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.

Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center

200 E. Market Street, San Antonio, Texas 78205

Phone 1 210-207-8500

Fax 1 210-223-1495

Rich Markow, Director, Symposia
Cancer Therapy & Research Center at UT Health Science Center San Antonio

7979 Wurzbach Road, MC 8224

San Antonio, TX 78229 USA
Email: sabcs@uthscsa.edu
Phone: 210-450-1550
FAX: 210-450-1560

Hours subject to change.

Tuesday, December 6
Registration               12:00 PM–7:30 PM
Program                     2:00 PM–7:30 PM

Wednesday, December 7
Registration               7:00 AM–5:15 PM
Program                     8:30 AM–7:00 PM
Exhibits                       11:00 AM–5:00 PM

Thursday, December 8
Registration               6:45 AM–5:15 PM
Program                     7:00 AM–7:00 PM
Exhibits                       11:00 AM–5:00 PM

Friday, December 9
Registration                6:45 AM–5:15 PM
Program                      7:00 AM–7:00 PM
Exhibits                        11:00 AM–5:00 PM

Saturday, December 10
Registration                7:00 AM–9:00 AM
Program                      8:00 AM–12:00 PM

The session is open to early-career scientists, defined as graduate students, postdoctoral or clinical fellows, or medical students and residents, who are registered attendees of the 2011 SABCS. Space in the workshop is limited to 200 participants; registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis and is free of charge. Click here for registration information.

Carlos L. Arteaga, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Gary C. Chamness, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Margaret Foti, American Association for Cancer Research, Philadelphia, PA

Suzanne A.W. Fuqua, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Ismail Jatoi, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
C. Kent Osborne, Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Peter M. Ravdin, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
Saraswati Sukumar, Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, Baltimore, MD
Ian Thompson, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX

Carlos L. Arteaga (Co-Chair), Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
José Baselga, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Lisa Carey, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Gary C. Chamness, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Richard Crownover, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
Margaret Foti, American Association for Cancer Research, Philadelphia, PA
Suzanne A.W. Fuqua, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Judy Garber, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
Luca Gianni, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milano, Italy
Susan G. Hilsenbeck, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Ismail Jatoi, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
Rong Li, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX

Yi Li, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Susan Mooberry, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
C. Kent Osborne (Co-Chair), Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Charles M. Perou, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Susan Rafte, Pink Ribbons Project, Houston, TX
Amelie Ramirez, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX

Peter M. Ravdin (Co-Chair), UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
Andrea Richardson, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Mothaffar Rimawi, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Rachel Schiff, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Sandi Stanford, Alamo Breast Cancer Foundation, San Antonio, TX
Saraswati Sukumar, Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, Baltimore, MD
Trey Westbrook, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Eric Winer, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

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.

UT Health Science Center School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 40.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the
extent of their participation in the activity.

 

The UT Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Medicine Continuing Medical Education Office reviews financial disclosure information for all persons in a position to control educational content and identifies and resolves all conflicts of interest.  Disclosure information will be made available in November 2011.

• Everyone must register.
  
• Discounted rates are available through October 31.
  
• Registration, including online registration, will close after November 18.
  
• If you miss the deadline you must register on site.
  
• Registration will be CLOSED from November 19 through December 5.
  
• Registration will resume on site at noon on December 6.
  
• All payments must be in US currency, and payment must accompany registration.
  
• Symposium badges will be mailed to pre-registrants prior to the symposium.
  
• All participants receive their symposium materials and badge holders at SABCS registration.
  

If your pre-registration is postmarked or faxed after the cutoff date, it will not be processed.

Beginning March 9, you can register online or download and print out a registration form in PDF format, until November 18. After that date, you must register on site in Bridge Hall at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center.

The symposium provides complimentary registration to professional journalists representing media organizations for the express purpose of gathering news and information to produce editorial coverage of the meeting.

Valid credentials are required of every journalist and PIO 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. For further information please click here. Please fax the media registration form with these valid credentials to Natalie Poole, Department of Communications and Public Relations, American Association for Cancer Research, at 215-440-9319. For further information, please call 267-646-0619 or e-mail natalie.poole@aacr.org.

Please refer to Group Registration. Group Registrations must be received by November 18.

SABCS encourages all attendees to take advantage of early On Site Registration on Tuesday, December 6, 12:00 pm – 7:30 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-Registered counters in Bridge Hall to receive meeting materials and a badge holder. Badges are required in order to pick up meeting materials.

Individuals who missed the pre-registration deadline must register on site at the On-Site Registration counters in Bridge Hall.

All Exhibitors must check in at the Exhibitor registration counter. All exhibitors and staff must register. No one will be allowed on the floor without a badge.

Please refer to Support & Exhibitor for information regarding registrations for exhibit staff.  All other registrants will pay the regular registration fee, subject to the preregistration deadline of November 18.

Cancellations received on or before November 18, 2011 will be refunded less the following processing fees: $75.00 Regular Registration, $20.00 Postdoctoral MD or PhD in training, $20.00 Patient Advocate. Cancellations received after November 18, 2011 are non-refundable. If canceling your registration will also result in cancellation of your slide or poster presentation, please so state when giving notice.

If you require special assistance, please contact the symposium office by phone at 210-450-1550 or email SABCS@uthscsa.edu

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.

Continental breakfast is provided free of charge. Lunch options can be purchased onsite at the Food Court and concession stands. Hors d’oeuvres & non alcoholic beverages at evening poster sessions are provided free of charge. There will be a cash bar at the evening poster sessions.

The meeting site for the 2011 Symposium is the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, 200 E. Market Street, located downtown on the scenic Riverwalk, and is within easy walking distance of many
restaurants and other stores.

The Marriott Rivercenter remains our headquarters hotel. Additional rooms at special SABCS rates have also been obtained at more than 27 other hotels nearby, and all requests will be processed by SABCS
Housing Bureau. Information and online reservations for both groups and individuals are available on the SABCS website.

Discounted Travel

Lufthansa German Airlines offers a comprehensive global route network linking major cities around the world. As an airline partner, Lufthansa offers special prices and conditions to participants, visitors,
exhibitors and invited guests as well as employees of the Contracting Partner and their travel companions.

To make a reservation, please visit www.lufthansa.com/eventbooking_en and enter the access code USZUEL in the “Access to Event Booking” area. This will open an online booking platform that
will automatically calculate the discount offered or provide you with an even better offer if another promotional fare is available.

NOTE: Pop-ups must be enabled otherwise the booking platform window will not open.

These promotional fares are also available through your IATA / ARC travel agent. Travel agents can obtain ticketing instructions by sending an email to lufthansa.mobility@dlh.de and providing the
access code as a reference.

Transportation From Airport To Hotel

GO Airport Shuttle, 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.goairportshuttle.com.

Shuttle tickets are sold at the baggage claim area, at Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 for $18.00 each.

Taxi fare is approximately $27.00. As many as 4 people may ride for the price of 1. SABCS does not provide transportation from the airport to the meeting.

Symposium Shuttle Buses
SABCS provides free shuttle bus transportation between symposium hotels and the convention center December 6-10, 2011.

• Shuttle buses will travel frequently between symposium hotels and the convention center.
• This service is free.
• Buses will drop off and pick up at the Market Street Entrance of the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center.
• Buses will only stop at the official symposium hotels. A wheelchair accessible bus will be available during the listed days and times. It is necessary to make reservations for this service by calling Circa Texas at 210-394-0607. Please call 24 hours in advance to make your reservation at your specific hotel.
• For current schedule and any additional stops which may be added, please visit www.sabcs.org. Shuttle routes and times are available on the symposium website at www.sabcs.org.
• SABCS does not provide transportation from the airport to hotels.

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, postdoctoral fellows, and physicians-in-training whose abstracts are accepted for presentation at the 2011 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:

1. Must be a graduate student, medical student or resident, or clinical or postdoctoral fellow in an
     official training program at an academic institution.
2. Must provide certification of “in-training” status from the program director.
3. Must be the presenting author of an abstract accepted for presentation at the 2011SABCS.
4. Must submit an application with the abstract.
5. Must upload a current CV.
6. Must register for and attend the symposium, and present the accepted abstract.
7. May not be a previous recipient of a scholarship.

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.

AACR International Scholars

For abstract presenters traveling from countries with emerging economies

AACR Translational Research Scholars

For presenters of highly-related abstracts focused on translational breast cancer research.

AACR  Scholars

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.

Scholarship application is part of the Abstract Submission process.

Patient advocates wishing to apply for financial assistance to the 2011 SABCS should contact the Alamo Breast Cancer Foundation for information and an application. Applications are available by mail, and also online. Please see their website for more information and qualifications. Applications must be post-marked by September 1, 2011.

Mail: Alamo Breast Cancer Foundation, PO Box 780067, San Antonio, Texas 78278
E-mail: sandisues@sbcglobal.net
Web: www.alamobreastcancer.org

Susan 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 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 at the 2011 CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. 

The William L. McGuire Memorial Lectureship

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:

1. Lecturers are respected figures with an international reputation.
2. They have made significant contributions to the field of breast cancer research.
3. 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.
4. 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.

• Each SABCS attendee will receive a username & password which will allow access to 2011 SABCS abstracts, posters, slides, and webcast of oral presentations online.
• Abstracts online, searchable version of the SABCS abstracts will be available to attendees during the symposium. Abstracts will be posted on the day of presentation. Check our website www.sabcs.org. These abstracts will also be published in the symposium’s abstract book, a special supplement to the AACR journal Cancer Research.
• Slides from the symposium will be available to view by attendees after the presentation. Select slides will be downloadable, author permitting. Presentations are updated twice daily during the symposium.
• An online, searchable version of the posters will be posted on line daily for attendees to view during the symposium, author permitting.
• Selected oral presentations, including slides, will be available to attendees within 48 hours after the symposium. All oral presentations for which the authors have given permission will be posted in a fully produced webcast approximately 8 weeks following the symposium.
• 2011 SABCS abstracts, posters, slides, and webcast of oral presentations will be made available online to non-attendees January 1, 2012 .
• At this time, SABCS plans to keep all of the above available on line for 3 years.

1000-1050 presentations 

Printed abstract books, a special supplement to the AACR journal Cancer Research, can be purchased for $30 when registering in advance or on site.

A statement verifying your attendance at the 2011 Symposium will be availalbe at registration.  NOTE: This is not a CME certificate.

Due to liability restrictions and concerns, children under eighteen years of age may not participate in any part of this conference.

Still photography is allowed for personal use only. Publication of any photos is prohibited without the express permission of SABCS. In order to take photos for publication journalists must be registered as press.

Video cameras are granted access to the Registration area and press room. Access to other areas of the Symposium requires pre-approval from SABCS. Still cameras are granted access to all areas of the Symposium. “Flash” photography is not allowed in order to minimize disturbance to attendees. Camera crews filming in meeting areas other than the press room or news briefing room must be accompanied at all times by a press room staff member.

Photographers or camera crews hired by the aforementioned representatives or exhibitors must obtain permission from press room staff to conduct any on-site photo or video shoots during the Symposium.

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.

The SABCS will operate an Internet Café with approximately 30 computers for internet and e-mail access located in Exhibit Hall C.

Wireless internet access will be available in the wi-fi lounge next to the Internet Café. Connection setting information and a support specialist will be available for assistance.

Attendees may leave and receive messages at the SABCS Information/Message Center.  Messages will be emailed to attendees. 

Literature racks will be available for non-profit organizations only for posting of brochures, which must not exceed 8½x11 inches. Please contact the Symposium office at sabcs@uthscsa.edu for instructions.

Information boards will be located in Bridge Hall.  Please contact Symposia Director for instructions.

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 Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center is a non-smoking facility. No smoking is allowed anywhere in the building.

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 210-632-1825, fax 210-468-0674 or e-mail lori@creativedining.net. Staff will also be available onsite during the symposium in West Registration during the following hours:

Tuesday, Dec. 6...................................................................... 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Wednesday, Dec. 7.................................................................10:30 AM – 8:00 PM
Thursday, Dec. 8......................................................................10:30 AM – 7:30 PM
Friday, Dec. 9............................................................................10:30 AM – 7:30 PM