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Program Agenda


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The 2007 Breast Cancer Symposium
Integrating Emerging Science into Clinical Practice



Friday, September 7, 2007

Exhibit Hall Open
7:00 AM – 6:30 PM

Continental Breakfast Provided

7:00 AM — 8:00 AM

Welcome
7:45 AM — 8:00 AM

General Session I: The Role of Estrogen in Breast Cancer
8:00 AM — 9:30 AM
Co-Chair — Lori J. Goldstein, MD — Fox Chase Cancer Center
Co-Chair — David A. Mankoff, MD
— Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
Estrogen: Carcinogen, Growth Promoter, or Treatment?
Paul E. Goss, MD, PhD — Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center

Progesterone Receptor: The Forgotten Target
Douglas Yee, MD — University of Minnesota Cancer Center

Non-Oncologic Consequences of Estrogen Depletion
Michael L. Krychman, MD — Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

What is Hormone Responsive?
Donald Craig Allred, MD — Washington University School of Medicine

Imaging Hormonally-Dependent Breast Cancer
Hannah M. Linden, MD — Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
General Session II: Plenary Lecture: The Impact of Radiation on Long-Term Survival: Local Control Matters
9:30 AM — 10:15 AM
Chair — Robert W. Carlson, MD
— Stanford University
The Impact of Local Treatment on Long-Term Survival: Local Control Matters
Jay R. Harris, MD — Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Avoidance of Cardiac Toxicity
Lori J. Pierce, MD — University of Michigan School of Medicine
Break
10:15 AM — 10:30 AM

Oral Abstract Presentation Session A

10:30 AM — 12:00 PM
Co-Chair — Larry Norton, MD — Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Co-Chair — Emiel J. Rutgers, MD, PhD
— Netherlands Cancer Institute

General Poster Session A (Boxed Lunch Provided)
12:00 PM — 12:45 PM
Selected topic–related abstracts will be on display, with the authors available for informal discussion.

ASCO Gianni Bonadonna Breast Cancer Award & Lecture

12:45 PM — 1:30 PM

Break
1:30 PM — 1:45 PM

General Session III: Current Controversies
1:45 PM — 3:30 PM
Co-Chair — Timothy J. Whelan, BM, BCh, MSc — Cancer Care Ontario, Juravinski Cancer Center
Co-Chair — Eric P. Winer, MD
— Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Why is Radiation Therapy Controversial in Ductal Carcinoma in Situ?
Beryl McCormick, MD — Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Why Don't We Know Who Needs Ovarian Suppression as Adjuvant Therapy?
Sandra M. Swain, MD — Washington Cancer Institute

Why is Magnetic Resonance Imaging Controversial in Planning Surgery and Screening for Second Breast Cancers?
Kimberly J. Van Zee, MD — Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Why is Anthracycline Use Controversial?
Angelo Di Leo, MD — Hospital of Prato
Break
3:30 PM — 3:45 PM

General Session IV: Clinical and Research Issues in Pathology
3:45 PM — 5:30 PM
Co-Chair — Daniel F. Hayes, MD — University of Michigan Medical Center
Co-Chair — William Fraser Symmans, MD
— M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Processing
Sarah Pinder, PhD — Guy's Hospital, London

Gene Expression Profiling
Christos Sotiriou, MD, PhD — Jules Bordet Institute

Imaging/Pathology Correlations
Constance D. Lehman, MD — Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

Sentinel Node Processing and Interpretation
Baljit Singh, MD , MBBS — New York University Medical Center

Premalignant Lesions: Ductal Carcinoma in Situ, Lobular Carcinoma in Situ, and Other Lesions that Increase the Risk of Invasive Breast Cancer
Laura C. Collins, MD — Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

What is Triple Negative Breast Cancer?
Lisa A. Carey, MD — University of North Carolina
General Poster Session B (Wine and Cheese Provided)
5:30 PM — 6:30 PM
Selected topic–related abstracts will be on display, with the authors available for informal discussion.


Saturday, September 8, 2007

Exhibit Hall Open
7:00 AM – 1:00 PM

General Poster Session C (Continental Breakfast Provided)
7:00 AM — 8:00 AM

Welcome
7:45 AM — 8:00 AM

General Session V: Local Regional Management
8:00 AM — 9:45 AM
Co-Chair — Silvia Chiara Formenti, MD — New York University Medical Center
Co-Chair — Funda Meric-Bernstam, MD
— M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Is Axillary Dissection Needed in Node (+) Breast Cancer?
Mehra Golshan , MD — Brigham and Women's Hospital

Is There a Role for Local Treatment in Metastatic Breast Cancer?
Seema Khan, MD — Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Is There an Optimal Way of Integrating Postmastectomy Radiation Therapy and Reconstruction?
Abram Recht, MD — Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Partial Breast Irradiation: Biological Underpinnings and Clinical Data
Frank A. Vicini, MD — William Beaumont Hospital

Does Subtype and Genotype Influence Local Treatment Decisions?
Bruce G. Haffty, MD — Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Can We Use Early Response Assessment to Guide Pre-operative Therapy?
Harold J. Burstein, MD — Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Break
9:45 AM — 10:00 AM

General Session VI: HER2 Positive Breast Cancer
10:00 AM — 11:45 AM
Co-Chair — Clifford Hudis, MD — Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Co-Chair — Edith Perez, MD
— Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
Biology of HER2 (+) Disease/Role of ER
Mark D. Pegram, MD — University of California, Los Angeles, Geffen School of Medicine

HER2 Testing
Antonio C. Wolff, MD — Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

What is the Role of Chemotherapy with Trastuzumab?
Ian E. Smith, MD — Royal Marsden Hospital

Tyrosine-Kinase Inhibitors
Francisco J. Esteva, MD, PhD — M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Other Anti-HER2 Agents
Jose Baselga, MD — Hospital Vall D'Hebron

Imaging and HER2 Therapy: Targeting and Response
Steven M. Larson, MD — Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
General Poster Session D (Box Lunches Provided)
11:45 AM — 12:45 PM

General Session VII: Keynotes on Disparities
12:45 PM — 2:00 PM
Co-Chair — Otis W. Brawley, MD — Emory University Winship Cancer Institute
Co-Chair — Lisa A Newman, MD, MPH — University of Michigan

Biology Differences in Breast Cancer Across Diverse Populations Within and Outside of the United States
Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, MD, MBBS — University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

Socioeconomic Barriers to Optimal Care
Lisa A. Newman, MD, MPH — University of Michigan
Oral Abstract Presentation Session B

2:00 PM — 3:30 PM
Co-Chair — Anees B. Chagpar, MD — University of Louisville
Co-Chair — Nancy E. Davidson, MD — Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins


Break
3:30 PM — 3:45 PM

General Session VIII: Preoperative Therapy: Who and Why?
3:45 PM — 5:30 PM
Co-Chair — Hope S. Rugo, MD — University of California, San Francisco Comprehensive Cancer Center
Co-Chair — JoAnne Zujewski, MD — National Institutes of Health

Preoperative Therapy for Research
Laura Esserman, MD, MBA — University of California, San Francisco Comprehensive Cancer Center

Pre versus Postoperative Trial Results: What are the Benefits?
Julie Gralow, MD — Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

Challenges for Radiation Therapy After Preoperative Therapy
Thomas A. Buchholz, MD — M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

How Do We Use Sentinel Node Techniques?
Eleftherios P. Mamounas, MD — Aultman Cancer Center

Preoperative Hormone Therapy Trials
Matthew J. Ellis, MBBChir, PhD — Washington University