6th International Workshop on Breast Densitometry and Breast ...

PROGRAM
Thursday, June <strong>6th</strong>
8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast and Registration
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6 th <strong>International</strong> <strong>Workshop</strong> on Breast Densitometry
and Breast Cancer Risk Assessment
9:00 - 9:10 Introduction
9:10 - 9:20 Breast Density - What is a Woman to do NOW"
Deborah Collyar
The Politics and Practicality of Reporting Breast Density
9:20 - 9:45 Caution – Kitty Litter, Silly Putty & Dense Breasts: Using State, Federal and
Regulatory Efforts to Standardize the Communication of Dense Breast Tissue to
Women
Nancy M. Cappello, PhD - President & Founder, Are You Dense, Inc.
9:45 - 10:10 Discussion of the New Legislation Mandating the Reporting of Breast Density,
Perspectives from Breast Cancer Advocates Supporting the Legislation, Discussion
of the Benefits and Practical Limitations of the Breast Density Reporting in a
Clinical Mammography Setting.
Joe Simitian, Santa Clara County Supervisor and former California State Senator
10:10 - 10:50 Application of California SB 1538 Breast Density Notification Law in Clinical
Practice (Panel)
Meg Durbin, MD (Palo Alto Medical Foundation); Bonnie Joe, MD, PhD (UCSF);
Debra Ikeda, MD (Stanford); Ed Sickles, MD (UCSF)
10:50 - 11:05 Break (15 minutes)
11:05 - 11:20 ABSTRACT: CIRRUS: A Fully-Automated Software Platform for Breast Cancer
Risk Prediction from Mammograms
John Hopper, PhD - The University of Melbourne
11:20 - 11:35 ABSTRACT: Several Mammographic Texture Measures, Including MTR, Add
Simultaneously to Percentage Density Risk Segregation
Mads Nielsen, PhD - University of Copenhagen
11:35 - 12:30 Lunch (45 minutes)
Comparative Measurement of Breast Density
12:30 - 1:10 Comparison of Alternative Methods for Estimating Breast Density
Isabella dos Santos Silva, MD, MSc, PhD - London School of Hygiene & Trophical
Medicine
1:10 - 1:50 Breast Cancer Risk: Is it Just About Breast Density
Elizabeth Morris, MD, FACR - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
1:50 - 2:30 Next Generation Measurements of Breast Density - Tomosynthesis
Despina Kontos, PhD - University of Pennsylvania
2:30 - 2:45 Break (15 minutes)
Breast Density and Biology
2:45 - 3:25 Molecular Microenvironments of Mammographically Dense Breast Tissue
Melissa Troester, PhD, MPH - UNC School of Public Health
3:25 - 4:05 Collagen Alignment Surrounding Breast Tumors Facilitates Tumor Spread and
Metastasis
Suzanne Ponik, PhD - University of Wisconsin
4:05 - 4:45 Summary of Day One Panel Discussion
6:00 Speakers Dinner: Café Majestic in the Hotel Majestic
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