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Eighth Annual Controversies in Breast Cancer: Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Therapy

New York Marriott Downtown
New York, NY
October 16-18, 2009

Friday, Oct 16, 2009

7:30 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 am Welcome and Introductions
Clinical Implications of Breast Cancer Heterogeneity
8:05 am Presession Survey
8:10 am Pathologic and Genomic Heterogeneity
Philip Bernard
8:40 am ER Plasticity
Rachel Schiff
9:00 am Postsession Survey
9:05 am Panel Discussion
9:25 am Break
Luminal Breast Cancer
9:45 am Presession Survey
9:55 am Identification of and Targeted Therapies for High-Risk Luminal Breast Cancer
Adrian V. Lee
10:15 am Which Patients With Node-Positive Disease Don't Benefit From Adjuvant Chemotherapy?
Joseph A. Sparano
10:35 am Pharmacogenomics of Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy
Frankie Ann Holmes
10:55 am Panel Discussion
11:30 am Lunch
Luminal Breast Cancer (Continued)
12:30 pm Blocking Cross-Talk Between ER and Growth Factor Pathways
Michael P. DiGiovanna
12:50 am Managing the Bone Microenvironment in Early-Stage Breast Cancer
Allan Lipton
1:10 pm Postsession Survey
1:20 pm Panel Discussion
1:40 pm Break
HER2-Driven Breast Cancer
2:00 pm Presession Survey
2:05 pm New Insights Into Adjuvant Therapy for HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
Edward Romond
2:35 pm Endocrine Therapy in HER2-Driven Breast Cancer: Is It Effective?
Rachel Schiff
2:55 pm Predicting and Overcoming Resistance to HER2-Targeted Therapy
Lyndsay Harris
3:15 pm Postsession Survey
3:20 pm Panel Discussion
3:45 pm Looking Forward: Novel Targeted Therapeutic Strategies for Basal Breast Cancer
Joyce O'Shaughnessy
4:05 pm Question and Answer
4:15 pm Adjourn

Educational Grants

An educational grant for this activity was provided by:


  1. Genentech BioOncology
  2. AstraZeneca
  3. Novartis Oncology
  4. sanofi-aventis U.S.