JohnAllanEllertonMD

Medical Oncologist in Las Vegas, Nevada, affiliated with Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center and University Medical Center Of Southern Nevada.

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Office
6190 S Fort Apache Rd
Las Vegas, NV 89148
Phone+1 702-724-8777

Fax+1 702-352-2790

Education & Training

Tufts Medical CenterFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 1977 - 1979
McGill University Faculty of MedicineClass of 1974

Certifications & Licensure

AZ State Medical License 1979 - Present
CA State Medical License 1979 - 2025
NV State Medical License 1979 - 2025
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Hematology
American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology
National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Hematology
National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Hospice and Palliative Medicine
National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Internal Medicine
National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Medical Oncology

Clinical Trials

Diagnostic Study of Patients With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia or Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia Start of enrollment: 1999 Apr 01
Active, not recruiting
Cytogenetic Studies in Acute Leukemia and Multiple Myeloma Start of enrollment: 1984 Jun 01
Active, not recruiting
Interstitial Brachytherapy With or Without External-Beam Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Prostate Cancer Start of enrollment: 2003 Jun 01
Completed
Phase 3
Zoledronate in Preventing Skeletal (Bone)-Related Events in Men Who Are Receiving Androgen Deprivation Therapy For Prostate Cancer and Bone Metastases Start of enrollment: 2004 Jan 01
Completed
Phase 3
Radiation Therapy (WBI Versus PBI) in Treating Women Who Have Undergone Surgery For Ductal Carcinoma In Situ or Stage I or Stage II Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2005 Mar 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Rituximab and Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Diffuse Large B-Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Start of enrollment: 2005 May 01
Completed
Phase 3
Rituximab and/or Lenalidomide in Treating Patients With Follicular Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma That is Not Refractory to Rituximab Start of enrollment: 2006 Mar 01
Completed
Phase 2
Paclitaxel and Radiation Therapy With or Without Trastuzumab in Treating Patients Who Have Undergone Surgery for Bladder Cancer Start of enrollment: 2005 Jul 26
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
Cetuximab and/or Bevacizumab Combined With Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Start of enrollment: 2005 Nov 01
Completed
Phase 3
Androgen Ablation Therapy With or Without Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Metastatic Prostate Cancer Start of enrollment: 2006 Sep 26
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Hormone Therapy With or Without Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Women Who Have Undergone Surgery for Node-Negative Breast Cancer (The TAILORx Trial) Start of enrollment: 2006 Apr 07
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Chemotherapy With or Without Bevacizumab in Treating Patients With Stage IB, Stage II, or Stage IIIA Non-small Cell Lung Cancer That Was Removed By Surgery Start of enrollment: 2007 Jun 01
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Combination Chemotherapy and Cetuximab in Treating Patients With Metastatic Esophageal Cancer or Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer Start of enrollment: 2006 Sep 15
Completed
Phase 2
Surgery With or Without Docetaxel and Leuprolide or Goserelin in Treating Patients With High-Risk Localized Prostate Cancer Start of enrollment: 2007 May 08
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Radiation Therapy With or Without Cisplatin in Treating Patients With Recurrent Endometrial Cancer Start of enrollment: 2008 Feb 25
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
Combination Chemotherapy and Paclitaxel Plus Trastuzumab in Treating Women With Palpable Breast Cancer That Can Be Removed by Surgery Start of enrollment: 2007 Jul 01
Completed
Phase 3
Carboplatin and Paclitaxel Albumin-Stabilized Nanoparticle Formulation Followed by Radiation Therapy and Erlotinib in Treating Patients With Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer That Cannot Be Removed By Surgery Start of enrollment: 2008 Mar 01
Completed
Phase 2
Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Young Patients With Newly Diagnosed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Start of enrollment: 2008 Mar 12
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
Prostate Radiation Therapy or Short-Term Androgen Deprivation Therapy and Pelvic Lymph Node Radiation Therapy With or Without Prostate Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With a Rising Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) After Surgery for Prostate Cancer Start of enrollment: 2008 Feb 01
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Octreotide Acetate and Recombinant Interferon Alfa-2b or Bevacizumab in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Locally Advanced, High-Risk Neuroendocrine Tumor Start of enrollment: 2007 Dec 01
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Chemotherapy With or Without Bevacizumab in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Start of enrollment: 2008 Aug 08
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Melphalan, Prednisone, and Thalidomide or Lenalidomide in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma Start of enrollment: 2008 Feb 29
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Radiation Therapy Regimens in Treating Patients With Limited-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer Receiving Cisplatin and Etoposide Start of enrollment: 2008 Mar 01
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Lenalidomide and Dexamethasone With or Without Bortezomib in Treating Patients With Previously Untreated Multiple Myeloma Start of enrollment: 2008 Apr 01
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Sunitinib Malate as Maintenance Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Previously Treated With Combination Chemotherapy Start of enrollment: 2008 Jun 15
Completed
Phase 3
Pemetrexed and/or Sunitinib as Second-Line Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage IIIB or Stage IV Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Start of enrollment: 2008 Apr 15
Completed
Phase 2
