong DS, Sorokin A, Atreya CE, Diaz LA, Allegra C, Raghav KP, Wang SE, Lieu CH, McDonough SL, Philip PA, Hochster HS. Randomized Trial of Irinotecan and Cetuximab With or Without Vemurafenib in BRAF-Mutant Metastatic Colorectal Cancer (SWOG S1406). J Clin Oncol. 2020 Dec 23;:JCO2001994. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33356422
• Holowatyj A, Langston M, Han Y, Viskochil R, Perea J, Cao Y, Rogers C, Lieu CH, Moore JX. Community Health Behaviors and Geographic Variation in Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer Survival Among Women. Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology 2020; 11(12): e00266. Doi: 10.14309/ctg.0000000000000266 PMCID: PMC7678794
• 40. Sandhu GS, Anders R, Blatchford P, Walde A, Leal A, King G, Leong S, Davis SL, Purcell WT, Goodman KA, Schefter T, Cowan M, Herter W, Meguid C, Weiss R, Marsh M, Brown M, Vogel J, Birnbaum E, Ahrendt S, Gleisner A, Schulick R, Del Chiaro M, McCarter M, Patel SG, Messersmith WA, Lieu CH. High incidence of prolonged rectal bleeding and advanced stage cancer in early-onset colorectal cancer patients. Colorectal Cancer 2020; 9(3): doi.org/10.2217/crc-2020-0012
• Kastelowitz N, Marsh MD, McCarter M, Meguid RA, Bhardwaj NW, Mitchell JD, Weyant MJ, Scott C, Schefter T, Stumpf P, Leong S, Messersmith W, Lieu C, Leal AD, Davis SL, Purcell WT, Kane M, Wani S, Shah R, Hammad H, Edmundowicz S, Goodman KA. Impact of Radiation Dose on Postoperative Complications in Esophageal and Gastroesophageal Junction Cancers. Front Oncol. 2021;11:614640. PubMed PMID: 33777751
• Marín-Jiménez JA, Capasso A, Lewis MS, Bagby SM, Hartman SJ, Shulman J, Navarro NM, Yu H, Rivard CJ, Wang X, Barkow JC, Geng D, Kar A, Yingst A, Tufa DM, Dolan JT, Blatchford PJ, Freed BM, Torres RM, Davila E, Slansky JE, Pelanda R, Eckhardt SG, Messersmith WA, Diamond JR, Lieu CH, Verneris MR, Wang JH, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Pitts TM, Lang J. Testing Cancer Immunotherapy in a Human Immune System Mouse Model: Correlating Treatment Responses to Human Chimerism, Therapeutic Variables and Immune Cell Phenotypes. Front Immunol. 2021;12:607282. PubMed PMID: 33854497
• Holowatyj AN, Perea J, Lieu CH. Gut instinct: a call to study the biology of early-onset colorectal cancer disparities. Nat Rev Cancer. 2021 Jun;21(6):339-340. PubMed PMID: 33833408
• Hartman SJ, Bagby SM, Yacob BW, Simmons DM, MacBeth M, Lieu CH, Davis SL, Leal AD, Tentler JJ, Diamond JR, Eckhardt SG, Messersmith WA, Pitts TM. WEE1 Inhibition in Combination With Targeted Agents and Standard Chemotherapy in Preclinical Models of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Front Oncol. 2021;11:642328. PubMed PMID: 33869031
• Zaborowski AM, Abdile A, Adamina M, Aigner F, d'Allens L, Allmer C, Álvarez A, Anula R, Andric M, Atallah S, Bach S, Bala M, Barussaud M, Bausys A, Bebington B, Beggs A, Bellolio F, Bennett MR, Berdinskikh A, Bevan V, Biondo S, Bislenghi G, Bludau M, Boutall A, Brouwer N, Brown C, Bruns C, Buchanan DD, Buchwald P, Burger JWA, Burlov N, Campanelli M, Capdepont M, Carvello M, Chew HH, Christoforidis D, Clark D, Climent M, Cologne KG, Contreras T, Croner R, Daniels IR, Dapri G, Davies J, Delrio P, Denost Q, Deutsch M, Dias A, D'Hoore A, Drozdov E, Duek D, Dunlop M, Dziki A, Edmundson A, Efetov S, El-Hussuna A, Elliot B, Emile S, Espin E, Evans M, Faes S, Faiz O, Fleming F, Foppa C, Fowler G, Frasson M, Figueiredo