Paul Bunn, MD
Distinguished Professor, Medicine-Medical Oncology

Professional Titles

• James Dudley Chair in Cancer Research

Recognition & Awards

• The 400 Best Doctors in America, Good Housekeeping (2019)
• America's Top Doctors for Cancer, Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. (2019)
• Honoary Membership, Hungarian Respiratory Society (2018)
• ASCO Karnofsky Award, ASCO (2016)
• Lung Cancer Network Award for Distinguished Education and Research, University of Athens (2016)
• Giants in Cancer Care Award, OncLive (2016)
• Fellow, American Society of Clinical Oncology (2010)

Research Interests

Teaching

Publications

• Chaft JE, Oezkan F, Kris MG, Bunn PA, Wistuba II, Kwiatkowski DJ, Owen DH, Tang Y, Johnson BE, Lee JM, Lozanski G, Pietrzak M, Seweryn M, Byun WY, Schulze K, Nicholas A, Johnson A, Grindheim J, Hilz S, Shames DS, Rivard C, Toloza E, Haura EB, McNamee CJ, Patterson GA, Waqar SN, Rusch VW, Carbone DP. Author Correction: Neoadjuvant atezolizumab for resectable non-small cell lung cancer: an open-label, single-arm phase II trial. Nat Med. 2024 Jan;30(1):303. PubMed PMID: 37816821
• Dacic S, Travis WD, Giltnane JM, Kos F, Abel J, Hilz S, Fujimoto J, Sholl L, Ritter J, Khalil F, Liu Y, Taylor-Weiner A, Resnick M, Yu H, Hirsch FR, Bunn PA Jr, Carbone DP, Rusch V, Kwiatkowski DJ, Johnson BE, Lee JM, Hennek SR, Wapinski I, Nicholas A, Johnson A, Schulze K, Kris MG, Wistuba II. Artificial Intelligence-Powered Assessment of Pathologic Response to Neoadjuvant Atezolizumab in Patients With NSCLC: Results From the LCMC3 Study. J Thorac Oncol. 2023 Dec 7. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38070597
• Rodilla AM, Valanparambil RM, Mack PC, Hsu CY, Cagan J, Tavolacci SC, Carreño JM, Brody R, Moore A, King JC, Gomez JE, Rohs N, Rolfo C, Bunn PA Jr, Gerber DE, Minna JD, Krammer F, Ramalingam SS, García-Sastre A, Shyr Y, Ahmed R, Hirsch FR. Longitudinal nucleocapsid antibody testing reveals undocumented SARS-CoV-2 infections in patients with lung cancer. Cancer Cell. 2023 Nov 13;41(11):1838-1840. PubMed PMID: 37863065
• Dacic S, Travis W, Redman M, Saqi A, Cooper WA, Borczuk A, Chung JH, Glass C, Lopez JM, Roden AC, Sholl L, Weissferdt A, Posadas J, Walker A, Zhu H, Wijeratne MT, Connolly C, Wynes M, Bota-Rabassedas N, Sanchez-Espiridion B, Lee JJ, Berezowska S, Chou TY, Kerr K, Nicholson A, Poleri C, Schalper KA, Tsao MS, Carbone DP, Ready N, Cascone T, Heymach J, Sepesi B, Shu C, Rizvi N, Sonett J, Altorki N, Provencio M, Bunn PA Jr, Kris MG, Belani CP, Kelly K, Wistuba I. International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Study of Reproducibility in Assessment of Pathologic Response in Resected Lung Cancers After Neoadjuvant Therapy. J Thorac Oncol. 2023 Oct;18(10):1290-1302. PubMed PMID: 37702631
• Jonsson S, Franklin WA, Varella-Garcia M, Kennedy TC, Merrick D, Matney KD, Oskarsdottir GN, Saemundsson A, Keith RL, Bunn PA, Miller YE. Prevalence, molecular markers, and outcome of bronchial squamous carcinoma in situ in high-risk subjects. APMIS. 2023 Oct;131(10):513-527. PubMed PMID: 37608782
