Learning Objectives

1. Apply evidence-based strategies to reduce breast cancer risk and manage survivorship complications, including lifestyle modification, menopausal symptoms, lymphedema, dermatologic toxicity, and genetic testing.
2. Interpret key breast pathology findings to support accurate diagnosis, risk stratification, and treatment planning.
3. Incorporate contemporary imaging technologies, including artificial intelligence, into breast cancer detection and surveillance.
4. Apply risk assessment tools and risk-based screening strategies to individualize breast cancer management.
5. Select evidence-based adjuvant systemic therapies across breast cancer subtypes, including endocrine therapy, HER2-directed therapy, and treatment of TNBC.
6. Evaluate local therapy and de-escalation strategies in breast cancer care, including radiotherapy decisions and management of patients with significant co-morbidities.
7. Develop multidisciplinary treatment strategies for advanced and recurrent breast cancer, including locoregional recurrence and metastatic disease.
8. Analyze emerging evidence and ongoing controversies to inform clinical decision-making, including DCIS, brain metastases, molecular progression, and antibody-drug conjugates.
9. Determine optimal axillary management strategies based on contemporary surgical and radiotherapeutic evidence.

Target Audience

The target audience for this activity includes medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, surgical oncologists, fellows in training, oncology nurses and allied health professionals in the field of breast cancer.

Accreditation Statement

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

Credit Designation Statement

The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 22.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Board of Internal Medicine

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 22.75 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

American Board of Surgery Accredited CME and Self-Assessment

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery's Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to the ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credits.

MOC points and ABS CME credits will be submitted to the boards within 3 months of the conclusion of the activity.

Other Credits

The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and the American Nurses Credentialing Center accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credits(s)™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.

Faculty Disclosure

Current guidelines state that participants in CME activities should be made aware of any affiliation of financial interest that may affect the speaker's presentation. Each speaker has been requested to complete a faculty disclosure form. The names of faculty members declaring a relationship or who will be discussing off-label usage will be indicated in the course syllabus. All faculty will be disclosing.