N, Forgan T, Frizelle F, Gadaev S, Gellona J, Glyn T, Gong J, Goran B, Greenwood E, Guren MG, Guillon S, Gutlic I, Hahnloser D, Hampel H, Hanly A, Hasegawa H, Iversen LH, Hill A, Hill J, Hoch J, Hoffmeister M, Hompes R, Hurtado L, Iaquinandi F, Imbrasaite U, Islam R, Jafari MD, Kanemitsu Y, Karachun A, Karimuddin AA, Keller DS, Kelly J, Kennelly R, Khrykov G, Kocian P, Koh C, Kok N, Knight KA, Knol J, Kontovounisios C, Korner H, Krivokapic Z, Kronberger I, Kroon HM, Kryzauskas M, Kural S, Kusters M, Lakkis Z, Lankov T, Larson D, Lázár G, Lee KY, Lee SH, Lefèvre JH, Lepisto A, Lieu C, Loi L, Lynch C, Maillou-Martinaud H, Maroli A, Martin S, Martling A, Matzel KE, Mayol J, McDermott F, Meurette G, Millan M, Mitteregger M, Moiseenko A, Monson JRT, Morarasu S, Moritani K, Möslein G, Munini M, Nahas C, Nahas S, Negoi I, Novikova A, Ocares M, Okabayashi K, Olkina A, Oñate-Ocaña L, Otero J, Ozen C, Pace U, São Julião GP, Panaiotti L, Panis Y, Papamichael D, Park J, Patel S, Patrón Uriburu JC, Pera M, Perez RO, Petrov A, Pfeffer F, Phang PT, Poskus T, Pringle H, Proud D, Raguz I, Rama N, Rasheed S, Raval MJ, Rega D, Reissfelder C, Reyes Meneses JC, Ris F, Riss S, Rodriguez-Zentner H, Roxburgh CS, Saklani A, Salido AJ, Sammour T, Saraste D, Schneider M, Seishima R... Characteristics of Early-Onset vs Late-Onset Colorectal Cancer: A Review. JAMA Surg. 2021 Sep 1;156(9):865-874. PubMed PMID: 34190968
• Oba A, Wu YHA, Lieu CH, Meguid C, Colborn KL, Beaty L, Al-Musawi MH, Davis SL, Leal AD, Purcell T, King G, Wooten ES, Fujiwara Y, Goodman KA, Schefter T, Karam SD, Gleisner AL, Ahrendt S, Leong S, Messersmith WA, Schulick RD, Del Chiaro M. Outcome of neoadjuvant treatment for pancreatic cancer in elderly patients: comparative, observational cohort study. Br J Surg. 2021 Aug 19;108(8):976-982. PubMed PMID: 34155509
• Baxter NN, Kennedy EB, Bergsland E, Berlin J, George TJ, Gill S, Gold PJ, Hantel A, Jones L, Lieu C, Mahmoud N, Morris AM, Ruiz-Garcia E, You YN, Meyerhardt JA. Adjuvant Therapy for Stage II Colon Cancer: ASCO Guideline Update. J Clin Oncol. 2021 Dec 22;:JCO2102538. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34936379
• Chapman BC, Lai S, Friedrich T, Lieu CH, Moskalenko M, Olsen J, Herter W, Birnbaum EH, McCarter MD, Vogel JD. Rectal Cancer: Clinical and Molecular Predictors of a Complete Response to Total Neoadjuvant Therapy. Dis Colon Rectum. 2022 Jan 4. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34984995
• Leal AD, Messersmith WA, Lieu CH. Neoadjuvant treatment of localized pancreatic adenocarcinoma. J Gastrointest Oncol. 2021 Oct;12(5):2461-2474. PubMed PMID: 34790407
• Patel SG, Murphy CC, Lieu CH, Hampel H. Early age onset colorectal cancer. Adv Cancer Res. 2021;151:1-37. PubMed PMID: 34148611
• Han S, Kolb JM, Hosokawa P, Friedman C, Fox C, Scott FI, Lieu CH, Vajravelu RK, McCarter M, Murphy CC, Cook MB, Gleisner A, Falk GW, Katzka DA, Wani S. The Volume-Outcome Effect Calls for Centralization of Care in Esophageal Adenocarcinoma: Results From a Large National Cancer Registry. Am J Gastroenterol. 2021 Apr;116(4):811-815. PubMed PMID: 33982952
• Kopetz S, Guthrie KA, Morris VK, Lenz HJ, Magliocco AM, Maru D, Yan Y, Lanman R, Manyam G, Hong DS, Sorokin A, Atreya CE, Diaz LA, Allegra C, Raghav KP, Wang SE, Lieu CH, McDonough SL, Philip PA, Hochster HS. Randomized Trial of Irinotecan and Cetuximab With or Without Vemurafenib in BRAF-Mutant Metastatic Colorectal Cancer (SWOG S1406). J Clin Oncol. 2021 Feb 1;39(4):285-294. PubMed PMID: 33356422
