BCERC
Emerging Topics in Breast Cancer and Environment
  

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sponsored by
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AVON Foundation

Komen Foundation
 

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Thursday | Friday | Saturday
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Thursday, November 4
4:00 pm   Meeting Registration
7:00 pm objective

Educational Meeting for Cancer Advocates with working dinner - Gratella Library
Chairpersons: Kathy Ball, Janice Barlow, Dale Eastman, Kathy Koblick, Karen Miller, Eve Silver
Mentors: Robert Bornschein, PhD, University of Cincinnati; Sandra Z. Haslam, PhD, Michigan State University; Claudia S. Miller, MD, MS, University of Texas; Suzanne M. Snedeker, PhD, RD, Cornell University

7:00 pm Dinner - Gratella Restaurant
Friday, November 5
7:00 am Breakfast - Homestate Cafe
8:00 am Opening Ceremony - Alexander Conference Room
  Welcoming Remarks: Jose Russo, MD, Fox Chase Cancer Center; Leslie Reinlib, PhD, NIEHS; Robert Croyle, PhD, NCI
  Advocacy Speakers: Dale Eastman, Advocate, BCERC; Representative from Avon Foundation; Diane L. Balma, Susan G. Komen Foundation.
 

 
Risk Communication
Alexander Conference Room
 
Chairpersons: Charles Atkins and Janice Barlow
8:30 am objective

Plenary Lecture
Applying Risk Communication Concepts to Breast Cancer and the Environment Prevention Campaigns with Women and Girls abstract
Gary L. Kreps, PhD, National Cancer Institute

9:30 am objective

Mini-Symposium
Breast Cancer and Environment Risk Information Available to the Public in the News Media abstract
Charles Atkin, PhD, Michigan State University

  Media Coverage of Breast Cancer and the Environment from the Advocate and Consumer Perspective: the Marin County Experience abstract
Janice Barlow, RN, Marin Breast Cancer Watch
10:00 am   Break
10:30 am

The Role of Health Literacy and Numeracy in Cancer Communications abstract
Kami Silk, PhD, Michigan State University

  How to Communicate with the Underserved Population abstract
Luz Claudio, PhD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
11:30 am objective

Talk with the Experts - Room Dod
Moderators: Rebecca Garcia and Diana Chingos
Panelists: Gary Kreps, Charles Atkin, Janice Barlow, and Luz Claudio

12:30 pm

Lunch - Gratella Restaurant
Chairperson: Kathy Ball
Speaker: Musa Mayer, Breast Cancer Advocate

 

 
Breast Cancer and the Environment -
An Epidemiological Perspective 
Alexander Conference Room
 
Chairpersons: Frank Biro, Lawrence H. Kushi, Kathy Ball
2:00 pm Plenary Lecture
Puberty and Breast Cancer: the Role of Gene/Environment Interactions abstract
Christine B. Ambrosone, PhD, Roswell Park Cancer Instititute
3:00 pm Mini-Symposium
Early Life Environment and Breast Cancer abstract
Mary Wolff, PhD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
3:30 pm Break
4:00 pm Pathways through Puberty: Body Habitus as an Environmental Determinant of Health abstract
Frank Biro, MD, University of Cincinnati
  Does What We Eat Make a Difference in Long-Term Risk of Breast Cancer? abstract
Lawrence H. Kushi, ScD, Kaiser Permanente
5:00 pm Talk with the Experts - Room Dod
Moderators: Kathy Ball and Sandra L. Melnick
Panelists: Christine B. Ambrosone, Mary Wolff, Frank Biro, and Lawrence H. Kushi
6:00 pm Break
6:30 pm objective

Poster Session
Treehouse Lounge & University
Chairpersons: Sue Heffelfinger, Janet R. Osuch, and Kathy Koblick
8:00 pm Dinner - Princeton Ballroom
Speaker Introduction: Karen Miller
Keynote Speaker: Kenneth Olden, PhD
Saturday, November 6
7:00 am Breakfast - Homestate Cafe
 
Environmental Carcinogenesis
Alexander Conference Room
 
Chairpersons: Dale Eastman, Sue Heffelfinger, and Coral Lamartiniere
8:00 am Plenary Lecture
Environment and Gene Interaction abstract
Daniel Medina, PhD, Baylor University
9:00 am Mini-Symposium
How Carcinogens Are Evaluated and Defined at an Agency Level abstract
Glenn Talaska, PhD, University of Cincinnati
  Timing of Exposure and How Environmental Chemicals Can Alter Susceptibility to Breast Cancer abstract
Coral Lamartiniere, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
10:00 am Break
10:30 am Environmental Carcinogens That May Be Involved in Human Breast Cancer Etiology abstract
Karam El-Bayoumy, PhD, American Health Foundation
11:00 am Talk with the Experts - Room Dod
Moderators: Dale Eastman and Elizabeth Maull
Panelists: Daniel Medina, Glenn Talaska, Coral Lamartiniere, and Karam El-Bayoumy
12:00 pm Lunch - Gratella Restaurant
Chairperson: Kathy Ball
Speaker: Fran Visco, Breast Cancer Coalition
 
Biology of the Mammary Gland
Alexander Conference Room
 
Chairpersons: Sandra Z. Haslam, Eve Silver, and Zena Werb
1:30 pm Stem Cells in the Normal Human Breast and Breast Cancer abstract
Max S. Wicha, MD, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
2:30 pm Mini-Symposium
Hormonal Regulation of Mammary Gland Development abstract
Sandra Z. Haslam, PhD, Michigan State University
  Epithelial-Stromal Interaction abstract
Zena Werb, PhD, University of California, San Francisco
3:30 pm Break
4:00 pm Barriers to Research on the Human Breast abstract
Susan Love, MD, Susan Love MD Breast Cancer Research Foundation
4:30 pm Talk with the Experts - Room Dod
Moderators: Leslie Reinlib and Eve Silver
Panelists: Max. S. Wicha, Sandra Z. Haslam, Zena Werb, and Susan Love
5:30 pm Adjourn

 
 
 
 


Program Chairman: Jose Russo, MD
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