Angela M DeMichele, MD, MSCE, FASCO

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Mariann T. and Robert J. MacDonald Professor in Breast Cancer Care Excellence
Department: Medicine

Contact information
Division of Hematology Oncology
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
10th Floor, South Pavilion
Office #10-153
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-349-5730
Fax: 215-615-3349
Education:
B.A. (Biochemistry)
Brown University, 1988.
M.D. (Medicine)
Washington University School of Medicine, 1991.
M.S.C.E. (Clinical Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, 2001.
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Description of Research Expertise

breast cancer, biomarkers, clinical trials, pharmacogenetics, cytokines, host immunogenetics, cancer survivorship, molecular epidemiology

Selected Publications

Hunter NB, Parsons HA, Cope L, Canzoniero JV, Navarro FCP, El-Refai S, Anampa JD, Sparano JA, Rimawi M, Storniolo AM, Mainor C, Nanda R, DeMichele A, Gupta GP, Stringer-Reasor EJ, Lynce F, Cobain EF, Puhalla S, Jankowitz R, Rexer B, Mayer I, Hwang ES, Blackwell K, El Ayass W, Lee Y, Tweed C, Wilkinson M, Pennisi A, Sun B, Wright P, Gralow JR, Chen R, Boyle SM, Stearns V, Wolff AC, Park BH. : The Pathologic Response Evaluation and Detection in Circulating Tumor-DNA Study: Ultrasensitive Circulating Tumor-DNA Assessment of Breast Cancer Minimal Residual Disease J Clin Oncol. Mar 2026.

Metzger O, Mandrekar S, Goel S, Gligorov J, Lim E, Ciruelos E, Loibl S, Dockter T, Gonzàlez Farré X, Francis PA, Lynce F, Lanzillotti J, DuFrane C, Wall A, Strand C, Krop I, Vaz-Luis I, Tripathy D, Loi S, Prat A, Goetz M, Escrivá-de-Romaní S, Porter D, Spoenlein J, Stover DG, Sardesai S, Heudel P, Koehler M, Huang Bartlett C, Holynskyj A, Gopalakrishna P, Gauthier E, Delaloge S, Miller K, Winer EP, Gianni L, Partridge AH, DeMichele A, Carey LA.: Palbociclib for Hormone-Receptor-Positive, HER2-Positive Advanced Breast Cancer N Engl J Med Jan 2026.

Chislock EM, Pan TC, Pant D, Chen Y, Woodfield G, Graves J, Lawrence-Paul MR, Belka GK, Wang J, Bayne L, Blanchard T, Smith M, Ji X, Shih NNC, Soucier-Ernst D, Goodman N, Nivar I, Goodspeed B, DeLuca S, Ndicu J, Clark C, Langer M, William Stavropoulos S, DeMuth W, Morschauser A, Murphy W, Nayak A, Feldman M, Clark A, Yu L, Judge K, Bornheimer S, Pletcher CH Jr, Moore JS, DeMichele A, Chodosh LA. : DTC-Flow: a flow cytometry-based detection platform for characterizing bone marrow disseminated tumor cells in breast cancer NPJ Breast Cancer Nov 2025.

Gerratana L, Reduzzi C, Ren Y, Jeselsohn R, Mahtani RL, Ma CX, DeMichele A, Meisel JL, Miller K, Abdou Y, Riley EC, Qamar R, Sharma P, Reid SA, Ko N, Liu Y, Gauthier E, Burstein HJ, DeMeo M, Tolaney SM, Regan MM, Cristofanilli M, Mayer EL.: Circulating Tumor Cell Dynamics after CDK4/6 Inhibitor for Hormone Receptor-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer: A Biomarker Analysis from the PACE Phase II Study. Clin Cancer Res Nov 2025.

