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Christine Bestvina

Associate Professor of Medicine · University of Chicago Medical Center

Credentials: · · · · ·

History

University of Chicago Medical Center
Present

University of Chicago Medical Center
2015–2017
Internal Medicine
2012–2015
The Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
2008–2012

Research

Patient-oncologist cost communication, financial distress, and medication adherence
Journal of Oncology Practice · 2014 · First of 13 authors · 225 citations
CTLA4 blockade abrogates KEAP1/STK11-related resistance to PD-(L)1 inhibitors
Nature · 2024 · 178 citations
Comutations and KRASG12C Inhibitor Efficacy in Advanced NSCLC
Cancer Discovery · 2023 · 174 citations

Marina Garassino
24 papers
Everett Vokes
12 papers
Jyoti Patel
11 papers
Aditya Juloori
9 papers
Heather Wakelee
9 papers
Sean Pitroda
8 papers
Steven Chmura
7 papers
Jessica Donington
6 papers
SR
Sherin Rouhani
6 papers · 6 as a fellow
Balazs Halmos
5 papers
Jacobi Hines
5 papers
Jeremy Segal
5 papers

Clinical trials

Testing the Addition of Radiation Therapy to the Usual Treatment (Immunotherapy With or Without Chemotherapy) for Advanced Stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Who Are PD-L1 Negative
Principal investigator · Active not recruiting · Phase 2, Phase 3
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
2022–2030
Durvalumab and Ablative Radiation in Small Cell Lung Cancer (DARES)
Principal investigator · Recruiting · Phase 2
University of Chicago
2022–2027
Testing Lutetium Lu 177 Dotatate in Patients With Somatostatin Receptor Positive Advanced Bronchial Neuroendocrine Tumors
Site PI · Recruiting · Phase 2
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
2023–2027
Testing the Addition of a Type of Drug Called Immunotherapy to the Usual Chemotherapy Treatment for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, an ALCHEMIST Treatment Trial (Chemo-IO [ACCIO])
Site PI · Recruiting · Phase 3
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
2020–2027