# Katherine K. Matthay

Source: https://onco.cc/people/katherine-matthay/  
OnCo record `katherine-matthay` (Person). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)"; commercial use needs a licence.

## TL;DR

Paediatric oncologist whose trials established transplant and 13-cis-retinoic acid for high-risk neuroblastoma.

## Summary

Katherine Matthay is Professor Emerita of Pediatrics at UCSF, within the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, and a neuroblastoma investigator with the Children's Oncology Group (COG). A paediatric oncologist and long-time chair of COG neuroblastoma studies, she led the CCG-3891 trial establishing myeloablative therapy and 13-cis-retinoic acid in high-risk neuroblastoma and pioneered 131I-MIBG therapy for relapsed disease. Her papers report the Children's Cancer Group trial of intensive chemotherapy, radiotherapy, autologous bone marrow transplantation and 13-cis-retinoic acid, and the long-term results of that randomised trial. Her work links iobenguane I-131 and radioligand therapy to paediatric neuroblastoma.

## Fields

- Kind: Person
- Last checked: 2026-09-08
- Role: Professor Emerita of Pediatrics, UCSF; Children's Oncology Group neuroblastoma investigator
- Specialisms: Paediatric oncology; Neuroblastoma; MIBG therapy

## Sources

- UCSF profile: https://profiles.ucsf.edu/search/?searchtype=people&searchfor=Katherine%20K.%20Matthay
- PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Matthay%20KK%5BAuthor%5D
- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Katherine%20K.%20Matthay

## Connected records

- cancers: [Neuroblastoma (paediatric)](https://onco.cc/cancers/neuroblastoma/)
- technologies: [Radioligand therapy (beta emitters)](https://onco.cc/technologies/radioligand-therapy/)
- drugs: [131I-MIBG (iobenguane I-131) therapy](https://onco.cc/drugs/i131-mibg/)
- companies: [Children's Oncology Group (COG)](https://onco.cc/companies/childrens-oncology-group/)
- institutions: [UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center](https://onco.cc/institutions/ucsf/)

---
JSON: https://onco.cc/api/v1/entities/katherine-matthay.json