Dr. Robert B. Cameron, MD | Los Angeles, CA | Thoracic Surgeon | US News Doctors

Overview

Dr. Robert B. Cameron is a thoracic surgeon in Los Angeles, California and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including UCLA Medical Center and UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center. He received his medical degree from David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and has been in practice for more than 20 years. Dr. Robert B. Cameron accepts Medicare, Blue Cross, United Healthcare - see other insurance plans accepted.

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Specialties

Specialty

Thoracic Surgery

Cardiac and thoracic surgeons specialize in treating diseases affecting the chest, lungs, esophagus and heart. Although these surgeons have the same general training and are certified by the same board, they treat different patients. Cardiac surgeons treat heart problems, including heart disease, heart transplants and heart failure. Thoracic surgeons treat issues of the lungs, such as lung cancer or emphysema.

Subspecialties

Adult General Thoracic Surgery

Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery

Thoracic Surgical Oncology

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Areas of Expertise for Dr. Cameron

This doctor provides the following types of care. The more often a doctor has treated a particular condition or has performed a particular surgery, the more expertise they may have in treating patients with similar needs. Based on three years (2020-2022) of Medicare Fee for Service data (which does not include Medicare Advantage), each scale below indicates the number of patients treated relative to other doctors who treat the same condition. Note that this doctor may treat patients who are not covered by Medicare and are therefore not included in this analysis. Click here to learn more about our methodology.

Surgical removal of lungSurgical removal of a lung, or pneumonectomy, may be done to treat lung cancer or other lung conditions.

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Surgery on the esophagus, stomach, or upper small intestineSurgery on the esophagus, stomach, or upper small intestine can treat various conditions affecting digestion and food passage.

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Location & Contact Information

Doctor Address

757 Westwood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90095

(310) 267-4612

Affiliated Hospitals

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UCLA Medical Center

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UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center

Where does Dr. Cameron practice?

Doctor’s Office

The Regents Of The University Of California

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Hospital Affiliations

UCLA Medical CenterLos Angeles, CA

Best Hospitals Honor Roll

#18 in Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery

High Performing in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair, Aortic Valve Surgery, Heart Attack, Heart Bypass Surgery, Heart Failure and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)

Education & Experience

Medical School & Residency

BAS, Medieval Studies and Biology, 1976-1980

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center

Residency, Surgery

NYP Hosp-Weill Cornell Med Ctr

Other Training

National Cancer Institute

none, Surgical Oncology, 1986-1989

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Medical School

Certifications & Licensure

American Board of Surgery

Certified in Surgery

American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Certified in Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

MD State Medical License

Active through 1990

CA State Medical License

Active through 2025

Awards, Honors & Recognitions

Checkbook Top Doc

Super Doc

ACS Fellow

Outstanding Editorial Board Member, 2016

Outstanding Editorial Board Member, 2017

Outstanding Editorial Board Member, 2018

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Outstanding Editorial Board Member, 2020

Outstanding Editorial Board Member, 2021

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Top Surgeon (Thoracic Surgery and Surgical Oncology), 2007

Top Surgeon (Thoracic Surgery and Surgical Oncology), 2008

Top Surgeon (Thoracic Surgery and Surgical Oncology), 2009

Top Surgeon (Thoracic Surgery and Surgical Oncology), 2010

Top Surgeon (Thoracic Surgery and Surgical Oncology), 2011

Top Surgeon (Thoracic Surgery and Surgical Oncology), 2012

Top Surgeon (Thoracic Surgery and Surgical Oncology), 2013

Top Surgeon (Thoracic Surgery and Surgical Oncology), 2014

Top Surgeon (Thoracic Surgery and Surgical Oncology), 2015

Top Surgeon (Thoracic Surgery and Surgical Oncology), 2016

Top Surgeon (Thoracic Surgery and Surgical Oncology), 2017

Top Surgeon (Thoracic Surgery and Surgical Oncology), 2018

Top Surgeon (Thoracic Surgery and Surgical Oncology), 2019

Top Surgeon (Thoracic Surgery and Surgical Oncology), 2020

Top Surgeon (Thoracic Surgery and Surgical Oncology), 2021

Distinguished Faculty Teacher of the Year Award, 2011

Distinguished Faculty Teacher of the Year Award, 2013

Golden Scalpel Award for Teaching Excellence, 2017

Distinguished Faculty Teacher of the Year Award, 2014

Business of Science Center Venture Competition Award (Winner), 2013

America’s Top Doctors for Cancer, 2007

America’s Top Surgeons, 2007

Outstanding Faculty Educator, Thoracic Surgery, 2001

Alpha Omega Alpha Honorary Society, 1982

Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, 1979

Publications

Double lumen endobronchial tube intubation: lessons learned from anatomy.

Xinlian Grace Chang, Robert B Cameron, Warwick J Peacock, John S Shin, Nir Hoftman

Multi-Institutional Patterns of Use of Tumor-Treating Fields for Patients with Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma.

