Workshop
Breast Cancer in Younger Women New Treatment Options
Event Date
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM ET
Presented in Collaboration with:
- Advanced Practitioner Society for Hematology and Oncology APSHO
- American Cancer Society
- American Psychosocial Oncology Society
- American Society of Clinical Oncology
- Association for Molecular Pathology
- Black Womens Health Imperative
- BreastCancerTrials.org
- Cancer Justice
- Caregiver Action Network
- Intercultural Cancer Council
- Joe's House
- The LGBT Cancer Project
- Living Beyond Breast Cancer
- National Comprehensive Cancer Network NCCN NCCN Guidelines for Patients
- The National Witness Project Inc
- NeedyMeds
- Prevent Cancer Foundation
- Redes en Accion The National Latino Cancer Research Network
- Research Advocacy Network
- Scott Hamilton CARES Foundation
- SHARE Cancer Support
- Sharsheret - The Jewish Breast and Ovarian Cancer Community
- Sisters Network Inc - A National African American Breast Cancer Survivorship Organization
- Tigerlily Foundation
- TOUCH The Black Breast Cancer Alliance
- Triage Cancer
- Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation
- Young Survival Coalition
This activity is made possible through an independent grant from Merck & Co., Inc. CancerCare’s application for continuing education credits for this program is supported by the Diana Napoli Fund.
Topics Covered
- Overview of Breast Cancer in Younger Women, Including Diagnosing, Staging & ER, PR, HER2 Status
- Unique Issues for Younger Women Living with Breast Cancer
- Precision Medicine & Sequencing of Treatment
- Genetic Testing, Including BRCA Testing
- What Informs Treatment Decisions & Options
- Understanding Your Pathology Report
- Updates on Clinical Trials: How Research Increases Treatment Options
- Tools that Help Indicate What Types of Treatment Are Indicated: Surgery, Chemotherapy & Radiation Treatments
- Questions to Ask Your Health Care Team
- Managing Side Effects, Symptoms, Discomfort & Pain
- Quality-of-Life, Including Sexual Health, Pregnancy & Fertility Issues
- Practical & Emotional Coping Tips
- Questions for Our Panel of Experts
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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 [email protected] after the program. All paperwork for continuing education credit must be requested, completed and submitted within two weeks of the live program.