Nancy U. Lin, MD
Dr. Nancy Lin, the Director of the Metastatic Breast Cancer Program at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, joins Lisa Laudico and co-host, Chawnte Randall, for a conversation on the issues with brain mets research for MBC patients, some of the latest research and trials for brain mets and MBC, Dr. Lin's reflections on tele-health and how Covid 19 has impacted her.
SOCIAL/HASHTAGS/GUEST INFO
@danafarber
@nlinmd
https://www.dana-farber.org/find-a-doctor/nancy-u-lin/
https://www.dfhcc.harvard.edu/insider/member-detail/member/nancy-u-lin-md/
#brainmets
#clinicaltrials
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
Dana Farber Brain MRI Clinical Trial https://www.dana-farber.org/clinical-trials2/detail/19-066/
Dana Farber Her2+ Brain Mets Trial https://www.dana-farber.org/clinical-trials2/detail/11-344/
Mass General Brain Mets research
https://www.bostonmagazine.com/sponsor-content/mass-general-study-how-brain-metastases-may-be-shaped-by-the-genetic-alterations-and-the-microenvironment-in-the-brain/
https://giving.massgeneral.org/brain-metastasis-cancer-research/#:~:text=Physicians%20and%20researchers%20at%20the,has%20spread%20to%20the%20brain.&text=When%20cancer%20spreads%20to%20the,is%20much%20harder%20to%20treat.
Her2Climb02 Trial
https://www.her2climb.com/index.php/home/#about-her2climb-02
https://www.biospace.com/article/releases/seattle-genetics-announces-positive-results-from-exploratory-analyses-of-her2climb-for-tukysa-tucatinib-in-brain-metastases-patients-with-her2-positive-breast-cancer/?fbclid=IwAR3GpYzCUmBcPIto43_bytE69XThSsAbAzBMxzBBDRH6cykgYob2dOMAopA
https://ascopubs.org/doi/full/10.1200/JCO.20.00775
https://www.targetedonc.com/view/her2climb-study-shows-efficacy-in-her2-breast-cancer-with-brain-metastases?
MBC Alliance and the Marina Kaplan Project
https://www.mbcalliance.org/
https://www.lbbc.org/about/about-us/hear-my-voice-advocates/marina-kaplan
CNS Workshop
https://braintumor.org/our-research/cns-metastases-workshop/
Clinical Trial Eligibility Expansion
https://www.asco.org/about-asco/press-center/news-releases/asco-and-friends-cancer-research-applaud-ncis-expansion
https://www.centerwatch.com/articles/12733-new-clinical-trial-guidelines-push-for-broader-inclusion-of-patients-with-brain-metastases
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-09-clinical-trials-exclude-patients-brain.html
TELEHEALTH/TELEMEDICINE
https://www.curetoday.com/view/telemedicine-in-cancer-care-so-far-and-yet-so-close
https://mhealthintelligence.com/news/telehealth-advocates-launch-task-force-to-lobby-for-permanent-policy-changes
https://time.com/5876549/telehealth-hospitals-covid/
https://www.curetoday.com/view/telemedicine-in-cancer-care-so-far-and-yet-so-close
CANCER INSTITUTES AND BRAIN METASTASES
https://www.mdanderson.org/cancer-types/brain-metastases.html
https://www.dana-farber.org/brain-metastases-program/treatment-approach/
http://dukecancerinstitute.org/DCBSM/brain-metastasis
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/neurology_neurosurgery/centers_clinics/brain_tumor/center/metastatic/
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/brain-metastases/care-at-mayo-clinic/mac-20350143
BRAIN METS, CLINICAL TRIALS
https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/clinical-trials/adult-metastatic-brain-tumors
fbclid=IwAR2G6eeeG8J6Sc7aFlF1IxBKVk2e1MPq4JtCJ964v_mN5o2mk5H4OJOnyDY
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/brain-metastases/symptoms-causes/syc-20350136
https://www.mdanderson.org/cancer-types/brain-metastases/brain-metastases-symptoms.html#:~:text=In%20addition%2C%20brain%20metastases%20can,the%20skull%20(intracranial%20pressure)
https://clinicaltrials.gov/
Contessa Trial
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03952325
TALKMETS HELPLINE
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