• 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
• Chapman BC, Lai S, Friedrich T, Lieu CH, Moskalenko M, Olsen J, Herter W, Birnbaum EH, McCarter MD, Vogel JD. Rectal Cancer: Clinical and Molecular Predictors of a Complete Response to Total Neoadjuvant Therapy. Dis Colon Rectum. 2022 Jan 4. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34984995
• Patel SG, Karlitz JJ, Yen T, Lieu CH, Boland CR. The rising tide of early-onset colorectal cancer: a comprehensive review of epidemiology, clinical features, biology, risk factors, prevention, and early detection. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022 Mar;7(3):262-274. PubMed PMID: 35090605
• Eng C, Jácome AA, Agarwal R, Hayat MH, Byndloss MX, Holowatyj AN, Bailey C, Lieu CH. A comprehensive framework for early-onset colorectal cancer research. Lancet Oncol. 2022 Mar;23(3):e116-e128. PubMed PMID: 35090673
• Chakravarty D, Johnson A, Sklar J, Lindeman NI, Moore K, Ganesan S, Lovly CM, Perlmutter J, Gray SW, Hwang J, Lieu C, André F, Azad N, Borad M, Tafe L, Messersmith H, Robson M, Meric-Bernstam F. Somatic Genomic Testing in Patients With Metastatic or Advanced Cancer: ASCO Provisional Clinical Opinion. J Clin Oncol. 2022 Apr 10;40(11):1231-1258. PubMed PMID: 35175857
• Mansfield AS, Wei Z, Mehra R, Shaw AT, Lieu CH, Forde PM, Drilon AE, Mitchell EP, Wright JJ, Takebe N, Sharon E, Hovelson D, Tomlins S, Zeng J, Poorman K, Malik N, Gray RJ, Li S, McShane LM, Rubinstein LV, Patton D, Williams PM, Hamilton SR, Conley BA, Arteaga CL, Harris LN, O'Dwyer PJ, Chen AP, Flaherty KT. Crizotinib in patients with tumors harboring ALK or ROS1 rearrangements in the NCI-MATCH trial. NPJ Precis Oncol. 2022 Mar 1;6(1):13. PubMed PMID: 35233056
• Lang J, Leal AD, Marín-Jiménez JA, Hartman SJ, Shulman J, Navarro NM, Lewis MS, Capasso A, Bagby SM, Yacob BW, MacBeth M, Freed BM, Eckhardt SG, Jordan K, Blatchford PJ, Pelanda R, Lieu CH, Messersmith WA, Pitts TM. Cabozantinib sensitizes microsatellite stable colorectal cancer to immune checkpoint blockade by immune modulation in human immune system mouse models. Front Oncol. 2022;12:877635. PubMed PMID: 36419897
• Pant S, Dragovich T, Lieu C, Jimeno A, Kundranda M, Menter D, Tchaparian E, Chen YC, Kopetz S. Phase 1 study of the safety, pharmacokinetics, and preliminary efficacy of CA102N as monotherapy and in combination with trifluridine-tipiracil in patients with locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors. Invest New Drugs. 2023 Feb;41(1):25-34. PubMed PMID: 36331676
• Morris VK, Kennedy EB, Baxter NN, Benson AB 3rd, Cercek A, Cho M, Ciombor KK, Cremolini C, Davis A, Deming DA, Fakih MG, Gholami S, Hong TS, Jaiyesimi I, Klute K, Lieu C, Sanoff H, Strickler JH, White S, Willis JA, Eng C. Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: ASCO Guideline. J Clin Oncol. 2023 Jan 20;41(3):678-700. PubMed PMID: 36252154
• Moyer AM, Madsen H, Johnson J, Del Chiaro M, Gleisner A, Lieu CH, Tevis S, Stewart CL. Informational Needs of Surgical Oncology Patients: A Cross-Sectional Patient Survey. J Surg Res. 2023 Mar;283:771-777. PubMed PMID: 36470202
• Lai SH, Vogel JD, Vemuru S, Messersmith W, Lieu C, McCarter MD, Birnbaum E, Chapman BC. Improved Survival After Adjuvant Therapy in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer Patients With Pathologic Complete Response. Dis Colon Rectum. 2023 Jul 1;66(7):983-993. PubMed PMID: 36602514
