Canadian Breast Cancer Symposium

June 19-20, 2025 — Hilton Downtown Toronto

Friday, June 16, 2023

900 Welcome Remarks (Co-Chairs)
Drs. Christine Brezden-Masley and Tulin Cil

Session 8: The Patient Voice – Surviving Breast Cancer

Moderator: MJ DeCouteau

Presentation to include a minimum of 5 min interactivity with audience through Q&A and/or polling questions addressed to audience

905 Patient Voice – Living with Breast Cancer and Thriving
Vesna Zic-Côté

Session 9: Optimization Strategies for Individual Based Prognostic Factors

Moderator: David Lim

Presentation to include a minimum of 3 min interactivity with audience through Q&A and/or polling questions addressed to audience

920 Pathology Update on Breast Biomarkers
Brandon Sheffield
935 The Role of Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Therapies
Mita Manna
950 The Surgical Approach to Nodal Disease and Margin Status
David Lim
1005 Considerations for Radiation Therapy
Jeff Cao
1025 Break and Networking

Session 10: Toxicity management of novel therapeutics

Moderator: Christine Simmons

Presentations followed by a 20 min dedicated Q&A interactivity with audience through Q&A and/or polling questions addressed to audience

1040 Antibody Drug Conjugates
Jan-Willem Henning
1055 Immunotherapy and Surgical and Radiation Planning
Rami Younan
1110 Cardio-Oncology and the New ESC Guidelines
Susan Dent
1125 Management of Lymphedema – A Surgical Perspective
Cagdas Duru Siba Haykal
1140 Panel discussion and Q&A

Session 11: Best Poster Presentations (10 min each)

Moderator: Amanda Roberts

Presentation to include a minimum of 3 min interactivity with audience through Q&A and/or polling questions addressed to audience

1200 Top Three Oral Poster Presentations
1230 Lunch with exibitors

Concurrent I
Survivorship

Moderator: Melinda Wu

Small Group Discussions -Presentation to include a minimum of 3 min interactivity with audience through Q&A with audience. Additional panel discussion as outlined.

1330 Radiology Screening 101: Breast Imaging Updates
Supriya Kulkarni
1345 Survivorship and Surveillance – Clinical Case
Melinda Wu
1400 Sexual Health and Gynecological Symptoms of Menopause
Wendy Wolfman
1415 Lymphedema & Brain Fog
Lori Bernstein & Stephanie Phan
1430 Surveillance and Bone Health while on ET
Carol Townsley
1445 The Microbiome and Dietary Considerations
Caroline Kramer
1500 Panel discussion and Q&A
1530 Closing Remarks and Evaluations
Melinda Wu

Concurrent II
Surgical Oncology

Moderator: Tulin Cil & Amanda Roberts

Small Group Discussions -Presentation to include a minimum of 3 min interactivity with audience through Q&A with audience. Additional panel discussion as outlined.

1330 An Update on Phyllodes Tumors
Andrea Covelli
1345 Expanded Genetic Testing
Raymond Kim
1400 Post-Mastectomy Radiation following Breast Reconstruction
Theodora Koulis
1415 Update on Lobular Breast Cancer
David Lim
1430 Panel discussion and Q&A
Andrea Covelli, Raymond Kim, Theodora Koulis, David Lim
1445 Update on Breast MRI
Vivianne Freitas
1500 What’s New in Oncoplastic Surgery?
Jessica Maxwell
1515 The Aesthetic Mastectomy
Adena Scheer
1530 Panel discussion and Q&A
Vivianne Freitas, Adena Scheer, Jessica Maxwell
1545 Closing remarks and evaluations
Tulin Cil & Amanda Roberts