Collaborative Summit on Breast Cancer Research held November 1-2, 2007, in Leesburg, VA
BCRF is Co-Organizer and Participant in First-Ever Collaborative Summit on Breast Cancer Research: New Partnerships and Collaborative Solutions are Targeted
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Leadership and senior staff of twenty-seven breast cancer funding organizations and advocacy groups met on November 1st and 2nd, along with experts from government agencies, scientists from academic institutions and researchers from the pharmaceutical industry at the unprecedented Collaborative Summit on Breast Cancer Research.
This first meeting of its kind in the US took place in Leesburg, VA, outside Washington, DC, and included some 100 invited participants. Special host for the event was Paula Zahn, member of the BCRF Leaders' Council.
Larry Norton, MD, Director of Breast Cancer Programs at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Scientific Director of The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, summarized the work of the Summit as follows: "This Summit is a critical step toward identifying, analyzing, and eventually overcoming all the barriers that stand between where we are now and the eradication of breast cancer. The researchers of our nation and the world are counting on the united dedication of organizations, governments, corporations, and individuals to this mission."
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