• Megyesfalvi Z, Gay CM, Popper H, Pirker R, Ostoros G, Heeke S, Lang C, Hoetzenecker K, Schwendenwein A, Boettiger K, Bunn PA Jr, Renyi-Vamos F, Schelch K, Prosch H, Byers LA, Hirsch FR, Dome B. Clinical insights into small cell lung cancer: Tumor heterogeneity, diagnosis, therapy, and future directions. CA Cancer J Clin. 2023 Nov-Dec;73(6):620-652. PubMed PMID: 37329269
• Hanna N, Shepherd FA, Fossella FV, Pereira JR, De Marinis F, von Pawel J, Gatzemeier U, Tsao TCY, Pless M, Muller T, Lim HL, Desch C, Szondy K, Gervais R, Shaharyar, Manegold C, Paul S, Paoletti P, Einhorn L, Bunn PA Jr. Randomized Phase III Trial of Pemetrexed Versus Docetaxel in Patients With Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Previously Treated With Chemotherapy. J Clin Oncol. 2023 May 20;41(15):2682-2690. PubMed PMID: 37196429
• Langston J, Patil T, Ross Camidge D, Bunn PA, Schenk EL, Pacheco JM, Jurica J, Waxweiler TV, Kavanagh BD, Rusthoven CG. CNS Downstaging: An Emerging Treatment Paradigm for Extensive Brain Metastases in Oncogene-Addicted Lung Cancer. Lung Cancer. 2023 Apr;178:103-107. PubMed PMID: 36809719
• 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
• Rusch VW, Nicholas A, Patterson GA, Waqar SN, Toloza EM, Haura EB, Raz DJ, Reckamp KL, Merritt RE, Owen DH, Finley DJ, McNamee CJ, Blasberg JD, Garon EB, Mitchell JD, Doebele RC, Baciewicz F, Nagasaka M, Pass HI, Schulze K, Johnson A, Bunn PA, Johnson BE, Kris MG, Kwiatkowski DJ, Wistuba II, Chaft JE, Carbone DP, Lee JM. Surgical results of the Lung Cancer Mutation Consortium 3 trial: A phase II multicenter single-arm study to investigate the efficacy and safety of atezolizumab as neoadjuvant therapy in patients with stages IB-select IIIB resectable non-small cell lung cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 Mar;165(3):828-839.e5. PubMed PMID: 36369159
• Rusch VW, Nicholas A, Patterson GA, Waqar SN, Toloza EM, Haura EB, Raz DJ, Reckamp KL, Merritt RE, Owen DH, Finley DJ, McNamee CJ, Blasberg JD, Garon EB, Mitchell JD, Doebele RC, Baciewicz F, Nagasaka M, Pass HI, Schulze K, Johnson A, Bunn PA, Johnson BE, Kris MG, Kwiatkowski DJ, Wistuba II, Chaft JE, Carbone DP, Lee JM. Surgical results of the Lung Cancer Mutation Consortium 3 trial: A phase II multicenter single-arm study to investigate the efficacy and safety of atezolizumab as neoadjuvant therapy in patients with stages IB-select IIIB resectable non-small cell lung cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Oct 8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36369159
• Chaft JE, Oezkan F, Kris MG, Bunn PA, Wistuba II, Kwiatkowski DJ, Owen DH, Tang Y, Johnson BE, Lee JM, Lozanski G, Pietrzak M, Seweryn M, Byun WY, Schulze K, Nicholas A, Johnson A, Grindheim J, Hilz S, Shames DS, Rivard C, Toloza E, Haura EB, McNamee CJ, Patterson GA, Waqar SN, Rusch VW, Carbone DP. Neoadjuvant atezolizumab for resectable non-small cell lung cancer: an open-label, single-arm phase II trial. Nat Med. 2022 Oct;28(10):2155-2161. PubMed PMID: 36097216
• Mack PC, Hirsch FR, Bunn PA, Minna JD. Longitudinal Analyses of COVID-19 Vaccination in Patients With Lung Cancer: Antibody Responses and Variant-Specific Neutralization. J Clin Oncol. 2022 Nov 20;40(33):3787-3789. PubMed PMID: 35759731
