Penn Medicine Provider
Medical Oncology
David Cantor, MD, PhD
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Abramson Cancer Center Perelman 2nd Floor West

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Hematology-Oncology)

Education and training

  • Medical School: New York University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Cantor is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Cantor DJ, Nimeiri H, Horn L, West M, Ben-Shachar R, Huerga I, Patel JD, Aggarwal C. Outcomes Following First-Line Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors With or Without Chemotherapy Stratified by KRAS Mutational Status-A Real-World Analysis in Patients With Advanced NSCLC. , Clin Lung Cancer.: 2025


Marmarelis ME, Cantor DJ, Mathew D, McWilliams T, Bauml JB, Hwang W, Zhang J, Singh A, D’Avella C, Davis C, Ye D, Sun L, Ciunci C, Zhang N, Aggarwal C, Cohen RB, Minn A, Wherry J, Langer CJ. Phase II Study of Pembrolizumab and Itacitinib for Patients with Treatment Naive Metastatic NSCLC Expressing PD-L1: Long-Term Follow Up. , World Conference on Lung Cancer Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.: 2024


Cantor DJ, Davis C, Ciunci C, Aggarwal C, Evans T, Alley E, Cohen RB, Bauml JM, and Langer CJ. Long-term followup of adjuvant pembrolizumab following locally ablative therapy for oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer. , Texas Lung Conference, Austin, TX.: 2024


Cantor DJ, Davis C, Ciunci C, Aggarwal C, Evans T, Cohen RB, Bauml JM, Langer CJ. Brief Report: Long-Term Follow-Up of Adjuvant Pembrolizumab After Locally Ablative Therapy for Oligometastatic NSCLC , JTO Clin Res Rep , 5(6): 2024,100667.


Cantor DJ, Aggarwal C. Targeting KRAS-mutated NSCLC – novel TKIs and beyond. , Clin Cancer Res, 29(18): 2023,3563-3565.


Cantor DJ, Davis C, Ciunci C, Aggarwal C, Evans T, Alley E, Cohen RB, Bauml JM, and Langer CJ. Long-term followup of adjuvant pembrolizumab following locally ablative therapy for oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer. , American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.: 2023


Cantor DJ, King B, Blumenberg L, DiMauro T, Aifantis I, Koralov SB, Skok JA, David G. Impaired Expression of Rearranged Immunoglobulin Genes and Premature p53 Activation Block B Cell Development in BMI1 Null Mice , Cell Rep , 26(1): 2019,108-118.e4.


Bainor AJ, Saini S, Calderon A, Polanco RC, Ramirez BG, Monte CM, Cantor DJ, Ernlund A, Litovchick L, David G. The HDAC-associated Sin3B protein represses DREAM complex targets and cooperates with APC/C to promote quiescence. , Cell Rep, 25(10): 2018,2797-2807.e8.


Cantor DJ and David G. The potential of targeting Sin3B and its associated complexes for cancer therapy. , Expert Opin Ther Targets , 21(11): 2017,1051-1061


Bainor AJ, Deng FM, Wang Y, Lee P, Cantor DJ, Logan SK, David G. Chromatin-associated protein Sin3B prevents prostate cancer progression by inducing senescence. , Cancer Res , 77(19): 2017,5339-5348.