Videos

Paxman Scalp Cooling is the 2025 recipient of the Andrea and Abraham Morris Impact Award. Building on decades of family expertise in refrigeration technology, Glenn approached his brother Neil to help create a new device. Today, nearly 900 hospitals across the U.S. offer Paxman’s scalp cooling technology.

Menopause — whether natural, treatment-induced, or from hormone therapy — can bring challenging symptoms that affect daily life. Dr. Laila Agrawal shares the latest on safe hormone therapy after diagnosis, non-hormonal options, and practical tips to help you feel like yourself again. This is the third session of our four-part series Effective treatment & side effect support | Innovations in breast cancer care.

Learn from Dr. Monique Gary about the latest strategies in lymphedema “prehab” before surgery, how to spot symptoms early, and best practices for managing lymphedema at any stage. Patient advocate Keelin McDermott shares her experience with lymphedema. This is the first session of our four-part series Effective treatment & side effect support | Innovations in breast cancer care.

The bones are the most common place for breast cancer to spread. In this session, learn about screening tests, treatment options, strategies to limit side effects, managing bone pain, and maintaining bone strength. Get updates on clinical trials studying new treatments and quality of life. Learn more about our 2025 Conference on Metastatic Breast Cancer.

Learn about the latest breakthroughs in targeted treatment, how these treatments are administered, the short-term and long-term impacts of chemotherapy and strategies for managing these side effects. We also explore the evolution beyond chemotherapy, oral therapies that may make treatment more convenient and ways that personalized medicine may impact your treatment plan and provide you with options. This is part two of the four-part series “Innovations in care: What you know matters.”

Nancy, a dance and movement psychotherapist, thrives through movement, navigating difficult emotions in the face of a metastatic breast cancer diagnosis. Though breast cancer impacts her endurance and stamina, especially after developing lymphedema, Nancy remains committed to moving her body for expression and fitness. Meet all of the women in our BeACTive series.

Facing a breast cancer diagnosis at 29, Nadiyah discovered new ways to exercise and thrive. Learn how she is becoming more active and incorporating fitness into her life while she navigates lymphedema and sciatica. Meet all of the women in our BeACTive series.

In part 2 of our two-part series, Navigating risk of recurrence and quality of life, Evelyn Robles-Rodriguez DNP, APN, AOCN discusses side effects caused by anti-estrogen therapies such as tamoxifen, aromatase inhibitors, and ovarian suppression, plus ways to manage them. She is joined by a panel of people who’ve taken some of these treatments, and they share their personal experiences with managing side effects.

Sami Mansfield, founder of Cancer Wellness for Life, talks with Kristin Campbell, BSc. PT, PhD, professor and associate head of research medicine at University of British Columbia, about the benefits of exercising with metastatic breast cancer, the research behind it, and safety considerations. They emphasize the importance of working with your care team to develop routines and exercises that meet your needs and remain safe for your bones.

Shonté was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in 2015 at the age of 31. When she experienced significant impacts to her sexual health after hormone therapy, she identified a deep failing in health care professionals’ communication with their patients. See other stories in this video series.

Priscila was diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer in 2011. She speaks about the changes in body image and sexuality she experienced after her mastectomy, and how she has navigated a newfound pleasure in intimacy. See other stories in this video series.

Side effect management is crucial to living well with metastatic breast cancer. In this hour-long Q & A, conference attendees asked questions of our expert panel to help get the information and tools needed to effectively manage the physical and emotional impact of metastatic breast cancer and its treatments. Panelists include Don S. Dizon, MD; Pamela Ginsberg, PhD; and Heather Wright, ND, FABNO.