Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois
Dr. Seema Ahsan Khan is Professor of Surgery at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University and is trained in Surgical Oncology. Her clinical practice at the Lynn Sage Comprehensive Breast Center includes the surgical therapy of women with breast cancer, and the evaluation and management of women at high risk for breast cancer. She has had an interest in the surgical management of women with stage IV breast cancer, and chaired the ECOG2108 randomized trial addressing this question. She also has an active research program in breast cancer risk biomarkers and prevention, and is PI of the Northwestern Cancer Prevention Consortium. This is funded by the Division of Cancer Prevention of the NCI, and conducts early-phase trials in cancer prevention at all organ sites.
Dr. Khan’s current research is focused on the development of novel agents for breast cancer prevention, and on transdermal drug delivery to the breast through the breast skin so as to avoid or reduce the systemic effects associated with oral drug administration. She has also conducted studies on breast cancer risk biomarkers in breast tissue, and on minimally invasive techniques of obtaining breast samples for biomarker research.
Disclosures:
Primary Source - Treating the Primary in Stage IV Patients
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
5:17 PM – 5:32 PM ET