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Laura M. Spring, MD

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  • Breast medical oncologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
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Laura M. Spring, MD, is a breast medical oncologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center. She completed her oncology fellowship at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center through the Partners CancerCare Fellowship Program at Harvard Medical School, after she finished her internal medicine residency at Brigham & Women’s Hospital. Dr. Spring seeks to develop and lead clinical trials of novel therapies that focus on improving outcomes for people with breast cancer.

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Contributions

Capecitabine

05/02/24 | BY: Laura M. Spring

Capecitabine (Xeloda) is an antimetabolite chemotherapy medicine used to treat metastatic breast cancer that grows despite treatment with certain other anticancer medicines.

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Cyclophosphamide

08/31/15 | BY: Laura M. Spring

Cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan), or CTX, is a type of chemotherapy medicine called an alkylating agent. It is used to treat several types of cancer, including breast cancer.

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Docetaxel

08/31/15 | BY: Laura M. Spring

Docetaxel (Taxotere) is a type of human-made taxane chemotherapy medicine. It was first made from yew tree needles. Docetaxel is used with other medicines to treat some types of breast cancer.

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Doxorubicin

08/31/15 | BY: Laura M. Spring

Doxorubicin (Adriamycin) is a type of anthracycline chemotherapy. It is made from the Streptomyces peucetius bacteria. It is used to treat many types of cancer.

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Eribulin

08/31/15 | BY: Laura M. Spring

Eribulin (Halaven) is a microtubule inhibitor chemotherapy that was first made from a sea sponge. It is used to treat metastatic breast cancer.

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Gemcitabine

08/31/15 | BY: Laura M. Spring

Gemcitabine (Gemzar) is an antimetabolite chemotherapy medicine used alone or with other agents to treat metastatic breast cancer. Gemcitabine may also be called gemcitabine hydrochloride.

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TAC

08/31/15 | BY: Laura M. Spring

TAC (Taxotere, Adriamycin, and Cyclophosphamide) is a chemotherapy regimen that can be given for localized breast cancers with a relatively high risk of recurrence.

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Types of chemotherapy

08/31/15 | BY: Adrienne Gropper Waks, Laura M. Spring

Chemotherapy drugs are classified by their impact on substances within cancer cells, the targeted process or activity, and the specific cell phase they attack during resting, growth, or division.

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Common regimens (for early stage breast cancer)

08/31/15 | BY: Laura M. Spring

There are many different types of chemotherapy medicines, and in many cases a combination of two or more medicines, called a regimen, are given together or in sequence to treat early-stage breast cancer.

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Vinorelbine

08/31/15 | BY: Laura M. Spring

Vinorelbine (Navelbine), a chemotherapy derived from the periwinkle plant and part of the vinca alkaloids family, inhibits microtubules. It's commonly used for treating metastatic breast cancer.

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