The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Medical Symposium held at the Boston Harbor Hotel, Boston, on Thursday, May 7, 2009

Evelyn H. Lauder
Founder and Chairman, The Breast Cancer Research Foundation

Clifford Hudis, MD
Chairman, BCRF Scientific Advisory Committee
Chief, Breast Cancer Medicine Service and Attending Physician
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY


Panelists:

Joshua LaBaer, MD, PhD
Virginia G. Piper Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Director of Center for Personalized Diagnostics, The Biodesign Institute
Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ

Nadine Tung, MD
Director, Cancer Risk Evaluation Program, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Nancy Lin, MD
Medical Oncologist in the Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA

Hyman Muss, MD
Director, Geriatric Oncology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Professor of Medicine
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill



Q&A Topics and Discussion:

Correlation between male & female instances of breast cancer
Response by:
Clifford Hudis, MD (Moderator)
Nadine Tung, MD (Panelist)

Heterogeneity of tumor response
Response by:
Clifford Hudis, MD (Moderator)

Racial Disparities
Response by:
Lyndsay Harris, MD (from the audience)
Associate Professor of Medicine, Medical Oncology
Director of the Yale Cancer Center Breast Cancer Program, Yale Cancer Center
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
David Livingston, MD (from the audience)
Emil Frei Professor of Genetics and Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston

Risk factors for breast cancer family history
Response by:
Hyman Muss, MD (Panelist)
Clifford Hudis, MD (Moderator)
Walter Willett, MD Dr.PH (from the audience)
Chair, Department of Nutrition
Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA

Vaccination for breast cancer
Response by:
Clifford Hudis, MD (Moderator)
Joshua LaBaer, MD, PhD (Panelist)

Testing for BRCA-1 and BCRA-2
Response by:
Nadine Tung, MD (Panelist)

Search for breast cancer gene / genetic testing
Response by:
Clifford Hudis, MD (Moderator)
Hyman Muss, MD (Panelist)
Nancy Lin, MD (Panelist)
Nadine Tung, MD (Panelist)

Pros and cons of genetic testing
Response by:
Clifford Hudis, MD (Moderator)


Closing remarks:

Clifford Hudis, MD (moderator)

Evelyn H. Lauder
Founder and Chairman, The Breast Cancer Research Foundation