The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Medical Symposium held at The Breakers, Palm Beach on Monday, February 7, 2011

Symposium Topic:
"How Science is Revolutionizing Our Approach to Breast Cancer"

Symposium Opening:
Evelyn Lauder Introductory Remarks
Founder and Chairman, The Breast Cancer Research Foundation

BCRF Update:
Myra J. Biblowit
President, The Breast Cancer Research Foundation


Panelists - Opening Statements:

Introduction of Sympsoium & Panelists
Larry Norton, MD
Chairman, BCRF Executive Board of Scientific Advisors
Deputy Physician-in-Chief, Director of Breast Cancer Programs
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY

The development of targeted therapies
Edith A. Perez, MD
Deputy Director, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
Director of the Breast Program
Serene M. and Frances C. Durling Professor of Medicine
Mayo Medical School
Jacksonville, Florida

Technology advancing laboratory research
Tan A. Ince, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Director, Tumor Stem Cell Division, Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, Florida

Research collaborations and inherited breast cancer predispositions
Nadine M. Tung, MD
Director, Cancer Risk Evaluation Program, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

The link between post-menopausal breast cancer and inflammation, dietary fats
Clifford Hudis, MD
Chairman, BCRF Scientific Advisory Committee
Chief, Breast Cancer Medicine Service and Attending Physician
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY

Recap of presentations and learning from each other
Larry Norton, MD


Q&A Topics and Discussion:

Cancer Cells in the peripheral blood
Response by:
Larry Norton, MD
Dr. Dan Haber (from the audience)
Massachussetts General Hospital

Differences between types of inflammation
Response by:
Clifford Hudis, MD
Larry Norton, MD
Edith Perez, MD

Oopherectomy following breast cancer treatment
Response by:
Nadine Tung, MD
Clifford Hudis, MD
Edith Perez, MD

Explanation on the function of genotyping in predicting response to chemotherapy
Response by:
Edith Perez, MD
Nadine Tung, MD
Clifford Hudis, MD
Larry Norton, MD
Tan Ince, MD, PhD

Impact of sugar and high caloric intake on breast cancer
Response by:
Clifford Hudis, MD

Breast cancer vaccines and summary
Response by:
Larry Norton, MD

How have anti-angiogenesis drug worked on breast cancer?
Response by:
Larry Norton, MD

Closing Remarks:
Evelyn H. Lauder