Whos medical oncologist at the Braman Family that is he share his idea about Breast cancer research?
We talked to Dr. Stefan Glück (pronounced Gluke), medical oncologist at the Braman Family Breast Cancer Institute at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, about the latest research and treatments. Q: What do we know about breast cancer that we didn’t know 10 years ago? A: We much better know how to identify different subtypes of breast cancer. We always knew the size was important, and the lymph node numbers and whether it has spread. Now we know also whether the cancer is sensitive to estrogen and whether it has a feature that we call HER-2 (human epidermal growth factor receptor), which identifies the aggressiveness of the cancer. We also can subclassify breast cancers on a molecular level. There are five different cancers. Q: Can you talk about the different types of breast cancer? A: We look at the size of the cancer, the number of lymph nodes involved and the surgery. Those issues drive whether a woman will need radiation.
