Penn Medicine Provider
Medical Oncology
Christine A. Ciunci, MD, MSCE
4.9
(263)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Abramson Cancer Center Penn Presbyterian
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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
4.9

266 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

May 2025
5.0
5.0
she is a great doctor
May 2025
5.0
5.0
very knowledgeable.
April 2025
5.0
5.0
she was thorough and listened and did not hurry me.
April 2025
5.0
5.0
thoughtful...courteous...and kind

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

My research

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


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: 2023


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


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


Tompkins WP, Hwang WT, Yang YX, Singh A, Ciunci C, D'Avella C, Aggarwal C, Cohen RB, Langer CJ, Mamtani R, Marmarelis ME. Brief Report: Second-line treatment outcomes in patients with advanced NSCLC previously treated with first-line immunotherapy regimens , Clin Lung Cancer: 2023


Yegya-Raman N, Friedes C, Sun L, Iocolano M, Kim KN, Doucette A, Cohen RB, Robinson KW, Levin WP, Cengel KA, Lally B, Agarwal M, D'Avella CA, Marmarelis ME, Kosteva JA, Singh AP, Ciunci CA, Aggarwal C, Berman AT, Langer CJ, Feigenberg SJ. Utilization and Factors Precluding Receipt of Checkpoint Inhibitor Consolidation for Stage III NSCLC in a Large US Academic Health System , Clin Lung Cancer: 2023


Wang X, Katz S, Miura J, Karakousis G, Roshkovan L, Walker S, McNulty S, Ciunci C, Cengel K, Langer CJ, Marmarelis ME. A single-center retrospective cohort study of perioperative systemic chemotherapy in diffuse malignant peritoneal mesothelioma , PLoS One, 17: 2022,e0275187


Thompson JC, Aggarwal C, Wong J, Nimgaonkar V, Hwang WT, Andronov M, Dibardino DM, Hutchinson CT, Ma KC, Lanfranco A, Moon E, Haas AR, Singh AP, Ciunci CA, Marmarelis M, D'Avella C, Cohen JV, Bauml JM, Cohen RB, Langer CJ, Vachani A, Carpenter EL. Plasma Genotyping at the Time of Diagnostic Tissue Biopsy Decreases Time-to-Treatment in Patients With Advanced NSCLC-Results From a Prospective Pilot Study , JTO Clin Res Rep, 3: 2022,100301