Paolo Tarantino, MD

Paolo Tarantino, MD of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Paolo Tarantino, MD is an Advanced Research Fellow in the Breast Oncology Program at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School.

Articles by Paolo Tarantino, MD

Experts featured in this series.

The panel explores how to assign value to different trial endpoints in an aggressive disease, discussing overall survival as the gold standard while considering how crossover and confounding factors complicate its interpretation, and where PFS2 fits as a measure that reflects benefit across lines of therapy.

Experts featured in this series.

The panel grounds the discussion in the biology and natural history of metastatic triple-negative breast cancer, framing it as a high-proliferation subtype prone to rapid resistance, in which the first-line setting offers an important opportunity to influence outcomes. Panelists outline a biomarker-driven treatment algorithm stratified by PD-L1 status, germline BRCA status, and prior early-stage therapy, touching on immune checkpoint inhibition, PARP inhibitors, platinum-based chemotherapy, and the role of antibody-drug conjugates across lines of therapy.