Robert Doebele, MD, PhD
Associate Clinical Professor, Medicine-Medical Oncology

Professional Titles

• Associate Professor of Medicine
• ORIEN Scientific Officer
• Molecular Tumor Board, Co-Director
• Director, Thoracic Oncology Research Initiative

Recognition & Awards

• Member, American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI) (2018)
• V Scholar Award, V Foundation for Cancer Research (2013)
• Inventor of the Year, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus (2013)
• Boettcher Investigator, Boettcher Foundation (2011)
  

Research Interests

Publications

• Camidge DR, Doebele RC, Kerr KM. Comparing and contrasting predictive biomarkers for immunotherapy and targeted therapy of NSCLC. Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2019 Feb 4. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30718843
• Hong DS, Bauer TM, Lee JJ, Dowlati A, Brose MS, Farago AF, Taylor M, Shaw AT, Montez S, Meric-Bernstam F, Smith S, Tuch BB, Ebata K, Cruickshank S, Cox MC, Burris HA 3rd, Doebele RC. Larotrectinib in adult patients with solid tumours: a multicentre, open-label, phase I dose-escalation study. Ann Oncol. 2019 Jan 8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30624546
• Neel DS, Allegakoen DV, Olivas V, Mayekar MK, Hemmati G, Chatterjee N, Blakely CM, McCoach CE, Rotow JK, Le A, Karachaliou N, Rosell R, Riess JW, Nichols R, Doebele RC, Bivona TG. Differential Subcellular Localization Regulates Oncogenic Signaling by ROS1 Kinase Fusion Proteins. Cancer Res. 2019 Feb 1;79(3):546-556. PubMed PMID: 30538120
• Hong DS, Bauer TM, Lee JJ, Dowlati A, Brose MS, Farago AF, Taylor M, Shaw AT, Montez S, Meric-Bernstam F, Smith S, Tuch BB, Ebata K, Cruickshank S, Cox MC, Burris HA 3rd, Doebele RC. Larotrectinib in adult patients with solid tumours: a multi-centre, open-label, phase I dose-escalation study. Ann Oncol. 2019 Feb;30(2):325-331. PubMed PMID: 31987432
• 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
• Drilon A, Siena S, Dziadziuszko R, Barlesi F, Krebs MG, Shaw AT, de Braud F, Rolfo C, Ahn MJ, Wolf J, Seto T, Cho BC, Patel MR, Chiu CH, John T, Goto K, Karapetis CS, Arkenau HT, Kim SW, Ohe Y, Li YC, Chae YK, Chung CH, Otterson GA, Murakami H, Lin CC, Tan DSW, Prenen H, Riehl T, Chow-Maneval E, Simmons B, Cui N, Johnson A, Eng S, Wilson TR, Doebele RC. Entrectinib in ROS1 fusion-positive non-small-cell lung cancer: integrated analysis of three phase 1-2 trials. Lancet Oncol. 2019 Dec 11. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31838015
• Doebele RC, Drilon A, Paz-Ares L, Siena S, Shaw AT, Farago AF, Blakely CM, Seto T, Cho BC, Tosi D, Besse B, Chawla SP, Bazhenova L, Krauss JC, Chae YK, Barve M, Garrido-Laguna I, Liu SV, Conkling P, John T, Fakih M, Sigal D, Loong HH, Buchschacher GL Jr, Garrido P, Nieva J, Steuer C, Overbeck TR, Bowles DW, Fox E, Riehl T, Chow-Maneval E, Simmons B, Cui N, Johnson A, Eng S, Wilson TR, Demetri GD. Entrectinib in patients with advanced or metastatic NTRK fusion-positive solid tumours: integrated analysis of three phase 1-2 trials. Lancet Oncol. 2019 Dec 11. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31838007
• Patil T, Simons E, Mushtaq R, Pacheco JM, Doebele RC, Bowles DW. Targeted therapies for ROS1-rearranged non-small cell lung cancer. Drugs Today (Barc). 2019 Oct;55(10):641-652. PubMed PMID: 31720561
• Doebele RC. Acquired Resistance Is Oncogene and Drug Agnostic. Cancer Cell. 2019 Oct 14;36(4):347-349. PubMed PMID: 31614114
• Rich TA, Reckamp KL, Chae YK, Doebele RC, Iams WT, Oh M, Raymond VM, Lanman RB, Riess JW, Stinchcombe TE, Subbiah V, Trevarthen DR, Fairclough S, Yen J, Gautschi O. Analysis of Cell-Free DNA from 32,989 Advanced Cancers Reveals Novel Co-occurring Activating RET Alterations and Oncogenic Signaling Pathway Aberrations. Clin Cancer Res. 2019 Oct 1;25(19):5832-5842. PubMed PMID: 31300450
