Research Funding

  • December 3, 2020 - November 30, 2025 - Strategy for combining circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measures of tumor burden for prediction of response and outcome in neoadjuvant-treated early breast cancer , Co-Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01CA255442

Education

MSc, - Plant Pathology, Kansas State University
MSc, - International Agricultural Development, University of California Davis
PhD, - Plant Biology, University of California Davis
Postdoctoral Reseacher, - Hematology Oncology, University of California San Francisco
BSc Biology/Genetics, - Institute of Biological Sciences, University of the Philippines at Los Banos

Honors & Awards

  • 2021
    Cancer Cell Mapping Initiative Fellowship
  • 2017, 2019, 2020
    Best Scientific Poster Award, Breast Oncology Program Scientific Retreat, UCSF
  • 2012
    ASCO Foundation Merit Award, Genitourinary Cancers Symposium
  • 2011
    ASCO Foundation Merit Award, Breast Cancer Symposium
  • 2010
    AACR Minority Scholar Award in Cancer Research, SABCS
  • 2009
    ASCO Foundation Merit Award, Breast Cancer Symposium
  • 2009
    ASCO Foundation Merit Award, Genitourinary Cancers Symposium
  • 2008
    Best Scientific Poster Award, Breast Oncology Program, UC San Francisco
  • 2003
    Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, UC Davis
  • 2002
    Professors for the Future Fellowship