Tugce Kutuk, Joshua M Walker, Matthew T Ballo, Robert B Cameron, Jean Bustamante Alvarez, Sheema Chawla, Eric Luk, Deepti Behl, Alan Dal Pra, Neil Morganstein, Arshin Sheybani, Christian Squillante, Jun Zhang, Rupesh Kotecha, Refaat, T.

Light-field tomographic fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy.

Yayao Ma, Luzhe Huang, Chandani Sen, Samuel Burri, Claudio Bruschini, Xilin Yang, Robert B Cameron, Gregory A Fishbein, Brigitte N Gomperts, Aydogan Ozcan, Edoardo Charbon, Liang Gao

The majority of patients with resectable incidental lung cancers are ineligible for lung cancer screening.

Nanruoyi Zhou, John Deng, Claire Faltermeier, Terrance Peng, Hanna Mandl, Sha'shonda Revels, Paul Toste, Robert B Cameron, Jay M Lee, Jane Yanagawa

EZH2 inhibitor tazemetostat in patients with relapsed or refractory, BAP1-inactivated malignant pleural mesothelioma: a multicentre, open-label, phase 2 study.

Marjorie G Zauderer, Peter W Szlosarek, Sylvestre Le Moulec, Sanjay Popat, Paul Taylor, David Planchard, Arnaud Scherpereel, Marianna Koczywas, Martin Forster, Robert B Cameron, Tobias Peikert, Evren Kocabaş Argon, Neil R Michaud, Attila Szanto, Jay Yang, Yingxue Chen, Vikram Kansra, Shefali Agarwal, Dean A Fennell

Commentary: Thoracic intensive care unit readmissions-glass half full or half empty?

Robert B Cameron

Commentary: Classifying descending necrotizing mediastinitis: What's the upshot?

Robert B Cameron

Commentary: Great toenail grafts for tracheal reconstruction: Adopt it or kick it to the curb—Your choice

Robert B. Cameron

Adjuvant nivolumab after preoperative chemoradiotherapy and surgery in esophageal cancer: A shifting paradigm.

Robert B. Cameron, Jaffer A. Ajani, Abraham J. Wu

Commentary: Colorectal pulmonary metastasectomy—which way to lean: Right, left, or somewhere in between?

Robert B. Cameron

Reply: Discussions regarding pulmonary metastasectomy are similar to American politics: Both are extremely polarizing, unsatisfying, inconclusive, and undertaken at your own peril.

Robert B. Cameron

Classification of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer's Tumor Immune Micro-Environment and Strategies to Augment Its Response to Immune Checkpoint Blockade.

Alexander Chi, Xia He, Lin Hou, Nam P. Nguyen, Guangying Zhu, Robert B. Cameron, Jay M. Lee

Commentary: Bronchopleural Fistulae: Are Fibroblasts Necessarily the Real Answer?

Robert B. Cameron

SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international prospective cohort study.

COVIDSurg Collaborative, GlobalSurg Collaborative

Commentary: Postoperative esophageal function: Important lessons for cardiac surgeons to swallow.

Robert B. Cameron

Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international prospective cohort study.

COVIDSurg Collaborative, GlobalSurg Collaborative

Tissue Engineered Lungs from Decellularized Scaffolds: An Idea Ready for Small but Not Large Animals

Robert B. Cameron

Commentary: The search for a breakthrough in tracheal replacement surgery: The good, the bad, and the downright ugly.

Robert B Cameron

Commentary: Minimally Invasive Surgery in N2 Stage IIIA Lung Cancer: Time for Caution Not Time to Throw Caution to the Wind.

Robert B. Cameron

Commentary: The Challenge of Doing it Again!

Robert B. Cameron

Management of a large delayed esophageal perforation in a fresh liver transplant patient with endoscopic placement of a nasopleural drainage tube-a case report.

Rashmi Seth, Genia Dubrovsky, Ronald W. Busuttil, Robert B. Cameron

Commentary: Dutch Lung Cancer Care: Desperate Cry for Standardization or Demand for Thoughtful Change?

Robert B. Cameron

The Quality of Peer-Reviewed Publications on Surgery for Early Stage Lung Cancer Within the Veterans Health Administration

Annalyn Welp, Sarah E. Abbott, Pamela Samson, Robert B. Cameron, Lorraine D. Cornwell, David H. Harpole, Drew Moghanaki

Commentary: Mesothelioma: The Guinness world record holder in thromboembolism.

Robert B. Cameron

Predictors of Outcomes After Thoracic Surgery in Orthotopic Liver Transplant Recipients With Pleural Disease.

Aditya S. Shirali, Jonathan Grotts, David Elashoff, Igor Barjaktarevic, Kathryn H. Melamed, Julie Van Hassel, Robert B. Cameron, Jay M. Lee, Jane Yanagawa

Obstructive sleep apnea and perioperative delirium among thoracic surgery intensive care unit patients: perspective on the STOP-BANG questionnaire and postoperative outcomes

Sha’Shonda L. Revels, Brian H. Cameron, Robert B. Cameron

Commentary: Optimal approach for pulmonary lobectomy: Open versus thoracoscopic versus robotic—Surgeon's choice?

Robert B. Cameron

Commentary: Thoracoscopic versus open pneumonectomy-Is the last minimally-invasive frontier living up to the hype?