Radiation Therapy With or Without Trastuzumab in Treating Women With Ductal Carcinoma In Situ Who Have Undergone Lumpectomy Start of enrollment: 2008 Nov 10
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Paclitaxel, Nab-paclitaxel, or Ixabepilone With or Without Bevacizumab in Treating Patients With Stage IIIC or Stage IV Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2008 Oct 13
Completed
Phase 3
S0816 Fludeoxyglucose F 18-PET/CT Imaging and Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Additional Chemotherapy and G-CSF in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Hodgkin Lymphoma Start of enrollment: 2009 Jul 01
Completed
Phase 2
S0802 - Topotecan With or Without Aflibercept in Treating Patients With Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer Start of enrollment: 2009 May 01
Completed
Phase 2
S0919 Idarubicin, Cytarabine, and Pravastatin in Treating Patients With Relapsed Acute Myeloid Leukemia Start of enrollment: 2009 Dec 10
Completed
Phase 2
Lenalidomide With or Without Epoetin Alfa in Treating Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndrome and Anemia Start of enrollment: 2009 Jan 29
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
S0702: Osteonecrosis of the Jaw in Patients With Cancer Receiving Zoledronic Acid for Bone Metastases Start of enrollment: 2008 Dec 01
Completed
Temozolomide and Radiation Therapy With or Without Bevacizumab in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Start of enrollment: 2009 Apr 15
Completed
Phase 3
A Randomized Phase II Study of Cisplatin and Etoposide in Combination With Either Hedgehog Inhibitor GDC-0449 or IGF-1R MOAB IMC-A12 for Patients With Extensive Stage Start of enrollment: 2009 Jul 16
Completed
Phase 2
Collecting Tissue Samples From Patients With Leukemia or Other Blood Disorders Planning to Enroll in an ECOG Leukemia Treatment Clinical Trial Start of enrollment: 2004 Sep 21
Completed
Collecting and Storing Blood, Bone Marrow, and Other Samples From Patients With Acute Leukemia, Chronic Leukemia, or Myelodysplastic Syndromes Start of enrollment: 1996 May 01
Active, not recruiting
Statins and Breast Cancer Biomarkers Start of enrollment: 2005 Jan 01
Unknown status
Phase 2
Gemcitabine Hydrochloride and Cisplatin With or Without Bevacizumab in Treating Patients With Advanced Urinary Tract Cancer Start of enrollment: 2009 Jul 15
Completed
Phase 3
S0819: Carboplatin and Paclitaxel With or Without Bevacizumab and/or Cetuximab in Treating Patients With Stage IV or Recurrent Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Start of enrollment: 2009 Jul 15
Terminated
Phase 3
Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, and Bevacizumab With or Without Everolimus in Treating Patients With Metastatic Malignant Melanoma Start of enrollment: 2010 Apr 01
Completed
Phase 2
Home-Based Programs for Improving Sleep in Cancer Survivors Start of enrollment: 2010 Apr 01
Terminated
Phase 2
Rosuvastatin in Treating Patients With Stage I or Stage II Colon Cancer That Was Removed By Surgery Start of enrollment: 2010 Mar 01
Terminated
Phase 3
Gemcitabine Hydrochloride With or Without Erlotinib Hydrochloride Followed by the Same Chemotherapy Regimen With or Without Radiation Therapy and Capecitabine or Fluorouracil in Treating Patients With Pancreatic Cancer That Has Been Removed by Surgery Start of enrollment: 2010 Apr 05
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Rituximab and Alemtuzumab in Treating Older Patients With Progressive Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Start of enrollment: 2011 Apr 27
Terminated
Phase 2
Sorafenib Tosylate With or Without Doxorubicin Hydrochloride in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Liver Cancer Start of enrollment: 2010 Feb 15
Completed
Phase 3
Phase III Randomized Trial of Clofarabine as Induction and Post-Remission Therapy vs. Standard Daunorubicin & Cytarabine Induction and Intermediate Dose Cytarabine Post-Remission Therapy, Followed by Decitabine Maintenance vs. Observation in Newly-Diagnos Start of enrollment: 2011 Jan 01
Pemetrexed Disodium/Observation in Treating Patients W/ Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma w/Out Progressive Disease After 1st Line Chemotherapy Start of enrollment: 2010 Apr 01
Completed
Phase 2
Calcium Gluconate and Magnesium Sulfate in Preventing Neurotoxicity in Patients With Colon Cancer or Rectal Cancer Receiving Oxaliplatin-Based Combination Chemotherapy Start of enrollment: 2010 Jun 01
Completed
Phase 3
Bicalutamide and Goserelin or Leuprolide Acetate With or Without Cixutumumab in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Metastatic Prostate Cancer Start of enrollment: 2010 Dec 01
Completed
Phase 2
S0931, Everolimus in Treating Patients With Kidney Cancer Who Have Undergone Surgery Start of enrollment: 2011 Apr 01
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Tamoxifen Citrate in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Recurrent Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2011 Jan 07
Completed
Phase 2
Chemotherapy Based on Positron Emission Tomography Scan in Treating Patients With Stage I or Stage II Hodgkin Lymphoma Start of enrollment: 2010 May 01
Completed
Phase 2
Oxaliplatin, Leucovorin Calcium, and Fluorouracil With or Without Celecoxib in Treating Patients With Stage III Colon Cancer Previously Treated With Surgery Start of enrollment: 2010 Jun 01
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Lenalidomide or Observation in Treating Patients With Asymptomatic High-Risk Smoldering Multiple Myeloma Start of enrollment: 2011 Jan 24
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Radiation Therapy, Paclitaxel, and Carboplatin With or Without Trastuzumab in Treating Patients With Esophageal Cancer Start of enrollment: 2011 Feb 14
Completed
Phase 3
Everolimus With or Without Bevacizumab in Treating Patients With Advanced Kidney Cancer That Progressed After First-Line Therapy Start of enrollment: 2010 Sep 15
Terminated
Phase 3
Diet in Altering Disease Progression in Patients With Prostate Cancer on Active Surveillance Start of enrollment: 2011 Jan 01
Completed
Phase 3
Tamoxifen Citrate, Letrozole, Anastrozole, or Exemestane With or Without Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Invasive RxPONDER Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2011 Jan 15
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Ipilimumab or High-Dose Interferon Alfa-2b in Treating Patients With High-Risk Stage III-IV Melanoma That Has Been Removed by Surgery Start of enrollment: 2011 May 25
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Chemotherapy With or Without Trastuzumab After Surgery in Treating Women With Invasive Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2011 Jan 06
