
Ada Waks
@adawaksmd
Breast medical oncologist @DanaFarber Associate director of clinical research @DFCI_BreastOnc Former @BrighamMedRes
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27-04-2023 17:54:31
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Absolutely could not agree more—these two are a rockstar pair and Sara Tolaney is the epitome of a fantastic mentor!

Thrilled to share our labs latest work, now online Cancer Cell where we used positive-selection CRISPR screening to discover that POU2F3 is regulated by the mSWI/SNF complex cell.com/cancer-cell/fu… 1/

En route to the DFCI Medical Oncology Retreat! Sara Tolaney Erica Mayer Ada Waks Toni Choueiri, MD Dana-Farber’s Breast Oncology Center


Our Dana-Farber dear colleague and force of nature Ann Partridge MD, MPH with the ESMO - Eur. Oncology 2024 award. Ann has been a pioneer in the field of young adults with cancer, cancer survivorship and disparities. Dana-Farber’s Breast Oncology Center Dana-Farber News


Our review on dual HER2 inhibition is out!! Thanks to NatureRevClinOncol for this opportunity and to all co-authors for a wonderful collaboration!! Paolo Tarantino Sara Tolaney @prat_aleix

There’s few open questions as critical in oncology as ADC sequencing We’re trying to answer it with #SATEEN The first prospective trial of sacituzimab govitecan (+ trastuzumab) after T-DXd for HER2+ MBC Currently enrolling at Dana-Farber’s Breast Oncology Center

New #OpenAccess article from Dana-Farber investigators | Outcomes and treatment patterns for stage I human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive breast cancer in the SEER database, 2010–2019 acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cn… Ada Waks Paolo Tarantino OncoAlert #BCSM


Patients with HER2+ metastatic breast cancer face a high risk of death due to CNS involvement, and those with CNS-only disease had longer overall survival. ja.ma/42DHmF4 Rabih Bou-Nassif


New Trial Alert! Dean Shumway Mayo Clinic leads Alliance A012301 (LoTam) to compare the effect of low dose tamoxifen to usual hormonal therapy in treating post-menopausal women with hormone positive, HER2 negative early-stage #breastcancer: bit.ly/Alliance-A0123… #NCI #NCTN #BCsm




Research led by Dana-Farber's Dr. Adrienne Waks shows combination therapy of avutometinib, abemaciclib and fulvestrant is active, safe in CDK4/6 inhibitor–resistant HR+/HER2– metastatic breast cancer, reports OncLive.com from #AACR25. ➡️ bit.ly/3YTUmni


Tremendous discussion of the SERENA-6 trial by Angie DeMichele, MD, MSCE, FASCO. Outstanding results, though not ready for clinical practice (yet). Important to take into account financial, psychological & systemic costs of the strategy. Make sure to review this presentation if you missed it.


TBCRC 040 (PREDICT-DNA trial): Dr. Natasha Hunter presents - -HER2+ or TN pts with MRD assay after NAT and pre surgery -in TNBC, ctDNA MRD status distinguished between those with RD who had excellent vs poor prognosis Heather Parsons Translational Breast Cancer Research Consortium Antonio Wolff, MD (#HealthPolicyIsEconomicPolicy) Ben Ho Park
