Friday 13^th November 2009

13:30      Welcome and Introduction (Monica Castiglione,  Rolf Stahel)

13:45      Epidemiology of breast cancer: news? (Elisabetta Rapiti)

14:30      Surgical treatment for metastatic cases? (George Vlastos)

15:15      Coffee break

15:45      "Radiation therapy: new strategies in breast cancer" (Rodrigo Arriagada)

16:30      Adjuvant therapy after St. Gallen: more clear or more confused? (Stefan Aebi)

17:15      “Evidence based medicine” in the approach to early breast cancer (Gunter Gruber)

              3 case reports and discussion about:

- Epidemiology

- Is there a role for local treatment in metastatic breast cancer?

- The impact of radiation on long-term outcome: does local control matter?

- What is all about triple negative breast cancer?

18:30      Adjourn

Saturday 14^th November 2009

08:00      Pathology of breast cancer (Zsuzsanna Varga)

09:00      Breast cancer and translational research: what do we need to know? (A.-C. Andres)

10:00      Coffee break

10:30      Metastatic disease: how to treat after the new adjuvant therapies? (Fatima Cardoso)

11:30      “Evidence based medicine” in the approach of advanced breast cancer (Christa Baumann, Zsuzsanna Varga. Monica Castiglione)

              3 case reports and discussion about:

- Difficult pathology cases

- Metastatic disease

12:45      Lunch

14:00      Fertility and breast cancer (Stefan Aebi)

14:30      Case presentation (Christa Baumann)

15:00      Conclusions and closure (Monica Castiglione,  Rolf Stahel)