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Sara Tolaney

Sara M. Tolaney MD, MPH

Associate Director, Susan F. Smith Center for Women’s Cancers; Director of Clinical Trials, Breast Oncology; Director of Breast Immunotherapy Clinical Research; Senior Physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Dr. Tolaney received her undergraduate degree from Princeton University in 1998 and her medical degree from UC San Francisco in 2002. She subsequently completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, and fellowships in hematology and medical oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. She obtained a Masters in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health in 2007. 

In 2008, she joined the staff of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital, where she is a medical oncologist and clinical investigator in the Breast Oncology Center. Her research focuses on the development of novel therapies in the treatment of breast cancer.

Disclosures

Dr. Tolaney reports the following disclosures: Institutional research funding from Genentech, Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Novartis, Exelixis, Eisai, Bristol Meyers Squibb, Merck, Nanostring, AstraZeneca, Nektar, and Cyclacel.  Advisory services provided to Genentech, Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Novartis, Eisai, Merck, Nanostring, AstraZeneca, Nektar and Puma.

Conflict of Interests: All Research Support goes to Institution

  • AstraZeneca, PI of Study(s); Consultant; Advisory Board, Institutional Research Funds; honorarium; travel expense reimbursement, Breast Cancer Research
  • Lilly, PI of Study(s); Consultant; Advisory Board, Institutional Research Funds; honorarium; travel expense reimbursement, Breast Cancer Research
  • Merck, PI of Study(s); Consultant; Advisory Board, Institutional Research Funds; honorarium; travel expense reimbursement, Breast Cancer Research
  • Nektar, PI of Study(s); Consultant; Advisory Board, Institutional Research Funds; honorarium; travel expense reimbursement, Breast Cancer Research
  • Novartis, PI of Study(s); Consultant; Advisory Board, Institutional Research Funds; honorarium; travel expense reimbursement, Breast Cancer Research
  • Pfizer, PI of Study(s); Consultant; Advisory Board, Institutional Research Funds; honorarium; travel expense reimbursement, Breast Cancer Research
  • Genentech/Roche, PI of Study(s); Advisory Board, Institutional Research Funds; honorarium; travel expense reimbursement, Breast Cancer Research
  • Immunomedics , PI of Study(s); Advisory Board, Institutional Research Funds; Honorarium; travel expense reimbursement, Breast Cancer Research
  • Exelixis PI of Study(s), Institutional Research Funds, Breast Cancer Research
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb, PI of Study(s) Consultant; Advisory Board, Institutional Research Funds; honorarium;Breast Cancer Research
  • Eisai, PI of Study(s); Consultant; Advisory Board  Institutional Research Funds; honorarium; travel expense reimbursement, Breast Cancer Research
  • Nanostring, PI of Study(s); Consultant; Advisory Board, Institutional Research Funds; honorarium; travel expense reimbursement, Breast Cancer Research
  • Puma, Advisory Board, Honorarium; travel expense reimbursement, Breast Cancer Research
  • Cyclacel, PI of Study(s); Institutional Research Funds, Breast Cancer Research
  • Sanofi, Advisory Board, Honorarium, Breast Cancer Research
  • Celldex, Advisory Board Honorarium; travel expense reimbursement, Breast Cancer Research
  • Paxman, Advisory Board/Consultant, Honorarium, Breast Cancer Research
  • Seattle Genetics, Steering Committee, Honorarium, Breast Cancer Research
  • Odonate –PI of study(s), Institutional research funds; Consulting/Advisory Board, honorarium – Breast Cancer Research
  • Seattle Genetics -- PI of study(s), Institutional research funds; Steering Committee/Advisory Board, honorarium – Breast Cancer Research
  • Silverback Therapeutics – Advisory Board, honorarium – Breast Cancer Research
  • G1 Therapeutics – Advisory Board, honorarium – Breast Cancer Research
  • Abbvie – Consulting, honorarium – Breast Cancer Research
  • Athenex – Consulting, honorarium – Breast Cancer Research
  • OncoPep – Advisory Board, honorarium – Breast Cancer Research
  • Daiichi-Sankyo – Advisory Board, honorarium – Breast Cancer Research
  • Kyowa Kirin Pharmaceuticals – Advisory Board, honorarium – Breast Cancer Research
  • Samsung Bioepsis inc. – Advisory Board, honorarium – Breast Cancer Research
  • CytomX – Steering Committee, honorarium – Breast Cancer Research

 

Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:

  1. Abemaciclib Plus Endocrine Therapy for Early Stage Breast Cancer
  2. Immunotherapy Combinations for Advanced HR+ Breast Cancer: State-of-the-Science and Future Directions
  3. Tesetaxel Plus Reduced Dose Capecitabine for HR+ Metastatic Breast Cancer
  4. Biomarker Analysis: Sacituzumab Govitecan Vs Chemotherapy in Metastatic TPN Breast Cancer
  5. 2020 Top Stories in Oncology: Abemaciclib With Endocrine Therapy for the Adjuvant Treatment of High-Risk HR+/HER2− Early Breast Cancer (monarchE Study)
  6. Key Takeaways From ESMO: Adjuvant HR+ Breast Cancer
  7. Immunotherapy in Early Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: New Data and Future Directions
  8. New Quality-of-Life Data for Tucatinib in HER2+ Breast Cancer
  9. ESMO 2020: Recommendations From Dr. Sara Tolaney for Breast Cancer
  10. ASCO 2020: Abstract Recommendations From Dr. Sara Tolaney for Breast Cancer

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