Scientific Programme
22nd june 2006
8.15  Welcome and Opening
PREDICTION OF PROGNOSIS AND RESPONSE: THE USE OF GENETIC PROFILING
Chair: A. Goldhirsch
Rapporteur: L. Orlando
8.30  Amsterdam vs Rotterdam profiles
L. Van’t Veer
8.45 The MINDACT trial
A. Coates
9.00 The oncotype DX assay with other features for predicting recurrence
H. Burstein
9.15 Ethical and social implications of genetic testing
A. Surbone
9.30 Discussion
9.45  SPOTLIGHT:
Re-thinking old-style pathology
G. Viale
PRECANCEROUS DISORDERS: FROM GENE TO PHENOTYPE
Chair: G. Viale
Rapporteur: G. Renne
10.00  Ductal lavage to identify morphologic and genotypic precursors
S. Khan
10.15  Columnar changes and flat atypia
S. Schnitt
10.30  Coffee Break
11.00  Atypical hyperplasia
D. Page
11.15  Breast abnormalities in prophylactic mastectomies of BRCA patients
B.A. Gusterson
11.30  Discussion
11.45  LIVE SURGERY WITH COMMENTARY
Speaker: M. Intra
R.O.L.L.
Sentinel node biopsy
Internal mammary node biopsy
Intraoperative radiotherapy
12.45  Lunch
CHEMOPREVENTION
Chair: A. Decensi
Rapporteur: B. Bonanni
13.45  Late results of tamoxifene trial
P. Maisonneuve
14.00  Aromatase inhibitors for prevention of breast cancer
J. N. Ingle
14.15  Results of the STAR trial
L. Ford
14.30  Retinoids as a preventive drug in young women
A. Decensi
14.45  Discussion
15.00  SPOTLIGHT:
Nutrition, statines and Omega3
P. Boyle
 

IMAGING OF BREAST CANCER: CURRENT AND FUTURE METHODS
Chair: E. Cassano
Rapporteur: A. Bozzini
15.20  Innovations in ultrasounds
G. Rizzatto
15.35  The role of magnetic resonance
S. Heywang-Köbrunner
15.50  PET to avoid sentinel node biopsy
U. Veronesi
16.05 Discussion
16.20  Coffee Break
PROGRESS IN SURGICAL METHODS
Chair: K. Sandelin
Rapporteur: M. Intra
16.50 Surgical treatment of DCIS
M. Silverstein
17.05  Surgery after neoadjuvant CT
E.P. Mamounas
17.20  Internal mammary node biopsy
P. Veronesi
17.35  Radiosurgical treatment of local recurrences
O.Gentilini
17.50  Discussion
18.15  Satellite Symposia