2023
634 EVEREST-1: A seamless phase 1/2 study of CEA logic-gated Tmod CAR T-cell therapy (A2B530) in patients with solid tumors associated with CEA expression also exhibiting HLA loss of heterozygosity (LOH)
Punekar S, Welling T, Randolph Hecht J, Molina J, Smith C, Garon E, Pia Morelli M, Fakih M, Kirtane K, Grierson P, Patel S, Lin Y, Kopetz S, Locke F, Ward J, Lozac’hmeur A, Frigault M, Nikiforow S, Weng W, Specht J, Dragovich T, Vong J, Mardiros A, Liechty K, Go W, Welch J, Ng E, Maus M, Maloney D, Simeone D. 634 EVEREST-1: A seamless phase 1/2 study of CEA logic-gated Tmod CAR T-cell therapy (A2B530) in patients with solid tumors associated with CEA expression also exhibiting HLA loss of heterozygosity (LOH). 2023, a724-a725. DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2023-sitc2023.0634.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
The current state of the art and future trends in RAS-targeted cancer therapies
Punekar S, Velcheti V, Neel B, Wong K. The current state of the art and future trends in RAS-targeted cancer therapies. Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology 2022, 19: 637-655. PMID: 36028717, PMCID: PMC9412785, DOI: 10.1038/s41571-022-00671-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDuration of responseNovel combination therapiesCombination therapyClinical trialsTherapeutic strategiesSolid tumorsMutant KRASTumor microenvironmentDrug resistanceRAS pathwayCancer cellsDevelopment of inhibitorsCancer therapyOncogenic RASPatientsOncogenic proteinsTherapyKRASResistance mechanismsMutant isoformsInhibitorsRASMalignancyTumorsCancerPD-L1 Crosslinking as a New Strategy of 4-1BB Agonism Immunotherapy.
Shu F, Punekar S, Velcheti V, Sanmamed M, Wang J. PD-L1 Crosslinking as a New Strategy of 4-1BB Agonism Immunotherapy. Clinical Cancer Research 2022, 28: 3182-3184. PMID: 35648093, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-22-0541.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Chapter 4 Cancer Treatment-Related Thrombocytopenia
Punekar S. Chapter 4 Cancer Treatment-Related Thrombocytopenia. 2020, 17-20. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-67241-2.00004-5.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2012
Radical Pleurectomy and Intraoperative Photodynamic Therapy for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Friedberg J, Culligan M, Mick R, Stevenson J, Hahn S, Sterman D, Punekar S, Glatstein E, Cengel K. Radical Pleurectomy and Intraoperative Photodynamic Therapy for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2012, 93: 1658-1667. PMID: 22541196, PMCID: PMC4394024, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.02.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCohort StudiesCombined Modality TherapyDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansImmunohistochemistryIntraoperative CareMaleMesotheliomaMiddle AgedNeoplasm InvasivenessNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalNeoplasm StagingPhotochemotherapyPleuraPleural NeoplasmsRisk AssessmentSurvival AnalysisTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeConceptsProgression-free survivalMacroscopic complete resectionRadical pleurectomyIntraoperative photodynamic therapyNonepithelial subtypeMedian survivalComplete resectionEpithelial subtypesStage III/IV diseaseMedian progression-free survivalStage III/IV cancerPhotodynamic therapyLung-sparing approachLung-sparing surgeryMalignant pleural mesotheliomaPostoperative mortalitySystemic therapyPleural mesotheliomaEpithelial diseasePatientsMesotheliomaSubtypesTherapyMonthsSurvival