Robert B. Cameron

Assessment of Differential Pressures in Chest Drainage Systems: Is What You See What You Get?

Esteban Aguayo, Robert B. Cameron, Vishal Dobaria, Ryan Ou, Amit Iyengar, Yas Sanaiha, Peyman Benharash

Bioengineered vascular grafts: So close and yet so far

Robert B. Cameron

Interventional radiology suite or hybrid operating room: Which is the best for lung nodule localization?

Robert B. Cameron

Adherence to Lung Cancer Surgical Quality Standards is Critical for the Survival of Both Our Patients and Our Specialty

Robert B. Cameron

Staging in the era of international databases: documented improvements with remaining challenges

Robert B. Cameron

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Phase 2, multi-center study of the EZH2 inhibitor tazemetostat in adults with relapsed or refractory malignant mesothelioma (MM) with BAP1 loss of function

Zauderer M, Szlosarek P, Le Moulec S, Popat S, Taylor P, Planchard D, Scherpereel A, Jahan T, Koczywas M, Forster M, Cameron RB, Peikert T, Campbell C, Sapir I, McDonald A, Oei C, Clawson A, Roche M, and Fennell DA

Genomic mechanisms underpinning BAP1 loss in mesotheliomas from patients treated with the EZH2 inhibitor tazemetostat

Fennell D, Zauderer MG, Le Moulec S, Szlosarek P, Taylor P, Popat S, Planchard D, Scherpereel A, Koczywas M, Forster M, Jahan T, Cameron RB, Peikert T, Cosmopoulos K, Corder R, Oei C, Roche M, Campbell C, McDonald AA

Confusion still exists regarding postoperative delirium and its etiology after esophagectomy.

Robert B. Cameron

Advanced Thoracoscopy: What Is the Critical Information in Case Reports and How Do We Achieve the Next Level?

Robert B. Cameron

WITHDRAWN: Advanced thoracoscopy: What is the critical information in case reports and how do we achieve the next level?

Robert B. Cameron

Percutaneous Cryoablation for the Treatment of Recurrent Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: Safety, Early-Term Efficacy, and Predictors of Local Recurrence.

Fereidoun Abtin, Matthew Quirk, Robert D. Suh, William Hsu, Simon X. Han, G. Kim, Scott Genshaft, Jesse K. Sandberg, Olga Olevsky, Robert B. Cameron

Advanced thoracoscopy: What is the critical information in case reports and how do we achieve the next level?

Cameron RB

Minimally invasive closure of bronchopleural fistulae with novel closure devices: Fantasy or reality?

Robert B. Cameron

Understanding pathophysiologic changes occurring in chronic thromboembolic disease.

Robert B. Cameron

Emergency transcervical innominate artery clamping: Is it a real option?

Robert B. Cameron

Emergency Transcervical Innominate Artery Clamping: Is It A Real Option?

Cameron RB

Understanding pathophysiologic changes occurring in chronic thromboembolic disease

Cameron RB

Minimally invasive closure of bronchopleural fistulae with novel closure devices: Fantasy or reality?

Cameron RB

Tomotherapy improves local control and changes failure patterns in locally advanced malignant pleural mesothelioma

Amar U. Kishan, Robert B. Cameron, Pin-Chieh Wang, S. Alexander, S Qi, Daniel A. Low, Patrick A. Kupelian, Michael L. Steinberg, Jay M. Lee, Michael T. Selch, Percy Lee

Measuring postoperative patient outcomes: Who knows best?

Robert B. Cameron

Who left the PETs out?—Who?—Who?

Robert B. Cameron

Percutaneous cryoablation for the treatment of recurrent thymoma: preliminary safety and efficacy.

Fereidoun Abtin, Robert D. Suh, Leyla Nasehi, Simon X. Han, William Hsu, Mathew Quirk, Scott Genshaft, Antony J. Gutierrez, Robert B. Cameron

New and emerging therapeutic options for malignant pleural mesothelioma: review of early clinical trials.

Svetlana Kotova, Raymond M. Wong, Robert B. Cameron

Extended Cervical Mediastinoscopy (ECM) for Biopsy of AortoPulmonary Window (APW) Lymph Nodes and an APW Index (APWI) Useful in Patient Selection

Cameron RB, Andaz S, Hoal G, Hua-Feng L, Doyle M, and Benfield J

Percutaneous cryoablation for recurrent mesothelioma following lung sparing pleurectomy and decortication: Safety and Efficacy

Abtin F, Hsu W, Suh R, Quirk M, Kim G, and Cameron RB

Hospital Resource Utilization and Outcomes of Pleurectomy compared to Extrapleural Pneumonectomy for Mesothelioma

Cameron RB, Olevsky O, Selch M, Fishbein M, Abtin A, Wallace WD, and Suh R

Characterization of PD-L1 Expression Related to Unique Genes in NSCLC Tissue Samples

Garon E, Cameron RB, McKenna R, et al

Transcervical Mediastinal And Hilar Lymphadenectomy (TCML) Provides Accurate Pre-Treatment Cancer Staging and Facilitates Resection

Cameron RB, Fishbein M, Wallace WD, Hoal G, Doyle M, Hua-Feng L, and Benfield J

Percutaneous cryoablation for the treatment of recurrent thymoma: Efficacy and safety

F Abtin, RD Suh, L Nasehi, SX Han, W Hsu, J Sayre, S Genshaft, AJ Gutierrez, RB Cameron

Who left the PETs out?-- Who?-- Who?

