ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Five studies from the 2014 Breast Cancer Symposium were highlighted today in an embargoed presscast for reporters. Presentations focused on new studies exploring preventive mastectomy, compliance with recommended screening mammography, and risk of recurrence after pre-surgery therapy for breast cancer. The Symposium will take place September 4-6, 2014, at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis in San Francisco, CA.
Five major studies were highlighted in today's presscast:
Angelina Jolie's Story May Have Helped Double BRCA Testing Rates at a Canadian Cancer Center:
Breast Cancer Surgery and Reconstruction Complications Are Rare, Though Double Mastectomy Has Higher Risk of Certain Complications Compared to Single Mastectomy:
Survey Reveals Factors Influencing Women to Consider Preventive Double Mastectomy:
A Simple Intervention Improves Return Rates for Women Overdue for Screening Mammography:
Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Tumor Subtype Are Strong Predictors of Loco-regional Breast Cancer Recurrence:
"Understanding what motivates our patients to get testing or make treatment choices is critical to us as oncologists for providing the highest quality of care," said Harold Burstein, MD, ASCO Expert. "The studies featured today provide crucial insight into patient decision-making and advance our knowledge of post-treatment risk of recurrence and complications."
This year's three-day conference will bring together oncology professionals to discuss the latest advances in breast cancer research, in order to enhance treatment approaches and patient care through multidisciplinary collaboration. One hundred sixty abstracts will be presented at the meeting, focusing on treatment approaches and enhancing patient care for the 232,670 newly diagnosed cases of breast cancer expected to occur in 2014*.
Six leading medical specialty societies co-sponsor the multidisciplinary Symposium, including the American Society of Breast Disease, the American Society of Breast Surgeons, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Society for Radiation Oncology, the National Consortium of Breast Centers, and the Society of Surgical Oncology. Learn more about the co-sponsoring organizations.
More information for media: ASCO.org/BCSpresskit . Oncologist-approved patient information resources are available on ASCO's cancer information website, Cancer.Net. An interactive history of cancer research advances, including those in breast cancer, can be found on ASCO's Cancer Progress website at http://www.CancerProgress.Net/breast . Follow updates from the 2014 Breast Cancer Symposium on Twitter: #BCS14.
2014 Breast Cancer Symposium News Planning Team
Harold J. Burstein, MD, PhD, FASCO, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO); Amy P. Early, MD, American Society of Breast Disease (ASBD); Julie A. Margenthaler, MD, The American Society of Breast Surgeons; Julia White, MD, American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)
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* Source: Cancer Facts & Figures 2014. Atlanta, GA; American Cancer Society: 2014