Dr. Sara A Hurvitz MD
Internist
200 Medical Plaza #120 Los Angeles CA, 90095About
Dr. Sara Hurvitz is an internist practicing in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Hurvitz specializes in the medical treatment of adults. Internists can act as a primary physician or a consultant to a primary physician. They manage both common and rare diseases. Dr. Hurvitz provides comprehensive care and manages treatment with surgeons as well. Internists establish long-term relationships with their patients and incorporate disease prevention and mental health care into their practice.
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Phase I study of everolimus plus weekly paclitaxel and trastuzumab in patients with metastatic breast cancer pretreated with trastuzumab.
- Evolving options for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer: progression-free survival as an endpoint.
- Phase II randomized study of trastuzumab emtansine versus trastuzumab plus docetaxel in patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive metastatic breast cancer.
- Trastuzumab emtansine: the first targeted chemotherapy for treatment of breast cancer.
- Targeting FGFR with dovitinib (TKI258): preclinical and clinical data in breast cancer.
- Noninfectious pneumonitis with the use of mTOR inhibitors in breast cancer.
- Patient-reported outcomes from EMILIA, a randomized phase 3 study of trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) versus capecitabine and lapatinib in human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer.
- Role of lapatinib alone or in combination in the treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer.
- PI3K pathway inhibitors for the treatment of brain metastases with a focus on HER2+ breast cancer.
- nab-Paclitaxel in combination with biologically targeted agents for early and metastatic breast cancer.
- Afatinib in the treatment of breast cancer.
- Relationship between HER2 expression and efficacy with first-line trastuzumab emtansine compared with trastuzumab plus docetaxel in TDM4450g: a randomized phase II study of patients with previously untreated HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.
- Identification and cost of adverse events in metastatic breast cancer in taxane and capecitabine based regimens.
Clinical Trials
- Phase 2 Study of Tucatinib vs Placebo in Combination With Capecitabine & Trastuzumab in Patients With Advanced HER2+ Breast Cancer
- Margetuximab Plus Chemotherapy vs Trastuzumab Plus Chemotherapy in the Treatment of HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer
- A Safety Study of SGN-LIV1A in Breast Cancer Patients
- PRS-343 in HER2-Positive Solid Tumors
Fellowships
- UCLA 2006
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