Patients and Families Conference

Cancer and its treatment can cause a considerable amount of stress for patients and their loved ones. Learn ways to cope during and after treatment, including looking at some stress-reducing apps. Featuring speakers Areej El-Jawahri, MD, Elyse R. Park, PhD, MPH.

Lifestyle medicine is the practice of adopting evidence-based lifestyle behaviors (such as regular exercise & healthy eating habits) to improve and sustain health. Learn more about how you can benefit in this webinar featuring Betsy O’Donnell, MD and Carol Sullivan, RD.

Science Impacting Cancer Care: Translational Medicine and Supportive Care Research. Learn about the latest, cutting-edge advances in this webinar featuring speakers Aditya Bardia, MD, MPH and Jennifer Temel, MD.

Executive Director Mara Bloom welcomes attendees and introduces Jeff Peppercorn, MD, Director of Survivorship and Supportive Care, who talks about the Cancer Center’s approach to treating the whole person.

Our emcee Billy Costa welcomes Justin Gainor, MD. Dr. Gainor provides an overview of immunotherapy and what we are doing at Mass General Cancer Center to push these therapies forward.

Oncology Social Workers Leanne Miller and Jennifer D’Alotto talk about their approaches to working with patients who exhibit traumatic thinking as part of their cancer experience.

Lifestyle Medicine Clinic Director Betsy O’Donnell, MD, talks about the importance of diet and exercise after a cancer diagnosis and how the clinic can help patients meet their needs.

Gisele Perez, PhD, sits down with Billy Costa to share techniques to strengthen your mind-body skills. She gives examples of how such skills can positively impact the cancer experience.

Executive Director Mara Bloom opens the day by discussing the wide array of supportive care tools at the Cancer Center. She acknowledges those who helped to make this event possible.

Matthew Frigault, MD gives an overview of CAR T-Cell Therapy and its impact on patients while also sharing Mass General Cancer Center initiatives that strive to advance and better understand this exciting treatment.

David Ryan, MD highlights two concepts from his book, co-authored with Dr. Vicki Jackson, titled "Living with Cancer: A Step by Step Guide for Coping Medically and Emotionally with a Serious Illness." (1) prognostic awareness and (2) how your idea of time after you were diagnosed with cancer.

Counselors across different disciplines come together to describe their work with patients, dispel misconceptions, and reflect the importance of making a connection with patients.

Mass General Cancer Center patients, who have worked with counselors on our provider panel, start off by introducing themselves.

Members of our panel share how they’ve found a sense of meaning in their cancer journeys. They talk about what matters most to them, how they have changed, and finish with advice they would give to someone newly diagnosed.

The panel answers questions from the audience.

Fill your heart with compassion, love, and wellness as Katrina Scott leads us in a guided meditation.

Executive Director Mara Bloom welcomes everyone, discusses the wide array of supportive care tools at the Cancer Center and acknowledges those who helped to make this event possible.

Krista Rubin, NP gives an overview of what immunotherapy is and how it is changing the face of cancer care while also acknowledging the challenges that both patients and providers face in the realm of immune therapy.

Lauren DeMarco addresses the many ways we cope and how we can adapt our coping styles to different situations and transitions when your life is affected by cancer.