GA NCORP

Doctors

Lester E. Robertson MD, FACP

Summit Cancer Care
www.summitcancercare.com

Education & Training

Medical School: University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas

Specialty and Certification

Medical Oncology, Hematology / Board Certified

Clinical Trial Cancer Types

Bone Tumor, Brain & Spinal Cord Tumor, Breast Cancer, Cancer-Related Syndrome, Colon/Rectal Cancer, Esophogeal Cancer, Gynecologic Cancers, Head and Neck Cancer, Hematopoietic Malignancies, Kidney Cancer, Leukemia, Liver Cancer / Hepatoblastoma, Lung Cancer, Lymphoma, Melanoma, Multiple Myeloma, Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS), Neuroendocrine Tumor, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Ovarian Cancer, Plasma cell neoplasm, Primary Peritoneal Cancer, Prostate Cancer , Quality of Life, Skin Cancer (Non-Melanoma), Solid Tumor, Uterine Cancer

Affliations

St. Joseph's/Candler

Active Clinical Trial Sites


Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer Research Pavilion at St. Joseph Candler

225 Candler Drive
Savannah, GA 31405
912-819-5704 (p)
www.sjchs.org

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Clinical Trials

Immunotherapy with Nivolumab and Ipilimumab Followed by Nivolumab or Nivolumab with Cabozantinib for Patients with Advanced Kidney Cancer, The PDIGREE Study
Cancer Type: Bone Tumor

Testing Ramipril to Prevent Memory Loss in People with Glioblastoma
Cancer Type: Brain & Spinal Cord Tumor

Digital Tomosynthesis Mammography and Digital Mammography in Screening Patients for Breast Cancer
Cancer Type: Breast Cancer

Testing the Addition of a Blood Pressure Medication, Carvedilol, to HER-2 Targeted Therapy for Metastatic Breast Cancer to Prevent Cardiac Toxicity
Cancer Type: Breast Cancer

Comparing Overall Survival using Markers to Direct Cancer Monitoring versus Usual Monitoring in Patients with Metastatic Hormone Receptor Positive HER-2 Negative Breast Cancer
Cancer Type: Breast Cancer

Testing the Ability to Decrease Chemotherapy in Patients with HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Who Have No Remaining Cancer at Surgery after Limited Pre-operative Chemotherapy and HER2-Targeted Therapy
Cancer Type: Breast Cancer

T-DM1 and Tucatinib Compared with T-DM1 Alone in Preventing Relapses in People with High Risk HER2-Positive Breast Cancer, the CompassHER2 RD Trial
Cancer Type: Breast Cancer

Biospecimen Collection in Identifying Genetic Changes in Patients with Breast, Prostate, Colorectal, Liver, or Kidney Cancer or Multiple Myeloma Undergoing Surgery
Cancer Type: Breast Cancer

An Internet-based Program to Help Cancer Survivors Manage Pain (IMPACTS)
Cancer Type: Cancer Control

Tissue Collection and Natural History Study of Patients with Myelodysplastic Syndrome or Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
Cancer Type: Cancer-Related Syndrome

Eflornithine and/or Sulindac in Preventing Recurrence of High-Risk Adenomas and Second Primary Disease in Patients with Stage 0-III Colon or Rectal Cancer
Cancer Type: Colon/Rectal Cancer

Duloxetine to Prevent Oxaliplatin-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy
Cancer Type: Colon/Rectal Cancer

Biospecimen Collection in Identifying Genetic Changes in Patients with Breast, Prostate, Colorectal, Liver, or Kidney Cancer or Multiple Myeloma Undergoing Surgery
Cancer Type: Colon/Rectal Cancer

Nivolumab and Ipilimumab in Treating Patients with Esophageal and Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma Undergoing Surgery
Cancer Type: Esophogeal Cancer

Letrozole with or without Paclitaxel and Carboplatin in Treating Patients with Stage II-IV Ovarian, Fallopian Tube, or Primary Peritoneal Cancer
Cancer Type: Gynecologic Cancers

Testing Immunotherapy versus Observation in Patients with HPV Throat Cancer
Cancer Type: Head and Neck Cancer

