6th Annual Inflammatory Breast Cancer Patient and Family Forum with DFCI

6th Annual Inflammatory Breast Cancer Patient and Family Forum

10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Introduction | 10 - 10:15 a.m.

• Sara Tolaney, MD, MPH, chief of the Division of Breast Oncology
• Filipa Lynce, MD, director of the IBC Program

Informational Presentations | 10:15 - 11:55 a.m.

• Inflammatory Breast Cancer Surgery 101 - Faina Nakhlis, MD and Erin Taylor, MD
• Facing Anxiety with an IBC Diagnosis and Beyond - Julie Salinger, MSW, LICSW
• Immunotherapy in the Setting of IBC - Sarah Sammons, MD
• Q&A Session with Speakers

Clinical Trials Round Table Discussion | Noon - 1 p.m.

• Moderator - Susan Schumer, MD
• Refining Local-Regional Therapy for IBC - Faina Nakhlis, MD
• Screening MRI of the Brain in Patients with Breast Cancer - Laura Warren, MD
• Radiation Therapy with or without Olaparib in Patients With IBC - Jennifer Bellon, MD
• Onvansertib with Paclitaxel in Patients with Triple-Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer - Antonio Giordano, MD, PhD
• Neoadjuvant Clinical Trials Open at Dana-Farber - Filipa Lynce, MD

Patient Advocacy Discussion | 1 - 2 p.m.

• Trish Vickery, IBC patient advocate, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
• Terry Arnold, founder, IBC Network Foundation

Register for the Welcome and Educational Sessions event.

2 - 3 p.m.

Join us for a special social work discussion specifically for IBC patients and their loved ones, led by Julie Salinger, MSW, LICSW. This event requires pre-registration and space is limited, so register soon!