Aixa Soyano Muller, MD

Cancer Focus:
Breast Cancer

Dr. Aixa Soyano is an Assistant Member in the Department of Breast Oncology. Dr. Soyano received her MD degree from Universidad Central de Venezuela/Escuela de Medicina in Venezuela. She completed an Internal Medicine Residency at Steward Saint Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Soyano recently completed a Hematology Oncology Fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. Dr. Soyano is interested in the multidisciplinary care of patients of any age and race with breast cancer of any stage and subtype. Her research interest is in the future of oncology related to personalized medicine.

Education & Training

Fellowship:

• Mayo Clinic - Hematology Oncology

Residency:

• Steward Saint Elizabeth’s Medical Center - Internal Medicine

Medical School:

• Universidad Central de Venezuela - MD

Clinical Trial 21673
A Randomized, Multicenter, Placebo-controlled, Phase 3 study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety ofHER2/neu Peptide GLSI-100 (GP2 + GM-CSF) in HER2/neu Positive Subjects with Residual Disease or High-Risk PCR After Both Neoadjuvant and Postoperative Adjuvant Trastuzumab-Based Therapy (FLAMINGO-01)
Condition: Breast
Intervention: GLSI-100 (); Placebo ()
Status: Open

Clinical Trial 22305
First-in-Human Study of STX-478, a Mutant-Selective PI3Ka Inhibitor as Monotherapy and in Combination with Other Antineoplastic Agents in Participants With Advanced Solid Tumors
Condition: Multiple
Intervention: 772256 (Palbociclib); Abemaciclib (); Anastrozole (); Arimadex (Anastrozole); Aromasin (Exemestane); Exemestane (); Faslodex (fulvestrant); Femara (Letrozole); Imlunestrant (); LEE011 (Ribociclib); LY2835219 (Abemaciclib); Letrozole (); Metformin (); Palbociclib (); Ribociclib (); STX478-101 (); Tamoxifen (); fulvestrant ()
Status: OPEN (SUSPENDED)

Clinical Trial 22617
A Pilot Study of Sequential ("First Strike, Second Strike") Therapies, Modeled on Evolutionary Dynamics of Anthropocene Extinctions, for Hormone Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer
Condition: Breast
Intervention: Abemaciclib (); DS-8201a (Trastuzumab Deruxtecan); Faslodex (fulvestrant); LEE011 (Ribociclib); LY2835219 (Abemaciclib); Ribociclib (); Sacituzumab Govitecan (); Taxotere (docetaxel); Trastuzumab Deruxtecan (); Xeloda (capecitabine); capecitabine (); cyclophosphamide (); cytoxan (cyclophosphamide); docetaxel (); fulvestrant ()
Status: Open

Clinical Trial 23250
Randomized phase 2 clinical trial of nab-paclitaxel + durvalumab (MEDI4736) + tremelimumab + neoantigen vaccine vs. nab-paclitaxel + durvalumab (MEDI4736) + tremelimumab in patients with metastatic triple negative breast cancer
Condition: Breast
Intervention: AMP-514 (Durvalumab); CP-675,206 (tremelimumab); Durvalumab (); Gemzar (gemcitabine); MEDI4736 (Durvalumab); Nab-paclitaxel (Abraxane); Neoantigen (); Paraplatin (carboplatin); Sacituzumab Govitecan (); carboplatin (); gemcitabine (); tremelimumab ()
Status: Open

If you believe you are eligible for one of these trials or studies, please call
813-745-6100 or toll-free 1-800-679-0775.

