Dr. Clifford A. Hudis on Why Resistance to HER-2 Therapies Needs to be Further Researched
Clifford A. Hudis, MD, FACP, Vice President for Government Relations and Chief Advocacy Officer, Chief, Breast Medicine Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, talks about the vague understanding medical professional currently have of HER-2 breast cancer and its resistance to certain therapies.
Clifford A. Hudis, MD, FACP, Vice President for Government Relations and Chief Advocacy Officer, Chief, Breast Medicine Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, talks about the vague understanding medical professionals currently have of HER-2 breast cancer and its resistance to certain therapies.
Hudis explains that while some studies have suggested that patients would be better off switching therapies due to breast cancer not responding to the treatment, further studies have shown that the benefits of staying with those therapies may outweigh the negative effects. Hudis says that this is a challenge to the idea of drug resistance itself.
Survivorship Care Promotes Evidence-Based Approaches for Quality of Life and Beyond
March 21st 2025Frank J. Penedo, PhD, explains the challenges of survivorship care for patients with cancer and how he implements programs to support patients’ emotional, physical, and practical needs.
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