MULTIDISCIPLINARY

THE FOURTH ANNUAL
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

BREAST CANCER SYMPOSIUM

SAVE THE DATE | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2027

COURSE DIRECTORS | Nan Chen, MD & Rita Nanda, MD

LOCATION | Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel

KEYNOTE SPEAKER | Amy Comander, MD

Practice Gap/Needs Assessment

Breast cancer management is continually advancing, with new research findings, innovative treatments, and multidisciplinary approaches rapidly emerging. To ensure the best possible outcomes for breast cancer patients, healthcare professionals who provide care to these patients must stay up-to-date with the latest developments. Through discussions with clinicians and a review of recent and emerging literature, the planning committee identified the most urgent educational needs for clinicians in this area. These areas include how to deploy emerging systemic therapies into practice, exploring controversies in breast cancer surgical management, and identifying best practices to manage difficult cases not addressed in current guidelines. This information will be instrumental in tailoring the conference program to address the identified knowledge gaps, learning preferences, and challenges, ultimately leading to improved clinician performance and, by extension, better patient outcomes in the dynamic field of breast cancer management.

Goals

Elevate breast cancer care across every stage of treatment and survivorship!

Join us for a dynamic, case-based symposium to improve the lives of patients living with breast cancer. Expert faculty will share the latest evidence-based strategies in medical, surgical, reconstructive, and radiation oncology, along with insights into practice-changing advances from the past year.


Highlights include:

  • Best practices and controversies in breast cancer management

  • Care of patients from diagnosis into survivorship with a focus on lifestyle management and medications

  • Management of common and impactful side effects, including sexual dysfunction, hair loss, and lymphedema

  • Practice-changing developments from the past year and promising late-phase therapies nearing clinical adoption

Target Audience

This activity is designed for physicians and other healthcare professionals caring for patients with breast cancer including oncologists, primary care providers, and women’s health providers. 

Outcomes

Participants will gain up-to-date knowledge of innovations in breast cancer management and develop practical skills to: 

  • Manage systemic and local treatment toxicities effectively

  • Make evidence-based surgical decisions

  • Optimize care for breast cancer survivors

  • Deliver comprehensive supportive care throughout treatment and into survivorship  

 

These outcomes are designed to translate directly into improved clinical performance and patient care. 

Learning Objectives

After this activity, participants will be able to: 

  • Discuss metabolic health and weight management in oncology care, including the emerging evidence, potential role, limitations, and clinical considerations for GLP-1–based therapies in patients with cancer and cancer survivors 

  • Implement supportive care strategies to address sexual dysfunction, hair loss, and lymphedema in breast cancer survivors; 

  • Analyze practice-changing developments from the past year to guide clinical decision-making across medical, surgical, and radiation oncology; 

  • Integrate recent late-phase clinical trial data to develop patient-specific treatment strategies in breast cancer management; 

  • Evaluate evolving surgical strategies, including axillary de-escalation, to optimize outcomes and inform individualized patient care; 

  • Develop management plans for toxicities associated with novel breast cancer therapies, including antibody-drug conjugates, immunotherapy, and endocrine therapies; 

  • Design individualized care plans for patients with complex or guideline-limited breast cancer presentations using case-based clinical reasoning.

Accreditation and Credit Designation Statement


Physician Credit

The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

 

The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

Nursing Credit

University of Chicago Medicine is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

 

Participants who successfully complete the entire activity and complete an evaluation form will earn 5.25 contact hours.

 

American Board of Internal Medicine MOC II Credit

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 5.25 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

 

Other Participant Credit

Other participants will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.