Speakers, times and topics are subject to change - updated 18 September.
7:45am | Registration opens Tea and coffee available | |
8:30am | Mihi and Welcome | |
8:45am | Scientific sessions | Nurse meeting |
Shifting the Paradigm Bringing TILs into local pathology Changing paradigms – in vitro diagnosis: A multivariable machine learning algorithm to predict risk of cancer in patients referred urgently from primary care | Changing Practice Improving access to care through nurse-led telehealth | |
10:30am | Morning tea | |
11:00am | Scientific sessions | Nurse meeting |
Finding Neo – advancing views in neo-adjuvant therapy Chair: David Okonji Changing practice in NZ Sheridan Wilson, NZ Monitoring response to NACT with MRI and contrast enhanced mammography (CEM) Monica Saini, NZ What to do in the breast? Alastair Thompson, USA What to do with the axilla? Alastair Thompson, USA Discussion | Good today, better tomorrow Patient-reported outcome measures in ABC | |
12:35pm | Lunch | |
1:30pm | Professor Diana Sarfati, Te Aho o Te Kahu / Cancer Control Agency | |
2:15pm | Parallel Stream: Surgery / Imaging | Parallel Stream: Oncology |
Target Practice – localisation, margins and re-excision Chair: Alex Brown Gone to seed: ROLLIS trial results Christobel Saunders, Australia Innovations in image-guided localisation Victoria Mango, USA Choosing and using – NZ’s experience with new localisation technologies Ian Campbell/ Susan Gerred, NZ One and Done: reducing re-excisions Anees Chagpar, USA Discussion | Up next – changing practice in ABC Chair: David Okonji ASCENT: A randomized phase III study of sacituzumab govitecan in patients with previously treated metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (mTNBC) Aditya Bardia, USA Tucatinib in HER2+ metastatic breast cancer Sherene Loi, Australia CDK4/6 inhibitor therapy in metastatic breast cancer: now and in the future George Sledge, USA Discussion Up next – Immunotherapy Immunotherapy in neoadjuvant treatment Sherene Loi, Australia | |
3:45pm | Afternoon tea | |
4:00pm | Symposium: Breast Cancer and younger women | Nurse meeting |
Chair: Erica Whineray Kelly Challenges in surgical decision-making Eletha Taylor, NZ Identifying appropriate patients for SOFT/TEXT strategies Prue Francis, Australia Hereditary Lobular Breast Cancer – an emerging entity: the Wanaka 2020 IGLC Guidelines Vaness Blair, NZ Discussion Bonus panel: Oncological considerations in autologous reconstruction Reuben Broom / Alessandra Canal / Peter Chin, NZ | Breast Cancer nurse specialty practice meeting
National and regional collaboration Breast nurse role development Education pathways Sharing of resources | |
5:30 – 7:30pm | Welcome function Venue: Foxtail (on the waterfront, enter through the wardrobe in Foxglove Bar) |
8:00am | Registration and coffee |
8:00am | PROMs Breakfast |
Chair: Marion Kuper After THAT study – moving forward with PROMs in advanced cancer care Ethan Basch, USA PROMs during initial breast cancer treatment Fran Boyle, Australia PROMs innovation in advanced breast cancer in NZ Adèle Gautier, NZ Discussion | |
9:45am - 3:00pm | Breast SIG Meeting Chair: Reuben Broom |
9:45am | Welcome Reuben Broom |
9:50am | FASTforward in NZ Susan Brooks, NZ |
10:30am | Morning tea |
10:45am | Trastuzumab biosimilars Richard Isaacs, NZ |
11:15am | Keynote 355 / brief ASCO update? David Porter, NZ |
11:45am | General business |
12:30pm | Lunch |
1:30pm - 5:00pm | Quality Performance Indicators (QPIs) for breast cancer – from longlist to shortlist |
1:30pm | Chair: Ian Campbell Introduction: (Ministry of Health) Review of literature search (pre-circulated to attendees) QPI workshop |
3:00pm | Afternoon tea |
3:20pm | QPI workshop continues |
5:00pm | Close of Breast SIG meeting |
7:00 – 11:00pm | Gala Dinner Venue: Public Trust Hall |
8:30am - 12:00pm | Advanced Breast Cancer (ABC) Symposium and Guidelines |
From 8:00am | A light breakfast will be served |
8:30am
| ABC Scene-Setter Chair: Dr Marion Kuper ABC Guidelines – from consensus to clinic Fatima Cardoso, Portugal Therapy sequencing in HR+ / HER2- advanced breast cancer Discussion Panel discussion: NZ oncologists 6 months on from funded CDK4/6 inhibition – what are the issues? |
10:00am | Morning tea |
10:15am | ABC Guidelines for Aotearoa New Zealand – Consensus voting Join us for an interesting, potentially provocative St Gallen-style voting session |
11:50am | Conference Close |