Rachel C Jankowitz, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Hematology-Oncology)
Director, Rena Rowan Breast Center , University of Pennsylvania
Section Chief, Breast Medical Oncology, Penn Medicine Abramson Cancer Center
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
South Pavilion, 10th Floor, Room 10-156
Philadelphia, PA 19104
South Pavilion, 10th Floor, Room 10-156
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-615-5858
Fax: 215-615-5858
Fax: 215-615-5858
Education:
BA (Biology, Magna Cum Laude)
Fairfield University , 1999.
MD (Medicine)
Temple University School of Medicine , 2003.
Permanent linkBA (Biology, Magna Cum Laude)
Fairfield University , 1999.
MD (Medicine)
Temple University School of Medicine , 2003.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Breast Cancer, invasive lobular carcinoma, breast cancer clinical trials.Description of Research Expertise
Breast Cancer, invasive lobular carcinoma, breast cancer clinical trials.Selected Publications
Lenz L, Neff C, Solimeno C, Cogan ES, Abramson VG, Boughey JC, Falkson C, Goetz MP, Ford JM, Gradishar WJ, Jankowitz RC, Kaklamani VG, Marcom PK, Richardson AL, Storniolo AM, Tung NM, Vinayak S, Hodgson DR, Lai Z, Dearden S, Hennessy BT, Mayer EL, Mills GB, Slavin TP, Gutin A, Connolly RM, Telli ML, Stearns V, Lanchbury JS, Timms KM: Identifying homologous recombination deficiency in breast cancer: genomic instability score distributions differ among breast cancer subtypes. Breast Cancer Res Treat 202(1): 191-201, Nov 2023.Manik R, Grady CB, Elmore LC, Fieber JH, Freedman GM, Jankowitz RC, Tchou JC, Zhang JQ, Hubbard RA, Fayanju OM: Temporal Trends and Factors Associated with Receipt of Post-mastectomy Radiation After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Women with cT3 Breast Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 30(11): :6506-6515, Oct 2023.
Gradishar WJ, Moran MS, Abraham J, Abramson V, Aft R, Agnese D, Allison KH, Anderson B, Burstein HJ, Chew H, Dang C, Elias AD, Giordano SH, Goetz MP, Goldstein LJ, Hurvitz SA, Jankowitz RC, Javid SH, Krishnamurthy J, Leitch AM, Lyons J, Mortimer J, Patel SA, Pierce LJ, Rosenberger LH, Rugo HS, Schneider B, Smith ML, Soliman H, Stringer-Reasor EM, Telli ML, Wei M, Wisinski KB, Young JS, Yeung K, Dwyer MA, Kumar R: NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Breast Cancer, Version 4.2023. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 21(6): 594-608, Jun 2023 Notes: DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2023.0031
William J Gradishar 1, Meena S Moran 2, Jame Abraham 3, Rebecca Aft 4, Doreen Agnese 5, Kimberly H Allison 6, Bethany Anderson 7, Harold J Burstein 8, Helen Chew 9, Chau Dang 10, Anthony D Elias 11, Sharon H Giordano 12, Matthew P Goetz 13, Lori J Goldstein 14, Sara A Hurvitz 15, Steven J Isakoff 16, Rachel C Jankowitz 17, Sara H Javid 18, Jairam Krishnamurthy 19, Marilyn Leitch 20, Janice Lyons 3, Joanne Mortimer 21, Sameer A Patel 14, Lori J Pierce 22, Laura H Rosenberger 23, Hope S Rugo 24, Amy Sitapati 25, Karen Lisa Smith 26, Mary Lou Smith 27, Hatem Soliman 28, Erica M Stringer-Reasor 29, Melinda L Telli 6, John H Ward 30, Kari B Wisinski 7, Jessica S Young 31, Jennifer Burns 32, Rashmi Kumar 32: Breast Cancer, Version 3.2022, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 20(6): 691-722, Jun 2022 Notes: DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2022.0030
Gradishar WJ, Moran MS, Abraham J, Aft R, Agnese D, Allison KH, Anderson B, Burstein HJ, Chew H, Dang C, Elias AD, Giordano SH, Goetz MP, Goldstein LJ, Hurvitz SA, Isakoff SJ, Jankowitz RC, Javid SH, Krishnamurthy J, Leitch M, Lyons J, Mortimer J, Patel SA, Pierce LJ, Rosenberger LH, Rugo HS, Sitapati A, Smith KL, Smith ML, Soliman H, Stringer-Reasor EM, Telli ML, Ward JH, Wisinski KB, Young JS, Burns J, Kumar R.: Breast Cancer, Version 3.2022, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 20(6): 691-722, Jun 2022 Notes: DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2022.0030
Barroso-Sousa R, Tarantino P, Tayob N, Dang C, Yardley DA, Isakoff SJ, Valero V, Faggen M, Mulvey T, Bose R, Hu J, Weckstein D, Wolff AC, Reeder-Hayes K, Rugo HS, Ramaswamy B, Zuckerman D, Hart L, Gadi VK, Constantine M, Cheng K, Briccetti F, Schneider B, Garrett AM, Marcom K, Albain K, DeFusco P, Tung N, Ardman B, Nanda R, Jankowitz RC, Rimawi M, Abramson V, Pohlmann PR, Van Poznak C, Forero-Torres A, Liu M, Ruddy KJ, Zheng Y, Rosenberg SM, Gelber RD, Trippa L, Barry W, DeMeo M, Burstein H, Partridge A, Winer EP, Krop I, Tolaney SM.: Cardiac outcomes of subjects on adjuvant trastuzumab emtansine vs paclitaxel in combination with trastuzumab for stage I HER2-positive breast cancer (ATEMPT) study (TBCRC033): a randomized controlled trial. NPJ Breast Cancer 8(1): 18, Feb 16 2022.
