Living Beyond Breast Cancer’s 18th Annual Conference on Metastatic Breast Cancer was held April 19-21, 2024. This year’s conference offered new topics, speakers, and special wellness events.

Each year, we work alongside our conference committee to ensure that we design a conference that is informed by the community to address the needs of people living with metastatic breast cancer.

This program provides a weekend of information, inspiration, and connection. Attendees learn from medical and wellness experts, share experiences, and leave feeling empowered with resources and tips to help them make informed decisions about their care.

Shared voices: Learning from each other

Learn from certified cancer exercise specialist and lifestyle medicine expert Sami Mansfield about incorporating useful, practical, and personalized nutrition and exercise strategies into your life. Listen to this session to bust through myths and emphasize what matters, all with a practical lens that incorporates preference, learn modifications, and an emphasis on your personal goals.

Find out more aboutThriving Together: 2025 Conference on Metastatic Breast Cancer here: https://www.lbbc.org/community/events/metsconf25

Lifestyle medicine: Unravel the myths of nutrition and exercise and learn actionable strategies

Hear about the most recent drug approvals in metastatic breast cancer and how they impact each breast cancer subtype. Our speaker will cover what we know, what we don’t know, and what is coming down the pipeline.

Learn more about Thriving Together: 2025 Conference on Metastatic Breast Cancer here: https://www.lbbc.org/community/events/metsconf25

Insurance and personalized medicine: Accessing what you need

Listen to this moderated session to hear a panel of peers discuss access and barriers to care, and what equitable care looks like from a clinical perspective. Join this conversation as panelists share their personal experiences and thoughts on what needs to be done to reduce barriers.

Find out more about Thriving Together: 2025 Conference on Metastatic Breast Cancer here: https://www.lbbc.org/community/events/metsconf25

Access to treatment: Addressing disparities in MBC

Loss of sexual desire, or diminished, painful or absent sensations? Explore the physical challenges of intimacy while dealing with a long-term illness. Gain effective strategies for managing the impact of treatment on arousal and sexual function. Learn about helpful resources as well as tools for improving your sexual health.

Find out more about Thriving Together: 2025 Conference on Metastatic Breast Cancer here: https://www.lbbc.org/community/events/metsconf25

Sex & intimacy: A quality-of-life matter

A breast cancer diagnosis can be emotionally overwhelming, especially when facing difficult treatment decisions and concerns about recurrence. Listen to this session to learn strategies for managing anxiety, fear, and the emotional challenges of a diagnosis from our expert, Celeste Vaughan-Briggs, LCSW. You’ll also hear from those with early-stage breast cancer about how they’re coping with the emotional impact.

Learn more about our Navigating the changing landscape of early-stage breast cancer webinar series here: https://www.lbbc.org/community/events/navigating-the-changing-landscape-of-early-stage-breast-cancer

Psychological impacts of new treatments, testing, and the fear of recurrence

Join us for an update on early-stage breast cancer. Dr. Lustberg covers key topics including the impact of treatment de-escalation, or overall decrease of treatment, clinical trials, and advancements in types of ctDNA and tumor tests. Dr. Lustberg discusses treatment updates by sub-type and answered audience questions.

Learn more about our Navigating the changing landscape of early-stage breast cancer webinar series here: https://www.lbbc.org/community/events/navigating-the-changing-landscape-of-early-stage-breast-cancer

How treatment for early-stage breast cancer has changed

The Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology brings together global cancer experts to share the latest innovations in cancer research and education. The theme of this year’s meeting is Driving Knowledge to Action: Building a Better Future.

LBBC welcomed Nan Chen, MD to share the most recent breast cancer findings from the 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting. Watch to learn the latest medical breast cancer research presented at this year’s ASCO Annual Meeting and how this news may impact you. 

Learn more about LBBC's ASCO coverage here: https://www.lbbc.org/news

Newsflash: Updates from the 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting

Breast surgeons and radiation oncologists often work together to create a treatment plan personalized to your needs. During this session, you’ll hear from experts Nicole Simone, MD, and Kristin Brill, MD, FACS, as they walk through the roles of lumpectomy, mastectomy, and radiation—and how they decide which treatments to recommend and when to begin them.

Find out more on our website: https://www.lbbc.org/community/events/breast-surgery-radiation-after-diagnosis-what-to-expect

At Living Beyond Breast Cancer, we make sure people facing breast cancer have the support they need. We’re here with real answers, real stories, and real help—every step of the way. 

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What to expect: Breast surgery and radiation after a diagnosis

Living Beyond Breast Cancer is a national nonprofit organization that seeks to create a world that understands there is more than one way to have breast cancer. To fulfill our mission of providing trusted information and a community of support, we offer on-demand emotional, practical, and evidence-based content that is meaningful to those newly diagnosed, in treatment, post-treatment, and living with metastatic disease.

In Can and Did Conversations, young women diagnosed with breast cancer share their stories about the impact of breast cancer and what they did to steer a path forward in this limited podcast series. Topics that matter, such as navigating mental health conditions, career and workplace decisions, complementary therapies, and fertility issues are discussed.

Shared voices: Learning from each other

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