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Xavier Pivot, MD, PhD, on Early Breast Cancer: Results From the PHARE Trial

2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium

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Xavier Pivot, MD, PhD, of the Paul Strauss Cancer Center, discusses final study findings comparing 6 and 12 months of trastuzumab in adjuvant early breast cancer (Abstract GS2-07).



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