You and your breast center are invited to
showcase your research at NCoBC 2023.
Submission Date January 16th, 2023
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 is January 16th, 2023
NCBC Special Recognition
2022 Poster/Abstract Award Winners
Category 1
Title: Coordinated Efforts During the COVID Pandemic Leads to Minimal Decreases in Screening for An Established Mobile Mammogram Program 
Authors: L Mae King, Robert E Heidel, John L Bell 

Category 2
Title: A breast cancer risk prediction model that incorporates an ancestry-inclusive polygenic risk score and the Tyrer-Cuzick model 
Authors: Elisha Hughes, Ryan Bernhisel, MStat; Holly Pederson, Braden Probst, MStat; Timothy Simmons, MStat; Susanne Wagner, Susan M. Domchek, Charis Eng, Judy Garber, Monique Gary, Ora Gordon, Jennifer Klemp, Semanti Mukherjee, Kenneth Offit, Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, Joseph Vijai, Pat Whitworth, Lamis Yehia, Allison Kurian, Mark Robson, Thomas P. Slavin, Alexander Gutin, Jerry S. Lanchbury, 

Category 3
Title: Effect of Racial Disparities and Socioeconomic Determinants on Reconstructive Options for Triple Negative Breast Cancer Patients at an Urban Breast Cancer Center
Authors: Adaah A. Sayyed; Mansi Maini; Parhom Towfighi; Nathan Aminpour; Monika K. Masanam; Olutayo Sogunro; Romina Deldar; Nicolas Greige; Jennifer Son

Fellow Winner
Title: Oncoplastic Techniques: Temporal Trends and Oncologic Outcomes in Women Undergoing Breast Conserving Surgery 
Authors: Alexander C. Yaney, Sachin R. Jhawar, Sasha Beyer, Julia R. White, Jose G. Bazan

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