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Joyce O’Shaughnessy, MD
Co-Director, Breast Cancer Research Program
Baylor-Charles A Sammons Cancer Center
US Oncology
Dallas, Texas

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Track 1 Introduction by Neil Love, MD
Track 2 Phase II trial of capecitabine combined with weekly paclitaxel for metastatic breast cancer
Track 3 Tolerability and efficacy of paclitaxel/capecitabine versus docetaxel/capecitabine
Track 4 Collateral sensitivity to anthracyclines, taxanes and antimetabolites
Track 5 Importance of tumor biology in determining drug sensitivity
Track 6 Defining subsets of breast cancer based on similarity of gene expression


Track 7 Identification and potential treatment of basal-like breast cancer
Track 8 Ongoing trials evaluating capecitabine-containing regimens in the adjuvant setting
Track 9 Rationale for sequential use of chemotherapy and tamoxifen
Track 10 Differences in recurrence patterns between ER-positive and ER-negative breast cancer
Track 11 US Oncology neoadjuvant trial with FEC 100 followed by weekly docetaxel/capecitabine
Track 12 Nonprotocol use of neoadjuvant and adjuvant trastuzumab
Track 13 Rationale for synergy between trastuzumab and anthracyclines
Track 14 Management of ER-positive, HER2-positive metastatic disease
Track 15 Trastuzumab monotherapy versus trastuzumab in combination with chemotherapy
Track 16 Developing treatment approaches based on observed clinical patterns
       
       
Charles E Geyer Jr, MD
Director of Medical Affairs
National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project
Director of Breast Medical Oncology
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Track 1 Introduction by Dr Love
Track 2 Cardiac toxicity observed in NSABP-B-31
Track 3 Potential strategies to limit cardiotoxicity from trastuzumab and chemotherapy
Track 4 Perspectives on the MD Anderson neoadjuvant trastuzumab data
Track 5 Nonprotocol use of adjuvant trastuzumab
Track 6 Lack of survival benefit observed in NSABP-B-27
Track 7 Pathologic complete response as a surrogate for long-term outcome
Track 8 Rationale for inclusion of gemcitabine in NSABP-B-38
Track 9 NSABP-B-40: Neoadjuvant trial of AC followed by docetaxel versus docetaxel/capecitabine versus docetaxel/gemcitabine
Track 10 NSABP-B-35: Anastrozole versus tamoxifen for DCIS
Track 11 NSABP study using Oncotype DX™ assay to predict benefit from chemotherapy
       
Raimund V Jakesz, MD
Department of Surgery
Vienna Medical School
President, Austrian Breast and Colorectal Cancer Study Group
Vienna, Austria

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Track 1 Introduction by Dr Love
Track 2 Switching from one hormonal therapy to another to overcome drug resistance
Track 3 Austrian-German trial of switching to anastrozole after two years of adjuvant tamoxifen
Track 4 Perspectives on 68-month follow-up from the ATAC trial


Track 5 Nonprotocol selection of first-line hormonal therapy for postmenopausal women
with ER-positive disease
Track 6 ABCSG-12: Goserelin/tamoxifen versus goserelin/anastrozole with or without zoledronic acid
Track 7 Switching patients from tamoxifen to an aromatase inhibitor in the nonprotocol setting
Track 8 Poor prognosis of premenopausal patients with ER-positive, HER2-positive disease
Track 9 Benefit of six versus three cycles of neoadjuvant epirubicin/docetaxel
Track 10 HERA trial of adjuvant trastuzumab
Track 11 Nonprotocol management of premenopausal patients with ER-positive tumors
Track 12 Differences in the effect of chemotherapy for ER-positive and ER-negative disease
       
Soonmyung Paik, MD
Director, Division of Pathology
National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Track 1 Introduction by Dr Love
Track 2 Oncotype DX assay to predict benefit from tamoxifen in ER-positive, node-negative disease
Track 3 NSABP study to assess ability of Oncotype DX assay to predict response to chemotherapy
Track 4 Impact of NSABP Oncotype DX data on clinical trial design and patient management
Track 5 Lack of benefit from tamoxifen in patients with high recurrence scores based on Oncotype DX assay
Track 6 Applicability of Oncotype DX assay for patients treated with aromatase inhibitors
Track 7 Predictors of response to specific chemotherapeutic regimens
Track 8 Predictors of response to trastuzumab
Track 9 Correlation between HER2 status and response to tamoxifen
Track 10 Clinical algorithm for employing the Oncotype DX assay in practice
Track 11 Comprehensive survey of amplified genes in breast cancer
Track 12 Importance of tissue banking for the future of cancer research