Selected Publications

  1. Janni W, Friedl TWP, Yab TC, Bidard FC, Cristofanilli M, Hayes DF, Ignatiadis M, Regan MM, Alix-Panabieres C, Barlow WE, Caldas C, Carey LA, Dirix L, Fehm T, Garcia-Saenz JA, Gazzaniga P, Generali D, Gerratana L, Gisbert-Criado R, Jacot W, Jiang Z, Joosse SA, Lianidou E, López López R, Magbanua MJM, Manso L, Mavroudis D, Müller V, Munzone E, Pantel K, Pierga JY, Rack B, Riethdorf S, Rugo HS, Sideras K, Sleijfer S, Smerage J, Stebbing J, Terstappen LWMM, Vidal-Martínez J, Wallwiener M, Giridhar KV, Liu MC. Clinical validity of repeated circulating tumor cell enumeration as an early treatment monitoring tool for metastatic breast cancer in the PREDICT global pooled analysis. Clin Cancer Res. 2025 Mar 18.  View on PubMed
  2. Li W, Onishi N, Gibbs JE, Wilmes LJ, Le NN, Metanat P, Price ER, Joe BN, Kornak J, Yau C, Wolf DM, Magbanua MJM, LeStage B, van 't Veer LJ, DeMichele AM, Esserman LJ, Hylton NM. MRI-Based Model for Personalizing Neoadjuvant Treatment in Breast Cancer. Tomography. 2025 Feb 27; 11(3).  View on PubMed
  3. Nguyen HP, An K, Ito Y, Kharbikar BN, Sheng R, Paredes B, Murray E, Pham K, Bruck M, Zhou X, Biellak C, Ushiki A, Nobuhara M, Fong SL, Bernards DA, Lynce F, Dillon DA, Magbanua MJM, Huppert LA, Hammerlindl H, Klein JA, Valdiviez L, Fiehn O, Esserman L, Desai TA, Yee SW, Rosenbluth JM, Ahituv N. Implantation of engineered adipocytes suppresses tumor progression in cancer models. Nat Biotechnol. 2025 Feb 04.  View on PubMed
  4. Li W, Le NN, Nadkarni R, Onishi N, Wilmes LJ, Gibbs JE, Price ER, Joe BN, Mukhtar RA, Gennatas ED, Kornak J, Magbanua MJM, Van't Veer LJ, LeStage B, Esserman LJ, Hylton NM. Tumor Morphology for Prediction of Poor Responses Early in Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer: A Multicenter Retrospective Study. Tomography. 2024 Nov 20; 10(11):1832-1845.  View on PubMed
  5. Stover DG, Salgado R, Savenkov O, Ballman K, Mayer EL, Magbanua MJM, Loi S, Vater M, Glover K, Watson M, Wen Y, Symmans WF, Perou C, Carey LA, Partridge AH, Rugo HS. Association between tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and survival in patients with metastatic breast cancer receiving first-line chemotherapy: analysis of CALGB 40502. NPJ Breast Cancer. 2024 Aug 21; 10(1):75.  View on PubMed
  6. Magbanua MJM, Ahmed Z, Sayaman RW, Brown Swigart L, Hirst GL, Yau C, Wolf DM, Li W, Delson AL, Perlmutter J, Pohlmann P, Symmans WF, Yee D, Hylton NM, Esserman LJ, DeMichele AM, Rugo HS, van 't Veer LJ. Cell-free DNA Concentration as a Biomarker of Response and Recurrence in HER2-Negative Breast Cancer Receiving Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy. Clin Cancer Res. 2024 Jun 03; 30(11):2444-2451.  View on PubMed
  7. Magbanua MJM, Li W, van 't Veer LJ. Integrating Imaging and Circulating Tumor DNA Features for Predicting Patient Outcomes. Cancers (Basel). 2024 May 15; 16(10).  View on PubMed
  8. Alkhafaji S, Wolf DM, Magbanua MJM, J van 't Veer L, Park JW, Esserman L, Mukhtar RA. Circulating tumor cells in early lobular versus ductal breast cancer and their associations with prognosis. NPJ Breast Cancer. 2024 Feb 26; 10(1):17.  View on PubMed
  9. Gallagher RI, Wulfkuhle J, Wolf DM, Brown-Swigart L, Yau C, O'Grady N, Basu A, Lu R, Campbell MJ, Magbanua MJ, Coppé JP, I-SPY 2 Investigators, Asare SM, Sit L, Matthews JB, Perlmutter J, Hylton N, Liu MC, Symmans WF, Rugo HS, Isaacs C, DeMichele AM, Yee D, Pohlmann PR, Hirst GL, Esserman LJ, van 't Veer LJ, Petricoin EF. Protein signaling and drug target activation signatures to guide therapy prioritization: Therapeutic resistance and sensitivity in the I-SPY 2 Trial. Cell Rep Med. 2023 12 19; 4(12):101312.  View on PubMed
  10. Gumusay O, Huppert LA, Magbanua MJM, Wabl CA, Assefa M, Chien AJ, Melisko ME, Majure MC, Moasser M, Park J, Rugo HS. A phase Ib/II study of eribulin in combination with cyclophosphamide in patients with advanced breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2024 Jan; 203(2):197-204.  View on PubMed
