Educational Workshops

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

Hereditary Cancer Syndromes: Why Men Should Also Get Tested
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
5:30 - 7:00 pm PT

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Key Topics

  • Male risks in hereditary cancer syndromes
  • Differences in hereditary and non-hereditary male cancer
  • Impact on cancer screening, prevention, and treatment
  • Importance of genetic testing for family members

Past Workshops

Updates in Hereditary Breast Cancer Screening and Prevention | November 12, 2024

Video coming soon!

Key Topics

  • Genes associated with increased risk of breast cancer
  • What did we learn more in the past few years?
  • Recent downgrades and upgrades in hereditary breast cancer risk management.
  • What is on the horizon?

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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?

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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.

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Hereditary Colorectal Cancer Risk and Management | April 30, 2024 

Key Topics:

  • Associated genes
  • Individual Risk
  • Specific Screening and Prevention

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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.

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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

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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

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