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2026 ESMO USA in Focus: Breast Cancer - EAST

  • Four Seasons Baltimore 200 International Drive, Baltimore, MD 21202 (map)

In-Person Access Only | 5.00 CE/CME Credits & MOC Points

Please read:All programs remain free. Registrations will require a credit card as a cancellation hold. A fee of $50 will only be incurred in the event of a no-show or cancellation within 5 days without written confirmation to the Total Health Program Team. Industry representatives—defined as any individual who is employed by, contracted with, owns, or represents a drug, device, diagnostic, or other healthcare-related commercial entity, regardless of clinical credentials or licensure—are not permitted to attend Total Health events as general attendees. Members of industry must contact exhibits@totalhealthoncology.com

Total Health, in partnership with the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)—a global authority representing more than 50,000 oncology professionals— is proud to present a state-of-the-art program designed to deliver exclusive U.S.-based updates from the 2026 ESMO Breast Cancer Annual Congress.

This free, 1-day symposium for healthcare providers will spotlight the most important advances across the breast cancer continuum.


 

Conference Agenda
Saturday, May 16, 2026



7:30 AM
Coffee and Exhibits

8:00 AM
Program Chair Welcome
Cesar Santa-Maria, MD, MSCI | Johns Hopkins University

8:10 AM
Neoadjuvant IO in TNBC
Cesar Santa-Maria, MD, MSCI | Johns Hopkins University

8:30 AM
Escalation vs De-escalation (HER2+, ER+)
Candace Mainor, MD | MedStar Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center

8:50 AM
MRD/ctDNA in Early Breast Cancer

Sramila Aithal, MD | Alliance Cancer Specialists

9:10 AM
Endocrine Therapy & Next-Gen SERDs
Kashif Ali, MD | Maryland Oncology Hematology

9:30 AM
Breakfast and Exhibits

9:45 AM
Non-CME Breakfast - Natera - Clinical Actionability of Personalized ctDNA Testing in Breast Cancer

Kashif Ali, MD | Maryland Oncology Hematology


10:30 AM
CDK4/6 Inhibitors Across Disease Stages
Jessica Tao, MD | Johns Hopkins University

10:50 AM
HER2-Low and Ultralow Categories (ADC expansion)
Jen Matro, MD | Inova Schar Cancer Center

11:10 AM
Survivorship and QOL
Maryam Lustberg, MD, MPH | Yale Cancer Center

11:30 AM
Emerging ADCs and Novel Targets in Metastatic Disease (e.g. B7‑H4, Trop‑2 ADCs beyond T-DXd)
Coral Omene, MD, PhD| Rutgers Cancer Institute


11:50 AM
Lunch and Exhibits

12:05 PM
Non-CME Lunch - Pfizer - Treatment Considerations for Patients With HR+/HER2- mBC

Sramila Aithal, MD | Alliance Cancer Specialists

12:50 PM
Housekeeping and Survey

1:00 PM
Evolving Paradigms in Metastatic HER2+ Breast Cancer
Cesar Santa-Maria, MD, MSCI | Johns Hopkins University


1:20 PM
Biomarkers Beyond ctDNA: TILs, Immune signatures, Tumor Microenvironment in Breast Cancer
Mohamed Kahila, MBBCh, MD | Yale Cancer Center

1:40 PM
Liquid Biopsy–Guided Therapeutic Escalation (e.g. ESR1 Mutation Detection, Early Switch Strategies)

Adrian Lee, PhD | University of Pittsburgh

2:00 PM
PI3K/AKT Pathway Inhibition: New Agents, Sequencing, Combination Strategies
Marija Balić, MD, PhD | UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital

2:20 PM
Break and Exhibits

2:40 PM
AI / Radiomics / Imaging Biomarkers in Breast Cancer (Predictive Models, Virtual Biopsies)

Lisa Mullen, MD | Johns Hopkins University

3:00 PM
Management of Brain Metastases in HER2+ and Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Kelly McCann, MD, PhD | UC San Diego

3:20 PM
Special Populations: Pregnancy-Associated Breast Cancer, Male Breast Cancer, BRCA Mutation Carriers

Laila Agrawal, MD | Norton Cancer Institute

3:40 PM
Adjourn

Agenda Subject To Change. All times are EST.

 
 
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