Delivered over two morning sessions, Dr Elaine Vickers – a leading independent educator on the science of new cancer treatments – will guide you through many of the most relevant topics relating to modern systemic treatments for breast cancer.
Elaine will firstly explain why cancer arises and look at the different ways that the DNA in our cells gets damaged. She’ll also look at the types of damage found in breast cancer cells and explain why we only have targeted treatments that match a few of the mutations we find.
Elaine will then explain the science behind hormone therapies, targeted therapies, and immunotherapies given to patients with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-positive, and triple-negative breast cancer.
This Introducing Targeted Treatments and Immunotherapies for Breast Cancer course is ideal for research nurses, clinical nurse specialists, pharmacists and clinical trials staff who are already working with and have some knowledge of treatments for breast cancer. It may also be of interest to other healthcare professionals involved in the diagnosis and treatment of people with breast cancer.
As ever, Elaine will use colourful illustrations and jargon-free explanations to help learners gain a broad understanding of the concepts covered.
2. Treatments for hormone receptor-positive breast cancer
3. Treatments for HER2-positive breast cancer
4. Treatments for triple-negative breast cancer
Dr Elaine Vickers, PhD of Science Communicated Ltd has worked as a cancer educator for over twenty years and has previously acted as science communicator for three of the UK’s leading medical research charities, including four years in the Science Information team at Cancer Research UK.
Elaine is passionate about demystifying the science behind cancer biology and the latest cancer treatments such as kinase inhibitors, monoclonal antibodies and immunotherapies.
She is experienced in teaching people with any level of scientific or medical knowledge from cancer patients through to medical oncologists translating complex and often overwhelming topics into easily digestible and understandable knowledge, using colourful illustrations to explain scientific concepts.
The second edition of her book, A Beginner’s Guide to Targeted Cancer Treatments and Cancer Immunotherapy – commended by the British Medical Association book awards – is due out at the end of 2024.
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