Breakout Sessions

Breakout Session 1: Breast Cancer Control in California
Breakout Session 2: Emerging Topics in Breast Cancer Biology
Breakout Session 3: New Treatment Strategies
Breakout Session 4: Diet and Breast Cancer

Breakout Session 1

Breast Cancer Control in California: Progress through Collaboration, Public Health Practice, and Research

Saturday, September 13, 2003
(11:00am–12:30pm)
Room 33

The historical evolution and development of the California Breast Cancer Early Detection program will be described, as will the program components of the California public health approach to breast cancer control. A list of achievements in breast cancer control in California over the past 10 years and future directions in California breast cancer control will be discussed in order to increase awareness among researchers about breast cancer control and facilitate connections between researchers and practitioners.

Moderator:
Debra Oto-Kent, M.P.H.
Health Education Council

Speakers:
Barbara Friedman
Author, California Breast Cancer Act

Georjean Stoodt, M.D., M.P.H.
California Department of Health Services
Breast Cancer Control in California (3699 kB .PDF)

Carol Somkin, Ph.D.
Kaiser Permanente Division of Research
Research Through Collaboration: Challenges and Rewards (117 kB .PDF)

Henry Etta Waters, R.N., P.H.N., M.N.
Vice Chair, California Breast and Cervical Cancer Advisory Council
Breast Cancer Control in California: Progress through Collaboration, Public Health Practice, and Research (352 kB .PDF)

Breakout Session 2

Emerging Topics in Breast Cancer Biology

Saturday, September 13, 2003
(11:00am–12:30pm)
Room 31

Improved analysis of how cells behave has uncovered a mosaic of interactions between different cell types and genetic pathways that has expanded our understanding of the roots of breast cancer development. The session will describe the new paradigms researchers are investigating to learn how breast cancer cells are controlled by their environment, how proteins regulate tumor growth, and the role of DNA damage and repair in breast cancer.

Moderators:
Mina Bissell, Ph.D.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Barbara Parker
Breast Cancer Coalition of North Carolina

Speakers:
Breast Stromal Genes Act as Early Markers of Malignancy
Thea Tlsty, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco

Protein Profiles in Breast Cancer—Why are They Important? (1326 kB .PDF)
Benjamin Cravatt, Ph.D.
The Scripps Research Institute

How Does DNA Damage Influence Breast Cancer? (1100 kB .PDF)
James Ford, M.D.
Stanford University

Breakout Session 3

New Treatment Strategies

Saturday, September 13, 2003
(2:00pm–3:30pm)
Room 33

The ultimate goal in treating cancer is to develop therapies that are more effective, cancer specific, and less toxic. This session will describe several approaches for improving breast cancer therapy such as identifying targets that can be used to sensitize tumors to chemotherapy or cut off their blood supply as well as ways to incorporate alternative medicine into the cache of breast cancer treatments.

Moderators:
Bradley Arrick, M.D., Ph.D.
Dartmouth Medical School

Vicki Tosher
Sense of Security

Speakers:
Refining Chemotherapeutic Drugs
John Reed, M.D., Ph.D.
The Burnham Institute

Targeting Breast Cancer Blood Vessels
Jan Schnitzer, M.D.
The Sydney Kimmel Cancer Center

Alternative Therapies for Breast Cancer
Hope Rugo, M.D.
University of California, San Francisco

Breakout Session 4

Diet and Breast Cancer

Saturday, September 13, 2003
(2:00pm–3:30pm)
Room 31

The link between diet and breast cancer has been under investigation for many years. The presentations in this session will examine the extent of the role of diet in cancer development and modulating estrogen levels. It will also explore approaches to developing components of the diet into agents to reduce breast cancer risk.

Moderators:
Jerianne Heimendinger, Sc.D., M.P.H., R.D.
AMC Cancer Research Center
Diet and Breast Cancer (148 kB .PDF)

Barbara Andreozzi
American Cancer Society

Speakers
Fiber, Estrogen and Breast Cancer
Malcolm Pike, Ph.D.
University of Southern California

Role of Body Size and Fats in Breast Cancer (1548 kB .PDF)
Catherine Carpenter, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles

Breast Cancer Prevention with Phytoestrogens in Grape Juice
Shuian Chen, Ph.D.
Beckman Research Institute