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Office
80 Fisher Drive
Avon, CT 06001Phone+1 860-674-0088Fax+1 860-677-7863
Education & Training
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Fellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 1984 - 1986
University of ConnecticutResidency, Internal Medicine, 1980 - 1984
Boston University School of MedicineClass of 1980
Certifications & Licensure
CT State Medical License 1982 - 2024
MN State Medical License 1984 - 1990- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2012
Clinical Trials
- Radiation Therapy With or Without Trastuzumab in Treating Women With Ductal Carcinoma In Situ Who Have Undergone Lumpectomy Start of enrollment: 2008 Nov 10
- Chemotherapy With or Without Trastuzumab After Surgery in Treating Women With Invasive Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2011 Jan 06
- Docetaxel, Carboplatin, Trastuzumab, and Pertuzumab With or Without Estrogen Deprivation in Treating Patients With Hormone Receptor-Positive, HER2-Positive Operable or Locally Advanced Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2014 Jan 15
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 30 citationsPathologic response prediction to neoadjuvant chemotherapy utilizing pretreatment near-infrared imaging parameters and tumor pathologic criteriaQuing Zhu, Liqun Wang, Susan Tannenbaum, Andrew Ricci, Patricia DeFusco
Breast Cancer Research. 2014-10-28 - 74 citationsAdjuvant Trastuzumab Emtansine Versus Paclitaxel in Combination With Trastuzumab for Stage I HER2-Positive Breast Cancer (ATEMPT): A Randomized Clinical TrialSara M. Tolaney, Nabihah Tayob, Chau T. Dang, Denise A. Yardley, Steven J. Isakoff
Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2021-06-02 - 2 citationsAdjuvant 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
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