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Affiliations Bio Anya M. Litvak, MD, joined The Cancer Center at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in 2015. Dr. Litvak is a board-certified medical oncologist whose clinical practice is dedicated to the care of patients with breast cancer. She trained at the nation’s top institutions including Baylor College of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan. Dr. Litvak is committed to bringing exceptional care to women fighting breast cancer.
Dr. Litvak partners with a multidisciplinary team of devoted specialists including nurse navigators, social workers, breast surgeons, breast radiologists, oncology nurses, radiation oncologists, dieticians, physical therapists, lymphedema specialists, geneticists and integrative medicine physicians. As a team, they have one of the largest breast cancer practice in the country.
Dr. Litvak believes in a shared decision making approach and takes pride in educating and empowering her patients to jointly make decisions regarding management plans. Her goal is to optimize chance of cure and prolong survival while respecting and honoring one’s individual needs and wishes.
As a principle investigator of a number of breast cancer trials at the cancer center, Dr. Litvak delivers personalized, state of the art breast cancer care to her patients. She works with academic centers throughout the country to deliver novel, targeted therapies to women with breast cancer. In 2020, Dr. Litvak was selected to be part of the ASCO biomarker committee, a group of leading breast oncologists, who make recommendations on the appropriate use of breast tumor biomarker assays to guide decisions on adjuvant systemic therapy for early stage invasive breast cancer
Visit our Clinical Trials page for a full list of breast cancer clinical trials.
Related Articles Clinical Interests Breast Cancer, Lung Cancer, Solid Tumors
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Medical School Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2009
Residency Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, 2012
Fellowship Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 2015
Publications Title: Selective induction of cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in human prostate cancer cells through adenoviral transfer of the melanoma differentiation associated-7/inteukin-24 gene Authors: Saito Y, Miyahara R, Gopalan B, Litvak A, Inoue S, Shanker M, Branch C, Mhashilkar A, Roth J, Chada S, Ramesh R Publisher: Cancer Gene Ther Date: March 2005 Issue: 12 (3):238-47 Description: PMID:15578066 Title: Activation of the Fas-FasL Signaling Pathway by MDA-7/IL-24 Kills Human Ovarian Cancer Cells Authors: Gopalan B, Litvak A, Sharma S, Mhashilkar A, Chada S, Ramesh R Publisher: Cancer Research Date: April 2005 Issue: 65 (8): 3017-3024 Description: PMID: 15833826 Title: Use of Chemotherapy in the Resection of Liver Metastases of Colorectal Cancer Authors: Litvak A, Saltz L Publisher: Curr Colorectal Cancer Report Date: June 2013 Issue: 9(2):178-184 Title: False-positive elevations of carcinoembryonic antigen in patients with a history of resected colorectal cancer Authors: Litvak A, Cercek A, Segal N, Reidy-Lagunes D, Stadler ZK, Yaeger RD, Kemeny NE, Weiser MR, Pessin MS, Saltz L Publisher: J Natl Compr Canc Netw. Date: 2014 June Issue: 12(6):907-13 Description: PMID: 24925201 Title: Phase II Study of the GI-4000 KRAS Vaccine After Curative Therapy in Patients With Stage I-III Lung Adenocarcinoma Harboring a KRAS G12C, G12D, or G12V Mutation Authors: Chaft JE, Litvak A, Arcila ME, Patel P, D'Angelo SP, Krug LM, Rusch V, Mattson A, Coeshott C, Park B, Apelian DM, Kris MG, Azzoli CG Publisher: Clin Lung Cancer Date: June 2014 Issue: 21 Description: PMID:25044103 Title: Successful Perioperative Use of Prothrombin Complex Concentrate in the Treatment of Acquired Factor X Deficiency in the Setting of Systemic Light-Chain (AL) Amyloidosis Authors: Litvak A, Kumar A, Wong R, Smith L, Hassoun H, Soff G Publisher: Am J Hematol Date: 2014 Jul Issue: 24 Description: PMID: 25060940 Title: Neuroendocrine Tumors in Cancer Consult: Expertise for Clinical Practice Authors: Litvak, A. and Saltz, L. Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Oxford, UK Date: 2014 Issue: eds S. A. Abutalib and M. Markman Title: Cervical Cancer, Endometrial Cancer, Germ Cell Tumors in Pocket Oncology Authors: Litvak A, Tew W, Graham R Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA Date: 2014 Issue: eds A Drilon, M Postow, and L Krug Title: Clinical characteristics and outcomes for patients with thymic carcinoma: evaluation of Masaoka staging. Authors: Litvak AM, Woo K, Hayes S, Huang J, Rimner A, Sima CS, Moreira AL, Tsukazan M, Riely GJ.