Obinutuzumab with or without Umbralisib, Lenalidomide, or Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Grade I-IIIa Follicular Lymphoma
Cancer Type: Hematopoietic Malignancies

Biospecimen Collection in Identifying Genetic Changes in Patients with Breast, Prostate, Colorectal, Liver, or Kidney Cancer or Multiple Myeloma Undergoing Surgery
Cancer Type: Kidney Cancer

Tissue Collection and Natural History Study of Patients with Myelodysplastic Syndrome or Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
Cancer Type: Leukemia

National Cancer Institute “Cancer Moonshot Biobank”
Cancer Type: Leukemia

Biospecimen Collection in Identifying Genetic Changes in Patients with Breast, Prostate, Colorectal, Liver, or Kidney Cancer or Multiple Myeloma Undergoing Surgery
Cancer Type: Liver Cancer / Hepatoblastoma

Testing the Timing of Pembrolizumab Alone or With Chemotherapy as First Line Treatment and Maintenance in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Cancer Type: Lung Cancer

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)
Cancer Type: Lung Cancer

National Cancer Institute “Cancer Moonshot Biobank”
Cancer Type: Lung Cancer

Testing the Addition of the Drug Atezolizumab to the Usual Radiation Treatment for Patients with Early Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Cancer Type: Lung Cancer

Osimertinib with or without Bevacizumab as Initial Treatment for Patients with EGFR-Mutant Lung Cancer
Cancer Type: Lung Cancer

Testing the Addition of Radiation Therapy to the Usual Treatment (Immunotherapy with or without Chemotherapy) for Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients who are PD-L1 Negative
Cancer Type: Lung Cancer

Obinutuzumab with or without Umbralisib, Lenalidomide, or Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Grade I-IIIa Follicular Lymphoma
Cancer Type: Lymphoma

A Phase II/III Trial of Nivolumab, Ipilimumab, and GM-CSF in Patients with Advanced Melanoma
Cancer Type: Melanoma

TAPUR: Testing the Use of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Approved Drugs That Target a Specific Abnormality in a Tumor Gene in People With Advanced Stage Cancer
Cancer Type: Multiple Myeloma

Testing the Addition of Daratumumab-Hyaluronidase to Enhance Therapeutic Effectiveness of Lenalidomide in Smoldering Multiple Myeloma, The DETER-SMM Trial
Cancer Type: Multiple Myeloma

National Cancer Institute “Cancer Moonshot Biobank”
Cancer Type: Multiple Myeloma

Biospecimen Collection in Identifying Genetic Changes in Patients with Breast, Prostate, Colorectal, Liver, or Kidney Cancer or Multiple Myeloma Undergoing Surgery
Cancer Type: Multiple Myeloma

Tissue Collection and Natural History Study of Patients with Myelodysplastic Syndrome or Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
Cancer Type: Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

Testing Pembrolizumab versus Observation in Patients with Merkel Cell Carcinoma after Surgery, STAMP Study
Cancer Type: Neuroendocrine Tumor

TAPUR: Testing the Use of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Approved Drugs That Target a Specific Abnormality in a Tumor Gene in People With Advanced Stage Cancer
Cancer Type: Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Obinutuzumab with or without Umbralisib, Lenalidomide, or Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Grade I-IIIa Follicular Lymphoma
Cancer Type: Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Letrozole with or without Paclitaxel and Carboplatin in Treating Patients with Stage II-IV Ovarian, Fallopian Tube, or Primary Peritoneal Cancer
Cancer Type: Ovarian Cancer

TAPUR: Testing the Use of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Approved Drugs That Target a Specific Abnormality in a Tumor Gene in People With Advanced Stage Cancer
Cancer Type: Plasma cell neoplasm

National Cancer Institute “Cancer Moonshot Biobank”
Cancer Type: Plasma cell neoplasm

Biospecimen Collection in Identifying Genetic Changes in Patients with Breast, Prostate, Colorectal, Liver, or Kidney Cancer or Multiple Myeloma Undergoing Surgery
Cancer Type: Plasma cell neoplasm

Letrozole with or without Paclitaxel and Carboplatin in Treating Patients with Stage II-IV Ovarian, Fallopian Tube, or Primary Peritoneal Cancer
Cancer Type: Primary Peritoneal Cancer

