Philosophy of Care

Dr. Rolder admires the courage and fortitude that her cancer patients show on a daily basis and tries to help them through this difficult period. She researches all available treatment options and advise each patient as she would a family member.  Her goal is to provide my patients with clear information in understandable language, and then to partner with them to decide which is the best treatment for them. She is a strong advocate for her patients and promise to support them during each stage of their cancer care.

Clinical Interests

Dr. Rodler is a clinician investigator in both breast cancer and sarcoma.

Research/Academic Interests

Dr. Rodler’s research interests are in triple negative breast cancer treatment. She specializes in breast cancer clinical care and research. Her area of research interest in is hormone receptor negative, HER2/neu negative breast cancer ("Triple negative breast cancer").

She is the principal investigator for a phase I clinical trial in patients with metastatic triple negative breast cancer which is exploring the efficacy of using a chemotherapy drug combination that causes DNA damage, and a new drug called a “PARP inhibitor” which acts as a double hit to these tumor cells. Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors inhibit DNA repair in cancer cells that have pre-existing DNA repair defects, but not normal cells.

Division

Hematology and Oncology

Center/Program Affiliation

UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center