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Panel 1

Portraying Breast Cancer in Asia

Venue: Vista I+II

Matter of Gap - Breast Cancer Disparity
Hee-Soon Juon (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, U.S.A.)
Current Status of Breast Cancer in Korea
Nam-Sun Paik (Konkuk Univ. Hospital, Korea)
Changing Patterns and Present Status of Female Breast Cancer in China over 30 Years
Zhi-Ming Shao (Cancer Hospital, Fudan Univ., China)

Plenary 1

Venue: Vista I+II

A Promising Future Therapeutic Strategy for Breast Cancer
Eric P. Winer (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, U.S.A.)

Plenary 2

Venue: Vista I+II

Evolution and Future Direction of Local Treatment for Breast Cancer
Jay R. Harris (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital, U.S.A.)

Symposium 1

Update - Breast Cancer Research Summaries after 2007

Venue: Vista I+II

Preclinical
Soonmyung Paik (NSABP Foundation, Inc., U.S.A.)
Research Local Therapies
Barbara L. Smith (Massachusetts General Hospital, U.S.A.)
Updates in Systemic Therapy of Breast Cancer
Jo Anne Zujewski (National Cancer Institute, U.S.A.)

Symposium 2

Psychosocial Needs of Women with Breast Cancer

Venue: Vista I+II

A Life Transformed: Living with Breast Cancer
Bok Yae Chung (Kyungpook National Univ. College of Nursing, Korea)
Interventions to Enhance Breast Cancer Adjustment among Patients and Their Partners
Wendy C. Budin (NYU Medical Center / New York Univ. College of Nursing, U.S.A.)

Symposium 3

Preoperative Systemic Therapy: Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Venue: Vista I+II

Preoperative Endocrine Therapy in Estrogen Receptor Positive Breast Cancer
Sung Yong Kim (Soonchunhyang Univ. Hospital Cheonan, Korea)
Preoperative Therapy in HER2+ Patients
Jungsil Ro (National Cancer Center, Korea)
Surgical Issues in Preoperative Therapy
Babara L. Smith (Massachusetts General Hospital, U.S.A.)
Pathological Issues in Preoperative Therapy
Young Kyung Bae (Yeungnam Univ., College of Medicine, Korea)

Symposium 4

Management of Symptom Clustering

Venue: Mugunghwa I

State of the Science on Cancer-related Fatigue (CRF): Measurement & Management: Where Is the Evidence, Where Are the Gaps?
Babara F. Piper (Scottsdale Healthcare Univ. of Arizona, U.S.A.)
State of the Science on the Symptom Cluster
Andrea Barsevick (Fox Chase Cancer Center, U.S.A.)

Panel 2

ABCS Session I: Sharing Ideas and Experiences of Clinical Trials

Venue: Mugunghwa I

Introduction of KBCSG
Chanheun Park (Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Korea)
Challenges in Breast Cancer Clinical Trials
Jo Anne Zujewski (National Cancer Institute, U.S.A.)
Hong Kong
Ava Kwong (Tung Wah Hospital Breast Centre Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Sharing Ideas and Experiences of Clinical Trials in Taiwan
Chiun-Sheng Huang (National Taiwan Univ. Hospital, Taiwan)
Clinical Trials in Korea
Young-Hyuck Im (Samsung Medical Center, Korea)
Sharing Ideas and Experiences of Clinical Trials: India
Sudeep Gupta (Tata Memorial Hospital, India)
Breast Cancer Clinical Trials: Experience in a Single Australian Institution
Arlen Chan (Mount Breast Group, Mount Hospital, Australia)

Panel 3

ABCS Session II: Guideline in Asia

Venue: Mugunghwa II

Overview and Japanese Guidelines to Diagnose/Treat Breast Cancer Patients
Sung Yong Kim (On Behalf of Prof. Tadashi Ikeda) (Soonchunhyang Univ. College of Medicine, Korea)
Practice Guidelines for Breast Cancer - Philippine Society of Oncology
Antonio H. Villalon (Manila Doctors’ Hospital, Philippines)
China
Binghe Xu (Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, China)
Malaysia
Cheng-Har Yip (Univ. Malaya Medical Centre, Malaysia)
Clinical Practice Guideline of Breast Cancer in Asia: Thailand's Experiences and Perspective
Patrapim Sunpaweravong (Prince of Songkla Univ. Hospital, Thailand)
Practice Guideline of Breast Cancer in Korea
Woo-Chan Park (The Catholic Univ. of Korea, St. Mary’s Hospital, Korea)

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