Marvels in Medicine: Dr. Slamon on a Career of Drug Development in Oncology

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Dennis J. Slamon, MD, PhD, discusses how his passion for medicine stemmed from a high school biology class, the struggle to develop trastuzumab as a viable drug in HER2-positive breast cancer, and the movie about his research that he didn’t want to see made.

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In today's episode, Dennis J. Slamon, MD, PhD, discusses how his passion for medicine stemmed from a high school biology class, the struggle to develop trastuzumab (Herceptin) as a viable drug in HER2-positive breast cancer, and the movie about his research that he didn’t want to see made.