• Gomez DR, Tang C, Zhang J, Blumenschein GR Jr, Hernandez M, Lee JJ, Ye R, Palma DA, Louie AV, Camidge DR, Doebele RC, Skoulidis F, Gaspar LE, Welsh JW, Gibbons DL, Karam JA, Kavanagh BD, Tsao AS, Sepesi B, Swisher SG, Heymach JV. Local Consolidative Therapy Vs. Maintenance Therapy or Observation for Patients With Oligometastatic Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Long-Term Results of a Multi-Institutional, Phase II, Randomized Study. J Clin Oncol. 2019 Jun 20;37(18):1558-1565. PubMed PMID: 31067138
• Pacheco JM, Camidge DR, Doebele RC, Schenk E. A Changing of the Guard: Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors With and Without Chemotherapy as First Line Treatment for Metastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer. Front Oncol. 2019;9:195. PubMed PMID: 30984621
• Sequist LV, Gray JE, Harb WA, Lopez-Chavez A, Doebele RC, Modiano MR, Jackman DM, Baggstrom MQ, Atmaca A, Felip E, Provencio M, Cobo M, Adiwijaya B, Kuesters G, Kamoun WS, Andreas K, Pipas JM, Santillana S, Cho BC, Park K, Shepherd FA. Randomized Phase II Trial of Seribantumab in Combination with Erlotinib in Patients with EGFR Wild-Type Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Oncologist. 2019 Aug;24(8):1095-1102. PubMed PMID: 30975923
• Camidge DR, Doebele RC, Kerr KM. Comparing and contrasting predictive biomarkers for immunotherapy and targeted therapy of NSCLC. Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2019 Jun;16(6):341-355. PubMed PMID: 30718843
• Hong DS, Bauer TM, Lee JJ, Dowlati A, Brose MS, Farago AF, Taylor M, Shaw AT, Montez S, Meric-Bernstam F, Smith S, Tuch BB, Ebata K, Cruickshank S, Cox MC, Burris HA, Doebele RC. Larotrectinib in adult patients with solid tumours: a multi-centre, open-label, phase I dose-escalation study. Ann Oncol. 2019 Feb 1;30(2):325-331. PubMed PMID: 30624546
• 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
• Wang Y, Jiang T, Qin Z, Jiang J, Wang Q, Yang S, Rivard C, Gao G, Ng TL, Tu MM, Yu H, Ji H, Zhou C, Ren S, Zhang J, Bunn P, Doebele RC, Camidge DR, Hirsch FR. HER2 exon 20 insertions in non-small-cell lung cancer are sensitive to the irreversible pan-HER receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor pyrotinib. Ann Oncol. 2019 Mar 1;30(3):447-455. PubMed PMID: 30596880
• 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
• Neel DS, Allegakoen DV, Olivas V, Mayekar MK, Hemmati G, Chatterjee N, Blakely CM, McCoach CE, Rotow JK, Le A, Karachaliou N, Rosell R, Riess JW, Nichols R, Doebele RC, Bivona TG. Differential Subcellular Localization Regulates Oncogenic Signaling by ROS1 Kinase Fusion Proteins. Cancer Res. 2019 Feb 1;79(3):546-556. PubMed PMID: 30538120
• Drilon A, Fu S, Patel MR, Fakih M, Wang D, Olszanski AJ, Morgensztern D, Liu SV, Cho BC, Bazhenova L, Rodriguez CP, Doebele RC, Wozniak A, Reckamp KL, Seery T, Nikolinakos P, Hu Z, Oliver JW, Trone D, McArthur K, Patel R, Multani PS, Ahn MJ. A Phase I/Ib Trial of the VEGFR-Sparing Multikinase RET Inhibitor RXDX-105. Cancer Discov. 2019 Mar;9(3):384-395. PubMed PMID: 30487236
• McCoach CE, Blumenthal GM, Zhang L, Myers A, Tang S, Sridhara R, Keegan P, Pazdur R, Doebele RC, Kazandjian D. Exploratory analysis of the association of depth of response and survival in patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer treated with a targeted therapy or immunotherapy. Ann Oncol. 2019 Mar 1;30(3):492. PubMed PMID: 29529128
• 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
