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Understanding Breast Cancer Recurrence Part 1: The Psychosocial Perspective
Worrying about breast cancer coming back is one of the most common fears after treatment ends. In this session, Dr. Sophie Lebel, will share practical ways to manage the fear of recurrence, cope with uncertainty, and find support. You’ll also hear from someone who will share their personal experience living with the possibility of recurrence.
Who: Anyone who has completed treatment and is living with the ongoing fear of recurrence
Expert Speaker: Dr. Sophie Lebel is a clinical psychologist and a professor at the School of Psychology at the University of Ottawa. Her research focuses on cancer survivorship and psychosocial interventions. Her expertise is on managing fear of cancer recurrence (FCR). Over the past 15 years, she has been working on an FCR intervention called FORT, a group intervention for survivors that has been tested through clinical trials and is currently being culturally adapted in several countries. She is currently developing and testing FORT adaptations for caregivers and parents of paediatric cancer survivors. With funding from the Canadian Cancer Society, she is implementing FORT in 5 different Canadian oncology centres. She has held several leadership positions, including Chair of the Research Advisory Committee of the Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology, Lead of the practice guidelines on the management of fear of cancer recurrence for Ontario Health, and co-director of the clinical psychology program at the University of Ottawa. Clinically, she works with cancer survivors and their loved ones across all phases of the disease trajectory.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:00PM ET
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- Breast cancer patients
- Their families and caregivers
- Practical ways to manage the fear of recurrence, cope with uncertainty, and find support
- Patient testimony
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