22nd Annual School of Breast Oncology

Welcome, Introductions, Presession Survey, and Course Overview

Course Overview

Biology of Breast Pathogenesis and Key Molecular Pathways

Pathology of Lobular and Ductal Intraepithelial Neoplasia

Risk Assessment and Reduction

Germline Mutations and Management Issues

Clinical Utility of Molecular Diagnostics

Case Management Discussion

Break

Mammography, Sonography, and Tomosynthesis 

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Clinical Utility of PET Scanning in Breast Cancer Management

Postsession Survey

Lunch

Presession Survey

Surgical Pathology Issues of Practical Importance

Prognostic and Predictive Factors in Early-Stage Breast Cancer

HER2 Testing Considerations

Pivotal NSABP Trials: From Local to Systemic Therapy

Surgical Considerations for the Primary Tumor

Surgical Considerations for the Axilla

Management of Rare and Male Breast Cancers and Benign Breast Conditions

Adjournment (day 1 examination available online)

Dinner Break

Meet-the-Faculty Evening Case Discussion

Welcome and Presession Survey

Current Strategies in Breast Reconstruction

Road Maps to Breast Cancer Local Control

Postmastectomy Radiation Therapy and Issues in Treatment Planning

DCIS and Breast-Conserving Therapy

Accelerated Breast Radiotherapy

Case Management Discussion (Surgery and Radiation)

Considerations in Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer

Early-Stage HER2-Positive Breast Cancer

Considerations in Systemic Therapy for Early-Stage Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Premenopausal Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy

Postmenopausal Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy

Bone Health, Fatigue, and Alopecia

Geriatric Breast Oncology

Adjournment (day 2 examination available online)

Ethics Lecture: The Right to Live, the Right to Die and the Creeping Criminalization of Health Care

Emerging Therapies for Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Metastatic HER2-Positive Breast Cancer

Hormone Receptor-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer

The Art and Science of Managing HER2-Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer

Alternative and Complementary Therapies

Weight Loss and Exercise

Managing CNS Disease

Managing Skeletal Metastases

Survivorship Road Map

Management of Treatment-Related Toxicities