Angela M DeMichele, MD, MSCE, FASCO
Mariann T. and Robert J. MacDonald Professor in Breast Cancer Care Excellence
Senior Scholar, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania
Co-Leader, Breast Cancer Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania
Co-Director, 2-PREVENT Breast Cancer Translational Center of Excellence, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania
Director of Clinical/Translational Research in Solid Oncology, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Pennsylvania
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
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
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.
Permanent linkB.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.
Description of Research Expertise
breast cancer, biomarkers, clinical trials, pharmacogenetics, cytokines, host immunogenetics, cancer survivorship, molecular epidemiologyDescription of Clinical Expertise
breast cancer, neoadjuvant therapy, menopausal symptoms related to cancer, cancer survivorshipSelected Publications
Denkert C, Rachakonda S, Pehl A, Marmé F, Martin M, Karn T, Untch M, Bonnefoi H, Kim SB, Hirmas N, Bear H, Witkiewicz AK, Im SA, DeMichele A, Veer LV, McCarthy N, Stiewe T, Jank P, Gelmon KA, García-Sáenz JA, Westhoff C, Kelly CM, Reimer T, Olivé MM, Knudsen ES, van Mackelenbergh M, Rojo F, Frickel N, Fasching PA, Teply-Szymanski J, Toi M, Rugo HS, Gnant M, Makris A, Felder B, Nekljudova V, Loibl S.: Clinical and Molecular Evaluation of HER2-Low and Ultralow Breast Cancer in the PENELOPE-B Clinical Trial Cohort. Mod Pathol. Apr 2026.Sun X, Ocampo AA, Hanna A, Taylor BC, Marshall JL, Steele JA, Axelrod ML, Wescott EC, Opalenik SR, DeMichele A, Esserman LJ, Liu MC, Nanda R, Wolf DM, Brown Swigart L, Hirst GL, van 't Veer LJ, Xu Y, Balko JM. : Peripheral blood transcriptional profiling predicts tumor subtype and neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy outcomes in human breast cancer Sci Transl Med Apr 2026.
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.
Magbanua MJM, Manon NA, Wolf DM, Rivero-Hinojosa S, Ahmed Z, Sayaman RW, Tin A, Renner D, Kalashnikova E, Brown-Swigart L, Hirst GL, Yau C, Li W, Isaacs C, Shatsky RA, Clark AS, Zimmer A, Delson AL, Rodriguez A, Liu MC, Pohlmann PR, Esserman LJ, Rugo HS, DeMichele A, van 't Veer L. : Circulating tumor DNA refines risk stratification of neoadjuvant therapy-resistant breast tumors. Nat Commun Dec 2025.
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.