• Wang Y, Jiang T, Qin Z, Jiang J, Wang Q, Yang S, Rivard C, Gao G, Ng TL, Tu MM, Yu H, Ji H, Zhou C, Ren S, Zhang J, Bunn P, Doebele RC, Camidge DR, Hirsch FR. HER2 exon 20 insertions in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer are Sensitive to the Irreversible Pan-HER Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Pyrotinib. Ann Oncol. 2018 Dec 31. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30596880
• 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
• Drilon A, Fu S, Patel MR, Fakih M, Wang D, Olszanski AJ, Morgensztern D, Liu SV, Cho BC, Bazhenova L, Rodriguez CP, Doebele RC, Wozniak A, Reckamp KL, Seery T, Nikolinakos P, Hu Z, Oliver J, Trone D, McArthur K, Patel R, Multani PS, Ahn MJ. A Phase I/Ib Trial of the VEGFR-Sparing Multikinase RET Inhibitor RXDX-105. Cancer Discov. 2018 Nov 28. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30487236
• 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
• 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
• Iams WT, Yu H, Shyr Y, Patil T, Horn L, McCoach C, Kelly K, Doebele RC, Camidge DR. First-line Chemotherapy Responsiveness and Patterns of Metastatic Spread Identify Clinical Syndromes Present Within Advanced KRAS Mutant Non-Small-cell Lung Cancer With Different Prognostic Significance. Clin Lung Cancer. 2018 Nov;19(6):531-543. PubMed PMID: 30197261
• Drilon A, Ou SI, Cho BC, Kim DW, Lee J, Lin JJ, Zhu VW, Ahn MJ, Camidge DR, Nguyen J, Zhai D, Deng W, Huang Z, Rogers E, Liu J, Whitten J, Lim JK, Stopatschinskaja S, Hyman DM, Doebele RC, Cui JJ, Shaw AT. Repotrectinib (TPX-0005) Is a Next-Generation ROS1/TRK/ALK Inhibitor That Potently Inhibits ROS1/TRK/ALK Solvent- Front Mutations. Cancer Discov. 2018 Oct;8(10):1227-1236. PubMed PMID: 30093503
• 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
• Robichaux JP, Elamin YY, Tan Z, Carter BW, Zhang S, Liu S, Li S, Chen T, Poteete A, Estrada-Bernal A, Le AT, Truini A, Nilsson MB, Sun H, Roarty E, Goldberg SB, Brahmer JR, Altan M, Lu C, Papadimitrakopoulou V, Politi K, Doebele RC, Wong KK, Heymach JV. Mechanisms and clinical activity of an EGFR and HER2 exon 20-selective kinase inhibitor in non-small cell lung cancer. Nat Med. 2018 May;24(5):638-646. PubMed PMID: 29686424
• 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
• McCoach CE, Blumenthal GM, Zhang L, Myers A, Tang S, Sridhara R, Keegan P, Pazdur R, Doebele RC, Kazandjian D. Exploratory analysis of the association of depth of response and survival in patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer treated with a targeted therapy or immunotherapy. Ann Oncol. 2018 Feb 26. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29529128
• Pilling AB, Kim J, Estrada-Bernal A, Zhou Q, Le AT, Singleton KR, Heasley LE, Tan AC, DeGregori J, Doebele RC. ALK is a critical regulator of the MYC-signaling axis in ALK positive lung cancer. Oncotarget. 2018 Feb 6;9(10):8823-8835. PubMed PMID: 29507657
• Drilon A, Laetsch TW, Kummar S, DuBois SG, Lassen UN, Demetri GD, Nathenson M, Doebele RC, Farago AF, Pappo AS, Turpin B, Dowlati A, Brose MS, Mascarenhas L, Federman N, Berlin J, El-Deiry WS, Baik C, Deeken J, Boni V, Nagasubramanian R, Taylor M, Rudzinski ER, Meric-Bernstam F, Sohal DPS, Ma PC, Raez LE, Hechtman JF, Benayed R, Ladanyi M, Tuch BB, Ebata K, Cruickshank S, Ku NC, Cox MC, Hawkins DS, Hong DS, Hyman DM. Efficacy of Larotrectinib in TRK Fusion-Positive Cancers in Adults and Children. N Engl J Med. 2018 Feb 22;378(8):731-739. PubMed PMID: 29466156
• Robin TP, Camidge DR, Stuhr K, Nath SK, Breeze RE, Pacheco JM, Liu AK, Gaspar LE, Purcell WT, Doebele RC, Kavanagh BD, Rusthoven CG. Excellent Outcomes with Radiosurgery for Multiple Brain Metastases in ALK and EGFR Driven Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. J Thorac Oncol. 2018 May;13(5):715-720. PubMed PMID: 29269007
