The Center for BRCA and Related Genes
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The Center for #BRCA and Related Genes at @DanaFarber helps uncover new treatments for patients with #BRCA and BRCA related cancers
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At the recent #IGCS2024 conference, Dana-Farber’s Betsy Lee, MD, shared new data showing a combination of pembrolizumab and lenvatinib produced encouraging response rates in patients with recurrent clear cell ovarian cancer.
We are kicking off our day with our keynote speaker Serena Nik-Zainal discussing mutational signatures, HRDetect and clinical applications! #BRCAsymposium
Dr. Sung from The Sung Lab at UTHSCSA discusses the function of BLM, BRCA1-BARD1 in End Resection
Dr. Keyan Salari starts off our afternoon session discussing HR deficiency for early detection and management of prostate cancer #BRCAsymposium
Starting the last afternoon sessions is Dr. Rugang Zhang from Rugang Zhang Lab on leveraging epigenetics to overcome PARP inhibitor resistance
Dr. Yizhou He from Chowdhury Lab and our 2023 David Livingston Early Career Investigator Award winner discusses overcoming PARPi resistance via BRCA1-dependent and BRCA1-independent HR #BRCAsymposium
At #SABCS24 Dana-Farber’s Judy Garber, MD, MPH shared updated results from the OlympiA study showing addition of olaparib following standard therapy for BRCA+ breast cancer patients improved protection against recurrence & overall survival. Dana-Farber’s Breast Oncology Center bit.ly/41qC0MR
Congratulations to Judy Garber who is being honored by The Breast Cancer Research Foundation with the Carolyn Lynch Humanitarian Award!
First study of triplet combination of letrozole, abemaciclib, and metformin in any cancer type reported at #ASCO25. Panos Konstantinopoulos, MD, PhD, of Dana-Farber says the results of a phase 2 study in ER+ recurrent #endometrial cancer were encouraging.
Last week we had the chance to celebrate Dr. Panos Konstantinopoulos on his promotion to Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School! Congrats Dr. K🥳
.Filipa Lynce, MD, FASCO 🇵🇹 🇺🇸, MD, FASCO, recently received the Advanced Clinical Research Award in Breast Cancer Research from Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation. Lynce's work will focus on deciphering mechanisms of response to novel therapies in HER2 expressing stage III Inflammatory Breast Cancer, paving the