Hope S. Rugo, MD, FASCO

Hope S. Rugo, MD, FASCO, emphasized the importance of educating patients about proactive rash and diarrhea management while taking PI3K/AKT inhibitors.

If patients with breast cancer have hyperglycemia or symptoms of it at home, a short break from capivasertib may be required, according to Hope Rugo, MD.

There are multiple factors in making "cold" breast cancer tumors "hot," meaning that they respond to chemotherapy, explained Hope S. Rugo, MD, FASCO, director of Breast Oncology and Clinical Trials Education at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.