Sara M. Tolaney MD, MPH
Chief, Division of Breast Oncology; Associate Director, Susan F. Smith Center for Women’s Cancers; Senior Physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MassachusettsDr. Sara Tolaney is the Chief of the Division of Breast Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and is internationally recognized for her research and education leadership in breast cancer. She also serves as Associate Director of the Susan F. Smith Center for Women’s Cancers and is a Senior Physician at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Tolaney’s research focuses on the development of novel therapies in the treatment of breast cancer and developing more effective and less toxic treatment approaches. She is the author of over 150 peer-reviewed publications with manuscripts included in many prestigious journals such as The New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet Oncology, Journal of Clinical Oncology, and JAMA Oncology.
Dr. Tolaney received her medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco. She completed her residency in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins and fellowships in hematology and medical oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. She obtained her MPH from Harvard School of Public Health.
Disclosures
- Consultant/advisory role: Novartis; Pfizer; Merck; Eli Lilly; AstraZeneca; Genentech/Roche; Eisai; Sanofi; Bristol Myers Squibb; Seattle Genetics; CytomX Therapeutics; Daiichi Sankyo; Gilead; OncXerna Therapeutics; Zymeworks; Zentalis; Blueprint Medicines; Reveal Genomics; ARC Therapeutics; Infinity Therapeutics; Myovant (company bought out); Zetagen; Umoja Biopharma; Artios Pharma; Menarini/Stemline; Aadi Bioscience; Bayer; Incyte Corporation; Jazz Pharmaceuticals; Natera
- Research funding: Genentech/Roche; Merck; Exelixis; Pfizer; Lilly; Novartis; Bristol Myers Squibb; Eisai; AstraZeneca; NanoString Technologies; Gilead; Seattle Genetics (now Seagen); Daiichi Sankyo
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- Overall Survival With Pembrolizumab in Patients With Early-Stage TNBC
- 2023 Top Story in Oncology: The POSITIVE Trial
- monarchE After 5 Years’ Follow-Up: Adjuvant Abemaciclib Plus Endocrine Therapy for HR+, HER2− High-Risk Early Breast Cancer
- TROPION-Breast01: Datopotamab Deruxtecan vs Chemotherapy
- KEYNOTE-522 Updated Results: Pembrolizumab Plus Chemotherapy Followed by Pembrolizumab or Placebo for Early-Stage TNBC
- Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy in HR-Positive Early Breast Cancer
- DESTINY-Breast04 Updated Results: Trastuzumab Deruxtecan in HER2-Low Unresectable and/or Metastatic Breast Cancer
- ESMO 2023: Recommendations From Dr. Sara Tolaney for Breast Cancer
- ASCO 2023: Abstract Recommendations From Dr. Sara Tolaney for Breast Cancer
- Outcomes of Palbociclib Rechallenge in Patients With HR+/HER2− Advanced Breast Cancer