Cameron RB

STAT3, Cten, and lung cancer: Simultaneous excitement and caution

Robert B. Cameron

Risk stratification of prognostic variables in patients undergoing lung metastectomy for soft tissue and bone sarcomas

Lin A, Kotova S, Yanagawa1 J, Elbuluk O, Wang, Gerald, Kar N, Elashoff D, Grogan T, Cameron RB, Singh A, Chmielowski B, Nelson S, Lee P, Eilber FC, Lee JM

Risk stratification of patients undergoing pulmonary metastasectomy for soft tissue and bone sarcomas.

Anthony Y. Lin, Svetlana Kotova, Jane Yanagawa, Osama Elbuluk, Gerald Wang, Nivedita Kar, David Elashoff, Tristan Grogan, Robert B. Cameron, Arun S. Singh, Bartosz Chmielowski, Noah Federman, Scott D. Nelson, Percy Lee, Fritz C. Eilber, Jay M. Lee

Measuring postoperative patient outcomes: Who knows best?

Cameron RB

New and emerging therapeutic options for malignant pleural mesothelioma: review of early clinical trials

Kotova S, Wong RM, Cameron RB

STAT3, Cten, and lung cancer: simultaneous excitement and caution

Cameron RB

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Malignant pleural mesothelioma and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database: An analysis of surgical morbidity and mortality

Bryan M. Burt, Robert B. Cameron, Nathan M. Mollberg, Andrzej S. Kosinski, Paul H. Schipper, Joseph B. Shrager, Wickii T. Vigneswaran

Immunotherapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma. Current status and future prospects.

Raymond M. Wong, Irina Ianculescu, Sherven Sharma, Diana Lin Gage, Olga Olevsky, Svetlana Kotova, Marko N. Kostic, Warren S. Grundfest, Dongmei Hou, Robert B. Cameron

Postoperative Adjuvant Tomotherapy Following Radical Pleurectomy for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: Assessment of Toxicity

Lee P, Chen P, Olevsky O, and Cameron RB

Percutaneous cryoablation in treatment of metastatic thymoma: Efficacy and safety

Abtin F, Nasehi L, Suh R, Han S, Hsu W, Sayre J, Genshaft S, Gutierrez A, and Cameron RB

Immunotherapy for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: Current Status and Future Prospects

Wong RM, Ianculescu I, Sharma S, Gage DL, Olevsky OM, Kotova S, Kostic MN, Grundfest WS, Hou D, Cameron RB

New Results and Concepts in Systemic Treatment of Mesothelioma

Olevsky O, Wong RM, and Cameron RB

Malignant pleural mesothelioma and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database: An analysis of surgical morbidity and mortality

Burt BM, Cameron RB, Mollberg NM, Kosinski AS, Schipper PH, Shrager JB, Vigneswaran WT

Invited commentary.

Robert B Cameron

Intraoperative hyperthermic chemotherapy perfusion for malignant pleural mesothelioma: An in vitro evaluation

Robert B. Cameron, Dongmei Hou

Hospital Resource Utilization (RU) and outcomes of Pleurectomy/Decortication (P/D) compared to Extrapleural Pneumonectomy (EPP) for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM)

Cameron RB, Olevsky OM, Selch M, Fishbein M, Abtin F, Wallace WD, Lai C, Suh R, and Rorie A

The use of Cryoablation in the Treatment of Recurrent Thoracic Mesothelioma: Efficacy and Technical Consideration for Complete Ablation

Sandberg J, Abtin F, Suh R, and Cameron R

Intraoperative Hyperthermic Chemotherapy Perfusion for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: An In vitro Evaluation

Cameron RB and Hou D

Adenoid cystic carcinoma in the bronchus behaves more aggressively than its tracheal counterpart

Cameron, RB

Targeting myeloid-derived suppressor cells augments antitumor activity against lung cancer

Minu K Srivastava, Li Zhu, Marni E. Harris-White, Min Huang, Maie A. St. John, Jay M. Lee, Ravi Salgia, Robert B. Cameron, Robert M. Strieter, Steven M. Dubinett, Sherven Sharma

Single-Institution, Multidisciplinary Experience with Surgical Resection of Primary Chest Wall Sarcomas

Puja Kachroo, Peter S. Pak, Harpavan S. Sandha, Catherine Lee, David Elashoff, Scott D. Nelson, Bartosz Chmielowski, Michael T. Selch, Robert B. Cameron, E. Carmack Holmes, Fritz C. Eilber, Jay M. Lee

Sarcomatoid predominant malignant pleural mesothelioma: an institutional approach and experience

