Breast Densitometry and Breast Cancer Risk Assessment

5th International Workshop

June 9th and 10th, 2011

Note: The following presentations are posted only for the participants of The 5th International Workshop on Breast Densitometry and Breast Cancer Risk Assessment, held in San Francisco on June 9 and June 10, 2011.

Presentations

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Speakers and topics included the following:

• Deborah Collyar: Advocates Statement of Need.
  
• Jennifer Harvey, MD: A Radiologist's Perspective on Adding Risk Assessment to Mammography Exams.


• Cecile Janssens, PhD: Value of SNPs in The Prediction of Non-Familial Breast Cancer.


• Celia Kaplan, DrPH: Translating Breast Cancer Risk Assessment into Clinical Practice.


• Sara Lindstorm, PhD: Genomic-wide Association Study of Percent Mammographic Density.


• Joyce Noah-Vanhoucke, PhD: Cost-Effectiveness of Chemoprevention of Breast Cancer Using Tamoxifen.


• Amanda Phipps, PhD: Density and Tumor Subtype-Specific Breast Cancer Risk.


• John T. Schousboe, MD: Personalizing Mammography by Breast Density and other Risk Factors for Breast Cancer: Analysis of Health Benefits and Cost-effectiveness.


• John Shepherd, PhD: Fibroglandular Volume and Breast Cancer Risk Assessment.


• Isabel dos Santos Silva, MD, MSc, PhD: Localised Radio-Dense Breast Tissue as a Marker of Subsequent Tumour Location.


• Celine M. Vachon, PhD: A New and Automated Measure of Breast Density is Consistently Associated with Breast Cancer.


• Martin Yaffe, PhD: Volumetric Breast Density and Breast Cancer Risk from Digital Mammograms – Preliminary Results.

Acknowledgements

The 5th International Workshop on Breast Densitometry and Breast Cancer Risk Assessment that was held on Jun 9 & 10, 2011 gratefully acknowledged support from the following institutions:

• American Cancer Society


• California Breast Cancer Research Program


• Matakina International Limited


• Daniel and Phyllis Da Costa Foundation of the CPMC Foundation