Peter Schmid 1, Javier Cortes 1, Rebecca Dent 1, Lajos Pusztai 1, Heather McArthur 1, Sherko Kümmel 1, Jonas Bergh 1, Carsten Denkert 1, Yeon Hee Park 1, Rina Hui 1, Nadia Harbeck 1, Masato Takahashi 1, Michael Untch 1, Peter A Fasching 1, Fatima Cardoso 1, Jay Andersen 1, Debra Patt 1, Michael Danso 1, Marta Ferreira 1, Marie-Ange Mouret-Reynier 1, Seock-Ah Im 1, Jin-Hee Ahn 1, Maria Gion 1, Sally Baron-Hay 1, Jean-François Boileau 1, Yu Ding 1, Konstantinos Tryfonidis 1, Gursel Aktan 1, Vassiliki Karantza 1, Joyce O'Shaughnessy 1; KEYNOTE-522 Investigators KEYNOTE-522 Investigators: Yoland Antill, Sally Baron-Hay, Rina Hui, Po-Ling Inglis, Nick Murray, Jacqui Thomson, Daphne Tsoi, Carlos Henrique E Barrios, Ademar Dantas da Cunha Jr, Rita de Cassia Costamilan, Fabio de Figueiredo Chaves, Ruffo de Freitas Jr, Gustavo Colagiovanni Girotto, Rudinei Diogo Marques Linck, Jose Luiz Pedrini, Nils Gunnar Skare, Jean-Francois Boileau, David Cescon, Michel Pavic, Louise Provencher, Brigitte Poirier, Andre Robidoux, Saima Hassan, Xinni Song, Sunil Verma, Marc Webster, Ana Cristina Avendano Rojas, Ricardo Bruges, Manuel Enrique Gonzalez Fernandez, Maria Elvira Montoya Restrepo, Diego Mauricio Gonzalez, Luis Leonardo Rojas, Jesus Oswaldo Sanchez Castillo, Gustova Adolfo Rojas-Uribe, Hugues Bourgeois, Stephanie Chieze, Dorothee Chocteau-Bouju, Florence Dalenc, Catherine Delbaldo, Nadine Dohollou, Sylvie Giacchetti, Christelle Levy, Delphine Loirat, Marie-Paule Sablin, Laura Mansi, Marie-Ange Mouret-Reynier, Mustafa Deryal, Peter A Fasching, Nadia Harbeck, Andreas Hartkopf, Christian Martin Kurbacher, Mattea Reinisch, Christoph Thomssen, Michael Untch, Isabell Witzel, Conleth Murphy, Janice Walshe, David Geffen, Margarita Tokar, Daniella Katz, Adi Rasco, Shani Paluch-Shimon, Bella Kaufman, Tamar Peretz-Yablonski, Larisa Ryvo, Ella Evron, Ido Wolf, Salomon Stemmer, Editta Baldini, Giovanni Beneditti, Nicola Battelli, Marco Colleoni, Michelino De Laurentiis, Rebecca Pedersini, Andrea Rocco, Ugo di Giorgi, Masaya Hattori, Hiroji Iwata, Naoki Hayashi, Kenichi Inoue, Yoshifumi Komoike, Norikazu Masuda, Yasuo Miyoshi, Hirofumi Mukai, Shinji Ohno, Shoichiro Ohtani, Mitsuya Itoh, Toshiaki Saeki, Akihiko Osaki, Yasuaki Sagara, Kenji Tamura, Chikako Shimizu, Kan Yonemori, Masato Takahashi, Toshimi Takano, Yuko Tanabe, Yutaka Tokuda, Naoki Niikura, Koichiro Tsugawa, Junichiro Watanabe, Naohito Yamamoto, Yutaka Yamamoto, Barbara Bauer-Kosinska, Ewa Chmielowska, Agata Chrzanowska-Kapica, Aleksandra Grela-Wojewoda, Anna Drosik Kwasniewska, Krzysztof Lesniewski Kmak, Iwona Danielewicz, Aleksandra Lacko, Rafal Tarnawski, Bogdan Zurawski, Fatima Cardoso, Marta Ferreira, Rita Teixeira Sousa, Maria Rita Dionísio, Leonor Castro Abreu Ribeiro, Jin Hee Ahn, Seock-Ah Im, Gun Min Kim, Min Hwan Kim, Yeon Hee Park, Natalia Vladmirovna Fadeeva, Petr Vladimirovich Krivorotko, Mikhail Romanovich Lichinitser, Inna Ganshina, Oleg Nikolaevich Lipatov, Guzel Zinnurovna Mukhametshina, Marina N Nechaeva, Marina V Shomova, Rebecca Dent, Joan Albanell Mestres, Francisco Javier Salvador Bofill, Juan de la Haba Rodriguez, Begona Bermejo de Las Heras, Lucia Gonzalez Cortijo, Esther Holgado, Maria Gion, Rafael Lopez Lopez, Idoia Morilla Ruiz, Rafael