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SABCS 40th Anniversary Award Lecture: Richard Pazdur, MD, on Cancer Drug Development

2017 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium

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Richard Pazdur, MD, of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s Oncology Center of Excellence, discusses the rapid changes in evaluating and approving new and effective agents, incorporating the view of patients in the process, and modernizing clinical trial design with broader eligibility criteria.



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