  11. Magbanua MJM, Brown Swigart L, Ahmed Z, Sayaman RW, Renner D, Kalashnikova E, Hirst GL, Yau C, Wolf DM, Li W, Delson AL, Asare S, Liu MC, Albain K, Chien AJ, Forero-Torres A, Isaacs C, Nanda R, Tripathy D, Rodriguez A, Sethi H, Aleshin A, Rabinowitz M, Perlmutter J, Symmans WF, Yee D, Hylton NM, Esserman LJ, DeMichele AM, Rugo HS, van 't Veer LJ. Clinical significance and biology of circulating tumor DNA in high-risk early-stage HER2-negative breast cancer receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Cancer Cell. 2023 06 12; 41(6):1091-1102.e4.  View on PubMed
  12. Nguyen HP, Sheng R, Murray E, Ito Y, Bruck M, Biellak C, An K, Lynce F, Dillon DA, Magbanua MJM, Huppert LA, Hammerlindl H, Esserman L, Rosenbluth JM, Ahituv N. Implantation of engineered adipocytes that outcompete tumors for resources suppresses cancer progression. bioRxiv. 2023 Mar 29.  View on PubMed
  13. Magbanua MJM, van 't Veer L, Clark AS, Chien AJ, Boughey JC, Han HS, Wallace A, Beckwith H, Liu MC, Yau C, Wileyto EP, Ordonez A, Solanki TI, Hsiao F, Lee JC, Basu A, Brown Swigart L, Perlmutter J, Delson AL, Bayne L, Deluca S, Yee SS, Carpenter EL, Esserman LJ, Park JW, Chodosh LA, DeMichele A. Outcomes and clinicopathologic characteristics associated with disseminated tumor cells in bone marrow after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in high-risk early stage breast cancer: the I-SPY SURMOUNT study. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2023 Apr; 198(2):383-390.  View on PubMed
  14. Stejskal P, Goodarzi H, Srovnal J, Hajdúch M, van 't Veer LJ, Magbanua MJM. Circulating tumor nucleic acids: biology, release mechanisms, and clinical relevance. Mol Cancer. 2023 01 21; 22(1):15.  View on PubMed
  15. Li W, Le NN, Onishi N, Newitt DC, Wilmes LJ, Gibbs JE, Carmona-Bozo J, Liang J, Partridge SC, Price ER, Joe BN, Kornak J, Magbanua MJM, Nanda R, LeStage B, Esserman LJ, Van't Veer LJ, Hylton NM. Diffusion-Weighted MRI for Predicting Pathologic Complete Response in Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy. Cancers (Basel). 2022 Sep 13; 14(18).  View on PubMed
  16. Wolf DM, Yau C, Wulfkuhle J, Brown-Swigart L, Gallagher RI, Lee PRE, Zhu Z, Magbanua MJ, Sayaman R, O'Grady N, Basu A, Delson A, Coppé JP, Lu R, Braun J, I-SPY2 Investigators, Asare SM, Sit L, Matthews JB, Perlmutter J, Hylton N, Liu MC, Pohlmann P, Symmans WF, Rugo HS, Isaacs C, DeMichele AM, Yee D, Berry DA, Pusztai L, Petricoin EF, Hirst GL, Esserman LJ, van 't Veer LJ. Redefining breast cancer subtypes to guide treatment prioritization and maximize response: Predictive biomarkers across 10 cancer therapies. Cancer Cell. 2022 06 13; 40(6):609-623.e6.  View on PubMed
  17. Magbanua MJM, Gumusay O, Kurzrock R, van 't Veer LJ, Rugo HS. Immunotherapy in Breast Cancer and the Potential Role of Liquid Biopsy. Front Oncol. 2022; 12:802579.  View on PubMed
  18. Vidula N, Greenberg S, Petrillo L, Hwang J, Melisko M, Goga A, Moasser M, Magbanua M, Park JW, Rugo HS. Evaluation of disseminated tumor cells and circulating tumor cells in patients with breast cancer receiving adjuvant zoledronic acid. NPJ Breast Cancer. 2021 Sep 06; 7(1):113.  View on PubMed
  19. Magbanua MJM, Hendrix LH, Hyslop T, Barry WT, Winer EP, Hudis C, Toppmeyer D, Carey LA, Partridge AH, Pierga JY, Fehm T, Vidal-Martínez J, Mavroudis D, Garcia-Saenz JA, Stebbing J, Gazzaniga P, Manso L, Zamarchi R, Antelo ML, Mattos-Arruda L, Generali D, Caldas C, Munzone E, Dirix L, Delson AL, Burstein HJ, Qadir M, Ma C, Scott JH, Bidard FC, Park JW, Rugo HS. Serial Analysis of Circulating Tumor Cells in Metastatic Breast Cancer Receiving First-Line Chemotherapy. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2021 04 06; 113(4):443-452.  View on PubMed
  20. Magbanua MJM, Li W, Wolf DM, Yau C, Hirst GL, Swigart LB, Newitt DC, Gibbs J, Delson AL, Kalashnikova E, Aleshin A, Zimmermann B, Chien AJ, Tripathy D, Esserman L, Hylton N, van 't Veer L. Circulating tumor DNA and magnetic resonance imaging to predict neoadjuvant chemotherapy response and recurrence risk. NPJ Breast Cancer. 2021 Mar 25; 7(1):32.  View on PubMed

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