• Mack PC, Gomez JE, Rodilla AM, Carreño JM, Hsu CY, Rolfo C, Meshulami N, Moore A, Brody RI, King JC, Treatman J, Lee S, Raskin A, Srivastava K, Gleason CR, de Miguel-Perez D, Tcheou J, Bielak D, Acharya R, Gerber DE, Rohs N, Henschke CI, Yankelevitz DF, Simon V, Minna JD, Bunn PA Jr, García-Sastre A, Krammer F, Shyr Y, Hirsch FR. Longitudinal COVID-19-vaccination-induced antibody responses and Omicron neutralization in patients with lung cancer. Cancer Cell. 2022 Jun 13;40(6):575-577. PubMed PMID: 35504289
• Patil T, Bunn PA. Adjuvant Osimertinib in EGFR-Mutant Early-Stage NSCLC: Does HRQoL Influence Decisions?. Clin Cancer Res. 2022 Jun 1;28(11):2204-2205. PubMed PMID: 35320359
• Paz-Ares L, Spigel DR, Chen Y, Jove M, Juan-Vidal O, Rich P, Hayes T, Calderón VG, Caro RB, Navarro A, Dowlati A, Zhang B, Moore Y, Yao X, Kokhreidze J, Ponce S, Bunn PA. RESILIENT part 1: a phase 2 dose-exploration and dose-expansion study of second-line liposomal irinotecan in adults with small cell lung cancer. Cancer. 2022 May 1;128(9):1801-1811. PubMed PMID: 35195913
• Smeltzer MP, Scagliotti GV, Wakelee HA, Mitsudomi T, Roy UB, Clark RC, Arndt R, Pruett CD, Kelly KL, Ujhazy P, Johnson ML, Eralp Y, Barrios CH, Barlesi F, Hirsch FR, Bunn PA. International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Study of the Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 on International Lung Cancer Clinical Trials. J Thorac Oncol. 2022 May;17(5):651-660. PubMed PMID: 35183774
• Basu Roy U, Baird AM, Ciupek A, Fox J, Manley E Jr, Norris Xx K, Scagliotti GV, Wakelee HA, Mitsudomi T, Clark RC, Arndt R, Hirsch FR, Bunn PA, Smeltzer MP. Impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on Global Lung Cancer Clinical Trials: Why It Matters to People With Lung Cancer. JTO Clin Res Rep. 2022 Feb;3(2):100269. PubMed PMID: 34961851
• Rolfo C, Meshulami N, Russo A, Krammer F, García-Sastre A, Mack PC, Gomez JE, Bhardwaj N, Benyounes A, Sirera R, Moore A, Rohs N, Henschke CI, Yankelevitz D, King J, Shyr Y, Bunn PA Jr, Minna JD, Hirsch FR. Lung Cancer and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection: Identifying Important Knowledge Gaps for Investigation. J Thorac Oncol. 2022 Feb;17(2):214-227. PubMed PMID: 34774792
• Pacheco J, Schenk EL, Bunn PA. Optimal Therapy for Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Without Driver Alterations. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2021 Jun;5(3):pkab014. PubMed PMID: 34085000
• Rolfo C, Meshulami N, Russo A, Krammer F, García-Sastre A, Mack PC, Gomez JE, Bhardwaj N, Benyounes A, Sirera R, Moore A, Rohs N, Henschke CI, Yankelevitz D, King J, Shyr Y, Bunn PA Jr, Minna JD, Hirsch FR. Lung Cancer and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection: Identifying Important Knowledge Gaps for Investigation. J Thorac Oncol. 2021 Nov 10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34774792
• Pacheco J, Schenk EL, Bunn PA. Optimal Therapy for Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Without Driver Alterations. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2021 Jun;5(3):pkab014. PubMed PMID: 34085000
• Schenk EL, Patil T, Pacheco J, Bunn PA Jr. 2020 Innovation-Based Optimism for Lung Cancer Outcomes. Oncologist. 2021 Mar;26(3):e454-e472. PubMed PMID: 33179378
• Pacheco J, Schenk EL, Bunn PA. Optimal Therapy for Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Without Driver Alterations. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2021 Jun;5(3). PubMed PMID: 34085000
