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American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
This conference is one of the most important meetings that oncologists attend each year.
2004—Held June 5-8 in New Orleans. This conference review includes an update on taxanes, hormonal therapy, treatment for young women, the Gail Model and African American women, and treatment for lymphedema.
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2003—Held May 31-June 3 in Chicago. This conference review includes an update on MRI for breast screening, treatment for young women, treatment for older women, and chemotherapy.
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Era of Hope Meeting
2005—The fourth Era of Hope meeting for the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program was held June 8-11, 2005, in Philadelphia. Read meeting highlights reported by National Breast Cancer Coalition President Fran Visco.
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International Symposium in the Intraductal Approach to Breast Cancer
This unique symposium, hosted by Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation, is designed to nurture and accelerate the growing field of intraductal research.
2005—Held March 10-13 in Santa Barbara, CA.
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2003—Held March 26-27 in Santa Barbara, CA.
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Additional Reporting: One-Day Breast Cancer Course for Researchers—This conference also included one-day Breast Cancer Course for Researchers: An Interdisciplinary Review of the State of the Science.
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National Institutes of Health Panel on Adjuvant Therapy for Women with Localized Breast Cancer
2000—After three days of presentations on and discussions about the current research on adjuvant therapy for breast cancer, a panel of experts convened by the National Institutes of Health released a draft consensus statement on adjuvant therapy for breast cancer on November 3, 2000. The last consensus statement on adjuvant therapy was released in 1990.
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San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
The San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium is one of the most important breast cancer conferences held each year.
2005—Held December 8-11. This conference report includes the latest research on trastuzumab (brand name Herceptin, switching from tamoxifen to anastrozole (brand name Arimidex), treating ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), testing to predict cancer recurrence, gefitinib (brand name Iressa) for advanced breast cancer, and predicting infertility in young women.
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2004—Held December 8-11. This conference report includes the latest research on predicting cancer recurrence, anastrazole (brand name Arimidex), and sentinel node biopsy.
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Additional reporting:
Texas Dreaming—A Clinician's Perspective on Aromatase Inhibitors and the 2004 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. By breast cancer surgeon and activist Ellen Mahoney, MD.
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2003—Held December 3-6. This conference report includes the latest research on hormone therapy, treating ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), micrometastases, paclitaxel (brand name Taxol) and docetaxel (brand name Taxotere), and treating breast cancer in young women.
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2002—Held December 11-14, 2002. This conference report includes the latest research on aromatase inhibitors, tamoxifen, hormone therapy in premenopausal women, and dose-dense chemotherapy.
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2001—Held December 10-13. This conference report includes the latest research on hormone therapy, trastuzumab (brand name Herceptin), gene profiling, and breast imaging.
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