ADDITIONAL SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
20 JUNE at 17h45
SYMPOSIUM – Room MIZAR
OPTIMIZING ADJUVANT ENDOCRINE THERAPIES: THE USE OF AROMATASE INHIBITORS
Chair: A. Goldhirsch
"The best endpoint: looking at relapse, quality of life and economics"
A. Coates
"Letrozole as part of adjuvant strategy: new data"
C. Tondini
"The best way to predict endocrine responsiveness: the case of Letrozole"
G. Viale
Supported by Novartis
20 JUNE at 18h45 SYMPOSIUM – Room MIZAR
IMPROVING SUPPORT FOR PATIENTS WITH BREAST CANCER TREATED WITH CYTOTOXICS
Chair: E. Bajetta – F. Nolé
“Antiemetics”
V. Lorusso
“Reducing toxicity of CT”
H. Rugo
Supported by Italfarmaco
21 JUNE at 10h35
COFFEE WITH THE EXPERT – ROOM ANDROMEDA
INTERFERING WITH ANGIOGENESIS USING ORAL CYTOTOXICS. EFFICACY OF METRONOMIC TREATMENTS: HOW TO IMPROVE AND HOW TO MEASURE?
Chair: S. Cinieri
Speaker: F. Nolé
Supported by Pierre Fabre Pharma
21 JUNE at 12h45 SYMPOSIUM – Room QUASAR
TRASTUZUMAB IN THE ADJUVANT SETTING: OPEN QUESTIONS
Chair: A. Goldhirsch
“Using adjuvant trastuzumab: sequential Vs. combination”
L. Biganzoli
“Using adjuvant trastuzumab: Are issues of duration of treatment or combination with radiation therapy settled?”
M. De Laurentiis
Supported by Roche
21 JUNE at 16h20 COFFEE WITH THE EXPERT – ROOM ANDROMEDA
IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF YOUNG WOMEN WITH ENDOCRINE THERAPY
Chair: F. Peccatori
Speaker: P. Sismondi
Supported by Ipsen
21 JUNE at 18h15 SYMPOSIUM – ROOM MIZAR
ENDOCRINE TREATMENT OF BREAST CANCER: CURRENT DEVELOPMENT
Chair: D. Amadori
“Anastrozole: ten years of trials and clinical practice”
P. Marchetti
“Long term tolerance of aromatase inhibitors”
L. Biganzoli
“Fulvestrant: an alternative choice for women with advanced breast cancer”
F. Montemurro
supported by Astrazeneca
21 JUNE at 19h15 COCKTAIL WITH THE EXPERT – ROOM MIZAR
IMPROVING THE APPROACH TO HER2 POSITIVE DISEASE
Chair: A. Di Leo
“Mechanisms of resistence of anti HER2 agents”
A. Di Leo
“Future directions in management of HER2 positive breast cancer”
P. Pronzato
Supported by GlaxoSmithKline
22 JUNE at 07h15 BREAKFAST WITH THE EXPERT – ROOM VESTA
TAXANES IN EARLY BREAST CANCER
Chair: S. Cinieri
Speaker: V. Lorusso
supported by Sanofi Avenis
22 JUNE at 10h30 COFFEE WITH THE EXPERT – ROOM ANDROMEDA
ANTHRACYCLINES AND HERCEPTIN: AN EFFECTIVE AND SAFE COMBINATION
Chair: P. Pronzato
Speaker: V. Lorusso
supported by Cephalon
22 JUNE at 12h20

SYMPOSIUM – ROOM QUASAR
BEVACIZUMAB FOR BREAST CANCER: IS IT READY FOR PRIME TIME?
Chair: S. Cinieri
“Antiangiogenetics in breast cancer background”
F. Bertolini
“Optimizing bevacizumab therapy in breast cancer”
M. Colleoni
Supported by Roche

23 JUNE at 16h00 COFFEE WITH THE EXPERT – ROOM ANDROMEDA
SWITCHING TO EXEMESTANE IMPROVES O.S.?: IES, STUDY RESULTS
Chair: S. Cinieri
Speaker: M. De Laurentiis
Supported by Pfizer