• Hilberg F, Tontsch-Grunt U, Baum A, Le AT, Doebele RC, Lieb S, Gianni D, Voss T, Garin-Chesa P, Haslinger C, Kraut N. Triple Angiokinase Inhibitor Nintedanib Directly Inhibits Tumor Cell Growth and Induces Tumor Shrinkage via Blocking Oncogenic Receptor Tyrosine Kinases. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2018 Mar;364(3):494-503. PubMed PMID: 29263244
• McCoach CE, Doebele RC. The importance of the initial response to cancer treatment in predicting longer overall survival. Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol. 2018 Feb;11(2):109-111. PubMed PMID: 29251525
• Couts KL, Bemis J, Turner JA, Bagby SM, Murphy D, Christiansen J, Hintzsche JD, Le A, Pitts TM, Wells K, Applegate A, Amato C, Multani P, Chow-Maneval E, Tentler JJ, Shellman YG, Rioth MJ, Tan AC, Gonzalez R, Medina T, Doebele RC, Robinson WA. ALK Inhibitor Response in Melanomas Expressing EML4-ALK Fusions and Alternate ALK Isoforms. Mol Cancer Ther. 2018 Jan;17(1):222-231. PubMed PMID: 29054983
• Noonan SA, Patil T, Gao D, King GG, Thibault JR, Lu X, Bunn PA, Doebele RC, Purcell WT, Barón AE, Camidge DR. Baseline and On-Treatment Characteristics of Serum Tumor Markers in Stage IV Oncogene-Addicted Adenocarcinoma of the Lung. J Thorac Oncol. 2018 Jan;13(1):134-138. PubMed PMID: 28843358
• Drilon A, Siena S, Ou SI, Patel M, Ahn MJ, Lee J, Bauer TM, Farago AF, Wheler JJ, Liu SV, Doebele R, Giannetta L, Cerea G, Marrapese G, Schirru M, Amatu A, Bencardino K, Palmeri L, Sartore-Bianchi A, Vanzulli A, Cresta S, Damian S, Duca M, Ardini E, Li G, Christiansen J, Kowalski K, Johnson A, Patel R, Luo D, Chow-Maneval E, Hornby Z, Multani PS, Shaw AT, De Braud FG. Safety and Antitumor Activity of the Multi-Targeted Pan-TRK, ROS1, and ALK Inhibitor Entrectinib (RXDX-101): Combined Results from Two Phase 1 Trials (ALKA-372-001 and STARTRK-1). Cancer Discov. 2017 Feb 9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28183697
• 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
• Rusthoven CG, Doebele RC. Reply to J.K. Molitoris et al. J Clin Oncol. 2016 Dec 28;:JCO2016709287. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28029305
• Iams WT, Yu H, Shyr Y, Patil T, Horn L, McCoach C, Kelly K, Doebele R, Camidge DR. PS01.68: Heterogeneous Clinical Syndromes Existing Within Patients with Stage IV KRAS Mutant Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Topic: Medical Oncology. J Thorac Oncol. 2016 Nov;11(11S):S313. PubMed PMID: 27969535
• Gomez DR, Blumenschein GR Jr, Lee JJ, Hernandez M, Ye R, Camidge DR, Doebele RC, Skoulidis F, Gaspar LE, Gibbons DL, Karam JA, Kavanagh BD, Tang C, Komaki R, Louie AV, Palma DA, Tsao AS, Sepesi B, William WN, Zhang J, Shi Q, Wang XS, Swisher SG, Heymach JV. Local consolidative therapy versus maintenance therapy or observation for patients with oligometastatic non-small-cell lung cancer without progression after first-line systemic therapy: a multicentre, randomised, controlled, phase 2 study. Lancet Oncol. 2016 Dec;17(12):1672-1682. PubMed PMID: 27789196
• 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
• McCoach CE, Bivona TG, Blakely CM, Doebele RC. Neoadjuvant Oncogene-Targeted Therapy in Early Stage Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer as a Strategy to Improve Clinical Outcome and Identify Early Mechanisms of Resistance. Clin Lung Cancer. 2016 Sep;17(5):466-469. PubMed PMID: 27378174
• Rusthoven CG, Doebele RC. Management of Brain Metastases in ALK-Positive Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2016 Aug 20;34(24):2814-9. PubMed PMID: 27298405
• 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
• Bivona TG, Doebele RC. A framework for understanding and targeting residual disease in oncogene-driven solid cancers. Nat Med. 2016 May 5;22(5):472-8. PubMed PMID: 27149220
