Overview
Dr. Varella is a clinical expert in the care of patients with breast cancer. She was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil where she completed her training in Medical Oncology. She moved to the United States for a research fellowship in cancer Immunology at the Cleveland Clinic, followed by a clinical fellowship in Experimental Therapeutics. Following her residency in Internal Medicine, she spent a year as a Chief Resident at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She then completed a fellowship in Hematology & Oncology at the Cleveland Clinic.After her training, Dr. Varella joined the breast cancer group coming from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York where she was an Assistant Professor of Medicine specialized in the treatment of breast cancer. Dr. Varella has a special clinical and research focus on improving outcomes in young patients with breast cancer. Her recent research innovations include leading a project at DFCI in which she is investigating the factors associated with survival in young patients with metastatic breast cancer from the Young Women’s Breast Cancer study (YWS) at DFCI. She also supervises and teaches Internal Medicine residents and Medical Oncology fellows at DFCI.
Dr. Varella is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Paget Disease of the Breast, Angiosarcoma, and Breast Cancer.
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450 Brookline Avenue, Susan F. Smith Center For Women's Cancers, Boston, MA 02115
Massachusetts General Physicians Organization Inc
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
Caron Jacobson is an Oncologist and a Hematologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Jacobson is highly rated in 25 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, B-Cell Lymphoma, Follicular Lymphoma, Bone Marrow Transplant, and Bone Marrow Aspiration. Dr. Jacobson is currently accepting new patients.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Breast Oncology Program
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 highly rated in 15 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Breast Cancer, HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer, Triple-Negative Breast Cancer, and Inflammatory Breast Cancer.
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- AngiosarcomaDr. Varella isAdvanced. Learn about Angiosarcoma.
- Breast CancerDr. Varella isAdvanced. Learn about Breast Cancer.
- Inflammatory Breast CancerDr. Varella isAdvanced. Learn about Inflammatory Breast Cancer.
- Paget Disease of the BreastDr. Varella isAdvanced. Learn about Paget Disease of the Breast.
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- Brain Stem CancerDr. Varella isExperienced. Learn about Brain Stem Cancer.
- Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumors (DNET)
- Metastatic Pleural TumorDr. Varella isExperienced. Learn about Metastatic Pleural Tumor.
- Posterior Fossa TumorDr. Varella isExperienced. Learn about Posterior Fossa Tumor.
- Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET)Dr. Varella isExperienced. Learn about Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET).