Nancy U. Lin
Distinguished in Inflammatory Breast Cancer

Dr. Nancy U. Lin

Oncology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Brigham And Women's Hospital, Division Of Breast Surgery
75 Francis Street, 
Boston, MA 
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Distinguished in Inflammatory Breast Cancer
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Brigham And Women's Hospital, Division Of Breast Surgery
75 Francis Street, 
Boston, MA 
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Overview

Dr. Lin is a medical oncologist specializing in the care of patients with all stages of breast cancer. Her research focuses upon improving the outcomes of people living with metastatic breast cancer, including a particular focus on the challenge of breast cancer brain metastases. She has led multiple clinical trials which have led to new treatment options for patients with breast cancer that has metastasized to the brain. Dr. Lin received her MD from Harvard Medical School in 1999. She completed her residency in internal medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital and went on to complete fellowships in medical oncology and hematology at Dana-Farber. In 2005, she joined the staff of Brigham and Women's and Dana-Farber, where she is a medical oncologist and clinical investigator in the Breast Oncology Center.

Dr. Lin is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Angiosarcoma, Paget Disease of the Breast, and Breast Cancer.

Graduate Institution
Harvard Medical School, 1999
Residency
Brigham and Women's Hospital, 1999 - 2002
Specialties
Oncology
Licenses
Internal Medicine in MA
Board Certifications
Medical Oncology
Fellowships
Brigham and Women's Hospital, 2002 - 2005
Hospital Affiliations
Brigham And Women's Hospital
Brigham And Women's Faulkner Hospital
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Female

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Locations

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Breast Surgery
75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115
Call: 617-632-2335
Other Locations
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Breast Oncology Program
450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
Call: 617-632-2335

Additional Areas of Focus

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Breast Cancer
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Oncology

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Breast Oncology Program

450 Brookline Avenue, Susan F. Smith Center For Women's Cancers, 
Boston, MA 
 (0.1 miles away)
617-632-2335
Languages Spoken:
English
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Dr. Tolaney is Chief of the Division of Breast Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.  She is a breast medical oncologist whose research focuses on the development of novel therapies in the treatment of breast cancer.  She has been instrumental in developing several treatment approaches for breast cancer, including approaches focused on tailoring therapy for early stage HER2+ disease, use of cdk 4/6 inhibitors, antibody drug conjugates, and immunotherapy.She is a member of the National Cancer Institute Breast Cancer Steering Committee and is Vice Chair for Late-Stage Development in Breast Cancer in the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology. Her research has been funded by the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and Susan G. Komen. She currently chairs multiple phase 3 trials in breast cancer and serves on several steering committees for practice-changing trials.  Her work has been published in journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, Lancet Oncology, Journal of Clinical Oncology, and others. She received her undergraduate degree from Princeton University in 1998 and her medical degree from UC San Francisco in 2002. She subsequently completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, and fellowships in hematology and medical oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. She obtained a Masters in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health in 2007. In 2008, she joined the staff of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital. Dr. Tolaney is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Breast Cancer, HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer, Inflammatory Breast Cancer, and Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.

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