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The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Medical Symposium held at The Breakers, Palm Beach, FL on Monday, February 8, 2010
Symposium Topic:
"How science is revolutionizing our approach to breast cancer."
Evelyn H. Lauder
Founder and Chairman, The Breast Cancer Research Foundation
Introduction:
Myra J. Biblowit
President, The Breast Cancer Research Foundation
Panel Moderator:
Larry Norton, MD
Chairman, BCRF Executive Board of Scientific Advisors
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Panelists:
Joyce Slingerland, MD, PhD, FRCP(C)
University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, FL
Marc E. Lippman, MD
Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL
Joan S. Brugge. PhD
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Clifford Hudis, MD
Chairman, BCRF Scientific Advisory Committee
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Arnold J. Levine, PhD
Cancer Institute of New Jersey/University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Brunswick, NJ
Q&A Topics and Discussion:
Q&A Discussion Opening: Inspiring research collaborations, and mathematical model for cancer growth
Response by:
Larry Norton, MD (Moderator)
Is there a relationship between breast size and breast cancer risk?
Response by:
Marc Lippman, MD (Panelist)
Response to NYT articles about cancer mortality rates
Response by:
Larry Norton, MD (Moderator)
Marc Lippman, MD (Panelist)
How breast stem cells may become breast cancer stem cells
Response by:
Joyce Slingerland, MD, PhD (Panelist)
Larry Norton, MD (Moderator)
How do anti-angiogenesis drugs work?
Response by:
Clifford Hudis, MD (Panelist)
Larry Norton, MD (Panelist)
BCRF Researcher Portal as collaboration facilitator
Response by:
Larry Norton, MD (Moderator)
Can breast cancer spread to the ovaries or other organs?
Response by:
Joyce Slingerland, MD, PhD (Panelist)
Marc Lippman, MD (Panelist)
How useful is mammography, and how often should it be done?
Response by:
Clifford Hudis, MD (Panelist)
Larry Norton, MD (Moderator)
Closing Remarks:
Evelyn H. Lauder
Founder and Chairman, The Breast Cancer Research Foundation
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