Third International Symposium on Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (5)
BRCA Symposium Secretariat
BRCA: Fifteen Years of Progress will be held October 14-16, 2009, at the Centre Mont-Royal,
a state-of-the-art facility conveniently located in the heart of downtown Montreal, Canada.
Some of the finest researchers and world-renowned experts from Canada, the USA and Europe will present
stimulating lectures on topics such as :
* BRCA1/2 mutations, variants and databases
* Pathology of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer
* Basic research with clinical implications
* Management of BRCA1/2-related breast and ovarian cancer
* Psychological issues in BRCA1/2 patients and their families
* Controversial issues in BRCA1/2 testing
* Going beyond BRCA1/2: the family of breast cancer genes
* Genome-wide association studies
For the first time, we are issuing a Call for Abstracts for poster presentations and offering awards.
The abstracts will be published in Current Oncology, the only peer-reviewed journal covering
Canadian oncologic practice. Current Oncology is indexed in PubMed, Embase, Crossref,
Science Citation and Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition.
Check the Symposium Web site - www.odon.ca/brca - for further information and to add your name
to the mailing list to receive the Symposium brochure.
BRCA Symposium Secretariat
Tel: +1-450-292-3456, ext. 227/228
Fax: +1-450-292-3453
E-mail: br...@odon.ca