Programme

THURSDAY, 9 NOVEMBER 2023

9:00-10:30
Audit. I

Patient advocacy session: Beyond my cancer treatments: What else?

Chairs: Maria Joao Cardoso, PT and Renate Haidinger, DE

-  Over the counter in advanced breast cancer. Fears and questions?

Maria Joao Cardoso, PT and Renate Haidinger, DE

-  Integrative Medicine in Advanced Breast Cancer Treatment. The Actual Panorama and how it can be improved.

Rachel Würstlein, DE

-  The medical oncologist needs. How to deal with no information

Silvia Neciosup, PE

-  What else besides the cancer medication. What is good and what is bad. The interactions

Andre Dourado, ES

-  Discussion

All

10:30-11:00

Coffee break

11:00-12:30
Audit. I

Patient advocacy session: Complexities of shared decision making

Chairs: Elizabeth Bergsten Nordstrom, SE, Ginny Mason, US and Eva Schumacher-Wulf, DE

-  Introduction

Elizabeth Bergsten Nordstrom, SE and Ginny Mason, US

-  How mental health issues influence shared decision-making

Lesley Fallowfield, UK

-  How to discuss survival times and be prepared for end-of-life care decisions

Belinda Kiely, AU

-  Overcoming my fears and being prepared

Claire Myerson, UK

-  Discussion

All

11:00-12:30
Audit. I

Sponsored Lecture

12:30-13:30

Lunch

13:30-15:10
Audit. I

Opening session

Chairs: Fatima Cardoso, PT

and Larry Norton, US

-  Opening - Welcome to Lisbon

Carlos Moedas, Mayor of Lisbon, PT

- Welcome message European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety

Stella Kyriakides, BE

-  Welcome to ABC7

Fatima Cardoso, PT

- From daughter to decision maker: The shifting role of a caregiver in metastatic breast cancer

Sarah-Jane Barker, UK

-  ABC7 Award lecture: The Spark that Lit the Fire - My journeys with ABC patients and their families

Lillie Shockney, US

15:10-15:50
Audit. I

Best Abstract Presentation

Chairs: Eric P. Winer, US and Eva Schumacher-Wulf, DE

15:50-16:20

Coffee break

16:20-18:00
Audit I

Clinical Dilemmas

Chairs: Claire Myerson, UK and Sandra Swain, US

-  Impact of new early breast cancer standards in the choice of first line therapies

Mariana Chavez MacGregor, US

-  How to optimize care for long term responders: to be or not to be on "treatment holidays"

Joseph Gligorov, FR

-  From DNR to ICU - expanding the rights of ABC patients

Ann H. Partridge, US

-  New QoL tools for ABC: EU H2O project and EORTC / ABC Global Alliance tool

Galina Velikova, UK

-  Discussion

All

18:00-19:30
Audit. II

Patient advocacy session: The central role of nursing for ABC patients

Chairs: Andrea Smith, AU and Theresa Wiseman, UK

-  Welcome  

-  What difference can nurses make to the care of patients with ABC? The perspective of patients and family members

Andrea Smith, AU

-  The specialised metastatic breast care nurse role in Australia. The nurses’ role in helping people manage side effects, treatment and emergencies

Jenny Gilchrist, AU

-  Nursing support for ABC patients: perspective from low and middle-income countries

Nanre Mampak, NG 

-  Enabling nurses to provide appropriate care for patients with ABC: the development of a specialised training program for ABC nurses

Amanda Drury, IE

-  Discussion

Amanda Drury, IE - Vicky Durston, AU - Jenny Gilchrist, AU - Nanre Mampak, NG - Andrea Smith, AU and Theresa Wiseman, UK

18:00-19:30
Audit. I

Sponsored Lecture

19:30

Welcome cocktail

FRIDAY, 10 NOVEMBER 2023

08:30-09:30
Audit. I

Biology 1.0

Chairs: Mariana Chavez MacGregor, US and Alex Eniu, CH

-  Interpreting a NGS report

Nadia Harbeck, DE

-  Interpreting a liquid biopsy report

Nick Turner, UK

-  Interpreting a genetic test report

Shani Paluch-Shimon, IL

-  Discussion

All

9:30-10:45
Audit. I

Biology 2.0

Chairs: Belinda Kiely, AU  

and Sung-Bae Kim, KR

-  Optimizing molecular subtypes classification

William J. Gradishar, US

-  How low should we go? HER2 low, ER low

Frédérique Penault-Llorca, FR

-  Redefining endocrine resistance

Lisa Carey, US

-  How can Artificial Intelligence help?