Cameron RB, Olevsky OM, Fishbein M, Selch M, Wallace WD, Lai C, and Rorie A

Thermal therapy in the treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma

Cameron RB and Hou D

Targeting Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells Augments Antitumor Activity against Lung Cancer

Srivastaval MK, Zhu L, Harris-White M, Huang M, St. John M, Lee JM, Salgia R, Cameron RB, Strieter R, Dubinett S, and Sharma S

Chest Wall Sarcomas are Accurately Diagnosed by Image-Guided Core Needle Biopsy

Puja Kachroo, Peter S. Pak, Harpavan S. Sandha, Scott D. Nelson, Leanne L. Seeger, Robert B. Cameron, Fritz C. Eilber, Jay M. Lee

Chest wall sarcomas are accurately diagnosed by image-guided needle biopsy

Kachroo P, Pak PS, Sandha HS, Nelson SD, Seeger LL, Cameron RB, Eilber FC, Lee JM

Single-institution, multidisciplinary experience with surgical resection of primary chest wall sarcomas

Kachroo P, Pak PS, Sandha HS, Lee C, Elashoff D, Nelson SD, Chmielowski B, Selch MT, Cameron RB, Holmes EC, Eilber FC, Lee JM

The use of cryoablation for the treatment of local pleural recurrence following pleurectomy for malignant pleural mesothelioma

Cameron RB, Abtin F, Suh R, Rorie A, and Sandberg J

Lung Cancer Chemoprevention with Celecoxib in Former Smokers

Jenny T. Mao, Michael D. Roth, Michael C. Fishbein, Denise R. Aberle, Zuo-Feng Zhang, Jianyu Rao, Donald P. Tashkin, Lee Goodglick, E. Carmack Holmes, Robert B. Cameron, Steven M. Dubinett, Robert Elashoff, Eva Szabo, David Elashoff

Percutaneous Thermal Ablation of Pulmonary, Mediastinal and Chest Wall Malignancies: Best Practices and Lessons Learned

A.J. Gutierrez AJ, Abtin FG, Lee C, Cameron RB, and Suh RD

Cryoablation as an adjunctive therapy in a multimodality treatment program for malignant pleural mesothelioma

Cameron RB, Abtin F, Farhadi R, Golshan A, and Suh R

Scientists appeal to Quebec Premier Charest to stop exporting asbestos to the developing world

Takaro TK, Davis D, Van Rensburg SJ, Arroyo Aquilar RS, Algranti E, Bailar JC, Belpoggi F, Berlin M, Bhattacharya S, Bonnier Viger YV, Brophy J, Bustinza R, Cameron RB, Dement JM, equilman D, Castleman B, et. al

Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) for resection of metastatic adenocarcinoma as an acceptable alternative.

Marilee Carballo, Mary S. Maish, Dawn E. Jaroszewski, Amy Yetasook, Karl B. Bauer, Robert B. Cameron, E. Carmack Holmes

Radiofrequency ablation of subpleural lung malignancy: reduced pain using an artificially created pneumothorax.

Edward Lee, Robert D. Suh, Michelle Zeidler, Irene S. Tsai, Robert B. Cameron, Fereidoun Abtin, Jonathan G. Goldin

CT-guided percutaneous cryoablation of mesotheliomas and other chest wall tumors: a retrospective assessment of 35 cryoablated tumors

Golshan A, Suh RD, Cameron RB, and Abtin FG

Chest dynamics in malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) patients using real time respiratory motion MRI

Saleh R, Cameron RB, Lohan DG, Moghaddam AN, Mahidhara R, Goldin J, and Finn JP

Treatment of Early Stage Thymic Tumors: Surgery and Radiation Therapy

Benjamin T. Gielda, Rick Peng, Joy L. Coleman, Charles R. Thomas, Robert B. Cameron

DETECTION OF LUNG CANCER USING WEIGHTED DIGITAL ANALYSIS OF BREATH BIOMARKERS

Michael Phillips, Nasser K. Altorki, John H.M. Austin, Robert B. Cameron, Renee N. Cataneo, Robert Kloss, Roger A. Maxfield, Muhammad I. Munawar, Harvey I. Pass, Asif Rashid, William N. Rom, Peter Schmitt, James Wai

Transcervical mediastinotomy access to the AP window: patient selection and results

Cameron RB, Andaz S, Peng R, and Mahidhara R

Robotic-assisted, minimally-invasive resection of high chest wall lesions

Cameron RB

Real time respiratory imaging: assessment of regional diaphragmatic function in healthy subjects

Saleh R, Moghadam A, Nguyen T, Cameron RB, and Finn P

Treatment of early stage thymic tumors: surgery and radiation therapy

Gielda B, Peng R, Coleman JL, Thomas CR, and Cameron RB, and Thomas C

Mucinous adenocarcinomas of the thymus: report of 2 cases and review of the literature.

Seong H. Ra, Michael C. Fishbein, Tamar Baruch-Oren, Peter Shintaku, Sophia K. Apple, Robert B. Cameron, Chi K. Lai

How best to manage the space after pneumonectomy? Theory and experience but no evidence.

Vasudev Baburaya Pai, Sameer Gangoli, Carol Tan, Sheila Rankin, Martin Utley, Robert B. Cameron, Loic Lang-Lazdunski, Tom Treasure

Extrapleural pneumonectomy is the preferred surgical management in the multimodality therapy of pleural mesothelioma: con argument.

Robert B. Cameron

Mucinous Adenocarcinoma of the Thymus: Report of 2 cases and review of the literature

Ra SH, Fishbein MC, Baruch-Oren T, Shintaku, P, Apple SK, Cameron RB, and Lai CK

Prediction of lung cancer using volatile biomarkers in breath.

Michael Phillips, Nasser K. Altorki, John H.M. Austin, Robert B. Cameron, Renee N. Cataneo, Joel Greenberg, Robert Kloss, Roger A. Maxfield, Muhammad I. Munawar, Harvey I. Pass, Asif Rashid, William N. Rom, Peter Schmitt

Thyroidectomy for substernal goiter via a mediastinoscopic approach.

Veling Tsai, Robert B. Cameron, Marilene B. Wang

Cyclooxygenase-2-dependent regulation of E-cadherin: prostaglandin E(2) induces transcriptional repressors ZEB1 and snail in non-small cell lung cancer

Mariam Dohadwala, Seok-Chul Yang, Jie Luo, Sherven Sharma, Raj K. Batra, Min Huang, Ying Lin, Lee Goodglick, Kostyantyn Krysan, Michael C. Fishbein, Longsheng Hong, Chi Lai, Robert B. Cameron, Robert M. Gemmill, Harry A. Drabkin, Steven M. Dubinett

Evaluation of thoracic tumors with 18F-fluorothymidine and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography.

Cecelia S Yap, Johannes Czernin, Michael C. Fishbein, Robert B. Cameron, Christiaan Schiepers, Michael E. Phelps, Wolfgang Weber

Improved survival with Interferon alpha maintenance therapy following plueurectomy/decortication and radiation for malignant pleural mesothelioma

Cameron RB, Andaz S, Selch M, and Fishbein M

Cyclooxygenase-2-dependent regulation of E-cadherin expression: PGE2 induces E-cadherin transcriptional repressors ZEB1 and Snail in NSCLC

Dohadwala1 M, SC Yang, Luo J, Sharma1 S, Batra RK, Huang1 M, Lin Y, Goodglick L, Krysan K, Fishbein MC, Hong L, Cameron RB, Gemmill RM, Drabkin HA, Dubinett SM

Radiofrequency ablation in lung cancer: promising results in safety and efficacy.

Robert D. Suh, Karen L. Reckamp, Michelle Zeidler, Robert B. Cameron

A prospective randomized controlled trial of suction versus non-suction to the under-water seal drains following lung resection.

N. Alphonso, Carol Tan, Martin Utley, Robert B. Cameron, J. Dussek, Loic Lang-Lazdunski, Tom Treasure

Prediction of lung cancer using volatile biomarkers in breath

Phillips M, Altorki N, Austin JH, Cameron RB, Cataneo RN, Greenberg J, Kloss R, Maxfield RA, Pass HI, Rom WN, and Tietje O

Radiofrequency ablation in lung cancer: promising results in safety and efficacy

Suh R, Reckamp K, Zeidler M, Cameron R

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Cameron RB and Andaz S

Interleukin-4 receptor cytotoxin as therapy for human malignant pleural mesothelioma xenografts.

Bryce D. Beseth, Robert B. Cameron, Pamela Leland, Liang You, Frederick Varricchio, Robert J. Kreitman, Richard A. Maki, David M. Jablons, Syed R. Husain, Raj K. Puri

Surgeons Specializing In Lung Cancer Perform Higher Quality Resections

Hofstetter, WL, Cameron, RB, Lad, T, and Holmes, EC

Expansion of chondrocytes in a three-dimensional matrix for tracheal tissue engineering

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Cytotoxin directed to Interleukin-4 receptors for therapy of human malignant pleural mesothelioma xenographs

Beseth B, Cameron RB, Leland P, You L, Varricchio F, Kreitman R, Maki RA, Pastan I, Jablons DM, Husain SR, Puri R

Cytotoxin directed to Interleukin-4 receptors for therapy of human malignant pleural mesothelioma xenographs

Beseth B, Cameron RB, Leland P, You L, Varricchio F, Kreitman R, Maki RA, Pastan I, Jablons DM, Husain SR, Puri R

Management of Streaming Body Sensor Data for Medical Information Systems

Cardenas, AF, Pon, RK, and Cameron, RB

F18-fluoro-thymidine: a new molecular probe for PET imaging of cancer

Yap C, Vranjesevic D, Cameron RB, Czernin J

Radical pleurectomy/decortication and intraoperative radiotherapy followed by conformal radiation with or without chemotherapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma.

