Christine A. Ciunci, MD, MSCE
Medical Oncology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Abramson Cancer Center Penn Presbyterian
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Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Vice Chief, Clinical Affairs and Quality, Division of Hematology Oncology
  • Co-Director, Cancer Diagnostics Clinic
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Hematology-Oncology)

Education and training

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

What my patients think about me

Average Rating

339 reviews

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October 2025
information and demeanor
October 2025
always willing to help
October 2025
i just felt i could have used more information about my situation. other than that, this provider was great!
October 2025
very high professional level. very kind and gentle care

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

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

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Elghawy O, Barsouk A, Sussman JH, Bleiberg BA, Reed-Guy L, D'Avella C, Singh A, Ciunci C, Robinson K, Kosteva J, Langer C, Cohen RB, Aggarwal C, Marmarelis M, Sun L. Late Immune-Related Adverse Events After At Least Two Years of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy: Incidence and Association With Survival in Patients With Advanced NSCLC , JTO Clin Res Rep, 6: 2025,100851


Elghawy O, Barsouk A, Reed-Guy L, Stalker M, Sussman J, Robinson K, Kosteva J, Singh A, Cohen RB, Langer C, Ciunci C, D'Avella C, Sun L, Marmarelis ME, Aggarwal C. Brief Report: Osimertinib Plus Capmatinib for Patients With MET-Altered EGFR-Mutant NSCLC Following Progression on Front Line Therapy , Clin Lung Cancer: 2025


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: 2024,100667


Ugarte S, D'Avella C, Gabriel P, Ciunci C, Roy M, Schwartz A, Boyk K, Walker S, Tindall J, Dougherty D The cancer diagnostic clinic: A rapid access clinic to improve outcomes for patients with a suspected cancer diagnosis. , 2024 ASCO Quality Care Symposium: 2024


Barsouk A, Friedes C, Iocolano M, Doucette A, Cohen RB, Robinson KW, D'Avella CA, Marmarelis ME, Kosteva JA, Singh AP, Ciunci CA, Levin WP, Cengel KA, Bradley JD, Feigenberg SJ, Sun L, Aggarwal C, Langer CJ, Yegya-Raman N. Plunging Into the PACIFIC: Outcomes of Patients With Unresectable KRAS-Mutated Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Following Definitive Chemoradiation and Durvalumab Consolidation , Clin Lung Cancer: 2024


Davis D, Jarrar S, Ciunci C Synchronous Primary Lung Cancers Containing Discrete Driver Mutations in a Never-Smoker: Case Report , Case Reports Oncology, 16: 2023,1384-1389


Friedes C, Yegya-Raman N, Zhang S, Iocolano M, Cohen RB, Aggarwal C, Thompson JC, Marmarelis ME, Levin WP, Cengel KA, Ciunci CA, Singh AP, D'Avella C, Davis CW, Langer CJ, Feigenberg SJ. Patterns of Failure in Metastatic NSCLC Treated With First Line Pembrolizumab and Use of Local Therapy in Patients With Oligoprogression , Clin Lung Cancer: 2023


Yegya-Raman N, Berman AT, Ciunci CA, Friedes C, Berlin E, Iocolano M, Wang X, Lai C, Levin WP, Cengel KA, O'Reilly SE, Cohen RB, Aggarwal C, Marmarelis ME, Singh AP, Sun L, Bradley JD, Plastaras JP, Simone CB 2nd, Langer CJ, Feigenberg SJ. Phase 2 Trial of Consolidation Pembrolizumab After Proton Reirradiation for Thoracic Recurrences of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer , Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 119: 2023,56-65


Aggarwal C, Maity AP, Bauml JM, Long Q, Aleman T, Ciunci C, D'Avella C, Volpe M, Anderson E, Jones LM, Sun L, Singh AP, Marmarelis ME, Cohen RB, Langer CJ, Amaravadi R. A Phase II Open-Label Trial of Binimetinib and Hydroxychloroquine in Patients With Advanced KRAS-Mutant Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer , Oncologist, 28: 2023,644-e564


Marmarelis ME, Wang X, Roshkovan L, Grady CB, Miura JT, Ginsberg MS, Ciunci CA, Egger J, Walker S, Cercek A, Foote MB, Litzky LA, Nash G, Haas AR, Karakousis GC, Cengel KA, Katz SI, Zauderer MG, Langer CJ, Offin M. Clinical Outcomes Associated With Pembrolizumab Monotherapy Among Adults With Diffuse Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma , JAMA Netw Open, 6: 2023,e232526