The Breast Cancer Center at AUBMC Holds Its 3rd Breast Cancer Conference AUBMC BCC3

The Breast Cancer Center at AUBMC Holds Its 3rd Breast Cancer Conference AUBMC BCC3

Posted on 2/23/2015

To discuss the advances in breast cancer management and updates from ASCO, EBCC, ESMO, ABC2, San Antonio and major publications, the Breast Cancer Center of Excellence of the Naef K. Basile Cancer Institute and in collaboration with the Clinical and Professional Development Center of the Department of Nursing, and Continuing Medical Education Office at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC), Lebanese and Pan Arab Medical Societies organized their 3rd Annual Breast Cancer Conference (AUBMC BCC3). The conference was held under the auspices of the Ministry of Public Health. In its traditional combined medical and oncology nursing session, AUBMC BCC3, which was held on February 13- 14, 2015, at Gefinor Rotana Hotel, presented novel advances in screening and chemoprevention, raising awareness, guidelines for management of hormonal therapy and chemotherapy side effects , progress of advocacy for patient rights in Lebanon and Arab countries and formulated recommendations for improvements.

The conference set the platform for several sessions, presentations, and abstract discussions related to new advances in imaging and pathology, new advances in adjuvant and neo-adjuvant management, breast and axilla surgery and reconstruction, radiation therapy, advances in systematic therapy, newly approved targeted therapies, and several tumor boards’ interactive case discussions.

In his welcoming speech, Director of Breast Center of Excellence at AUBMC and conference Chair, Professor Nagi El Saghir, MD, FACP indicated that the cure rates, based on the latest study recently published at AUBMC, have become very high in Lebanon as more than 90% of patients diagnosed with early stage one breast cancer are alive and well after 5 and 10 years. Yet, many patients from peripheral sites and different Arab regions are coming forward with advanced stage in need of more surgery and chemotherapy. Dr. Saghir said, “It is important to reinforce public health education and raise awareness in the medical community to apply modern breast cancer surgery and offer, for early detected breast cancers, breast-conserving operations in which the surgeon removes the tumor together with some normal breast tissue surrounding it without affecting the general disposition of the breast.”

Almost 190 attendees, Lebanese and Arabs, from different multidisciplinary fields including physicians, nurses, researchers, scientists, and patient advocates attended the various medical and nursing sessions in addition to new research from AUBMC for which young AUBMC presenters were acknowledged with Best Abstract Certificates and financial awards. Speakers included experts from Switzerland, Belgium, Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon, in addition to AUBMC faculty members.

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