Presentation

CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES
Primary systemic anti-neoplastic treatment is increasingly adopted either in clinical trials or daily routine as a part of the multidisciplinary approach of both operable and locally advanced breast cancers. This treatment modality represents a formidable tool to test in vivo the tumour sensitivity to a selected therapeutic approach; it also allows to explore the interaction between anti-neoplastic therapy and tumour biology, and can provide surrogate parameters of treatment efficacy. The Unità di Patologia Mammaria – Breast Cancer Unit of Azienda “Istituti Ospitalieri di Cremona”, collaborating with the University of Turin (Italy), the University of Oxford (United Kingdom), the University of Melbourne (Australia), is organizing the Third International Symposium in order to highlight and discuss with leading experts the status of the art and perspectives of primary systemic treatment in the management of breast cancer patients.

HONONARY PRESIDENTS
P. Alquati
AO Istituti Ospitalieri, Cremona (Italy)
G. Bonadonna
INT - Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milano (Italy)


PRESIDENTS
A. Bottini
Breast Unit - AO Istituti Ospitalieri, Cremona (Italy)
L. Dogliotti
ASO San Luigi, Orbassano, Torino (Italy)
Università degli Studi di Torino
Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Biologiche
Oncologia Medica
S. B. Fox
Peter MacCallum Cancer Center, Melbourne (Australia)
A. L. Harris
WIMM - Institute of Molecular Medicine
University of Oxford (UK)


SCIENTIFIC COORDINATORS
M. Aglietta - IRCCS, Candiolo, Torino (Italy)
A. Berruti - ASO San Luigi, Orbassano, Torino (Italy)
F. Boccardo - Ist. Naz. Ricerca Cancro, Genova (Italy)
L. Gianni - INT - Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milano (Italy)
W. R. Miller - Breast Unit, Edinburgh (UK)


SCIENTIFIC SECRETARIAT
S. Bonardi
Breast Unit - AO Istituti Ospitalieri, Cremona (Italy)
Phone +39 0372 405172/1 - Fax +39 0372 405307
simon.bonardi@tiscali.it
M. P. Brizzi
ASO San Luigi, Orbassano, Torino (Italy)
Phone +39 011 9026512 - Fax +39 011 9026992
mariapia.brizzi@email.it


ORGANIZING SECRETARIAT
Over Media Consult Srl
Via Manini 31 - 26100 Cremona
Phone +39 0372 23310 Fax +39 0372 569605
www.overconsult.it
simposio@overconsult.it
federica.signori@overconsult.it


SYMPOSIUM LOCATION
Palazzo Cittanova – C.so Garibaldi 135 – Cremona (italy)