Issue #2


  • Exhibit Hall opens Wednesday with new attractions

    Exhibit Hall opens Wednesday with new attractions

    All attendees are encouraged to visit the expanded SABCS® Exhibit Hall, which opens at noon Wednesday and features a new Wellness Lounge and other exciting amenities.

  • McGuire Memorial Lecture to trace progress in the prevention of breast cancer

    McGuire Memorial Lecture to trace progress in the prevention of breast cancer

    In his Wednesday morning address, Jack Cuzick, PhD, will discuss his career journey, which has included groundbreaking research discoveries and practice-changing contributions to the prevention and treatment of early-stage breast cancer.

  • Debate will weigh pros and cons of anthracyclines for breast cancer

    Debate will weigh pros and cons of anthracyclines for breast cancer

    Harold J. Burstein, MD, MPH, will moderate a Wednesday afternoon debate between two leading experts on whether anthracyclines still have a role in breast cancer treatment.

  • Poster Spotlight Session 4: Gaps in the Timing, Treatment Selection, and Supportive Services for Cancer Care – Presenter Profiles

    Poster Spotlight Session 4: Gaps in the Timing, Treatment Selection, and Supportive Services for Cancer Care – Presenter Profiles

    Jincong (Jason) Freeman, MPH, MS, and Mahtab Vasigh, MD, discuss their Wednesday morning poster presentations.

  • Poster Spotlight Session 6: Prognostic and Predictive Uses of Cell Free DNA – Presenter Profiles

    Poster Spotlight Session 6: Prognostic and Predictive Uses of Cell Free DNA – Presenter Profiles

    Lajos Pusztai, MD, and Mitchell J. Elliott, MD, discuss their Wednesday morning poster presentations.

  • Rapid-fire Session 1: Mini-Oral Presentations – Presenter Profiles

    Rapid-fire Session 1: Mini-Oral Presentations – Presenter Profiles

    Sarina A. Piha-Paul, MD, and Hongnan Mo, MD, discuss their Wednesday presentations.

  • SABCS® Daily Highlights for Tuesday, December 5

    SABCS® Daily Highlights for Tuesday, December 5

    SABCS® Co-Director Virginia Kaklamani, MD, shares a few highlights from Tuesday’s schedule to help you plan your day, including the concurrent Special Sessions and Educational Sessions that address particularly hot topics in breast cancer.

  • Poster Spotlight Sessions to cover emerging topics in breast cancer

    Poster Spotlight Sessions to cover emerging topics in breast cancer

    Six concurrent poster spotlight sessions throughout this year’s Symposium will showcase top-rated abstracts that have the potential to shape future clinical practice. Andrea V. Barrio, MD, FACS, offers insight into topics that will be presented Tuesday evening.

  • Overcoming Obesity-Associated Breast Cancer Risk – Presenter Profile

    Overcoming Obesity-Associated Breast Cancer Risk – Presenter Profile

    Kerry S. Courneya, PhD, discusses a Tuesday afternoon presentation on the impact of exercise on breast cancer outcomes.

  • Lobular Breast Cancer – Presenter Profile

    Lobular Breast Cancer – Presenter Profile

    Christine Desmedt, PhD, discusses a Tuesday afternoon presentation on the biological peculiarities of invasive lobular breast cancer.