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October 2021
Virtual Lunch and Learn: Breast Cancer Advocacy & Managing Symptoms to Improve Outcomes and Quality of Life
Recording Now Available Here Breast Cancer Advocacy: A brief overview of breast cancer advocacy and how to get involved. Speaker: Jane Perlmutter, Ph.D., MBA, long-time cancer survivor and active advocate. Much of her advocacy has focused on clinical trials – ensuring that the patient voice is considered in design and implementation of clinical trial protocols. She is especially interested in innovative trials designs that can speed new treatments to patients who need them. The list of committees she has participated…
Find out more »March 2022
The Genetics of Breast Cancer
The Michigan Breast Cancer Coalition Presents a Zoom Webinar Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 9:30 - 10:30 am If you missed any of the program, a recording is now available here: MiBCC - March 26, 2022 Webinar - SD 480p.mov - Google Drive Hear Dr. Sofia Merajver discuss the genetics of breast cancer. While all cancers are genetic, not all cancers are hereditary. Dr. Merajver will describe how genes are involved in the development and progression of cancers both sporadically as…
Find out more »April 2022
Virtual Lunch & Learn: Pain After Breast Cancer Surgery or Radiation
The Michigan Breast Cancer Coalition Presents a Zoom Webinar Friday, April 22, 2022 at noon - 1 pm Dr. Sean Smith reviews the ways that breast cancer surgery or radiation may lead to pain. This may be direct damage, or it may be due to changes in the shoulder region that affect posture and alignment, which can lead to problems down the road. He addresses how to manage these issues, and when it would help to work with a rehabilitation…
Find out more »June 2022
Improving Care for Patients with Breast Cancer Brain Metastases
The Michigan Breast Cancer Coalition Presents a Zoom Webinar Saturday, June 25, 2022 at 9:30 - 10:30 am Hear Dr. Aki Morikawa review the research underway at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center on metastatic breast cancer with brain metastases. This will include an overview of the clinical trial results presented at San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium on Tucatinib as well as the site trial at the University of Michigan on this drug for leptomeningeal metastases. Dr. Morikawa will…
Find out more »September 2022
Preventing Breast Cancer and Reducing Disparities in Risk and Survival
Join Us Virtually for MiBCC Membership Meeting. Our Speaker: Kelly A. Hirko, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University. Join us to hear Kelly Hirko, PhD, MPH provide a brief overview of the epidemiology of breast cancer, including patterns of disease occurrence and disparities in risk and survival. She will then describe some of her research efforts including characterizing the biological mechanisms underlying associations between modifiable risk factors and breast cancer…
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