Metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer: Strategies to Cope

Topics Covered

• Updates on the Treatment of Metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer
• Novel Treatment Therapies
• Clinical Trial Updates
• How Research Offers Additional Treatment Options
• Biomarkers, Diagnostic Testing & Genomics: Why They Are So Important
• The Role of Precision Medicine in Improving Treatment Decisions
• Sequencing of Treatments
• Tips to Prevent & Manage Treatment Side Effects, Symptoms, Discomfort & Pain
• Guidelines to Prepare for Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, Including Technology, Prepared List of Questions & Discussion of OpenNotes
• Key Questions to Ask Your Health Care Team, Including Lifestyle & Quality-of-Life Concerns
• Practical Strategies to Cope with Metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer
• How to Find the Financial, Emotional & Social Supports to Cope
• Questions for Our Panel of Experts

Our Panel of Experts

Jessica Treviño Jones, MD

Breast Medical Oncologist, Mays Cancer Center, Associate Professor, Division of Hematology-Oncology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Director, Cancer Risk Reduction and Education Program, UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center

Kamel Abou Hussein, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Breast Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Co-Director of the Janet Knowles Breast Cancer Program, Director of Breast Cancer Clinical Trials, MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper

Hayley Dinerman, JD

Co-Founder and Executive Director, Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation®

Cassie Spector, MSW

Breast and Gynecological Cancers Program Coordinator, CancerCare

Carolyn Messner, DSW, BCD, FAPOS, FAOSW

Senior Director of Education and Training, CancerCare

Continuing Education Credits

(Live Only)

Social Workers: This program has been submitted to the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, an approved provider through the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners, provider #CS4607, for 1.0 Contact Hour.

Cancer Care, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0088. This workshop is approved for 1.0 Contact Hour.

Registered Dietitians: This program has been submitted to the Commission on Dietetic Registration for one Continuing Professional Education Unit (CPEU).

To request continuing education paperwork, please email your name, profession, and address to connect@cancercare.org after the program. All paperwork for continuing education credit must be requested, completed, and submitted within two weeks of the live program.

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