The UCSF Center for BRCA Research and UCSF Hereditary Cancer Clinic are offering a series of educational workshops to provide more information for mutation carriers and family members.
Upcoming Workshops
Stay tuned for information about our next educational workshop!
Past Workshops
Hormone Replacement Therapy for Hereditary Cancer Mutation Carriers: Facts & Myths | September 24, 2024
Key Topics:
- Signs and symptoms of menopause
- Long-term health consequences of natural or surgical-induced menopause
- Types of hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
- Risks and benefits
- HRT: For whom? Which type? When to start? For how long?
Hereditary Pancreatic Cancer: Risks, Challenges, and Most Recognized Recommendations | June 25, 2024
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the cancer risks associated with hereditary pancreatic cancer syndromes.
- Awareness of morbidity and mortality of a pancreatic cancer diagnosis.
- Acknowledge the challenges of pancreatic screening and early detection.
- Discussion of current recommendations, options, and limitations.
Hereditary Colorectal Cancer Risk and Management | April 30, 2024
Key Topics:
- Associated genes
- Individual Risk
- Specific Screening and Prevention
Prostate Cancer: Personalized Management for Patients with Hereditary Cancer Mutations | Feb 27, 2024
Learning Objectives:
- Review of prostate cancer risk factors.
- Awareness of who’s at increased risk and what it means.
- Discussion of prostate cancer screening: modalities, recommendations, pros and cons.
- Acknowledgment of the importance and impact of personalized approach for patients and families with hereditary cancer mutations.
Genetic Testing: When and How to Test Relatives | May 30, 2023
Learning Objectives:
- Understanding who in the family is at risk
- Awareness of the importance of identifying at-risk family members
- Options for testing
- Learning the recommended timing for testing relatives
- Acquiring guidance and strategies for communicating with biological relatives
- Reflect on, and learn from other patient's experiences
- Recognizing that there can be different perspectives about genetic testing
- Discussion of real world challenges and approaches of testing relatives
Risk-Reducing Surgeries for Breast and Ovarian Cancer: Options and Timing | October 10, 2023
Learning Objectives:
- Review of current recommendations and considerations of risk-reducing surgeries
- Discussion of modalities and timing for surgeries
- Awareness of the importance and impact of this approach
- Discussion of risks and benefits
- Acquire knowledge and guidance to help the surgical decision-making