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Sara Tolaney MD, MPH

Sara M. Tolaney MD, MPH

Chief, Division of Breast Oncology; Associate Director, Susan F. Smith Center for Women’s Cancers; Senior Physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Dr. Sara Tolaney is the Chief of the Division of Breast Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and is internationally recognized for her research and education leadership in breast cancer. She also serves as Associate Director of the Susan F. Smith Center for Women’s Cancers and is a Senior Physician at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Tolaney’s research focuses on the development of novel therapies in the treatment of breast cancer and developing more effective and less toxic treatment approaches. She is the author of over 150 peer-reviewed publications with manuscripts included in many prestigious journals such as The New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet Oncology, Journal of Clinical Oncology, and JAMA Oncology.

Dr. Tolaney received her medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco. She completed her residency in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins and fellowships in hematology and medical oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. She obtained her MPH from Harvard School of Public Health.

Disclosures

  • Consultant/advisory role: Novartis; Pfizer; Merck; Eli Lilly; AstraZeneca; Genentech/Roche; Eisai; Sanofi; Bristol Myers Squibb; Seattle Genetics; CytomX Therapeutics; Daiichi Sankyo; Gilead; OncXerna Therapeutics; Zymeworks; Zentalis; Blueprint Medicines; Reveal Genomics; ARC Therapeutics; Infinity Therapeutics; Myovant (company bought out); Zetagen; Umoja Biopharma; Artios Pharma; Menarini/Stemline; Aadi Bioscience; Bayer; Incyte Corporation; Jazz Pharmaceuticals; Natera
  • Research funding: Genentech/Roche; Merck; Exelixis; Pfizer; Lilly; Novartis; Bristol Myers Squibb; Eisai; AstraZeneca; NanoString Technologies; Gilead; Seattle Genetics (now Seagen); Daiichi Sankyo

Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:

  1. Eribulin Plus Pembrolizumab for Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
  2. Adjuvant T-DM1 Vs Paclitaxel and Trastuzumab for Stage I HER2+ Breast Cancer
  3. Chemotherapy De-Escalation Using an 18 F-FDG-PET–Based Pathological Response–Adapted Strategy in Patients With HER2-Positive Early Breast Cancer
  4. ASCO 2021: Abstract Recommendations From Dr. Sara Tolaney for Breast Cancer
  5. Pembrolizumab vs Investigator-Choice Chemotherapy for Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
  6. Abemaciclib Plus Endocrine Therapy for Early Stage Breast Cancer
  7. Immunotherapy Combinations for Advanced HR+ Breast Cancer: State-of-the-Science and Future Directions
  8. Tesetaxel Plus Reduced Dose Capecitabine for HR+ Metastatic Breast Cancer
  9. Biomarker Analysis: Sacituzumab Govitecan vs Chemotherapy in Metastatic TPN Breast Cancer
  10. 2020 Top Stories in Oncology: Abemaciclib With Endocrine Therapy for the Adjuvant Treatment of High-Risk HR+/HER2− Early Breast Cancer (monarchE Study)

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