ONLINE EVENT: Breast Cancer in Young Women Workshop for Patients and Patient Advocates

Due to the current situation with COVID-19 we have decided that the Workshop will be held online.

Chair: O. Pagani, CH


FOREWORD
Young women with breast cancer face a complex and somewhat poorly understood disease, occurring when they also handle family duties and planning, and professional careers. In addition, young women have many years ahead of them to suffer the potential long-term effects of treatment and specific survivorship issues (fertility and job among others).

The challenging international health situation forced us to turn the in-person BREAST CANCER IN YOUNG WOMEN FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONSENSUS SYMPOSIUM into a virtual event.

We decided to include in the virtual symposium also the 2nd patient-oriented workshop to provide patients and advocates appropriate, updated and comprehensive information to help them make informed decisions and promote appropriate care in their countries of origin.

We have done our best to design and build a virtual workshop able to keep an interactive, international, and collaborative approach.

We hope that many patients and advocates will decide to join us online and profit of this opportunity to better understand and discuss the challenges of this disease.

Olivia Pagani
Chair of the Workshop

The Patient Workshop is an ESO-ESMO joint event
The Patient Workshop is supported by Anna dai Capelli Corti

INVITED FACULTY
Gabriella Bianchi Micheli, Southern Switzerland Breast Center (CSSI), Oncology Dpt., Viganello, CH
Fatima Cardoso, Champalimaud Clinical Center, Breast Unit, Lisbon, PT
Rossella Graffeo, Senology Center of Southern Switzerland (CSSI) / Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland (IOSI), Medical Oncology Dpt., Viganello, Lugano, CH
Francesco Meani, Cantonal Hospital (EOC), Senology Center of Southern Switzerland (CSSI), Viganello, CH
Jennifer Merschdorf, Young Survival Coalition, Patient Advocacy Dpt., New York, US
Olivia Pagani, Geneva University Hospitals, Medical School, Geneva, CH
Ann H. Partridge, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Breast Oncology Dpt. and Adult Survivorship Programme, New Bedford, US
Giancarlo Pruneri, National Cancer Institute, IRCCS Foundation, Pathology Dpt., Milano, IT
Antonella Richetti, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland (IOSI), Radiation Oncology Dept., Bellinzona, CH
Lorenzo Rossi, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland (IOSI), Oncology Dpt., Bellinzona, CH
Elzbieta Senkus, Medical University of Gdansk, Dept. of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Gdansk, PL
Tanja Spanic, Europa Donna Slovenia, Patient Advocacy Dpt., Ljubljana, SI
Valerio Arcangelo Vitale, Cantonal Hospital (EOC), Radiology Dpt., Viganello Lugano, CH

ORGANISING SECRETARIAT

Organisation and Programme
Francesca Marangoni (1)
email: fmarangoni@eso.net
phone: +39 02 85464525

Faculty
Dolores Knupfer (2)
email: dknupfer@eso.net
phone: +41 91 8200952

Registrations
Corinne Hall (1)
email: chall@eso.net
phone: +41 91 8200958

(1) European School of Oncology, Via Turati 29, 20123 Milan, Italy
(2) European School of Oncology, Piazza Indipendenza 2, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
The official language will be English. No translation will be provided.

CERTIFICATE
Participants will be issued a certificate of attendance.

SOCIAL MEDIA
Tweet, network and follow updates using #BCYONLINE on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.