Dimitris Kalogeropoulos, UK

-  Discussion

All

10:45-11:15

Coffee break

11:15-12:15
Audit. I

Loco-regional highlights

Chairs: Marion Kuper-Hommel, NZ and Elzbieta Senkus, PL

-  When should the primary tumor be treated in ABC?

Maria João Cardoso, PT

-  Leveraging concomitant radio-targeted therapy for MBC and inoperable LABC

Brigitte V. Offersen, DK

-  Revisiting oligometastatic disease

Prue Francis, AU

-  Discussion

All

12:15-13:00
Audit. I

Improving Imaging of ABC

Chairs: William J. Gradishar, US and Jyoti Bajpai, IN

-  Optimal use of Pet-CT in ABC: new EANM-SNMMI guidelines

Lioe-Fee de Geus, NL

-  New Imaging technologies for ABC

Frédéric E. Lecouvet, BE

-  Discussion

All

13:00-14:00

Poster Session

13:00-14:00

Lunch

14:00-15:30
Audit. I

Tough issues in ABC. Report from WebSeries

Chairs: Matti S. Aapro, CH

and Gertrude Nakigudde, UG

-  ABC in a pregnant patient

-  Optimal management of inflammatory inoperable LABC and/or MBC

Karen Gelmon, CA

-  Optimal management of a patient with ABC in visceral crisis

Hope S. Rugo, US

-  Management a patient with ABC and HIV

Peter Vuylsteke, BW

-  Optimal management of an older frail patient with ABC

Laura Biganzoli, IT

-  Management of leptomeningeal disease 

Volkmar Mueller, DE

15:30-15:50

Coffee break

15:50-17:05
Audit. I

The perfect storm: war, recession, regulatory/payers hurdles

Chairs: Nagi S. El Saghir, LB and Carlos H. Barrios, BR and Marzia Zambon, IT

-  Caring for cancer patients amidst war

Richard Sullivan, UK

-  Barriers and inequalities due to old fashion regulatory and / or recruitment rules

Bishal Gyawali, CA

-  Will the WHO Global Breast Cancer Initiative (GBCI) help ABC patients?

Andre Ilbawi, CH

-  The new Lancet Commission on BC: a powerful lobbying for ABC

Charlotte Coles, UK

-  Discussion

All

17:05-18:00
Audit. I

News from ABC6

Chairs: Silvia Neciosup, PE

and Shinji Ohno, JP

-  HER2+

Javier Cortes, ES

-  ER+ / Her2 Neg

Sandra Franco, CO

-  Triple negative

Rebecca A. Dent, SG

-  Discussion

All

18:00-19:30
Audit. II

Patient advocacy session: Rehabilitation to manage disabilities in metastatic breast cancer

Chairs: Runcie Chidebe, NG and Ranjit Kaur, MY

-  Introduction

Runcie Chidebe, NG and Ranjit Kaur, MY

-  My multiple burdens of living with MBC, disabilities, poor access to care and workplace issues.

Shirley Mertz, US

-  Relationship between diet and exercise in MBC patients

Leonor Matos, PT

-  Managing Lymphoedema in MBC patients

Isabelle Aloi-Timeus, MX

-  Discussion

All

18:00-19:30
Audit. I

Sponsored Lecture

SATURDAY, 11 NOVEMBER 2023

8:30-10:30 
Audit. I 

Consensus session (part I)

ABC7 Chairs, Scientific Committee Members and Panellists

10:30-11:00

Coffee break

11:00-11:15 
Audit. I

Report from ABC Patient Advocacy Committee  

Isabelle Aloi-Timeus, MX

11:15-12:45
Audit. I

Consensus session (part II)

ABC7 Chairs, Scientific Committee Members and Panellists

12:45-13:00 
Audit. I

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