This symposium is designed to provide
state-of-the-art information on the experimental biology, etiology,
prevention, diagnosis, and therapy of breast cancer and premalignant
breast disease.
This international symposium is directed primarily towards academic
and private physicians and researchers involved in breast cancer
in medical, surgical, gynecologic, and radiation oncology, as well
as other appropriate health care professionals.
The San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium attracts academic and private physicians and researchers, as well as other health care professionals focused on curing breast cancer, to discuss and learn about new and late-breaking research including experimental biology, etiology, prevention, diagnosis, and therapy of breast cancer and pre-malignant breast disease, as well as new findings from clinical trials. With the addition of the AACR as a symposium collaborator, this year’s program will attract more thought-leaders and high-quality proffered papers in basic and translational breast cancer research as well as increase the participation of young investigators by providing superior education and training opportunities for the next generation of breast cancer researchers.
AACR's scientific prestige in basic, translational, and clinical cancer research will create a unique and comprehensive scientific meeting that will advance breast cancer research for the benefit of patients. The driving force behind the collaboration is the shared mission of the partners to advance progress against breast cancer. By combining their respective strengths, the partnership will produce a scientific meeting that encompasses the full spectrum of breast cancer research, facilitating the rapid translation of new knowledge into better care for breast cancer patients.
The mission of the AACR is to prevent and cure cancer. Founded in 1907, AACR is the world's oldest and largest professional organization dedicated to advancing cancer research. The membership includes over 26,000 basic, translational, and clinical researchers; health care professionals; and cancer survivors and advocates in the United States and more than 70 other countries. AACR marshals the full spectrum of expertise from the cancer community to accelerate progress in the etiology, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer through high-quality scientific and educational programs. It funds innovative, meritorious research grants. The AACR Annual Meeting attracts more than 17,000 participants who share the latest discoveries and developments in the field. Special Conferences throughout the year present novel data across a wide variety of topics in cancer research, treatment, and patient care. AACR publishes five major peer-reviewed journals: Cancer Research; Clinical Cancer Research; Molecular Cancer Therapeutics; Molecular Cancer Research; and Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. Its most recent publication and its sixth major journal, Cancer Prevention Research, is dedicated exclusively to cancer prevention, from preclinical research to clinical trials. The AACR also publishes CR, a magazine for cancer survivors, patient advocates, their families, physicians, and scientists. CR provides a forum for sharing essential, evidence-based information and perspectives on progress in cancer research, survivorship, and advocacy.
Carlos L. Arteaga, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN
Powel H. Brown, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Joan S. Brugge, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Gary C. Chamness, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Charles A. Coltman, Jr., UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
Tyler J. Curiel, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
Margaret Foti, American Association for Cancer Research,
Philadelphia, PA
C. Kent Osborne, Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Baylor College of
Medicine, Houston, TX
Peter Ravdin, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
Rajeshwar Rao Tekmal, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
C. Kent Osborne, Chair, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Carlos L. Arteaga, AACR Co-Chair, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN
Powel H. Brown, BCM Co-Chair, Baylor College of Medicine,
Houston, TX
Tyler J. Curiel, CTRC Co-Chair, UT Health Science Center,
San Antonio, TX
José Baselga, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
Joan S. Brugge, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Gary C. Chamness, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Jenny C. N. Chang, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Charles A. Coltman, Jr., UT Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, TX
Nancy E. Davidson, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
Mitchell Dowsett, Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
Margaret Foti, American Association for Cancer Research, Philadelphia, PA
Suzanne A.W. Fuqua, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Judy E. Garber, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
Cindy Geoghegan, Patient Advocate, Wilton, CT
Susan G. Hilsenbeck, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
J. Dirk Iglehart, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
James N. Ingle, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN
Adrian V. Lee, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
David A. Mankoff, University of Washington Medical Center,
Seattle, WA
Steffi Oesterreich, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Joyce A. O’Shaughnessy, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Edith A. Perez, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL
Charles M. Perou, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Jennifer A. Pietenpol, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine,
Nashville, TN
Kornelia Polyak, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
Rachel Schiff, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
George W. Sledge, Indiana University Cancer Center, Indianapolis, IN
Sandi Stanford, Alamo Breast Cancer Foundation, San Antonio, TX
Rajeshwar Rao Tekmal, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
UT Health Science Center San Antonio School of Medicine is accredited by the
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing
medical education for physicians.
This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit.
Beginning March 4, you can register online or download and print out a registration
form in PDF format, until November 17. After that date, you must
register on site in Bridge Hall at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention
Center.
Valid credentials are required of every journalist in order to complete registration. These credentials include an official press identification (business card, press pass, etc) and two bylined articles (or a copy of the masthead if articles are not bylined), or a letter of assignment. Please fax the press registration form along with these valid credentials to Emma O'Brien, Department of Communications and Public Relations, American Association for Cancer REsearch, at 215-440-9319. For further information, please call 267-646-0613 or e-mail emma.obrien@aacr.org.
Members of the Press who register before the deadline will be mailed their badges. All others must register at the Press counter in Bridge Hall. Everyone must check in at the Registration Press counter in Bridge Hall.
Deadlines
Pre-registration closes November 17. On site registration opens December 10.
Cancellation
Please notify SABCS via fax to 888-267-0945 or 949-219-2317 (International) or e-mail sabcsreg@ambassadors.com if you must cancel your registration.
Beginning March 4, the group registration contact may register online and apply for a group ID and password, or download and print out a Group Registration Contact Form in PDF format. Within five (5) business days of receipt of the group contact information, you will be provided your group ID number and password by e-mail. Once you have received your ID number and password, you will be able to register and manage your group online. Group Registrations
must be received by November 17.
Career Mentoring Forum: A Networking Session for Young Investigators
Bring your lunch and join roundtable discussions with senior scientists who are leaders in the field! This session is open to graduate students, medical students and residents, and clinical and postdoctoral fellows. Space is limited, and pre-registration is required. Return the registration form by November 24, 2009.
Discussion topics may include grant writing, publication strategies, negotiating a job offer or promotion, oral presentation skills, setting up and managing a laboratory, working for or working with the pharmaceutical/biotech industry, how to get the most out of being a cooperative group member, the path to leading clinical trials, and balancing research and clinical practice.
SABCS encourages all attendees to take advantage of early On Site
Registration on Wednesday, December 9, 12:00 pm – 7:00 pm. All
registration counters will be open, including on-site, advance registration,
press and exhibitor.
Registration will be located in Bridge Hall at the Henry B. Gonzalez
Convention Center.
All those who registered before the deadline and have their badge,
should proceed to the Pre-Registration counters in Bridge Hall
to receive meeting materials and a badge holder. Badges are required
in order to pick up meeting materials.
All Exhibitors must check in at the Exhibitor registration counter
in Bridge Hall.
Individuals who missed
the pre-registration deadline must register on site at the On-Site
Registration counters in Bridge Hall.
Cancellations received on or before November 17, 2009will be refunded
less the following processing fees: $50.00 Regular Registration,
$10.00 Postdoctoral MD or PhD in training, $10.00 Patient Advocate.
Cancellations received after November 17, 2009 are non-refundable.
If canceling
your registration will also result in cancellation of your slide
or poster presentation, please so state when giving notice.
Lunch meal tickets for SABCS will not be offered this year. Lunch options which can be purchased onsite will be available at the Food Court and concessions stands.
The Marriott Rivercenter remains our headquarters hotel. Additional
rooms at special SABCS rates have also been obtained at 19 other
hotels nearby, and all requests will be processed by SABCS Housing
Bureau. Information and online reservations for both groups and
individuals is now available.
If you require special assistance, please check the appropriate box
on the advance registration form, or contact the Symposia Director by phone at
210-567-6070 or email SABCS@uthscsa.edu
Discounted Air Travel to San Antonio. Contact Corporate Travel Planners for air arrangements. Airline discounts have been set up especially for the Breast Cancer Symposium attendees. A $25.00 service fee will be added on to the cost of the ticket.
Shuttle buses will travel frequently between symposium hotels and the convention center. This service is available at no charge, and will stop only at symposium hotels.
SA Trans, San Antonio Airport's official shuttle service, has shuttles departing to and from downtown approximately every 15 minutes from 7:00 AM-1:30 AM daily. For 24 hour reservations and information, call 210-281-9900 or go online to www.saairportshuttle.com. Tickets may be purchased curbside, outside the baggage claim area at Terminal 1 and Terminal 2, for $18.00 each. Taxi fare is approximately $22.00. As many as 4 people may ride for the price of 1. SABCS does not provide transportation to and from the meeting.
Past and current events have
heightened security awareness around the world. Although
no one can predict world events, incidents or situations,
we are working to help ensure a safe and a successful
Symposium. To this end, we will require attendees
to wear the Symposium Name Badge to ALL Symposium
activities (sessions, exhibits, etc.) at the convention
center.
A statement on Symposium letterhead verifying your attendance at the 2009 Symposium will be included in the symposium information packet in your tote bag.
Ringing phones and conversations
make it difficult for your colleagues to fully benefit
from SABCS sessions. To provide an environment conducive
to education, we ask that you observe the following
courtesies while inside the symposium:
Please turn your cellular phone off or switch to a silent mode.
If receiving a call, please immediately put the call on hold and
move to a foyer or similar area to use your phone.
If making a call, we ask that you move to a foyer or similar area
to initiate your call.
Exhibit Hall C:
Exhibits, Internet Café, Viewing Station (live audio & video of symposium proceedings)
Dining: Continental breakfast (Thursday), Aramark concessions, Poster reproduction, Message Center,
Loading dock (for exhibitors)
Exhibit Hall D:
General Sessions, Award Lectures, Plenary Lectures, Mini-symposia, Clinical Science Forum, Slide preview (for presenters)
SABCS will operate an Internet Café for internet and email access. There are two locations for your convenience, one in Exhibit Hall B, the other in Exhibit Hall C.
Attendees may leave
and receive messages at the SABCS Message Center. Monitors
in Bridge Hall, Exhibit Hall B and Exhibit Hall C will alert attendees of pending messages.
The average temperature in San Antonio in December ranges from 45°F to 65°F (7°C to 18°C). Remember that meeting rooms are usually kept quite cool, so dress accordingly. For such a large audience, it is necessary to maintain a lower temperature than is comfortable for everyone.
The purpose of these scholarships is to promote the education and professional development of
early-career scientists who are actively pursuing research in breast cancer, by encouraging and facilitating their attendance at the CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
Scholarships will be awarded in each program to graduate students, medical students and
residents, and clinical and postdoctoral fellows whose abstracts are accepted for presentation
at the 32nd Annual SABCS, based upon the quality of their abstracts.
Recipients of these scholarships will be identified in the SABCS program, both print and online,
and also at the meeting.
In order to be eligible for these scholarships, the applicant:
Must be a graduate student, medical student or resident, or clinical or postdoctoral fellow at an official training program in an academic institution.
Must provide certification of “in-training” status from program director.
Must be the presenting author of an abstract accepted for presentation at the 32nd Annual SABCS.
Must submit the application with the abstract.
Must register for and attend the symposium, and present the accepted abstract.
SABCS Clinical Scholars
For clinical scientists-in-training who are actively pursuing clinical or
clinical/translational research in breast cancer.
SABCS Basic Science Scholars
For laboratory-based investigators-in-training whose work focuses on the biology
of breast cancer and preclinical models of its development and progression.
Avon Foundation-AACR International Scholars
For abstract presenters traveling from countries with emerging economies.
AACR Translational Research Scholars, funded by Susa n G. Komen for the Cure™
For presenters of highly-related abstracts focused on translational breast cancer research.
AACR Minority Scholars, funded by Susa n G. Komen for the Cure™
For abstract presenters working within the United States and within minority
groups that have been defined by the National Cancer Institute as being traditionally
underrepresented in cancer and biomedical research including African Americans,
Alaskan Natives, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Native Pacific Islanders.
Suan G. Komen for the Cure Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction
Established by the Susan G. Komen for the Cure in 1992, the Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction recognizes leading scientists for significant work in advancing research concepts and for clinical application in the fields of breast cancer research, screening or treatment. The award is presented to basic and clinical researchers who have made seminal advances in the fight against breast cancer. In addition, the award recognizes scholars for a specific contribution, a consistent pattern of contributions, or leadership in the field that has had a substantial impact on the fight against breast cancer.
The Brinker Award is accompanied by a $20,000 award to be used to further the recipients' activities in breast cancer research. This award has grown in prominence in the breast cancer community and is a marquee award for Komen for the Cure. The recipients of the Brinker Awards will deliver plenary lectures on Thursday, December 10.
Dr. William L. McGuire, along with Dr. Charles A. Coltman, founded the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium in 1977.
The William L. McGuire Memorial Lectureship was established in 1992 to commemorate the significant contributions of Dr.
McGuire to oncology medicine. His research played a major
role in introducing estrogen receptor assays on breast tumor
tissue as a guide to treatment decisions for women with
breast cancer. Breast cancer patients everywhere now receive
these tests.
The lecturer is selected by the SABCS Executive and Planning
Committees from persons nominated by distinguished researchers
in the field. The selection is based on the following criteria:
Lecturers are respected figures with an international reputation.
They have made significant contributions to the field of
breast cancer research.
They present a topic of high current interest related to
the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer or to the
study of its underlying mechanisms.
They are known as skilled presenters.
AACR Outstanding Investigator Award for Breast Cancer
Research, funded by Susan G. Komen for the Cure®
The AACR Outstanding Investigator Award for Breast Cancer Research is
presented to an investigator no more than 50 years of age whose
novel and significant work that has had or may have a far-reaching
impact on the etiology, detection, diagnosis, treatment, or
prevention of breast cancer.
AACR Distinguished Lectureship in Breast Cancer
Research
The AACR Distinguished Lectureship in Breast Cancer Research
has been established to recognize outstanding science that has
inspired or has the potential to inspire new perspectives on the
etiology, diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of breast cancer.
Abstracts, posters, slides and a webcast of oral presentations from the 32nd annual SABCS will be available online at the SABCS website.
Slides from the symposium will be available for viewing online within 24 hours after presentation. Select slides will be downloadable, author permitting.
Posters will become available 8 to 10 weeks following the symposium.
Selected oral presentations, including slides, will be available within 72 hours after the symposium. Other slide presentations will be posted approximately 8 weeks following the symposium, author permitting.
At this time, SABCS plans to keep all of the above available on line for 3 years.
A program schedule and other SABCS information will be available for download to your personal digital assistant (PDA) pre-symposium from SABCS website and on site from special service desk. Further information to be posted in October.
It is imperative that you notify the Symposia Director in writing as soon as possible if your presentation will not be made. Be sure to mention your assigned abstract number. Failure to comply will result in activation of the No-Show policy.
Slide Presentations
Slides will be accepted on digital media only.
Please meet with SABCS technicians the day prior to your presentation, or no later than 2 hours prior to your scheduled talk, to preview your slides.This will help assure that your presentation will proceed smoothly. Signs will direct you to the Slide Preview room located just outside the entrance to Exhibit Hall D.
General Session talks are limited to ten minutes, followed by five minutes for general discussion.
Poster Presenters
Put your poster up on the assigned board in the hour before the morning session is to begin.
Posters will remain on display the entire day.
Remove your poster at the end of the afternoon session.
NOTE: If you are unable to remove it personally, please arrange for someone else to
do so. Do not leave it up after the evening session is over.
Although SABCS does not sponsor any recreational activities, visitors
to the city may obtain such information from the website of San
Antonio Convention and Visitors Bureau (www.visitsanantonio.com). The Convention and Visitors Bureau will have a desk on site.
Creative Dining & Entertainment staff will recommend and make your individual and/or group reservations at San Antonio's most enjoyable restaurants and/or catering venues! The staff can also help you arrange your rental car, golf tee time, other entertainment and relaxation needs. Their service, is free, and is available now either by phone 210-402-3046, fax 210-402-0335 or email lhorn@snet.net. Staff will also be available onsite during the symposium in East Registration during the following hours:
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