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Tatiana Prowell: We are not just here to prevent cancer from progressing. We are here to relieve human suffering, whether it’s suffering from cancer or from the side effects of our treatment.

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Oct 13, 2023, 17:30

Tatiana Prowell: We are not just here to prevent cancer from progressing. We are here to relieve human suffering, whether it’s suffering from cancer or from the side effects of our treatment.

Tatiana Prowell shared on Twitter/X:

“We are not just here to prevent cancer from progressing. We are here to relieve human suffering, whether it’s suffering from cancer or from the side effects of our treatment. It’s easy to lock onto the tumor as the target our efforts. People with cancer deserve better.”

Source: Tatiana Prowell/Twitter

Tatiana M. Prowell is an Associate Professor of Oncology in the Division of Women’s Malignancies at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and Breast Cancer Scientific Liaison to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. She was the principal architect of FDA’s policy on accelerated approval using pathological complete response as a novel regulatory endpoint in the neoadjuvant high-risk breast cancer setting, and a member of the Biden Cancer Moonshot Blue Ribbon Panel Cancer Immunology Working Group. A frequent public speaker, she is a three-time recipient of FDA’s Excellence in Communication Award. She is a past Giants of Cancer Care Award finalist, the recipient of the 2019 John and Samuel Bard Medal in Science or Medicine, and the recipient of a 2020 Webby Special Achievement Award for her effective use of social media during the pandemic. A passionate medical educator and mentor, she was Chair of the 2020 ASCO Annual Meeting Education Committee.