Is ‘Maintenance Therapy’ in Metastatic Breast Cancer a Misnomer?

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Ron Piana, Executive Editor for Special Projects with the journal ONCOLOGY, spoke with nationally regarded breast cancer specialist, Dr. Debu Tripathy, co-course director for the 27th Annual Miami Breast Cancer Conference.

Debu Tripathy, MD

Debu Tripathy, MD

Dr. Debu Tripathy, co-course director for the 27th Annual Miami Breast Cancer Conference sheds light on his presentation, The Role of Maintenance Therapy for Metastatic Breast Cancer, truly a complicated and controversial topic.

-Interviewed by Ron Piana

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