Hope S. Rugo, MD

A comprehensive review of treatment options for patients with HR+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer who experience disease progression on standard-of-care therapies such as combination CDK4/6 and aromatase inhibitors.

Expert perspective on the role of ESR1 mutations in HR+/HER2- mBC and best practices on biomarker testing for patients experiencing disease progression on endocrine therapy.

Expert oncologist Hope Rugo, MD, FASCO, reviews the diagnosis and treatment of a 57-year-old woman with HR+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer (mBC).

Hope Rugo, MD, provides insights on best practices for managing metastatic TNBC in community settings.

An expert explains the different types of immune-related adverse effects associated with the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors.

Dr Hope Rugo discusses the importance of testing for germline BRCA1/2 mutations in patients with triple-negative breast cancer.

Hope Rugo, MD, continues to discuss key clinical trials affecting metastatic triple-negative breast cancer, including IMpassion131.

An expert in breast oncology discusses the IMpassion130 and KEYNOTE-355 clinical trials.

Dr Rugo educates on early stage treatment options and molecular testing guidelines for patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.

Hope Rugo, MD, discusses the case of a 49-year-old woman diagnosed with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.

Hope Rugo, MD, discusses her key takeaways in the field of HER2-positive breast cancer.

Hope S. Rugo, MD, discusses the potential role of immunotherapy for the treatment of patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), based on data from the KEYNOTE-522 clinical trial. Immunotherapy has been very exciting in this setting.

Hope S. Rugo, MD, a medical oncologist and Director of the Breast Oncology Clinical Trials Program at University of California San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses 5-year follow-up data from the CALGB 40502//NCCTG N063H study, which was a randomized phase III trial of weekly paclitaxel (Abraxane) compared with nab-paclitaxel or ixabepilone (Ixempra) with bevacizumab (Avastin) as first-line chemotherapy for locally recurrent or metastatic breast cancer.

Hope S. Rugo, MD, professor of medicine and director of the Breast Oncology Clinical Trials Program at the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the 5-year follow-up of the CALGB 40502 study for patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC).

Hope S. Rugo, MD, professor of medicine and director of the Breast Oncology Clinical Trials Program at the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses extended adjuvant endocrine therapy for patients with HR+ breast cancer.

Hope S. Rugo, MD, discusses the differentiating factors of abemaciclib among the CDK 4/6 inhibitors for breast cancer treatment.

Hope S. Rugo, MD, discusses the final overall analysis of the phase II MONARCH 1 trial, which explored the use of abemaciclib for the treatment of patients with pretreated hormone-receptor (HR)-positive/HER 2-negative advanced breast cancer.

Hope Rugo, MD, a professor of Medicine and director of the Breast Oncology Clinical Trials Program at the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses targeting the androgen receptor in breast cancer.

Hope S. Rugo, MD, professor of Medicine and director of the Breast Oncology Clinical Trials Program at the University of California, San Francisco, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses what sets abemaciclib apart from other CDK 4/6 inhibitors in the field of hormone receptor (HR)-positive breast cancer.

Hope Rugo, MD, clinical professor, department of medicine, and director of Breast Oncology Clinical Trials Program, at University of California, San Francisco, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the role of immunotherapy in breast cancer.

Hope S. Rugo, MD, clinical professor, Department of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology), director, Breast Oncology Clinical Trials Program, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, discusses patient selection for premenopausal endocrine therapy.

Hope S. Rugo, MD, from the University of California, San Francisco, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses new guidelines for the treatment of patients with metastatic breast cancer.

Hope S. Rugo, MD, from the University of California, San Francisco, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses pathway changes in breast cancer.