Terry T. Lee, Darcie L. Everett, Hui-Kuo G. Shu, Thierry Jahan, Mack Roach, Joycelyn L. Speight, Robert B. Cameron, Theodore L. Phillips, Albert Chan, David M. Jablons

False positive (FP) and false negative (FN) FDG-PET findings of lesions suspicious for lung cancer

Yap C, Schiepers C, Cameron RB, Phelps ME, Czernin J

Metabolic imaging in lung cancer: Prognostic significance of a negative FDG-PET scan

Schiepers C, Yap C, Cameron RB, Phelps ME, Czernin J

Prognostic value of metabolic imaging in lung cancer

Schiepers C, Yap CS, Seltzer M, Silverman D, Cameron R, Phelps ME, Czernin J

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Beseth, BD, Cameron RB, Mule JJ

Endoscopic ultrasound does not accurately assess pathologic stage of esophageal cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy.

B D Beseth, R Bedford, W H Isacoff, E C Holmes, Robert B. Cameron

Closure of parenchymal air leaks and buttressing of bronchial closures in an ex vivo swine model

Beseth B and Cameron, RB

Endoscopic ultrasound does not accurately assess pathology stage of esophageal cancer following neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy

Beseth B, Bedford R, Isacoff W, Holmes EC, and Cameron RB

The use of endoscopic ultrasound in the assessment of response following induction therapy in esophageal carcinoma

Beseth B, Bedford R, Isacoff W, Holmes EC, and Cameron RB

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Cameron RB, Loehrer PJ, and Thomas CR

Book review of General Thoracic Surgery by TW Shields, et al

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Staging of recurrent lung cancer: Value of FDG-PET in therapy selection and management of patients

Schiepers C, Yap CS, Meta J, Seltzer MA, Silverman DH, Gambhir SS, Cameron RB, Phelps ME, Czernin J

Staging of newly diagnosed lung cancer: Impact of FDG-PET on patient management

Schiepers C, Yap CS, Silverman DH, Meta J, Seltzer MA, Gambhir SS, Cameron RB, Phelps ME, Czernin J

Photodynamic therapy of the normal canine airway with a new photosensitizing agent SnET2

Cameron RB, Fishbein M, Crean D, Wong T, Walker J, and Holmes EC

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Figlin RA, Cameron RB, and Turrisi AT

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Prager D, Cameron RB, Ford J, and Figlin RA

Tumor-derived EMMPRIN (extracellular matrix metalloproteinase inducer) stimulates collagenase transcription through MAPK p38

Melissa Lim, Tom Martinez, David M. Jablons, Robert B. Cameron, Huiming Guo, Bryan P. Toole, Jian Dong Li, Carol Basbaum

Tumor-derived EMMPRIN (extracellular matrix metalloproteinase inducer) stimulates collagenase transcription through MAPK p38

Lim M, Martinez T, Jablons D, Cameron R, Guo H, Toole B, Li JD, Basbaum C

Presentation of tumor antigens by peripheral blood derived dendritic cells in lung cancer patients

Xia W, Jablons DM, and Cameron RB

The Heimlich Device in Thoracic Surgery

Key SP, Cameron RB, and Jablons DM

Resection and intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) followed by three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy +/- adjuvant chemotherapy for malignant mesothelioma

Jablons DM, Roach M, Jahan T, and Cameron RB

Resection and IORT followed by three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy with or without adjuvant chemotherapy for malignant mesothelioma.

David M. Jablons, Mack Roach, Thierry Jahan, Robert B. Cameron

In vitro and in vivo expression of IL-4 receptors on human malignant mesothelioma: implications for therapy

Jablons DM, Cameron RB, Xia W, Leland P, Varricchio F, and Puri R

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Robles R, Cameron RB, Roach M, and Cornett P

Detection of IL-4 Receptors on Human Mesotheliomas and Demonstration of Specific Cytotoxicity by a Recombinant IL-4 Pseudomonas Exotoxin Against Human Mesothelioma Cell Lines

Jablons DM, Cameron RB, Xia W, Varricchio F, Lelan P, Kreitman R, Pastan I, Puri R

Practice guidelines for small cell lung cancer

Cameron RB, Smith NG, Taylor C, Gilden R, and Figlin RA

Lung cancer: specifications for acceptable care

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Postpneumonectomy pulmonary edema

Rajasinghe H, Chen J, Merrick S, Keith F, Jablons DM, and Cameron RB

Resection and intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) followed by three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy +/- adjuvant chemotherapy for malignant mesothelioma

Jablons DM, Roach M, Jahan TM, and Cameron RB

Practice guidelines for non-small cell lung cancer

Cameron RB, Fringer J, Taylor C, Gilden R, and Figlin RA

Book review of Atlas of video-assisted thoracic surgery by WT Brown

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Cameron RB and Ginsberg RJ

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Hodder RV, Cameron RB, and Todd TRJ

Rising incidence of bronchioloalveolar lung carcinoma and its unique clinicopathologic features.

