Rachel C Jankowitz, MD
Medical Oncology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Rena Rowan Breast Center
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Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Director, Rena Rowan Breast Center
  • Section Chief, Breast Cancer, Hematology-Oncology
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Hematology-Oncology)

Education and training

  • Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
  • Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

What my patients think about me

Average Rating

401 reviews

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December 2025
she understands my specific cancer
December 2025
dr. jankowitz is very thorough, thoughtful and knowledgeable. she even takes time to look things up when i ask a question that is not 100% in her specialty.
November 2025
she is very knowledgeable and supportive!
November 2025
she is a great doctor

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. Jankowitz is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Gradishar WJ, Moran MS, Abraham J, Abramson V, Aft R, Agnese D, Allison KH, Anderson B, Bailey J, Burstein HJ, Chen N, Chew H, Dang C, Elias AD, Giordano SH, Goetz MP, Jankowitz RC, Javid SH, Krishnamurthy J, Leitch AM, Lyons J, McCloskey S, McShane M, Mortimer J, Patel SA, Rosenberger LH, Rugo HS, Santa-Maria CA, Schneider BP, Smith ML, Soliman H, Stringer-Reasor EM, Telli ML, Wei M, Wisinski KB, Yellala A, Yeung KT, Young JS, Schonfeld R, Kumar R. NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Breast Cancer, Version 5.2025 , J Natl Compr Canc Netw, 23(11): 2025,426-436


Kai Ding, Lyuqin Chen, Kevin M Levine, Matthew J Sikora, Nilgun Tasdemir, David Dabbs, Rachel Jankowitz, Rachel Hazan, Osama Shah, Jenny Atkinson, Adrian V Lee, Steffi Oesterreich FGFR4 in endocrine resistance: overexpression and estrogen regulation without direct causative role , Breast Cancer Res Treat, 211(2): 2025,501-515


Peter Schmid 1, Javier Cortes 1, Rebecca Dent 1, Heather McArthur 1, Lajos Pusztai 1, Sherko Kümmel 1, Carsten Denkert 1, Yeon Hee Park 1, Rina Hui 1, Nadia Harbeck 1, Masato Takahashi 1, Seock-Ah Im 1, Michael Untch 1, Peter A Fasching 1, Marie-Ange Mouret-Reynier 1, Theodoros Foukakis 1, Marta Ferreira 1, Fatima Cardoso 1, Xuan Zhou 1, Vassiliki Karantza 1, Konstantinos Tryfonidis 1, Gursel Aktan 1, Joyce O'Shaughnessy 1; KEYNOTE-522 Investigators Overall Survival with Pembrolizumab in Early-Stage Triple-Negative Breast Cancer , N Engl J Med, 391(21): 2024,1981-1991


Gradishar WJ, Moran MS, Abraham J, Abramson V, Aft R, Agnese D, Allison KH, Anderson B, Bailey J, Burstein HJ, Chen N, Chew H, Dang C, Elias AD, Giordano SH, Goetz MP, Jankowitz RC, Javid SH, Krishnamurthy J, Leitch AM, Lyons J, McCloskey S, McShane M, Mortimer J, Patel SA, Rosenberger LH, Rugo HS, Santa-Maria C, Schneider BP, Smith ML, Soliman H, Stringer-Reasor EM, Telli ML, Wei M, Wisinski KB, Yeung KT, Young JS, Schonfeld R, Kumar R. Breast Cancer, Version 3.2024, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology , J Natl Compr Canc Netw: 2024


Oesterreich S, Pate L, Lee AV, Chen F, Jankowitz RC, Mukhtar R, Metzger O, Sikora MJ, Li CI, Sotiriou C, Shah OS, Koorman T, Ulaner G, Reis-Filho JS, Davidson NM, Van Baelen K, Hutcheson L, Freeney S, Migyanka F, Turner C, Derksen P, Bear T, Desmedt C. International survey on invasive lobular breast cancer identifies priority research questions , NPJ Breast Cancer: 2024


Tarantino P, Tayob N, Villacampa G, Dang C, Yardley DA, Isakoff SJ, Valero V, Faggen M, Mulvey T, Bose R, Weckstein D, Wolff AC, Reeder-Hayes K, Rugo HS, Ramaswamy B, Zuckerman D, Hart L, Gadi VK, Constantine M, Cheng K, Garrett AM, Marcom PK, Albain K, DeFusco P, Tung N, Ardman B, Nanda R, Jankowitz RC, Rimawi M, Abramson V, Pohlmann PR, Van Poznak C, Forero-Torres A, Liu MC, Ruddy KJ, Waks AG, DeMeo M, Burstein HJ, Partridge AH, Dell'Orto P, Russo L, Krause E, Newhouse DJ, Kurt BB, Mittendorf EA, Schneider B, Prat A, Winer EP, Krop IE, Tolaney SM; Consortium of the TBCRC Translational Investigators; TBCRC Translational Investigators. Adjuvant Trastuzumab Emtansine Versus Paclitaxel Plus Trastuzumab for Stage I Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2-Positive Breast Cancer: 5-Year Results and Correlative Analyses From ATEMPT , J. Clin Oncol: 2024


Gradishar WJ, Moran MS, Abraham J, Abramson V, Aft R, Agnese D, Allison KH, Anderson B, Bailey J, Burstein HJ, Chen N, Chew H, Dang C, Elias AD, Giordano SH, Goetz MP, Jankowitz RC, Javid SH, Krishnamurthy J, Leitch AM, Lyons J, McCloskey S, McShane M, Mortimer J, Patel SA, Rosenberger LH, Rugo HS, Santa-Maria C, Schneider BP, Smith ML, Soliman H, Stringer-Reasor EM, Telli ML, Wei M, Wisinski KB, Yeung KT, Young JS, Schonfeld R, Kumar R. Breast Cancer, Version 3.2022, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. , J Natl Compr Canc Netw., 22(5): 2022,331-357


Jacobs SA, Wang Y, Abraham J, Feng H, Montero AJ, Lipchik C, Finnigan M, Jankowitz RC, Salkeni MA, Maley SK, Puhalla SL, Piette F, Quinn K, Chang K, Nagy RJ, Allegra CJ, Vehec K, Wolmark N, Lucas PC, Srinivasan A, Pogue-Geile KL. NSABP FB-10: a phase Ib/II trial evaluating ado-trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) with neratinib in women with metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer , Breast Cancer Res: 2024


Ding K, Chen L, Levine K, Sikora M, Tasdemir N, Dabbs D, Jankowitz R, Hazan R, Shah OS, Atkinson JM, Lee AV, Oesterreich S. Estrogen regulation and functional role of FGFR4 in estrogen receptor positive breast cancer , bioRxiv [Preprint]: 2024


Sanft TB, Wong J, O'Neal B, Siuliukina N, Jankowitz RC, Pegram MD, Fox JR, Zhang Y, Treuner K, O'Shaughnessy JA. Impact of the Breast Cancer Index for Extended Endocrine Decision-Making: First Results of the Prospective BCI Registry Study. , J Natl Compr Canc Netw. , 22(2): 2024,99-107