• Soyano AE, Brady-Nicholls R, Soliman HH, Gatenby RA, Robertson-Tessi M, Ataya D. Eco-Evolutionary Thinking in Metastatic Breast Cancer: A Clinician's Primer on Why Tumors Outsmart Us and How to Fight Back Smarter. Cancers (Basel). 2026 Sep.18(18). Pubmedid: 42794945. Pmcid: PMC13605804.
• Soyano A, Lee MC, Han HS, Aldrich A, Soliman H, Olson-Mcpeek SK, Balsay-Patel CN, Aiello P, Farrell CM, Weinfurtner R, Burgos E, Czerniecki BJ, Ramamoorthi G. Intratumoral dendritic cell immunotherapy controls dissemination of metastasis-initiating cancer cells, even in patients with metastatic breast cancer. J Immunother Cancer. 2026 Jan.14(1). Pubmedid: 41494747. Pmcid: PMC12778222.
• Soyano Muller AE, Goodridge DN, Mo Q, Whiting J, Khakpour N, Lee MC, Laronga C, Armaghani AJ, Han H, Soliman H, Costa R, Loftus L, Hoover SJ, Kiluk JV, Jameel Z, Czerniecki BJ, Khong HT. Neoadjuvant therapy with an aromatase inhibitor and durvalumab in postmenopausal patients with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2026 Feb.216(1):11. Pubmedid: 41697438.
• Basta A, Lien K, Ni G, Sun W, Whiting J, Armitage M, Soyano AE, Armaghani A, Loftus L, O'Connor T, Dvir K, Han HS, Soliman H, Czerniecki BJ, Costa RLB. A Cohort Study of the Effectiveness of Trastuzumab Deruxtecan for Treating Metastatic Progressive HER2-Positive Breast Cancer. Clin Breast Cancer. 2026 Aug.26(8):7-13. Pubmedid: 42418955.
• Weinfurtner RJ, Ataya D, Funaro K, Bhatt A, Abdalah M, Stringfield O, Raghunand N, Thompson Z, Lee MC, Czerniecki B, Muller AS, Soliman H, Han H. Quantitative habitat concentration analysis of triple negative breast cancer on MRI correlates with pathologic response to combination neoadjuvant immuno/chemotherapy. Clin Imaging. 2025 Nov.127:110618. Pubmedid: 40945432.
• Soliman H, Aldrich A, Abdo N, Han H, Soyano A, Costa R, Armaghani A, Kiluk J, Khakpour N, Lee MC, Hoover S, Laronga C, Niell B, Mooney B, Weinfurtner RJ, Rosa M, Czerniecki B. A pilot study incorporating HER2-directed dendritic cells into neoadjuvant therapy of early stage HER2+ER- breast cancer. NPJ Breast Cancer. 2025 Mar.11(1):29. Pubmedid: 40097486. Pmcid: PMC11914126.
• Ahmed KA, Kim Y, Armaghani AJ, Arrington JA, Costa RL, Czerniecki BJ, Diaz R, Dowell RA, Extermann M, Forsyth PA, Lee KT, Loftus L, Mills MN, Phuoc VH, Rosa M, Soliman HH, Sam CS, Washington IR, Soyano AE, Han HS. Phase II trial of brain MRI surveillance in stage IV breast cancer. Neurooncol. 2025 Jul.27(6):1550-1558. Pubmedid: 39851040. Pmcid: PMC12309701.
• Han HS, Aldrich AL, Garg SK, Weinfurtner RJ, Nguyen JV, Mo Q, Whiting J, Childress J, Soliman H, Costa R, Armaghani A, Soyano A, Kiluk J, Hoover S, Lee MC, Khakpour N, Shenoi N, Jameel Z, Koski GK, Czerniecki BJ. Alteration of the Tumor Microenvironment With Intratumoral Dendritic Cells Before Chemotherapy in ERBB2 Breast Cancer: A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol. 2025 Feb.11(2):119-127. Pubmedid: 39636623. Pmcid: PMC11622104.
• Khatri VM, Mestres-Villanueva MA, Daniel S, Yarlagadda S, Doniparthi A, Upadhyay R, Mills MN, Oliver DE, Yu HM, Palmer JD, Stover DG, Williams NO, Mahtani RL, Ahluwalia MS, Soyano AE, Soliman HH, Han HS, Kotecha R, Beyer SJ, Ahmed KA. Sacituzumab govitecan and stereotactic radiosurgery in the management of HER2 negative breast cancer brain metastases: a multi-institutional report. J Neurooncol. 2025 Dec.175(3):1435-1441. Pubmedid: 41026418.
