Breakout Sessions
Researchers will speak about new findings in breast cancer research within the broader context of the disease. Talks will be geared to a general audience and will be prefaced by extensive background about the subject.
Breakout Session 1: Communities Conducting Research
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
Communities Conducting Research
Saturday, September 10, 2005
(11:00am–12:30pm)
Moderators:
Shiraz Mishra, M.D., Ph.D. University of Maryland
Barbara Balaban, West Islip Breast Cancer Coalition
Speakers:
Efficacy of a Community Program in Increasing Access to STAR
Kathleen Brown, M.D Association of Black Women Physicians and Patricia
Ganz, M.D. University of California, Los Angeles
Does a Peer Navigator Improve Quality of Life at Diagnosis?
Janine Giese-Davis, Ph.D. Stanford and Caroline Bliss-Isberg, Ph.D. WomenCARE
Decision Support in Rural Underserved North Coast Counties
Jeff Belkora, Ph.D. University of California, San Francisco, Sara O'Donnell
Mendocino Cancer Resource Center and Julie Ohnemus Humboldt Community
Breast Health Project
Breakout Session 2
New Treatment and Detection Strategies
Saturday, September 10, 2005
(11:00am–12:30pm)
Moderators:
Doug Yee, M.D. University of Minnesota
Sandra Stanford, Alamo Breast Cancer Foundation
Speakers:
CT Scanning - an Alternative to Mammography
Thomas Nelson, University of California, Davis
Blood Test for Breast Cancer using DNA Markers
Dave Hoon, Ph.D., John Wayne Cancer Institute
Effect of Timing of Breast Cancer Surgery on Prognosis
Hillary Klonoff-Cohen, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
Breakout Session 3
Exploring Causes and Prevention
Saturday, September 10, 2005
(2:00pm–3:30pm)
Moderators:
Ana Soto, Ph.D., Tufts University
Ann Fonfa, The Annie Appleseed Project
Speakers:
Influence of Localized DDT Exposure on Breast Cancer
Vicki Davis, Ph.D., Duquesne University
How Essiac Tea May Affect Tumor Development
Kristen Kulp, Ph.D., Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Effect of Alcohol on Estrogen-Receptor Positive Breast Cancer
Shelley Enger, Ph.D., Kaiser Permanente, Southern California
Breakout Session 4
Emerging Topics in Breast Cancer Biology
Saturday, September 10, 2005
(2:00pm–3:30pm)
Moderators:
Danny R. Welch, Ph.D., University of Alabama, Birmingham
Sharon Goodrich, National Breast Cancer Coalition
Speakers:
Pre-cancerous Changes in the Breast
Shanaz Dairkee, Ph.D., California Pacific Medical Center
Interaction of Different
Cell Types during Breast Tumor Development
Mary Helen Barcellos-Hoff, Ph.D., Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Role of Stem Cells in Breast Cancer Metastasis
Brunie Felding-Habermann, Ph.D., The Scripps Research Institute
