What’s New in the Treatment of Breast Cancer for Women of All Ages

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Topics Covered

• Summary of the Treatment for Breast Cancer in Adult Women of All Ages
• Critical Role of Genetic & Genomic Testing Throughout All Stages of Breast Cancer
• Tools that Help Predict Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence
• The Value of Early & Repeated Testing to Inform Treatment Choices
• The Role of Genetic Testing & Counseling
• The Difference Between Inherited & Acquired or Sporadic Gene Mutations
• Quality-of-Life Concerns, including Treatment Side Effects & Long-Term Effects
• Fertility Issues
• Key Questions to Ask Your Health Care Team about Clinical Trials
• Questions for Our Panel of Experts

Our Panel of Experts

Rachel C. Jankowitz, MD

Director, Rena Rowan Breast Center at the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine and the Abramson Cancer Center, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Preeti Sudheendra, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper

Elizabeth Jane Cathcart-Rake, MD

Staff Physician, Hematology/Oncology, Saint Luke’s Cancer Institute, Saint Luke’s Cancer Specialist in Breast Cancer

Lauren Chatalian, MSW

Women and Children’s Program Coordinator, CancerCare

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Workshop Date

This workshop was originally recorded on January 29, 2020.