• Burgos E, Aiello P, Aldrich A, Weinfurtner R, Czerniecki BJ, Soyano AE. Dendritic Cell Immunotherapy for De Novo HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer. Ann Case Rep. 2025 Aug.10.
• Basta A, Lien K, Sun W, Whiting J, Armitage M, Soyano AE, Armaghani A, Loftus L, O Apos Connor T, Dvir K, Han HS, Soliman H, Czerniecki BJ, Costa RLB. A Real-World Single-Center Cohort Study on the Tolerability of Trastuzumab Deruxtecan for HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer. Oncology-Basel. 2025 Aug.1-10. Pubmedid: 40759100.
• Ahmed KA, Kim Y, Kim S, Wang MH, DeJesus M, Arrington JA, Soyano AE, Armaghani AJ, Costa RLB, Loftus LS, Rosa M, Caudell JJ, Diaz R, Etame AB, Tran ND, Soliman H, Czerniecki BJ, Forsyth PA, Yu HM, Han HS. Nivolumab and stereotactic radiosurgery for patients with breast cancer brain metastases: long-term results and biomarker analysis from a non-randomized, open-label, phase Ib study. J Immunother Cancer. 2025 Apr.13(4). Pubmedid: 40295143. Pmcid: PMC12039042.
• Khatri VM, Mestres-Villanueva MA, Yarlagadda S, Doniparthi A, Smith DB, Nakashima JY, Bryant JM, Zhao D, Upadhyay R, Mills MN, Oliver DE, Yu HM, Palmer JD, Williams NO, Mahtani RL, Ahluwalia MS, Soliman HH, Han HS, Soyano AE, Kim Y, Kotecha R, Beyer SJ, Ahmed KA. Multi-institutional report of trastuzumab deruxtecan and stereotactic radiosurgery for HER2 positive and HER2-low breast cancer brain metastases. NPJ Breast Cancer. 2024 Nov.10(1):100. Pubmedid: 39572568. Pmcid: PMC11582691.
• Wallace G, Kundalia R, Vallebuona E, Cao B, Kim Y, Forsyth P, Soyano A, Smalley I, Pina Y. Factors associated with overall survival in breast cancer patients with leptomeningeal disease (LMD): a single institutional retrospective review. Breast Cancer Res. 2024 Mar.26(1):55. Pubmedid: 38553702. Pmcid: PMC10979566.
• Goduni L, Ashkenazy N, Hansen E, Soyano-Muller A, Correa ZM, Harbour JW. IRIS METASTASIS FROM BREAST CANCER SUCCESSFULLY TREATED WITH ABEMACICLIB AND LETROZOLE. Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2023 Mar.17(2):123-125. Pubmedid: 34127625. Pmcid: PMC8664892.
• Soliman H, Hogue D, Han H, Mooney B, Costa R, Lee MC, Niell B, Williams A, Chau A, Falcon S, Soyano A, Armaghani A, Khakpour N, Weinfurtner RJ, Hoover S, Kiluk J, Laronga C, Rosa M, Khong H, Czerniecki B. Oncolytic T-VEC virotherapy plus neoadjuvant chemotherapy in nonmetastatic triple-negative breast cancer: a phase 2 trial. Nat Med. 2023 Feb.29(2):450-457. Pubmedid: 36759673.
• Soliman H, Hogue D, Han H, Mooney B, Costa R, Lee MC, Niell B, Williams A, Chau A, Falcon S, Soyano A, Armaghani A, Khakpour N, Weinfurtner RJ, Hoover S, Kiluk J, Laronga C, Rosa M, Khong H, Czerniecki B. Author Correction: Oncolytic T-VEC virotherapy plus neoadjuvant chemotherapy in nonmetastatic triple-negative breast cancer: a phase 2 trial. Nat Med. 2023 Dec.29(12):3270. Pubmedid: 36932246.
