6th International Symposium on the Intraductal Approach to Breast Cancer

简介(申请人提供)：苏珊爱心研究基金会的使命是通过创新的研究、教育和倡导，根除乳腺癌，提高妇女的健康质量。苏珊·洛夫博士研究基金会致力于通过预防根除乳腺癌。能够接触到乳腺癌开始处的乳管衬里，为我们提供了开发乳腺癌风险检测和预防的新模型的非同寻常的机会。为了培育这一日益增长的导管内研究领域，基金会发起了两年一次的国际研讨会。基金会将于2009年2月19日至22日主办第六届乳腺癌导管内治疗国际研讨会。我们预计将有来自世界各地的100多名临床医生、研究人员和倡导者参加在加利福尼亚州圣莫尼卡举行的会议。会议的目的是：1)将有经验的和新的研究人员聚集在一起，描述他们的经验，分享他们的发现，并激发与导管内方法有关的想法；2)发展多学科和跨学科的合作，以及3)提供试点赠款，以进一步鼓励使用管道内方法的新研究。科学文化往往促进竞争，而不是合作。这次会议是对这种盛行精神的一次尝试。自20世纪70年代以来一直在该领域工作的研究人员充分参与，使新进入者可以避免重新探索以前没有回报的方法。在这个仍然很小的科学家和临床医生社区中，合作得到了培育和培育。与以往的研讨会一样，我们相信，2009年研讨会将对未来在乳腺癌诊断、治疗和预防中使用导管内方法的学习和研究的方向和成功产生积极影响。 与公共卫生的相关性：研讨会与公共健康的相关性是新发现的潜力，这将导致通过合作和讨论创新研究来预防和根除乳腺癌。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Mission of the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation is to eradicate breast cancer and improve the quality of women's health through innovative research, education and advocacy. The Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation is dedicated to the eradication of breast cancer through prevention. The ability to access the lining of the milk ducts where breast cancer starts has provided us the extraordinary opportunity to develop a new model for risk detection and prevention of breast cancer. In an effort to nurture this growing field of intraductal research, the Foundation initiated a biennial international symposium. The Foundation will host the 6th International Symposium on the Intraductal Approach to Breast Cancer on February 19-22, 2009. We anticipate over 100 clinicians, researchers and advocates from around the world to attend the meeting in Santa Monica, California. The purpose of the conference is to: 1) gather experienced and new researchers together to describe their experiences, to share their findings and to stimulate ideas related to the intraductal approach; 2) develop multidisciplinary and cross disciplinary collaborations, and 3) provide pilot grants to further stimulate new research using the intraductal approach. Scientific culture often fosters competition rather than collaboration. This conference is an attempt to counteract that prevailing spirit. Researchers who have been in the field since the 1970s participate fully, allowing the newer entrants to avoid re-exploring previously unrewarding approaches. Collaborations are fostered and nurtured in this still small community of scientists and clinicians. As with previous symposiums, we are confident that the 2009 Symposium will have a positive impact on the direction and success of future learning and research using the intraductal approach in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of breast cancer. Public Health Relevance: The relevance of the Symposium to the public health is the potential for new discoveries, which will lead to prevention and eradication of breast cancer through collaboration and discussion of innovative research.