Terence Friedlander, MD

Robert and Virginia O'Reilly Family Endowed Professorship of Medicine, UCSF

Chief of Hematology-Oncology at Zuckerberg San Francisco General; Associate Director for Cancer Research at ZSFG, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center; Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Hematology/Oncology, UCSF

Cancer Center Program Membership

Molecular Oncology

Research Summary

I am a medical oncologist and clinical investigator specializing in urologic cancers, specifically bladder and prostate cancers, and during my career I have focused on designing and carrying out clinical trials for patients affected by these cancers. In 2017 I became the Chief of the Division of Hematology and Oncology at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center in order build a clinical research program focused on making cancer clinical trials accessible to all patients in the city, including those most underserved, and in promoting health outcomes research by our investigators on campus. To that end we have built a multidisciplinary team consisting of clinician-investigators, health outcomes and disparities researchers, clinical research personnel, and patient navigators and health educators, in order to lower barriers to clinical trial participation by our diverse pool of patients.

My ultimate goal is to apply lessons learned from more than a decade of work as a clinical investigator to further grow the connections between the HDFCCC and the ZSFG cancer research program, promote both intramural and extramural collaborations, provide resources and support for junior faculty to grow their careers, lower barriers and increase access to novel therapies for our patients, learn about how novel therapies work in ethnically and racially diverse populations, and improve health outcomes for all our patients.

Education

Brown University, BA, 5/99
New York University School of Medicine, 2003, MD
UCSF Medical Center, 2003-2006, Residency
Utrecht University, Netherlands, 2007, Medical Ethics
UCSF Medical Center, 2007-2010, Oncology Fellowship

Honors & Awards

  • 2006
    Fullbright Scholarship in Medical Ethics, Netherlands-America Foundation
  • 2010
    ASCO Young Investigator Award, American Society of Clinical Oncology
  • 2011
    ASCO Merit Award, American Society of Clinical Oncology
  • 2012
    Physician Research Training Aaward, United States Department of Defense
  • 2012
    Young Investigator Award, Prostate Cancer Foundation
  • 2012
    Young Investigator Travel Award, Advances in Circulating Tumor Cells Symposium
  • 2019
    UCSF Division of Hematology and Oncology Teaching Award

