# Debu Tripathy

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## TL;DR

Leads one of the largest breast medical oncology departments, and led the ribociclib trial in premenopausal women.

## Summary

Debu Tripathy is Chair of the Department of Breast Medical Oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center and editor-in-chief of the journal Cancer. A breast medical oncologist specialising in endocrine therapy and clinical trials, he was principal investigator of MONALEESA-7, the phase 3 trial of ribociclib plus endocrine therapy in premenopausal women with hormone-receptor-positive advanced breast cancer, and is a leader in HER2-directed and antibody-drug conjugate trials. His papers report the MONALEESA-7 trial in Lancet Oncology and its overall survival analysis in the New England Journal of Medicine. He leads one of the largest breast medical oncology departments, working on CDK4/6 and the oestrogen receptor.

## Fields

- Kind: Person
- Last checked: 2026-09-08
- Role: Chair, Department of Breast Medical Oncology, MD Anderson
- Specialisms: Breast cancer; Endocrine therapy; Clinical trials

## Sources

- MD Anderson faculty: https://faculty.mdanderson.org/search?q=Debu%20Tripathy
- PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Tripathy%20D%5BAuthor%5D
- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Debu%20Tripathy

## Connected records

- cancers: [HER2-positive breast cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/breast-her2-positive/), [HR-positive / HER2-negative breast cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/breast-hr-positive/), [Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC)](https://onco.cc/cancers/tnbc/)
- targets: [CDK4/6](https://onco.cc/targets/cdk4-6/), [Estrogen receptor (ERα)](https://onco.cc/targets/estrogen-receptor/)
- drugs: [Ribociclib](https://onco.cc/drugs/ribociclib/)
- institutions: [MD Anderson Cancer Center](https://onco.cc/institutions/md-anderson/)

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