National Cancer Institute “Cancer Moonshot Biobank”
Cancer Type: Prostate Cancer

Biospecimen Collection in Identifying Genetic Changes in Patients with Breast, Prostate, Colorectal, Liver, or Kidney Cancer or Multiple Myeloma Undergoing Surgery
Cancer Type: Prostate Cancer

Use of a Clinical Screening Tool to Address Cancer Health Disparities in the NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP)
Cancer Type: Quality of Life

Testing Pembrolizumab versus Observation in Patients with Merkel Cell Carcinoma after Surgery, STAMP Study
Cancer Type: Skin Cancer (Non-Melanoma)

Testing what Happens when an Immunotherapy Drug (Avelumab) Is Added to a Usual Drug Treatment (Cetuximab) Compared to Avelumab by Itself in the Treatment of Advanced Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin (cSCC)
Cancer Type: Skin Cancer (Non-Melanoma)

National Cancer Institute “Cancer Moonshot Biobank”
Cancer Type: Solid Tumor

Biospecimen Collection in Identifying Genetic Changes in Patients with Breast, Prostate, Colorectal, Liver, or Kidney Cancer or Multiple Myeloma Undergoing Surgery
Cancer Type: Solid Tumor

Financial Navigation Program to Improve Understanding and Management of Financial Aspects of Cancer Care for Patients and Their Spouses or Partner Caregivers
Cancer Type: Solid Tumor

Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Toxicity Risk Prediction in Solid Tumors
Cancer Type: Solid Tumor

Improving Adolescent and Young Adult Self-Reported Data in ECOG-ACRIN Trials
Cancer Type: Solid Tumor

Eflornithine and/or Sulindac in Preventing Recurrence of High-Risk Adenomas and Second Primary Disease in Patients with Stage 0-III Colon or Rectal Cancer
Cancer Type: Unknown Primary

Obinutuzumab with or without Umbralisib, Lenalidomide, or Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Grade I-IIIa Follicular Lymphoma
Cancer Type: Unknown Primary

Testing Pembrolizumab versus Observation in Patients with Merkel Cell Carcinoma after Surgery, STAMP Study
Cancer Type: Unknown Primary

Comparing Overall Survival using Markers to Direct Cancer Monitoring versus Usual Monitoring in Patients with Metastatic Hormone Receptor Positive HER-2 Negative Breast Cancer
Cancer Type: Unknown Primary

Testing Immunotherapy versus Observation in Patients with HPV Throat Cancer
Cancer Type: Unknown Primary

Letrozole with or without Paclitaxel and Carboplatin in Treating Patients with Stage II-IV Ovarian, Fallopian Tube, or Primary Peritoneal Cancer
Cancer Type: Unknown Primary

Testing what Happens when an Immunotherapy Drug (Avelumab) Is Added to a Usual Drug Treatment (Cetuximab) Compared to Avelumab by Itself in the Treatment of Advanced Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin (cSCC)
Cancer Type: Unknown Primary

Duloxetine to Prevent Oxaliplatin-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy
Cancer Type: Unknown Primary

Osimertinib with or without Bevacizumab as Initial Treatment for Patients with EGFR-Mutant Lung Cancer
Cancer Type: Unknown Primary

Biospecimen Collection in Identifying Genetic Changes in Patients with Breast, Prostate, Colorectal, Liver, or Kidney Cancer or Multiple Myeloma Undergoing Surgery
Cancer Type: Unknown Primary

Financial Navigation Program to Improve Understanding and Management of Financial Aspects of Cancer Care for Patients and Their Spouses or Partner Caregivers
Cancer Type: Unknown Primary

Testing the Combination of Olaparib and Durvalumab, Cediranib and Durvalumab, Olaparib and Capivasertib, and Cediranib alone in Recurrent or Refractory Endometrial Cancer following the Earlier Phase of the Study That Tested Olaparib and Cediranib in Comparison to Cediranib Alone, and Olaparib Alone
Cancer Type: Uterine Cancer

Summit Cancer Care - Statesboro

16741 Highway 67 South
Suite B
Statesboro, GA 30458
912-871-8837 (p)
www.summitcancercare.com

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For a complete listing of all trial sites in Georgia, please visit GeorgiaCancerInfo.org