• 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
• 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
• Morgensztern D, Campo MJ, Dahlberg SE, Doebele RC, Garon E, Gerber DE, Goldberg SB, Hammerman PS, Heist RS, Hensing T, Horn L, Ramalingam SS, Rudin CM, Salgia R, Sequist LV, Shaw AT, Simon GR, Somaiah N, Spigel DR, Wrangle J, Johnson D, Herbst RS, Bunn P, Govindan R. Molecularly targeted therapies in non-small-cell lung cancer annual update 2014. J Thorac Oncol. 2015 Jan;10(1 Suppl 1):S1-63. PubMed PMID: 25535693
• Vaishnavi A, Le AT, Doebele RC. TRKing Down an Old Oncogene in a New Era of Targeted Therapy. Cancer Discov. 2015 Jan;5(1):25-34. PubMed PMID: 25527197
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Morgensztern D, Campo MJ, Dahlberg SE, Doebele RC, Garon E, Gerber DE, Goldberg SB, Hammerman PS, Heist RS, Hensing T, Horn L, Ramalingam SS, Rudin CM, Salgia R, Sequist LV, Shaw AT, Simon GR, Somaiah N, Spigel DR, Wrangle J, Johnson D, Herbst RS, Bunn P, Govindan R. Molecularly targeted therapies in non-small-cell lung cancer annual update 2014. J Thorac Oncol. 2015 Jan;10(1 Suppl 1):S1-63. PubMed PMID: 25535693
• Vaishnavi A, Le AT, Doebele RC. TRKing down an old oncogene in a new era of targeted therapy. Cancer Discov. 2015 Jan;5(1):25-34. PubMed PMID: 25527197
• Doebele RC, Spigel D, Tehfe M, Thomas S, Reck M, Verma S, Eakle J, Bustin F, Goldschmidt J Jr, Cao D, Alexandris E, Yurasov S, Camidge DR, Bonomi P. Phase 2, randomized, open-label study of ramucirumab in combination with first-line pemetrexed and platinum chemotherapy in patients with nonsquamous, advanced/metastatic non-small cell lung cancer. Cancer. 2015 Mar 15;121(6):883-92. PubMed PMID: 25377507
• 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. 2014 Dec 31. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25691052
• Doebele RC, Spigel D, Tehfe M, Thomas S, Reck M, Verma S, Eakle J, Bustin F, Goldschmidt J Jr, Cao D, Alexandris E, Yurasov S, Camidge DR, Bonomi P. Phase 2, randomized, open-label study of ramucirumab in combination with first-line pemetrexed and platinum chemotherapy in patients with nonsquamous, advanced/metastatic non-small cell lung cancer. Cancer. 2014 Nov 6. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25377507
• Iyengar P, Kavanagh BD, Wardak Z, Smith I, Ahn C, Gerber DE, Dowell J, Hughes R, Abdulrahman R, Camidge DR, Gaspar LE, Doebele RC, Bunn PA, Choy H, Timmerman R. Phase II trial of stereotactic body radiation therapy combined with erlotinib for patients with limited but progressive metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2014 Dec 1;32(34):3824-30. PubMed PMID: 25349291
• Shaw AT, Ou SH, Bang YJ, Camidge DR, Solomon BJ, Salgia R, Riely GJ, Varella-Garcia M, Shapiro GI, Costa DB, Doebele RC, Le LP, Zheng Z, Tan W, Stephenson P, Shreeve SM, Tye LM, Christensen JG, Wilner KD, Clark JW, Iafrate AJ. Crizotinib in ROS1-rearranged non-small-cell lung cancer. N Engl J Med. 2014 Nov 20;371(21):1963-71. PubMed PMID: 25264305
• McCoach CE, Doebele RC. The minority report: targeting the rare oncogenes in NSCLC. Curr Treat Options Oncol. 2014 Dec;15(4):644-57. PubMed PMID: 25228144
• Camidge DR, Berge EM, Doebele RC, Ballas MS, Jahan T, Haigentz M Jr, Hoffman D, Spicer J, West H, Lee P, Yang L, Joshi A, Gao L, Yurasov S, Mita A. A phase II, open-label study of ramucirumab in combination with paclitaxel and carboplatin as first-line therapy in patients with stage IIIB/IV non-small-cell lung cancer. J Thorac Oncol. 2014 Oct;9(10):1532-9. PubMed PMID: 25170639
• Le AT, Doebele RC. The democratization of the oncogene. Cancer Discov. 2014 Aug;4(8):870-2. PubMed PMID: 25092743
• 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
