Thriving Together: 2022 Virtual Conference on Metastatic Breast Cancer
When the metastatic breast cancer community comes together, we thrive together.
Conference Resources
Keynote presentations
From bench to bedside: Understanding the role of clinical trials in your care
Speakers: Virginia Kaklamani, MD, DSc; Sheila Marie Johnson, and Julia Maués
Shared voices: Learning from each other
Speakers: Shanta Burns, Ann Camden, Roxana Guerra, and Savanah Reynoso
Living with metastatic breast cancer: Managing symptoms and side effects
Speakers: Don S. Dizon, MD, FACP, FASCO and Evelyn Robles-Rodríguez, DNP, APN, AOCN
Supporting the whole you: From wellness to wellbeing
Speakers: Micheline Touissaint, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C, RYT, SEP; Lesley Kailani Glenn, BS; and Rosylin Weston
Breakout sessions & bonus library content
Medical updates
- HER2-Positive and triple-positive metastatic breast cancer with Sara A. Hurvitz, MD, FACP
- Hormone receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer with Tiffany Avery, MD, MPH
- Metastatic triple-negative breast cancer with Priyanka Sharma, MD
- Personalized medicine: The role of testing in metastatic breast cancer with Nikhil Wagle, MD
- Brain mets with Priscilla Brastianos, MD
- Bone mets with Kristen D. Whitaker, MD, MS
- Oligometastatic breast cancer with Elpida Argenziano, Steven J. Chmura, MD, PhD; Debu Tripathy, MD
Support & Community
- Supporting someone you love with MBC with Celeste Vaughan-Briggs, LCSW; Thasheena Cutno; John Flak
- Ask the expert: Diet & nutrition with Julie Lanford, MPH, RD, CSO, LDN
- Exercise class with Sami Mansfield
- Ask the expert: Fitness & exercise with Sami Mansfield
- Making a difference: Hot topics in metastatic breast cancer advocacy with Joanna L. Fawzy Morales, Esq.
- Anticipatory grief with Michelle Bronzo, MA, LPC, LCPC, LMHC, CT
- Talking about end of life with Kelly Grosklags, LICSW, BCD, FAAGC
- Newly diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer with Tufia C. Haddad, MD
- Parenting with MBC with Cynthia (Cindy) Moore, PhD
Thank you to our event sponsors
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Scalp cooling to help prevent hair loss
Scalp cooling is a therapy that helps some people lose less or no hair during chemotherapy treatment.
Early menopause
If you are premenopausal or perimenopausal, breast cancer treatments — including surgery to remove ovaries, chemotherapy, and hormonal therapy — may cause your menstrual periods to stop for a while or, in some cases, permanently.
Chemobrain
If you’ve been diagnosed with cancer and you’ve had trouble concentrating on a task, remembering words or directions, doing several things at once, or recalling a date or phone number, you may be experiencing cognitive changes after cancer treatment, often called “chemobrain.”
Insomnia and fatigue
Cancer-related insomnia and fatigue are very common with a breast cancer diagnosis and treatment, and can develop for many reasons. Insomnia is difficulty falling and staying asleep. Cancer-related fatigue is significant tiredness, exhaustion, and weakness that is not relieved after sleeping.
Neuropathy
Neuropathy is a medical term used to describe pain or discomfort caused by damage to the body’s peripheral nervous system. The peripheral nervous system includes the nerves that control movement and sensations in the arms and legs. Some breast cancer treatments can damage these nerves, causing neuropathy.
Nausea and vomiting
Nausea is a feeling of sickness or discomfort in the stomach that may come with an urge to vomit. It's a common side effect of some types of breast cancer treatment.