Julia A. LaBarbera, NP

A multidisciplinary panel of health care professionals and a patient advocate comment on their excitement about novel therapies in the pipeline for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.

Sara A. Hurvitz, MD, and Julia A. LaBarbera, NP, of UCLA, highlight the safety and efficacy profiles of newer novel treatment options available for HER2-positive breast cancer and brain metastases.

Treatment recommendations for patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer, like Erika Rich, upon identification of lesions in the brain.

Adverse events commonly associated with chemotherapies used to treat HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer, and recommendations to help equip patients with knowledge about what to expect during their treatment journey.

Julia A. LaBarbera, NP, reacts to the treatment approach used for a patient with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer, and highlights the benefits of new subcutaneous injections of trastuzumab and pertuzumab that are available.

Patient advocate Erika Rich compares initial symptoms that prompted her to seek a medical evaluation with symptoms commonly associated with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.

A discussion regarding treatment advances in HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer, a heterogeneous disease.