Description
The Second International Symposium on the Molecular Biology of Breast Cancer, held in Lillehammer, Norway, March 12-16, 2000, was organized by Anne-Lise Børresen-Dale (Symposium Chairman, Department of Genetics, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, University of Oslo, Norway, Per Eystein Lønning, Tone Ikdahl Andersen, Gry Aarum Geitvik, Ragnhild A. Lothe and Manuel R. Teixeira. Co-organizers of the meeting were: the American Association for Cancer Research, The European Association for Cancer Research and The Norwegian Cancer Society. The approximately 240 participants heard 36 formal lectures and 70 poster presentations and the symposium provided an optimal setting in which European and American breast cancer researchers could meet and exchange information. A great amount of progress has been made since the first symposium, 5 years ago. The focus was on new molecular findings in association with breast cancer progression and clinical implications were discussed. In this intense meeting many exciting new molecular approaches and findings in breast cancer were presented. Although much remains to be done it was obvious that a remarkable progress has been achieved and the field of molecular biology of cancer will continue to provide new information and understanding regarding the complex nature of neoplastic disease in the breast. Some of these findings will possibly lead to better diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. Abstracts presented at the Lillehammer meeting have been published in Breast Cancer Research 2, 2000, and can be found at http://breast-cancer-research.com.| Period | 12 Mar 2000 → 16 Mar 2000 |
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| Event type | Conference |
| Conference number | 2 |
| Location | Lillehammer, NorwayShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | International |