The satellite symposia complement the information
being presented during the regular meeting sessions. All are complimentary
but registration is required as space is limited.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER
28
Breakfast, 6:30 AM-7:45 AM
Refining Treatment Decisions
for Patients with Early Stage Breast Cancer: Molecular – Based
Assays
OBJECTIVES
• Describe the limitations of clinically-based
prognostic factors to determine risk of recurrence in patients with
early stage breast cancer
• Describe
the technology underlying the genomic assay or underlying the genomics-based
assay currently available to assess risk of recurrence in patients
with early stage
breast cancer
• Describe the results of the Oncotype
DX validation studies for patients with axillary node negative,
hormone receptor positive breast cancer patients
• Describe the rationale for the design
of the TAILORx adjuvant trial•
FACULTY
Joseph Sparano, MD Montefiore-Einstein Cancer
Center
Terry Mamounas, MD Aultman Cancer Center
Moderator
Virginia Kaklamani, MD, DSc Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive
Cancer Center of Northwestern University