Topic-Driven Round Table on Low Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer
A discussion about low grade serous ovarian cancer with Dr. Amanda Nickles Fader, Director of Kelly Gynecologic Oncology Service, Johns Hopkins Hospital. This type of ovarian cancer behaves differently and is treated differently than other ovarian cancers. This webinar covers information on the subtype and opens a conversation for learning.
Want to Get Away? Considering Treatment Breaks in Ovarian Cancer
How do we make time for the things that matter most when in long-term treatment? For our 5th Annual Joan Sommer Educational Program, Ronald Buckanovich, MD, PhD, Director of the Ovarian Cancer Center of Excellence at Magee Women’s Research Institute, will enlighten us with his research on taking breaks from ovarian cancer treatment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V1BFApTU44
Living with Ovarian Cancer: How Palliative Care Can Help
Andy Esch, MD, MBA, discusses what palliative care is, the benefits of it, and how it can help patients with ovarian cancer.
Metastatic Breast Cancer and The Tumor Microenvironment
Dr. Cyrus M. Ghajar, Assistant Member PHS/Translational Research Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, will explain how microenvironments within distant tissues regulate dormancy and growth of disseminated tumor cells. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99fQtptt35o
Topic-Driven Round Table on DCIS: Endocrine Therapy
Facilitator Deb Hackenberry is joined by Dr. Deanna Attai, breast surgeon at UCLA Health, to discuss Endocrine Therapy as it pertains to DCIS.
Topic-Driven Round Table on DCIS: Health Literacy
Women with DCIS joined facilitator Deb Hackenberry and others via video or phone to learn about and discuss “Health Literacy” as it pertains to DCIS.
Topic-Driven Round Table on Lobular Breast Cancer
Join seasoned lobular breast cancer advocates Leigh Pate,Lobular Breast Cancer Alliance co-coordinator, and Elizabeth Viggiano to discuss your concerns and questions about lobular breast cancer and the role of advocacy to advance research and educate. *This is a Round Table program, but took place via webinar.* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzB9OcoGy0E
Navigating Your Ovarian Cancer Pathology Report
Do you wish you could better understand your pathology report? This report provides information about your tumor tissue and is used for diagnosis and treatment decisions. Dr. Tamara Kalir, Professor of Pathology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, will help us better understand the pathology of ovarian cancer, clarify what goes into a […]
Lobular Breast Cancer: Understanding this Subtype and its Treatment
Dr. Otto Metzger, oncologist at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, discusses treatment for lobular breast cancer. He will also talk about his own research on identifying predictive biomarkers of sensitivity when it comes to endocrine therapy. Dr. Metzger will also be joined by patient advocate Lori Petitti of the Lobular Breast Cancer Alliance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvgEnfMAgpE