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Scientific Meetings :

BSI Postgraduate Course - Monday 27-Aug-2006, Montreal :
 
BSI Postgraduate Breast Course in Montréal
Organizer: Prof. Raimund Jakesz, Austria
Date: Monday, August 27, 2007
Venue: Palais des congrès
Maximum attendance: 100 participants
Course fee: CAD 120.00 (including coffee breaks and working lunch)

Benefits of BSI Postgraduate Course registration include: Attendance of a day long course, course material including a CD containing all presentations, certificate of participation, working lunch and coffee breaks.

Course Program:
10:00 – 10:30 Registration and Coffee
Moderator: R. Jakesz, Austria
10:30 – 10:40 Welcome and introduction
  R. Jakesz, Austria
10:40 – 11:00 What have the NSABP trials taught us about breast cancer bilogy?
  R. Margolese, Canada
11:00 – 11:20 Detection-screening
  P. Cheung, Hong Kong SAR
11:20 – 11:40 Clinical picture of breast cancer in developing countries
  G. Agarwal, India
11:40 – 12:00 Prognostic and predictive markers
  K. Pritchard, Canada
12:00 – 12:15 Discussion
12:15 – 13:15 Lunch
Moderator: P. Cheung, Hong Kong SAR
13:15 – 13:35 Breast cancer prevention
  P. Cheung, Hong Kong SAR
13:35 – 14:05 DCIS screening and treatment
  J.K. Harness, USA
14:05 – 14:45 Surgical principles: what’s new?
  K. Sandelin, Sweden
14:45 – 15:05 Principles of adjuvant radiotherapy
  J. Ragaz, Canada
15:05 – 15:30 Coffee break
Moderator: K. Sandelin, Sweden
15:30 – 16:00 Postmastectomy breast reconstruction
  M. Margaritoni, Croatia
16:00 – 16:30 Sentinel node biopsy: current status
  O. Nieweg, Netherlands
16:30 – 17:00 Adjuvant chemotherapy
  K. Pritchard, Canada
17:00 – 17:30 Adjuvant endocrine treatment
  R. Jakesz, Austria
17:30 – 18:00 Locally advanced breast cancer
  J. Apffelstaedt, South Africa
18:00 – 18:30 Supportive care
  n.n.
18:30 – 19:00 General discussion – Closing remarks

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