Program

2025 Symposium Program

Check back on this web page to see the details of titles, talks, and speakers as they become available. This page will be regularly updated starting in June 2025 through December.

Tuesday, December 9

(All times are in Central Standard Time)

Ancillary Educational Events
(In-person only, not available for online or virtual viewing)

8:00 – 9:15 am

Lillly Advocate Program
Location: Room 220

9:30 – 10:45 am

ABC Global Alliance Ten Year Breast Cancer Report The Do's & Don'ts of Communication on Advanced/Metastatic Breast Cancer
Location: Room 221ABC

SABCS Program Begins

11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Career Development Workshop - Real World Research: Building Your Community
Location: TBD

11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Special Session 1: Open Bar and All You Can Eat? The Impact of Lifestyle in Breast Cancer Risk and Recurrence
Location: TBD

11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Special Session 2: Lobular Breast Cancer Updates
Location: TBD

11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Special Session 3: Breast Cancer in Young Women: Biology, Treatment, and Ethics
Location: TBD

12:45 – 2:15 pm

Translational Workshop 1: Spatial Omics for Prediction, Prognostication, and Mechanistic Insights
Location: TBD

12:45 – 2:15 pm

Translational Workshop 2: Liquid Biopsy in Breast Cancer, Bridging Technology and Clinical Practice
Location: TBD

12:45 – 2:15 pm

Clinical Workshop 1: Risk Assessment and Management in Young Women
Location: TBD

2:30 – 4:15 pm

Educational Session 1: After CDK4/6 Inhibitors: Advancing Treatment for HR+HER2-negative Metastatic Breast Cancer
Location: TBD

2:30 – 4:15 pm

Educational Session 2: Dormancy and Re-activation of Breast Cancer Cells at Distant Metastatic Sites
Location: TBD

2:30 – 4:15 pm

Educational Session 3: Refining Local Therapy in Multi-disciplinary Care
Location: TBD

2:30 – 4:15 pm

Educational Session 4: Balancing Act: Hormone Replacement Therapy in Breast Cancer Care
Location: TBD

2:30 – 4:15 pm

Educational Session 5: Best of AACR
Location: TBD

4:30 – 5:30 pm

Late Breaking Abstracts
Location: TBD

5:15 – 5:45 pm

Refreshment Break and Networking
Location: TBD

5:45 – 6:45 pm

Clinical Trial Updates
Location: TBD

Wednesday, December 10

(All times are in Central Standard Time)

7:00 – 8:30 am

Poster Spotlight 1
Location: Room TBD

7:00 – 8:30 am Poster Spotlight 2
Location: Room TBD
7:00 – 8:30 am Poster Spotlight 3
Location: Room TBD
7:00 – 8:30 am Poster Spotlight 4
Location: Room TBD
8:45 am – 12:00 pm

General Session 1
Location: TBD

8:45 - Opening Remarks from Symposium Co-Chairs Dr. Carlos Arteaga and Dr. Virginia Kaklamani

9:00 - McGuire Award presentation and lecture (announcement coming soon)

9:30 15-minute Oral Presentations

12:00 – 6:45 pm 

Exhibition Hall Open

12:00 – 12:30 pm 

Break

12:00 – 12:50 pm

Clinical Case Discussion
Location: TBD

12:30 – 2:00 pm

Poster Session 1
Location: Exhibition Hall

1:00 – 2:15 pm

State of the Art 1 - Liquid Biopsy for Adaptive Therapy in Breast Cancer
Location: TBD

1:00 – 2:15 pm

Translational Controversies
Location: TBD

2:30 – 4:15 pm

Educational Session 6: ADCs in the Clinic
Location: TBD

2:30 – 4:15 pm

Educational Session 7: Immune Microenvironment
Location: TBD

2:30 – 4:15 pm

Educational Session 8: Optimizing De-escalation in Low-Risk HR+ Early-Stage Breast Cancer
Location: TBD

2:30 – 4:15 pm

Educational Session 9: Management for Predisposition Gene Carriers
Location: TBD

2:30 – 4:15 pm Educational Session 10: Rare Tumors
Location: TBD
4:30 – 5:30 pm

Rapid Fire 1
Location: TBD

5:00 – 6:30 pm

Poster Session 2
Location: Exhibition Hall

Thursday, December 11

(All times are in Central Standard Time)

7:00 – 8:45 am Poster Spotlight 5
Location: Room TBD
7:00 – 8:45 am Poster Spotlight 6
Location: Room TBD
7:00 – 8:45 am Poster Spotlight 7
Location: Room TBD
7:00 – 8:45 am Poster Spotlight 8
Location: Room TBD
8:30 – 9:00 am

Plenary Lecture 1
Location: TBD

9:00 – 11:30 am

General Session 2
Location: TBD

11:30 am – 12:00 pm

AACR Award Lecture
Location: TBD

12:00 – 6:45 pm 

Exhibition Hall Open

12:00 – 12:30 pm

Break

12:00 – 12:50 pm

Molecular Tumor Board
Location: TBD

12:30 – 2:00 pm Poster Session 3
Location: Exhibition Hall
1:00 – 2:15 pm State of the Art 2: Targeting the Non-T Cell Microenvironment
Location: TBD
1:00 – 2:15 pm Clinical Controversies: Management of the Axilla
Location: Exhibition Hall
2:30 – 4:15 pm

Educational Session 11: How to Treat TNBC
Location: TBD

2:30 – 4:15 pm

Educational Session 12: Targeting Therapy Resistance
Location: TBD

2:30 – 4:15 pm

Educational Session 13: Optimizing Cardiac Outcomes
Location: TBD

2:30 – 4:15 pm

Educational Session 14: Breast Cancer in Young Women - When, Why, and How?
Location: TBD

2:30 – 4:15 pm

Educational Session 15: Artificial Intelligence
Location: TBD

4:30 – 5:30 pm Rapid Fire 2
Location: TBD
5:15 – 5:45 pm

Refreshment Break and Networking
Location: TBD

5:00 – 6:30 pm Poster Session 4
Location: Exhibition Hall

Friday, December 12

(All times are in Central Standard Time)

7:00 – 8:30 am

Poster Spotlight 9
Location: Room TBD

7:00 – 8:30 am Poster Spotlight 10
Location: Room TBD
7:00 – 8:30 am Poster Spotlight 11
Location: Room TBD
7:00 – 8:30 am Poster Spotlight 12
Location: Room TBD
8:30 – 9:00 am Plenary Lecture 2
Location: TBD
9:00 – 11:30 am General Session 3
Location: TBD
11:30 am – 12:00 pm AACR Award Lecture
Location: TBD
12:00 – 3:00 pm 

Exhibition Hall Open

12:00 – 12:30 pm 

Break

12:30 – 2:00 pm

Poster Session 5
Location: Exhibition Hall

1:00 – 2:50 pm

Break Out Block
Location: TBD

2:00 – 2:50 pm

Debate: Do All Early-stage Breast Cancer Patients Need Axillary Staging
Location: TBD

3:00 – 5:00 pm

Year in Review
Location: TBD

5:00 – 5:30 pm

Refreshment Break
Location: TBD

5:30 – 6:30 pm

View from the Trenches
Location: TBD