Filipa Lynce
Elite in Inflammatory Breast Cancer
Elite in Inflammatory Breast Cancer
450 Brookline Avenue, Susan F. Smith Center For Women's Cancers, 
Boston, MA 

Overview

Dr. Lynce received her medical degree from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal in 2004. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Hematology and Medical Oncology at MedStar Washington Hospital Center/MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC. She was faculty at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital from 2015 to 2020 where she served as the institutional PI for Alliance and the co-PI for the National Capital Area (NCA) Minority/Underserved NCORP. In 2020, she joined the staff of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital, where she is a medical oncologist and clinical investigator in the Breast Oncology Center. Her research focuses on inflammatory breast cancer, triple-negative breast cancer, BRCA-associated breast cancers and novel therapies in the treatment of breast cancer.

Dr. Lynce is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer, Triple-Negative Breast Cancer, Angiosarcoma, and Salpingo-Oophorectomy.

Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 98 peer reviewed articles and participating in 11 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 20 articles in the study of Inflammatory Breast Cancer.

Graduate Institution
Faculdade Ciencias Medicas, Univ Nova Lisboa, 1998 - 2004
Residency
Instituto Portugues Oncologia, 2006 - 2008
Specialties
Oncology
Licenses
Internal Medicine in DC
Board Certifications
Medical Oncology
Fellowships
MedStar Washington Hospital Center, 2011 - 2014
Hospital Affiliations
Brigham And Women's Hospital
Brigham And Women's Faulkner Hospital
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Female

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Locations

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Breast Oncology Program
450 Brookline Avenue, Susan F. Smith Center For Women's Cancers, Boston, MA 02115

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


11 Clinical Trials

Molecular Analysis for Therapy Choice (MATCH)
Inhibiting Fatty Acid Synthase to Improve Efficacy of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
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450 Brookline Ave, 
Boston, MA 
 (0.1 miles away)
Languages Spoken:
English
Accepting New Patients
Offers Telehealth

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