Thursday 25 July

Session Schedule

The full and extensive program includes two days of scientific sessions covering timely reviews of breast cancer clinical trials, discussion of new protocols, future clinical trials research, and other research developments. The ASM program also includes abstracts, debates, and is followed by a two-day trainee and early-career weekend. The theme for the 45th ASM is International Collaboration in Breast Cancer Trials, and we look forward to colleagues joining the meeting.

8:45 am - 9:00 am Plenary 1 and 2

Welcome to Country

9:00 am - 9:05 am Plenary 1 and 2

Welcome to BCT ASM

Speaker: Professor Bruce Mann

Bruce Mann
9:05 am - 9:40 am Plenary 1 and 2

ABCSG: A Model for a Successful Modern Collaborative Group

Speaker: Professor Michael Gnant

Michael Gnant
9:40 am - 10:00 am Plenary 1 and 2

Topic TBD

Speaker: Professor Marina Reeves

Marina Reeves
10:00 am - 10:10 am Plenary 1 and 2

Poster/Paper Presentation

10:10 am - 10:30 am Plenary 1 and 2

Can you really improve endocrine therapy adherence with text messages? The EMPOWER-SMS RCT

Speaker: Dr Anna Singleton

Anna Singleton
10:30 am - 10:50 am Mezzanine Exhibition Area

Morning Tea Break

10:55 am - 11:15 am Plenary 1 and 2

Topic TBD

11:15 am - 11:35 am Plenary 1 and 2

CAP Presentation - Topic TBC

Speaker: Ms Rebecca Angus

Rebecca Angus
11:35 am - 11:55 am Plenary 1 and 2

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Breast Cancer Care and the Care Journey

Speaker: Mrs Shavaun Wells

Shavaun Wells
11:55 am - 12:05 pm Plenary 1 and 2

Poster/Paper Presentation

12:05 pm - 12:15 pm Plenary 1 and 2

Poster/Paper Presentation

12:15 pm - Mezzanine Exhibition Area

Session Close and Lunch Break

1:45 pm - 1:50 pm Plenary 1 and 2

Introduction to Session

1:50 pm - 2:15 pm Plenary 1 and 2

Fashion Trends in Surgical De-Escalation: What Will Stay?

Speaker: Professor Michael Gnant

Michael Gnant
2:15 pm - 2:35 pm Plenary 1 and 2

Topic TBD

Speaker: Dr Erica Mayer

Erica Mayer
2:35 pm - 2:45 pm Plenary 1 and 2

Poster/Paper Presentation

2:45 pm - 3:10 pm Plenary 1 and 2

Challenges in very early breast cancer research

Speaker: Professor Bruce Mann

Bruce Mann
3:10 pm - 3:30 pm Mezzanine Exhibition Area

Afternoon Tea Break

3:35 pm - 3:40 pm Plenary 1 and 2

Presentation of Robert Sutherland Award

3:40 pm - 4:10 pm Plenary 1 and 2

Topic TBD

Speaker: Professor Andrew Tutt

Andrew Tutt
4:10 pm - 4:30 pm Plenary 1 and 2

Optimal Adjuvant Treatment for TNBC After Neoadjuvant Treatment

In Hae Park
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Plenary 1 and 2

DEBATE: That 5 fraction whole breast RT is the standard of care for early stage, node negative breast cancer

Great minds come together in our 'Great Debates'. Watch our best and brightest researchers debate the pros and cons of various breast cancer treatments. Speakers: Associate Professor Farshad Foroudi and Professor Elinor Sawyer.

Farshad Foroudi
Elinor Sawyer
5:00 pm - Plenary 1 and 2

Session Close