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Wednesday, November 1

7:30 a.m. Registration
8:00 a.m. Opening Remarks
Richard D. Klausner, M.D., Director
National Cancer Institute
8:15 a.m. Charge to the Panel
Barnett S. Kramer, M.D., M.P.H., Director
NIH Office of Medical Applications of Research
8:20 a.m. Panel and Conference Chair Remarks
Patricia Eifel, M.D., Professor of Radiation Oncology
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

I. Overview

8:30 a.m. Overview of Conference
William C. Wood, M.D., FACS, Joseph Brown Whitehead Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery
Emory University School of Medicine

II. Factors Used To Select Adjuvant Therapy

8:45 a.m. Factors Used To Select Adjuvant Therapy—Overview
Gary M. Clark, Ph.D., Professor of Medicine
Baylor Breast Center
Baylor College of Medicine
9:05 a.m. Traditional and Newer Pathological Factors
Stuart J. Schnitt, M.D., Associate Professor of Pathology
Harvard Medical School
Director of Surgical Pathology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
9:25 a.m. Prognostic and Predictive Role of Proliferation Indices
Maria Grazia Daidone, Ph.D.
Unit 10 Determinants of Prognosis and Treatment Response
Department of Experimental Oncology
Istituto Nazionale Tumori
9:40 a.m. Racial/Ethnic Background and Benefits of Adjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer
James J. Dignam, Ph.D.
Statistician, National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project
9:55 a.m. Patient-Specific Factors—Young Patients
Aron Goldhirsch, M.D., Chairman, Scientific Committee, International Breast Cancer Study Group
Professor of Medical Oncology and Director, Division of Medical Oncology
European Institute of Oncology
10:10 a.m. Factors Used To Select Adjuvant Therapy: An Overview of Age and Race
Hyman B. Muss, M.D., Associate Director, Vermont Cancer Center
Professor of Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine
Director of Hematology/Oncology, Fletcher Allen Health Care
University of Vermont
10:30 a.m. Discussion

III. Adjuvant Hormone Therapy

11:00 a.m. Tamoxifen
Sir Richard Peto, F.R.S., M.Sc.
Early Breast Cancer Trialists’ Collaborative Group Secretariat
Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology
Co-Director, ICRF/MRC Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit
Radcliffe Infirmary, University of Oxford
11:20 a.m. Duration of Adjuvant Hormonal Treatment
Christina Davies, MBChB, M.Sc., ATLAS Coordinator
Clinical Trial Service Unit, Radcliffe Infirmary
University of Oxford
11:35 a.m. Duration of Adjuvant Tamoxifen Therapy
John L. Bryant, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biostatistics
University of Pittsburgh
Director, Biostatistical Center
National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project
11:50 a.m. Lunch
12:35 p.m. Recent NSABP Adjuvant Studies in Primary (Stage One) Breast Cancer
Bernard Fisher, M.D., Scientific Director
National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project
Distinguished Service Professor
University of Pittsburgh
12:55 p.m. Who Should Not Get Tamoxifen?
C. Kent Osborne, M.D., Professor
Baylor Breast Center
Baylor College of Medicine
1:15 p.m. Hormonal Ablation
Nancy E. Davidson, M.D., Professor
Johns Hopkins Oncology Center
Johns Hopkins University
1:35 p.m. Discussion