• Basu A, Albert GK, Awshah S, Datta J, Kodumudi KN, Gallen C, Beyer A, Smalley KSM, Rodriguez PC, Dukett DR, Forsyth PA, Soyano A, Koski GK, Lima Barros Costa R, Han H, Soliman H, Lee MC, Kalinski P, Czerniecki BJ. Identification of Immunogenic MHC Class II Human HER3 Peptides that Mediate Anti-HER3 CD4+ Th1 Responses and Potential Use as a Cancer Vaccine. Cancer Immunol Res. 2022 Jan.10(1):108-125. Pubmedid: 34785506. Pmcid: PMC9414303.
• Mills MN, Potluri TK, Kawahara Y, Fahey M, Figura NB, Soyano AE, Washington IR, Diaz R, Oliver DE, Yu HM, Etame AB, Vogelbaum MA, Czerniecki BJ, Arrington JA, Sahebjam S, Forsyth PA, Soliman HH, Han HS, Ahmed KA. The presentation of brain metastases in melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer, and breast cancer and potential implications for screening brain MRIs. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2022 Jan.191(1):209-217. Pubmedid: 34669082.
• Bari S, Boulware D, Li J, Loftus L, Soyano Muller A, Jameel Z, Khong H, Czerniecki BJ, Costa RLB. A Real-World Data Retrospective Cohort Study of Low Estrogen Receptor-Positive Early Breast Cancer: Natural History and Treatment Outcomes. Breast Cancer (Dove Med Press). 2022 Aug.14:199-210. Pubmedid: 35967746. Pmcid: PMC9365325.
• Mills MN, King W, Soyano A, Pina Y, Czerniecki BJ, Forsyth PA, Soliman H, Han HS, Ahmed KA. Evolving management of HER2+ breast cancer brain metastases and leptomeningeal disease. J Neurooncol. 2022 Apr.157(2):249-269. Pubmedid: 35244835.
• Ahmed KA, Kim Y, Arrington JA, Kim S, DeJesus M, Soyano AE, Armaghani AJ, Costa RLB, Khong HT, Loftus LS, Rosa M, Caudell JJ, Diaz R, Robinson TJ, Etame AB, Tran ND, Sahebjam S, Soliman HH, Czerniecki BJ, Forsyth PA, Yu HM, Han HS. Nivolumab and Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Patients With Breast Cancer Brain Metastases: A Nonrandomized, Open-Label Phase 1b Study. Adv Radiat Oncol. 2021 Sep.6(6):100798. Pubmedid: 34934864. Pmcid: PMC8655428.
• Barakat E, Bibok A, Rishi A, Ahmed A, Frakes JM, Hoffe SE, Armaghani AJ, Soyano AE, Costa RLB, El-Haddad G, Choi J, Kis B. Transarterial Yttrium-90 Glass Microsphere Radioembolization of Chemotherapy-Refractory Breast Cancer Liver Metastases: Results of a Single Institution Retrospective Study. Adv Radiat Oncol. 2021 Oct.7(1):100838. Pubmedid: 35071835. Pmcid: PMC8767250.
• Sun J, Zhong X, Ma J, Sun W, Han HS, Soliman HH, Loftus LS, Costa RLB, Armaghani AJ, Soyano-Muller AE, Czerniecki BJ, Lee MC, Kiluk JV, Khakpour N, Hoover SJ, Laronga C, Khong HT. Real-world benefit of combination palbociclib and endocrine therapy for metastatic breast cancer and correlation with neutropenia. Cancer Med. 2021 Nov.10(21):7665-7672. Pubmedid: 34590788. Pmcid: PMC8559460.
• Mills MN, Thawani C, Figura NB, Oliver DE, Soyano AE, Etame A, Robinson TJ, Liu JK, Vogelbaum MA, Forsyth PA, Czerniecki BJ, Soliman HH, Han HS, Yu HM, Ahmed KA. Breast cancer subtype predicts clinical outcomes after stereotactic radiation for brain metastases. J Neurooncol. 2021 May.152(3):591-601. Pubmedid: 33742358.
• Lou Y, Marin-Acevedo JA, Vishnu P, Manochakian R, Dholaria B, Soyano A, Luo Y, Zhang Y, Knutson KL. Hypereosinophilia in a patient with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer treated with antiprogrammed cell death 1 (anti-PD-1) therapy. Immunotherapy. 2019 May.11(7):577-584. Pubmedid: 30943864.
