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The journal ONCOLOGY presents exclusive on-site coverage of the 27th Annual Miami Breast Cancer Conference. Nationally recognized breast cancer specialist Harold J. Burstein, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School provides expert insight into the optimal multidisciplinary management of patients with breast cancer and the application of innovative approaches to practice-coverage includes special emphasis on sessions dealing with the rapidly changing advances in the treatment of metastatic disease.

The journal ONCOLOGY presents exclusive on-site coverage of the 27th Annual Miami Breast Cancer Conference. Nationally recognized breast cancer specialist Harold J. Burstein, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School provides expert insight into the optimal multidisciplinary management of patients with breast cancer and the application of innovative approaches to practice-coverage includes special emphasis on sessions dealing with the rapidly changing advances in the treatment of metastatic disease.


As always, we encourage feedback and suggestions on how we can better serve your clinical cancer information needs. Please check your inbox for reports from the 27th Annual Miami Breast Cancer Conference, and watch here for our editorial staff’s coverage during the meeting.

 

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