- Lung cancer
Charu Aggarwal, MD, MPH
About me
- Physician Leader, Airways Malignancies Research
- Director, Precision Oncology Innovation, Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation
- Section Chief, Head & Neck and Thoracic Cancers, Hematology-Oncology
- Leslye M. Heisler Professor for Lung Cancer Excellence
Dr. Aggarwal specializes in the management of patients with lung cancer. Her clinical research focus is on the development of novel immunotherapeutic approaches, and the discovery and application of biomarkers to guide therapy and monitor treatment. She serves as the local and national principal investigator for multiple clinical trials focusing on the development of targeted immunotherapy approaches.
My education and training
- Medical School: Lady Hardinge Medical College
- Residency: Buffalo General Medical Center
- Fellowship: Fox Chase Cancer Center
Spoken languages
Reviews
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- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
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- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Medical Oncology, 2011
- American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), National
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, National
- European Society of Medical Oncology, International
- International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, International
- Penn Center for Head and Neck Cancer
- Penn Lung Cancer Program
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Marmarelis ME, Gilligan AM, Sugihara T, Marquart T, Whipple S, Wang Y, Allen-Coyle TJ, Bhandari NR, Aggarwal C. The Waiting Game: How NGS and Guideline-Concordant-Care Timing Shape Survival in Advanced NSCLC , Cancers (Basel), 18: 2026,2287
Meyer ML, Peters S, Borghaei H, Cascone T, Dacic S, Faivre-Finn C, Leighl N, Paz-Ares L, Aerts J, Aggarwal C, Ahn MJ, Arcila ME, Ardizzoni A, Arrieta O, Awad MM, Bar J, Barlesi F, Bazhenova L, Besse B, Chaft J, Cho BC, Curioni Fontecedro A, DE Ruysscher D, Dingemans AM, Dziadziuszko R, Felip E, Forde P, Gandara DR, Garassino MC, Garcia Campelo R, Garrido Lopez P, Gautschi O, Girard N, Goto Y, Gray J, Hendriks L, Hirsch F, Hui R, Janne PA, Kerr K, Khorshid O, Pechoux CLE, Leal T, Lin JJ, Linardou H, Liu S, Mahrous M, Malapelle U, Mercadante E, Mitsudomi T, Mok T, Mountzios G, Naidoo J, Normanno N, Novello S, Oliveira J, Pappagallo G, Perrone G, Pérol M, Raez LE, Ramella S, Rami-Porta R, Reckamp K, Reguart Aransay N, Remon Masip J, Ricardi U, Ricciuti B, Rodriguez-Abreu D, Rotow JK, Santos ES, Schalper K, Senan S, Seto T, Skoulidis F, Smit EF, Soares M, Solli P, Solomon B, Soo RA, Stahel R, Stiles BM, VAN Schil P, Veronesi G, Wistuba II, Wolf J, Wu YL, Zer A, Rolfo C, Landi L, Cappuzzo F. Bridging evidence and practice: international multidisciplinary consensus on non-metastatic NSCLC , J Thorac Oncol: 2026
Barsouk AA, Yaskolko M, Sussman JH, Sun L, Singh AP, Cohen RB, Aggarwal C, Marmarelis ME, Langer CJ. Poor Performance Status Associated With Inferior Tarlatamab Outcomes in a Large, Multi-institution Real-World Database of Patients With 2L + ES-SCLC , Clin Lung Cancer, 27: 2026,50-55
Reisenauer JS, DiBardino DM, Criner GJ, Hunt SJ, Panaro J, Friedberg J, Mansfield AS, Aggarwal C, Bodor JN, Callstrom MR. Safety and pathologic response of neoadjuvant pulsed electric field ablation and systemic therapy in early-stage resectable lung cancer: case series , J Thorac Dis, 18: 2026,669
Adam Barsouk, Maxim Yaskolko, Jonathan H. Sussman, Lova Sun, Roger B. Cohen, Charu Aggarwal, Corey J. Langer, Melina E. Marmarelis Sotorasib vs adagrasib in the 2L+ setting: Outcomes in a large, multi-institutional, real-world database of KRAS-G12C mutated mNSCLC. , J Clin Oncol: 2026
Bleiberg BA, Scholes DG, Reed-Guy L, Dravid D, Sun LL, Singh AP, Cohen RB, Langer CJ, Marmarelis ME, Aggarwal C. Erratum to "The incremental value of liquid biopsy in the initial evaluation of patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer undergoing tissue-based molecular testing" [J. Liq. Biopsy 12 (2026) 100461] , J Liq Biopsy, 12: 2026,100472
Phurin Areesawangkit, Adam Barsouk, Maxim Yaskolko, Lucy Wang, Cole Friedes, Roger B. Cohen, Lova Sun, Charu Aggarwal, Melina E. Marmarelis, Aditi P. Singh, Kyle W. Robinson, Christopher D'Avella, Christine A. Ciunci, Steven J. Feigenberg, Jeffrey D. Bradley, Nikhil Yegya-Raman, Michelle Iocolano, Christiana Davis, Corey J. Langer Long-term survival outcomes of consolidative local ablative therapy after response to first-line systemic treatment in oligometastatic NSCLC. , J Clin Oncol: 2026
Michelle A. Worst, Andrew Small, Amy Furedy, Charu Aggarwal, Sandip P. Patel The impact of online CME on addressing clinical decision-making for immunotherapy in advanced squamous NSCLC. , J Clin Oncol: 2026
Xavier Orcutt, Vivek Nimgaonkar, Lova Sun, Charu Aggarwal, Aaron B. Cohen, Ronac Mamtani, Qi Long, Ravi B. Parikh Machine learning risk stratification in a US-based database to identify subgroups of patients with PD-L1-high NSCLC who benefit from adding chemotherapy to pembrolizumab. , J Clin Oncol: 2026
Rachel Jaber Chehayeb, Willdragon Wang, Lova Sun, Aditi P. Singh, Roger B. Cohen, Corey J. Langer, Charu Aggarwal, Melina E. Marmarelis Incidentally discovered lung cancer in explanted lungs at the time of lung transplantation: Management and outcomes. , J Clin Oncol: 2026