The massive amount of research and resources that have been directed towards breast cancer are really paying off. At the recent SABCS conference, doctors and scientists shared breakthroughs and follow-up studies that are cause for optimism.
To dig into the news, Loriana is joined by her personal Breast Oncologist, Dr. Kevin Kalinsky, the director of the Glenn Family Breast Center at Emory Winship Cancer Center in Atlanta.
Some of the best news coming out of the conference was HER2+ breast cancer, which is about 25% of cases. In the mid 2000s, it was one of the most aggressive breast cancers. Today is it highly treatable, and patients are living longer.
Other novel therapies and targeted therapies are postponing or even eliminating chemotherapy from some treatment protocol -- how great would that be?
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