Selected Publications

  1. Galsky MD, Autio KA, Cabanski CR, Wentzel K, Graff JN, Friedlander TW, Howes TR, Shotts KM, Densmore J, Spasic M, Da Silva DM, Chen RO, Lata J, Skolnik J, Keler T, Yellin MJ, LaVallee TM, Fairchild J, Boffo S, O'Donnell-Tormey J, Dugan U, Bhardwaj N, Subudhi SK, Fong L. Clinical and Translational Results from PORTER, a Multi-cohort Phase 1 Platform Trial of Combination Immunotherapy in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2025 Feb 18.  View on PubMed
  2. Zarrabi KK, Saxena A, Mouw KW, Koshkin VS, Friedlander T. Unmet Potential of Antibody-Drug Conjugates: An Evaluation of the Past, Present, and Future of Antibody-Drug Conjugate Development in Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma. Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book. 2025 Jan; 45(2):e471924.  View on PubMed
  3. Kwon DH, Trihy L, Darvish N, Hearst E, Sumra S, Borno HT, Bose R, Chou J, de Kouchkovsky I, Desai A, Ekstrand B, Friedlander T, Kaur G, Koshkin VS, Nesheiwat S, Sepucha K, Small EJ, Aggarwal RR, Belkora J. Patients Can Administer Mobile Audio Recordings to Increase Knowledge in Advanced Prostate Cancer. Cancer Med. 2024 Nov; 13(22):e70433.  View on PubMed
  4. Zhu X, Chan E, Turski ML, Mendez CE, Hsu SC, Kumar V, Shipp C, Jindal T, Chang K, Onodera C, Devine WP, Grenert JP, Stohr BA, Ding CC, Stachler MD, Quigley DA, Feng FY, Chu CE, Porten SP, Chou J, Friedlander TW, Koshkin VS. HER2 overexpression in urothelial carcinoma with GATA3 and PPARG copy number gains. Oncologist. 2024 Aug 05; 29(8):e1094-e1097.  View on PubMed
  5. Flaig TW, Spiess PE, Abern M, Agarwal N, Bangs R, Buyyounouski MK, Chan K, Chang SS, Chang P, Friedlander T, Greenberg RE, Guru KA, Herr HW, Hoffman-Censits J, Kaimakliotis H, Kishan AU, Kundu S, Lele SM, Mamtani R, Mian OY, Michalski J, Montgomery JS, Parikh M, Patterson A, Peyton C, Plimack ER, Preston MA, Richards K, Sexton WJ, Siefker-Radtke AO, Stewart T, Sundi D, Tollefson M, Tward J, Wright JL, Cassara CJ, Gurski LA. NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Bladder Cancer, Version 3.2024. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2024 05; 22(4):216-225.  View on PubMed
  6. Chang H, Marquez J, Chen BK, Kim DM, Cheng ML, Liu EV, Yang H, Zhang L, Sinha M, Cheung A, Kwek SS, Chow ED, Bridge M, Aggarwal RR, Friedlander TW, Small EJ, Anderson M, Fong L. Immune Modulation with RANKL Blockade through Denosumab Treatment in Patients with Cancer. Cancer Immunol Res. 2024 Apr 02; 12(4):453-461.  View on PubMed
  7. Koshkin VS, Kumar V, Kline B, Escobar D, Aslam M, Cooperberg MR, Aggarwal RR, de Kouchkovsky I, Chou J, Meng MV, Friedlander T, Porten S, Hope TA. Initial Experience with 68Ga-FAP-2286 PET Imaging in Patients with Urothelial Cancer. J Nucl Med. 2024 Feb 01; 65(2):199-205.  View on PubMed
  8. Milowsky MI, O'Donnell PH, Hoimes CJ, Petrylak DP, Flaig TW, Moon HH, Friedlander TW, Mar N, McKay RR, Srinivas S, Gravis G, Ramamurthy C, Bupathi M, Bracarda S, Wright P, Hepp Z, Carret AS, Yu Y, Dillon R, Kataria R, Beaumont JL, Purnajo I, Rosenberg JE. Patient-Reported Outcomes in Patients With Advanced Urothelial Cancer Who Are Ineligible for Cisplatin and Treated With First-Line Enfortumab Vedotin Alone or With Pembrolizumab. J Clin Oncol. 2024 Apr 20; 42(12):1403-1414.  View on PubMed
  9. Shipp C, Jindal T, Chou J, Friedlander TW, Koshkin VS, Kumar V. Central Nervous System Disease Progression Among Patients With Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma Treated With Enfortumab Vedotin: A Case Series. Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2024 04; 22(2):315-321.  View on PubMed
  10. Hoimes CJ, Flaig TW, Milowsky MI, Friedlander TW, Bilen MA, Gupta S, Srinivas S, Merchan JR, McKay RR, Petrylak DP, Sasse C, Moreno BH, Yu Y, Carret AS, Rosenberg JE. A plain language summary exploring a new treatment combination for untreated locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer: enfortumab vedotin plus pembrolizumab. Future Oncol. 2024 Mar; 20(7):351-360.  View on PubMed
  11. Necchi A, Pouessel D, Leibowitz R, Gupta S, Fléchon A, García-Donas J, Bilen MA, Debruyne PR, Milowsky MI, Friedlander T, Maio M, Gilmartin A, Li X, Veronese ML, Loriot Y. Pemigatinib for metastatic or surgically unresectable urothelial carcinoma with FGF/FGFR genomic alterations: final results from FIGHT-201. Ann Oncol. 2024 Feb; 35(2):200-210.  View on PubMed
