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IMPORTANT DEADLINE APPPROACHING:

NCoBC 2024 Abstract Submission Deadline Date January 22, 2024

You and your breast center are invited to

showcase your research at NCoBC 2024.

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The Goal of the NCBC Poster and Abstract program is to

Facilitate communication between breast care centers
Disseminate knowledge that may be useful to our members and their patients
Give recognition to outstanding submissions.

Category I - Breast Center Operations, Administration and Programs

A. Breast Center Office Operations

1. Coordinating Clinical Programs
2. Multidisciplinary Breast Conference: Development and Management
3. Office Procedures: Scheduling, Registration, Billing & Coding
4. Efficiency, Productivity & Profitability

B. Administration

1. Staffing/Human Resources: Recruitment, Selection, Advancement, Problem-solving
2. Financial Resources
3. Accounting and Reporting
4. Fund Raising

C. Programs

1. Psychosocial: Counseling, Support Groups, Peer Volunteers, etc.
2. Education & Outreach
3. High Risk Program
4. Novel Patient Flow Algorithms

Category II – Patient Care and Support

A. Nursing

1. Nursing Care of Breast Cancer Patients
2. Innovative Nursing Roles

B. Breast Cancer Navigation

1. Roles of Nurse and Lay Navigators
2. Innovative Navigator Roles

C. Integrative, Supportive and Palliative Care

1. Nutrition
2. Exercise
3. Sexual Health and Sexuality
4. Other Integrative/Supportive Care Issues
5. Palliative Care

D. Breast Cancer Genetics/Screening

E. Complementary and Alternative Care

F. Survivorship Care

G. Lymphedema

Category III – Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Management

A. Diagnostic Imaging

1. Screening and Diagnostic Mammography
2. Ultrasound
3. MRI
4. Novel Imaging or Positioning Techniques

B. Pathologic Evaluation and Biomarkers

C. Breast Surgery

1. Surgical Techniques
2. New Surgical Approaches, including Oncoplastic Surgery
3. Nodal Evaluation
4. Plastic Surgery/Breast Reconstruction

D. Medical Oncology – Early Stage and Advanced Disease

1. Chemotherapy
2. Hormonal Therapy
3. Targeted and Biologic Therapies
4. Medical Oncology Decision Making

E. Radiation Oncology

1. Traditional vs. Partial Breast Radiation
2. New Radiation Technologies
3. Radiation Oncology Decision Making

Submission Deadline Date January 22, 2024

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Submit your Abstracts to NCoBC 2024 with an opportunity to publish your work in the European Journal of Breast Health

NCoBC 2024 Reviewers will submit the top 10-15 abstracts to be published.

The European Journal of Breast Health (Eur J Breast Health) is an international, scientific, open access periodical published by independent, unbiased, and double-blinded peer-review principled journal.

NCBC Special Recognition

2023 Poster/Abstract Award Winners

Category 1

Title: Journey to a Breast Center of Excellence: Creating a High-Risk Program in a Rural Community Imaging Center

Authors: Kendra Brown, Amy Hayes

Category 2

Title: Adapting the Breast Cancer Nurse Navigator Model by Leveraging Technology Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors: Nicole Bravo, Heather Waggoner

Category 3

Title: Artificial Intelligence Software Outperforms Humans in Detection of Breast Arterial Calcification on Mammograms

Authors: Valerie Dib, Richard A Mantey, Junhao Wang, Vinay Goel, Nitesh Nerlekar, Alyssa Watanabe

Fellow Winner

Title: The Role of Indocyanine Green Lymphangiography (ICG_L) in the Early Diagnosis and Prevention of Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema (BCRL) in High-risk Patients

Authors: Kazim Senol

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