Adam Brufsky, MD, PhD, is a professor of medicine associate chief of the Division of Hematology/Oncology, codirector of the Comprehensive Breast Cancer Center, and associate director of clinical investigation at the University of Pittsburgh.
Brufsky Recaps PALOMA-2 Study of Palbociclib in Black Patients with aBC
October 25th 2023Adam Brufsky, MD, PhD, FACP, discusses background and next steps of the phase 3 PALOMA-2 study which evaluated palbociclib plus letrozole in patients that identified as Black or Hispanic with advanced breast cancer.
Palbociclib Shows Promising Survival Results in Black Patients with Advanced Breast Cancer
April 7th 2023While results of the PALOMA-2 study did not show a survival benefit for the overall population on the combination of palbociclib and letrozole but did show an overall survival benefit in Black patients on the combination therapy.
RWD Show Survival Advantage of Frontline Letrozole Plus Palbociclib in Minorities With aBC
January 18th 2023Adam Brufsky, MD, PhD, FACP, discusses the real-world efficacy of letrozole in combination with palbociclib as treatment of patients with estrogen receptor-positive, HER2-negative, advanced breast cancer, based on race and ethnicity.
The TBCRC049 Trial for Treating Leptomeningeal Metastases in HER2+ Breast Cancer
December 14th 2019Adam M. Brufsky, MD, PhD, FACP, discusses the TBCRC049 trial, which looks at the safety and efficacy of the tucatinib/trastuzumab/capecitabine combination to treat leptomeningeal metastases in HER2-positive breast cancer.
Adverse Effects of Anastrozole in Patients With DCIS
July 17th 2015Adam M. Brufsky, MD, PhD, ​professor of medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, associate director of clinical investigation, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, discusses the adverse effects, as well as future treatments, of anastrozole in patients with ductal carcinoma In situ (DCIS).