Friday 14th November 2008

14:00    Welcome and Introduction (Monica Castiglione/Rolf Stahel)

14:15    Radiology: Is MRI use still controversial? (Rahel Kubik-Huch)

15:00    Any news in the surgical treatment of breast cancer? Has sentinel lymph node procedure pitfalls? Late complications? (Daniel Fink)

15:45    Coffee break

16:15    Radiation therapy for in situ carcinoma: still a controversy? (Gunther Gruber)

17:00    Familiality: what do we need to know? (Olivia Pagani)

17:45    “Evidence based medicine” in the approach to early breast cancer. Case reports and discussion about:

• Mammography versus MRI: Indication, pros and cons
• 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
• Familiality: approach to difficult cases

19:00    Adjourn

Saturday 15th November 2008

08:00    Pathology of breast cancer: still useful in the aera of gene expression profiling? (Giuseppe Viale)

08:45    Breast cancer and translational research: how can we integrate them? News? (Christos Sotiriou)

09:30    News in the adjuvant setting: what is not controversial? (Beat Thürlimann)

10:15    Coffee break

10:45    Review on activated protocols in early breast cancer (Manuela Rabaglio)

11:30    “Evidence based medicine” in the approach of advanced early breast cancer. Case reports and discussion about:

• Difficult pathology cases
• Adjuvant treatment decision’ basis
• Inclusion in research protocols

Preparation of cases: Monica Castiglione, Olivia Pagani, Manuela Rabaglio, Christa Baumann

12:45    Lunch

14:00    Breast cancer in the young (Stefan Aebi)

14:30    Breast cancer in the old (Christa Baumann)

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