U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIH News
National Cancer Institute (NCI) <http://www.nci.nih.gov/>
For Immediate Release: Monday, January 7, 2008
CONTACTS: NCI Office of Media Relations, 301-496-6641 <e-mail: ncipressofficers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Paul Scotti, Mayo Clinic, 904-953-0199, <e-mail: scotti.paul@xxxxxxxx>
Carolyn Straehle, Breast International Group, +32 2 541 7271, <e-mail: carolyn.straehle@xxxxxxxxx>
NEWS ADVISORY:
MAYO CLINIC, BIG AND NCI HOST SCIENCE WRITERS' SEMINAR ON INTERNATIONAL BREAST CANCER TRIALS
WHAT:
Please join us for a special science writers' seminar to discuss how two trends in cancer research - increasing use of targeted therapies and growing global research cooperation - have merged, leading to the launch of one of the largest international cancer trials ever conducted. Two potent and targeted therapies for treatment of a subtype of breast cancer will be tested with participation of thousands of women across several continents, providing a model for international collaboration that furthers cancer care.
WHO:
Leading breast cancer experts, including:
EDITH PEREZ, M.D., MAYO CLINIC
JO ANNE ZUJEWSKI., M.D., NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE (NCI)
MARTINE PICCART, M.D. BREAST INTERNATIONAL GROUP (BIG)
WHEN:
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2008: 9:00 A.M. - 11:45 P.M. (EST)
WHERE:
MILLENNIUM BROADWAY HOTEL NEW YORK
6TH FLOOR, CONFERENCE ROOM 6.01
145 West 44th Street at 7th Avenue, New York City
HOW:
PLEASE REGISTER for the seminar by contacting the NCI Office of Media Relations at (301) 496-6641 or <e-mail: ncipressofficers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>.
For more information about cancer, please visit the NCI website at <www.cancer.gov>, or call NCI's Cancer Information Service at 1-800-4 CANCER (1-800-422-6237).
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