Breast Cancer

Stephanie L. Graff, MD, discusses the current and evolving landscape of breast oncology and what this means for patients.

Jennifer Ligibel, MD, senior physician, Susan F. Smith Center for Women's Cancer at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, associate professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School, discusses the resources available for patients to educate themselves on avoiding breast cancer recurrence.

Silvia Chiara Formenti, MD, chairman, Department of Radiation Oncology, Weill Cornell, associate director, Meyer Cancer Center, radiation oncologist-in-chief, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, discusses immunology in the breast cancer treatment landscape.

Debu Tripathy, MD, discusses the evolution of treatment of patients with metastatic HR-positive breast cancer.

Abemaciclib (Verzenio) has emerged as a promising agent for patients with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer, according to Lowell L. Hart, MD.

Yelena Novik, MD, associate professor, NYU Langone’s Perlmutter Cancer Center, discusses CDK4/6 inhibitor combinations in breast cancer.

Wendy A. Woodward, MD, PhD, highlights encouraging advances and ongoing developments with radiotherapy in breast cancer.

Sara M. Tolaney, MD, MPH, instructor of medicine, Harvard Medical School, attending physician of medical oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses selecting patients with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancer for treatment with CDK4/6 inhibitors.

Kevin Kalinsky, MD, MS, assistant professor of medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical School, discusses the potential of neratinib (Nerlynx) and tucatinib in HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.

Naamit K. Gerber, MD, discusses recent advances in radiation therapy in the field of breast cancer.

Patrick I. Borgen, MD, chairman of surgery, director of the Breast Cancer Program, Maimonides Medical Center, discusses axillary node dissection in patients with early-stage breast cancer.

Rashmi K. Murthy, MD, assistant professor, Department of Breast Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses dual HER2 blockade in HER2-positive breast cancer.

Rinath M. Jeselsohn, MD, discusses the detection and clinical implications of ESR1 mutations.

Denise A. Yardley, MD, weighs in on the recent data reported in breast cancer.

Rashmi K. Murthy, MD, assistant professor, Department of Breast Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the future of tucatinib in HER2-positive breast cancer.

Despite gaps in current knowledge, investigators are already working toward the development of novel treatment strategies to combat the effects of ESR1 mutations.

Jennifer Ligibel, MD, senior physician, Susan F. Smith Center for Women’s Cancer at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses the impact of diet and exercise on the risk of breast cancer recurrence.

Matthew J. Ellis, MD, PhD, professor and director, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, associate director of precision medicine, Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, discusses the use of abemaciclib (Verzenio) in hormone receptor-positive breast cancer.

Sylvia Adams, MD, associate professor, Department of Medicine, director, Clinical Research, Breast Cancer Disease Management Group, NYU Langone’s Perlmutter Cancer Center, discusses combinatorial approaches in triple-negative breast cancer.

Denise A. Yardley, MD, senior investigator of breast cancer research, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, discusses the D-CARE trial in women with high-risk early breast cancer.

Douglas Yee, MD, professor of medicine and pharmacology, Hematology, Oncology and Transplant, medical oncologist, University of Minnesota, discusses neoadjuvant therapy for patients with triple-negative breast cancer.

Joseph A. Sparano, MD, associate director for clinical research, Albert Einstein Cancer Center, Montefiore Medical Center, discusses the application of liquid biopsies in breast cancer.

Norman Wolmark, MD, a 2017 Giants of Cancer Care® award winner in the Breast Cancer category, played a pivotal role in building the clinical trials program at the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project.

Wendy A. Woodward, MD, PhD, professor and chief, Clinical Breast Radiotherapy Service, Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses proton radiotherapy in breast cancer.

Sylvia Adams, MD, discusses the path forward for immunotherapy in triple-negative breast cancer.