Join us for the next session in our GP Insight Series, focusing on Breast Cancer in General Practice. This event is designed to equip GPs with the latest insights on early detection, screening, referral pathways, and treatment updates – directly from professionals in the field.
Program highlights
Claire Poolman – BreastScreen Update
- Reminder of the BreastScreen program
- Breast density and its impact on detection
Panel Discussion – Oncologist, Surgeon & Radiation Specialist (1 hour)
- ‘Pain-free’ imaging – advances in patient comfort
- AI and the future – how technology is shaping detection and diagnosis
- Treatment updates – oncology trials, genetics, and emerging therapies
- Radiation update – latest approaches in targeted therapy
- Surgical focus – new directions in breast surgery and patient outcomes
- Newly approved treatments in Australia – who are the right patients?
- Linoleic acid – how worried should we be?
- Predicting progression of DCIS – when do we start adding biomarkers, and what role do GPs and BreastScreen play?
This interactive session will give GPs practical tools to apply in daily consultations, highlight red flags and subtle symptoms not to miss, and provide an update on where breast cancer management is heading.
A light dinner will be provided.