Meet Dr. Maryam Lustberg

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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.