• Schenk EL, Patil T, Pacheco J, Bunn PA Jr. 2020 Innovation-Based Optimism for Lung Cancer Outcomes. Oncologist. 2021 Mar;26(3):e454-e472. PubMed PMID: 33179378
• Schenk EL, Patil T, Pacheco J, Bunn PA Jr. 2020 Innovation Based Optimism for Lung Cancer Outcomes. Oncologist. 2020 Nov 11. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33179378
• Bunn PA Jr. How gradual retirement has allowed me to spend more time with family and being physically active. Clin Adv Hematol Oncol. 2020 Jan;18(1):17-18. PubMed PMID: 32511217
• Patil T, Pacheco JM, Dimou A, Purcell WT, Rossi C, Bunn PA, Doebele RC, Camidge DR, Ferrigno L. Cecal Volvulus as a Rare Complication of Osimertinib Dosed at 160 mg in Patients With EGFR -Mutant Non-small Cell Lung Cancer. Front Oncol. 2020;10:510. PubMed PMID: 32351892
• Boyle TA, Khalil FK, Mino-Kenudson M, Sica GL, Moreira AL, Sholl LM, Knight MZ, Zhang L, Saller J, Varella-Garcia M, Berry LD, Chen H, Ellison KE, Rivard CJ, Kugler K, Wistuba II, Fujimoto J, Kwiatkowski DJ, Bunn PA, Kris MG, Haura EB, Hirsch FR. Round Robin Evaluation of MET Protein Expression in Lung Adenocarcinomas Improves Interobserver Concordance. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2020 Oct;28(9):669-677. PubMed PMID: 31876606
• 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
• Bunn PA Jr. How gradual retirement has allowed me to spend more time with family and being physically active. Clin Adv Hematol Oncol. 2020 Jan;18(1):17-18. PubMed PMID: 32511217
• Patil T, Pacheco JM, Dimou A, Purcell WT, Rossi C, Bunn PA, Doebele RC, Camidge DR, Ferrigno L. Cecal Volvulus as a Rare Complication of Osimertinib Dosed at 160 mg in Patients With EGFR -Mutant Non-small Cell Lung Cancer. Front Oncol. 2020;10:510. PubMed PMID: 32351892
• Boyle TA, Khalil FK, Mino-Kenudson M, Sica GL, Moreira AL, Sholl LM, Knight MZ, Zhang L, Saller J, Varella-Garcia M, Berry LD, Chen H, Ellison KE, Rivard CJ, Kugler K, Wistuba II, Fujimoto J, Kwiatkowski DJ, Bunn PA, Kris MG, Haura EB, Hirsch FR. Round Robin Evaluation of MET Protein Expression in Lung Adenocarcinomas Improves Interobserver Concordance. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2020 Oct;28(9):669-677. PubMed PMID: 31876606
• 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
• Boyle TA, Khalil FK, Mino-Kenudson M, Sica GL, Moreira AL, Sholl LM, Knight MZ, Zhang L, Saller J, Varella-Garcia M, Berry LD, Chen H, Ellison KE, Rivard CJ, Kugler K, Wistuba II, Fujimoto J, Kwiatkowski DJ, Bunn PA, Kris MG, Haura EB, Hirsch FR. Round Robin Evaluation of MET Protein Expression in Lung Adenocarcinomas Improves Interobserver Concordance. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2019 Nov 22. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31876606
• 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
• Mulshine JL, Ujhazy P, Antman M, Burgess CM, Kuzmin I, Bunn PA Jr, Johnson BE, Roth JA, Pass HI, Ross SM, Aldige CR, Wistuba II, Minna JD. From clinical specimens to human cancer preclinical models-a journey the NCI-cell line database-25 years later. J Cell Biochem. 2019 Dec 5. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31803961
