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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
	- Updated overall survival (OS) outcomes from the phase 3 PHOEBE trial of pyrotinib plus capecitabine versus lapatinib plus capecitabine in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer	Xichun Hu, CN
	- Enhancing patient care: interim data analysis and patient experience of personalized electronic symptom monitoring led by a specialist nurse for engagement in treatment and improved quality of life in advanced breast cancer	Marion Kuper-Hommel, NZ
	- The impact on productivity costs of reducing unemployment in patients with advanced breast cancer: A model estimation based on a Portuguese nationwide observational study	Leonor Matos, PT
	- Discussion	All

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	Matteo Lambertini, IT
	- 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	Close