Publisher: J Thorac Oncol Date: 2014 Dec Description: PMID: 2539379 Issue: 9(12):1810-5 Title: Clinical characteristics and course of 63 patients with BRAF mutant lung cancers.
Authors: Litvak AM, Paik PK, Woo KM, Sima CS, Hellmann MD, Arcila ME, Ladanyi M, Rudin CM, Kris MG, Riely GJ.
Publisher: J Thorac Oncol Date: 2014 Nov Description: PMID: 25436800 Issue: 9(11):1669-74 Title: Authors: Plodkowski AJ, Drilon A, Halpenny DF, O'Driscoll D, Blair D, Litvak AM, Zheng J, Moskowitz CS, Ginsberg MS.
Publisher: Lung Cancer Date: 2015 Nov Description: PMID: 26424208 Issue: 90(2):321-5 Title: Authors: Litvak A, Pietanza MC.
Publisher: Hematol Oncol Clin North Am Date: 2016 Feb Description: PMID: 26614370 Issue: 30(1):83-102 Title: Authors: Rekhtman N, Pietanza MC, Hellmann MD, Naidoo J, Arora A, Won H, Halpenny DF, Wang H, Tian SK, Litvak AM, Paik PK, Drilon AE, Socci N, Poirier JT, Shen R, Berger MF, Moreira AL, Travis WD, Rudin CM, Ladanyi M.
Publisher: Clin Cancer Res Date: 2016 Jul Description: PMID: 26960398 Issue: 22(14):3618-29 Title: Authors: Pietanza MC, Litvak AM, Varghese AM, Krug LM, Fleisher M, Teitcher JB, Holodny AI, Sima CS, Woo KM, Ng KK, Won HH, Berger MF, Kris MG, Rudin CM.
Publisher: Lung Cancer Date: 2016 Sep Description: PMID: 27565909 Issue: 99:23-30 Title: Authors: Halpenny DF, Plodkowski A, Riely G, Zheng J, Litvak A, Moscowitz C, Ginsberg MS.
Publisher: Clin Imaging Date: 2017 March Description: PMID: 28012356 Issue: 42:147-151 Title: Authors: Sanders LM, Dardik M, Modi L, Sanders AE, Schaefer SS, Litvak A.
Publisher: SAGE Open Med Case Rep Date: 2017 April Description: PMID: 28491319 Issue: 5:2050313X17705803 Title: Authors: Litvak A, Batukbhai B, Russell SD, Tsai HL, Rosner GL, Jeter SC, Armstrong D, Emens LA, Fetting J, Wolff AC, Silhy R, Stearns V, Connolly RM.
Publisher: Cancer Date: 2018 Jan Description: PMID: 29381193 Title: Authors: Rekhtman N, Desmeules P, Litvak AM, Pietanza MC, Santos-Zabala ML, Ni A, Montecalvo J, Chang JC, Beras A, Preeshagul IR, Sabari JK, Rudin CM, Ladanyi M, Klimstra DS, Travis WD, Lai WC.
Publisher: Mod Pathol. Date: 2019 Mar Description: PMID: 30923345 -
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