The Southeast Asian Breast Cancer Symposium (SEABCS) is a gathering of the region’s cancer survivors, patient advocates, health professionals, researchers, and policy makers in an event to exchange ideas, share successful strategies, the latest in breast cancer, as well as the many challenges that face the breast cancer community on a personal, local, national, regional and international level. 

This year, the theme is “Breast cancer in a post-covid world; lessons learned and pathways forward”. The conference seeks to improve the quality of life of breast cancer survivors by enhancing key aspects of the cancer continuum of care from prevention, early diagnosis, treatment, and palliative care to survivorship. It will also provide advocates with data and best practices needed to influence positive change in the health systems of their countries. It is also an opportunity for the region to continually find common ground for collaboration.

Program highlights:

• Global Policies to Accelerate Cancer Control in the ASEAN region
• IARC Atlas Screening Tools
• WHO Global Breast Cancer Initiative
• Decentralising Cancer Care
• The Economics of Cancer
• ASCO Breakthrough APAC
• Regional updates/best practices
• Mental Health and Cancer
• Global Cancer Survivorship - beyond the silos