The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Medical Symposium held at the Boston Harbor Hotel, Boston, MA on October 6, 2011
Symposium Topic:
"Transforming Breast Cancer: How Laboratory Science Becomes Standard of Care"
Symposium Opening:
Kelley Tuthill, Event Host Committee
Introduction of Larry Norton, MD.
Remarks and introduction by Dr. Norton
of BCRF New England grantees
Welcome:
Myra Biblowit, President
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation
Opening Remarks:
Kelley Tuthill
Introduction of Dr. Clifford Hudis
Andrea Brooks, Event Host Committee & Co-Chair
Panel Moderator: Introduction of Panel
Clifford Hudis, MD
Chairman, BCRF Scientific Advisory Committee
Chief, Breast Cancer Medicine Service,
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Panelist Opening Statements:
Jose Baselga, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Monica Bertagnolli, MD
Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Cancer and Leukemia Group B
Lewis C. Cantley, PhD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School
Ursula Matulonis, MD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
Q&A Topics and Discussion:
Introduction to Q&A
Clifford Hudis, MD, Panel Moderator
Q1: What are the effects of food preservatives and preparation on breast cancer risk?
Response by:
Walter Willett, PhD (from the audience)
Lewis Cantley
Clifford Hudis
Q2: How is cancer defined — are there viral causes, how does the definition relate to curing the disease?
Response by:
Monica Bertagnolli, MD
Clifford Hudis, MD
Jose Baselga, MD, PhD
Lewis Cantley, PhD
Closing Remarks
Clifford Hudis, MD, Panel Moderator
Thank you
Kelley Doyle, Event Host Committee & Co-Chair
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