The Benefits of Clinical Trials for Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Wednesday, January 10, 2024, 1:30 – 2:30 pm, Eastern Time

Registrants can listen in live over the phone or online as a webcast.

Topics Covered

• The Treatment of Triple Negative Breast Cancer
• Why Clinical Trials Are Important as a Treatment Option for Triple Negative Breast Cancer
• What Happens in a Clinical Trial
• Stages of Clinical Trials
• New Research in the Treatment of Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC)
• Investigational New Drugs in Clinical Trials
• The Meaning of Informed Consent
• Benefits & Risks of Participation
• How & Where Clinical Trials are Conducted
• How to Participate in Clinical Trials
• Specific Questions to Ask Your Health Care Team about Clinical Trials
• Guidelines to Prepare for Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, including Technology, Prepared List of Questions & Discussion of OpenNotes
• Accessing Resources for Clinical Trials
• Questions for Our Panel of Experts

Our Panel of Experts

Antoinette R. Tan, MD, MHSc, FACP, FASCO

Chief, Section of Breast Medical Oncology, Director, Phase I Program, Chair, Department of Solid Tumor Oncology and Investigational Therapeutics; Levine Cancer Institute; Clinical Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Hematology and Oncology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine; Atrium Health

Wade Smith, MD

Breast Cancer Specialist, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research, City of Hope, Newport Beach, California

Hayley Dinerman, JD

Co-Founder and Executive Director, Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation®

Sam Fortune, MSW

Women’s Cancer Program Coordinator, CancerCare

Continuing Education Credits

(Live Only)

Social Workers: This program has been submitted to the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, an approved provider through the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners, provider #CS4607, for 1.0 Contact Hour.

Cancer Care, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0088. This workshop is approved for 1.0 Contact Hour.

Registered Dietitians: This program has been submitted to the Commission on Dietetic Registration for one Continuing Professional Education Unit (CPEU).

To request continuing education paperwork, please email your name, profession, and address to connect@cancercare.org after the program. All paperwork for continuing education credit must be requested, completed, and submitted within two weeks of the live program.

Brochure

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