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Ofatumumab and Bendamustine Hydrochloride With or Without Bortezomib in Treating Patients With Untreated Follicular Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Start of enrollment: 2011 Apr 08
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
S1014 Abiraterone Acetate in Treating Patients With Prostate Cancer Who Have Undergone Initial Hormone Therapy Start of enrollment: 2011 Aug 09
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
S0820, Adenoma and Second Primary Prevention Trial Start of enrollment: 2013 Aug 23
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Rituximab, Methotrexate, Vincristine Sulfate, Procarbazine Hydrochloride, and Cytarabine With or Without Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma Start of enrollment: 2011 Sep 01
Completed
Phase 2
Breast-Conserving Surgery and Radiation Therapy in Patients With Multiple Ipsilateral Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2012 Jul 01
Completed
Phase 2
Pazopanib Hydrochloride in Treating Patients With Metastatic Kidney Cancer Who Have No Evidence of Disease After Surgery Start of enrollment: 2012 Aug 08
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
S1207 Hormone Therapy With or Without Everolimus in Treating Patients With Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2013 Sep 12
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Armodafinil in Reducing Cancer-Related Fatigue in Patients With High Grade Glioma Start of enrollment: 2013 Jun 01
Completed
Phase 3
S1216, Phase III ADT+TAK-700 vs. ADT+Bicalutamide for Metastatic Prostate Cancer Start of enrollment: 2013 Mar 08
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Cabozantinib-S-Malate Compared With Temozolomide or Dacarbazine in Treating Patients With Metastatic Melanoma of the Eye That Cannot Be Removed by Surgery Start of enrollment: 2013 Jul 31
Completed
Phase 2
Cabozantinib-s-malate or Sunitinib Malate in Treating Patients With Previously Untreated Locally Advanced or Metastatic Kidney Cancer Start of enrollment: 2013 Jul 08
Completed
Phase 2
Chemotherapy Plus Cetuximab in Combination With VTX-2337 in Patients With Recurrent or Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck Start of enrollment: 2013 Oct 14
Completed
Phase 2
Rituximab and Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Lenalidomide in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Stage II-IV Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma Start of enrollment: 2013 Aug 27
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
Rituximab and Bendamustine Hydrochloride, Rituximab and Ibrutinib, or Ibrutinib Alone in Treating Older Patients With Previously Untreated Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Start of enrollment: 2013 Dec 09
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
S1304, Carfilzomib and Dexamethasone for Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Myeloma Start of enrollment: 2013 Oct 01
Completed
Phase 2
Ipilimumab With or Without Bevacizumab in Treating Patients With Stage III-IV Melanoma That Cannot Be Removed by Surgery Start of enrollment: 2014 Jan 24
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
Docetaxel, Carboplatin, Trastuzumab, and Pertuzumab With or Without Estrogen Deprivation in Treating Patients With Hormone Receptor-Positive, HER2-Positive Operable or Locally Advanced Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2014 Jan 15
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Blinatumomab in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed BCR-ABL-Negative B Lineage Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Start of enrollment: 2014 May 19
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Trametinib or Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Refractory or Advanced Biliary or Gallbladder Cancer or That Cannot Be Removed by Surgery Start of enrollment: 2014 Feb 01
Completed
Phase 2
Ibrutinib and Rituximab Compared With Fludarabine Phosphate, Cyclophosphamide, and Rituximab in Treating Patients With Untreated Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia or Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma Start of enrollment: 2014 Feb 20
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Sorafenib Tosylate in Treating Patients With Desmoid Tumors or Aggressive Fibromatosis Start of enrollment: 2014 Mar 21
Completed
Phase 3
Clofarabine or Daunorubicin Hydrochloride and Cytarabine Followed By Decitabine or Observation in Treating Older Patients With Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia Start of enrollment: 2011 Feb 04
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Lung-MAP: Biomarker-Targeted Second-Line Therapy in Treating Patients With Recurrent Stage IV Squamous Cell Lung Cancer Start of enrollment: 2014 Jul 08
Completed
Erlotinib Hydrochloride in Treating Patients With Stage IB-IIIA Non-small Cell Lung Cancer That Has Been Completely Removed by Surgery (An ALCHEMIST Treatment Trial) Start of enrollment: 2015 Feb 11
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Dabrafenib and Trametinib for the Treatment of Patients With Stage III-IV BRAF Mutant Melanoma That Cannot Be Removed by Surgery Start of enrollment: 2014 Sep 19
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
Collection and Storage of Tissue and Blood Samples From Patients With Cancer Start of enrollment: 2015 May 19
Recruiting
Doxorubicin Hydrochloride and Cyclophosphamide Followed by Paclitaxel With or Without Carboplatin in Treating Patients With Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2015 Jul 26
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Testing Cabozantinib, Crizotinib, Savolitinib and Sunitinib in Kidney Cancer Which Has Progressed Start of enrollment: 2016 Jul 25
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
Lung-MAP: Taselisib as Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage IV Squamous Cell Lung Cancer and Positive Biomarker Matches Start of enrollment: 2014 Nov 01
Completed
Phase 2
Lung-MAP: Palbociclib as Second-Line Therapy in Treating Cell Cycle Gene Alteration Positive Patients With Recurrent Stage IV Squamous Cell Lung Cancer Start of enrollment: 2014 Sep 01
Completed
Phase 2, Phase 3
Lung-MAP: Nivolumab With or Without Ipilimumab as Second-Line Therapy in Treating Patients With Recurrent Stage IV Squamous Cell Lung Cancer and No Matching Biomarkers Start of enrollment: 2015 Dec 29
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Nivolumab in Treating Patients With Localized Kidney Cancer Undergoing Nephrectomy Start of enrollment: 2017 Apr 28
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

