Canadian Breast Cancer Symposium

June 19-20, 2025 — Hilton Downtown Toronto

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Thursday, June 19

07:30

Poster Viewing and Breakfast / Registration
07:45

Non Accredited Industry Sponsored Symposium
09:00

Welcome and Introduction
Christine Brezden-Masley & Tulin Cil

Session I: Patient Voices – Pregnancy and Breast Cancer
Moderator(s): MJ DeCouteau
09:10

Patient Voice I
Jaclyn Greenberg
09:20

Patient Voice II
Tabitha Holman

Session II: Breast Cancer in 2025 – Top 3 Papers
Moderator(s): May-Lynn Quan
09:30

SystemicTherapy
Sonal Gandhi
09:45

Radiation Therapy
Jeff Cao
10:00

Surgical Therapy
Stephanie Wong
10:15

Break and Networking

Session III: Keynote Address – Global Health/ Breast Cancer
Moderator(s): Brooke Wilson
10:30

Global Health/ Breast Cancer
Ophira Ginsberg

Session IV: Breast Cancer and Systemic Therapy Updates
Moderator(s): Mita Manna
11:30

Top Clinical Advances in ER+ Breast Cancer
Komal Jhaveri
11:50

Top clinical advances in HER2+ Enriched Breast Cancer

Sara Soldera
12:10

Top Clinical Advances in TNBC
Heather McArthur
12:45

Lunch with Networking
12:45

Non-Accredited Industry-Sponsored Symposium

Session IV: Debate: Is ctDNA ready for prime time in early breast cancer?
13:45

Yes: Stephen Chia No: David Cescon

Session V: The Latest Advances in:
Moderator(s): Amanda Roberts
14:30

Radiology/Breast Screening
Mona El-Khoury
14:40

Radiation Oncology
Eileen Rakovitch
15:00

Surgical Oncology
Elena Parvez

15:10

Genetics
Andrea Eisen
15:20

Moderated Panel Discussion with Audience

Session VI: Challenging Clinical Cases with a Debate
Moderator(s): Nancy Nixon & Anne Koch
15:30

Panel: JF Boileau, Rachel Glicksman, Alison Laws

Debate: Do you need a full ALND Post NAT therapy with One Positive Lymph Node?

Yes – Alison Laws             No- JF Boileau
Challenging Clinical Cases:
Case: Oligometastatic disease with progression of the primary – resection or not?
Case: De novo Stage IV Breast Cancer with upstaging on PET CT
16:30

End of Day Remarks
Christine Brezden-Masley & Tulin Cil

16:40

Wine & Cheese, Poster Viewing & Networking/ People’s Choice Best Poster Vote
18:00

Non-Accredited Industry-Sponsored Symposium

Session VII: Surgical Symposium: Management of Lymphedema
Moderator(s): Jessica Maxwell
18:30

Introduction and Welcome
Tulin Cil

The prevention should be immediate lymphatic reconstruction with lymphovenous bypass
Moein Momtazi

The S-lympha procedure
Tolga Ozmen

Management of Lymphedema
Jennifer Kwan

Moderated Panel Discussion with Audience
20:30

Surgical Symposium Closing Remarks
Tulin Cil