For Caregivers: Coping with Your Loved One’s Metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer

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Topics Covered

• Overview of Metastatic TNBC, in the Context of COVID-19
• The Important Role of the Caregiver in Communicating with the Health Care Team
• Your Important Role in Decision Making
• Taking on the Role of Caregiving
• What Research Tells Us about Caregivers
• Caregiving for Your Loved One with Metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer
• Challenges in Communicating with the Health Care Team
• Discussion of OpenNotes & Follow-Up Appointments
• Coping with Each Day, On Special Occasions and Birthdays
• Managing Family and Friends, in the Context of COVID-19
• Long Distance Caregiving
• Self-Care & Stress Management Recommendations to Manage the Stress of Caregiving
• Questions for Our Panel of Experts

Our Panel of Experts

Marcela Mazo Canola, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology – Oncology, Breast Medical Oncology, UT Health San Antonio Mays Cancer Center

Guadalupe R. Palos, DrPH, MSW, RN

Former Clinical Protocol Administration Manager, Office of Cancer Survivorship,The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Author and Researcher in Caregiving, Health Care Disparities & Survivorship

Stewart B. Fleishman, MD

Former Founding Director, Cancer Support Services, Continuum Cancer Centers of New York, Author and Researcher in Oncology

Hayley Dinerman, JD

Co-Founder and Executive Director, Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation^®

Sam Fortune, MSW

Women’s Cancers Program Coordinator, CancerCare

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Workshop Date

This workshop was originally recorded on November 16, 2022.