Meeting Objectives:
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To understand familial aspects of breast cancer;
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To understand the contribution of high risk alleles and low penetrant genes;
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To emphasize primary prevention strategies for familial breast cancer; and
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To explore interventions for breast cancer prevention, including lifestyle and nutritional approaches.
Meeting Time
3:00 pm- 5:00 pm
3:00 Opening Remarks by Dr. John Niederhuber, Director, NCI
3:15 Lecture and Discussion
Speaker:
Olufunmilayo Olopade, MD
Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor in Medicine and Human Genetics
Director, Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program
Director, Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics
The University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Meeting Location
Lipsett Amphitheater
Building 10
NIH Main Campus
Bethesda, MD
More information: http://prevention.cancer.gov/newsandevents/events/20081001