  12. Drakaki A, Powles T, Bamias A, Martin-Liberal J, Shin SJ, Friedlander T, Tosi D, Park C, Gomez-Roca C, Joly Lobbedez F, Castellano D, Morales-Barrera R, Moreno-Candilejo I, Fléchon A, Yuen K, Rishipathak D, DuPree K, Young F, Michielin F, Shemesh CS, Steinberg EE, Williams P, Lee JL. Atezolizumab plus Magrolimab, Niraparib, or Tocilizumab versus Atezolizumab Monotherapy in Platinum-Refractory Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma: A Phase Ib/II Open-Label, Multicenter, Randomized Umbrella Study (MORPHEUS Urothelial Carcinoma). Clin Cancer Res. 2023 11 01; 29(21):4373-4384.  View on PubMed
  13. Aggarwal R, Starzinski S, de Kouchkovsky I, Koshkin V, Bose R, Chou J, Desai A, Kwon D, Kaushal S, Trihy L, Rastogi M, Ippisch R, Aslam M, Friedlander T, Feng F, Oh D, Cheung A, Small E, Evans M, Fong L, Hope TA. Single-dose 177Lu-PSMA-617 followed by maintenance pembrolizumab in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: an open-label, dose-expansion, phase 1 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2023 11; 24(11):1266-1276.  View on PubMed
  14. O'Donnell PH, Milowsky MI, Petrylak DP, Hoimes CJ, Flaig TW, Mar N, Moon HH, Friedlander TW, McKay RR, Bilen MA, Srinivas S, Burgess EF, Ramamurthy C, George S, Geynisman DM, Bracarda S, Borchiellini D, Geoffrois L, Maroto Rey JP, Ferrario C, Carret AS, Yu Y, Guseva M, Homet Moreno B, Rosenberg JE. Enfortumab Vedotin With or Without Pembrolizumab in Cisplatin-Ineligible Patients With Previously Untreated Locally Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2023 09 01; 41(25):4107-4117.  View on PubMed
  15. Wang EY, Borno HT, Washington Iii SL, Friedlander T, Zhang S, Trejo E, Van Blarigan EL, Chan JM, Shariff-Marco S, Beatty AL, Kenfield SA. Engaging Men of Diverse Racial and Ethnic Groups With Advanced Prostate Cancer in the Design of an mHealth Diet and Exercise Intervention: Focus Group Study. JMIR Cancer. 2023 Jun 01; 9:e45432.  View on PubMed
  16. Jindal T, Zhang L, Deshmukh P, Reyes K, Chan E, Kumar V, Zhu X, Maldonado E, Feng S, Johnson M, Angelidakis A, Kwon D, Desai A, Borno HT, Bose R, Wong A, Hong J, Carroll P, Meng M, Porten S, Aggarwal R, Small EJ, Fong L, Chou J, Friedlander T, de Kouchkovsky I, Koshkin VS. Impact of Squamous Histology on Clinical Outcomes and Molecular Profiling in Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma Patients Treated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors or Enfortumab Vedotin. Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2023 10; 21(5):e394-e404.  View on PubMed
  17. Jindal T, Zhu X, Bose R, Kumar V, Maldonado E, Deshmukh P, Shipp C, Feng S, Johnson MS, Angelidakis A, Kwon D, Borno HT, de Kouchkovsky I, Desai A, Aggarwal R, Fong L, Small EJ, Wong A, Porten S, Chou J, Friedlander T, Koshkin VS. Somatic alterations of TP53 and MDM2 associated with response to enfortumab vedotin in patients with advanced urothelial cancer. Front Oncol. 2023; 13:1161089.  View on PubMed
  18. Langlais CS, Chen YH, Van Blarigan EL, Chan JM, Ryan CJ, Zhang L, Borno HT, Newton RU, Luke A, Bang AS, Panchal N, Tenggara I, Schultz B, Lavaki E, Pinto N, Aggarwal R, Friedlander T, Koshkin VS, Harzstark AL, Small EJ, Kenfield SA. Quality of life for men with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer participating in an aerobic and resistance exercise pilot intervention. Urol Oncol. 2023 03; 41(3):146.e1-146.e11.  View on PubMed
  19. Kwon DH, Shakhnazaryan N, Shui D, Hong JC, Mohamad O, de Kouchkovsky I, Borno HT, Bose R, Chou J, Desai A, Fong L, Friedlander TW, Koshkin VS, Aggarwal RR, Feng FY, Hope TA, Small EJ. Serial stereotactic body radiation therapy for oligometastatic prostate cancer detected by novel PET-based radiotracers. Urol Oncol. 2023 03; 41(3):145.e7-145.e15.  View on PubMed
  20. Hoimes CJ, Flaig TW, Milowsky MI, Friedlander TW, Bilen MA, Gupta S, Srinivas S, Merchan JR, McKay RR, Petrylak DP, Sasse C, Moreno BH, Yu Y, Carret AS, Rosenberg JE. Enfortumab Vedotin Plus Pembrolizumab in Previously Untreated Advanced Urothelial Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2023 01 01; 41(1):22-31.  View on PubMed

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