Meet Dr. Maryam Lustberg
September 21, 2021Information
Maryam Lustberg, MD, MPH is Director of The Breast Center at Smilow Cancer Hospital and discusses her individualized approach to the care of breast cancer patients and advances being made in treatment.
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- 00:00Hello I'm doctor Maryam Lustberg,
- 00:03chief of Breast medical oncology and
- 00:06director of the Breast Center at Yale.
- 00:09I treat all types of breast cancer.
- 00:13My practice is very,
- 00:15very much patient centered.
- 00:17I believe the patient physician relationship
- 00:20is a partnership and and I want to
- 00:24assure my patients that their values,
- 00:27goals and wishes are are my top priority.
- 00:31Patients need to feel safe to ask questions.
- 00:34If something is not clear,
- 00:36no one patient is the same.
- 00:38So uhm, you know what might work
- 00:40for one may not work for others.
- 00:43So so really taking the moment
- 00:45to slow down and listen to.
- 00:48Questions and wishes.
- 00:49I think that that's number one.
- 00:52Come to to to to to really make a difference
- 00:55in personalizing these treatment plans.
- 00:58Due to advances in clinical
- 01:00trials we we surely have better
- 01:03treatments over the last five years
- 01:06for all types of breast cancer,
- 01:09but we also have a long ways to go.
- 01:13There's continued initiatives to
- 01:15focus on on targeting different
- 01:18types of breast cancers and really
- 01:21having better tailored treatments
- 01:23for each type of breast cancer.
- 01:25Another another advance has
- 01:27been greater engagement.
- 01:29With our with our patient partners
- 01:32so greater advocacy efforts have
- 01:35really led the way to to make sure
- 01:38that the way we deliver Breast
- 01:41Cancer Care is truly a partnership.