IV. Adjuvant Chemotherapy

2:05 p.m. Overview: Progress in Systemic Chemotherapy of Primary Breast Cancer
Gabriel N. Hortobagyi, M.D., FACP, Professor and Chairman
Department of Breast Medical Oncology
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
2:25 p.m. Is HER-2/neu a Predictor of Anthracycline Utility?—”Pro” Position
Peter Ravdin, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor
Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
2:40 p.m. Is HER-2/neu a Predictor of Anthracycline Utility? No.
George W. Sledge, Jr., M.D., Ballvé-Lantero Professor of Oncology
Department of Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine
2:55 p.m. Adjuvant Chemotherapy: Taxanes—the “Pro” Position
I.Craig Henderson, M.D., Adjunct Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
3:10 p.m. NSABP B-28: Initial Results
Eleftherios P. Mamounas, M.D., Medical Director, Cancer Center
Aultman Hospital
3:25 p.m. Taxanes in the Adjuvant Setting: Why Not Yet?
Martine J. Piccart, M.D., Ph.D., Chairman, Breast International Group
Head, Chemotherapy Department
Jules Bordet Institute
3:40 p.m. Discussion
4:15 p.m. Chemoendocrine Combined Therapy
Richard Gray, M.A., M.Sc., Director
Clinical Trials Unit
University of Birmingham Medical School
4:35 p.m. Preoperative Chemotherapy
Norman Wolmark, M.D., Chairman, National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project
Chairman and Professor, Department of Human Oncology
Allegheny General Hospital
4:55 p.m. Who Should Not Receive Chemotherapy?—International Databases
Jonas C. Bergh, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Clinical and Molecular Oncology
Karolinska Institute and Hospital
5:10 p.m. Who Should Not Receive Chemotherapy?—U.S. Databases and Trials
Monica Morrow, M.D., Professor of Surgery, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Medical School
Director, Lynn Sage Comprehensive Breast Program
Director, Cancer Department, American College of Surgeons
5:25 p.m. Discussion
5:55 p.m. Adjournment

Thursday, November 2

V. Adjuvant Chemotherapy (continued)

8:00 a.m. Role of Dose and Dose Intensity for Chemotherapy
Larry Norton, M.D., Head, Division of Solid Tumor Oncology
Norna S. Sarofim Chair in Clinical Oncology
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
8:20 a.m. A Prospective, Randomized Comparison of Two Doses of Combination Alkyating Agents (AA) as Consolidation After CAF in High-Risk Primary Breast Cancer Involving Ten or More Axillary Lymph Nodes (LN): Preliminary Results of CALGB 9082/SWOG 9114/NCIC MA-13
William P. Peters, M.D., Ph.D., Director and Chief Executive Officer
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
8:40 a.m. Overview of the Six Randomized Adjuvant Trials of High-Dose Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer
Karen H. Antman, M.D., Professor of Medicine
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University
Chief, Division of Medical Oncology
Director, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
9:00 a.m. Discussion

VI. Adjuvant Postmastectomy Radiotherapy

9:30 a.m. Overview: Postmastectomy Radiotherapy
Jack Cuzick, Ph.D., Professor of Epidemiology
Head, Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Epidemiology
Imperial Cancer Research Fund
9:50 a.m. Adjuvant Postmastectomy Radiotherapy: Review of Treatment Guidelines and Techniques
Lori Pierce, M.D., Associate Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology
University of Michigan Medical Center
10:10 a.m. Discussion

VII. Influences of Treatment-Related Side Effects and Quality-of-Life Issues on Individual Decision-Making About Adjuvant Therapy

10:45 a.m. Side Effects, Quality-of-Life Issues, and Tradeoffs: Patient Perspective
Amy S. Langer, M.B.A., Executive Director
National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations
11:05 a.m. Impact of Tamoxifen Adjuvant Therapy on Symptoms, Functioning, and Quality of Life
Patricia A. Ganz, M.D., Professor
UCLA Schools of Medicine and Public Health
Director, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control Research
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
11:20 a.m. Chemotherapy and Combined Chemohormonal Therapy
Eric P. Winer, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Adult Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
11:40 a.m. Decision-Making Process—Communicating Risks/Benefits: Is There an Ideal Technique?
Mark Norman Levine, M.D., Professor of Medicine
McMaster University
12:00 p.m. Assessing Individual Benefit
Alan Coates, M.D., FRACP, International Breast Cancer Study Group
Chief Executive Officer, Australian Cancer Society
12:20 p.m. Discussion
12:50 p.m. Adjournment

Friday, November 3

8:00 a.m. Registration
9:00 a.m. Presentation of Consensus Development Statement
9:30 a.m. Public Discussion
11:00 a.m. Panel Meets in Executive Session
1:00 p.m. Press Conference
2:00 p.m. Adjournment

 

 

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I.
Overview
II.
Factors Used To Select Adjuvant Therapy
III.
Adjuvant Hormone Therapy
IV.
Adjuvant Chemotherapy
V.
Adjuvant Postmastectomy Radiotherapy
VI.
Influences of Treatment-Related Side Effects and Quality-of-Life Issues on Individual Decision-Making About Adjuvant Therapy
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