CPD webinar: triple negative breast cancer

A free CPD webinar for nurses worth two-hours of CPD on triple negative breast cancer and how to use patient voices to improve nursing practice.

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Watch it on-demand at a time that suits you, and add two hours of CPD into your RCNi Portfolio.

Key points from this CPD webinar:

• Generic information is of little use to patients with triple negative breast cancer (TNBC), they want specific information about their cancer to take away with them
• Patients report that a TNBC diagnosis is often talked about as a 'worst case scenario', and that this negativity outweighs the facts around successful treatment
• The language used by healthcare professionals about TNBC can cause extra stress and panic among people. For example, using the term 'aggressive' leaves little room for hope among patients
• The need to hang on to hope is important for people undergoing treatment
• People with TNBC want to be able to meet others with the same type of cancer to share their experiences and support each other
• Patients are willing to know more about trials and are keen to participate
• New treatments are emerging, and clinical trials and research are under way

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Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) accounts for approximately 10-15% of all breast cancers. It differs from other types of breast cancer in ways that can alter the patient experience and the typical prognosis. By increasing awareness of TNBC and the voice of patients with a TNBC diagnosis, this webinar aims to empower nurses to transform patient care in a powerful and practical way.

This webinar will provide nursing staff with an essential guide to TNBC, building on a series of roundtables taking place across the country that seek to gain greater understanding of the patient experience.

This webinar took place on Thursday 7 March 2024. 

This event was sponsored by MSD

Contents of this CPD webinar

Host
Professor Susanne Cruickshank, strategic lead for applied health research, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Keynote presentation:

12.00 – 12.25
A brief introduction to triple negative breast cancer
Professor Christopher Twelves, professor of clinical cancer pharmacology and oncology, University of Leeds, and a trustee ot the UK Charity for TNBC

Keynote presentation:

12.25 – 12.50
Key findings from roundtable discussions with TNBC patients: experiences of diagnosis, metastasis, drug trials and genetic predispositions

• Sarah Adomah, lead breast cancer nurse specialist, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
• Professor Susanne Cruickshank, strategic lead for applied health research, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Keynote presentation:

12.50 – 13.10
How the UK Charity for TNBC is responding to patient feedback: guidance, support and future plans
Robin Woolcock, founder and chair, the UK Charity for TNBC

Panel discussion

13.15 – 13.50
What does this mean for nursing staff? Translating knowledge into better care and signposting for patients

• Sarah Adomah, lead breast cancer nurse specialist, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
• Professor Susanne Cruickshank, strategic lead for applied health research, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

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• Delivering personalised cancer care to enhance patients’ quality of life
• RCNi Plus topic: Breast cancer
• CPD Webinar: Improving outcomes in female cancers
• CPD Webinar: Breast cancer
• CPD Webinar: Taking a multidisciplinary approach to clinical trials in a cancer setting
• CPD Webinar: Cancer nursing practice
• Journal website - Cancer Nursing Practice
• Publish an article with RCNi

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