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Fighting Breast Cancer: New moves to fast track breast cancer drug trials NBC Nightly News December 19, 2011. Laura Esserman, MD, director of the UCSF Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center and two of her patients are interviewed by Robert Bazell, NBC News Chief Science and Health Correspondent about the I-SPY 2 TRIAL, a study that is attempting to accelerate the process of getting drugs that work to the patients that need them. Laura Esserman, MD, talks about how I-SPY 2 recognizes that women with breast cancer don't have 10 years, the average time it takes to get a drug from clinical trials to market, to wait to get treated.Six Women, Many Small Steps for Breast Cancer Breakthroughs a segment that aired on the PBS show Need to Know March 25, 2011. The video covers six women, three doctors and three patients, and how the deliberate steps they take in their daily life may lead to new understandings in breast cancer. UCSF Breast Care Center director Laura Esserman, MD, is one of the three doctors interviewed.
Dispelling the Myths Surrounding Cancer Trials In another Need to Know episode, UCSF Breast Care Center researcher Ellyn Cohen, PhD talks about the realities of women participating in research studies or cancer trials, and the ease of using BreastCancerTrials.org. Aired March 24, 2011 on PBS stations.
Interview with Laura Esserman, MD: View a video of an 12/2010 interview with Dr. Esserman, recorded at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. Published on The American Association for Cancer Research website.
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UCSF Breast Care Center Media Coverage The UCSF News Office maintains an archive of magazine and newspaper articles, podcasts, video segments, and more on UCSF breast cancer treatment, patient care, and research developments. The page is organized around a variety of UCSF research, programs and current topics including breast cancer screening, BreastCancerTrials.org, DCIS, and the ATHENA Breast Health Network.Laura Esserman, MD News articles, podcasts, video and other media covering Dr. Esserman, director of the UCSF Breast Care Center.
