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Roisin M. Connolly, MD, on Breast Cancer Treatment Advances in 2018: Expert Perspective

2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium

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Roisin M. Connolly, MD, of the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, discusses clinical trials during the past year on studies on CDK and PI3K inhibitors in estrogen receptor–positive breast cancer and immune checkpoint agents in triple-negative breast cancer.



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