Faculty

Russell Z. Szmulewitz, MD

  • Rodin Family Professor in the Wallman Society of Fellows of Medicine
    Committee on Cancer Biology
  • Clinical Interests: Bladder Cancer, Genitourinary Malignancies, Kidney Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Testicular Cancer, Urologic Cancers
  • Websites: Research Network Profile
  • Contact: rszmulew@uchicago.edu
  • Graduate Program: Cancer Biology

SOX2 utilizes FOXA1 as a heteromeric transcriptional partner to drive proliferation in therapy-resistant prostate cancer.
SOX2 utilizes FOXA1 as a heteromeric transcriptional partner to drive proliferation in therapy-resistant prostate cancer. bioRxiv. 2025 Jul 19.
PMID: 40791379

Synthesis of DOTA-Based 43Sc Radiopharmaceuticals Using Cyclotron-Produced 43Sc as Exemplified by [43Sc]Sc-PSMA-617 for PSMA PET Imaging.
Synthesis of DOTA-Based 43Sc Radiopharmaceuticals Using Cyclotron-Produced 43Sc as Exemplified by [43Sc]Sc-PSMA-617 for PSMA PET Imaging. Methods Protoc. 2025 Jun 04; 8(3).
PMID: 40559446

A Prospective Study of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in Oligometastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma.
A Prospective Study of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in Oligometastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2025 May 30.
PMID: 40451439

Enzalutamide and Prostate-Specific Antigen Levels in Metastatic Prostate Cancer: A Secondary Analysis of the ARCHES Randomized Clinical Trial.
Enzalutamide and Prostate-Specific Antigen Levels in Metastatic Prostate Cancer: A Secondary Analysis of the ARCHES Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 05 01; 8(5):e258751.
PMID: 40332939

Differential DNA Methylation in the Benign and Cancerous Prostate Tissue of African American and European American Men.
Differential DNA Methylation in the Benign and Cancerous Prostate Tissue of African American and European American Men. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2025 Mar 03; 34(3):428-438.
PMID: 39699292

Differential DNA methylation in the benign and cancerous prostate tissue of African American and European American men.
Differential DNA methylation in the benign and cancerous prostate tissue of African American and European American men. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2024 Dec 19.
PMID: 39699292

Catalyzing Pharmacogenomic Analysis for Informing Pain Treatment (C-PAIN): A Randomized Trial of Preemptive CYP2D6 Genotyping in Cancer Palliative Care.
Catalyzing Pharmacogenomic Analysis for Informing Pain Treatment (C-PAIN): A Randomized Trial of Preemptive CYP2D6 Genotyping in Cancer Palliative Care. J Pain Res. 2024; 17:4187-4196.
PMID: 39717756

Primary site stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy in localized, recurrent, and metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
Primary site stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy in localized, recurrent, and metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Clin Transl Radiat Oncol. 2024 Nov; 49:100879.
PMID: 39529961

Abiraterone, Olaparib, or Abiraterone + Olaparib in First-Line Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer with DNA Repair Defects (BRCAAway).
Abiraterone, Olaparib, or Abiraterone + Olaparib in First-Line Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer with DNA Repair Defects (BRCAAway). Clin Cancer Res. 2024 Oct 01; 30(19):4318-4328.
PMID: 39115414

A Phase I Trial of Enzalutamide Plus Selective Glucocorticoid Receptor Modulator Relacorilant in Patients with Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer.
A Phase I Trial of Enzalutamide Plus Selective Glucocorticoid Receptor Modulator Relacorilant in Patients with Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2024 Jun 03; 30(11):2384-2392.
PMID: 38536082

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