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September 3, 2010
Symposium Co-Chairs


Dennis J. Slamon, MD, PhD
Chief, Division of Hematology-Oncology
Professor and Executive Vice Chair, Department of Medicine
Director for Clinical Research
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Director, Revlon/UCLA Women’s Health Research and Cancer Research Programs
University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA


Lisa A. Carey, MD
Medical Director, UNC Breast Center
University of North Carolina
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Chapel Hill, NC

Expert Faculty

Personalized Breast Cancer

January 22, 2011 · La Jolla, CA

Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine

Taught by the top academic experts in breast cancer this is THE symposium on breast cancer that you should attend in 2011. It contains the relevant data from the recent ASCO and SABCS. Personalized medicine for treating breast cancer is a reality. This symposium will help clinicians improve their selection of the most appropriate therapeutics, and will also help clinicians to identify the patient sub-populations of breast cancer who will respond to specific drug therapies.

Agenda and faculty below. Remainder of the information will be available October 2010.


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February 5, 2011 – Saturday - All Faculty are Confirmed
6:30AM - 7:20AM Breakfast
6:30AM Registration
7:20AM Welcome, Introductions and CME Pre Test Drs. Lisa Carey and Dennis Slamon

SESSION 1: ER-POSITIVE DISEASE: Testing and Therapy – CHAIR: Hy Muss

7:30AM Case Study -Testing for ER-Positive Disease: The New Landscape Due to “Game-Changing Guidelines”: Practical Implications in the Clinic Today for Aiding Treatment Decision Making Andrea Richardson
8:00AM

Case-Study - Treatment of Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant ER-Positive Disease

Hy Muss
8:20AM

Case Study - Treatment of Advanced/Metastatic ER-Positive Disease

Paul Goss
8:40AM Point-CounterPoint Debate:
Mammaprint versus OncotypeDX versus IHC Testing: Which of these three tests is most useful? In which patients should each be used? Who? Why?

Use 70-Gene Micro-Array Assay: Lajos Pusztai; Use 21-Gene Panel Assey: Craig Allred
Use IHC Test: Hy Muss

9:10AM Session 1 Additional Case Studies – The learners select treatment options using the ARS handsets. Lajos Pusztai
9:30AM

Session 1 Roundtable Panel Discussion:
Describe for which ER-positive patients each of these three tests should be used and in what clinical situations. Discuss the remaining issues and controversies.

Session 1 Faculty
9:45AM Q & A Learners and Faculty
10:00AM BREAK EXHIBITS

Session 2: HER-2 DISEASE: Testing and Therapy – CHAIR: Dennis Slamon

10:15AM Case Study - Treatment of Early-Stage Patients with HER2-Positive Disease Edith Perez
10:35AM Case Study - Treatment of Advanced/Metastatic HER2-Positive Disease Mark Pegram
10:55AM Session 2 Additional Case Studies – The learners select treatment options using the ARS handsets. Harold Burstein
11:10AM

Session 2 Roundtable Panel Discussion: Describe for which HER2-positive regimens should be used and in what clinical situations. Discuss the remaining issues and controversies.

Session 2 Faculty
11:20AM Q & A Learners and Faculty
11:30AM Lunch with the Professors, and, Exhibits  

Session 3: TREATING TRIPLE-NEGATIVE DISEASE – CHAIR: Lisa Carey

12:30PM Case Study -Treatment of Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Disease in Patients with Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Lisa Carey
12:50PM

Case Study - Treatment of Patients with Advanced or Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: How does PARP inhibition affect the current treatment paradigm for advanced or metastatic breast cancer patients?

Joyce O'Shaughnessy
1:10PM Session 3 Additional Case Studies – The learners select treatment options using the ARS handsets. Judy Garber
1:30PM

Session 3 Roundtable Panel Discussion: Describe which drug regimens should be used and in what clinical situations for triple-negative breast cancer patients. Discuss the remaining issues and controversies.

Session 3 Faculty
1:50PM Q & A Learners and Faculty
2:10PM
BREAK  
Session 4: SYSTEMIC AND LOCAL-REGIONAL THERAPIES AND OTHER PATIENT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR ALL SUBTYPES OF BREAST CANCER – CHAIR: Mark Pegram
2:30PM Case Study - The new dilemma: targeting VEGF and/or the VEGFR receptor axis? What is the precise role of bevacizumab and multi-kinase inhibitors? Maura Dickler
2:50PM

Case Study - Microtubule Inhibition: A new treatment paradigm for advanced or metastatic breast cancer patients?

Hope Rugo
3:10PM

Case Study - Personalizing Local-Regional Breast Cancer Therapies – How Have We Advanced Our Strategies to Improve Outcomes in the Clinic Today?

Armando Giuliiano
3:30PM

Case Study - Therapeutic strategies directed at prevention and management of bone metastases in breast cancer patients. Does this represent another dilemma or a new opportunity in the clinic today?

Allan Lipton
3:50PM

Case Study - Brain Metastases – What are the newest and optimal clinical strategies for patients with breast cancer?

Carey Anders
4:05PM Session 4 Additional Case Studies – The learners select treatment options using the ARS handsets. Allan Lipton
4:20PM Session 4 Final Roundtable Panel Discussion Session 4 Faculty
4:40PM Final Q & A Learners and Faculty
4:55PM CME post test and comparisons of pre-test and post-test answers Dennis Slamon
5:00PM ADJOURN  
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