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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, is a principal teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School and an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. Based in Boston, Dana-Farber is a world-renowned leader in adult and pediatric cancer treatment and scientific research.

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Dr. Tolaney on Navigating Adjuvant Therapy in Early-Stage HER2+ Breast Cancer

March 11, 2020

Sara M. Tolaney, MD, MPH, associate director, Susan F. Smith’s Center for Women’s Cancers, director, Clinical Trials, Breast Oncology, senior physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, discusses considerations for adjuvant therapy in patients with early-stage HER2-positive breast cancer.

Dr. Garcia on the Managing Thrombocytopenia With Navitoclax in Myelofibrosis

March 10, 2020

Jacqueline S. Garcia, MD, instructor in medicine, Department of Medical Oncology, Harvard Medical School, and physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses the management of thrombocytopenia with navitoclax in patients with myelofibrosis.

Dana-Farber Tackles Rising Incidence of Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer

March 03, 2020

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute launched the Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer Center, among the first of its kind, in March 2019 to provide expert and compassionate clinical care, promote scientific discovery and innovation to elucidate underlying biological mechanisms, identify risk factors, and facilitate development of novel therapies, and improve prevention and early detection by raising public awareness of the rising burden of CRC in young adults.

Dr. Richardson on the FDA Approval of Isatuximab in Relapsed/Refractory Myeloma

March 03, 2020

Paul G. Richardson, MD, clinical program leader and director of clinical research, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, and institute physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and RJ Corman Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, discusses the FDA approval of isatuximab-irfc (Sarclisa) for use in combination with pomalidomide (Pomalyst) and dexamethasone in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Breast Oncologists Aim to Address Key Unanswered Questions With Novel Research Efforts

February 26, 2020

Experts from Virginia Cancer Specialists, Georgetown University, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Johns Hopkins Medicine to provide insight on some of the pivotal research being conducted at their respective institutions.

Dr. Beltran on Use of ctDNA to Evaluate Treatment Resistance in Prostate Cancer

February 25, 2020

Himisha Beltran, MD, associate professor of medicine, Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, Division of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, Harvard Medical School, director of Translational Research, and physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses the potential use of circulating tumor DNA to detect castration-resistant neuroendocrine prostate cancer.

Dr. Hamid on a Potential Biomarker of Response to Docetaxel in mHSPC

February 25, 2020

Anis Hamid, MBBS, genitourinary oncology research fellow, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses the potential predictive value of the luminal B subtype as a biomarker of response to docetaxel in patients with newly diagnosed metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC).