Issue 4


  • Panel of experts to discuss advances in radiotherapy technologies, techniques for breast cancer

    Panel of experts to discuss advances in radiotherapy technologies, techniques for breast cancer

    Wendy A. Woodward, MD, PhD, leads a session on Friday looking at technological advances in radiation oncology and the impact on both patients and clinicians.

  • Session to review latest data on the impact of targeting the tumor microenvironment in breast cancer

    Session to review latest data on the impact of targeting the tumor microenvironment in breast cancer

    Diana M. Cittelly, PhD, will moderate a session on Friday looking at how the tumor microenvironment has emerged as a critical driver of tumor progression.

  • Advances in Pregnancy Associated Breast Cancer: Presenter Profile

    Advances in Pregnancy Associated Breast Cancer: Presenter Profile

    Ann Partridge, MD, MPH, discusses her presentation on special treatment issues in Friday’s educational session on PABC.

  • Expert who changed the standard of breast cancer care honored with the Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction in Clinical Research

    Expert who changed the standard of breast cancer care honored with the Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction in Clinical Research

    Norman Wolmark, MD, FACS, FRCSC, will receive the Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction in Clinical Research on Friday, and will deliver the lecture “The Contribution of NSABP Clinical Trials to the Management of Early Breast Cancer: PAST AS PROLOGUE.”

  • General Session 2 features latest findings from DESTINY-Breast02/03, TRIO-US B-12 TALENT trials

    General Session 2 features latest findings from DESTINY-Breast02/03, TRIO-US B-12 TALENT trials

    Wednesday’s General Session included data from three trials looking at the use of the antibody drug conjugate trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) in HER2-positive metastatic and HER-2-low, HR-positive early-stage breast cancer.

  • Osborne Symposium highlights growing understanding of HER2, ER crosstalk

    Osborne Symposium highlights growing understanding of HER2, ER crosstalk

    C. Kent Osborne, MD, opened a session named in his honor on Wednesday as experts discussed the interplay between estrogen receptors and HER2 signaling pathways.

  • McGuire Lecturer, Jeffrey Rosen, PhD, reviews work with preclinical models in breast cancer research

    McGuire Lecturer, Jeffrey Rosen, PhD, reviews work with preclinical models in breast cancer research

    Jeffrey Rosen, PhD, a pioneer of mouse modeling and mouse mammary tumorigenesis, received the William L. McGuire Memorial Lecture Award.

  • Debate to weigh differences, similarities of CDK4/6 inhibitors

    Debate to weigh differences, similarities of CDK4/6 inhibitors

    Ruth O’Regan, MD, and Debra Patt, MD, PhD, MBA, will take sides on the impacts of CDK4/6 inhibitors during a Thursday morning debate session.

  • Panel to discuss evolving role of liquid biopsies in breast cancer treatment and research

    Panel to discuss evolving role of liquid biopsies in breast cancer treatment and research

    Nicholas Turner, MD, PhD, will moderate a Thursday afternoon session that will provide an update on the current uses of liquid biopsies in metastatic disease as well as growing applications for ctDNA in clinical trials.

  • Management of Hereditary Risk: Moderate-Risk Genes and New Approaches: Presenter Profiles

    Management of Hereditary Risk: Moderate-Risk Genes and New Approaches: Presenter Profiles

    Madeleine M.A. Tilanus-Linthorst, MD, PhD, and Joanne Kotsopoulos, MSc, PhD, preview their Thursday afternoon presentations.