• Doebele RC. A nice problem to have: when ALK inhibitor therapy works better than expected. J Thorac Oncol. 2014 Apr;9(4):433-5. PubMed PMID: 24736061
• Berge EM, Doebele RC. Targeted therapies in non-small cell lung cancer: emerging oncogene targets following the success of epidermal growth factor receptor. Semin Oncol. 2014 Feb;41(1):110-25. PubMed PMID: 24565585
• Gan GN, Weickhardt AJ, Scheier B, Doebele RC, Gaspar LE, Kavanagh BD, Camidge DR. Stereotactic radiation therapy can safely and durably control sites of extra-central nervous system oligoprogressive disease in anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive lung cancer patients receiving crizotinib. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2014 Mar 15;88(4):892-8. PubMed PMID: 24462383
• 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
• 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
• Bunn PA Jr, Franklin W, Doebele RC. The evolution of tumor classification: a role for genomics?. Cancer Cell. 2013 Dec 9;24(6):693-4. PubMed PMID: 24332038
• 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
• 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
• Berge EM, Lu X, Maxson D, Barón AE, Gadgeel SM, Solomon BJ, Doebele RC, Varella-Garcia M, Camidge DR. Clinical benefit from pemetrexed before and after crizotinib exposure and from crizotinib before and after pemetrexed exposure in patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive non-small-cell lung cancer. Clin Lung Cancer. 2013 Nov;14(6):636-43. PubMed PMID: 23931899
• Doebele RC. Targeted therapies: Time to shift the burden of proof for oncogene-positive cancer?. Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2013 Sep;10(9):492-3. PubMed PMID: 23881038
• Davies KD, Doebele RC. Molecular pathways: ROS1 fusion proteins in cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2013 Aug 1;19(15):4040-5. PubMed PMID: 23719267
• West H, Oxnard GR, Doebele RC. Acquired resistance to targeted therapies in advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book. 2013;:272-8. PubMed PMID: 23714521
• Berge EM, Doebele RC. Re-examination of maintenance therapy in non-small cell lung cancer with the advent of new anti-cancer agents. Drugs. 2013 May;73(6):517-32. PubMed PMID: 23591906
• Weickhardt AJ, Doebele RC, Purcell WT, Bunn PA, Oton AB, Rothman MS, Wierman ME, Mok T, Popat S, Bauman J, Nieva J, Novello S, Ou SH, Camidge DR. Symptomatic reduction in free testosterone levels secondary to crizotinib use in male cancer patients. Cancer. 2013 Jul 1;119(13):2383-90. PubMed PMID: 23585220
• Sang J, Acquaviva J, Friedland JC, Smith DL, Sequeira M, Zhang C, Jiang Q, Xue L, Lovly CM, Jimenez JP, Shaw AT, Doebele RC, He S, Bates RC, Camidge DR, Morris SW, El-Hariry I, Proia DA. Targeted inhibition of the molecular chaperone Hsp90 overcomes ALK inhibitor resistance in non-small cell lung cancer. Cancer Discov. 2013 Apr;3(4):430-43. PubMed PMID: 23533265
• 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
• Camidge DR, Blais N, Jonker DJ, Soulières D, Doebele RC, Ruiz-Garcia A, Thall A, Zhang K, Laurie SA, Chao RC, Chow LQ. Sunitinib combined with pemetrexed and cisplatin: results of a phase I dose-escalation and pharmacokinetic study in patients with advanced solid malignancies, with an expanded cohort in non-small cell lung cancer and mesothelioma. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2013 Feb;71(2):307-19. PubMed PMID: 23108697

Professional Memberships

• American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Member
• American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Member
• International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC), Member
• University of Colorado Cancer Center, Associate Member
• Southwestern Oncology Group (SWOG), Member