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Kim Nguyen Chi

Professor
VCH Clinical Title(s)
Medical Oncologist
Research Focus
Kidneys and Urinary SystemProstate Cancer
Contact Info
kchi@bccancer.bc.ca
604-829-7713

Biography

Dr. Kim Nguyen Chi is a medical oncologist and the Chief Medical Officer of BC Cancer, a senior research scientist at Vancouver Prostate Centre and a professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of British Columbia (UBC).

Dr. Chi’s research is in the area of genitourinary cancers with a focus on prostate cancer and investigational new drugs, including biomarkers, outcomes, Phase I-III clinical trials, neoadjuvant studies and mechanisms of treatment resistance. Dr. Chi is the past-chair of the Genitourinary Disease Site Committee for the Canadian Cancer Trials Group, and has held peer-reviewed grant funding from the Canada Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), National Cancer Institute of Canada (NCIC)/Canadian Cancer Society (CCS), the US Department of Defence, Movember, Prostate Cancer Foundation (USA) and Prostate Cancer Canada. Dr. Chi has published widely in prestigious peer-reviewed journals including most recently the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Annals of Oncology, the New England Journal of Medicine, and Lancet Oncology.

Research Studies

Prostate Cancer

A Study of Apalutamide (JNJ-56021927, ARN-509) Plus Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT) Versus ADT in Participants With mHSPC (TITAN)

Prostate Cancer, Cancers

A Study of Abiraterone Acetate Plus Low-Dose Prednisone Plus Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT) Versus ADT Alone in Newly Diagnosed Participants With High-Risk, Metastatic Hormone-Naive Prostate Cancer (mHNPC)

News and Awards

MyPOP combines clinical knowledge depth with breadth of disease understanding

Nov 21, 2016

Prostate cancer DNA test uses small blood sample, predicts response to drug

May 4, 2016

Breakthrough blood test personalizes and optimizes prostate cancer treatment

Mar 23, 2015

One step closer to more accurate prognosis for cancer patients

Oct 17, 2013

Publications

  • The New England journal of medicine -

    Lutetium-177-PSMA-617 for Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer.

    Sartor O, de Bono J, Chi KN, Fizazi K, Herrmann K, Rahbar K, Tagawa ST, Nordquist LT, Vaishampayan N, El-Haddad G, Park CH, Beer TM, Armour A, Pérez-Contreras WJ, DeSilvio M, Kpamegan E, Gericke G, Messmann RA, Morris MJ, Krause BJ,
  • Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology -

    Apalutamide in Patients With Metastatic Castration-Sensitive Prostate Cancer: Final Survival Analysis of the Randomized, Double-Blind, Phase III TITAN Study.

    Chi KN, Chowdhury S, Bjartell A, Chung BH, Pereira de Santana Gomes AJ, Given R, Juárez A, Merseburger AS, Özgüroğlu M, Uemura H, Ye D, Brookman-May S, Mundle SD, McCarthy SA, Larsen JS, Sun W, Bevans KB, Zhang K, Bandyopadhyay N, Agarwal N
  • Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology -

    Cabazitaxel versus abiraterone or enzalutamide in poor prognosis metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: a multicentre, randomised, open-label, phase II trial.

    Annala M, Fu S, Bacon JVW, Sipola J, Iqbal N, Ferrario C, Ong M, Wadhwa D, Hotte SJ, Lo G, Tran B, Wood LA, Gingerich JR, North SA, Pezaro CJ, Ruether JD, Sridhar SS, Kallio HML, Khalaf DJ, Wong A, Beja K, Schönlau E, Taavitsainen S, Nykter M, Vandekerkhove G, Azad AA, Wyatt AW, Chi KN
  • The Lancet. Oncology -

    Optimal sequencing of enzalutamide and abiraterone acetate plus prednisone in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: a multicentre, randomised, open-label, phase 2, crossover trial.

    Khalaf DJ, Annala M, Taavitsainen S, Finch DL, Oja C, Vergidis J, Zulfiqar M, Sunderland K, Azad AA, Kollmannsberger CK, Eigl BJ, Noonan K, Wadhwa D, Attwell A, Keith B, Ellard SL, Le L, Gleave ME, Wyatt AW, Chi KN
  • The New England journal of medicine -

    Apalutamide for Metastatic, Castration-Sensitive Prostate Cancer.

    Chi KN, Agarwal N, Bjartell A, Chung BH, Pereira de Santana Gomes AJ, Given R, Juárez Soto Á, Merseburger AS, Özgüroğlu M, Uemura H, Ye D, Deprince K, Naini V, Li J, Cheng S, Yu MK, Zhang K, Larsen JS, McCarthy S, Chowdhury S,
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