A community oncology pharmacist explains how seeing patients across the course of their diagnosis builds trust and why accessibility remains the field’s biggest challenge despite advances in AI.
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What's New in Metastatic Breast Cancer Research
Nancy Lin, MD, of the Susan F. Smith Center for Women's Cancers at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, discusses the differences between breast cancer subtypes and looks at recent drug approvals and research directions for the future.
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Nancy Lin, MD, of the Susan F. Smith Center for Women’s Cancers at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, discusses the differences between breast cancer subtypes and looks at recent drug approvals and research directions for the future.
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