Kathrin Dvir, MD, MSc

I am interested in outcome research in the field of breast cancer, with a specific focus on inflammatory breast cancer and strategies for preventing breast cancer both in the general population and in individuals with a history of the disease.

Associations

• Breast Oncology
• Health Outcomes and Behavior
• Health Outcomes & Behavior Program

• Basta A, Lien K, Sun W, Whiting J, Armitage M, Soyano AE, Armaghani A, Loftus L, O Apos Connor T, Dvir K, Han HS, Soliman H, Czerniecki BJ, Costa RLB. A Real-World Single-Center Cohort Study on the Tolerability of Trastuzumab Deruxtecan for HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer. Oncology-Basel. 2025 Aug.1-10. Pubmedid: 40759100.
• Dvir K, Giordano S, Leone JP. Immunotherapy in Breast Cancer. Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Jul.25(14). Pubmedid: 39062758. Pmcid: PMC11276856.
• Vega EA, Salehi O, Panettieri E, Salirrosas O, Brauner E, Mellado S, Dvir K, Perepletchikov A, Kozyreva O, Conrad C. Subsegmental approaches to S7: anatomic laparoscopic transdiaphragmatic and nonanatomic robotic transthoracic. Surg Endosc. 2023 Oct.37(10):8154-8155. Pubmedid: 37644157.
• Dvir K, Galarza-Fortuna GM, Haines JM, Gines P, Ruiz AL, Rodriguez E. Real-World Data on Liquid Biopsy Use in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in the Community Setting. J Immunother Precis Oncol. 2021 Feb.4(1):1-5. Pubmedid: 35664822. Pmcid: PMC9161665.
• Galarza Fortuna GM, Dvir K. Circulating tumor DNA: Where are we now? A mini review of the literature. World J Clin Oncol. 2020 Sep.11(9):723-731. Pubmedid: 33033694. Pmcid: PMC7522544.
• Cortez N, Berzosa M, Mahfouz M, Dvir K, Galarza Fortuna GM, Ben-David K. Diagnosis and Treatment of Metastatic Disease to the Pancreas. J Laparoendosc Adv S. 2020 Sep.30(9):1008-1012. Pubmedid: 32614661.
• Dvir K, Galarza-Fortuna GM, Willet A, Febres-Aldana C, Cortez N, Rapaka S, Coombs A, Goldberg R, Schwartz M, Ben-David K. A Rare Case of Light Chain Amyloidosis of the Gastrointestinal Tract. Case Rep Surg. 2020 Jun.2020:1921805. Pubmedid: 32665873. Pmcid: PMC7345595.
• Fortuna GMG, Rios P, Rivero A, Zuniga G, Dvir K, Pagacz MM, Manzano A. Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma With Cystic Changes in a Patient With Prior History of Toxic Nodule. J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep. 2020 Jan.8. Pubmedid: 32666838. Pmcid: PMC7364832.
• Dvir K, Galarza Fortuna GM, Guerra V, Cortez N, Cusnir M. Advances in Cholangiocarcinoma Treatment in the Personalized Medicine Era. Journal of Cancer Research Reviews & Reports. 2020 Dec.2(2):1-2.
• Febres-Aldana AJ, Febres-Aldana CA, Dvir K, Galarza-Fortuna G, Schwartz M, Medina AM, Sriganeshan V. Reactivation of Epstein-Barr Virus Presenting as Massive Splenomegaly after Initiation of Golimumab Treatment. Case Rep Hematol. 2020 Apr.2020:3641813. Pubmedid: 32328321. Pmcid: PMC7171624.
• Galarza Fortuna GM, Dvir K, Febres-Aldana C, Schwartz M, Medina AM. Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma in an Immunocompetent Patient Presenting as Multiple Cerebellar Lesions: A Case Report and Review of Literature. J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep. 2019 Jan.7. Pubmedid: 31818145. Pmcid: PMC6904776.
• Dvir K, Fortuna GMG, Schwartz M. Delayed Presentation of Thymoma-Related Aplastic Anemia: An Unusual Presentation of a Rare Complication. J Hematol (Brossard). 2019 Dec.8(4):160-164. Pubmedid: 32300464. Pmcid: PMC7155810.