- Breast cancer
- Inflammatory breast cancer
- Invasive breast cancer
- Invasive ductal carcinoma
- Invasive lobular carcinoma
- Local tumor recurrence
- Male breast cancer
- Triple negative breast cancer
- Triple positive breast cancer
Saya L. Jacob, MD
About me
- Assistant Professor of Medicine (Hematology-Oncology) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
My education and training
- Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
- Residency: Northwestern Memorial Hospital
- Fellowship: University of California San Francisco
Spoken languages
Reviews
108 reviews
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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
- Medical Oncology, 2023
- Internal Medicine, 2021
- American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO), National
- AOA Honor Medical Society, National
- Penn Breast Cancer Program
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
S. Jacob1 ∙ E.L. Mayer2 ∙ N. Kacik3 ∙ A.M. Storniolo4 ∙ C. Isaacs5 ∙ I. Mayer6 ∙ V. Stearns7 ∙ R. Nanda8 ∙ J. Nangia9 ∙ A.J. Chien3 ∙ M. Moasser3 ∙ M. Melisko3 ∙ C. Wabl3 ∙ A. Muzikansky10 ∙ J. Geradts11 ∙ D.A. Dillon12 ∙ B.H. Park13 ∙ I. Krop14 ∙ A.C. Wolff15 ∙ B. Kochupurakkal2 ∙ G.I. Shapiro2,† ∙ H.S. Rugo TBCRC 035: randomized phase II pharmacodynamic study of standard and reduced-dose palbociclib with endocrine therapy in hormone receptor (HR)-positive previously treated metastatic breast cancer , ESMO Open, 11(4): 2026
Jacob S, Fisch S, Face C, Blum K, Chengappa M, Chaudhry S, LeVee A, Baclig NV, Soliman A, Huppert LA, Quandt Z, Quintal L, Idossa D, Melisko M, Chien AJ, Kim MO, Mortimer J, McCann K, Blaes A, Rugo HS. Multi-institutional analysis of incidence and risks for late-onset immune toxicity in breast cancer , NPJ Breast Cancer, 11: 2025,144
Huppert LA, Mahtani R, Fisch S, Dempsey N, Premji S, Raimonde A, Jacob S, Quintal L, Melisko M, Chien J, Sandoval A, Carcas L, Ahluwalia M, Harpalani N, Hoppenworth J, Blaes A, Blum K, Kim MO, Idossa D, Rao R, Giridhar KV, Rugo HS. Multicenter retrospective cohort study of the sequential use of the antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) and sacituzumab govitecan (SG) in patients with HER2-low metastatic breast cancer (MBC) , NPJ Breast Cancer, 11: 2025,34
Jacob S, Christofferson A, Fisch S, Norwood P, Castillo P, Yu H, Hirst G, Soliman H, Nanda R, Mukhtar RA, Ewing C, Majure M, Melisko M, Rugo HS, Esserman L, Price E, Chien AJ. Regional lymph node changes on breast MRI in patients with early-stage breast cancer receiving neoadjuvant chemo-immunotherapy , Breast Cancer Res Treat: 2024
Zhang Q, Cai Z, Gerratana L, Davis AA, D'Amico P, Chawla A, Jacob S, Zhang Y, Jiao J, Qin W, Reduzzi C, Flaum L, Shah A, Gradishar WJ. Early Evaluation of Risk Stratification and Clinical Outcomes for Patients with Advanced Breast Cancer through Combined Monitoring of Baseline Circulating Tumor Cells and DNA. , Clin Cancer Res: 2024
Quandt Z, Jacob S, Fadlullah MZH, Wu C, Wu C, Huppert L, Levine LS, Sison P, Tsai KK, Chow M, Kang JH, Hwang J, Lee JC, Oglesby A, Venegas J, Brintz BJ, Tan AC, Anderson MS, Rosenblum MD, Young A, Daud AI. Phase II trial of pembrolizumab, ipilimumab, and aspirin in melanoma: clinical outcomes and translational predictors of response , BJC Rep, 2: 2024,46
Jacob S, Johnson M, Roque B, Quintal L, Rugo HS, Melisko M, and Chien AJ. “Crofelemer for the Management of Neratinib-Associated Diarrhea in Patients With HER2+ Early-Stage Breast Cancer.” , Clin Breast Cancer , 23(7): 2023,721-728
Saya Jacob, Edward Maldando, Meera Ragavan, Vanessa Kennedy, Rahul Banerjee, Amy Lin, Ana Velazquez. Development of Implementation of a Fertility Preservation Order Set In Comprehensive Cancer Center: A Quality and Equity Initiative. , American Society of Clinical Oncology Quality Symposium, Boston, MA.: 2023
Gerratana L, Reduzzi C, D'Amico P, Mazzeo R, Jacob S, Qiang W, Cristofanilli M. Clinical Perspectives in the Use of Liquid Biopsy in Metastatic Breast Cancer. , Current Cancer Research : 2023,10.1007/978-3-031-22903-9_21.
Jacob S, Johnson M, Roque B, Quintal L, Rugo HS, Melisko M, Chien AJ. Crofelemer for the Management of Neratinib-Associated Diarrhea in Patients With HER2+ Early-Stage Breast Cancer. , Clin Breast Cancer: 2023