• Robinson HR, Lieu CH. Anti-EGFR Therapy for Left-Sided RAS Wild-type Colorectal Cancer-PARADIGM Shift. JAMA Oncol. 2023 Jun 1;9(6):767-769. PubMed PMID: 37071419
• Pant S, Dragovich T, Lieu C, Jimeno A, Kundranda M, Menter D, Tchaparian E, Chen YC, Kopetz S. Phase 1 study of the safety, pharmacokinetics, and preliminary efficacy of CA102N as monotherapy and in combination with trifluridine-tipiracil in patients with locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors. Invest New Drugs. 2022 Nov 4. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36331676
• Moyer AM, Madsen H, Johnson J, Del Chiaro M, Gleisner A, Lieu CH, Tevis S, Stewart CL. Informational Needs of Surgical Oncology Patients: A Cross-Sectional Patient Survey. J Surg Res. 2022 Dec 2;283:771-777. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36470202
• Lai SH, Vogel JD, Vemuru S, Messersmith W, Lieu C, McCarter M, Birnbaum E, Chapman BC. Improved Survival After Adjuvant Therapy in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer Patients with Pathologic Complete Response. Dis Colon Rectum. 2023 Jan 4. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36602514
• Grey N, Silosky M, Lieu CH, Chin BB. Current status and future of targeted peptide receptor radionuclide positron emission tomography imaging and therapy of gastroenteropancreatic-neuroendocrine tumors. World J Gastroenterol. 2022 May 7;28(17):1768-1780. PubMed PMID: 35633909
• Stuart CM, Kirsch MJ, Zhuang Y, Meguid CL, Sugawara T, Colborn KL, Messersmith W, Lieu C, Gleisner AL, Del Chiaro M, Schulick RD, Meguid RA. Pulmonary metastasectomy is associated with survival after lung-only recurrence in pancreatic cancer. Surgery. 2023 Sep;174(3):654-659. PubMed PMID: 37391327
• Lewis MA, Stansfield L, Kelton JM, Lieu CH. Biomarker Testing Trends in Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Who Live in Rural Areas and Urban Clusters in the US. Oncologist. 2023 Nov 2;28(11):e1118-e1122. PubMed PMID: 37682042
• Harrold E, Latham A, Pemmaraju N, Lieu CH. Early-Onset GI Cancers: Rising Trends, Genetic Risks, Novel Strategies, and Special Considerations. Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book. 2023 May;43:e398068. PubMed PMID: 37235819
• Pandey A, Lieu CH, Kim SS. The Local Microbiome in Esophageal Cancer and Treatment Response: A Review of Emerging Data and Future Directions. Cancers (Basel). 2023 Jul 10;15(14). PubMed PMID: 37509225
• Lieu CH. Podcast article: Biomarker testing in colorectal cancer. Future Oncol. 2023 Mar;19(10):679-682. PubMed PMID: 37133241

Professional Memberships

• American Society of Clinical Oncology, Member
• American Association for Cancer Research, Member
• Rocky Mountain Oncology Society, Member
• Arnold P. Gold Foundation, Member
• Southwest Oncology Group, Member

Practice Locations

• University of Colorado Hospital

• University of Colorado Cancer Center

Specialty Information

• Internal Medicine, Board Certification (2007)
• Medical Oncology, Board Certification (2011)

• Cancers
• Cancers - Colorectal Cancer
• Cancers - Gastroenterologic Cancer (Colon, Stomach, Esophageal, Liver)
• Digestive System - Gastroenterology (Stomach, Bowel, General GI Problems)
• Cancers - Biliary Cancer
• Cancers - Cancer Medicine
• Cancers - Cancer Prevention
• Cancers - Pancreatic Cancer
• Digestive System