Teleconferences
Facilitated by specialists, our free teleconferences support your practice and development.
These lunchtime sessions have been designed to fit around your clinical commitments. We’ll give you instructions and a copy of the presentation. It’s easy to participate – just phone in using a landline and join the call.
Taking stock of breast screening?
Tuesday 15 May 2012
12.45-1.45pm
Catherine Priestley, Clinical Nurse Specialist - Primary Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Care
- Progress with extending the age range.
- Digital mammography and possible future techniques.
- Screening women at high risk
- Benefits and limitations of screening – the great debate.
Triple negative breast cancer
Monday 18 June 2012
12.45-1.45pm
Dr Emma Pennery, Clinical Director, Breast Cancer Care
- What is triple negative breast cancer and who is most at risk?
- Current treatments and possible future directions
- Implications for prognosis.
- Impact on the patient.
Oligometastases
Wednesday 17 October 2012
12.45-1.45pm
- Dr Andreas Makris, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre
- Definition and clinical significance.
- Surgical treatment in different metastatic sites.
- Stereotactic radiotherapy/radiosurgery in different metastatic sites (explaining CyberKnife and Gamma Knife).
Persistent pain in the survivorship phase
Tuesday 20 November 2012
12.45-1.45pm
Rachel Rawson, Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist, Breast Cancer Care
- Definitions of different types of persistent pain, for example, neuropathic and joint pain.
- Incidence, aetiology and manifestation of persistent pain.
- Impact on quality of life and possible interventions.
Principles of medical treatment for younger women
Thursday 17 January 2013
12.45-1.45pm
Grete Brauten-Smith, Clinical Nurse Specialist - Younger Women, Breast Cancer Care
- Incidence of breast cancer in younger women.
- Principles behind choice of specific medical treatments.
- Possible implications for younger women receiving medical treatment for breast cancer.
Menopausal symptoms – what can we suggest to our patients?
Wednesday 20 February 2013
12.45-13.45
Carolyn Rogers, Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist Breast Cancer Care
- Commonly experienced menopausal symptoms during and after treatment for breast cancer.
- Pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions – what is the evidence?
- The HRT debate.
For more information about teleconferences or to sign up to a session, please telephone Kylie on 0845 092 0802 or email nursetraining@breastcancercare.org.uk
