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Sara A. Hurvitz, MD, on HER2-Positive Breast Cancer: Novel Treatments and Markers

2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium

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Sara A. Hurvitz, MD, of the University of California, Los Angeles, discusses the natural history and novel combinations for HER2-positive disease as well as predictive and prognostic markers for this type of breast cancer.



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