HaroldJohnBursteinMD

Oncology • Boston, MA

Breast Cancer, Hematologic Oncology

Associate Professor of Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

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Office
44 Binney St
# Dana
Boston, MA 02115
Phone+1 617-632-2624

Fax+1 617-632-1930

Education & Training

Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 1996 - 1999
Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1994 - 1996
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1994

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 2022 - Present
RI State Medical License 2022 - 2026
CT State Medical License 2022 - 2025
MA State Medical License 1996 - 2025
American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2009-2014
America's Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2005-2013
Boston Magazine Castle Connolly, 2008, 2010-2013
Fellow (FASCO) American Society of Clinical Oncologists, 2012
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare Marquis Whos Who
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Clinical Trials

Rebeccamycin Analogue in Treating Women With Stage IIIB or Stage IV Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2000 Mar 01
Completed
Phase 2
Bevacizumab Plus Vinorelbine in Treating Patients With Stage IV Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2001 Mar 01
Completed
Phase 2
Safety And Efficacy Study Of The Combination Of CpG 7909 And Herceptin In Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2001 Oct 01
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
Metronomic Low-Dose Cyclophosphamide and Methotrexate With or Without Bevacizumab in Treating Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2003 Jul 01
Completed
Phase 2
Bevacizumab With or Without Cyclophosphamide and Methotrexate: A Pilot Study in Women With Operable Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2005 Jun 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Neoadjuvant Therapy With Herceptin and Taxol for Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 1999 Mar 01
Completed
Phase 2
Trastuzumab in Combination With Vinorelbine or Taxane-Based Chemotherapy in Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2001 Aug 01
Completed
Phase 3
Pegfilgrastim and Darbepoetin Alfa in Support of Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2003 Jul 01
Completed
Phase 2
A Phase II Study of AZD2171 in Breast Cancer Stage IV (10006202) Start of enrollment: 2005 Sep 01
Completed
Phase 2
Dose Dense Abraxane in Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2006 Mar 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Fulvestrant With or Without Lapatinib in Treating Postmenopausal Women With Stage III or Stage IV Breast Cancer That is Hormone Receptor-Positive Start of enrollment: 2006 Sep 15
Completed
Phase 3
Letrozole in Preventing Cancer in Postmenopausal Women Who Have Received 4-6 Years of Hormone Therapy for Hormone Receptor-Positive, Lymph Node-Positive, Early-Stage Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2007 Aug 01
Completed
Phase 3
Tamoxifen Citrate or Letrozole With or Without Bevacizumab in Treating Women With Stage IIIB or Stage IV Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2008 May 15
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Bevacizumab in Combination With Vinorelbine and Trastuzumab for HER2-Positive, Metastatic Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2008 May 01
Completed
Phase 2
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Anthracyclines in Early Breast Cancer: The Long Goodbye.
Thomas Grinda, Harold J Burstein
Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2024-11-05
2 citations
Adjuvant Trastuzumab Emtansine Versus Paclitaxel Plus Trastuzumab for Stage I Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2-Positive Breast Cancer: 5-Year Results and Corre...
Paolo Tarantino, Nabihah Tayob, Guillermo Villacampa, Chau Dang, Denise A Yardley
Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2024-11-01
2 citations
Hypofractionated vs Conventionally Fractionated Postmastectomy Radiation After Implant-Based Reconstruction: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Julia S Wong, Hajime Uno, Angela C Tramontano, Lauren Fisher, Catherine V Pellegrini
JAMA Oncology. 2024-10-01

Journal Articles

Adjuvant Capecitabine in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Harold Burstein, MD, JAMA
Functional Decline and Resilience in Older Women Receiving Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer
Aminah Jatoi, Antonio C Wolff, Harvey Jay Cohen, Rachel A Freedman, Gustav Magrinat, Julie Gralow, Gretchen Kimmick, Heidi D Klepin, Harold Burstein, Hyman Muss, Jeann..., Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Lectures

Genomic Profiling in ER-Positive Breast Cancer, From MINDACT to TAILORx
ASCO Annual Meeting 2019 - Chicago, IL - 6/3/2019
Breast Cancer, New Horizons, Current Controversies
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts - 7/11/2013
The New York Metropolitan Breast Cancer Group 40th Annual Symposium: Breast Cancer 2013
The New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York - 2/2/2013
Breast Cancer, New Horizons, Current Controversies
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts - 7/12/2012
18th Annual Network of Oncology Clinicians & Researchers (NOCR) Meeting
Imedex, Las Vegas, Nevada - 2/9/2012
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Press Mentions

Homing in on Anthracyclines' High-Risk Niche in Early Breast CancerDecember 14th, 2024
Oral SERD Impresses in Advanced Breast Cancer with ESR1 MutationsDecember 11th, 2024
Small Benefit, Persistent Toxic Risk with Adjuvant Anthracycline in Breast CancerNovember 19th, 2024
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