PI(3)King the Right Target
MBC Patients, Living with MBC, Making Our Best MBC Life, Biomarker Testing, Patient Initiatives Our MBClife MBC Patients, Living with MBC, Making Our Best MBC Life, Biomarker Testing, Patient Initiatives Our MBClife

PI(3)King the Right Target

PI(3)King the right target after CDK4/6 inhibitors fail patients is an exciting area of research and FDA approval. Now that there are multiple options approved by the FDA and more to come, patients have more treatment choices. Join host Abigail Johnston as she interviews 2 patients who give us their perspective on these advances, as well as a doctor whose scientific research has led the way identifying PIK3CA mutations as a cancer genomic biomarker.

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Dr. Shanu Modi: How to Get a Standing Ovation at ASCO?
Entities of Cancer, Difficult to Treat, Novel Treatments, Medical Community, Clinical Research, Updates from Conferences Our MBClife Entities of Cancer, Difficult to Treat, Novel Treatments, Medical Community, Clinical Research, Updates from Conferences Our MBClife

Dr. Shanu Modi: How to Get a Standing Ovation at ASCO?

MSK’s Dr. Shanu Modi, lead investigator on the DESTINY-Breast04 trial, talks with the Our MBC Life team about the trial’s standing ovation at ASCO, how to know if we’re HER2-low, and what this all means for us.

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Road to a Cure - Dr. Heather Parsons & Dr. Nancy Lin
Novel Treatments, Medical Community, Challenges and Barriers, MBC Research Funding, Diagnosis and Treatment, Entities of Cancer, MBC Imaging and Profiling, Difficult to Treat, Obstacles to Better Outcomes, Patient Reported Outcomes and Out of the Box Treatment Options, Clinical Research Our MBClife Novel Treatments, Medical Community, Challenges and Barriers, MBC Research Funding, Diagnosis and Treatment, Entities of Cancer, MBC Imaging and Profiling, Difficult to Treat, Obstacles to Better Outcomes, Patient Reported Outcomes and Out of the Box Treatment Options, Clinical Research Our MBClife

Road to a Cure - Dr. Heather Parsons & Dr. Nancy Lin

The Road to a Cure series heads to Boston to have Senior Producer and Co-host, Victoria Goldberg and co-host Dr. Paula Jayne speak with Dr. Nancy Lin and Dr. Heather Parsons about the possibilities and the current barriers to considering a cure for HER2+ MBC. Dr. Parsons and Dr. Lin are medical oncologists and professors at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Lin is also the Director of the Metastatic Breast Cancer Program and the Associate Chief of the Division of Breast Oncology at Dana Farber Cancer Institute. While an amazing gift, long-term survival among some HER2+ patients can also sometimes bring special challenges. Given the higher prevalence of brain metastases among HER2+ patients, Drs. Lin and Parsons also discuss current research on brain mets, along with areas of promising overall MBC research for each subtype.

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Road to a Cure - Dr. Larry Norton
Novel Treatments, Medical Community, Challenges and Barriers, AI and Big Data, Diagnosis and Treatment, MBC Imaging and Profiling, Obstacles to Better Outcomes Our MBClife Novel Treatments, Medical Community, Challenges and Barriers, AI and Big Data, Diagnosis and Treatment, MBC Imaging and Profiling, Obstacles to Better Outcomes Our MBClife

Road to a Cure - Dr. Larry Norton

Our special series, Road to a Cure, makes its first stop at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, with an interview with Dr. Larry Norton. He is Senior Vice President in the Office of the President, and Deputy Director for Clinical and Translational Science in the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Dr. Norton’s also the Medical Director of the Evelyn H. Lauder Breast Center at MSK and a founder of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Senior Producer & Host Lisa Laudico and co-host Dr. Ellen Landsberger speak with Dr. Norton on what he sees happening with Metastatic Breast Cancer research today. They ask him about what lines of research are most exciting to him and also all about how he cares for his own mental health

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