
Yana Najjar
@yananajjarmd
Melanoma med onc and translational physician- scientist at the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center.
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05-05-2020 15:36:44
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Proud to be a co-PI on this award with my wonderful collaborator, Greg Delgoffe Delgoffe Lab and mentor John M. Kirkwood

Thank you PA Medical Society for such an honor!

In #uveal #melanoma the OS of 15 months with ipi/nivo suggests that clinical benefit may larger than the modest ORR of 11.6%. @alexshoushtari Pauline Funchain Katy Tsai, MD @MunTheLoon John M. Kirkwood Dr Justine Cohen UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32581057/

Congrats to #melamona expert Diwakar Davar, M.D. the 2021 recipient of the Sy Holzer Endowed Immunotherapy Research Award for his innovative research in #Cancer #Immunotherapy! UPMC Pitt Health Sciences upmc.com/media/news/101…


via The New York Times Is Europe hiring melanoma specialists? Canada? Timbuktu?? nytimes.com/live/2023/06/3…

Representing our wonderful UPMC Hillman Cancer Center at the #SITC23 Gala! Robert Ferris, MD, PhD Riyue Sunny Bao, PhD Tullia Bruno, PhD Cyndy Patton Yana Najjar Delgoffe Lab Overacre Lab Diwakar Davar, M.D. Jason Luke, MD, FACP Michael Lotze


Coming up at #SITC23, Yana Najjar presents her study on improving treatment of metastatic melanoma. Session 208d: Oral Abstract Session | 5:05–6:30 p.m. | Ballroom 6CD. Pitt Health Sciences jitc.bmj.com/content/11/Sup…




I was delighted to present our translationally driven study at #SMR24 today. By reducing intra tumoral hypoxia, we see high rates of disease control in heavily pre-treated patients with #acral and #mucosal #melanoma. Society For Melanoma Research Delgoffe Lab