33 citations
Medical standards for mountain rescue operations using helicopters: official consensus recommendations of the International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine ...
Iztok Tomazin, John Ellerton, Oliver Reisten, Inigo Soteras, Miha Avbelj
High Altitude Medicine & Biology. 2011-12-29
24 citations
The Avalanche Victim Resuscitation Checklist, a new concept for the management of avalanche victims
Alexandre Kottmann, Marc Blancher, Thierry Spichiger, Fidel Elsensohn, Dominique Létang
Resuscitation. 2015-06-01
20 citations
Immobilization and splinting in mountain rescue. Official Recommendations of the International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine, ICAR MEDCOM, Intended for Mo...
John Ellerton, Iztok Tomazin, Hermann Brugger, Peter Paal
High Altitude Medicine & Biology. 2009-12-29

Grant Support

Nevada Cancer Research Foundation-Community Clinical Oncology ProgramNational Cancer Institute2007–2011
Southern Nevada Cancer Research Foundation--CcopNational Cancer Institute2002–2006
Southern Nevada Cancer Research Foundation CCOPNational Cancer Institute1994–2001
Southern Nevada Cancer Research Foundation-CcopNational Cancer Institute1991–1993
Community Clinical Oncology ProgramNational Cancer Institute1985–1990

Professional Memberships

American Society of Clinical Oncology - ASCO
Member