#PatientEmpowerment

A groundbreaking discussion at the 2024 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium is reshaping what it means to survive breast cancer, casting a long-overdue spotlight on taboo topics from sexual health to holistic supplements and daily habits. The latest research—summarized in a special session fantastically dubbed “Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll”—highlights not only new scientific findings, but emphasizes the urgent need for open, stigma-free conversations between breast cancer survivors, their families, and the medical community. For Thai survivors and their families who may face culture-specific taboos around sexuality and alternative medicine, these global insights are particularly relevant—and potentially life changing.