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Therapeutic Considerations in Metastatic HER2+ Breast Cancer

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OncLive Staff

Join us to learn more about how the field in HER2+ breast cancer is evolving and hear direct from leading experts, Sara Tolaney, MD, MPH, and Komal Jhaveri, MD, FACP, on Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at 8 PM EDT.

Exclusive for NYC and Boston Breast Cancer Specialists

An OncLive® Panel Presentation Series

Therapeutic Considerations in Metastatic HER2+ Breast Cancer

8:00 PM-9:30 PM EDT

What are the latest options? How are advances today impacting the decisions a physician must make of tomorrow?

Join us to learn more about how the field in HER2+ breast cancer is evolving and hear direct from leading experts, Sara Tolaney, MD, MPH, and Komal Jhaveri, MD, FACP.

Topics of discussion at this virtual event include:

  • Review and evaluate data on recent therapeutic advances in metastatic HER2+ breast cancer
  • Discuss clinical challenges and areas of uncertainty faced when selecting later lines of therapy for patients with metastatic HER2+ breast cancer
  • Identify factors that influence treatment selection and planning for patients with metastatic HER2+ breast cancer​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

Speakers:


Komal Jhaveri, MD, FACP
Assistant Attending Physician, Breast Medicine and Early Drug Development Service Section Head, Endocrine Therapy
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine,
Weill Cornell Medical College


Sara Tolaney, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Associate Director, Susan F. Smith Center for Women's Cancers
Director of Clinical Trials, Breast Oncology
Director of Breast Immunotherapy, Breast Oncology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA
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