Meet Dr. Andrea Silber
June 22, 2021Meet Dr. Andrea Silber
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Dr. Andrea Silber discusses the team approach she uses to care for breast cancer patients as a medical oncologist, the important role of the caregiver, and her research into why certain populations are more prone to breast cancer.
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- 00:00Hi, I'm Andrea Silber,
- 00:02a medical oncologist who
- 00:04specializes in breast cancer.
- 00:06I really love what I do.
- 00:08I have been doing this for many
- 00:11years and it's an honor to be
- 00:14able to take care of patients.
- 00:17It's a particular honor to be able
- 00:19to take care of patients from this
- 00:22community that trained me how to be a
- 00:26doctor and to have better alternatives,
- 00:28better treatments, new discoveries
- 00:30that are going to help patients.
- 00:33It's a great time to be a breast oncologist.
- 00:37I'm all about the team approach.
- 00:40I work with a nurse practitioner and nurse,
- 00:44usually PCA,
- 00:45who helps room the patient and
- 00:48the person who mansar telephones.
- 00:52All of the members of the team.
- 00:55Need to know a little bit about
- 00:58that patient so they can put
- 01:01anything that transpires into
- 01:03context and we all work together.
- 01:07We're like a family and we're a family
- 01:10that all takes care of that patient.
- 01:14I think it's a good idea
- 01:17to bring a caregiver,
- 01:19particularly for those who
- 01:21have trouble either speaking,
- 01:23expressing themselves,
- 01:24have difficulty with health.
- 01:26Or medical terminology.
- 01:28Often a caregiver can serve as
- 01:31a different kind of translator,
- 01:34making sure that everyone understands
- 01:37what's discussed at the visit.
- 01:40I have long been interested in why
- 01:43certain populations are vulnerable
- 01:46or more vulnerable to breast cancer,
- 01:49either in incidents or an outcome,
- 01:53and my particular interest is looking at.
- 01:57Breast cancer in women of color,
- 02:01trying to increase inclusivity
- 02:04in clinical trial participation.
- 02:07It's not that I'm just interested
- 02:09in one particular group or
- 02:12one particular ethnicity.
- 02:14Finding out having discovery in
- 02:17what makes press cancer not do well
- 02:22informs knowledge for everybody.