Lara E. Davis, M.D.
- Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Medical Oncology, School of Medicine
- Co-Leader, Knight Cancer Institute Translational Oncology Program
- Sarcoma Program Director
Biography
Dr. Davis received her undergraduate degree at Wellesley College and her M.D. from OHSU. She returned to the East Coast for residency training before completing her oncology training at OHSU. Dr. Davis is board-certified in both Medical Oncology and Pediatric Hematology/Oncology.
Education and training
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Degrees
- M.D., 2005, Oregon Health & Science University
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Residency
- Harvard - combined internal medicine-pediatrics residency program, 2005-2009
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Fellowship
- Medical oncology and pediatric hematology/oncology, Oregon Health & Science University, 2009-2013
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Certifications
- American Board of Internal Medicine, 2009
Memberships and associations:
- American Society of Clinical Oncology
- Children’s Oncology Group
- Connective Tissue Oncology Society
- Sarcoma Alliance for Research through Collaboration (SARC)
- SWOG Cancer Research Network
Publications
Elsevier pure profilePublications
Activity of pemetrexed in recurrent, metastatic sacral chordoma
Current Problems in Cancer: Case ReportsCSF1R Inhibition in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors or Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumor
Clinical Cancer ResearchOpen-Label, Multicenter, Phase I/II, First-in-Human Trial of TK216: A First-Generation EWS::FLI1 Fusion Protein Antagonist in Ewing Sarcoma
Journal of Clinical OncologySafety and efficacy of pembrolizumab, radiation therapy, and surgery versus radiation therapy and surgery for stage III soft tissue sarcoma of the extremity (SU2C-SARC032)
The LancetSingle nucleotide variants in nuclear pore complex disassembly pathway associated with poor survival in osteosarcoma
Frontiers in GeneticsA phase II trial of regorafenib in patients with advanced Ewing sarcoma and related tumors of soft tissue and bone
Cancer medicineIntraosseous Spindle Cell Rhabdomyosarcoma with MEIS1::NCOA2 Fusion–Case Report with Substantial Clinical Follow-up and Review of the Literature
Cancer InvestigationNirogacestat, a γ-Secretase Inhibitor for Desmoid Tumors.
New England Journal of MedicineFunctional impact and targetability of PI3KCA, GNAS, and PTEN mutations in a spindle cell rhabdomyosarcoma with MYOD1 L122R mutation
Cold Spring Harbor Molecular Case StudiesIdentified Enrollment Challenges of Adolescent and Young Adult Patients on the Nonchemotherapy Arm of Children's Oncology Group Study ARST1321
Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult OncologyPregnancy outcomes related to the treatment of sarcomas with anthracyclines and/or ifosfamide during pregnancy
Cancer medicineProtein arginine methyltransferase 5 is essential for oncogene product EWSR1-ATF1-mediated gene transcription in clear cell sarcoma
Journal of Biological ChemistryGAB1-ABL1 fusions in tumors that have histologic overlap with NTRK-rearranged spindle cell tumors
Genes Chromosomes and CancerPrimary aortic angiosarcoma
Radiology: Cardiothoracic ImagingVimseltinib
Molecular cancer therapeuticsA Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Phase II Study of Regorafenib Versus Placebo in Advanced/Metastatic, Treatment-Refractory Liposarcoma
OncologistCorrelative analyses of the SARC028 trial reveal an association between sarcoma-associated immune infiltrate and response to pembrolizumab
Clinical Cancer ResearchFeasibility of Treating Adults with Ewing or Ewing-Like Sarcoma with Interval-Compressed Vincristine, Doxorubicin, and Cyclophosphamide Alternating with Ifosfamide and Etoposide
OncologistTazemetostat in advanced epithelioid sarcoma with loss of INI1/SMARCB1
The Lancet OncologyDiscovery and characterization of recurrent, targetable ALK fusions in leiomyosarcoma
Molecular Cancer ResearchProbabilistic modeling of personalized drug combinations from integrated chemical screen and molecular data in sarcoma
BMC cancerRandomized double-blind phase II study of regorafenib in patients with metastatic osteosarcoma
Journal of Clinical OncologySafety and efficacy of high-dose methotrexate for osteosarcoma in adolescents compared with young adults
Cancer medicineEpirubicin and Ifosfamide with Preoperative Radiation for High-Risk Soft Tissue Sarcomas
Annals of surgical oncology