- Anal cancer
- Appendiceal tumor
- Bile duct cancer (Cholangiocarcinoma)
- Colon cancer
- Colorectal cancer
- Esophageal cancer
- Gallbladder cancer
- Gastrointestinal stromal tumor
- Hepatocellular carcinoma
- Liver cancer
- Pancreatic cancer
- Rectal cancer
- Small bowel cancer
Parul Agarwal, MD
About me
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Hematology-Oncology)
My education and training
- Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine
- Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
- Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Spoken languages
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Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Hematology, 2022
- Medical Oncology, 2021
- Internal Medicine, 2018
- American Society of Clinical Oncology, National
- Penn Gastrointestinal Cancer Program
- Penn Liver Cancer Program
- Recognized in Philadelphia magazine's Top Docs issue for 2025
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Agarwal P, Guo M, Munjal K, Qi H, Parkinson R, Ferguson A, Mitchell C, Harrison J, Anders RA, Thompson ED, Wang H, De Jesus A, Zheng L, He J, Burkhart R, Narang A, George B, Jaffee EM, Yarchoan M, Laheru D, Osipov A. A phase II study of neoadjuvant GVAX and cyclophosphamide combined with nivolumab and SBRT followed by surgery in borderline resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma , Clin Cancer Res: 2025
Mohindroo C, Baydogan S, Agarwal P, Wright RD, Prakash LR, Mork ME, Klein AP, Laheru DA, Maxwell JE, Katz MHG, Dasari A, Kim MP, He J, McAllister F, De Jesus-Acosta A. Germline Testing Identifies Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic Variants in Patients with Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors , Cancer Prevention Research, 17(7): 2024,335-342
Wilbur HC, Le DT, Agarwal P. Immunotherapy of MSI Cancer: Facts and Hopes , Clin Cancer Res, 30(8): 2024,1438-1447
Lau-Min KS, Marini J, Shah NK, Pucci D, Blauch AN, Cambareri C, Mooney B, Agarwal P, Johnston C, Schumacher RP, White K, Gabriel PE, Rosin R, Jacobs LA, Shulman LN. Pilot Study of a Mobile Phone Chatbot for Medication Adherence and Toxicity Management Among Patients With GI Cancers on Capecitabine , JCO Oncol Pract: 2024
Chen SY, Heumann TR, Agarwal P, Zheng L. The clinical application of immuno-therapeutics , Clinical Immuno-Oncology: 2024,237-288
Mohindroo C, Baydogan S, Agarwal P, Laheru D, Wright R, Prakash L, Mork ME, Klein ME, Maxwell J, Katz MHG, Dasari A, Kim MP, He J, McAllister F, De Jesus-Acosta A. Prevalence of germline variants in patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. , Journal of Clinical Oncology, The American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, Chicago IL., 41: 2023
Agarwal P, Qi H, Munjal K, Gai J, Ferguson A, Parkinson R, Harrison J, Rodriguez C, Anders RA, Thompson ED, Burkhart R, He J, Narang A, De Jesus-Acosta A, Zheng L, Jaffee EM, George B, Laheru DA, Yarchoan M, Osipov A. Overall survival (OS) and pathologic response rate from a phase II clinical trial of neoadjuvant GVAX pancreas vaccine (with cyclophosphamide) in combination with nivolumab and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) followed by definitive resection for patients with borderline resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma (BR-PDAC). , Journal of Clinical Oncology, The American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, Chicago IL., 41: 2023
Chapin WJ, Agarwal P, DiCicco L, Palmer R, Cenou N, Chi Huang AC, Karasic TB. Phase II trial of XmAb20717 (vudalimab) in patients with advanced biliary tract cancers. , Journal of Clinical Oncology, The American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, Chicago IL., 41(16): 2023
Luke J, Sanborn RE, Rodón J, Patel M, Agarwal P, Friedman E, Peterson C, Kelley H, Wright E, Danaee H, Sun H, Barth C, Reilly T, Redig AJ, Friedman C. Phase 1/2 study of HST-1011, an oral CBL-B inhibitor, alone and in combination with anti-PD1 in patients with advanced solid tumors , Cancer Res. American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL., 83(8): 2023
Christenson ES, Lim SJ, Durham J, De Jesus-Acosta A, Bever K, Laheru D, Ryan A, Agarwal P, Scharpf RB, Le DT, Wang H. Cell-free DNA Predicts Prolonged Response to Multi-agent Chemotherapy in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma , Cancer Res Commun, 2(11): 2022,1418-1425