Breast Cancer in Young Women 7th International Consensus Symposium (BCY7)

Chairs

Matteo Lambertini, IT - Shani Paluch-Shimon, IL

Date

31 October - 2 November 2024

Background

Breast cancer in young women is a complex disease, occurring when women are at the peak of their reproductive years, family life and careers. Although representing a minority of the total number of cases diagnosed every year, breast cancer in young women is considered a public health issue. Notably, for many years, most research was focused on older women with breast cancer. Young women with breast cancer face unique challenges including complex treatment decision choices, hereditary breast cancer syndromes and a multitude of survivorship issues such as fertility and pregnancy-related concerns. Over the last decade, there has been a growing body of research focusing on young women with breast cancer, increasing our understanding across many areas of their care, including but not limited to, genetics and biology, clinical management, and survivorship.

The Breast Cancer in Young Women 7th International Consensus Symposium 2024 will address challenges and opportunities in different cultural and economic settings, follow-up care, diagnostic and treatment guidelines, from early to advanced breast cancer and survivorship, updating the available evidence and generating future research concepts and collaborations with an interactive, international, and collaborative spirit. It will also include a Consensus Session that will form the basis for a Consensus Guidelines Manuscript to be published after the Symposium.

Learning Objectives

• In-depth learning and update of the scientific and clinical aspects of breast cancer in young women
• Highlighting the importance of multi-disciplinary management in the special population of young women with breast cancer
• Focus on clinical research priorities and future perspectives, involving patients’ advocates
• Participation in the discussion of consensus guidelines

Main Topics

• Epidemiology and biology
• Early detection and loco-regional management
• Hereditary breast cancer
• Systemic treatment
• Fertility and pregnancy-related issues
• Psychosocial aspects and survivorship

Participant's Profile

Medical oncologists – surgeons – gynaecologists – radiation oncologists – breast radiologists – pathologists – onco-geneticists – nurses – patients’ advocates – psycho-oncologists.

Important Deadlines

• Abstracts: by 12 May 2024
• Early registration: by 2 June 2024
• Late registration: by 8 September 2024
• Onsite registration: from 20 October 2024

In collaboration with

Recommended by

Organising Secretariat

Sharing Progress in Cancer Care
Via Vincenzo Vela, 6
6500 Bellinzona – Switzerland

Coordination:
Annalisa Musco - annalisa.musco@spcc.net

Registration and abstracts:
Martina Radice - martina.radice@spcc.net 

More information will follow.