Massachusetts General Hospital

BiographyDr. Amy Comander is a hematologist-oncologist who specializes in the care of women with breast cancer. She received her undergraduate degree and a master's degree in Biology at Harvard University. She received her medical degree at Yale University School of Medicine. She completed her Internal Medicine residency training and Hematology-Oncology fellowship training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Her interests include finding new treatments for breast cancer and understanding risk factors for breast cancer.

Publications

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1. Clinical outcome of triple negative breast cancer in BRCA1 mutation carriers and noncarriers.
Lee LJ, Alexander B, Schnitt SJ, Comander A, Gallagher B, Garber JE, Tung N.  Cancer. 2011 Jul 15;117(14):3093-100.

2. Estrogen receptor positive breast cancers in BRCA1 mutation carriers: clinical risk factors and pathologic features.  Tung N, Wang Y, Collins LC, Kaplan J, Li H, Gelman R, Comander AH, Gallagher B, Fetten K, Krag K, Stoeckert KA, Legare RD, Sgroi D, Ryan PD, Garber JE, Schnitt SJ.  Breast Cancer Res. 2010;12(1):R12.