15th Annual School of Breast Oncology is organized by Physicians' Education Resource LLC and will be held during Nov 02 - 04, 2017 at Emory Conference Center Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia, United States Of America.
The target audience for educational program is directed toward medical, radiation, and surgical oncologists whose primary practice focus is breast cancer and who intend to reinforce their knowledge base and expand their expertise in breast cancer diagnosis, treatment, and management. Participants will be primarily oncologists or fellows in training whose practice requires mastery and a critical understanding of the fundamental principles, pivotal published studies, and emerging information on the pathogenesis and management of breast cancer. This CME Conference has been approved with a maximum of 33.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.
Conference Objectives :
• Review breast cancer pathology, tumor biology, and prognostic/predictive markers in
order to stratifying risk among patients with breast cancer.
• Discuss currently accepted diagnostic standards and imaging modalities for breast
cancer.
• Integrate biomarkers, molecular assays, and other risk assessment tools into clinical
practice to optimize clinical decision-making for patients with breast cancer.
• Describe current treatment standards concerning the use of surgical, radiation, and
medical therapies for patients with breast cancer.
• Describe strategies for the management of early-stage or locally advanced breast cancer.
• Review methods to individualize the application of systemic therapies for patients with
advanced breast cancer.
• Discuss strategies to proactively mitigate proactively predictable treatment-related
toxicities to optimize outcomes for patients with breast cancer.
• Determine recent practice changing results from clinical trials and facilitate discussions
with patients concerning eligibility for clinical trial opportunities.
Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.