• Keith RL, Blatchford PJ, Merrick DT, Bunn PA Jr, Bagwell B, Dwyer-Nield LD, Jackson MK, Geraci MW, Miller YE. A Randomized Phase II Trial of Pioglitazone for Lung Cancer Chemoprevention in High-Risk Current and Former Smokers. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2019 Oct;12(10):721-730. PubMed PMID: 31308004
• 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
• Bunn PA Jr, Schenk E, Pacheco J, Dimou A. New Developments in Neoadjuvant Therapy for Lung Cancer. Oncology (Williston Park). 2019 Mar 13;33(3):101-6, 109. PubMed PMID: 30866032
• 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
• Pacheco J, Bunn PA. Advancements in Small-cell Lung Cancer: The Changing Landscape Following IMpower-133. Clin Lung Cancer. 2019 May;20(3):148-160.e2. PubMed PMID: 30686680
• Mulshine JL, Ujhazy P, Antman M, Burgess CM, Kuzmin I, Bunn PA Jr, Johnson BE, Roth JA, Pass HI, Ross SM, Aldige CR, Wistuba II, Minna JD. From clinical specimens to human cancer preclinical models-a journey the NCI-cell line database-25 years later. J Cell Biochem. 2019 Dec 5. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31803961
• Keith RL, Blatchford PJ, Merrick DT, Bunn PA Jr, Bagwell B, Dwyer-Nield LD, Jackson MK, Geraci MW, Miller YE. A Randomized Phase II Trial of Pioglitazone for Lung Cancer Chemoprevention in High-Risk Current and Former Smokers. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2019 Oct;12(10):721-730. PubMed PMID: 31308004
• 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
• Bunn PA Jr, Schenk E, Pacheco J, Dimou A. New Developments in Neoadjuvant Therapy for Lung Cancer. Oncology (Williston Park). 2019 Mar 13;33(3):101-6, 109. PubMed PMID: 30866032
• 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
• Pacheco J, Bunn PA. Advancements in Small-cell Lung Cancer: The Changing Landscape Following IMpower-133. Clin Lung Cancer. 2019 May;20(3):148-160.e2. PubMed PMID: 30686680
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Bunn PA Jr, Dimou A. Systemic Therapy for Elderly Patients With Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancers. J Clin Oncol. 2018 Sep 1;36(25):2571-2574. PubMed PMID: 30028655
• Merrick DT, Edwards MG, Franklin WA, Sugita M, Keith RL, Miller YE, Friedman MB, Dwyer-Nield LD, Tennis MA, O'Keefe MC, Donald EJ, Malloy JM, van Bokhoven A, Wilson S, Koch PJ, O'Shea C, Coldren C, Orlicky DJ, Lu X, Baron AE, Hickey G, Kennedy TC, Powell R, Heasley L, Bunn PA, Geraci M, Nemenoff RA. Altered Cell-Cycle Control, Inflammation, and Adhesion in High-Risk Persistent Bronchial Dysplasia. Cancer Res. 2018 Sep 1;78(17):4971-4983. PubMed PMID: 29997230
• 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
• Bonomi PD, Gandara D, Hirsch FR, Kerr KM, Obasaju C, Paz-Ares L, Bellomo C, Bradley JD, Bunn PA Jr, Culligan M, Jett JR, Kim ES, Langer CJ, Natale RB, Novello S, Pérol M, Ramalingam SS, Reck M, Reynolds CH, Smit EF, Socinski MA, Spigel DR, Vansteenkiste JF, Wakelee H, Thatcher N. Predictive biomarkers for response to EGFR-directed monoclonal antibodies for advanced squamous cell lung cancer. Ann Oncol. 2018 Aug 1;29(8):1701-1709. PubMed PMID: 29905778
