We are happy to announce that the 7th Symposium on Primary Breast Cancer in Older Women will take place on Friday 1 March 2024. Please save the date and visit this page regularly for updated information.
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Following its inception in 2010 as a small scale study day held at Nottingham University Hospitals, the Symposium on Primary Breast Cancer in Older Women has now become a biennial event, the only one of its kind in the UK. Since 2013, it has been hosted by The University of Nottingham under the auspices of the International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG).
Friday 1 March 2024
9.45am to 4.45pm
The Jubilee Hotel and Conferences
In association with the International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG).
The Royal College of Surgeons of England has awarded up to 5.25 CPD points for this event.
With an overarching goal of optimising the management of primary breast cancer in older women, the event's aims are:
We welcome members of multidisciplinary clinical and research teams with an interest in this area, including breast surgeons, oncologists, geriatricians, pathologists, clinical nurse specialists, researchers, and their trainees, as well as patient advocates.
Past delegates also include pharmacists, medical physicists, patients and their carers.
The programme includes lectures by external and local faculty with a number of interactive discussions, sharing of patients’ experiences, and abstract presentations.
Presentations from past symposia
Meeting SecretariatUniversity of Nottingham School of MedicineRoyal Derby Hospital CentreUttoxeter Road, DerbyDE22 3DT, UK
e:breastmeetings@nottingham.ac.uk