Sanford H. Barsky, Robert B. Cameron, Kathryn Osann, Dianne Tomita, E. Carmack Holmes

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Rose L and Cameron RB

Rising incidence of bronchioloalveolar lung carcinoma and its unique clinicopathological features

Barsky SH, Cameron RB, Osann KE, Tomita DK, and Holmes AC

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Cameron RB and Gonella JS

Biological and Antitumor Effects of Recombinant Human Macrophage Colony-stimulating Factor in Mice

Steven N. Bock, Robert B. Cameron, Peter J. Kragel, James J. Mulé, Steven A. Rosenberg

Biologic and antitumor effects of recombinant human macrophage colony stimulating factor in mice

Bock SN, Cameron RB, Kragel P, Mule JJ, and Rosenberg SA

Induction of antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity in vivo by IFN-alpha and its antitumor efficacy against established B16 melanoma liver metastases when combined with specific anti-B16 monoclonal antibody.

Avi Eisenthal, Robert B. Cameron, Steven A. Rosenberg

Induction of antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity in vivo with specific anti-B16 monoclonal antibody

Eisenthal A, Cameron RB, and Rosenberg SA

Synergistic antitumor activity of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, interleukin 2, and local tumor irradiation. Studies on the mechanism of action.

Robert B. Cameron, Paul J. Spiess, Steven A. Rosenberg

Synergistic antitumor activity of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, interleukin-2, and local tumor irradiation Studies on the mechanism of action

Cameron RB, Spiess PJ, and Rosenberg SA

Evidence against a critical role for MHC upregulation in the in vivo synergistic antitumor activity of interferon-alpha and interleukin-2

Cameron RB, Mule JJ, and Rosenberg SA

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Effect of combined therapy with lymphokine-activated killer cells, interleukin 2 and specific monoclonal antibody on established B16 melanoma lung metastases.

Avi Eisenthal, Robert B. Cameron, Ingeborg Uppenkamp, Steven A. Rosenberg

Synergistic Antitumor Effects of Combination Immunotherapy with Recombinant Interleukin-2 and a Recombinant Hybrid α-Interferon in the Treatment of Established Murine Hepatic Metastases

Robert B. Cameron, Joe K. McIntosh, Steven A. Rosenberg

In vivo synergy between interleukin-2 and interferon-alpha (IFN) in a murine multiple hepatic metastatic model

Cameron RB and Rosenberg SA

Synergistic antitumor effects of combination immunotherapy with recombinant interleukin-2 and a recombinant hybrid alpha-interferon in the treatment of established murine hepatic metastases

Cameron RB, McIntosh JK, and Rosenberg SA

Effect of combined therapy with lymphokine-activated killer cells, interleukin-2, and specific monoclonal antibody on established B16 melanoma lung metastases

Eisenthal A, Cameron RB, Uppenkamp I, and Rosenberg SA

Spontaneous perforation of the extrahepatic biliary tract in infancy and childhood

Moore TC and Cameron RB

Radiosensitization Effects of Nicotinamide on Malignant and Normal Mouse Tissue

Göran G. Jonsson, Elisabeth Kjellén, Ronald W. Pero, Robert B. Cameron

Reinterpretation of the Arrhenius analysis of cell inactivation by heat

Li GC, Cameron RB, Sapareto S, and Hahn GM

Studies of pulmonary diffusion after open heart surgery.

Robert J. Schramel, Morton M. Ziskind, Maurice Adam, Oscar Creech

Malignant pleural mesothelioma: current status

Medical and surgical management of lung cancer

Aerosolized Combination of Coseal and Autologous Blood Helps Reduce Air Leaks Following Pleurectomy For Mesothelioma

Pleurectomy and Decortication (PD) for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM) is Associated with Lower Morbidity and Mortality Compared with Extrapleural Pneumonectomy (EPP) Among Participants of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database (STS-GTSD)

Intraoperative hyperthermia chemotherapy perfusion for malignant pleural mesothelioma: a basic science evaluation

The timing of chemotherapy in the multimodality treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma

Percutaneous outpatient cryoablation for localized recurrent pleural mesothelioma following lung-sparing pleurectomy and decortication surgery

Surgical approaches to lung surgery that minimize postoperative complications

Extending life expectancy after diagnosis

Nuances in the surgical treatment of non-small cell lung cancer

Malignant Mesothelioma

Radiation in thymic epithelial tumors: Where’s the evidence?

Current concepts in the surgical treatment of non-small cell lung cancer

Current Surgical Therapy of Lung Cancer

Mediastinoscopy and VAMLA

Rational rather than radical therapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma

Mesothelioma: Evaluation and Surgical Outcomes

Mesothelioma

Surgical Approaches to Lung Cancer

Lung cancer

T cell recognition of non-small cell lung cancer

What the thoracic surgeon needs from the diagnostic pathologist

Lung Reduction Surgery in COPD

The surgeon’s approach to lung cancer

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in the treatment of locally-advanced non-small cell lung cancer

Immunotherapy of cancer III: Discussion

Surgical treatment of lung cancer

Surgical treatment of locally-advanced non-small cell lung cancer

Neoadjuvant therapy followed by resection for stage IIIA lung cancer

Iatrogenic esophageal trauma

Thorascopic approaches to the thoracic spine

Thoracoscopy with thoracic disk excision. Debating Complex Issues in Spine Surgery

New methods in the treatment of lung cancer

Video-assisted thoracic surgery

Bleomycin toxicity and bleomycin lung

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