• Hirsch FR, Kerr KM, Bunn PA Jr, Kim ES, Obasaju C, Pérol M, Bonomi P, Bradley JD, Gandara D, Jett JR, Langer CJ, Natale RB, Novello S, Paz-Ares L, Ramalingam SS, Reck M, Reynolds CH, Smit EF, Socinski MA, Spigel DR, Stinchcombe TE, Vansteenkiste JF, Wakelee H, Thatcher N. Molecular and Immune Biomarker Testing in Squamous-Cell Lung Cancer: Effect of Current and Future Therapies and Technologies. Clin Lung Cancer. 2018 Jul;19(4):331-339. PubMed PMID: 29773328
• He Y, Liu S, Mattei J, Bunn PA Jr, Zhou C, Chan D. The combination of anti-KIR monoclonal antibodies with anti-PD-1/PD-L1 monoclonal antibodies could be a critical breakthrough in overcoming tumor immune escape in NSCLC. Drug Des Devel Ther. 2018;12:981-986. PubMed PMID: 29731605
• 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
• Hirsch FR, Sequist LV, Gore I, Mooradian M, Simon G, Croft EF, DeVincenzo D, Munley J, Stein D, Freivogel K, Sifakis F, Bunn PA Jr. Long-term safety and survival with gefitinib in select patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer: Results from the US IRESSA Clinical Access Program (ICAP). Cancer. 2018 Jun 1;124(11):2407-2414. PubMed PMID: 29579334
• Helfrich BA, Gao D, Bunn PA Jr. Eribulin inhibits the growth of small cell lung cancer cell lines alone and with radiotherapy. Lung Cancer. 2018 Apr;118:148-154. PubMed PMID: 29571994
• 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
• 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
• Socinski MA, Obasaju C, Gandara D, Hirsch FR, Bonomi P, Bunn PA Jr, Kim ES, Langer CJ, Natale RB, Novello S, Paz-Ares L, Pérol M, Reck M, Ramalingam SS, Reynolds CH, Spigel DR, Wakelee H, Thatcher N. Current and Emergent Therapy Options for Advanced Squamous Cell Lung Cancer. J Thorac Oncol. 2018 Feb;13(2):165-183. PubMed PMID: 29175116
• Paz-Ares LG, Zimmermann A, Ciuleanu T, Bunn PA, Antonio BS, Denne J, Iturria N, John W, Scagliotti GV. Meta-analysis examining impact of age on overall survival with pemetrexed for the treatment of advanced non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer. Lung Cancer. 2017 Feb;104:45-51. PubMed PMID: 28212999
• Bunn PA Jr. Karnofsky Award 2016: A Lung Cancer Journey, 1973 to 2016. J Clin Oncol. 2017 Jan 10;35(2):243-252. PubMed PMID: 28056194
• Suda K, Bunn PA Jr, Rivard CJ, Mitsudomi T, Hirsch FR. Primary Double-Strike Therapy for Cancers to Overcome EGFR Kinase Inhibitor Resistance: Proposal from the Bench. J Thorac Oncol. 2017 Jan;12(1):27-35. PubMed PMID: 27642065
• 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
• Gazdar AF, Bunn PA, Minna JD. Small-cell lung cancer: what we know, what we need to know and the path forward. Nat Rev Cancer. 2017 Nov 10;17(12):765. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29123245
• Pacheco JM, Dimou A, Bunn PA. Advances in lung cancer. Oncotarget. 2017 Oct 3;8(45):78247-78248. PubMed PMID: 29108218
• Gazdar AF, Bunn PA, Minna JD. Small-cell lung cancer: what we know, what we need to know and the path forward. Nat Rev Cancer. 2017 Dec;17(12):725-737. PubMed PMID: 29077690
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Professional Memberships

• American Association for Cancer Research, Member
• American Society of Clinical Oncology, Fellow
• International Association for Study of Lung Cancer, Member
• American Association for Advancement of Science, Member
• Westerm Association of Physicians, Member
• Southwest Oncology Group, Member
• American College of Physicians (ACP), Member