Breast cancer management in older patients can be challenging and requires calibrated and weighted risk-benefit decision making. Despite breast cancer being a common disease in older women, few evidence-based recommendations exist upon which oncologists can ground their clinical decisions. The course will handle breast cancer management in older patients from different perspectives, from the place older people have in our society to the characterization and needs of older patients according to different health professional specialties including patients’ advocates.
Specific diagnostic and treatment scenarios and controverses will be discussed and debated emphasizing the most relevant pending questions and new evidence. The overall aim is to provide a broad panorama on how to address the complexity of different disease settings in older patients and to help clinicians to understand and select the best available choices in routine clinical practice, when sitting in a multidisciplinary meeting or in front of the patient according. Laura Biganzoli and Olivia Pagani
INFORMATION
Registration for the course is mandatory but free.
During the live streaming of the event (1/2 October 2021) live and pre-recorded sessions will be webcasted and participants will be able to discuss the topics with the involved experts via chat.
All the content will be recorded and will remain accessible via the e-ESO website UNTIL OCTOBER 2022 (registration to access the contents will remain open).
Participants will be issued a certificate of attendance (minimum attendance: 75% of the entire course). An online evaluation questionnaire and learning assessment test will need to be completed in order to get the certificate that will be issued by email. Application for CME recognition has been submitted to the Accreditation Council of Oncology in Europe (ACOE) and 5 CME credits have been granted to this event. The American Medical Association (AMA) and the Accreditation Council for Continuous Medical Education (ACCME) designate this type of educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA category 1 credits per hour of activity. CME credits will be available until 2 October 2022.
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The course will remain available until OCTOBER 2022.
PART 1 – THE LANDSCAPE OF THE ELDERLY PATIENT
01/10/2021
Welcome and introduction
Chairs:
Laura Biganzoli, IT - Olivia Pagani, CH
The value of being older
Expert:
Susan Knox, IT
Who is the older adult patient?
A geriatrician's point of view
Expert:
Giuseppe Colloca, IT
An oncologist's point of view
Expert:
Alexandru Eniu, CH
An onco-geriatrician's point of view
Expert:
Hans Wildiers, BE
Needs and expectations of elderly breast cancer patients
A nurse's experience
Expert:
Wendy Oldenmenger, NL
A psycho-oncologist's experience – early and advanced cancer
Expert:
Luzia Travado, PT
A geriatrician's experience
Expert:
Juliet Wright, UK
A patient advocate's experience
Expert:
Elizabeth Bergsten Nordström, SE
Q&A
Experts:
Elizabeth Bergsten Nordström, SE - Giuseppe Colloca, IT - Alexandru Eniu, CH - Susan Knox, IT - Wendy Oldenmenger, NL - Luzia Travado, PT - Hans Wildiers, BE - Juliet Wright, UK
Chairs:
Laura Biganzoli, IT - Olivia Pagani, CH
PART 2 – DEBATE: Is breast screening in patients over 70 cost effective?
02/10/2021
Moderator:
Olivia Pagani, CH
YES
Expert:
Nicolien T. van Ravesteyn, NL
NO
Expert:
Pietro Panizza, IT
Q&A
Experts:
Pietro Panizza, IT - Nicolien T. van Ravesteyn, NL
Moderator:
Olivia Pagani, CH
PART 3 – DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
02/10/2021
Introduction
Chairs:
Laura Biganzoli, IT - Olivia Pagani, CH
Can we adapt the standard according to patient’s health status?
Surgery
Expert:
Riccardo A. Audisio, IT
Radiotherapy
Expert:
Ian Kunkler, UK
Medical Oncology in early breast cancer
Expert:
Laura Biganzoli, IT
Medical Oncology in advanced breast cancer
Expert:
Etienne Brain, FR
Side effects in older patients: differences in incidence and management
Expert:
Nicolò Matteo Luca Battisti, UK
Q&A and conclusions
Experts:
Riccardo A. Audisio, IT - Nicolò Matteo Luca Battisti, UK - Etienne Brain, FR - Ian Kunkler, UK
Chairs:
Laura Biganzoli, IT - Olivia Pagani, CH
Riccardo A. Audisio
Breast Surgeon,
European School of Oncology,
Milan,
Italy
Nicolò Matteo Luca Battisti
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust,
Sutton,
United Kingdom
Elizabeth Bergsten Nordström
The Swedish Breast Cancer Association - BRO,
Norrköping,
Sweden
Laura Biganzoli
Oncologo Medico,
Prato Hospital,
Prato,
Italy
Etienne Brain
Hôpital René Huguenin / Institut Curie,
Saint-Cloud,
France
Giuseppe Colloca
Geriatrician,
Polyclinic A. Gemelli,
Rome,
Italy
Alexandru Eniu
Medical Oncology Dept, HRC Hopital Riviera-Chablais,
Rennaz,
Switzerland
Susan Knox
Europa Donna - The European Breast Cancer Coalition,
Milan,
Italy
Ian Kunkler
Professor of Clinical Oncology,
Western General Hospital - NHS Lothian,
Edinburgh,
United Kingdom
Wendy Oldenmenger
Erasmus MC Cancer Institute,
Rotterdam,
The Netherlands
Olivia Pagani
Riviera-Chablais Hospital,
Rennaz,
Switzerland
Pietro Panizza
Specialista in Radiodiagnostica,
IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital,
Milan,
Italy
Luzia Travado
Psycho-oncologist,
Champalimaud Clinical and Research Center,
Lisbon,
Portugal
Nicolien T. van Ravesteyn
Erasmus MC - University Medical Centre Rotterdam,
Rotterdam,
The Netherlands
Hans Wildiers
University Hosptial Gasthuisberg,
Leuven,
Belgium
Juliet Wright
Honorary Consultant Elderly Medicine,
Brighton and Sussex Medical School,
Brighton,
United Kingdom