Educational Webinar: Endocrine Therapies for Breast Cancer

(Yorktown Heights, NY) Support Connection, Inc. will present a Zoom webinar, in partnership with White Plains Hospital: Endocrine Therapies for Breast Cancer. The webinar is open to women nationwide who have or have had breast cancer.

The program is scheduled for Friday, June 5, 2023, from 7:00-8:00pm. Pre-registration is required, no later than 5 pm (NY time) on Friday, June 2. To register, call Support Connection, 914-962-6402 or 800-532-4290.

Endocrine therapies are commonly used to treat breast cancer that is estrogen-receptor positive. Endocrine therapies may be used at different points in a treatment plan and to treat various stages of breast cancer. Dr. Karen Green, Medical Oncologist at White Plains Hospital in White Plains, NY, will present on the following topics pertaining to Endocrine Therapies for Breast Cancer:

• Endocrine therapy options
• Different contexts for use
• The latest updates
• Supportive care and management of side-effects

Presenter: Dr. Karen Green, Medical Oncologist at White Plains Hospital in White Plains, NY graduated from New York University School of Medicine, where she was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and received the NYU Alumnae Club Award for the outstanding woman medical student. She was a resident in internal medicine and fellow in hematology/oncology at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. After serving on the full-time faculty at the Weill Cornell Medical College for eight years where she specialized in breast cancer, she joined White Plains Hospital in 2003. She continues to focus her practice on breast cancer, and she also treats patients with a wide range of other types of cancer and benign blood disorders. At White Plains Hospital, she is the site principal investigator for the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group, and she is also the principal investigator or a co-investigator on a number of clinical trials. She serves on the White Plains Hospital Institutional Review Board and is a member of the White Plains Hospital Breast Program Leadership. She is an active member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the New York Metropolitan Breast Cancer Group.

Support Connection, Inc. is a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit organization that provides free, confidential support services and programs to people affected by breast, ovarian or any gynecological cancer. Founded in 1996, Support Connection is based in Yorktown Heights, NY, but through their toll-free and Zoom services they help people across the country. Services include: One-on-one counseling with professional counselors who are cancer survivors; Ongoing peer-to-peer support groups; Wellness programs; Educational webinars; Social activities for cancer survivors; Information and referral services; A toll-free cancer information and support line. Learn more at supportconnection.org. Support Connection Breast and Ovarian Cancer Support: We’ve Been There. We Care.

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