Breast Cancer Now healthcare professional webinars and external training and events
Upcoming Breast Cancer Now webinars
Facilitated by our clinical nurse specialists, our healthcare professional webinars are designed to support your practice and development.
Sessions are free to join and run for an hour. They include expert speakers covering a range of topics on breast cancer, treatments, side effect management and new developments.
Participation certificates for your NMC revalidation are available following each webinar.
Please note, our webinars are only open to healthcare professionals in UK practice. This is because the information we share, produce and collaborate on is all based on UK clinical practice and guidelines.
Talking to children about cancer
This webinar is a part of Mental Health Awareness Week in May
12 May 2025, 7pm
In this webinar Caroline Leek, CEO of Fruitfly Collective, will cover the impact of parental cancer on children. She'll talk about communicating as a family, what children understand about cancer, and will provide a load of practical ideas, resources and solutions.
CAN-EMPOWER: an online intervention to build confidence to self-manage the psychological impact of cancer
This webinar is a part of Mental Health Awareness Week in May.
14 May 2025, 7pm
In this webinar, Professor Lynn Calman will explore the development of CAN-EMPOWER, a freely available evidence-based online resource to enhance confidence to self-manage psychological problems associated with cancer.
Acute Oncology
22 May 2025, 7pm
In this webinar acute oncology advanced nurse practitioner, Cally Bruce, will cover the evolving landscape of cancer care and why embracing acute oncology as 'everybody's business' cultivates a culture of vigilance and compassion, to ensure early recognition and intervention of oncological emergencies, improving patient outcomes and enhancing quality of care for cancer patients.
Introduction to palliative care
This webinar is a part of our secondary breast cancer series.
17 July 2025, 7pm
In this webinar, Dr Syed Qamar Abbas will discuss the difference between specialist and generalist palliative care, working in partnership and transition to palliative care.
Watch previous webinars
You need to be a member of our healthcare professionals hub to watch the recordings of our previous webinars. Any HCP can sign up to be a member, just fill in our form online.
Recordings of past webinars and the resources will be uploaded to the healthcare professionals hub members area around a week after the live webinar is held. You can also download a certificate of attendance and a resource sheet for each webinar in our healthcare professionals hub too.
External training and events
ABS Conference
19-20 May 2025, Birmingham
The ABS Conference 2025 is a 2-day event for breast care professionals, covering sessions on breast cancer treatment, mastectomy techniques, AI in surgery and more.
Visit the Breast Cancer Now stand to find out more about our new health information publications and the breast reconstruction nursing network.
Symposium Mammographicum
9-11 July 2025, Bournemouth
The Symposium Mammographicum 2025 is the leading conference on breast imaging technology. The conference programme aims to bring together healthcare professionals from multiple disciplines to examine topics at the forefront of breast imaging, with a spotlight on inequalities and diversity in breast imaging services this year.
Visit the Breast Cancer Now stand at the conference to learn more about our screening campaign and educational and support services for healthcare professionals.
9th World Congress on Controversies in Breast Cancer – Latin America
September 12-13, 2025, Lima
This year the 9th World Congress on Controversies in Breast Cancer (CoBrCa) will take place at the JW Marriott Hotel in Lima, Peru from September 12-13, 2025, in partnership with leading Peruvian medical societies.
This collaboration marks a significant milestone in bringing together international expertise and local knowledge to address the most pressing challenges in breast cancer. This congress promises to foster exchange of knowledge, provide valuable networking opportunities, and enhance the global perspective on the latest advances in breast cancer treatment and research.
The 18th Annual Royal Marsden Breast Cancer Meeting: Hot Topics in Breast Cancer
3 October 2025, London
This year the Royal Marsden Hot Topics meeting will have a special focus on the multi-disciplinary approach to patient aftercare and symptom management. It will cover the latest oncology updates, integration of molecular testing into daily clinical practice and focus on the debate around loco-regional management of breast cancer, especially following neoadjuvant systemic therapy.
The meeting is open to all professionals who are involved in looking after women with breast cancer, including clinicians and senior nurses.
Register here
Any questions?
Please email the healthcare professional engagement team if you have any questions or queries.