Villanueva, Eva Munoz Couselo, Esther Zamora Adelantado, Jose Manuel Perez Garcia, Jesus Soberino, Anne Andersson, Theodoros Foukakis, Anna-Lotta Hallbeck, Henrik Lindman, Yuan-Ching Chang, Shin-Cheh Chen, Chiun-Sheng Huang, Kuo-Ting Lee, Mei-Ching Liu, Chi- Feng Chung, Ling-Ming Tseng, Huseyin Abali, Sercan Aksoy, Cagatay Arslan, Gul Basaran, Irfan Cicin, Serkan Keskin, Nil Molinas Mandel, Berna Oksuzoglu, Evren Ozdemir, Mustafa Ozdogan, Mustafa Ozguroglu, Ozgur Ozyilkan, Ruchan F Uslu, Erhan Gokmen, Idris Yucel, Bahiddin Yilmaz, Steve Chan, Janine Elizabeth Graham, Catherine Harper-Wynne, Fiona Kyle, M B Mukesh, Peter Schmid, Duncan Wheatley, Haythem Ali, Jay C Andersen, Chiara Battelli, Daniel G Bruetman, Ebenezer Kio, Jenny Chang, Arvind Chaudhry, Michael A Danso, Neelima Denduluri, Alexander I Spira, Jennifer Robinson Diamond, Patrick Dillon, Michael J Guarino, Barbara B Haley, Ronald P Harris, Frankie Ann Holmes, Michelina Cairo, William J Irvin, Rachel Jankowitz, Leisha Ann Emens, Vicky E Jones, Sri Obulareddy, Jose Leone, Sneha Phadke, Mary Lopresti, William MacLaughlin, Heather McArthur, Apurva Mehta, Rita Nanda, Ira A Oliff, Joyce A OShaughnessy, David Page, Debra A Patt, Lajos Pusztai, Donald A Richards, Irina Rybalova, Jasgit Sachdev, Michael S Gordon, Poornima Saha, Jennifer Specht, Laura Stampleman, Michael Zachary Koontz, Christopher T F Stokoe, Rachel Swart, Eddie Thara, Deborah Lynn Toppmeyer, Michaela Tsai, Frances Valdes-Albini, Gregory Vidal, Patrick Ward, Thomas D Weyburn, Elizabeth K Chung, Sharon T Wilks, Allyson Harroff, Ying Zhuo: Event-free Survival with Pembrolizumab in Early Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. NEJM 386(6): 556-567, Feb 2022 Notes: DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2112651
Carey K Anders # 1, Mark G Woodcock # 2 3, Amanda E D Van Swearingen 1, Dominic T Moore 3, Maria J Sambade 3, Sonia Laurie 3, Alexander Robeson 3, Oleg Kolupaev 3, Luz A Cuaboy 3, Amy L Garrett 3, Karen McKinnon 3 4, Kristen Cowens 3, Dante Bortone 3, Benjamin C Calhoun 5, Alec D Wilkinson 3, Lisa Carey 2 3, Trevor Jolly 2 3, Hyman Muss 2 3, Katherine Reeder-Hayes 2 3, Rebecca Kaltman 6, Rachel Jankowitz 7 8, Vinay Gudena 9, Oludamilola Olajide 10, Charles Perou 3 11, E Claire Dees 2 3, Benjamin G Vincent # 3 4 11 12, Jonathan S Serody # 13 4 12: Evaluating the efficacy of a priming dose of cyclophosphamide prior to pembrolizumab to treat metastatic triple negative breast cancer. J Immunother Cancer 10(2): e003427, Feb 2022.
Macy M Goldbach 1, Laura Burkbauer 2, Tina Bharani 2, Austin D Williams 3, Luke Keele 4, Jami Rothman 2 5, Rachel Jankowitz 5, Julia C Tchou : Effectiveness of a Short Duration of Neoadjuvant Endocrine Therapy in Patients with HR+ Breast Cancer-An NCDB Analysis (2004-2016). Ann Surg Oncol 28(13): 8651-8662, Dec 2021.
Daniel I Hoffman # 1, Patricia Mae G Santos # 2, Macy Goldbach 1, Luke J Keele 3, Neil K Taunk 2, Hannah S Bogen 2, Laura Burkbauer 1, Rachel C Jankowitz 4, Joshua Fosnot 5, Liza C Wu 5, Gary M Freedman 2, Julia C Tchou 6: Immediate Breast Reconstruction for Inflammatory Breast Cancer-Trends in Use and Clinical Outcomes, 2004-2016. Ann Surg Oncol 28(13): 8789-8801. Dec 2021 Notes: DOI: 10.1245/s10434-021-10404-4