
Qiangjun Zhou, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor
Phone
7158C Medical Research Building III
465 21st Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37240-7933
465 21st Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37240-7933
Qiangjun Zhou, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor
37240-7933
qiangjun.zhou@Vanderbilt.Edu
7158C Medical Research Building III
465 21st Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37240-7933
465 21st Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37240-7933
Research Program

Alyssa Hasty, PhD
- Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor
- Associate Dean for Faculty, Basic Sciences
Alyssa Hasty, PhD
- Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor
- Associate Dean for Faculty, Basic Sciences
615-322-5177
alyssa.hasty@Vanderbilt.Edu
813 Light Hall
Research Program
This phase II trial studies how well the combination of avelumab with liposomal doxorubicin with or without binimetinib, or the combination of avelumab with sacituzumab govitecan works in treating patients with triple negative breast cancer that is stage IV or is not able to be removed by surgery (unresectable) and has come back (recurrent). Immunotherapy with checkpoint inhibitors like avelumab require activation of the patient's immune system. This trial includes a two week induction or lead-in of medications that can stimulate the immune system. It is our hope that this induction will improve the response to immunotherapy with avelumab. One treatment, sacituzumab govitecan, is a monoclonal antibody called sacituzumab linked to a chemotherapy drug called SN-38. Sacituzumab govitecan is a form of targeted therapy because it attaches to specific molecules (receptors) on the surface of tumor cells, known as TROP2 receptors, and delivers SN-38 to kill them. Another treatment, liposomal doxorubicin, is a form of the anticancer drug doxorubicin that is contained in very tiny, fat-like particles. It may have fewer side effects and work better than doxorubicin, and may enhance factors associated with immune response. The third medication is called binimetinib, which may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth, and may help activate the immune system. It is not yet known whether giving avelumab in combination with liposomal doxorubicin with or without binimetinib, or the combination of avelumab with sacituzumab govitecan will work better in treating patients with triple negative breast cancer.
Another way to detect lymphedema
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NCI ‘Moonshot’ grant to boost hereditary cancer identification
Cell fate signaling
New telehealth initiative aims to enhance cancer care in rural areas
VUMC is leading an effort to improve cancer care in rural areas with a telehealth initiative supported with a $3.3 million grant from the National Cancer Institute.
ACMG advises evaluating all breast cancer patients to determine the need for genetic testing
According to a statement on behalf of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics, there is insufficient evidence to recommend universal genetic testing for BRCA1/2 alone or in combination with multi-gene panels for all breast cancer patients.