Thomas A, Rhoads A, Mayer EL, O'Reilly S, Harbeck N, Curigliano G, Zhou Y, Adam V, Chan N, Conway KM, Ignatiadis M, Kalinsky K, DeMichele A, Romitti PA. : Evolving incidence patterns for locally advanced operable breast cancer by receptor status: SEER 2010-2021. NPJ Breast Cancer Nov 2025.

Hennessy, M. A., Gatsonis, C., Jacene, H., Connolly, R. M., Burnette, B. L., Stringer-Reasor, E. M., Romanoff, J., Taurone, A., O'Sullivan, C. C., Le-Petross, H. T., Stearns, V., Fowler, A. M., Tang, S., Sepulveda, K. A., DeMichele, A. M., Mankoff, D. A., Wolff, A. C. : EA1211: interim FDG-PET/CT for predicting response of HER2-positive breast cancer to neoadjuvant therapy (DIRECT trial). Future Oncology Oct 2025.

DeMichele, A., Clark, A. S., Shea, E., Bayne, E. J., Sterner, C. J., Rohn, K., Dwyer, S., Pan, T., Nivar, I., Chen, Y., Wileyto, P., Berry, L. R., Deluca, S., Savage, J., Makhlin, I., Pant, D. K., Martin, H., Egunsola, A., Mears, N., Goodspeed, B. L., Chislock, E. M., Graves, J., Wang, J., Shih, N., Belka, G. K., Berry, D., Nayak, A., Feldman, M., & Chodosh, L. A.: Targeting dormant tumor cells to prevent recurrent breast cancer: a randomized phase 2 trial Nature Medicine Sep 2025.

Gerratana L, Reduzzi C, Ren Y, Jeselsohn R, Mahtani RL, Ma CX, DeMichele A, Meisel JL, Miller K, Abdou Y, Riley EC, Qamar R, Sharma P, Reid SA, Ko N, Liu Y, Gauthier E, Burstein HJ, DeMeo M, Tolaney SM, Regan MM, Cristofanilli M, Mayer EL.: Circulating tumor cells dynamics after CDK4/6 inhibitor for hormone-receptor positive metastatic breast cancer: a biomarker analysis from the PACE phase II study. Clin Cancer Res Aug 2025.

Van Hassel J, Dimitroff K, Yau C, Mukhtar R, Boughey JC, Ladores V, Howard-McNatt MM, Jaskowiak N, Perlmutter J, DeMichele A, Yee D, Hylton N, Symmans WF, Veer LV, Rugo H, Esserman LJ, Shatsky R, Isaacs C, Kuerer H, Wallace AM, Prionas N, Tseng J, Reyna CR, Taunk N, Kesmodel S, Lee MC, Fox J, Piltin MA, Tchou J, Arciero CA, Postlewait LM, Sauder C, Rao R.: Impact of Time to Surgery Post Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy on Breast Cancer Outcomes: A Retrospective Study of Patients Enrolled in the I-SPY 2 Clinical Trial. Ann Surg Oncol. Aug 2025.

Mukhtar, R. A., Dimitroff, K., Yau, C., Chien, A. J., Connolly, E. P., Howard-McNatt, M., Rao, R., Ladores, V., Golshan, M., Sauder, C. A., Ahmed, K., Lancaster, R., Fox, J., Gutnik, L., Lee, M. C., Tchou, J., Prionas, N., Arciero, C. A., Reyna, C., Kuerer, H., Switalla, K., Taunk, N., Tuttle, T. M., Moran, M. S., Postlewait, L. M., Perlmutter, J., DeMichele, A., Yee, D., Hylton, N., Symmans, W. F., Rugo, H. S., Shatsky, R., Isaacs, C., Esserman, L. J., Van't Veer, L., Boughey, J. C.: Impact of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy on Surgical Outcomes and Conversion to Node-Negativity in Invasive Lobular Breast Cancer: Analysis of Molecularly High-Risk Tumors by Histologic Subtype on the I-SPY2 Clinical Trial. Annals of surgical oncology Jul 2025.

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