Breast Oncology
Breast Oncology
The Breast Oncology Center at the Susan F. Smith Center for Women's Cancers at Dana-Farber provides state-of-the-art and compassionate care for breast cancer patients. Our breast cancer clinicians are committed to providing your patients with the best and most individualized treatment options available, including the latest medical oncology, surgical options, breast reconstruction, and radiation therapy.
Our focused and specialized services include programs for: young adults with breast cancer, metastatic breast cancer, inflammatory breast cancer, breast cancer during pregnancy, breast and ovarian cancer genetics and prevention, older adults with breast cancer, patients with breast cancer brain metastases, breast cancer in men, and ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).
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ASCO26: Sara Tolaney, MD, MPH, ASCENT-03
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's Dr. Sara Tolaney from the ASCENT-03 stud in breast cancer. The data further strengthens the case for approval of sacituzumab govitecan as first-line treatment for patients with advanced triple-negative breast cancer.
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ASCO26: Jennifer Ligibel, MD, BWEL
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's Dr. Jennifer Ligibel shared updated results from the BWEL study showing a weight loss intervention led to significantly better physical function, global physical and mental health, and symptom in patients ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the antibody-drug conjugate sacituzumab govitecan for first-line treatment of metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.
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Treatment Guideline: First-Line Treatment for Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC)
The Breast Oncology Center held meetings to discuss recommendations regarding first-line treatment for patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC).
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A shift in the way advanced triple-negative breast cancer is treated may be on the horizon with mounting evidence that moving sacituzumab govitecan, an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), to the first line of treatment confers long-term benefit ...
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A new study from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute shows that cases of stage IV breast cancer, a common but largely difficult to treat disease, are increasing both in incidence and as a proportion of all breast cancer diagnoses. According to ...