An update on advances in the technologies available for translational research.  Sessions are to provide people with a better understanding of the talks they hear using the techniques described.  They also provide researchers with a guide to the techniques they should be considering for their studies.

CNS metastases in breast cancer

Moderator: Nancy U. Lin, MD

Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, MA

Genetic testing

Moderator: Mark E. Robson, MD

Memorial Sloan Kettering

New York, NY

Radiation Therapy

Design & Interpretation of Biomarker Studies

Moderator: Mitchell Dowsett, MD, PhD

Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Trust

London, United Kingdom

Design and statistical issues for biomarker studies

Lisa M. McShane, PhD

National Cancer Institute

Bethesda, MD

Automated, quantitative cell and tissue imaging technologies

Moderator: Rachel Schiff, PhD

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

 

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Peter Sorger, PhD

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

 

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David L. Rimm, MD, PhD

Yale University School of Medicine

New Haven, CT

DNA Repair

Moderator: Daniel P. Silver, MD, PhD

Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, MA

Next Generation Sequencing

Systems Biology

AACR Outstanding Investigator Award for Breast Cancer Research, funded by Susan G. Komen for the Cure®

Susan G. Komen for the Cure Brinker Awards for Scientific Distinction Lectures

AACR Distinguished Lectureship in Breast Cancer Research

Alan Ashworth, PhD, FMedSci, FRS

Breakthrough Research Centre at

The Institute of Cancer Research

London, United Kingdom

William L. McGuire Memorial Lecture

George W. Sledge, Jr., MD

Indiana University Cancer Center

Indianapolis, IN

Metabolomics

Drug Development – targeting HER2 beyond trastuzumab

Neil Spector, MD

Duke University Medical Center

Durham, NC

ncRNA

Moderator: Saraswati Sukumar, PhD

Johns Hopkins Oncology Center

Baltimore, MD

Breast disparities

Moderator: Amelie Ramirez, DrPH, MPH

UT Health Science Center at San Antonio

San Antonio, TX

Surgery

Moderator: Ismail Jatoi, MD, PhD, FACS

UT Health Science Center at San Antonio

San Antonio, TX

Surgical Considerations in Early Breast Cancer

Lisa Newman, MD MPH, FACS

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

Recent U.S. Trends in the Surgical Management of Primary Breast Cancer

Todd Tuttle, MD

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN

Modern Breast Reconstructive Techniques

Jean-Yves Petit

European Institute of Surgical Oncology

Milan, Italy

Stem cells- defying definition?

Novel survival pathways, hypoxia

Moderator: C. Kent Osborne, MD

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

Tumor dormancy – What is it? Does it matter?

Moderator: Lewis A. Chodosh, MD, PhD

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

Controversies in screening for breast cancer

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 SABCS. Space in the workshop is limited to 135 participants; registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis and is free of charge. Registration information will be available in mid-2010.

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