# Primo N. Lara Jr.

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## TL;DR

Primo Lara is a GU and lung oncologist who co-chairs SWOG and directs UC Davis's cancer centre.

## Summary

Primo Lara Jr. is Group Co-Chair of the SWOG Cancer Research Network and Director of the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center. A genitourinary and lung medical oncologist, his research spans bladder, kidney and prostate cancer trials and phase 1 drug development, and he co-chairs SWOG with Dawn Hershman. His papers include a Journal of Clinical Oncology randomised phase III trial of carboplatin and paclitaxel with or without the vascular disrupting agent vadimezan in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer and a Lancet randomised phase 2 comparison of sunitinib with cabozantinib, crizotinib and savolitinib in advanced papillary renal cell carcinoma. His work covers bladder and urothelial cancer, renal cell carcinoma, prostate cancer and non-small-cell lung cancer.

## Fields

- Kind: Person
- Last checked: 2026-09-08
- Role: Group Co-Chair, SWOG Cancer Research Network; Director, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Specialisms: Genitourinary oncology; Lung cancer; Clinical trials

## Sources

- SWOG leadership: https://www.swog.org/about/leadership
- PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Lara%20PN%5BAuthor%5D
- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Primo%20N.%20Lara%20Jr.

## Connected records

- cancers: [Bladder & urothelial cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/urothelial/), [Non-small-cell lung cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/nsclc/), [Prostate cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/prostate/), [Renal cell carcinoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/rcc/)
- companies: [SWOG Cancer Research Network](https://onco.cc/companies/swog/)
- institutions: [UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center](https://onco.cc/institutions/uc-davis-cancer/)

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