Fox Chase Cancer Center Hosts 13th Annual Review Highlights of the 2014 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium

When: Thursday, January 15, 2015

                6:00-7:00 p.m. – Cocktail Reception

                7:00-9:00 p.m. – Symposium and Dinner

Where: Hotel Monaco, Philadelphia (433 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106)

What:

What:   Each year Fox Chase Cancer Center hosts the Annual Review Highlights of the San   Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) to help local oncologists, gynecologists and radiologists translate data from key presentations made at the American Association for Cancer Researcher (AACR)’s Annual SABCS – an international forum on the biology, etiology, prevention, diagnosis, and therapy of breast cancer and premalignant breast disease – into practice. 

During the event participants will hear about new options for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer; premalignant breast disease; and new strategies for optimizing existing treatments. Speakers will also present information about the treatment of breast cancer, including screening, prevention, local control, chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, and advances in breast cancer biologics and their impact on breast cancer management.

Who:      Nationally-recognized specialists presenting at the event, include:

Lori Goldstein, MD

PROGRAM DIRECTOR:
Lori J. Goldstein, MD, from Fox Chase Cancer Center
Professor, Department of Medical Oncology
Director, Naomi and Phil Lippincott Breast Evaluation Center
Leader, Breast Cancer Clinical Research
Deputy Associate Director, Clinical Research 

FACULTY:
Angie DeMichele, MD, MSCE, from University of PennsylvaniaAlan and Jill Miller Associate Professor in Breast Cancer Excellence 
Department: Medicine Graduate Group Affiliations 

Susan Domchek, MD, from University of Pennsylvania 
Executive Director, Basser Research Center 
Director, MacDonald Women's Cancer Risk Evaluation Center 
Basser Professor in Oncology 
University of Pennsylvania 

Kevin R. Fox, MD, from University of Pennsylvania 
Director, Rena Rowan Breast Center 
Mariann T. and Robert J. MacDonald Professor in Breast Cancer Care Excellence 

Elias Obeid, MD, MPH, from Fox Chase Cancer Center
Attending Physician, Breast Cancer 
Assistant Professor, Breast, Ovarian, and Prostate Cancer Risk 

Jennifer Shih, MD, from Fox Chase Cancer Center
Attending Physician, Breast Cancer

Fox Chase Cancer Center (Fox Chase), which includes the Institute for Cancer Research and the American Oncologic Hospital and is a part of Temple Health, is one of the leading comprehensive cancer centers in the United States. Founded in 1904 in Philadelphia as one of the nation’s first cancer hospitals, Fox Chase was also among the first institutions to be designated a National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Center in 1974. Fox Chase is also one of just 10 members of the Alliance of Dedicated Cancer Centers. Fox Chase researchers have won the highest awards in their fields, including two Nobel Prizes. Fox Chase physicians are also routinely recognized in national rankings, and the Center’s nursing program has received the Magnet recognition for excellence six consecutive times. Today, Fox Chase conducts a broad array of nationally competitive basic, translational, and clinical research, with special programs in cancer prevention, detection, survivorship, and community outreach. It is the policy of Fox Chase Cancer Center that there shall be no exclusion from, or participation in, and no one denied the benefits of, the delivery of quality medical care on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity/expression, disability, age, ancestry, color, national origin, physical ability, level of education, or source of payment.

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