• Chumsri S, Serie DJ, Li Z, Pogue-Geile KL, Soyano A, Mashadi-Hossein A, Warren SE, Lou Y, Colon-Otero G, Knutson KL, Perez EA, Moreno-Aspitia A, Thompson EA. Effects of Age and Immune Landscape on Outcome in HER2-Positive Breast Cancer in the NCCTG N9831 (Alliance) and NSABP B-31 (NRG) Trials. Clin Cancer Res. 2019 Jul.25(14):4422-4430. Pubmedid: 30808774. Pmcid: PMC6634998.
• Soyano AE, Baldeo C, Kasi PM. Adjunctive Use of Circulating Tumor DNA Testing in Detecting Pancreas Cancer Recurrence. Front Oncol. 2019 Feb.9:46. Pubmedid: 30788289. Pmcid: PMC6372543.
• Lou Y, Dholaria B, Soyano A, Hodge D, Cochuyt J, Manochakian R, Ko SJ, Thomas M, Johnson MM, Patel NM, Miller RC, Adjei AA, Ailawadhi S. Survival trends among non-small-cell lung cancer patients over a decade: impact of initial therapy at academic centers. Cancer Med. 2018 Oct.7(10):4932-4942. Pubmedid: 30175515. Pmcid: PMC6198232.
• Dholaria BR, Hammond WA, Roy V, Sher T, Vishnu P, Soyano A, Finn LE, Tun H. Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant for relapsed-refractory, marginal zone lymphoma: a single-center experience. Leuk Lymphoma. 2018 Nov.59(11):2727-2730. Pubmedid: 29566563.
• Soyano AE, Dholaria B, Marin-Acevedo JA, Diehl N, Hodge D, Luo Y, Manochakian R, Chumsri S, Adjei A, Knutson KL, Lou Y. Peripheral blood biomarkers correlate with outcomes in advanced non-small cell lung Cancer patients treated with anti-PD-1 antibodies. J Immunother Cancer. 2018 Nov.6(1):129. Pubmedid: 30470260. Pmcid: PMC6251165.
• Marin-Acevedo JA, Dholaria B, Soyano AE, Knutson KL, Chumsri S, Lou Y. Next generation of immune checkpoint therapy in cancer: new developments and challenges. J Hematol Oncol. 2018 Mar.11(1):39. Pubmedid: 29544515. Pmcid: PMC5856308.
• Marin-Acevedo JA, Soyano AE, Dholaria B, Knutson KL, Lou Y. Cancer immunotherapy beyond immune checkpoint inhibitors. J Hematol Oncol. 2018 Jan.11(1):8. Pubmedid: 29329556. Pmcid: PMC5767051.
• Soyano AE, Baldeo C, Kasi PM. BRCA Mutation and Its Association With Colorectal Cancer. Clin Colorectal Cancer. 2018 Dec.17(4):e647-e650. Pubmedid: 30033118.
• Soyano AE, Kassi M, Kasi PM. Neuroendocrine Tumor Involving the Epicardium. Case Rep Oncol. 2017 Dec.10(3):1144-1149. Pubmedid: 29430241. Pmcid: PMC5803682.
• Soyano AE, Reynolds G, Moreno-Aspitia A, Chumsri S. Rifaximin for Pertuzumab-Related GI Toxicities. Front Oncol. 2017 Aug.7:168. Pubmedid: 28848707. Pmcid: PMC5550690.

• Title: Immunologic Targeting Of The Native And Mutated ESR1 Receptor For Treatment And Prevention Of Hormone Receptor Expressing Breast Cancer
  Award Number: D2023-014
  Sponsor: V FOUNDATION
  Czerniecki, B. (PD/PI), Soyano M. (Co-PD/PI)
• Title: Targeting ER positive Breast Cancer using Immunotherapy
  Award Number: GC2025-010
  Sponsor: V FOUNDATION
  Czerniecki, B. (PD/PI), Soyano M. (Co-PD/PI)
• Title: Sequential first strike, second strike therapies on HR+ HER2- MBC
  Award Number: N/A
  Sponsor: Florida Breast Cancer Foundation
  Soyano M. (PD/PI), Ataya, D. (Co-PD/PI)
• Title: Individualized Medicine to Predict and P-related Heart Failurerevent Chemotherapy
  Award Number: 5R01HL169268-03
  Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
  Soyano M. (PD/PI)